Biomechanical research project

The final report of the Biomechanics Research Project carried out during the 6th World Athletics Championships in Athens, 1997. The purposes of this project were: to update the database of biomechanical parameters of elite athletes; to support coaches and athletes with quantitative information on individual techniques; to improve the general knowledge of the limiting factors of athletic performance; to generate data on gender specific techniques; and to support the international media in producing competent, attractive athletics coverage and presentation of the colected scientific data.