A WC 7th-PLACER moving into the No. 1 Rankings spot? Unusual, to be sure, but we find ourselves with Jacory Patterson fitting just that description. Things ended up so convoluted, in fact, that the 10 Rankers in order, had these finishes in Tokyo: 7-3-7sf-1-2-6sf-5-5sf-4sf-3sf…
USATF CHAMP PATTERSON had been the favorite coming in, having won the Brussels and Zürich DLs (the latter with the year’s fastest low-altitude time). He burnished his credentials with the fastest heat ever, 43.90…
COLLEN KEBINATSHIPI, nowhere to be found on our formchart, exploded in the semis, his 43.61 rating as the fastest non-final ever. And his 43.53 for gold made him No. 10 of all time. But with DL finishes of 3-3-3-5-6-7 he couldn’t be any better than No. 4…
REIGNING NO. 1 (and Olympic gold medalist) Quincy Hall was felled by a hamstring problem although he did run 44.22 to win the Rome DL.
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| 1. JACORY PATTERSON (US) (2/2/00, 6-0/161) (1.83/73) | |||||
| (45.41i, 45.45i, 45.60i, 45.94ih, 45.89i, 45.54i) | |||||
| 44.27 | … | 1B)Jones Mem | 4/19 | ||
| 43.98 | … | 1)GST Miami | 5/03 | ||
| 44.37 | … | 1)Rabat DL | 5/25 | ||
| 44.31 | … | 3)Eugene DL | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Hudson-Smith; 2. Bailey |
| 44.44 | … | 1)Powder Springs | 7/19 | ||
| 44.16 | … | 1)USATF | 8/02 | ||
| (44.63h) | |||||
| 44.05 | … | 1)Brussels DL | 8/22 | ||
| 43.85 | … | 1)Zürich DL | 8/28 | ||
| 44.70 | … | 7)World Ch | 9/18 | ▷ | 1. Kebinatshipi; 2. Richards; 3. Ndori; 4. McDonald; 5. Nene; 6. Nakajima |
| (43.90h, 44.19sf) | |||||
| 2. BAYAPO NDORI (Botswana) (6/20/99, 5-9¾/141) (1.77/64) | |||||
| 46.64 | … | 1)Gaborone | 2/15 | ||
| 45.62(A) | … | 1)Potchefstroom | 3/04 | ||
| 44.59(A) | … | 1)Pretoria | 3/12 | ||
| 45.14 | … | 1)Melbourne CT | 3/29 | ||
| 44.35 | … | 1)Gaborone WT | 4/12 | ||
| 44.25 | … | 1)Xiamen DL | 4/26 | ||
| 44.32 | … | 2)Shanghai DL | 5/03 | ▷ | 1. Bailey |
| dnf | … | )Rabat DL | 5/25 | ▷ | 1. Patterson; 2. Nene; 3. Hall; 4. Deadmon; 5. Morales Williams; 6. Blockburger; 7. Scotch; 8. El Boussiri |
| 45.29 | … | 4)Brescia | 7/15 | ▷ | 1. Holder; 2. Norwood; 3. James |
| 45.30 | … | 7)London DL | 7/19 | ▷ | 1. Dobson; 2. Hudson-Smith; 3. Nene; 4. Norwood; 5. Kebinatshipi; 6. Holder |
| 44.69(A) | … | 2)Francistown | 8/16 | ▷ | 1. Eppie |
| 45.35 | … | 8)Brussels DL | 8/22 | ▷ | 1. Patterson; 2. Norwood; 3. Dobson; 4. Segers; 5. Samukonga; 6. Kebinatshipi; 7. Doom |
| 44.40 | … | 2)Zürich DL | 8/28 | ▷ | 1. Patterson |
| 44.20 | … | 3)World Ch | 9/18 | ▷ | 1. Kebinatshipi; 2. Richards |
| (44.36h, 44.21sf) | |||||
| 3. CHRIS BAILEY (US) (5/29/00, 6-0/161) (1.83/73) | |||||
| (44.70i, 45.21i, 45.15i, 45.70i, 45.91i, 45.08i) | |||||
| 44.34 | … | 1)GST Kingston | 4/04 | ||
| 44.27 | … | 2)Xiamen DL | 4/26 | ▷ | 1. Ndori |
| 44.17 | … | 1)Shanghai DL | 5/03 | ||
| 44.74 | … | 1)Kingston | 6/07 | ||
| 44.15 | … | 2)Eugene DL | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Hudson-Smith |
| 44.43 | … | 2)USATF | 8/02 | ▷ | 1. Patterson |
| (44.81h) | |||||
| 44.75 | … | 5)Zürich DL | 8/28 | ▷ | 1. Patterson; 2. Ndori; 3. Norwood; 4. Samukonga |
| 45.05 | … | 7sf)World Ch | 9/16 | ▷ | 1. Nene; 2. Eppie |
| (44.49h) | |||||
| 4. COLLEN KEBINATSHIPI (Botswana) (2/13/04, 5-11¼/141) (1.81/64) | |||||
| 44.90(A) | … | 1)Francistown | 3/22 | ||
| 45.15 | … | 5)GST Kingston | 4/04 | ▷ | 1. Bailey; 2. Hudson-Smith; 3. Norwood; 4. Barnes |
| 44.53 | … | 3)Xiamen DL | 4/26 | ▷ | 1. Ndori; 2. Bailey |
| 44.63 | … | 3)Shanghai DL | 5/03 | ▷ | 1. Bailey; 2. Ndori |
| 44.51 | … | 3)Rome DL | 6/06 | ▷ | 1. Hall; 2. Nene |
| dnf | … | )Hengelo WT | 6/09 | ▷ | 1. Phijffers… |
| 44.51 | … | 5)London DL | 7/19 | ▷ | 1. Dobson; 2. Hudson-Smith; 3. Nene; 4. Norwood |
| 45.09 | … | 6)Brussels DL | 8/22 | ▷ | 1. Patterson; 2. Norwood; 3. Dobson; 4. Segers; 5. Samukonga |
| 45.40 | … | 7)Zürich DL | 8/28 | ▷ | 1. Patterson; 2. Ndori; 3. Norwood; 4. Samukonga; 5. Bailey; 6. Segers |
| 43.53 | … | 1)World Ch | 9/18 | ||
| (44.48h, 43.61sf) | |||||
| 5. JEREEM RICHARDS (Trinidad) (1/13/94, 6-0/146) (1.83/66) | |||||
| (46.49i) | |||||
| 45.35 | … | 7)GST Kingston | 4/04 | ▷ | 1. Bailey; 2. Hudson-Smith; 3. Norwood; 4. Barnes; 5. Kebinatshipi; 6. Samukonga |
| 44.32 | … | 2)GST Miami | 5/03 | ▷ | 1. Patterson |
| 45.05 | … | 3)GST Philadelphia | 5/31 | ▷ | 1. Hudson-Smith; 2. McRae |
| 45.11 | … | 1)Lucerne | 7/15 | ||
| 44.14 | … | 2)Budapest WT | 8/12 | ▷ | 1. Samukonga |
| 43.72 | … | 2)World Ch | 9/18 | ▷ | 1. Kebinatshipi |
| (44.64h, 44.12sf) | |||||
| 6. MATTHEW HUDSON-SMITH (Great Britain) (10/26/94, 6-4¼/172) (1.94/78) | |||||
| 44.65 | … | 2)GST Kingston | 4/04 | ▷ | 1. Bailey |
| 44.37 | … | 3)GST Miami | 5/03 | ▷ | 1. Patterson; 2. Richards |
| 44.51 | … | 1)GST Philadelphia | 5/31 | ||
| 44.10 | … | 1)Eugene DL | 7/05 | ||
| 44.27 | … | 2)London DL | 7/19 | ▷ | 1. Dobson |
| 44.95 | … | 6sf)World Ch | 9/16 | ▷ | 1. Ndori; 2. Nakajima |
| (44.68h) | |||||
| 7. ZAKITHI NENE (South Africa) (4/2/98, 6-2/165) (1.88/75) | |||||
| (46.56i, 46.58i) | |||||
| 45.42(A) | … | 3)Pretoria | 3/12 | ▷ | 1. Ndori; 1. Mthimkulu; 2. Tebogo |
| 44.68 | … | 2)Gaborone WT | 4/12 | ▷ | 1. Ndori |
| 44.22(A) | … | 1)SAfr Ch | 4/26 | ||
| (47.46Ah, 45.51Asf) | |||||
| 44.46 | … | 2)Rabat DL | 5/25 | ▷ | 1. Patterson |
| 43.76(A) | … | 1)Nairobi WT | 5/31 | ||
| 44.23 | … | 2)Rome DL | 6/06 | ▷ | 1. Hall |
| 44.29 | … | 3)London DL | 7/19 | ▷ | 1. Dobson; 2. Hudson-Smith |
| 44.55 | … | 5)World Ch | 9/18 | ▷ | 1. Kebinatshipi; 2. Richards; 3. Ndori; 4. McDonald |
| (44.34h, 44.20sf) | |||||
| 8. VERNON NORWOOD (US) (4/10/92, 6-1½/170) (1.87/77) | |||||
| (45.96i, 46.41i) | |||||
| 44.70 | … | 3)GST Kingston | 4/04 | ▷ | 1. Bailey; 2. Hudson-Smith |
| 45.03 | … | 6)Xiamen DL | 4/26 | ▷ | 1. Ndori; 2. Bailey; 3. Kebinatshipi; 4. James; 5. Doom |
| 44.93 | … | 4)Shanghai DL | 5/03 | ▷ | 1. Bailey; 2. Ndori; 3. Kebinatshipi |
| 44.86 | … | 5)Rome DL | 6/06 | ▷ | 1. Hall; 2. Nene; 3. Kebinatshipi; 4. Dobson |
| 44.64 | … | 2)Brescia | 7/15 | ▷ | 1. Holder |
| 44.34 | … | 4)London DL | 7/19 | ▷ | 1. Dobson; 2. Hudson-Smith; 3. Nene |
| 44.47 | … | 4)USATF | 8/02 | ▷ | 1. Patterson; 2. Bailey; 3. McRae |
| (44.78h) | |||||
| 44.62 | … | 2)Brussels DL | 8/22 | ▷ | 1. Patterson |
| 44.45 | … | 3)Zürich DL | 8/28 | ▷ | 1. Patterson; 2. Ndori |
| 44.83 | … | 5sf)World Ch | 9/16 | ▷ | 1. Ndori; 2. Nakajima |
| (44.55h) | |||||
| 9. KHALEB MCRAE (US) (9/9/00, 5-8¾/146) (1.75/66) | |||||
| (46.24i, 46.46i) | |||||
| 45.75 | … | 1)Atlanta | 3/22 | ||
| 44.94 | … | 1)Florida R | 4/05 | ||
| 45.13 | … | 1C)Jones Mem | 4/19 | ||
| 45.38 | … | 2)Drake R | 4/26 | ▷ | 1. Barnes |
| 45.04 | … | 2)GST Philadelphia | 5/31 | ▷ | 1. Hudson-Smith |
| 44.72 | … | 1)Star Athletics SS | 6/14 | ||
| 43.91 | … | 1)London, Ont | 6/22 | ||
| 44.45 | … | 4)Eugene DL | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Hudson-Smith; 2. Bailey; 3. Patterson |
| 44.45 | … | 3)USATF | 8/02 | ▷ | 1. Patterson; 2. Bailey |
| (44.47h) | |||||
| 44.16 | … | 3)Budapest WT | 8/12 | ▷ | 1. Samukonga; 2. Richards |
| 44.64 | … | 1)Beijing WT | 9/07 | ||
| 44.82 | … | 4sf)World Ch | 9/16 | ▷ | 1. Ndori; 2. Nakajima |
| (44.25h) | |||||
| 10. MUZALA SAMUKONGA (Zambia) (12/9/02, 5-11½/161) (1.82/73) | |||||
| 45.27 | … | 6)GST Kingston | 4/04 | ▷ | 1. Bailey; 2. Hudson-Smith; 3. Norwood; 4. Barnes; 5. Kebinatshipi |
| 44.56 | … | 4)GST Miami | 5/03 | ▷ | 1. Patterson; 2. Richards; 3. Hudson-Smith |
| 45.10 | … | 4)GST Philadelphia | 5/31 | ▷ | 1. Hudson-Smith; 2. McRae; 3. Richards |
| 44.49 | … | 5)Eugene DL | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Hudson-Smith; 2. Bailey; 3. Patterson; 4. McRae |
| 44.11 | … | 1)Budapest WT | 8/12 | ||
| 44.91 | … | 5)Brussels DL | 8/22 | ▷ | 1. Patterson; 2. Norwood; 3. Dobson; 4. Segers |
| 44.49 | … | 4)Zürich DL | 8/28 | ▷ | 1. Patterson; 2. Ndori; 3. Norwood |
| 44.60 | … | 3sf)World Ch | 9/16 | ▷ | 1. Ndori; 2. Nakajima |
| (44.56h) | |||||
| U.S. RANKINGS | ||||
| 1. | *Jacory Patterson (Nike) | 6. | Quincy Hall (adidas) | |
| 1)USATF, 1)Zürich DL, 7)World Ch | 8)Shanghai DL, 3)Rabat DL, 1)Rome DL | |||
| 2. | *Chris Bailey (Nike) | 7. | Chris Robinson (unattached) | |
| 2)Eugene DL, 2)USATF, 7sf)World Ch | 2)GST Kingston, 1)Jones Mem, 2)GST Miami | |||
| 3. | *Vernon Norwood (New Balance) | 8. | Quincy Wilson (Maryland HS) | |
| 4)USATF, 2)Brussels DL, 5sf)World Ch | 1)NBON, 1)Murphey Cl, 4h)USATF | |||
| 4. | *Khaleb McRae (Tracksmith) | 9. | Jenoah McKiver (Florida) | |
| 1)London, 3)USATF, 4sf)World Ch | 8sf)NCAA, 5)USATF, 4)NACAC | |||
| 5. | Bryce Deadmon (unattached) | 10. | Demarius Smith (unattached) | |
| 2)Murphey Cl, 6)USATF, 2)Beijing WCT | 1)Music City, 1)Marseille, 7)USATF | |||
