Bekele, Zeru (PhD)Belay, Tewobsta2021-08-112023-11-092021-08-112023-11-092021-06-05http://10.90.10.223:4000/handle/123456789/27643This cross-sectional study has aimed to assess differences in general body assessment between female middle and long-distance runners. Age, height, weight, body fat, bone mass, muscle mass, and total body water of participants were assessed. Age of the participants ranges from 18 to 28 years (M = 21.87, SD = 2.45). Mean height and weight for MD runners was 164.73cm (SD = 4.65) and 49.81kg (SD = 2.4), and mean height and weight for LD runners was 161.4cm (SD = 5.37) and 47.28 kg (SD = 4.55) respectively. Mean of age, height, weight, and BMI are low compared to the last two Olympic female athletes mean. MD runners had higher (mean ± SD) in BMI, BF% ,BM, MM (18.37 ±0 .83, 15.83 ± 4.08, 2.14 ± 0.14,39.77 ± 2.63) and LD runners (18.1 ± 1.07, 14.1 ± 2.74, 2.07 ± 0.17, 38.47 ± 3.08 ) respectively. Conversely, MD runners had lower (mean ± SD) (59.58 ± 2.75) in TBW Than LD runners (60.44 ± 1.57 ).There were no statistically significant differences between MD and LD athletes in the tested variables. Relationships between height and muscle mass; height and bone mass; BMI and muscle mass; muscle mass and bone mass; weight and bone mass; bone mass and BMI were found to be a high positive correlation (r = 0.667, r = 0.608, r = 0.465, r = 0.982, r =0.851,r=0.535, p < 0.001). Conversely, the relationship between TBW and body fat was found to be a high negative correlation (r =-0.908, p < 0.001).enAnthropometryBody CompositionRunnersThesis