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Curve-Fitting Project Linear Mode: Mens C1 1000m Canoe & Kayak
(LR-1) Purpose: The purpose of this project was to analyze the trend for winning times for the Olympics
Men’s C1 1000m – Canoe & Kayak with time.
Data: The winning times were retrieved from C1 1000 m - Canoe & Kayak at the 1948 Summer
Olympics in London - Results (olympiandatabase.com). The winning times were gathered for the most
recent 18 Summer Olympics from 1948 AD to 2016 AD. Data for the 2020AD Olympics is missing due
to its cancellation following coronavirus pandemic.
DATA:
Summer Olympics: Men’s C1 1000m – Canoe & Kayak Winning Times
Location
Year (AD)
Winner name
Nationality
Winning Time
(Seconds)
London
1948
Josef Holecek
Czechoslovakia
342.000
Helsinki
1952
Josef Holecek
Czechoslovakia
245.360
Melbourne
1956
Leon Rotman
Romania
305.300
Rome
1960
Janos Parti
Hungary
273.930
Tokyo
1964
Jürgen Eschert
Germany
275.140
Mexico City
1968
Tibor Tatai
Hungary
276.140
Munich
1972
Ivan Patzainchin
Romania
248.940
Montreal
1976
Matija Ljubek
Yugoslavia
249.000
Moscow
1980
Lyubomir Lyubenov
Bulgaria
252.380
Los Angeles
1984
Ulrich Elche
West Germany
246.320
Seoul
1988
Ivans Klementjevs
Soviet Union
252.780
Barcelona
1992
Nokolav Bukhalov
Bulgaria
245.920
Atlanta
1996
Martin Doktor
Czech Republic
234.418
Sydney
2000
Andreas Dittmer
Germany
234.375
Athens
2004
David Cal Figueroa
Espain
226.201
Beijing
2008
Attila Vajda
Hungary
230.467
London
2012
Sebastian Brendel
Germany
227.176
Rio De Janeiro
2016
Sebastian Brendel
Germany
236.926

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(LR-2) SCATTERPLOT:
As we can see from the above scatter plot, the winning times in the competition is steadily decreasing in
somewhat linear trend. This is to be expected as the training and competition gets stronger with time
resulting in faster speeds.
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Curve-Fitting Project – Linear Mode: Men’s C1 1000m – Canoe & Kayak (LR-1) Purpose: The purpose of this project was to analyze the trend for winning times for the Olympics Men’s C1 1000m – Canoe & Kayak with time. Data: The winning times were retrieved from C1 1000 m - Canoe & Kayak at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London - Results (olympiandatabase.com). The winning times were gathered for the most recent 18 Summer Olympics from 1948 AD to 2016 AD. Data for the 2020AD Olympics is missing due to its cancellation following coronavirus pandemic. DATA: Summer Olympics: Men’s C1 1000m – Canoe & Kayak Winning Times Location Year (AD) Winner name Nationality Winning Time (Seconds) London Josef Holecek Czechoslovakia 1948 342.000 Helsinki Josef Holecek Czechoslovakia 1952 245.360 Melbourne Leon Rotman Romania 1956 305.300 Rome Janos Parti Hungary 1960 273.930 Tokyo Jürgen Eschert Germany 1964 275.140 Mexico City Tibor Tatai Hungary 1968 276.140 Munich Ivan Patzainchin Romania 1972 248.940 Montreal Matija Ljubek Yugoslavia 1976 249.000 Moscow Lyubomir Lyubenov Bulgaria 1980 252.380 Los Angeles Ulrich Elche West Germany 1984 246.320 Seoul Ivans Klementjevs Soviet Union 1988 25 ...
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