A general optimal control model for running and swimming is developed, whose principal parameters are the energy reserves, the breathing rate and the force. This model is then applied to the world records in these disciplines. It describes the data very well and the parameters employed have values, which agree closely with those obtained by other means.
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Behncke et al. (1987) studied this question.
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