Men’s artistic gymnastics olympic games normative values

Keskin, Özlem (author)

The aim of this study is to establish normative values for the men's artistic gymnastics discipline in the Olympic Games. To this end, data from athletes who competed in the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games were analysed. The athletes’ scores were converted into z-scores, and normative values were established by defining qualitative descriptions for T-score performance ranges, from extremely weak to excellent (<20: extremely weak, ≥20–≤30: very weak, >30–≤40: weak, >40–≤45: below average, >45–≤55: average, >55–≤60: above average, >60–≤70: good, >70–≤80: very good, >80: excellent). In addition, the performances of athletes in both the qualification and final rounds of Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 were compared. When comparing the scores obtained by athletes across the six apparatus in the Olympics, a statistically significant difference was found only in the execution score of the first vault in the vault apparatus final (p<0.05). The findings of this study are expected to serve as a guide for coaches and athletes in setting performance goals. Furthermore, the normative data obtained can be considered an important reference dataset for determining the performance levels of athletes representing their countries in international competitions.

• Language: English
• Keywords: sport, artictic gymnastics, normative values, Olympic games, z-scores
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FŠ - Faculty of Sport
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 461-473, 510
• Numbering: Vol. 17, iss. 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-183725
• UDC: 796.41
• ISSN on article: 1855-7171
• DOI: 10.52165/sgj.17.3.461-473
• COBISS.SI-ID: 274243331

Copyright

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• Publication date in RUL: 18.06.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Science of gymnastics journal
• Publisher: University of Ljubljana Press, Slovenia (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
• ISSN: 1855-7171
• COBISS.SI-ID: 246418176

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• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Normativne vrednosti na olimpijskih igrah v moški orodni telovadbi

Abstract

Namen raziskave je določiti normativne vrednosti za moško orodno telovadbo na olimpijskih igrah. V ta namen smo razčlenili podatke telovadcev, ki so tekmovali na OI v Tokiu 2020 in Parizu 2024. Dosežke telovadcev smo pretvorili v z-vrednosti, normativne vrednosti pa smo določili z opisi razponov T-vrednosti od zelo slabega do odličnega (<20: izjemno slabo; ≥20–≤30: zelo slabo; >30–≤40: slabo; >40–≤45: podpovprečno; >45–≤55: povprečno; >55–≤60: nadpovprečno; >60–≤70: dobro; >70–≤80: zelo dobro; >80: odlično). Primerjali smo tudi nastope telovadcev v predtekmovanju in finalih v Tokiu 2020 in Parizu 2024. Pri primerjavi ocen na šestih orodjih se je statistično značilna razlika (p < 0,05) pokazala le pri oceni izvedbe prvega skoka v finalu na preskoku. Ugotovitve lahko služijo vaditeljem in telovadcem kot vodilo pri postavljanju ciljev, pridobljeni normativni podatki pa kot pomembno izhodišče za določanje ravni dosežkov telovadcev, ki zastopajo svoje države na mednarodnih tekmovanjih.

• Keywords: šport, gimnastika, normativne vrednosti, orodna telovadba, Olimpijske igre, z-vrednosti