ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER No. 1 for Eliud Kipchoge, this one extending his record total to 6 (nobody else ever won more than 3). Although the spring season was virtually nonexistent, the tireless Kenyan won a 2:04:30 April race in the Netherlands before sewing up the top spot with his Olympic win…
THE WMM SEASON was totally discombobulated, with Tokyo ending up canceled altogether and traditional April fixtures Boston and London moving into a crowded 8-week fall window that included Berlin, Chicago and New York City. That precluded any WMM doubling…
THE NO. 2 SPOT went to yearly list leader Titus Ekiru, with wins in Milan and Abu Dhabi… He’s followed by Olympic 3rd- and 4th-placers Bashir Abdi and Lawrence Cherono, whose good wins in other races moved them ahead of silver medalist Abdi Nageeye… No. 10 Leul Gebrselassie didn’t win either race, but was the only one with a pair of sub-2:05s.
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| 1. ELIUD KIPCHOGE (Kenya) (11/5/84, 5-5¾/115) (1.67/52) | |||||
| 2:04:30 | … | 1)Enschede | 4/18 | ||
| 2:08:38 | … | 1)Olympic Games | 8/08 | ||
| 2. TITUS EKIRU (Kenya) (1/2/92, 6-0/137) (1.83/62) | |||||
| 2:02:57 | … | 1)Milan | 5/16 | ||
| dnf | … | )London | 10/03 | ▷ | 1. Lemma; 2. Torotich; 3. Geremu… |
| 2:06:13 | … | 1)Abu Dhabi | 11/26 | ||
| 3. BASHIR ABDI (Belgium) (2/10/89, 5-6/130) (1.68/59) | |||||
| 2:10:00 | … | 3)Olympic Games | 8/08 | ▷ | 1. Kipchoge; 2. Nageeye |
| 2:03:36 | … | 1)Rotterdam | 10/24 | ||
| 4. LAWRENCE CHERONO (Kenya) (8/7/88) | |||||
| 2:10:02 | … | 4)Olympic Games | 8/08 | ▷ | 1. Kipchoge; 2. Nageeye; 3. Abdi |
| 2:05:12 | … | 1)Valencia | 12/05 | ||
| 5. ABDI NAGEEYE (Netherlands) (3/2/89, 5-5/119) (1.65/54) | |||||
| 2:09:58 | … | 2)Olympic Games | 8/08 | ▷ | 1. Kipchoge |
| 2:11:39 | … | 5)New York | 11/07 | ▷ | 1. Korir; 2. El Aaraby; 3. Ghebrehiwet Faniel; 4. Kibet |
| 6. SISAY LEMMA (Ethiopia) (12/12/90, 5-7/126) (1.70/57) | |||||
| dnf | … | )Olympic Games | 8/08 | ▷ | 1. Kipchoge; 2. Nageeye; 3. Abdi; 4. Cherono; 5. Lamdassem; 6. Osako; 7. Felix; 8. Rupp; 9. El Goumri; 10. Naert; 11. El Aaraby;… |
| 2:04:01 | … | 1)London | 10/03 | ||
| 7. TAMIRAT TOLA (Ethiopia) (8/11/91, 5-11¼/130) (1.81/59) | |||||
| 2:03:39 | … | 1)Amsterdam | 10/17 | ||
| 8. SEIFU TURA (Ethiopia) (6/17/97, 5-8¾/132) (1.75/60) | |||||
| 2:04:29 | … | 4)Milan | 5/16 | ▷ | 1. Ekiru; 2. Kiprop Kipyego; 3. B. Kiptum |
| 2:06:12 | … | 1)Chicago | 10/10 | ||
| 9. BENSON KIPRUTO (Kenya) (3/17/91, 5-5¾/115) (1.67/52) | |||||
| 2:10:16 | … | 1)Prague | 5/30 | ||
| 2:09:51a | … | 1)Boston | 10/11 | ||
| 10. LEUL GEBRSELASSIE (Ethiopia) (9/20/93, 5-7/121) (1.70/55) | |||||
| 2:04:31 | … | 5)Milan | 5/16 | ▷ | 1. Ekiru; 2. Kiprop Kipyego; 3. B. Kiptum; 4. Tura |
| 2:04:12 | … | 3)Amsterdam | 10/17 | ▷ | 1. Tola; 2. Koech |
| U.S. RANKINGS | ||||
| 1. | Galen Rupp (Nike) | 6. | Ben True (Asics) | |
| 8)Olympic Games, 2)Chicago | 7)New York | |||
| 2. | Elkanah Kibet (US Army) | 7. | Nathan Martin (unattached) | |
| 4)New York | 8)New York | |||
| 3. | Colin Mickow (Second City TC) | 8. | Brendan Gregg (unattached) | |
| 6)Chicago | 1)California Interenational | |||
| 4. | Colin Bennie (Reebok Boston) | 9. | CJ Albertson (Brooks) | |
| 7)Boston | 2)Grandma’s, 10)Boston, 8)Cal Int’l | |||
| 5. | Nicolas Montañez (Mammoth TC) | 10. | Jake Riley (On AC) | |
| 7)Chicago | 29)Olympic Games | |||