LACTATE PROFILES OF WRESTLERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN 32ND EUROPEAN FREESTYLE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1989

Blood samples of 19 volunteer national team wrestlers from various nat ions were evaluated in the study for lactic acid values after their la st match in the 32nd European Free-Style Wrestling Championship in Ank ara, 1989. This was the first European Championship after the change o f wresting duration from six minute bout with one minute rest in betwe en to continuous five minute bout. The results showed that means and s tandard deviations of free-style wrestlers were 103.97 +/- 11.31 mg% f or blood lactic acid concentration, 25.32 +/- 4.03 years for age, 1.73 +/- 0.11 m for height, and 78.63 +/- 22.88 kg for weight respectively . The success of the wrestlers in this free-style wrestling championsh ip had no relationship with the level of their blood lactic acid conce ntration.