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The purposes of this study were: (1)to investigate the somatotype of athletes in four different sports and their distribution on a somatochart, (2)to investigate the somtotype of athletes in each of the four sports and their distrbution on a somatotcart, (3)to compare the distribution of somatotype of athletes in different bodyweight categories in each of the four different sports. Athletes in each sport were divided into three predetermined A, B, C categories in terms of their different bodyweight. The subjects used in this study were 108 male athletes who have previously participated in national championship tournaments. They are 45 weight lifters, 25 judo players, 23 wrestlers and 15 taekwondo players, The averageage of these athletes was 20.99±3.26 years old; the average height was 169.75±7.03 cm; the average weight was 70.55±16.74 kg. The Heath-Carter Somatotype Method was used in this study, and Lange Calipers were used to measure the skinfolds of triceps, subscapular, suprailiac and calf body sites; Martin''s anthropometric equipment was used to measure the height and the width of the humerus, and femur, while the circumferences of the biceps, and calf were measured; a Detecto scale was used to measure body weight. Based on the obtained data, the following results are warrant: 1.For all subjects, The means for each component of the somatotype were 3.5-6.7-1.8. It was foud that 91% of the subjects are either endomorphic mesomorph, balanced mesomorph, ectomorphic mesomorph. However, the somatotype component values varied substantially among different sports. 2.The results indicated that there were no obvious somatotype differences among the athletes of four different sports. 3.Athletes in each of the four sports, the distributions of somatotype existed a statistical difference in the component of endomorph in the athletes of judo and wrestling, because high endomorph value in the athletes of judo. 4.For all four sports, the locations of somatotype spots shifted from meso-ectomorph to endo-mesomorph as body weight with categories increased.
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