英文摘要
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This study aimed to analyze the characteristics of table tennis matches to provide as reference in training for coaches and players. The statistics of the table tennis match results in the 30th Olympics at London 2012 published on its official website were used as the data source and the 69 women's singles players in this event as the research subjects. Taking note of the match results from preliminary to games and analyzing the time used by each matches (set), various numbers of matches -winning games and scores and the average of strokes per serving and rate of occurrence led to the following findings:(1) In terms of time used by each matches, it was an average of 41 minutes, with 68 minutes as the longest duration of a single matches. The time of every set was averaged at 6 minutes, with 13 minutes as the longest single set. The strokes taken at each serving was averaged at 6.(2) In terms of the numbers of matches -winning games, 21 matches (30%) were decided by 4:1, which took place most frequently, while the least occurring were 4:3, 12 matches of them (17%). In differences of scores to decide a set, 158 games (43%), most frequent, were won by more than 5 points; next to that were 114 games (31%), which were won by 2 points.(3) Comparing the game results in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, no significant difference of average matches time was seen, as each matches had an average of 41 minutes in 2012 more than 40 minutes in 2008. In terms of the numbers of matches -winning games with more-than-5-point winner, the179 games (43%) in 2008 were higher 158 games (40%) in 2012. In terms of those with 2-point difference, the 125 games (31%) in 2008 were higher 114 games (28%) in 2012.
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