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World Points Standings:
Men’s Running Events

Posted July 26th, 2008 at 12:16 PM by Jesse Squire

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Rankings, World Standings

These standings are a numerical summary of race results for each athlete, and are based on an athlete’s six best races (two of which can be in another event). Since the last update of the men’s running events on July 9, the major competitions have been the Golden League meets in Rome and Paris and the Super GP meet in Stockholm.

100 meters
1. Usain Bolt, JAM, 109
2. Nesta Carter, JAM, 81
3. Tyson Gay, USA, 78
4. Derrick Atkins, BAH, 76
5. Walter Dix, USA, 66
6. Asafa Powell, JAM, 62
7. Kim Collins, STK, 62
8. Mike Rodgers, USA, 62
9. Jaysuma Saidy Ndure, NOR, 60
10. Olusoji Fasuba, NGR, 59

Bolt holds on to his #1 ranking despite his surprise loss to Asafa Powell in Stockholm, which powered Powell into the top ten. Carter’s consistency gets him into the second spot, ahead of the idled Gay.

200 meters
1. LaShawn Merritt, USA, 98
2. Usain Bolt, JAM, 92
3. Walter Dix, USA, 70
4. Wallace Spearmon, USA, 69
5. Tyson Gay, USA, 62
6. Brendan Christian, ANT, 54
6. Joel Brown, USA, 54
8. Brian Dzingai, ZIM, 51
9. Marlon Devonish, GBR, 48
10. Rodney Martin, USA, 45

Right here we see some problems inherent in the scoring system. Merritt is certainly a good 200 runner but his accomplishments at that distance this season pale in comparison to Bolt’s. But the 200 has been held at only one big-scoring meet, the Super GP meet in Doha in May, which Merritt won.

400 meters
1. Jeremy Wariner, USA, 151
2. LaShawn Merritt, USA, 135
3. Chris Brown, BAH, 105
4. Tyler Christopher, CAN, 66
5. Ricardo Chambers, JAM, 64
6. Kerron Clement, USA, 57
7. Angelo Taylor, USA, 52
8. David Neville, USA, 50
9. Sean Wroe, AUS, 46
10. Denis Alekseyev, RUS, 45

Wariner is the top scoring man in all events put together, and rival Merritt is third.

800 meters
1. Abuber Kaki Khamis, SUD, 113
2. Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, RSA, 94
3. Yusuf Saad Kamel, BRN, 84
4. Abraham Chepkirwok, UGA, 75
5. David Lekuta Rudisha, KEN, 72
6. Alfred Kirwa Yego, KEN, 70
7. Yuriy Borzakovskiy, RUS, 63
8. Nick Symmonds, USA, 54
9. Asbel Kiprop, KEN, 50
9. Khadevis Robinson, USA, 50

The only significant change here is the re-emergence of Borzakovskiy.

1500 meters
1. Augustine Kiprono Choge, KEN, 100
2. Bernard Lagat, USA, 74
3. Abdalaati Iguider, MAR, 69
4. Asbel Kiprop, KEN, 68
5. Daniel Kipchirchir Komen, KEN, 65
6. Deresse Mekkonen Tsigu, ETH, 63
7. Shedrack Kibet Korir, KEN, 51
8. Mohamed Moustaoui, MAR, 46
9. Haron Keitany, KEN, 45
10. Andrew Baddeley, GBR, 44

Choge now has four major wins, and if anyone could possibly beat Lagat in Beijing he might be the one.

Steeplechase
1. Michael Kipyego KEN 76
2. Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 72
3. Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong KEN 72
4. Brimin Kiprop Kipruto KEN 60
5. Ezekiel Kemboi KEN 52
6. Tareq Mubarak Taher BRN 49
7. Collins Kosgei KEN 40
8. Wesley Kiprotich KEN 40
9. Ildar Minshin RUS 38
10. Anthony Famiglietti USA 36

Kipyego’s win in Stockholm put him on the top rung.

3000 meters
1. Edwin Cheruyuiot Soi, KEN, 90
2. Tariku Bekele, ETH, 80
3. Paul Kipsiele Koech, KEN, 75
4. Kenenisa Bekele, ETH, 74
5. Bernard Lagat, USA, 73
5. Sergey Ivanov, RUS, 73
7. Augustine Kiprono Choge, KEN, 68
8. Craig Mottram, AUS, 63
9. Eliud Kipchoge, KEN, 59
10. Mark Kosgei Kiptoo, KEN, 53

The World Athletics Tour has been a bit light on 3k races this year, making the current rankings a bit less meaningful. Soi’s win in Paris put him into the lead.

5,000 / 10,000 meters
1. Kenenisa Bekele, ETH, 98
2. Eliud Kipchoge, KEN, 81
3. Moses Ndiema Masai, KEN, 80
4. Sergei Ivanov, RUS, 76
5. Tariku Bekele, ETH, 76
6. Mark Kosgei Kiptoo, KEN, 65
7. Leonard Patrick Komon, KEN, 59
8. Edwin Cheruyiot Soi, KEN, 56
9. Joseph Ebuya, KEN, 53
10. Sileshi Sihine, ETH, 50

Kipchoge has been so consistent that he earns #2 even though he’s won only a single race all year.

110m Hurdles
1. Dayron Robles, CUB, 137
2. David Oliver, USA, 121
3. Terrence Trammell, USA, 76
4. Joel Brown, USA, 68
5. Yevgeniy Borisov, RUS, 58
6. David Payne, USA, 56
7. Antwon Hicks, USA, 54
8. Aries Merritt, USA, 52
9. Sergiy Demidyuk, UKR, 47
10. Jackson Quiñónez, ESP, 42

As with the 400, a pair of athletes score high because they don’t avoid top competition and have run very fast. China’s Liu Xiang has dropped out of the top ten, as he has run only three races this year.

400m Hurdles
1. Bershawn Jackson, USA, 107
2. Kerron Clement, USA, 96
3. Danny McFarlane, JAM, 83
4. L.J. van Zyl, RSA, 82
5. Angelo Taylor, USA, 59
6. Adrian Findlay, JAM, 51
6. Isa Phillips, JAM, 51
8. Marek Plawgo, POL, 46
9. Periklis Iakovakis, GRE, 42
10. Aleksandr Dereviagin, RUS, 40

Jackson still maintains first despite a pair of less-than-stellar outings in Rome and Paris.

Overall Men’s Standings
1. Jeremy Wariner (400) 151
2. Dayron Robles (110H) 137
3. LaShawn Merritt (400) 135
4. David Oliver (110H) 121
5. Abuber Kaki Khamis (800) 113
6. Reese Hoffa (SP) 110
7. Usain Bolt (100) 109
8. Yevgeniy Lukyanenko (PV) 108
9. Bershawn Jackson (400H) 107
9. Andreas Thorkildsen (JT) 107
11. Chris Brown (400) 105
12. Irving Saladino (LJ) 102
13. Augustine Kiprono Choge (1500) 100
14. Christian Cantwell (SP) 98
14. Kenenisa Bekele (5k/10k) 98
16. Kerron Clement (400H) 96
17. Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (800) 94
17. Stefan Holm (HJ) 94
19. Adam Nelson (SP) 91
20. Edwin Cheruyuiot Soi (3k) 90

Jimmie R. Markham said:

Good stuff, Jesse!

You might be interested to know that those cumbersome IAAF World Rankings haven’t gone away, they’ve just morphed into an entity called The World Rankings in Athletics. They are published by a Hungarian company called Elite Ltd. The website claims that they “are the successors of the former IAAF World Rankings.” I merely glanced at the rules, but they still look pretty cumbersome to me.
July 28th, 2008 at 2:49 am
Ladonna said:

I think every athlete who win or even do there best deserves to be treated that way Usain Bolt is showing the world what he is capable of i love his confidence in his self and team mates he knows now that he has fought to put himself on the map and he is definitely gonna keep it there thanks to him the caibbean and Jamacia is proud also to the rest of his team THank you Bolt
August 22nd, 2008 at 7:04 pm