Table 1.  Morphological characteristics of Olympic sprint paddlers at Sydney 2000.
 

Female Paddlers (n = 20)

Male Paddlers (n = 50)

 

Mean (±SD)

Range

 

Mean (±SD)

Range

Age (years)

26.4 (5.1)

19.0 – 36.0

 

24.8 (3.0)

20.0 – 31.0

Body Mass (kg)

67.7 (5.7)

59.1 – 80.7

 

85.2 (6.2)

73.6 – 99.8

Height (m)

1.70 (.06)

1.59 – 1.84

 

1.84 (.06)

1.70 – 1.96

Seated Height (cm)

90.4 (2.6)

84.8 – 98.0

 

96.9 (3.0)

91.6 – 103.1

Sum of 8 Skinfolds (mm)

80.0 (16.9)

52.9 – 103.7

 

55.4 (15.2)

30.9 – 116.1

Data obtained from Ackland et al. (2003) (pp288).