Table 1.

The mean speed (m s⁻¹) of PB, SPB and CV of female swimmers. Differences with G3 and G4 are shown as *. Differences with G4 are shown as ^†.

	G1	G2	G3	G4	F	p
PB-200	1.60 ± 0.06	1.62 ± 0.04 *	1.59 ± 0.04	1.58 ± 0.04	F(3,232) = 7.40	<0.001
PB-400	1.58 ± 0.04 *	1.57 ± 0.04 *	1.55 ± 0.03	1.54 ± 0.04	F(3,232) = 12.50	<0.001
PB_800	1.55 ± 0.03 *	1.55 ± 0.03 *	1.52 ± 0.04	1.50 ± 0.04	F(3,232) = 20.22	<0.001
PB-1500	1.53 ± 0.02 *	1.52 ± 0.03 *	1.49 ± 0.04	1.47 ± 0.05	F(3,232) = 21.23	<0.001
SPB-200	1.58 ± 0.06	1.58 ± 0.04 †	1.56 ± 0.04	1.55 ± 0.04	F(3,232) = 5.48	0.001
SPB-400	1.56 ± 0.04 *	1.55 ± 0.03 *	1.53 ± 0.03	1.52 ± 0.04	F(3,232) = 12.73	<0.001
SPB-800	1.54 ± 0.03 *	1.52 ± 0.03 *	1.50 ± 0.04	1.48 ± 0.04	F(3,232) = 17.49	<0.001
SPB-1500	1.51 ± 0.02 *	1.50 ± 0.03 *	1.47 ± 0.04	1.45 ± 0.05	F(3,232) = 19.85	<0.001
CV-PB-200-400	1.55 ± 0.03 *	1.53 ± 0.03 *	1.50 ± 0.04	1.49 ± 0.04	F(3,232) = 13.87	<0.001
CV-PB-400-800	1.53 ± 0.03 *	1.52 ± 0.03 *	1.49 ± 0.05	1.46 ± 0.05	F(3,232) = 19.78	<0.001
CV-PB-800-1500	1.50 ± 0.02 *	1.48 ± 0.03 *	1.46 ± 0.04	1.44 ± 0.06	F(3,232) = 16.54	<0.001
CV-PB-400-800-1500	1.51 ± 0.02 *	1.49 ± 0.03 *	1.47 ± 0.04	1.45 ± 0.05	F(3,232) = 20.01	<0.001
CV-PB-All	1.51 ± 0.02 *	1.50 ± 0.03 *	1.47 ± 0.04	1.45 ± 0.05	F(3,232) = 19.41	<0.001
CV-SPB-200-400	1.54 ± 0.05 *	1.51 ± 0.03 *	1.49 ± 0.05	1.48 ± 0.05	F(3,232) = 11.43	<0.001
CV-SPB-400-800	1.52 ± 0.03 *	1.49 ± 0.03 *	1.47 ± 0.04	1.45 ± 0.05	F(3,232) = 17.00	<0.001
CV-SPB-800-1500	1.48 ± 0.03 *	1.47 ± 0.03 *	1.44 ± 0.05	1.42 ± 0.06	F(3,232) = 15.49	<0.001
CV-SPB-400-800-1500	1.50 ± 0.02 *	1.48 ± 0.03 *	1.45 ± 0.04	1.43 ± 0.05	F(3,232) = 18.65	<0.001
CV-SPB-All	150 ± 0.02 *	1.48 ± 0.03 *	1.45 ± 0.04	1.44 ± 0.05	F(3,232) = 19.63	<0.001

ALL, four (200-meter, 400-meter, 800-meter and 1500-meter); PB, personal best performance; SPB, seasonal best performance.