Table 2 Injuries by Olympic sport and sex in retired Great Britain’s Olympians
Athletes (n; m/f)* | Injuries (n) | Training/competition/unknown** (%) | Injuries per athlete (mean n) | Injured athletes (n; m/f) | Injury prevalence (95% CI) | Exact 95% CI*** | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Summer sports | ||||||||
Archery | 10 (3/7) | 3 | 0/66.7/33.3 | 0.30 | 3 (1/2) | – | ||
Athletics (track) | 99 (53/46) | 128 | 62.5/28.9/8.6 | 1.29 | 67 (35/32) | 67.7% | 58.3 to 77.1 | |
Athletics (field) | 21 (8/13) | 29 | 37.9/48.3/13.8 | 1.38 | 17 (7/10) | 81.0% | 62.6 to 99.3 | |
Athletics (road) | 19 (12/7) | 30 | 53.3/43.3/3.4 | 1.58 | 10 (7/3) | 52.6% | 27.9 to 77.4 | |
Aquatics | ||||||||
Swimming | 73 (26/47) | 58 | 50/25.9/24.1 | 0.79 | 34 (8/26) | 46.6% | 34.9 to 58.3 | |
Diving | 13 (4/9) | 17 | 58.8/23.5/17.7 | 1.31 | 8 (1/7) | – | ||
Syn. swimming | 3 (0/3) | 5 | 100/0/0 | 1.67 | 2 (0/2) | – | ||
Water polo | 4 (3/1) | 6 | 100/0/0 | 1.50 | 2 (1/1) | – | ||
Badminton | 4 (2/2) | 4 | 75/0/25 | 1.00 | 2 (2/0) | – | ||
Basketball | 4 (3/1) | 6 | 33.3/50/16.7 | 1.50 | 3 (2/1) | – | ||
Boxing | 6 (6/0) | 1 | 0/0/100 | 0.17 | 1 (1/0) | – | ||
Canoeing | 28 (17/11) | 13 | 76.9/7.7/15.4 | 0.46 | 8 (3/5) | 28.6% | 10.7 to 46.4 | |
Cycling | 23 (17/6) | 28 | 25/67.9/7.1 | 1.22 | 15 (10/5) | 65.2% | 44.2 to 86.3 | |
Equestrian | 10 (3/7) | 15 | 26.7/60/13.3 | 1.50 | 5 (2/3) | – | ||
Fencing | 23 (13/10) | 18 | 33.3/55.6/11.1 | 0.78 | 12 (6/6) | 52.2% | 30.1 to 74.3 | |
Football | 5 (5/0) | 5 | 0/80/20 | 1.00 | 4 (4/0) | – | ||
Gymnastics | 20 (9/11) | 31 | 64.5/32.3/3.2 | 1.55 | 15 (7/8) | 75.0% | 54.2 to 95.8 | |
Handball | 1 (1/0) | 0 | – | 0.00 | – | – | ||
Hockey | 57 (46/11) | 62 | 25.8/61.3/12.9 | 1.09 | 33 (26/7) | 57.9% | 44.7 to 71.1 | |
Judo | 10 (6/4) | 26 | 46.2/50/3.8 | 2.60 | 7 (4/3) | – | ||
Modern pentathlon | 7 (5/2) | 11 | 54.5/36.4/9.1 | 1.57 | 6 (4/2) | – | ||
Rowing | 93 (54/39) | 93 | 67.7/21.5/10.8 | 1.00 | 50 (26/24) | 53.8% | 43.4 to 64.1 | |
Sailing | 20 (15/5) | 20 | 45/25/30 | 1.00 | 10 (5/5) | 50.0% | 26.0 to 74.0 | |
Shooting | 10 (6/4) | 10 | 30/70/0 | 1.00 | 7 (4/3) | – | ||
Table tennis | 1 (1/0) | 2 | 0/100/0 | 2.00 | 1 (1/0) | – | ||
Taekwondo | 1 (0/1) | 0 | – | 0.00 | – | – | ||
Tennis | 5 (4/1) | 7 | 14.3/85.7/0 | 1.40 | 2 (1/1) | – | ||
Volleyball | 2 (2/0) | 3 | 100/0/0 | 1.50 | 1 (1/0) | – | ||
Weightlifting | 8 (6/2) | 19 | 47.4/42.1/10.5 | 2.38 | 7 (5/2) | – | ||
Wind surfing | 1 (1/0) | 1 | 0/0/100 | 1.00 | 1 (1/0) | – | ||
Wrestling | 3 (3/0) | 4 | 25/50/25 | 1.33 | 3 (3/0) | – | ||
Winter sports | – | |||||||
Alpine skiing | 12 (7/5) | 14 | 6/5/3 | 1.17 | 2 (2/0) | – | ||
Biathlon | 4 (4/0) | 4 | 50/50/0 | 1.00 | 2 (2/0) | – | ||
Bobsleigh | 15 (13/2) | 13 | 53.8/23.1/23.1 | 0.87 | 9 (7/2) | 60.0% | 31.9 to 88.1 | |
Cross-country skiing | 9 (6/3) | 11 | 18.2/81.8/0 | 1.22 | 3 (3/0) | – | ||
Figure skating | 10 (2/8) | 5 | 100/0/0 | 0.50 | 5 (1/4) | – | ||
Ice hockey | 1 (1/0) | 1 | 0/100/0 | 1.00 | 1 (1/0) | – | ||
Luge | 3 (3/0) | 3 | 33.3/66.7/0 | 1.00 | 2 (2/0) | – | ||
Short tr. sp. skating | 7 (3/4) | 7 | 85.7/14.3/0 | 1.00 | 5 (2/3) | – | ||
Skeleton | 1 (0/1) | 1 | 100/0/0 | 1.00 | 1 (0/1) | – | ||
Skiing: freestyle | 2 (1/1) | 7 | 57.1/42.9/0 | 3.50 | 2 (1/1) | – | ||
Speed skating | 2 (2/0) | 0 | – | – | – | – | ||
Total summer sports | 584 (334/250) | 655 | 50.7/37.6/11.7 | 1.12 | 336 (178/158) | 57.5% | 53.5 to 61.6 | |
Total winter sports | 66 (42/24) | 66 | 51.5/39.4/9.1 | 1.00 | 32 (21/11) | 48.5% | 36.1 to 60.9 | |
Overall total | 650 | 721 | 50.8/37.7/11.5 | 1.11 | 368 (199/169) | 56.6% | 52.8 to 60.4 | |