Athletics Performance Data

Data used in the modelling is given below - in CSV format for import to a spreadsheet or other package (as at Sept 1999).

• Men's and Women's all-time best times
• World record progression through time (women+men)
• Above condensed from data by Petri Niininen.
  Other sites with detailed data are maintained by Peter Larsson and Matti Koskimies.
• Men's and Women's Veterans (age-group) records from Olavi Niemi
• Men's and Women's WAVA factors and standards (from their age-graded tables), used in WAVA calculator, some data supplied by Jess Brewer Also available as Excel spreadsheet with VBA lookup functions
• Excel spreadsheet with calculations, VBA functions for performance calculations
• Tables of equivalent times (men and women) (PostScript)

Swimming Performance Data

Similar data for swimming (freestyle, as at Apr 30, 1997)

• Men's and Women's short course (25m) top 20 times
• Men's and Women's long course (50m) top 50 times
• Original data available at SwimNews Online, World Rankings
• Masters (age-group) records (MSC, WSC, MLC, WLC) from FINA
• Excel spreadsheet with calculations
• Table of equivalent times (short course) (PostScript)