2025 Men’s Steeplechase World Rankings

A STRANGE FEATURE of this year’s splash-and-dash was the preponderance of losses. The top 5: 1. Soufiane El Bakkali 2–2; 2. Edmund Serem 1–6; 3. Samuel Firewu 2–4; 4. Geordie Beamish 1–2; 5. Frederick Ruppert 2–4. That’s a composite 8–18…

BEAMISH WON THE WC GOLD with the slowest time (by a considerable amount) in meet history. That combined with a 2nd and a 7th made for a 3-meet season not worthy of a No.1. In the final analysis he was dropped to No. 4…

SO WHO WAS No. 1? With wins in half of his meets and the WC silver, El Bakkali shows up at the top of the heap for a record-tying sixth year in a row. The 10 points he earned boosted him from No. 10 all the way to =No. 4 on the event’s all-time scoring list…

BUSY RUNNER-UP SEREM never won at low altitude but had two 2s, three 3s and a 4 on the Circuit.

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1. SOUFIANE EL BAKKALI (Morocco) (1/7/96, 6-2/154) (1.88/70)
8:06.66	…	2)Xiamen DL	4/26	▷	1. Firewu
8:00.70	…	1)Rabat DL	5/25
8:03.18	…	1)Monaco DL	7/11
8:33.95	…	2)World Ch	9/15	▷	1. Beamish
(8:26.99h)
2. EDMUND SEREM (Kenya) (12/27/07, 6-0/141) (1.83/64)
8:08.50	…	4)Xiamen DL	4/26	▷	1. Firewu; 2. El Bakkali; 3. Koech
8:08.68	…	2)Shanghai DL	5/03	▷	1. Sime
8:07.47	…	3)Rabat DL	5/25	▷	1. El Bakkali; 2. Ruppert
8:27.68(A)	…	1)Nairobi WT	5/31
8:04.00	…	3)Monaco DL	7/11	▷	1. El Bakkali; 2. Miura
8:09.96	…	2)Zürich DL	8/28	▷	1. Ruppert
8:34.56	…	3)World Ch	9/15	▷	1. Beamish; 2. El Bakkali
(8:29.97h)
3. SAMUEL FIREWU (Ethiopia) (5/3/04, 5-9¼/132) (1.76/60)
8:05.61	…	1)Xiamen DL	4/26
8:11.18	…	6)Shanghai DL	5/03	▷	1. Sime; 2. Serem; 3. Koech; 4. Jihnaoui; 5. Daru
8:39.3(A)	…	1)Eth Ch	5/08
8:09.98	…	4)Rabat DL	5/25	▷	1. El Bakkali; 2. Ruppert; 3. Serem
8:08.03	…	6)Monaco DL	7/11	▷	1. El Bakkali; 2. Miura; 3. Serem; 4. Ben Yazide; 5. Wale
8:34.68	…	4)World Ch	9/15	▷	1. Beamish; 2. El Bakkali; 3. Serem
(8:27.54h)
4. GEORDIE BEAMISH (New Zealand) (10/24/96, 6-¾/141) (1.85/64)
8:13.86	…	2)Stockholm DL	6/15	▷	1. Bebendorf
8:17.77	…	7)Turku WT	6/17	▷	1. Ruppert; 2. Bebendorf; 3. Ben Yazide; 4. Querinjean; 5. Desgagnes; 6. Boutera
8:33.88	…	1)World Ch	9/15
(8:27.23h)
5. FREDERIK RUPPERT (Germany) (2/19/97, 6-0/143) (1.83/65)
8:01.49	…	2)Rabat DL	5/25	▷	1. El Bakkali
8:10.39	…	1)Turku WT	6/17
8:24.68	…	14)Monaco DL	7/11	▷	1. El Bakkali; 2. Miura; 3. Serem; 4. Ben Yazide; 5. Wale; 6. Firewu; 7. Bebendorf; 8. Jihnaoui; 9. Wilkinson; 10. Arce; 11. Corrigan; 12. Kibiwott; 13. Bedrani
8:33.79	…	2)Ger Ch	8/02	▷	1. Bebendorf
8:09.02	…	1)Zürich DL	8/28
8:39.83	…	12)World Ch	9/15	▷	1. Beamish; 2. El Bakkali; 3. Serem; 4. Firewu; 5. Ben Yazide; 6. Girma; 7. Daru; 8. Miura; 9. Michalski; 10. Querinjean; 11. Jaziri
(8:27.83h)
6. SALAHEDDINE BEN YAZIDE (Morocco) (5/6/03, 5-9¾/137) (1.77/62)
8:11.40	…	8)Rabat DL	5/25	▷	1. El Bakkali; 2. Ruppert; 3. Serem; 4. Firewu; 5. Arce; 6. Jihnaoui; 7. Wilkinson
8:14.05	…	3)Turku WT	6/17	▷	1. Ruppert; 2. Bebendorf
8:11.68	…	2)Paris DL	6/20	▷	1. Girma
8:06.44	…	4)Monaco DL	7/11	▷	1. El Bakkali; 2. Miura; 3. Serem
8:14.10	…	3)Zürich DL	8/28	▷	1. Ruppert; 2. Serem
8:35.16	…	5)World Ch	9/15	▷	1. Beamish; 2. El Bakkali; 3. Serem; 4. Firewu
(8:27.21h)
7. RYUJI MIURA (Japan) (2/11/02, 5-8/121) (1.73/55)
8:10.11	…	6)Xiamen DL	4/26	▷	1. Firewu; 2. El Bakkali; 3. Koech; 4. Serem; 5. Amare
8:18.96	…	1)Tokyo CT	5/18
8:13.39	…	13)Rabat DL	5/25	▷	1. El Bakkali; 2. Ruppert; 3. Serem; 4. Firewu; 5. Arce; 6. Jihnaoui; 7. Wilkinson; 8. Ben Yazide; 9. Bedrani; 10. Amare; 11. Miellet; 12. Kibiwott
8:03.43	…	2)Monaco DL	7/11	▷	1. El Bakkali
8:35.90	…	8)World Ch	9/15	▷	1. Beamish; 2. El Bakkali; 3. Serem; 4. Firewu; 5. Ben Yazide; 6. Girma; 7. Daru
(8:30.43h)
8. LAMECHA GIRMA (Ethiopia) (11/26/00, 6-1½/146) (1.87/66)
8:07.01	…	1)Paris DL	6/20
8:35.60	…	6)World Ch	9/15	▷	1. Beamish; 2. El Bakkali; 3. Serem; 4. Firewu; 5. Ben Yazide
(8:27.79h)
9. GETNET WALE (Ethiopia) (7/16/00, 5-10¾/134) (1.80/61)
8:15.57	…	5)Stockholm DL	6/15	▷	1. Bebendorf; 2. Beamish; 3. El Faid; 4. Zoghlami
8:12.58	…	3)Paris DL	6/20	▷	1. Girma; 2. Ben Yazide
8:07.57	…	5)Monaco DL	7/11	▷	1. El Bakkali; 2. Miura; 3. Serem; 4. Ben Yazide
8:09.62	…	2)Brussels DL	8/22	▷	1. Querinjean
8:41.23	…	14)World Ch	9/15	▷	1. Beamish; 2. El Bakkali; 3. Serem; 4. Firewu; 5. Ben Yazide; 6. Girma; 7. Daru; 8. Miura; 9. Michalski; 10. Querinjean; 11. Jaziri; 12. Ruppert; 13. Desgagnes
(8:30.14h)
10. KARL BEBENDORF (Germany) (5/7/96, 5-11½/141) (1.82/64)
8:11.81	…	1)Stockholm DL	6/15
8:11.52	…	2)Turku WT	6/17	▷	1. Ruppert
8:20.43	…	1)Euro Teams	6/29
8:08.21	…	7)Monaco DL	7/11	▷	1. El Bakkali; 2. Miura; 3. Serem; 4. Ben Yazide; 5. Wale; 6. Firewu
8:32.90	…	1)Ger Ch	8/02
8:11.72	…	5)Brussels DL	8/22	▷	1. Querinjean; 2. Wale; 3. Updike; 4. Kibiwott
8:32.27	…	6h)World Ch	9/13	▷	1. Serem; 2. Wale; 3. Miura; 4. Daru; 5. Jaziri

U.S. RANKINGS
1.	Daniel Michalski (US Air Force)		6.	Yasin Sado (Asics)
	2)USATF, 1)NACAC, 9)World Ch			2)Virginia Challenge, 2)Sound Running, 6)USATF
2.	Isaac Updike (Under Armour/Dark Sky Distance)		7.	Nathan Mountain (Virginia)
	5)USATF, 3)Brussels DL, 8h)World Ch			1)Virginia Challenge, 2)Nice, 8)USATF
3.	Kenneth Rooks (Nike)		8.	James Corrigan (BYU)
	1)Track Fest, 1)USATF, 11h)World Ch			1)NCAA, 11)Monaco DL, 14)USATF
4.	Matthew Wilkinson (Under Armour/Dark Sky Distance)		9.	Benjamin Balazs (Oregon)
	1)Nice, 9)Monaco DL, 4)USATF			1)Big 10, 7)NCAA, 7)USATF
5.	Benard Keter (Nike/U.S. Army)		10.	Duncan Hamilton (Nike Swoosh)
	11)Sound Running, 3)USATF, 9)Brussels DL			2)Track Fest, 3)Portland Track Fest, 9)USATF