SORTING THIS ONE OUT was largely a matter of figuring which nations’ Trials races fit where in the skeleton laid down by the all-important Olympic race… Selemon Barega scored big in races in both clashes, winning the toughest Trials race, Ethiopia’s, before taking Olympic gold…
THE ’18 & ’19 No. 1, Joshua Cheptegei ran only in Tokyo, where his silver earned him No. 2, ahead of fellow Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo, who claimed the year’s fastest time, a 26:33.93 that moved him to No. 7 on the all-time list…
GRANT FISHER’S Tokyo 5th earned him that spot in the Rankings too in his first-ever appearance… Kenya’s top scorer was Rodgers Chumo at No. 7, marking the first time the East African powerhouse hasn’t had somebody in the top half-dozen since ’04.
| JUMP TO U.S. RANKINGS | VIEW WORLD TOP 50 LIST | VIEW U.S. TOP 50 LIST |
| 1. SELEMON BAREGA (Ethiopia) (1/20/00, 5-8/130) (1.73/59) | |||||
| 26:49.51 | … | 1)Eth OT | 6/08 | ||
| 27:43.22 | … | 1)Olympic Games | 7/30 | ||
| 2. JOSHUA CHEPTEGEI (Uganda) (9/12/96, 5-10½/134) (1.79/61) | |||||
| 27:43.63 | … | 2)Olympic Games | 7/30 | ▷ | 1. Barega |
| 3. JACOB KIPLIMO (Uganda) (11/14/00, 5-7/121) (1.70/55) | |||||
| 26:33.93 | … | 1)Ostrava CT | 5/19 | ||
| 27:43.88 | … | 3)Olympic Games | 7/30 | ▷ | 1. Barega; 2. Cheptegei |
| 4. BERIHU AREGAWI (Ethiopia) (2/28/01, 5-8/121) (1.73/55) | |||||
| 28:20.2(A) | … | 1)Eth Ch | 4/06 | ||
| 26:50.37 | … | 3)Eth OT | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Barega; 2. Kejelcha |
| 27:46.16 | … | 4)Olympic Games | 7/30 | ▷ | 1. Barega; 2. Cheptegei; 3. Kiplimo |
| 5. GRANT FISHER (US) (4/22/97, 5-10/134) (1.78/61) | |||||
| 27:11.29 | … | 2)San Juan Capistrano | 2/20 | ▷ | 1. Scott |
| 27:54.29 | … | 2)Olympic Trials | 6/18 | ▷ | 1. Kincaid |
| 27:46.39 | … | 5)Olympic Games | 7/30 | ▷ | 1. Barega; 2. Cheptegei; 3. Kiplimo; 4. Aregawi |
| 6. MOH AHMED (Canada) (1/5/91, 5-8¾/134) (1.75/61) | |||||
| 27:47.76 | … | 6)Olympic Games | 7/30 | ▷ | 1. Barega; 2. Cheptegei; 3. Kiplimo; 4. Aregawi; 5. Fisher |
| 7. RODGERS CHUMO (Kenya) (3/3/97, 5-5/108) (1.65/49) | |||||
| 27:54.03 | … | 1)Kobe | 4/24 | ||
| 27:33.33 | … | 1)Fukuroi | 5/03 | ||
| 27:05.51(A) | … | 2)Ken OT | 6/18 | ▷ | 1. Kamworor |
| 27:50.06 | … | 7)Olympic Games | 7/30 | ▷ | 1. Barega; 2. Cheptegei; 3. Kiplimo; 4. Aregawi; 5. Fisher; 6. Ahmed |
| 8. YOMIF KEJELCHA (Ethiopia) (8/1/97, 6-1¼/128) (1.86/58) | |||||
| 28:23.7(A) | … | 4)Eth Ch | 4/06 | ▷ | 1. Aregawi; 2. Gebrhiwet; 3 Girma |
| 26:49.73 | … | 2)Eth OT | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Barega |
| 27:52.03 | … | 8)Olympic Games | 7/30 | ▷ | 1. Barega; 2. Cheptegei; 3. Kiplimo; 4. Aregawi; 5. Fisher; 6. Ahmed; 7. Chumo |
| 9. HAGOS GEBRHIWET (Ethiopia) (5/11/94, 5-5¾/143) (1.67/65) | |||||
| 28:22.3(A) | … | 2)Eth. Ch | 4/06 | ▷ | 1. Aregawi |
| 26:57.16 | … | 4)Eth OT | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Barega; 2. Kejelcha; 3. Aregawi |
| 10. RHONEX KIPRUTO (Kenya) (10/12/99, 5-7¾/126) (1.72/57) | |||||
| 27:11.01 | … | 1)Maia | 5/08 | ||
| 27:52.78 | … | 9)Olympic Games | 7/30 | ▷ | 1. Barega; 2. Cheptegei; 3. Kiplimo; 4. Aregawi; 5. Fisher; 6. Ahmed; 7. Chumo; 8. Kejelcha |
| U.S. RANKINGS | ||||
| 1. | *Grant Fisher (Nike Bowerman TC) | 6. | Galen Rupp (Nike) | |
| 2)The Ten, 2)Olympic Trials, 5)Olympic Games | 4)Portland, 6)Olympic Trials | |||
| 2. | Woody Kincaid (Nike Bowerman TC) | 7. | Biya Simbassa (unattached) | |
| 3)The Ten, 1)Olympic Trials, 15)Olympic Games | 11)Irvine, 7)Olympic Trials | |||
| 3. | Joe Klecker (On AC) | 8. | Emmanuel Bor (US Army) | |
| 3)Irvine, 3)Olympic Trials, 16)Olympic Games | 2)Irvine, 10)Olympic Trials | |||
| 4. | Ben True (unattached) | 9. | Sam Chelanga (unattached) | |
| 4)The Ten, 4)Olympic Trials | 3)Texas Q, 5)Irvine, 8)Olympic Trials | |||
| 5. | Conner Mantz (BYU) | 10. | Reid Buchanan (On AC) | |
| 4)Irvine, 2)NCAA, 5)Olympic Trials | 9)Olympic Trials | |||