Improving the efficiency of the course setter of orienteering competitions by analyzing the times of the winners of the national championships for men and women 2012 – 2021 Cover Image

Повишаване ефективността на работа на техническия ръководител на състезания по ориентиране посредством анализ на времената на победителите в държавните първенства за мъже и жени 2012 – 2021 години
Improving the efficiency of the course setter of orienteering competitions by analyzing the times of the winners of the national championships for men and women 2012 – 2021

Author(s): Todor Pedev
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Sociology, Sports Studies
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: Course in orienteering; winner's time
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the research is to increase the efficiency of the work of the course setter in orienteering, analyzing the dynamics of the winner's time, as the 178 main factor of sports achievement in orienteering. To realize our goal, we set the following tasks: To analyze the times of the winners of the National Orienteering Championships for men and women from 2012 to 2021, To explore the interrelationship between the different competitive disciplines. The subject of the study is the time of the winner, as the main point in drawing a race route. After analyzing the results, we came to the conclusion that when drawing the race route, the technical director should use class competitors to pre-run the distance or interpret information from front starts of the same area (if available) in minutes per kilometer. Greater than 5% deviations from the rules are unacceptable and should not be allowed.