Athletics

Global Cup - Athletics

2019

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 United States 1875 20.1
2 Kenya 664 7.1
3 Jamaica 654 7.0
4 Ethiopia 458 4.9
5 China 432 4.6
6 Germany 425 4.5
7 Great Britain 405 4.3
8 Canada 300 3.2
9 Poland 293 3.1
10 Uganda 256 2.7

2017

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 United States 1222 17.5
2 Kenya 680 9.7
3 Great Britain 456 6.5 1
4 Ethiopia 408 5.8 2
5 Jamaica 324 4.6 -2
6 France 277 4.0 2
7 China 275 3.9 -2
8 Poland 259 3.7 3
9 South Africa 247 3.5 1
10 Germany 218 3.1 -1

2016

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 United States 1330 19.3
2 Kenya 711 10.3
3 Jamaica 596 8.6
4 Great Britain 390 5.6 1
5 China 315 4.6 1
6 Ethiopia 312 4.5 -2
7 Canada 274 4.0 1
8 France 225 3.3 3
9 Germany 201 2.9 -2
10 South Africa 152 2.2 5

Per Capita Cup - Athletics

2019

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Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Jamaica 4176
2 Bahrain 13074
3 Estonia 15026
4 Norway 36651
5 Cuba 58538
6 Sweden 65891
7 Kenya 74849
8 Croatia 76930
9 Netherlands 77841
10 New Zealand 89377

2017

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Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Jamaica 8429
2 Norway 65972 16
3 Kenya 73088
4 Netherlands 92280 6
5 Croatia 98910
6 Czech Republic 98954 8
7 Lithuania 122378
8 Portugal 133891 17
9 Estonia 135232 -7
10 Great Britain 143965 1

2016

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Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Jamaica 4554
2 Estonia 34374
3 Kenya 52796 -1
4 New Zealand 61087 7
5 Croatia 85296 1
6 Slovakia 93143 -3
7 Ireland 110553 10
8 Canada 121807
9 Denmark 137226 7
10 Netherlands 156648 -5
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Asia, Africa the emerging forces in Athletics as USA win London 2017 Worlds
Usain Bolt has bowed out (temporarily?), an absence that was felt even as he left his last, unlucky spike marks on the London track. But Athletics have to mov...
Mo Farah of GBR

The Olympic Story part 2: British excellence in London?
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Amantle Montsho of Botswana

Continental trends in Athletics
The USA remain the absolute stars of world athletics, repeating in Daegu 2011 their victory in Berlin 2009.
Ana Chicherova of Russia, gold in High Jump

World Athletics Championships, Daegu 2011
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Usain Bolt of Jamaica

Athletics

The GSN Global Cup and Global Ranking focus on the major Athletics competitions in the world. Beginning with the ultimate, the Olympic Games, and following with the World Athlet...

Bungei of Kenya leading the pack

IAAF World Athletics Championships 2009

Berlin’s sky is still bright with Bolt’s lightning flashes but the IAAF World Athletics Championships was not all about the Jamaican sprinter’s astounding perf...

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Athletics Global Cup 2009 results

As the IAAF World Athletics Championships followed on from the Beijing Olympics, the first five nations in the ranking remained the same as in 2008.