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  1. Greatest of All Time: Development of a Ranking System to Determine the Most Successful Olympic and World Championship Runners Since 1896

    Article • Sports Medicine, May 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Brian Hanley

  2. Kinematic and spatiotemporal differences between footstrike patterns in elite male and female 10,000 m runners in competition

    Article • Sports Biomechanics, January 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Brian Hanley

  3. Evolution of 1500-m Olympic Running Performance

    Article • International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, January 2024, Human Kinetics

    Dr Brian Hanley

  4. “Falling Behind,” “Letting Go,” and Being “Outsprinted” as Distinct Features of Pacing in Distance Running

    Article • International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, January 2024, Human Kinetics

    Dr Brian Hanley

  5. Recreational Runners Gain Physiological and Biomechanical Benefits From Super Shoes at Marathon Paces

    Article • International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, December 2023, Human Kinetics

    Dr Brian Hanley, Giorgos Paradisis

  6. Short-Term Speed Variability as an Index of Pacing Stochasticity in Athletic Running Events

    Article • Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Brian Hanley

  7. Changes in running biomechanics during the 2017 IAAF world championships men's 1500 m final

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, February 2023, Wiley

    Dr Brian Hanley

  8. Grizzlies and gazelles: Duty factor is an effective measure for categorizing running style in English Premier League soccer players

    Article • Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, August 2022, Frontiers

    Dr Brian Hanley

  9. Morphological and mechanical properties of lower limbs in competitive racewalkers: Associations with performance

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Brian Hanley

  10. Repeatability and sensitivity of passive mechanical stiffness measurements in the triceps surae muscle‐tendon complex

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, October 2021, Wiley

    Dr Brian Hanley

  11. Meso-pacing in Olympic and World Championship sprints and hurdles: Medallists save their best for the final

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, June 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Brian Hanley

  12. The head is an excellent proxy for the whole body center of mass when measuring running velocity in competition

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, May 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Brian Hanley

  13. Pacing behaviour of middle-long distance running & race-walking athletes at the IAAF U18 and U20 World Championship finals

    Article • European Journal of Sport Science, March 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Brian Hanley

  14. Footstrike patterns and race performance in the 2017 IAAF World Championship men’s 10,000 m final

    Article • Sports Biomechanics, February 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Brian Hanley

  15. Increases in speed do not change gait symmetry or variability in world-class race walkers

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, July 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Brian Hanley

  16. Pacing profiles and tactical behaviors of elite runners

    Article • Journal of Sport and Health Science, June 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Brian Hanley

  17. Muscle‐tendon morphology and function following long‐term exposure to repeated and strenuous mechanical loading

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, April 2020, Wiley

    Dr Brian Hanley

  18. Development and Maintenance of Sprint Training Adaptations

    Article • The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, February 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Brian Hanley, Giorgos Paradisis

  19. Individual performances relative to season bests in major track running championship races are distance-, position- and sex-dependent

    Article • European Journal of Human Movement, January 2020, Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche

    Dr Brian Hanley

  20. Better water jump clearances were differentiated by longer landing distances in the 2017 IAAF World Championship 3000 m steeplechase finals

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, November 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Brian Hanley

  21. Deliberate Practice in Training Differentiates the Best Kenyan and Spanish Long-Distance Runners

    Article • European Journal of Sport Science, November 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Brian Hanley

  22. World-Class Male Sprinters and High Hurdlers Have Similar Start and Initial Acceleration Techniques

    Article • Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, September 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Brian Hanley

  23. Lane and Heat Draw Have Little Effect on Placings and Progression in Olympic and IAAF World Championship 800 m Running

    Article • Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, September 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Brian Hanley

  24. Assessment of IAAF Racewalk Judges' Ability to Detect Legal and Non-legal Technique

    Article • Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, August 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Brian Hanley

  25. The Science Behind Competition and Winning in Athletics: Using World-Level Competition Data to Explore Pacing and Tactics

    Article • Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, August 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Brian Hanley

  26. Most marathon runners at the 2017 IAAF World Championships were rearfoot strikers, and most did not change footstrike pattern

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, July 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Brian Hanley

  27. World-Class Long-Distance Running Performances Are Best Predicted by Volume of Easy Runs and Deliberate Practice of Short-Interval and Tempo Runs

    Article • The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, April 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Brian Hanley

  28. Muscle Activation Patterns Correlate With Race Walking Economy in Elite Race Walkers: A Waveform Analysis

    Article • International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, March 2019, Human Kinetics

    Dr Brian Hanley

  29. Risk Taking Runners Slow More in the Marathon

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, February 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Brian Hanley

  30. Reliability of the OptoJump Next System for Measuring Temporal Values in Elite Racewalking

    Article • The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, January 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Brian Hanley

  31. Successful Pacing Profiles of Olympic and IAAF World Championship Middle-Distance Runners Across Qualifying Rounds and Finals

    Article • International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, December 2018, Human Kinetics

    Dr Brian Hanley

  32. Pacing Profiles of Olympic and IAAF World Championship Long-Distance Runners

    Article • The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, October 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Brian Hanley

  33. Gait variability and symmetry remain consistent during high-intensity 10,000 m treadmill running

    Article • Journal of Biomechanics, October 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Brian Hanley

  34. Champions are racers, not pacers: an analysis of qualification patterns of Olympic and IAAF World Championship middle distance runners

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, May 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Brian Hanley

  35. Pacing profiles of senior men and women at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, October 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Brian Hanley

  36. Differences between motion capture and video analysis systems in calculating knee angles in elite-standard race walking

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, August 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Brian Hanley

  37. Gait variability and symmetry in world-class senior and junior race walkers

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, September 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Brian Hanley

  38. Analysis of lower limb work-energy patterns in world-class race walkers

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, July 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Brian Hanley

  39. Mechanical and neural function of triceps surae in elite racewalking

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, June 2016, American Physiological Society

    Dr Brian Hanley

  40. Pacing, packing and sex-based differences in Olympic and IAAF World Championship marathons

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Brian Hanley

  41. Gait Alterations During Constant Pace Treadmill Racewalking

    Article • The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, August 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Brian Hanley

  42. Pacing and packing in elite half marathons

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, December 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Brian Hanley

  43. Ground reaction forces in elite race walkers

    Article • European Journal of Sport Science, November 2014, Wiley

    Dr Brian Hanley

  44. Changes in Gait During Constant Pace Treadmill Running

    Article • The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, May 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Brian Hanley

  45. Pacing profiles of elite cross country runners

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, February 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Brian Hanley

  46. Analysis of lower limb internal kinetics and electromyography in elite race walking

    Article • Journal of Sports Sciences, July 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Brian Hanley

  47. Cypriot and Greek Army Military Boot Cushioning: Ground Reaction Forces and Subjective Responses

    Article • Military Medicine, April 2013, AMSUS

    Dr Brian Hanley

  48. Kinematic characteristics of elite men's 50 km race walking

    Article • European Journal of Sport Science, December 2011, Wiley

    Dr Brian Hanley

  49. Kinematic characteristics of elite men's and women's 20 km race walking and their variation during the race

    Article • Sports Biomechanics, June 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Brian Hanley

  50. Kinematic Variations Due to Changes in Pace during Men's and Women's 5 km Road Running

    Article • International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, June 2011, SAGE Publications

    Dr Brian Hanley