The COVID-19 pandemic impact on the best performers in athletics and swimming among paralympic and non-disabled athletes.

Background: The COVID 19 pandemic has greatly disrupted high performance sport and international competition. The aim of this study was to quantify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world's top 10 performances in Athletics and Swimming among non-disabled and Paralympic athletes.

Methods: The results of the 10-best world performers in 66 Olympic events since 1891 and 255 Paralympic events since 2010 were collected.