Проведено аналіз виступів збірної команди України з бігу на середні та довгі дистанції на Олімпійських іграх в
Бразилії в 2016 р. та на чемпіонаті світу в Лондоні в 2017 р., що дозволяє охарактеризувати результативність роботи
легкоатлетів. Зіставляючи виступи спортсменів на чемпіонатах України та на основних легкоатлетичних форумах
2016 – 2017 рр., було виявлено як позитивні, так і негативні сторони їх підготовки.
Analysis of the National team of Ukraine middle and long distances runners’ performance at
the Olympic Games in Brazil in 2016 and at the World Championship in London in 2017 was carried out. This allows to characterize
the track-and-field athletes’ performance. Comparison of athletes’ performance at the Ukrainian championships and at the major
track-and-field competitions of 2016-2017 revealed both positive and negative aspects of their preparation.
Endurance coaches (middle distance running and long distance running) must have a good knowledge of speed skills
development level or other latent endurance indicators of track-and-field athletes possessing various qualifications and covering
various distances. This can reveal weak aspects of athletes’ preparation and determine if there is lack of speed or lack of endurance.
So, the higher reserve of speed, the higher is endurance.
In view of this, we can conclude that at the present stage of track-and-field development particularly in middle and long
distance running as well as in the system of organizing and assessing training process, coaches must focus their attention on
applying methods, which are adequate to the major competitive exercise, taking into consideration many elements, such as
technical, physical and functional. It is also necessary to apply these elements correctly from the point of view of methodology and
according to the stage of long term preparation and stages of a year training cycle during the preparation for the major competitions
of the year [1, 3, 11, 12].
Solution of this problem is one of the main tasks for middle and long distance runners’ preparation.
