A comparative study on anthropometric variables of indian athletes: delimited to sprinters, middle distance runners, long distance runners, jumpers and throwers Dr. Bhardwaj Satish Kumar* *Associate Professor, Head, Department of Physical Education, Govt. P.G. College, Ambala Cantt, Haryana, India Online published on 21 September, 2017. Abstract Objective of the study was to compare the athletes on basis of anthropometric variables among sprinters, jumpers, middle distance runners, long distance runners & throwers. The present study was conducted on three hundred and seventy five athletes from All India Inter varsity Athletic championship. Seventy five subjects were selected from each group i.e. sprinters, middle distance runners, long distance runners, jumpers and throwers. The age of the subjects ranged from 17 - 25 years. Following anthropometric variables were selected for the purpose of this study: Height, Weight, Leg length, Shoulder width, and Hip width. To compare the Indian athletes among sprinters, middle distance runners, long distance runners, throwers and jumpers in relation to selected anthropometric variables, analysis of variance was used at 0.05 level of significance. Significant difference was found in case of Height, Weight, Leg length, Shoulder width and Hip width among sprinters, middle distance runners, long distance runners, throwers and jumpers. Top |