Measuring the Impact of Scientific Advancements on Sports Development (Case Study: The Thematic Area of Sports Championship Olympics)

The success of the country's sport in international competitions is influenced by several factors. Recognition the factors affecting the success of sport can be effective in sport development. The purpose of this study was to measure the process of scientific outputs impact in subject area of physical education and sport sciences on sports championship in four periods of 4 years. Scientific data of four time periods have been extracted from web of science and Olympic data from Olympic games website. To evaluate this survey, four indicators were considered: number of productive degrees, number of active sport organizations, number of researchers and number of medals won in the Olympic Games. Then, correlation between these indicators was calculated, using SPSS software version 21. The results showed that correlation coefficient between indicators was from 0.45 to 0.75 in all time periods; which indicates that there is significant correlation between the number of received medals and the other three indicators. In general, it can be concluded that over time, the correlation coefficient has grown in all variables, which means that the role of scientific outputs has become more important in development of sports championship.