ASIDE FROM THE EUROS, all the considered races essentially served as qualifiers or test runs leading up to the Olympics. The ranking order follows the OG closely except for Kejelcha’s moving up from a Paris 6th to No. 4 as he was the only one to defeat a higher ranker among the top 10 OG finishers…
THE PARIS FINISH was insanely tight, what with the first 7 placers crossing the line between 26:43.14 and 26:44.48…
JOSHUA CHEPTEGEI continued to be the event’s dominant force, winning for the fifth time in the last 6 years and third in a row…
A No. 3 BY GRANT FISHER bumped him up from No. 7 to No. 4 on the all-time U.S. scoring list, passing legendary names Alberto Salazar, Billy Mills & Craig Virgin.
| JUMP TO U.S. RANKINGS | VIEW WORLD TOP 50 LIST | VIEW U.S. TOP 50 LIST |
| 1. JOSHUA CHEPTEGEI (Uganda) (9/12/96, 5-10½/134) (1.79/61) | |||||
| 26:43.14 | … | 1)Olympic Games | 8/02 | ||
| 2. BERIHU AREGAWI (Ethiopia) (2/28/01, 5-8/121) (1.73/55) | |||||
| 26:31.13 | … | 2)Ethiopian Trials | 6/14 | ▷ | 1. Kejelcha |
| 26:43.44 | … | 2)Olympic Games | 8/02 | ▷ | 1. Cheptegei |
| 3. GRANT FISHER (US) (4/22/97, 5-10/134) (1.78/61) | |||||
| 26:52.04 | … | 1)The TEN | 3/16 | ||
| 27:49.47 | … | 1)Olympic Trials | 6/22 | ||
| 26:43.46 | … | 3)Olympic Games | 8/02 | ▷ | 1. Cheptegei; 2. Aregawi |
| 4. YOMIF KEJELCHA (Ethiopia) (8/1/97, 6-1¼/128) (1.86/58) | |||||
| 26:31.01 | … | 1)Ethiopian Trials | 6/14 | ||
| 26:44.02 | … | 6)Olympic Games | 8/02 | ▷ | 1. Cheptegei; 2. Aregawi; 3. Fisher; 4. Ahmed; 5. Kibet |
| 5. MOH AHMED (Canada) (1/5/91, 5-8¾/134) (1.75/61) | |||||
| 26:53.01 | … | 4)The TEN | 3/16 | ▷ | 1. Fisher; 2. Young; 3. Almgren |
| 26:43.79 | … | 4)Olympic Games | 8/02 | ▷ | 1. Cheptegei; 2. Aregawi; 3. Fisher |
| 6. BENARD KIBET (Kenya) (11/25/99, 5-2½/93) (1.59/42) | |||||
| 28:00.50 | … | 3)Kobe | 4/21 | ▷ | 1. Kiplagat; 2. Mugeni |
| 26:51.09 | … | 3)Eugene DL | 5/25 | ▷ | 1. Mateiko; 2. Kipkorir |
| 26:43.98 | … | 5)Olympic Games | 8/02 | ▷ | 1. Cheptegei; 2. Aregawi; 3. Fisher; 4. Ahmed |
| 27:44.27 | … | 6)Yokohama | 11/09 | ▷ | 1. Maina; 2. Mutiso; 3. Mulwa; 4. Kipyegon; 5. Kimani |
| 7. SELEMON BAREGA (Ethiopia) (1/20/00, 5-7/117) (1.70/53) | |||||
| 26:34.93 | … | 3)Ethiopian Trials | 6/14 | ▷ | 1. Kejelcha; 2. Aregawi |
| 26:44.48 | … | 7)Olympic Games | 8/02 | ▷ | 1. Cheptegei; 2. Aregawi; 3. Fisher; 4. Ahmed; 5. Kibet; 6. Kejelcha |
| 8. JACOB KIPLIMO (Uganda) (11/14/00, 5-7/121) (1.70/55) | |||||
| 26:46.39 | … | 8)Olympic Games | 8/02 | ▷ | 1. Cheptegei; 2. Aregawi; 3. Fisher; 4. Ahmed; 5. Kibet; 6. Kejelcha; 7. Barega |
| 9. BINIAM MEHARY (Ethiopia) (12/20/06, 5-2¼/130) (1.58/59) | |||||
| 26:37.93 | … | 4)Ethiopian Trials | 6/14 | ▷ | 1. Kejelcha; 2. Aregawi; 3. Barega |
| 10. DANIEL MATEIKO (Kenya) (8/4/98, 5-6) (1.68) | |||||
| 26:50.81 | … | 1)Eugene DL | 5/25 | ||
| 26:50.83 | … | 11)Olympic Games | 8/02 | ▷ | 1. Cheptegei; 2. Aregawi; 3. Fisher; 4. Ahmed; 5. Kibet; 6. Kejelcha; 7. Barega; 8. Kiplimo; 9. Ndikumwenayo; 10. Wildschutt |
| US RANKINGS | ||||
| 1. | *Grant Fisher (Nike) | 6. | Connor Mantz (Nike) | |
| 1)The TEN, 1)Olympic Trials, 3)Olympic Games | 6)Olympic Trials | |||
| 2. | Nico Young (Northern Arizona) | 7. | Anthony Rotich (US Army) | |
| 2)The TEN, 3)Olympic Trials, 12)Olympic Games | 11)The TEN | |||
| 3. | Woody Kincaid (Nike) | 8. | Joe Klecker (On AC) | |
| 7)The TEN, 2)Olympic Trials, 16)Olympic Games | 12)The TEN | |||
| 4. | Drew Hunter (adidas) | 9. | Abdihamid Nur (Nike) | |
| 1B)The TEN, 4)Olympic Trials | 14)The TEN | |||
| 5. | Casey Clinger (unattached) | 10. | Sam Chelanga (Saucony) | |
| 1)Track Fest, 5)Olympic Trials | 27)London, 1)Portland Track Fest, 7)Olympic Trials | |||