An analysis of the characteristics of performances of excellent women decathletes in the world
By using the methods of literature data analysis,mathematical statistics and comparative analysis,the author analyzed the characteristics of performances of excellent women decathletes,probed into the patterns of development of women decathlon event,and revealed the following findings: Women decathlon was still at the initial stage,the distribution of strong and weak events was different for individual athletes,their capabilities varied remarkably,thus their performances and scores in various events varied remarkably;they had relatively higher scores in sprint,hurdles and high jump events,while they had relatively poor performances in throws,1 500 m race and vault events,showing an unbalanced development in the events;the proportions of scores in various categories were listed in the order of sprint/hurdles categoryjumps categorythrows categoryendurance category;their scoring rate on the second day was higher than that on the first day.