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The Olympic 500‐m speed skating; the inner–outer lane difference

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  • Richard Kamst
  • Gerard H. Kuper
  • Gerard Sierksma

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In 1998, the International Skating Union and the International Olympic Committee decided to skate the 500‐m twice during World Single Distances Championships, Olympic Games, and World Cups. The decision was based on a study by the Norwegian statistician N. L. Hjort, who showed that in the period 1984–1994, there was a significant difference between 500‐m times skated with a start in the inner and outer lanes. Since the introduction of the clap skate in the season 1997–1998, however, there has been a general feeling that this difference is no longer significant. In this article we show that this is, in fact, the case.

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  • Richard Kamst & Gerard H. Kuper & Gerard Sierksma, 2010. "The Olympic 500‐m speed skating; the inner–outer lane difference," Statistica Neerlandica, Netherlands Society for Statistics and Operations Research, vol. 64(4), pages 448-459, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:stanee:v:64:y:2010:i:4:p:448-459
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9574.2010.00457.x
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    1. Kuper Gerard H. & Kamst Richard & Sierksma Gerard & Talsma Bertus G., 2012. "Inner-Outer Lane Advantage in Olympic 1000 Meter Speed Skating," Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), De Gruyter, vol. 232(3), pages 293-307, June.

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