by T&FN Staff & Contributors
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) | |