Tablas de clasificación de prueba para determinar el nivel de la capacidad física ？resistencia？ de los estudiantes de Educación Física del Instituto Pedagógico de Caracas

the purpose of this study was to create classifying tables of one of the functional tests used to determine the level of physical capacity ？endurance？ of the physical education department students at the instituto pedagógico de caracas. the importance of the study comes from the existing necessity of managing reference patterns that make possible the classification of the tested students in a category according to their performance and level regarding the capacity mentioned above, considering the result as part of a diagnostic study as an indicator of the health and the physical capacity level, or as a tracking resource. in this field research, of a descriptive and quantitative nature, the total sampler was from 1005 physical education students, of either sex, between the 16 and 43 years old, who participated voluntarily. the test used was the 2000 meters race, which is part of a set of standardized tests in venezuela and other countries. the managing of the primary data obtained through the test consisted of the application of central and dispersion-tendency statistics. the classifying sets were elaborated through percentiles and are presented as the results of this study, which will be an invest with a high importance and utility in the programs related to the physical education, sports and health, taking into account that the classifying tables facilitate the evaluation process in the programs and projects implemented inside and outside of the cpi？s physical education department, besides, they allow -beyond the educational environment- to make a diagnostic for the elaboration of training plans.