The ventilatory equivalents for oxygen (VE/VO 2 ), carbon dioxide (VE/VCO 2 ), and oxygen pulse (PulO 2 ) influence exercise response.Objective.To analyze the precompetition ventilatory equivalents and maximum oxygen pulse in a group of military athletes.Methodological design.A retrospective research assessing PulO 2 , VE/ VO 2 , and VE/VCO 2 in relation to other physiological variables through ergoespirometry.Descriptive statistics were applied.Levene's test was used to assess variance homogeneity.Data distribution was verified by using the Shapiro-Wilk test.The Kruskal-Wallis H test, Student's t test, and Pearson's coefficient were also applied.Results.Sixty athletes aged 21 ±2 years, 80% (n = 48) men and 20% (n = 12) women, participated in the study.The ventilatory equivalents showed no differences by gender (p >0.05).However, they did differ by type of sport (p 0.02).The PulO 2max showed differences by gender and type of sport (p > 0.01).The VE/VCO 2max and the VO 2max were related with the test duration, and the PulO 2max with speed.Conclusions.The VE/VCO 2max and PulO 2max