THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WAIST-HIP RATIO AND 60-METER RUNNING SPEED Studies on students of the Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University

It is imperative to improve Indonesia's achievement in sprint category using an indicator according talent scouting. The running speed of those with excessive body fat slower. distribution fat, especially the area abdomen and hip, could be measured waist hip ratio indicator. This study aimed at determining relationship between waist-hip 60-m speed. was a cross-sectional study. subjects were chosen simple random sampling. There 32 medical students Diponegoro University that met inclusion criteria did not meet exclusion criteria.. for their circumference, leg length, mean 0.88 ± 0.07; length 80.24 3.75 cm; 5.49 0.69 m/ s. Pearson correlation test University's showed significant negative (r= -0.515; p= 0.003). According multiple linear regression analysis, it found affected as much 26.6%. (R2= 0.266). Thus, there speed.Keywords: ratio,