WELCOME TO THE FINAL YEAR of Rankings at the 50K distance. Starting next year for its long walk the World Championships will instead contest the 35K (21.75M), for both men and women…
EVEN MORE THAN IN THE 20, the Olympic results didn’t remotely follow form, with our podium choices ending up in 6th (Masatora Kawano), 28th (Yadong Luo) and 32nd (yearly list leader Satoshi Maruo)…
FASTEST THROUGH THE STREETS of Sapporo was unexpected Pole Dawid Tomala, just 24th on the yearly list coming in. His winning time, 3:50:08, was the slowest since ’92, just like in the 20K.
| JUMP TO U.S. RANKINGS | VIEW WORLD TOP 50 LIST | VIEW U.S. TOP 50 LIST |
| 1. DAWID TOMALA (Poland) (8/27/89, 5-11½/143) (1.82/65) | |||||
| 3:49:23 | … | 5)Dudince | 3/20 | ▷ | 1. Barrondo; 2. Mastianica; 3. Sanchez; 4. Nava |
| 3:50:08 | … | 1)Olympic Games | 8/06 | ||
| 2. JONATHAN HILBERT (Germany) (4/21/95, 5-8¾/137) (1.75/62) | |||||
| 3:43:44 | … | 1)Frankfurt am Main | 4/10 | ||
| 3:50:44 | … | 2)Olympic Games | 8/06 | ▷ | 1. Tomala |
| 3. EVAN DUNFEE (Canada) (9/28/90, 6-1¼/150) (1.86/68) | |||||
| 3:50:59 | … | 3)Olympic Games | 8/06 | ▷ | 1. Tomala; 2. Hilbert |
| 4. MARC TUR (Spain) (11/30/94, 6-2¾/154) (1.90/70) | |||||
| dnf | … | )Seville | 2/14 | ▷ | 1. Villanueva; 2. Corchete; 3. Bermudez… |
| 3:47:40 | … | 1)Podébrady | 5/16 | ||
| 3:51:08 | … | 4)Olympic Games | 8/06 | ▷ | 1. Tomala; 2. Hilbert; 3. Dunfee |
| 5. JOÃO VIEIRA (Portugal) (2/20/76, 5-8½/128) (1.74/58) | |||||
| dnf | … | )Seville | 2/14 | ▷ | 1. Villanueva; 2. Corchete; 3. Bermudez… |
| 3:51:28 | … | 5)Olympic Games | 8/06 | ▷ | 1. Tomala; 2. Hilbert; 3. Dunfee; 4. Tur |
| 6. MASATORA KAWANO (Japan) (10/23/98, 5-9¾/132) (1.77/60) | |||||
| 3:51:56 | … | 6)Olympic Games | 8/06 | ▷ | 1. Tomala; 2. Hilbert; 3. Dunfee; 4. Tur; 5. Vieira |
| 7. SATOSHI MARUO (Japan) (11/28/91, 5-8¾/132) (1.75/60) | |||||
| 3:38:42 | … | 1)Jpn Ch | 4/11 | ||
| 4:06:44 | … | 32)Olympic Games | 8/06 | ▷ | 1. Tomala; 2. Hilbert; 3. Dunfee; 4. Tur; 5. Vieira; 6. Kawano; 7. Bian; 8. Cowley; 9. Partanen; 10. Boyce; 11. Montana; 12. Brzozowski; 13. Ruiz; 14. Toth; 15. Ojeda; 16. Rew; 17. Helebrandt; 18. Pinzon; 19. Chocho; 20. Venyercsan; 21. Wang; 22. Dziubin; 23. Agrusti; 24. Cocioran; 25. Zakalnytskyy; 26. Kinnunen; 27. Carua; 28. Luo; 29. Wright; 30. Katsuki; 31. Mastianica |
| 8. TONGDA BIAN (China) (4/1/91, 5-7/128) (1.70/58) | |||||
| 3:47:56 | … | 3)Chn Ch | 3/21 | ▷ | 1. Luo; 2. Q. Wang |
| dnf | … | ) Taicang | 5/09 | ▷ | 1. He; 2. Meng; 3. Hu;4. Gong; 5. Sun… |
| 3:52:01 | … | 7)Olympic Games | 8/06 | ▷ | 1. Tomala; 2. Hilbert; 3. Dunfee; 4. Tur; 5. Vieira; 6. Kawano |
| 3:52:16 | … | 1)Xi’an | 9/25 | ||
| 9. RHYDIAN COWLEY (Australia) (1/4/91, 5-11¼/143) (1.81/65) | |||||
| 3:52:01 | … | 8)Olympic Games | 8/06 | ▷ | 1. Tomala; 2. Hilbert; 3. Dunfee; 4. Tur; 5. Vieira; 6. Kawano; 7. Bian |
| 10. YADONG LUO (China) (1/15/92) | |||||
| 3:46:51 | … | 1)Chn Ch | 3/21 | ||
| 4:06:17 | … | 28)Olympic Games | 8/06 | ▷ | 1. Tomala; 2. Hilbert; 3. Dunfee; 4. Tur; 5. Vieira; 6. Kawano; 7. Bian; 8. Cowley; 9. Partanen; 10. Boyce; 11. Montana; 12. Brzozowski; 13. Ruiz; 14. Toth; 15. Ojeda; 16. Rew; 17. Helebrandt; 18. Pinzon; 19. Chocho; 20. Venyercsan; 21. Wang; 22. Dziubin; 23. Agrusti; 24. Cocioran; 25. Zakalnytskyy; 26. Kinnunen; 27. Carua |
| dnf | … | )Xi’an | 9/25 | ▷ | 1. Bian; 2. He; 3. Zhaxi; 4. Sun; 5. Meng; 6. Q. Wang; 7. Z. Wang… |
| U.S. RANKINGS |
| 1. Nick Christie (New Feel/DecaUSA) |
| [1)USATF Champs] |
| 2. AJ Gruttadauro (Shore AC) |
| [2)USATF Champs] |
| 3. Joel Pfahler (Athletes In Action) |
| [3)USATF Champs] |
| 4. Allen James (Southern Cal TC) |
| [4)USATF Champs] |
| 5. Michael Mannozzi (Shore AC) |
| [5)USATF Ch] |