2015 World Championships Men’s Top 10 Picks

by T&FN Staff & Contributors

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T&FN apologizes for the delay in posting these predictions. Unforeseen staffing circumstances and some technical difficulties as we adjusted knocked us temporarily off stride.

100 METERS
1. Usain Bolt (Jamaica)
2. Justin Gatlin (US)
3. Asafa Powell (Jamaica)
4. Tyson Gay (US)
5. Andre De Grasse (Canada)
6. Mike Rodgers (US)
7. Jimmy Vicaut (France)
8. Femi Ogunode (Qatar)
9. Akani Simbine (South Africa)
10. Trayvon Bromell (US)

 

200 METERS
1. Usain Bolt (Jamaica)
2. Justin Gatlin (US)
3. Zharnel Hughes (Great Britain)
4. Anaso Jobodwana (South Africa)
5. Isiah Young (US)
6. Christoph Lemaitre (France)
7. Nickel Ashmeade (Jamaica)
8. Wallace Spearmon (US)
9. Warren Weir (Jamaica)
10. Julian Forte (Jamaica)

 

400 METERS
1. Kirani James (Grenada)
2. Wayde van Niekerk (South Africa)
3. LaShawn Merritt (US)
4. Isaac Makwala (Botswana)
5. Steven Gardiner (Bahamas)
6. Chris Brown (Bahamas)
7. David Verburg (US)
8. Youssef Al-Masrahi (Saudi Arabia)
9. Machel Cedenio (Trinidad)
10. Luguelín Santos (Dominican Rep)

 

800 METERS
1. Nijel Amos (Botswana)
2. Mohamed Aman (Ethiopia)
3. David Rudisha (Kenya)
4. Amel Tuka (Bosnia)
5. Robert Biwott (Kenya)
6. Abdulrahman Balla (Qatar)
7. Adam Kszcot (Poland)
8. Ferguson Cheruiyot (Kenya)
9. Marcin Lewandowski (Poland)
10. Alfred Kipketer (Kenya)

 

1500 METERS
1. Asbel Kiprop (Kenya)
2. Taoufik Makhloufi (Algeria)
3. Ayanleh Souleiman (Djibouti)
4. Silas Kiplagat (Kenya)
5. Matthew Centrowitz (US)
6. Abdelaati Iguider (Morocco)
7. Nick Willis (New Zealand)
8. Elijah Manangoi (Kenya)
9. Robert Biwott (Kenya)
10. Aman Wote (Ethiopia)

 

STEEPLE
1. Jairus Birech (Kenya)
2. Evan Jager (US)
3. Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya)
4. Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya)
5. Brimin Kipruto (Kenya)
6. Dan Huling (US)
7. John Koech (Bahrain)
8. Donn Cabral (US)
9. Matt Hughes (Canada)
10. Hicham Sigueni (Morocco)

 

5000 METERS
1. Mo Farah (Great Britain)
2. Yomif Kejelcha (Ethiopia)
3. Caleb Ndiku (Kenya)
4. Hagos Gebrhiwet (Ethiopia)
5. Edwin Soi (Kenya)
6. Emmanuel Kipsang (Kenya)
7. Galen Rupp (US)
8. Ben True (US)
9. Dejen Gebremeskel (Ethiopia)
10. Othmane El Goumri (Morocco)

 

10,000 METERS
1. Mo Farah (Great Britain)
2. Geoffrey Kamworor (Kenya)
3. Galen Rupp (US)
4. Paul Tanui (Kenya)
5. Muktar Edris (Ethiopia)
6. Bedan Karoki (Kenya)
7. Imane Merga (Ethiopia)
8. Cam Levins (Canada)
9. Mosinet Geremew (Ethiopia)
10. Stephen Mokoka (South Africa)

 

110 HURDLES
1. David Oliver (US)
2. Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (France)
3. Omar McLeod (Jamaica)
4. Sergey Shubenkov (Russia)
5. Ronnie Ash (US)
6. Garfield Darien (France)
7. Aries Merritt (US)
8. Mikel Thomas (Trinidad)
9. Aleec Harris (US)
10. Hansle Parchment (Jamaica)

 

400 HURDLES
1. Bershawn Jackson (US)
2. Javier Culson (Puerto Rico)
3. Michael Tinsley (US)
4. Johnny Dutch (US)
5. Jeffery Gibson (Bahamas)
6. Kariem Hussein (Switzerland)
7. Patryk Dobek (Poland)
8. LJ van Zyl (South Africa)
9. Kerron Clement (US)
10. Jehue Gordon (Trinidad)

 

MARATHON
1. Wilson Kipsang (Kenya)
2. Stephen Kiprotich (Uganda)
3. Dennis Kimetto (Kenya)
4. Lelisa Desisa (Ethiopia)
5. Mark Korir (Kenya)
6. Shumi Dechasa (Bahrain)
7. Hayle Lemi (Ethiopia)
8. Yemane Adhane (Ethiopia)
9. Solomon Mutai (Uganda)
10. Kazuhiro Maeda (Japan)

 

20K WALK
1. Zhen Wang (China)
2. Ding Chen (China)
3. Yusuke Suzuki (Japan)
4. Zelin Cai (China)
5. Miguel Ángel López (Spain)
6. Dane Bird-Smith (Australia)
7. Eiki Takahashi (Japan)
8. Andrés Chocho (Ecuador)
9. Dzianis Simanovich (Belarus)
10. Eider Arevalo (Colombia)

 

50K WALK
1. Matej Toth (Slovakia)
2. Marco DeLuca (Italy)
3. Ivan Banzeruk (Ukraine)
4. Takayuki Tanii (Japan)
5. Robert Heffernan (Ireland)
6. Jared Tallent (Australia)
7. Rafal Augustyn (Poland)
8. Lukasz Nowak (Poland)
9. Serhiy Budza (Ukraine)
10. Brendan Boyce (Ireland)

 

4 x 100 RELAY
1. Jamaica
2. United States
3. Great Britain
4. France
5. Germany
6. Japan
7. Trinidad
8. Brazil
9. Canada
10. China

 

4 x 400 RELAY
1. United States
2. Bahamas
3. Trinidad
4. Belgium
5. Great Britain
6. France
7. Jamaica
8. Cuba
9. Brazil
10. Poland

 

HIGH JUMP
1. Mutaz Essa Barshim (Qatar)
2. Bogdan Bondarenko (Ukraine)
3. Derek Drouin (Canada)
4. Erik Kynard (US)
5. Ivan Ukhov (Russia)
6. Guowei Zhang (China)
7. Gianmarco Tamberi (Italy)
8. Marco Fassinotti (Italy)
7. Daniyil Tsyplakov (Russia)
10. Donald Thomas (Bahamas)

 

POLE VAULT
1. Renaud Lavillenie (France)
2. Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece)
3. Raphael Holzdeppe (Germany)
5. Shawn Barber (Canada)
5. Thiago Braz (Brazil)
6. Paweł Wojciechowski (Poland)
7. Sam Kendricks (US)
8. Piotr Lisek (Poland)
9. Aleksandr Gripich (Russia)
10. Jan Kudlička (Czech Republic)

 

LONG JUMP
1. Greg Rutherford (Great Britain)
2. Jeff Henderson (US)
3. Marquis Dendy (US)
4. Aleksandr Menkov (Russia)
5. Li Jinzhe (China)
6. Khotso Mokoena (South Africa)
7. Mike Hartfield (US)
8. Zarck Visser (South Africa)
9. Fabian Heinle (Germany)
10. Dan Bramble (Great Britain)

 

TRIPLE JUMP
1. Christian Taylor (US)
2. Pedro Pablo Pichardo (Cuba)
3. Will Claye (US)
4. Omar Craddock (US)
5. Nelson Évora (Portugal)
6. Marquis Dendy (US)
7. Benjamin Compaoré (France)
8. Leevan Sands (Bahamas)
9. Lyukman Adams (Russia)
10. Dmitriy Sorokin (Russia)

 

SHOT
1. David Storl (Germany)
2. Joe Kovacs (US)
3. Christian Cantwell (US)
4. Tom Walsh (New Zealand)
5. O’Dayne Richards (Jamaica)
6. Reese Hoffa (US)
7. Tomasz Majewski (Poland)
8. Asmir Kolasinac (Serbia)
9. Jordan Clarke (US)
10. Germán Lauro (Argentina)

 

DISCUS
1. Piotr Małachowski (Poland)
2. Philip Milanov (Belgium)
3. Robert Urbanek (Poland)
4. Gerd Kanter (Estonia)
5. Zoltán Kövágó (Hungary)
6. Christoph Harting (Germany)
7. Vikas Gowda (India)
8. Fedric Dacres (Jamaica)
9. Benn Harradine (Australia)
10. Martin Wierig (Germany)

 

HAMMER
1. Paweł Fajdek (Poland)
2. Krisztián Pars (Hungary)
3. Dilshod Nazarov (Tajikistan)
4. Mostafa Al Gamal (Egypt)
5. Ivan Tikhon (Belarus)
6. Sergey Litvinov (Russia)
7. Wojciech Nowicki (Poland)
8. Marcel Lomnický (Slovakia)
9. Kibwé Johnson (US)
10. Nick Miller (Great Britain)

 

JAVELIN
1. Tero Pitkämäki (Finland)
2. Vitezslav Veselý (Czech Rep)
3. Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad)
4. Julius Yego (Kenya)
5. Jakub Vadlejch (Czech Rep)
6. Antti Ruuskanen (Finland)
7. Thomas Röhler (Germany)
8. Ihab Abdelrahman (Egypt)
9. Ryohei Arai (Japan)
10. Tanel Laanmäe (Estonia)

 

DECATHLON
1. Ashton Eaton (US)
2. Trey Hardee (US)
3. Damian Warner (Canada)
4. Michael Schrader (Germany)
5. Kai Kazmirek (Germany)
6. Ilya Shkurenyov (Russia)
7. Jeremy Taiwo (US)
8. Willem Coertzen (South Africa)
9. Maicel Uibo (Estonia)
10. Eelco Sintnicolaas (Netherlands)