Result Comparison Of The Best Slovenian Swimmers With The Best Swimmers In The World In The Period 2011-2020

Plavanje je eden izmed najbolj popularnih športov, ki se razvija pod okriljem organizacije FINA (Fédération Internationale De Natation Amateur). Prirejajo se občinska, regijska, univerzitetna, državna in mednarodna plavalna tekmovanja, različnih formatov in starostnih skupin, po vsem svetu. Plavalna tekmovanja danes potekajo v športnih objektih, ki so odobreni s strani organizacije FINA. Do leta 2020 je Slovenija v plavanju osvojila 100 medalj z največjih tekmovanj (evropska in svetovna prvenstva, olimpijske igre). Največ uspehov so plavalci dosegli v kratkih bazenih. Obdobje od 2000 do 2010 je za Slovenijo predstavljalo zlato dobo. Po številnih upokojitvah najboljših slovenskih plavalcev, je nastala v slovenskem plavanju praznina. Z raziskavo smo želeli ugotoviti ali slovenski plavalci sledijo rezultatom mednarodnih plavalcev. Dobljene podatke smo predstavili kot pozitivne oz. negativne trende razvoja doseženih časov. Primerjali smo povprečne dosežene čase najboljših desetih slovenskih plavalcev z mednarodnimi plavalci, v obdobju od leta 2011 do leta 2020. Upoštevali smo čase plavalcev, ki so na slovenski in mednarodni plavalni lestvici zasedali mesta od ena do deset. Analiza je pokazala, da so slovenski plavalci napredovali v dvanajstih od trinajstih, mednarodni plavalci pa v enajstih od trinajstih preučevanih disciplin. Plavalke na mednarodni ravni so napredovale v dvanajstih od trinajstih, slovenske plavalke pa v sedmih od trinajstih disciplin. Najbolj zaskrbljujoče stanje je pri slovenskih plavalkah, kjer je napredek opazen samo v krajših disciplinah. Slovenski plavalci in plavalke imajo še veliko prostora za napredek, medtem ko se najboljši plavalci na svetu približujejo časovnim limitom. Pregled rezultatov zadnjega desetletja nam daje lep vpogled v trenutno stanje slovenskega plavanja. Analiza, ki smo jo pripravili, bo v pomoč trenerjem slovenskih vrhunskih plavalcev, pri načrtovanju in izvajanju trenažnih procesov. Podobno analizo bi bilo zanimivo narediti čez deset let, kjer bodo verjetno vidne tudi posledice virusa, COVID-19.Swimming is one of the most popular sports developed under FINA organization. Around the world, municipal, regional, university, national and international swimming competitions are held in various formats and age groups. Swimming competitions can be organized in sports facilities approved by FINA organization. By 2020, Slovenia has won 100 medals in major competitions such as European Championships, World Championships and Olympic Games. Slovenian swimmers have been most successful in short distances. The period from 2000 to 2010 is called the Golden Age for Slovenian swimming. After numerous retirements of the best Slovenian swimmers, a big gap appeared. With the research, we wanted to find out whether Slovenian swimmers follow the results of international swimmers in the period from 2010 to 2020. The obtained data are presented as positive or negative trends of the achieved swimming times. We compared the average achieved times of Slovenian swimmers with the best swimmers in the world in 10 seasons, ranked from one to ten on the Slovenian and international swimming rankings. The analysis showed the progress of Slovenian swimmers in twelve out of thirteen events for men and seven out of thirteen events for women. The progress of international swimmers is shown in eleven out of thirteen disciplines for men and twelve out of thirteen disciplines for women. It is worrying that the progress of Slovenian women is only evident in the short disciplines. Slovenian swimmers still have a lot of room for improvement compared to the best swimmers in the world. An overview of the results of the last decade gives us a good insight into the current state of Slovenian swimming. The research will help the coaches of the top Slovenian swimmers in planning the training process. It would be interesting to conduct a similar analysis in ten years to see what impact the virus COVID -19 has on swimming performance