Historical and contemporary trends in competitive balance in the Commonwealth Games
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| contents | Historical and contemporary trends in competitive balance in the Commonwealth Games Girish Ramchandani Darryl Wilson Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) multi competition sport events elite performance uncertainty of outcome Studies of competitive balance in sport have considered primarily professional leagues and team sports. This paper investigates trends in competitive balance in a multi-sport event context – the Commonwealth Games – using three distinct indicators. The investigation demonstrated that the Games have become significantly less competitive overall between 1930 and 2010 (p < 0.01) according to two indicators – the percentage of nations to win a medal point and the coefficient of variation in nations' market share (medal points won divided by medals points available). Conversely, one indicator – Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (the sum of the squares of nations' market shares in a given edition) – revealed that there has been a strong, albeit insignificant, improvement in the overall standard of the competition over the last twenty years (p > 0.10). Events contested by 'men only' were found to be the most balanced relative to both 'women only' and 'mixed / open' events across all indicators. Boxing and athletics emerged as the most balanced sports compared with diving, cycling, swimming and, to a lesser extent, weightlifting. The findings are of value to competition authorities to determine whether to implement corrective measures in order to maintain or improve competitive balance. 2014 artículo científico 1885-3137 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=71029332002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=710 RICYDE. Revista Internacional de Ciencias del Deporte application/pdf Editorial Ramón Cantó Alcaraz RICYDE. Revista Internacional de Ciencias del Deporte (España) Num.35 Vol.X |
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| spellingShingle | Historical and contemporary trends in competitive balance in the Commonwealth Games Girish Ramchandani Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) multi competition sport events elite performance uncertainty of outcome Historical and contemporary trends in competitive balance in the Commonwealth Games Girish Ramchandani Darryl Wilson Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) multi competition sport events elite performance uncertainty of outcome Studies of competitive balance in sport have considered primarily professional leagues and team sports. This paper investigates trends in competitive balance in a multi-sport event context – the Commonwealth Games – using three distinct indicators. The investigation demonstrated that the Games have become significantly less competitive overall between 1930 and 2010 (p < 0.01) according to two indicators – the percentage of nations to win a medal point and the coefficient of variation in nations' market share (medal points won divided by medals points available). Conversely, one indicator – Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (the sum of the squares of nations' market shares in a given edition) – revealed that there has been a strong, albeit insignificant, improvement in the overall standard of the competition over the last twenty years (p > 0.10). Events contested by 'men only' were found to be the most balanced relative to both 'women only' and 'mixed / open' events across all indicators. Boxing and athletics emerged as the most balanced sports compared with diving, cycling, swimming and, to a lesser extent, weightlifting. The findings are of value to competition authorities to determine whether to implement corrective measures in order to maintain or improve competitive balance. 2014 artículo científico 1885-3137 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=71029332002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=710 RICYDE. Revista Internacional de Ciencias del Deporte application/pdf Editorial Ramón Cantó Alcaraz RICYDE. Revista Internacional de Ciencias del Deporte (España) Num.35 Vol.X |
| title | Historical and contemporary trends in competitive balance in the Commonwealth Games |
| topic | Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) multi competition sport events elite performance uncertainty of outcome |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=71029332002 |