By Zach Breeding, Swimming World College Intern.Â
It’s a very rare thing to see an athlete completely dominate a field and revolutionize a sport in one’s lifetime. However, this is exactly what we are seeing Katie Ledecky do to the sport of swimming. And while her dominance and technique have been sufficiently beaten into the ground by discussion, what has not been put into perspective is her relative dominance in comparison to other more well-known and quantifiable sports.
I will compare the percentage by which Ledecky won her 800m free at the 2016 Olympics to that of past years in the same event. Then, using the difference between the two, I will create a detailed stat report. By applying those differences to other sports’ average winning percentages, a clear disparity will be revealed.
Anyone who watched these past Olympic Games knows who Katie Ledecky is. She was the one who made all of the other world class swimmers look like children. Katie Ledecky won the 800 freestyle, her most dominant Olympic event, by a margin of over 11 seconds or a difference of 2.3 percent.
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