Étude de la composition corporelle des meilleurs lanceurs Algériens.

Abstract

The aim of this research is to study the body composition of the best Algerian throwers in each of the four athletic throw specialties.Twenty four athletes composed of five shot put throwers, seven of discus, seven of javelin and five of hammer, with a general age average of (25,32 years ± 6,70), which represent the best Algerian throwers of the season 2007-2008, took part in this study. They have been submitted to several anthropometric measures that allowed us to determine the weight, the size of every specialty of throws and to calculate their percentages of muscular, fat and bone masses while using the Mateigka formulas