AFTER FINISHING ONLY 3rd in the Japanese Championships, Toshikazu Yamanishi erupted a month later, winning the Asian Championships with a PR 1:17:15 that moved him to No. 3 on the all-time world list. And in his next race he was close to that PR in winning the important La Coruña race…
FAST TIMES were doomed not to be a thing at the WC, but Yamanishi’s 1:26:34 in the Doha pressure-cooker was as fast as anybody could get as he easily moved into the top spot in the Rankings… The silver (Vasiliy Mizinov) and bronze (Perseus Karlström) winners take the next two spots… Lack of Q-times kept the Americans out of the WC, with Nick Christie repeating as the top U.S. Ranker.
| JUMP TO U.S. RANKINGS | VIEW WORLD TOP 50 LIST | VIEW U.S. TOP 50 LIST |
| # = IAAF Walk Challenge Event | |||||
| 1. TOSHIKAZU YAMANISHI (Japan) (2/15/96, 5-4½/112) (1.64/51) | |||||
| 1:18:10 | … | 3)Jpn Ch | 2/17 | ▷ | 1. Takahashi; 2. Ikeda |
| 1:17:15 | … | 1)Asian Ch # | 3/17 | ||
| 1:17:41 | … | 1)La Coruña # | 6/08 | ||
| 1:26:34 | … | 1)World Ch # | 10/04 | ||
| 2. VASILIY MIZINOV (Russia) (12/29/97) | |||||
| 1:20:14 | … | 1)Podébrady | 4/06 | ||
| 1:20:18 | … | 2)Euro Cup # | 5/19 | ▷ | 1. Karlstrom |
| 1:18:41 | … | 5)La Coruña # | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Yamanishi; 2. Stano; 3. Suzuki; 4. Karlstrom |
| 1:21:29 | … | 1)Euro U23 | 7/14 | ||
| 1:26:49 | … | 2)World Ch # | 10/04 | ▷ | 1. Yamanishi |
| 3. PERSEUS KARLSTRÖM (Sweden) (5/02/90, 6-½/161) (1.84/73) | |||||
| 1:20:05 | … | 1)Adelaide # | 2/10 | ||
| 1:23:40 | … | 1)Lázaro Cárdenas # | 4/20 | ||
| 1:19:54 | … | 1)Euro Cup # | 5/19 | ||
| 1:18:07 | … | 4)La Coruña # | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Yamanishi; 2. Stano; 3. Suzuki |
| 1:27:00 | … | 3)World Ch # | 10/04 | ▷ | 1. Yamanishi; 2. Mizinov |
| 1:22:43 | … | 1)Suzhou # | 10/20 | ||
| 4. CHRISTOPHER LINKE (Germany) (10/24/88, 6-3¼/141) (1.91/64) | |||||
| 1:20:33 | … | 3)Podébrady | 4/06 | ▷ | 1. Mizinov; 2. Snyman |
| 1:21:32 | … | 2)Ger Ch | 4/13 | ▷ | 1. Brembach |
| 1:23:21 | … | 12)Euro Cup # | 5/19 | ▷ | 1. Karlstrom; 2. Mizinov; 3. Garcia Carrera; 4. Bosworth; 5. Martin; 6. Lopez; 7. Stano; 8. Bordier; 9. Wilkinson; 10. Losev; 11. Zabuzhenko |
| 1:18:42 | … | 6)La Coruña # | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Yamanishi; 2. Stano; 3. Suzuki; 4. Karlstrom; 5. Mizinov |
| 1:27:19 | … | 4)World Ch # | 10/04 | ▷ | 1. Yamanishi; 2. Mizinov; 3. Karlstrom |
| 5. KOKI IKEDA (Japan) (5/03/98, 5-6/115) (1.68/52) | |||||
| 1:18:01 | … | 2)Jpn Ch | 2/17 | ▷ | 1. Takahashi |
| 1:17:25 | … | 3)Asian Ch # | 3/17 | ▷ | 1. Yamanishi; 2. Kawano |
| 1:22:49 | … | 1)WUG | 7/12 | ||
| 1:29:02 | … | 6)World Ch # | 10/04 | ▷ | 1. Yamanishi; 2. Mizinov; 3. Karlstrom; 4. Linke; 5. Korkmaz |
| 6. EIKI TAKAHASHI (Japan) (11/19/92, 5-8¾/123) (1.75/56) | |||||
| 1:18:00 | … | 1)Jpn Ch | 2/17 | ||
| 1:21:40 | … | 3)Rio Maior # | 4/06 | ▷ | 1. Arevalo; 2. Carerra |
| 1:21:08 | … | 6)Taicang # | 5/11 | ▷ | 1. K. Wang; 2. Cai; 3. Bonfim; 4. Yin; 5. W. Gao |
| 1:19:13 | … | 9)La Coruña # | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Yamanishi; 2. Stano; 3. Suzuki; 4. Karlstrom; 5. Mizinov; 6. Linke; 7. Bonfim; 8. Garcia Carrera |
| 1:30:04 | … | 10)World Ch # | 10/04 | ▷ | 1. Yamanishi; 2. Mizinov; 3. Karlstrom; 4. Linke; 5. Korkmaz; 6. Ikeda; 7. Bosworth; 8. Wang; 9. Yin |
| 7. CAIO BONFIM (Brazil) (3/19/91, 5-7/128) (1.70/58) | |||||
| 1:23:26 | … | 1)Camboriú | 3/17 | ||
| 1:21:44 | … | 4)Rio Maior # | 4/06 | ▷ | 1. Arevalo; 2. Carrera; 3. Takahashi |
| 1:25:43 | … | 11) Lázaro Cárdenas # | 4/20 | ▷ | 1. Karlstrom; 2. Garcia Carrera; 3. C. Sánchez; 4. Augusto Rosales; 5. É. Barrondo; 6. Bird-Smith; 7. Shange; 8. Olivas; 9. Amores; 10. Palma |
| 1:20:37 | … | 3)Taicang # | 5/11 | ▷ | 1. K. Wang; 2. Cai |
| 1:18:47 | … | 7)La Coruña # | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Yamanishi; 2. Stano; 3. Suzuki; 4. Karlstrom; 5. Mizinov; 6. Linke |
| 1:21:57 | … | 2)Pan-Am G | 8/04 | ▷ | 1. Pintado |
| 1:24:32 | … | 1)Bra Ch | 8/31 | ||
| 8. MASSIMO STANO (Italy) (2/27/92, 5-10¾/132) (1.80/60) | |||||
| 1:21:12 | … | 7)Euro Cup # | 5/19 | ▷ | 1. Karlstrom; 2. Mizinov; 3. Garcia Carrera; 4. Bosworth; 5. Martin; 6. Lopez |
| 1:17:45 | … | 2)La Coruña # | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Yamanishi |
| 1:31:36 | … | 14)World Ch # | 10/04 | ▷ | 1. Yamanishi; 2. Mizinov; 3. Karlstrom; 4. Linke; 5. Korkmaz; 6. Ikeda; 7. Bosworth; 8. Wang; 9. Yin; 10. Takahashi; 11. Ziukas; 12. E. Barrondo; 13. Bonfim |
| 9. MASATORA KAWANO (Japan) (10/23/98) | |||||
| 1:17:24 | … | 2)Asian Ch # | 3/17 | ▷ | 1. Yamanishi |
| 1:23:20 | … | 2)WUG | 7/12 | ▷ | 1. Ikeda |
| 10. YUSUKE SUZUKI (Japan) (1/02/88, 5-6½/123) (1.69/56) | |||||
| 1:17:47 | … | 4)Asian Ch # | 3/17 | ▷ | 1. Yamanishi; 2. Kawano; 3. Ikeda |
| 1:17:54 | … | 3)La Coruña # | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Yamanishi; 2. Stano |
| U.S. RANKINGS | ||||
| 1. | Nick Christie (unattached) | 6. | Sam Elmi (unattached) | |
| 1)USATF | 6)USATF | |||
| 2. | John Cody Risch (Q Elite) | 7. | Allen James (unattached) | |
| 2)USATF | 1:39:26 | |||
| 3. | Emmanuel Corvera (NYAC) | 8. | Pablo Gomez (Chicago Walk) | |
| 3)USATF | 1:42:51 | |||
| 4. | Anthony Peters (unattached) | 9. | Ian Whatley (Caminata Elite) | |
| 4)USATF | 1:48:58 | |||
| 5. | Matt Forgues (Maine Race Walkers) | 10. | Ben Young (Connecticut Race Walkers) | |
| 5)USATF | 7)USATF | |||
