1. Analysis of winning and losing the bronze medal in International Judo Competitions and the consistency with the IJF ranking list.
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2. How to get a bronze medal in judo ?
Only the contestants who reached the quarter final
From losing the quarter final : loser’s pool or ‘repechage’
Finally : contest against the loser of the opposite semi-final
Winner of this fight wins the bronze
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3. Losing before quarter final = no repechage Losers quarter final
Loser semi final
Loser semi final
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4. Losers quarter final = repechage
Loser semi final
Loser semi final
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5. Importance of a Ranking List
Evidenced based information to support the development of a players career (Reid et al.2014)
Indication for selection of a lower ranked judoka to increase the probability of a medal (Krumer, 2017)
50 % of the points for results looking back 13 – 24 mths.
World Ranking List represents the most accurate prediction of Olympic Result (Lascau & Rosu, 2013).
Contradicted by Franchini, 2015
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6. The IJF Ranking List
Is inspired by the ATP Tennis Tour (Franchini & Julio 2015).
Points for results of the previous 12 mths
50 % of the points for results looking back 13 – 24 mths.
An athlete can be seeded (protected) in the draw
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7. Draw Grand Slam Tokyo with the seeded players ‘in yellow’
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8. Approach for this work :
Analysis of the WRL (IJF) to find the main determining factors to obtain the bronze
Analysis of bronze medal fights for the period (by weight,gender)
Future : 2016 to add  whole Olympic Cycle = reference period for
Use of SPSS i.s.o Excel
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9. Studies about influencfing factors of winning and losing in judo :
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10. 1. Winner and loser effect :
Documented in a large number of animal studies (Whitehouse, 1997 – Altmann & Alberts, 2015).
Sports related : mainly studies about the correlations amongs factors of winning/losing.
Few studies in human competitions : ‘hot hand fallacy” for many years not evidenced but recently mixed evidence (Page & Coates, 2017)
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11. 1. Winner and loser effect :
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12. 1. Winner and loser effect :
Referencing period : loser semi final his last fight before the bronze medal fight was always a loss – the last fight of the opponent is always a win .
Total fights : loser semi final wins in 54,70 % of the fights the bronze.
This is opposite to the ‘winner effect’, even when comparing the different weight categories.
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13. 1. Winner and loser effect :
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14. 2.Colour of judogi :
In his work ‘Theory of Colours’ von Goethe (von Goethe, 1810) described the influence of colors on emotional experience.
Matsumoto et al, 2007 : males but not females have a winning bias, wearing a blue judogi
Confirmed by Julio et al, 2015
Critised by Dijkstra & Preenen (2008) because top seeded athletes were given blue
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15. 2.Colour of judogi :
Elliot, 2015 : most of the studies are related to red colour; mainly team sports (Barton & Hill, 2005, Ilie et al, 2008,Attrill et al, 2008, Allan & Jones, 2014). Only a minor number about other colors ex. Black and white (Caldwell & Burger, 2011).
Elliot, 2015 : review of theoretical and empirical work of colours and psychological fuctioning : existing theoretical / empirical work is at early stage of development with a number of weaknesses.
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16. 2.Colour of judogi :
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17. 2.Colour of judogi :
For the referencing period (loser semi final is always blue) : total fights 2.821
Blue won 54,70 %; this is in line with the ‘blue effect’ but in those cases the highest ranked judoka won 69,55 % (this confirms the study of Dijkstra).
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18. 3.Home advantage :
Julio (Julio et al. 2013) concluded that there is home advantage.
Also Krumer (Krumer 2017) evidenced that home advantage increases the probability of winning a fight for both genders.
For the referencing period these statistics are not yet made. However, it’s foreseen to do so and to see the possible influence of winning the bronze.
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19. 4.Consistancy : bronze medal & ranking list :
Hypothesid that the bronze medal winner :
Is not the highest ranked judoka
Is always the highest ranked judoka.
The study of Claes, 2016 evidenced that for IJF in total 69,55 % (1.962 times on a total of 2.821) the bronze medal is won by the highest ranked athlete.
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20. 4.Consistancy:bronze & ranking list
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21. Purpose of the study – future :
Clear statistical vieuw about ‘who wins bronze’
Take into consideration the age of the athlete (governing bodies : actual age vs future medal chance)
Ranking list end of previous year or end of actual year (as used in the actual figures ) ?
Next Olympic Cycle (Tokyo 2020) :
Changes fighting time of the men (5 to 4 min)
Changes in the value of tournaments (ranking points)
Changes in fighting rules
= influence compared with the referencing period ?
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22. Cited works : 29/03/2017 Geert Claes
Claes, G. (2016). The winner and loser effect applied on the bronze medal fight in judo. Cambridge.
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Elliot, A. (2015). Color and psychological functioning : a review of theoretical and empirical work. Frontiers in Psychology, 368(6).
Franchini, E., & Ferreira Julio, U. (2015). The Judo WOrld Ranking List and the Performances in the 2012 London Olympics. Asian Journal of Sports Medicine, 6(3).
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Krumer, A. (2017). On Winning Probabilities, Weight Categories, and Home Advantage in Professional Judo. Journal of Sports Economics,
Lascau, D., & Rosu, D. (2013). Study regarding the prediction of medal winning in Olympic Games judo competition. Journal of Physical Education and Sport,
Matsumoto, D., Konno, J., Hata, S., & Takeuchi, M. (2007). Blue Judogis may Bias Competition Outcomes. Research Journal of Budo, 39, 1-7.
Page , L., & Coates, J. (2017). Winner and loser effects in human competitions. Evidence from equally matched tennis players. Evolution and Human Behaviour.
Reid, M., Morgan, S., Churchill , T., & Bane, M. (2014). Rankings in professional men's tennis : a rich but underutilized source of information. Journal of SPorts Science,
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Whitehouse, M. (1997). Experience influences male-male contests in the spider Argyrodees antipodiana (Theridiidae : Araneae). Animal Behaviour(53),
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