BEST MARKS BY UNRANKED ATHLETES
(through the 2012 season)
(compiled by Jim Rorick)
How hard is it to make the T&FN World Rankings? In crafting our annual compilations we have long noted that just running fast or jumping/throwing high/far isn’t enough. For graphic proof check out the following list of high-powered athletes.
These are the performers with the highest mark on the all-time list who were never quite good enough to make the World Rankings in that event (although they may have in another event).
Specifically: that means not good enough to have ranked in any year, not just the year in which they recorded this mark.
The imposing list (if the best mark was made at altitude, then the non-altitude best is also given):
| MEN |
| 100 |
9.86 |
Keston Bledman (Trinidad) ’12 |
| 200 |
19.98 |
Jordan Vaden (US) ’06 |
| 400 |
44.20(A) |
Charles Gitonga (Kenya) ’96 |
| |
44.48 |
Kerron Clement (US) ’07 |
| 800 |
1:43.03 |
Kenneth Kimwetich (Kenya) ’98 |
| 1500 |
3:30.31 |
Ayanleh Souleiman (Djibouti) ’12 |
| Mile |
3:48.98 |
Craig Mottram (Australia) ’05 |
| Steeple |
8:05.88 |
Bernard Nganga (Kenya) ’11 |
| 5000 |
12:48.77 |
Yenew Alamirew (Ethiopia) ’12 |
| 10,000 |
26:43.98 |
Lucas Rotich (Kenya) ’11 |
| 110H |
13.17 |
Mike Fenner (Germany) ’98 |
| 400H |
47.93 |
Kenji Narisako (Japan) ’06 |
| Mar |
2:04:50 |
Getu Feleke (Ethiopia) ’12 |
| |
2:04:50 |
Dino Sefer (Ethiopia) ’12 |
| 20W |
1:17:52 |
Sergey Morozov (Russia) ’12 |
| 50W |
3:41:02 |
Francisco Fernández (Spain) ’09 |
| Field Events |
| HJ |
2.38 | 7-9¾i |
Wolf-Hendrik Beyer (Germany) ’94 |
| PV |
5.90 | 19-4¼ |
Jacob Davis (US) ’98 |
| LJ |
8.49 | 27-10¼ |
Melvin Lister (US) ’00 |
| TJ |
17.78 | 58-4 |
Melvin Lister (US) ’04 |
| SP |
21.63 | 70-11¾ |
Māris Urtāns (Latvia) ’10 |
| DT |
69.90 | 229-4 |
Jason Young (US) ’10 |
| HT |
82.40 | 270-4 |
Plamen Minev (Bulgaria) ’91 |
| JT |
86.98 | 285-4 |
Yuriy Rybin (Russia) ’95 |
| Dec |
8526 |
Francisco Benet (Spain) ’98 |
| WOMEN |
| 100 |
10.90 |
Glory Alozie (Nigeria) ’99 |
| 200 |
22.23(A) |
Carol Rodríguez (Puerto Rico) ’06 |
| |
22.30 |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) ’88 |
| |
22.30 |
Zundra Feagin (US) ’96 |
| 400 |
49.49 |
Olga Zaytseva (Russia) ’06 |
| 800 |
1:56.21 |
Zamira Zaytseva (Soviet Union) ’83 |
| 1500 |
3:58.28 |
Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey) ’04 |
| Mile |
4:20.23 |
Gulnara Galkina (Russia) ’07 |
| Steeple |
9:13.53 |
Gülcan Mıngır (Turkey) ’12 |
| 5000 |
14:33.13 |
Gulnara Galkina (Russia) ’08 |
| 10,000 |
30:29.21 |
Fyles Ongori (Kenya) ’08 |
| 100H |
12.54 |
Nichole Denby (US) ’08 |
|
12.54 |
Jessica Ennis (Great Britain) ’12 |
| 400H |
53.77 |
Irina Davydova (Russia) ’12 |
| Mar |
2:19:52 |
Mare Dibaba (Ethiopia) ’12 |
| 20W |
1:25:27 |
Elmira Alembekova (Russia) ’12 |
| Field Events |
| HJ |
2.00 | 6-6¾ |
Daniela Rath (Germany) ’03 |
|
2.00 | 6-6¾i |
Meike Kröger (Germany) ’10 |
| PV |
4.76 | 15-7¼i |
Alana Boyd (Australia) ’12 |
| LJ |
7.20 | 23-7½ |
Irena Ozhenko (Soviet Union) ’86 |
| TJ |
14.83 | 48-8i |
Yelena Lebedenko (Russia) ’01 |
| SP |
21.05 | 69-¾ |
Zdenka Šilhavá (Czechoslovakia) ’83 |
| DT |
69.08 | 226-8 |
Mariana Lengyel (Romania) ’86 |
| HT |
76.72 | 251-8 |
Mariya Bespalova (Russia) ’12 |
| JT |
65.11 | 213-7 |
Lingwei Li (China) ’12 |
| Hept |
6551 |
Yelena Martsenyuk (Soviet Union) ’88 |
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