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Analyzing The 2023 T&FN Rankings

January 2024 by T&FN
A 3-event Ranker in 2019, ’21 & ’22 — in the 1500, 5000 & 10,000 — Sifan Hassan added the marathon in ’23  to make a powerful 4-event statement. (KEVIN MORRIS)

IN THE PAGES THAT FOLLOW you’ll find all kinds of facts & figures relating to each of the 44 individual Rankings events. Here are some overall stats — plus by-nation scoring — to whet your appetite:

The World Rankings Defenders
The 9 world men’s repeaters: Noah Lyles 200, Jakob Ingebrigtsen 1500, Soufiane El Bakkali steeple (4 in a row), Ingebrigtsen 5000, Grant Holloway 110H (4), Mondo Duplantis PV (3), Miltiádis Tentóglou LJ (3), Ryan Crouser SP (4), Wojciech Nowicki HT (3).

The 5 world women’s repeaters: Shericka Jackson 200, Faith Kipyegon 1500 (3), Yaroslava Mahuchikh HJ, Yulimar Rojas TJ (3), Valarie Allman DT (3).

The U.S. Rankings Defenders
The 13 U.S. men’s repeaters: Noah Lyles 200, Bryce Hoppel 800, Grant Holloway 110H (4), Rai Benjamin 400H (4), Nick Christie 20W (4), Christie 35W (3), JuVaughn Harrison HJ, Chris Nilsen PV (3), Marquis Dendy (LJ), Ryan Crouser SP (7), Sam Mattis DT (4), Rudy Winkler HT (3), Curtis Thompson JT (3).

The 8 U.S. women’s repeaters: Athing Mu 800 (3), Alicia Monson 5000, Keni Harrison 100H (7), Vashti Cunningham HJ (5), Chase Ealey SP, Valarie Allman DT (5), Brooke Andersen (HT), Anna Hall hept.

U.S. Men Yet Again Lead By-Nation Scoring

Only twice in the history of our men’s Rankings has Team USA not racked up the most points (scoring each event 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1). Those anomalous years were ’11 & ’14, when distance powerhouse Kenya slipped into the top spot. But in all 74 other campaigns, it has been the American squad coming out on top.

The ’11 total of 180 was the lowest U.S. total ever. The highest of all time was 458, in the inaugural year, ’47. This year’s tally of 200 is a drop of 65 over ’22’s winning score.

The U.S. placed performers in the Top 10s of 14 of 22 events (the all-time high was 20, in ’72). This year’s shutouts came in these 8 disciplines (year listed is the last in which the U.S. scored): steeple (’22), 5000 (’22), 10,000 (’22), marathon (’17), 20W (’73), 35W (’01), DT (’22), JT (’22).

This year’s tally of U.S. No. 1s matched ’22 at 5 (Noah Lyles twice, Grant Holloway, JuVaughn Harrison, Ryan Crouser). The all-time high was 13 in ’52 & ’56. The last time in double digits was a 10, in ’68.

The 57 men’s scoring nations for ’23:
1. United States 200; 2. Kenya 120; 3. Jamaica 78; 4. Ethiopia 64; 5. Canada 60; 6. Norway 46; 7. Great Britain 39; 8. Spain 35; 9. Sweden 33; 10. tie, Germany & Italy 32; 12. Japan 24; 13. New Zealand 23; 14. India 21; 15. Poland 20;
16. Brazil 19; 17. tie, Algeria, Ecuador & Uganda 18; 20. tie, Cuba & Lithuania 17; 22. tie, France & Grenada 16; 24. Czechia 14; 25. tie, Botswana, China & South Africa 13; 28. tie, Australia & Estonia 12; 30. Switzerland 11;
31. tie, Burkina Faso, Greece & Morocco 10; 34. tie, Philippines, Qatar, Russia & Slovenia 9; 38. tie, Belgium, British Virgin Islands & Finland 8;
41. tie, Hungary, South Korea & Ukraine 7; 44. tie, Guatemala, Pakistan & Portugal 6; 47. tie, Austria, Croatia & Mexico 4;
50. tie, Bahamas, Dominican Republic & Tanzania 3; 53. Samoa 2; 54. tie, Belarus, Burundi, Trinidad & Zambia 1.

The World Doublers
Making the Top 10 in a single event is a major achievement; scoring a double is on another level. Still, 30 athletes were able to pull off that feat.

The 13 world men’s doublers:
100/200 — Noah Lyles (1/1), Zharnel Hughes (5, 4), Letsile Tobago (6/3), Fred Kerley (7/10)
1500/5000 — Jakob Ingebrigtsen (1/4)
5000/10,000 — Berihu Aregawi (7/4), Joshua Cheptegei (8/1)
20W/35W — Álvaro Martín (1/1), Caio Bonfim (2/8), Perseus Karlström (3/10), Christopher Linke (4/6), Evan Dunfee (5/5), Brian Pintado (6/2)

The 22 world women’s doublers (featuring a significant 6-entry boost from quadrupler Sifan Hassan):
100/200 — Sha’Carri Richardson (1/3), Shericka Jackson (2/1), Marie-Josée Ta Lou (3/8), Julien Alford (5/4), Dina Asher-Smith (8/7)
400/400H — Shamier Little (10/2), Britton Wilson (6/10)
800/1500 — Laura Muir (10/5)
1500/5000 — Faith Kipyegon (1/1), Freweyni Hailu (3/10), Hassan (4/2), Gudaf Tsegay (9/3)
1500/10,000 — Hassan (4/4)
1500/marathon — Hassan (4/1)
5000/10,000 — Hassan (2/4), Tsegay (3/1), Letesenbet Gidey (5/2)
5000/marathon — Hassan (2/1)
10,000/marathon — Hassan (4/1)
20W/35W — Mária Pérez (1/1), Kimberley García (2/2), Shenjie Quiyang (9/8)

Women’s By-Nation Scoring: U.S. Stays On Top

Another good — but not great — year for the U.S. women found them racking up 216 points, more than 100 ahead of the total of runner-up Ethiopia. The 216 is a rise of 13 over last year. The all-time high is 248 from ’18.

Team USA scored in 16 of 21 events, 2 shy of the record set in ’19 & ’21. This year’s 6 shutouts (with the year last scored): 1500 (’22), steeple (’22), 5000 (’22) marathon (’21) & 20W (never). (For purposes of these stats we’re still ignoring the new 35/50W.)

Team USA did reasonably well at the top end, picking off 5 No. 1s, compared to last year’s record-tying 7: Sha’Carri Richardson, Katie Moon, Chase Ealey, Valarie Allman & Anna Hall.

The 53 women’s scoring nations for ’23:
1. United States 216; 2. Ethiopia 111; 3. Kenya 99; 4. Jamaica 93; 5. Netherlands 75; 6. Great Britain 57; 7. Australia 53; 8. China 47; 9. tie, Italy & Ukraine 29; 11. Spain 28; 12. Germany 23; 13. tie, Canada & Peru 19;
15. Finland 17; 16. Cuba 16; 17. tie, Nigeria & Serbia 15; 19. Bahrain 14; 20. St. Lucia 13; 21. tie, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand & Poland 12; 25. tie, Côte d’Ivoire, Portugal & Slovenia 11; 28. tie, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico & Venezuela 10; 31. Romania 9; 32. tie, Colombia & Latvia 8;
34. tie, Austria, Belgium, Croatia & Greece 7; 38. tie, Bahamas, Brazil, Hungary & Mexico 6; 42. tie, Dominica & Ecuador 5; 44. Barbados 4; 45. tie, Azerbaijan, France, Switzerland & Uganda 3; 49. tie, Albania, Israel & Turkey 2; 52. tie, Burkina Faso & Czechia 1.

The U.S. Doublers
Doubling tends to happen much more often nationally than internationally. This year there were 53 such Americans.

The 24 U.S. men’s doublers (including tripler Cordell Tinch):
100/200 — Noah Lyles (1/1), Christian Coleman (2/8), Fred Kerley (3/5), Kenny Bednarek (9/3), Courtney Lindsay (10/4)
400/400H — Rai Benjamin (4/1)
800/1500 — Hobbs Kessler (6/7)
1500/5000 —Cooper Teare (4/7)
5000/10,000 — Woody Kincaid (1/1), Paul Chelimo (3/4), Grant Fisher (4/6), Sean McGorty (5/3), Joe Klecker (6/2)
10,000/marathon — Conner Mantz (5/1), Sam Chelanga (10/6)
110H/HJ — Cordell Tinch (4/4)
110H/LJ — Tinch (4/6)
20W/35W — Nick Christie (1/1), Jason Cherng (5/4), Dan Nehnevaj (6/2), Bricyn Healey (7/5)
HJ/LJ — JuVaughn Harrison (1/5), Tinch (4/6)
SP/DT — Turner Washington (9/2)
SP/HT — Jordan Geist (6/6)

The 29 U.S. women’s doublers (including tripler Anna Hall):
100/200 — Sha’Carri Richardson (1/3), TeeTee Terry (4/7), Tamara Clark (6/7), Shawnti Jackson (8/10), Mia Brahe-Pedersen (9, 8)
200/400 — Gabby Thomas (1/5)
400/400H — Britton Wilson (2/4), Shamier Little (3/1)
800/1500 — Athing Mu (1/4), Addy Wiley (9/5)
1500/5000 — Elise Cranny (7/1), Josette Andrews (10/4)
5000/10,000 — Cranny (1/2), Alicia Monson (2/1), Natosha Rogers (3/3), Elly Henes (5/4), Weini Kelati (7/5), Fiona O’Keeffe (9/6)
100H/400H — Masai Russell (5/6)
400H/Heptathlon — Anna Hall (5/1)
400H/HJ — Hall (5/2)
20W/35W — Maria Michta-Coffey (1/1), Stephanie Casey (2/3), Miranda Melville (3/2), Katie Burnett (4/5), Robyn Stevens (5/4)
HJ/Hept — Hall (2/1)
LJ/TJ — Jasmine Moore (3/3)
SP/HT — Maggie Ewen (2/6) ◻︎

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