Androgyny of physique in female track and field athletes

Abstract

Androgyny scores (3 .times. biacromial breadth-bicristal breadth) were calculated for 66 female track and field athletes divided into 5 event categories and 76 female non-athletes. Runners (distance and sprinters) did not differ significantly from the non-athletes in androgyny. Jumpers, discus/javelin throwers and shotputters were significantly more androgynous in physique. Androgyny scores for participants in jumping and throwing events overlapped considerably those for college-age males.