Half-lap favorite Noah Lyles could potentially lengthen his streak of consecutive individual WC 200 golds to 3. (GIANCARLO COLOMBO/PHOTO RUN)
OUR INTERNATIONAL PANEL has crunched all the data for Budapest, and the overall results say that the U.S. men will enjoy a medal haul shy of the overwhelming one they had in Eugene last year (18 total: 6 gold, 7 silver, 5 bronze). This year’s projected 14 total podium spots split as 6 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze.
We have listed our Top 10 in each event. Any Team USA members who don’t make the top 10 are listed in alphabetical order at the end. The right-hand column is the athlete’s placing in last year’s T&FN World Rankings (nr = not ranked). For the relays, the numbers indicate place in last year’s WC.
The chart is based on the best information available as of August 16 (meaning that final entry lists were known, but not actual start lists), so the presence of an athlete’s name doesn’t guarantee they’ll contest the event.
Our picks will not be updated as the meet progresses.
100 METERS
1.
Fred Kerley
(USA)
1
2.
Zharnel Hughes
(Great Britain)
nr
3.
Akani Simbine
(South Africa)
8)
4.
Christian Coleman
(USA)
nr
5.
Letsile Tebogo
(Botswana)
nr
6.
Ferdinand Omanyala
(Kenya)
7
7.
Noah Lyles
(USA)
nr
8.
Oblique Seville
(Jamaica)
4
9.
Ackeem Blake
(Jamaica)
nr
10.
Emmanuel Eseme
(Cameroon)
nr
(The other American: Cravont Charleston nr)
200 METERS
1.
Noah Lyles
(USA)
1
2.
Letsile Tebogo
(Botswana)
nr
3.
Erriyon Knighton
(USA)
2
4.
Kenny Bednarek
(USA)
3
5.
Zharnel Hughes
(Great Britain)
nr
6.
Andre De Grasse
(Canada)
nr
7.
Courtney Lindsey
(USA)
nr
8.
Aaron Brown
(Canada)
6
9.
Alexander Ogando
(Dominican Republic)
4
10.
Tarsis Orogot
(Uganda)
nr
400 METERS
1.
Steven Gardiner
(Bahamas)
9
2.
Wayde van Niekerk
(South Africa)
5
3.
Muzala Samukonga
(Zambia)
nr
4.
Bryce Deadmon
(USA)
7
5.
Vernon Norwood
(USA)
6
6.
Kirani James
(Grenada)
2
7.
Quincy Hall
(USA)
nr
8.
Bayapo Ndori
(Botswana)
nr
9.
Sean Bailey
(Jamaica)
nr
10.
Jereem Richards
(Trinidad)
nr
800 METERS
1.
Emmanuel Wanyonyi
(Kenya)
4
2.
Slimane Moula
(Algeria)
5
3.
Marco Arop
(Canada)
3
4.
Djamel Sedjati
(Algeria)
2
5.
Benjamin Robert
(France)
8
6.
Max Burgin
(Great Britain)
nr
7.
Daniel Rowden
(Great Britain)
nr
8.
Bryce Hoppel
(USA)
nr
9.
Peter Bol
(Australia)
nr
10.
Emmanuel Korir
(Kenya)
1
(The other Americans: Isaiah Harris nr, Clayton Murphy nr)
1500 METERS
1.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen
(Norway)
1
2.
Yared Nuguse
(USA)
nr
3.
Mohamed Katir
(Spain)
6
4.
Timothy Cheruiyot
(Kenya)
3
5.
Adel Mechaal
(Spain)
nr
6.
Mario García
(Spain)
7
7.
Josh Kerr
(Great Britain)
8
8.
Abel Kipsang
(Kenya)
5
9.
Narve Gilje Nordås
(Norway)
nr
10.
Stewart McSweyn
(Australia)
9
(The other Americans: Cole Hocker nr, Joe Waskom nr)
STEEPLE
1.
Soufiane El Bakkali
(Morocco)
1
2.
Lamecha Girma
(Ethiopia)
2
3.
Getnet Wale
(Ethiopia)
3
4.
Simon Koech
(Kenya)
nr
5.
Abraham Kibiwot
(Kenya)
4
6.
Ryuji Miura
(Japan)
nr
7.
Leonard Bett
(Kenya)
10
8.
Abraham Seme
(Ethiopia)
nr
(or Samuel Firewu [Ethiopia] nr)
9.
Daniel Arce
(Spain)
nr
10.
Geordie Beamish
(New Zealand)
nr
(The Americans: Benard Keter nr, Kenneth Rooks nr, Isaac Updike nr)
5000 METERS
1.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen
(Norway)
1
2.
Yomif Kejelcha
(Ethiopia)
nr
3.
Joshua Cheptegei
(Uganda)
nr
4.
Hagos Gebrhiwet
(Ethiopia)
nr
5.
Berihu Aregawi
(Ethiopia)
8
(or Telahun Haile [Ethiopia] nr)
6.
Jacob Krop
(Kenya)
3
7.
Mohamed Katir
(Spain)
nr
8.
Luis Grijalva
(Guatemala)
nr
9
Moh Ahmed
(Canada)
9
10.
Thierry Ndikumwenayo
(Spain)
nr
(The Americans: Paul Chelimo nr, Sean McGorty nr, Abdihamid Nur nr)
