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Girls in the boat: Sex differences in rowing performance and participation

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  • Kevin G Keenan
  • Jonathon W Senefeld
  • Sandra K Hunter

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Men outperform women in many athletic endeavors due to physiological and anatomical differences (e.g. larger and faster muscle); however, the observed sex differences in elite athletic performance are typically larger than expected, and may reflect sex-related differences in opportunity or incentives. As collegiate rowing in the United States has been largely incentivized for women over the last 20 years, but not men, the purpose of this study was to examine sex differences in elite rowing performance over that timeframe. Finishing times from grand finale races for collegiate championship on-water performances (n = 480) and junior indoor performances (n = 1,280) were compared between men and women across 20 years (1997–2016), weight classes (heavy vs. lightweight) and finishing place. Participation of the numbers of men and women rowers were also quantified across years. Men were faster than women across all finishing places, weight classes and years of competition and performance declined across finishing place for both men and women (P

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  • Kevin G Keenan & Jonathon W Senefeld & Sandra K Hunter, 2018. "Girls in the boat: Sex differences in rowing performance and participation," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(1), pages 1-14, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0191504
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191504
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