The Pre Chronicles — Part 1, The High School Years
JANUARY 25, 2022 — Steve Prefontaine was born 71 years today. In case you missed it — or are just… Read More
JANUARY 25, 2022 — Steve Prefontaine was born 71 years today. In case you missed it — or are just… Read More
IN THE PAGES THAT FOLLOW you’ll find all kinds of facts & figures relating to each of the individual Rankings… Read More
JUST AS THEY SHARED all the No. 1 votes in Athlete Of The Year voting, Karsten Warholm and Ryan Crouser… Read More
OUR 26-MEMBER international voting panel had little trouble in choosing the year’s best women’s individual performance, with Sydney McLaughlin’s WR… Read More
IT’S SMALL WONDER THAT JAMAICA won the Olympic 4×1 gold, what with its leading stars going 1-2-3 in the 100… Read More
AS IN THE 100, Elaine Thompson-Herah was dominant in Tokyo, but the rest of her season here was shaky. She… Read More
WHEN THE YEAR BEGAN, Athing Mu was a promising Texas A&M frosh with a lifetime best of 2:01.17. Incredibly, she… Read More
AFTER A LOSS in her season-opening race in Florence, Faith Kipyegon ran off a half-dozen victories to finish off her… Read More
THIS IS ONE EVENT where the Olympic champ didn’t factor in at the top end. Tokyo was the only race… Read More
THE FIRST FINAL in Sifan Hassan’s unparalleled Olympic triple was the 5000, which she won convincingly. When she followed up… Read More
5 DAYS AFTER SHE HAD WON the Olympic 5000 and just a day after she had added 1500 bronze, Sifan… Read More
THE FIRST PUERTO RICAN ever to earn a No. 1 in any event, man or woman, the Kentucky alum was… Read More
AND NOW THE SUB-52 BARRIER IS HISTORY. Sydney McLaughlin’s season was brief, but oh-so-productive. The Olympic Trials saw her run… Read More
SHE WAS ONLY No. 24 on the yearly world list, but there is no question that Peres Jepchirchir deserved the… Read More
NOT SURPRISINGLY, the Olympic order provided by the backbone in an event with few significant international meets outside the Games…. Read More
ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER No. 1 for Mariya Lasitskene. This year’s is her sixth, tying her with Stefka Kostadinova. They trail… Read More
THIS WAS A SCENE dominated by veterans: the first 3 were all 30 by year’s end, and No. 4 was… Read More
WITH A SEASON SO GOOD that she ended up just a point behind the winner in AOY voting, Yulimar Rojas… Read More
WELCOME TO edition No. 74 of the Track & Field News World Rankings. Our Rankings made their debut by chronicling… Read More
These 1957 T&FN issue files are no longer linked from this page. You will find links to them on our… Read More