AS USUAL, there’s not a ton of head-to-head to go on, so the OG provides a pretty solid spine. Daniel (known as Brian in previous years) Pintado isn’t the strongest of No. 1s, but there’s no one with a better case than the Olympic champion…
ACCORDINGLY, the Paris order holds true for the first four before breaking it up with the busy Perseus Karlström, who won 4 races before bombing in Paris…
THE 20K IS THE ONLY RANKED walk event, as the Olympics paired it with the mixed-sex marathon relay rather than going with its predecessors, the 35K or 50K…
THE U.S. DROUGHT CONTINUES, with no scorer since Ron Laird in ’73.
| JUMP TO U.S. RANKINGS | VIEW WORLD TOP 50 LIST | VIEW U.S. TOP 50 LIST |
| 1. DANIEL PINTADO (Ecuador) (7/29/95, 5-6/126) (1.68/57) | |||||
| 1:19:44 | … | 2)Dudince | 3/16 | ▷ | 1. Rodriguez |
| dq | … | )World Team Ch | 4/21 | ▷ | 1. Karlstrom; 2. McGrath; 3. Garcia; 4. Koga; 5. Linke; 6. Jimenez; 7. Orsoni; 8. Á. López; 9. Maruo; 10. Wakuma… |
| 1:19:57 | … | 1)Rio Maior | 5/11 | ||
| 1:17:54 | … | 4)La Coruña | 5/18 | ▷ | 1. Yamanishi; 2. Martin; 3. Bonfim |
| 1:18:55 | … | 1)Olympic Games | 8/01 | ||
| 2. CAIO BONFIM (Brazil) (3/19/91, 5-7/128) (1.70/58) | |||||
| 1:17:44 | … | 3)Taicang | 3/03 | ▷ | 1. J. Zhang; 2. Stano |
| 1:22:49 | … | 1)SAm Ch | 3/10 | ||
| 1:18:50 | … | 3)Podébrady | 4/06 | ▷ | 1. Karlstrom; 2. Dunfee |
| 1:19:17 | … | 2)Warsaw | 5/05 | ▷ | 1. Qian |
| 1:17:52 | … | 3)La Coruña | 5/18 | ▷ | 1. Yamanishi; 2. Martin |
| 1:19:09 | … | 2)Olympic Games | 8/01 | ▷ | 1. Pintado |
| 3. ÁLVARO MARTÍN (Spain) (6/18/94, 5-11¼/137) (1.81/62) | |||||
| 1:18:35 | … | 2)Zaragoza | 2/25 | ▷ | 1. McGrath |
| 1:17:49 | … | 2)La Coruña | 5/18 | ▷ | 1. Yamanishi |
| 1:19:11 | … | 3)Olympic Games | 8/01 | ▷ | 1. Pintado; 2. Bonfim |
| 4. MASSIMO STANO (Italy) (2/27/92, 5-10½/146) (1.79/66) | |||||
| 1:17:26 | … | 2)Taicang | 3/03 | ▷ | 1. J. Zhang |
| 1:19:12 | … | 4)Olympic Games | 8/01 | ▷ | 1. Pintado; 2. Bonfim; 3. Martin |
| 5. PERSEUS KARLSTRÖM (Sweden) (5/2/90, 6-½/161) (1.84/73) | |||||
| dnf | … | )Taicang | 3/03 | ▷ | 1. J. Zhang; 2. Stano; 3. Bonfim; 3. Huang; 4. S. Ding; 4. Y. Li; 5. C. Zhang; 5. Z. Wang; 6. Cui; 7. Lu; 8. Zhao; 9. Cowley; 10. Wen… |
| 1:18:22 | … | 1)Podébrady | 4/06 | ||
| 1:18:49 | … | 1)World Team Ch | 4/21 | ||
| 1:19:13 | … | 1)Euro Ch | 6/08 | ||
| 1:33:43 | … | 1)Swe Ch | 6/25 | ||
| 1:21:05 | … | 21)Olympic Games | 8/01 | ▷ | 1. Pintado; 2. Bonfim; 3. Martin; 4. Stano; 5. Dunfee; 6. Wakuma; 7. Ikeda; 8. Koga; 9. Quinion; 10. Zhang… |
| 6. TOSHIKAZU YAMANISHI (Japan) (2/15/96, 5-4½/112) (1.64/51) | |||||
| dq | … | )Jpn Ch | 2/18 | ▷ | 1. Ikeda; 2. Hamanishi; 3. Koga |
| 1:19:37 | … | 3)Warsaw | 5/05 | ▷ | 1. Qian; 2. Bonfim |
| 1:17:47 | … | 1)La Coruña | 5/18 | ||
| 1:17:56 | … | 1)Takahata | 10/27 | ||
| 7. KOKI IKEDA (Japan) (5/3/98, 5-6/117) (1.68/53) | |||||
| 1:16:51 | … | 1)Jpn Ch | 2/18 | ||
| 1:17:59 | … | 5)La Coruña | 5/18 | ▷ | 1. Yamanishi; 2. Martin; 3. Bonfim; 4. Pintado |
| 1:19:41 | … | 7)Olympic Games | 8/01 | ▷ | 1. Pintado; 2. Bonfim; 3. Martin; 4. Stano; 5. Dunfee; 6. Wakuma |
| 8. JUN ZHANG (China) (7/20/98, 5-7/106) (1.70/48) | |||||
| 1:17:26 | … | 1)Taicang | 3/03 | ||
| dnf | … | )Warsaw | 5/05 | ▷ | 1. Qian; 2. Bonfim; 3. Yamanishi; 4. Cowley; 5. Picchiottino; 6. Tingay |
| 1:18:00 | … | 6)La Coruña | 5/18 | ▷ | 1. Yamanishi; 2. Martin; 3. Bonfim; 4. Pintado; 5. Ikeda |
| 1:19:56 | … | 10)Olympic Games | 8/01 | ▷ | 1. Pintado; 2. Bonfim; 3. Martin; 4. Stano; 5. Dunfee; 6. Wakuma; 7. Ikeda; 8. Koga; 9. Quinion |
| 9. EVAN DUNFEE (Canada) (9/28/90, 6-1¼/150) (1.86/68) | |||||
| 1:19:23 | … | 1)Adelaide | 2/11 | ||
| 1:18:41 | … | 2)Podébrady | 4/06 | ▷ | 1. Karlstrom |
| 10. YUTA KOGA (Japan) (7/15/99, 5-9¾/128) (1.77/58) | |||||
| 1:17:47 | … | 3)Jpn Ch | 2/18 | ▷ | 1. Ikeda; 2. Hamanishi |
| 1:19:54 | … | 4)World Team Ch | 4/21 | ▷ | 1. Karlstrom; 2. McGrath; 3. Garcia |
| 1:19:50 | … | 8)Olympic Games | 8/01 | ▷ | 1. Pintado; 2. Bonfim; 3. Martin; 4. Stano; 5. Dunfee; 6. Wakuma; 7. Ikeda |
| US RANKINGS | ||||
| 1. | Nick Christie (NYAC) | 6. | John Cody Risch (Q Elite) | |
| 47)Podébrady, 1) Olympic Trials | 2)El Cajon, 68)World RW Team, 6)Oly Trials | |||
| 2. | Emmanuel Corvera (NYAC) | 7. | AJ Gruttadauro (Shore) | |
| 1)El Cajon, 2)Olympic Trials | 7)Olympic Trials | |||
| 3. | Jordan Crawford (Raleigh Walkers) | 8. | Bricyn Healey (Raleigh Walkers) | |
| 1)Chula Vista, 3)Olympic Trials | 8)Olympic Trials | |||
| 4. | Daniel Nehnevaj (Raleigh Walkers) | 9. | Joel Pfahler (Dayton TC) | |
| 5)Olympic Trials, 4)Zittau 1:29:36 | 74)World RW Team, 9)Olympic Trials | |||
| 5. | Jason Cherng (New England Walkers) | 10. | Nathan Limas (unattached) | |
| 3)El Cajon, dnf)World RW Team | 2)Chula Vista, 10)Olympic Trials | |||