Athletics

Mo Farah of GBR

The Olympic Story part 2: British excellence in London?
In part 1 of this series we analyzed why Great Britain (GBR) fell short of reaching a better spot than 6th in the GSN Beijing O...
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
The Daegu Athletics World Championship in September 2011 awarded the same overall number of GSN points (12.948) as Berl...
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...

Global Cup - Athletics

2013

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Kenya 90 28.8
2 Ethiopia 80 25.6
3 United States 32 10.3
4 Eritrea 26 8.3
5 Uganda 26 8.3
6 Bahrain 24 7.7
7 Ireland 8 2.6
8 Algeria 6 1.9
9 France 6 1.9
10 Australia 6 1.9

2012

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 United States 1347 19.5
2 Russia 699 10.1 1
3 Jamaica 580 8.4 1
4 Kenya 546 7.9 -2
5 Ethiopia 465 6.7
6 Great Britain 345 5.0
7 China 282 4.1
8 Germany 221 3.2 1
9 Trinidad and Tobago 160 2.3 6
10 France 150 2.2 -2

2011

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 United States 1170 16.8 5
2 Kenya 865 12.4 -1
3 Russia 813 11.6
4 Jamaica 580 8.3
5 Ethiopia 355 5.1 -3
6 Great Britain 341 4.9 3
7 China 214 3.1
8 France 203 2.9
9 Germany 187 2.7
10 South Africa 158 2.3

2010

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 Kenya 126 40.4 2
2 Ethiopia 56 17.9 3
3 Eritrea 40 12.8 20
4 Uganda 20 6.4 22
5 Morocco 20 6.4 23
6 United States 12 3.8 -5
7 Bahrain 8 2.6 5
8 Portugal 8 2.6 17
9 Great Britain 6 1.9 -3
10 Spain 6 1.9 1

2009

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Top Positions Points % Chg
1 United States 1086 15.6
2 Jamaica 758 10.9 2
3 Kenya 665 9.5 -1
4 Russia 567 8.1 -1
5 Ethiopia 467 6.7
6 Great Britain 343 4.9
7 Germany 260 3.7 8
8 Poland 197 2.8 4
9 Trinidad and Tobago 165 2.4 8
10 Australia 156 2.2 -3

Per Capita Cup - Athletics

2013

Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Kenya 417089
2 Ethiopia 990263
3 Australia 3568599 -2
4 United States 9535625 -2
5 France 10745523 -2
6 Great Britain 15296500 -2
7 Canada 16687600 -2
8 Spain 23031750 -2

2012

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Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Jamaica 4679
2 Trinidad and Tobago 8331
3 Kenya 68751 -1
4 Slovenia 101450 2
5 Czech Republic 113314 5
6 Belgium 156866 1
7 Australia 163447 2
8 Ethiopia 170368 7
9 Cuba 170727 -4
10 Ireland 176884

2011

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Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Jamaica 4679
2 Kenya 43397 -1
3 Estonia 51562
4 Norway 85393
5 Cuba 109398
6 Slovenia 126813
7 Belgium 152384
8 Belarus 158852
9 Australia 159788 -3
10 Czech Republic 168144

2010

Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Kenya 297921 22
2 Portugal 1327200 18
3 Ethiopia 1414661 15
4 Spain 7677250 15
5 Great Britain 10197667 -1
6 Australia 10705796 1
7 United States 25428333 -5
8 Japan 31922500 32

2009

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Top Positions People Per Point Chg
1 Puerto Rico
2 New Zealand 5
3 United States 18
4 Latvia 6
5 Great Britain 10
6 Belarus -1
7 Russia 7
8 Australia
9 China 33
10 Czech Republic 3
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.