Objective: To investigate the relative age effect (RAE) in Olympic basketball athletes, related to sex, continent and country. Methods: The sample was composed of 300 athletes who have competed in the London 2012 Olympic Games. Athletes` date of birth was split into quartiles (trimester of born). For data analysis, Chi2 test was used with the level of significance set at 5%. Results: The RAE was not observed by the analysis for sex and continent. However, the RAE was found in French athletes (Chi2 = 11.333; P = 0.01), with more athletes born on the second quartile. We can conclude that the RAE is not present in Olympic basketball athletes, except on those French ones.
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