Posted: March 12, 2005

Athletics: Eliud Kipchoge(Ken) Takes Over From Kenenisa Bekele In ARRS Rankings

Meseret Defar And Tirunesh Dibaba(Eth) Tie For Top Women's Rankings

Takayuki Matsumiya (JPN) lowered his own world 30K road record by 36 seconds, to 1:28:00.

New indoor WR for the women's 5000m - 14:32.93 - by Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)

Losses by Kenenisa Bekele enabled Eliud Kipchoge to take over top spot on the ARRS rankings.

Consistent performances (including a new indoor 5000m WR) brought Tirunesh Dibaba level with her fellow country woman, Meseret Defar at the top of the women's rankings.

The biggest movers among the world leaders were John Korir (KEN) and Wilson Kebenei (KEN) following performances in the World's Best (PUR) 10K together with Meselech Melkamu (ETH) in the Jan Meda Int'l XC (ETH) 8K. The women's world leader board only had minor adjustments.

At the national level the biggest changes were from Abdellah Behar and Mickael Thomas in the French XC Champs (FRA) 12K, Reyes Estevez (ESP) in the European Indoor Champs (ESP) 3000m, Ian Dobson (USA) in the USA XC Champs 12K, Mikhail Khobotov RUS in the Freescale Austin (TX/USA) Mara and Satoshi Irifune JPN in the Beppu-Oita (JPN) Mara.

Among the women at this level Michitaka Hosokawa (JPN) in the Biwa-ko Mainichi (JPN) Mara, Amy Begley (USA) and Sylvia Skvortsova (RUS) in the World's Best 10km (PUR) and Jennifer Rhines (USA) in the USA XC Champs 8K

These ARRS competitive rankings are based on a point exchange system, i.e. if Runner A beats Runner B, Runner A takes points from Runner B. Runner A could beat Runner B by one second or one minute, it makes no difference. All that counts is that Runner A beat Runner B. For further details of the point exchange system, please see the ARRS website

The point exchange system is designed to respond fairly rapidly to changes in a runner's fitness level so that performances more than a year old generally have little influence on a runner's current point level.

The second column provides the relative frequency of road (R), track (T), or crosscountry (C) races for that runner with the first letter indicating the venue most frequently raced (over the past 12 months).

A lower case letter in the first position indicates that fewer than 50% of the performances were of that type; in the second position, it is less than 30%, and in the third position, it is less than 10%.

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Further information about ARRS and its detailed road, track and cross country racing statistics can be found on our website - http://www.arrs.net. Further information about ARRS itself is available on that website in numerous languages.

In this edition of ARRS RANKINGS the current National Team Rankings are also included.

[The February rankings were not sent out. Apologies for this unavoidable omission.]

WORLD Men 3038 TCr Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 3027 Tc Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 3016 TrC Sileshi Sihen (ETH) 2999 TrC Dejene Birhanu (ETH) 2974 TCR Gebre-eg. Gebremariam (ETH) 2973 TR Martin Irungu (KEN) 2961 cTR Sergey Lebed (UKR) 2959 TC Augustine Choge (KEN) 2952 T Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 2951 TC Tariku Bekele (ETH) 10 2949 R John Korir (KEN) 2945 Tc Mulugeta Wondimu (ETH) 2945 TrC Salim Jawher (BRN) 2942 tRC Moses Mosop (KEN) 2940 TR Haile Gebreselasie (ETH) 2936 cRT Zerisenay Tadesse (ERI) 2932 CrT Sammy Kipketer (KEN) 2932 TR Julius Maina (KEN) 2932 TrC Boniface Songok (KEN) 2923 R Wilson Kebenei (KEN) 20	WORLD Women 2959 Trc Meseret Defar (ETH) 2959 TCR Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 2902 TcR Ejagayou Dibaba (ETH) 2899 T Hui-na Xing (CHN) 2898 T Elena Zadorozhnaya (RUS) 2894 TrC Isabella Ochichi (KEN) 2892 tRC Benita Johnson (AUS) 2885 Ctr Workenesh Kidane (ETH) 2884 tCR Meselech Melkamu (ETH) 2883 T Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) 10 2882 TrC Jane Wanjiku (KEN) 2879 RCt Susan Chepkemei (KEN) 2878 RT Jelena Prokopcuka (LAT) 2871 RT Birhane Adere (ETH) 2869 TR Ying-jie Sun (CHN) 2869 Tr Mari Ozaki (JPN) 2866 TCR Alice Timbilil (KEN) 2864 TR Yuri Kano (JPN) 2863 TR Sentayehu Ejigu (ETH) 2861 R Elfenesh Alemu (ETH) 20
USA Men 2911 Rt Mebrahtom Keflezighi (CA) 2872 Tcr Dathan Ritzenhein (CO) 2867 Tcr Tim Broe (MI) 2850 R Khalid Khannouchi (NY) 2818 R Mbarak Hussein (NM) 2817 TC Jorge Torres (CO) 2816 Tc Ian Dobson (CA) 2807 TC Matthew Gonzales (NM) 2806 Tc Adam Goucher (CO) 2801 Rt Ryan Shay (MI) 10 USA Women 2795 TR Amy Rudolph (RI) 2794 Rt Deena Kastor (CA) 2778 Tc Shalane Flanagan (MA) 2769 Tc Shayne Culpepper (GA) 2766 RCT Blake Russell (MA) 2764 Rc Colleen deReuck (CO) 2751 TR Marla Runyan (OR) 2750 RT Amy Begley (IN) 2748 TR Elva Dryer (NM) 2746 rTC Jennifer Rhines (PA) 10 GBR Men 2806 cTR Mohammed Farah (ENG) 2787 Trc John Mayock (ENG) 2781 TCR Christopher Thompson (ENG) 2780 RtC Jonathan Brown (WAL) 2770 Cr Peter Riley 2766 Cr Karl Keska (ENG) 2749 cTR Glynn Tromans (ENG) 2744 R Daniel Robinson (ENG) 2732 TcR Gavin Thompson 2717 Tc Joe McAlister (NIR) 10 GBR Women 2858 Trc Joanne Pavey (ENG) 2853 RT Paula Radcliffe (ENG) 2816 CtR Hayley Yelling (ENG) 2788 tCR Kathy Butler (SCO) 2740 cTR Natalie Harvey 2736 CR Charlotte Dale (ENG) 2725 RcT Elizabeth Yelling (ENG) 2711 cRT Kate Reed (ENG) 2700 Trc Catherine Berry (ENG) 2698 Ct Helen Clitheroe (ENG) 10 JPN Men 2914 TR Toshinari Takaoka 2879 Tr Takayuki Matsumiya 2863 Tr Atsushi Sato 2847 TR Michitaka Hosokawa 2843 RT Yuko Matsumiya 2832 Rt Toshinari Suwa 2826 RT Takeshi Hamano 2826 cRT Yuichiro Ueno 2824 TR Satoshi Irifune 2824 TRc Yu Mitsuya 10	JPN Women 2869 Tr Mari Ozaki 2864 TR Yuri Kano 2852 TR Takako Kotorida 2851 R Yasuyo Iwamoto 2850 Rt Terumi Asoshina 2849 R Masako Chiba 2834 cRT Miwako Yamanaka 2831 TrC Kazue Ogoshi 2830 Tr Kayoko Fukushi 2828 RT Mizuki Noguchi 10 CAN Men 2798 Tr Jeff Schiebler 2797 tCR Kevin Sullivan 2776 Tc Paul Morrison 2774 Ct Nathan Brannen 2771 TCr Reid Coolsaet 2749 TC Simon Bairu 2738 CrT Ryan Hayden 2723 Ct Dylan Wykes 2715 Rc Jeremy Deere 2715 Rc Brent Corbitt 10 CAN Women 2773 rTC Emilie Mondor 2717 R Nicole Stevenson 2695 RC Malindi Elmore 2684 T Courtney Babcock 2670 RcT Tara Quinn 2669 CT Carolyn Henry 2664 tCR Rebecca Stallwood 2663 Rc Leah Pells 2662 CT Courtney Inman 2650 TR Emily Kroshus 10 ESP Men 2879 CTR Juan Carlos delaOssa 2853 rCt Jose Rios 2833 cTr Carlos Castillejo 2820 Tcr Jesus España 2801 TCr Roberto Garcia 2789 cTR Jose Manuel Martinez 2764 TCR Reyes Estevez 2759 cTR Ignacio Caceres 2759 TC Mariano Villarubia 2758 tCR Isaac Viciosa 10 ESP Women 2728 RT Marta Dominguez 2715 CTr Jacqueline Martin 2709 Ct Alessandra Aguilar 2697 Cr Rosa Maria Morato 2684 RC Maria Elena Moreno 2680 CrT Sara Valderas 2678 TrC Amaia Piedra 2673 TCR Maria Luisa Larraga 2671 Ctr Maria Teresa Recio 2668 CRt Maria Dolores Pulido 10
RUS Men 2780 TR Vyacheslav Shabunin 2778 Tc Pavel Shapovalov 2770 R Mikhail Khobotov 2752 Rc Oleg Bolokhovets 2738 Rt Aleksey Sokolov 2738 rTC Sergey Yemelyanov 2731 R Georgiy Andreyev 2730 R Pavel Andreyev 2724 RT Dmitriy Maksimov 2724 TcR Pavel Naumov 10 RUS Women 2898 T Elena Zadorozhnaya 2849 Tr Gulnara Samitova 2830 TR Lidiya Grigoryeva 2826 R Svetlana Zakharova 2825 R Olga Bylinkina 2821 Trc Liliya Shobukhova 2818 T Lyubov Ivanova 2799 Rt Albina Ivanova 2795 Rt Sylvia Skvortsova 2787 R Lyubov Denisova 10 AUS Men 2846 TrC Craig Mottram 2839 RtC Scott Westcott 2809 CR Andrew Letherby 2806 R Sisay Bezebah 2745 RT Mark Tucker 2730 Rt Glenn Guzzo 2727 Rc Martin Dent 2726 Rc Stephen Moneghetti 2716 Tc Michael Power 10 AUS Women 2892 tRC Benita Johnson 2755 Tc Sarah Jamieson 2755 RCT Anna Thompson 2714 RtC Hayley McGregor 2686 Rt Kerryn McCann 2679 TrC Georgie Clarke 2654 RT Tiffany Levette 2649 T Emily Morris 2645 TR Eloise Wellings 2618 Tc Sarah Salmon 10	BRA Men 2851 R Romulo daSilva 2812 Rt Marilson Gomes 2798 R Vanderlei deLima 2784 R Clodoaldo Gomes 2757 Rt Alan Wendel daSilva 2754 R Paulo Roberto deAlmeida 2744 Rt Franck Caldeira 2736 Rct Israel dosAnjos 2734 Tc Hudson Santos 2716 Rt Luiz Fernando deAlmeida 10 BRA Women 2679 rTc Lucelia deOliveira 2630 RT Fabiana Cristine daSilva 2615 R Adriana Aparecida 2611 Rt Ednalva daSilva 2610 Rt Maria Zeferina 2597 Rc Marily dosSantos 2596 RT Nadir Sabino 2576 Rt Selma Candida 2571 R Maria doCarmo 2560 Rt Rosangela Raimunda Farias 10 CHN Men 2746 R Zhu-hong Li 2712 RT Yan-min Hou 2689 Rc Gang Han 2689 RT Ke Gong 2656 TrC Ming-fu Chen 2640 R Rong-hua Zhu 2612 R Yun-shan Zheng 2568 TC Hai-yang Deng CHN Women 2899 T Hui-na Xing 2869 TR Ying-jie Sun 2834 Rt Chun-xiu Zhou 2799 TR Gu-ang Zeng 2783 R Shu-jing Zhang 2739 RC Gui-ying Bao 2725 TR He-lan Li 2715 RT Hong-juan Shi 2678 RC Yan-mei Zhu 2677 TR Qui-hong Xi 10
FRA Men 2877 TR Ismail Sghyr 2831 rTC Mustapha Essaid 2828 rtC Driss El Himer 2821 Cr Driss Maazouzi 2807 CR Bouabdellah Tahri 2799 TCr El Moktar benHari 2796 CR El Hassane Lahssini 2769 Tcr Khalid Zoubaa 2766 RCT Abdellah Behar 2758 CR Mickael Thomas 10 FRA Women 2788 TC Maria Martins 2762 Ct Bouchra Ghezielle 2720 rCT Fatima Yvelain 2716 TcR Margaret Maury 2699 Cr Latifa Essarokh 2692 Rc Rakiya Maraoui 2688 cRT Fatiha Klilech 2678 cTR Rodica Daniela Moroianu 2673 cTR Christelle Daunay 2671 Rc Hafida Gadi 10 GER Men 2734 R Mario Kröckert 2723 R Carsten Eich 2704 TR Filmon Ghirmai 2692 TcR Sebastian Hallmann 2691 Cr Christian Güssow 2679 TrC Wolfram Müller 2675 Rt Carsten Schütz 2672 RC Martin Beckman 2671 T Jan Fitschen 2670 RT Stefan Koch 10 GER Women 2857 Tr Irina Mikitenko 2831 TrC Sabrina Mockenhaupt 2751 Rc Luminita Zaituc 2692 rCt Susanne Ritter 2674 R Sonja Oberem 2660 TC Antje Möldner 2654 R Claudia Dreher 2649 R Romy Spitzmüller 2630 RT Ulrike Maisch 2601 RC Stephanie Maier 10	IRL Men 2868 Tc Alistair Cragg 2780 Trc Mark Carroll 2762 TR Cathal Lombard 2721 TC Martin Fagan 2709 CT Gary Murray 2704 CR Seamus Power 2687 CT Mark Kenneally 2681 rTC Vincent Mulvey 2647 TC Thomas Frazer 2645 CT Sean Connolly 10 IRL Women 2797 RT Marie Davenport 2784 RTc Sonia O'Sullivan 2699 Tcr Maria McCambridge 2685 Crt Jolene Byrne 2682 Rc Catherina McKiernan 2671 Tr Roisin McGettigan 2623 C Mary Cullen 2575 rTC Orla O'Mahoney 2568 T Una English 2568 C Mary Margaret Meade 10 ITA Men 2878 Rc Stefano Baldini 2822 R Ruggero Pertile 2817 CR Maurizio Leone 2795 RC Danilo Goffi 2791 R Alberico diCecco 2772 rTC Michele Gamba 2772 CrT Umberto Pusterla 2766 RCt Gabriele deNard 2763 Rc Denis Curzi 2744 cRT Giuliani Battocletti 10 ITA Women 2817 R Bruna Genovese 2760 Rt Gloria Marconi 2753 Tcr Silvia Weissteiner 2729 R Rosaria Console 2715 TRC Anna Carmela Incerti 2698 CRT Patrizia Tisi 2674 RC Renate Rungger 2664 R Ornella Ferrara 2657 RCt Rosita Rota 2655 Rc Deborah Toniolo 10
MEX Men 2780 RT Pablo Olmedo 2779 crT Alejandro Suarez 2769 TR Rafael Sanchez 2752 TR David Galvan 2742 R Procopio Hernandez 2723 T Julio Cesar Perez 2690 Tr Teodoro Vega 2685 R Odilon Cauautle 2682 TR Andres Espinosa 2673 Rt Francisco Bautista 10 MEX Women 2762 R Madai Perez 2722 Tr Adriana Fernandez 2717 RT Dulce Maria Rodriguez 2634 R Alicia Rodriguez 2627 RT Margarita Tapia 2625 Rt Angelica Sanchez 2607 R America Mateos 2606 R Margarita Cabello 2606 R Judith Ramirez 2578 R Erika Guevara 10 NED Men 2816 Tr Gert-Jan Liefers 2809 TrC Kamiel Maase 2788 RT Hugo vandenBroek 2745 rtC Sander Schutgens 2734 CTr Patrick Stitzinger 2704 Rt Luc Krotwaar 2698 R Greg vanHest 2692 RtC Jeroen vanDamme 2691 RtC Koen Raymaekers 2687 RtC Guus Jansen 10 NED Women 2844 RtC Lornah Kiplagat 2634 rTC Selma Borst 2615 Rct Krystyna Loonen 2613 TC Anita Looper 2609 cRT Miranda Boonstra 2591 CT Adrienne Herzog 2586 R Anne vanSchuppen 2576 Rc Nadezhda Wijenberg 2571 CtR Marlies Overbeeke 2568 R Annelieke vanderSluijs 10	NZL Men 2823 Rct Jonathan Wyatt 2774 TC Nicholas Willis 2742 R Dale Warrender 2700 TR John Henwood 2674 RT Michael Aish 2650 RT Jason Woolhouse 2649 TC Rees Buck 2637 Rc Blair Martin 2624 R Philip Costley 2604 R Adrian Blincoe 10 NZL Women 2822 TCr Kimberly Smith 2643 R Liza Hunter 2575 RT Nina Rillstone 2573 R Nyla Carroll 2562 TRC Melissa Moon 2536 R Rebecca Moore 2534 RT Gabrielle O'Rourke 2525 TC Mary Davies 2525 R Hannah Kinseth 2515 Tc Michelle Prowse 10 POL Men 2732 R Marek Jaroszewski 2729 CrT Michal Kaczmarek 2725 R Waldemar Glinka 2717 R Artur Blasinski 2715 Rtc Radoslaw Dudycz 2707 Rt Piotr Drwal 2705 rCT Rafal Wojcik 2699 RtC Dariusz Kruczkowski 2698 Rtc Adam Dobrzynski 2697 R Michal Bartoszak 10 POL Women 2858 T Lidia Chojecka 2719 RT Dorota Gruca 2704 Ctr Justyna Bak 2687 TR Wioletta Janowska 2673 Rtc Grazyna Syrek 2666 Rtc Malgorzata Sobanska 2663 Rc Wioletta Kryza 2652 RC Izabela Zatorska 2651 CrT Justyna Lesman 2650 RtC Edyta Lewandowska 10
POR Men 2791 Rc Luis Feiteira 2789 CtR Helder Ornelas 2787 R Luis Novo 2784 R Antonio Salvador 2779 CR Paulo Gomes 2774 CRt Fernando Silva 2768 Rc Alberto Chaiça 2754 Cr Manuel Damião 2746 cRT Jose Maduro 2741 Rc Luis Felipe deJesus 10 POR Women 2769 Crt Analia Rosa 2767 cTR Ines Monteiro 2766 TCR Fernanda Ribeiro 2732 CTr Marina Bastos 2723 tCR Jessica Augusto 2718 cRT Ana Dias 2700 CtR Monica Rosa 2641 CrT Helena Sampaio 2638 R Fatima Silva 2638 RtC Clarisse Cruz 10 ROM Men 2712 Tc Adrian Maghiar 2673 CT Mircea Bogdan 2621 R Artur Miklos ROM Women 2856 R Constantina Tomescu 2817 RTC Maria Mihaela Botezan 2812 R Nuta Olaru 2795 R Lidia Simon 2753 CR Cristina Casandra 2674 Rc Ionela Vasile 2652 R Luminita Talpos 2644 R Aurica Buia 2616 R Anuta Catuna 2609 TrC Ana Maria Bordea 10	RSA Men 2871 RT Hendrick Ramaala 2823 R Tseko Mpolokeng 2809 Rt Gert Thys 2793 Rt Shadrack Hoff 2753 R Ian Syster 2745 R Mluleki Nobanda 2740 R Abner Chipu 2727 R Zacharia Mpolokeng 2726 R Zolani Ntongana 2715 R George Ntshiliza 10 RSA Women 2699 RtC Rene Kalmer 2672 rTC Irvette vanBlerk 2663 RtC Poppy Mlambo 2647 R Elana Meyer 2623 RtC Lebogang Phalula 2617 Rc Dinah-Lebo Phalula 2604 Rc Charne Rademeyer 2600 Rc Azwindini Gladys Lukhwareni 2595 CT Karin vanRooyen 2585 Rt Zintle Xiniwe 10 TAN Men 2870 RCT John Yuda 2861 tCR Fabiano Joseph 2828 R Andrew Sambu 2802 RtC Faustin Baha 2794 Rt Dickson Marwa 2783 Rt Christopher Isegwe 2763 RC Samwel Kwaangw 2760 R Lucian Hombo 2753 Rt Hussein Ramadhani 2752 rTC Daniel Andrew 10 TAN Women 2739 RtC Restituta Joseph 2705 TRC Zakia Mrisho 2698 RTc Josephine Deemay 2661 RT Hawa Hussein 2595 R Banuela Mrashani 2588 TR Tausi Juma 2581 R Margaret Karie 2572 RT Monica Samila 2491 RT Fabiola William 2483 TR Sara Maja 10
UKR Men 2961 cTR Sergey Lebed 2781 Rc Yuriy Hychun 2761 R Mykola Antonenko 2725 R Aleksandr Kuzin 2720 Rt Mikhail Iveruk 2719 RCT Vasily Matviychuk 2714 Rt Andrey Naumov 2713 RtC Dmitri Baranovskiy 2709 RtC Ivan Babarika 2685 TrC Aleksandr Orlov 10 UKR Women 2782 Tr Tatyana Holovchenko 2714 Tr Maryna Dubrova 2710 R Tatyana Pozdniakova 2696 TR Nataliya Berkut 2664 T Nataliya Tobias 2652 Rt Tatyana Hladyr 2585 Rtc Svetlana Nekhorosh 2578 Rc Ilona Baranova 2558 R Tatyana Belovol 2556 R Valentina Poltavskaya 10 ARG Men 2716 Rt Juan Osvaldo Suarez 2675 Rt Oscar Cortinez 2672 R Gustavo Gaston Comba 2645 Rc Daniel Andrés Castro 2643 Rt Jose Luis Luna ARG Women 2600 Rtc Sandra Edith Torres 2589 R Elisa Cobanea 2547 Rt Claudia Camargo 2539 RT Roxana Preussler 2503 crT Nadia Rodríguez	BEL Men 2798 CTR Hans Janssens 2764 C Pieter Desmet 2761 T Monder Rizki 2748 TR Mohamed Mourhit 2742 TC Ridouane Essaadi BEL Women 2776 TC Veerle Dejaeghere 2704 C Mieke Geens 2703 tRC Fatima Baouf 2676 TC Sigrid VandenBempt 2661 RTc Mounia Aboulahcen BLR Men 2749 Rtc Azat Rakipov 2731 Rc Vladimir Tyamchik 2653 R Andrey Gordayev 2636 R Dmitriy Sivou 2597 R Vladimir Kotov BLR Women 2712 Tr Olga Kravtsova 2652 Rt Galina Karnatevicz 2586 R Olga Minina 2559 Rt Elena Mazovka 2521 R Elena Makalova CZE Men 2666 Rct Robert Stefko 2636 RC Pavel Faschingbauer 2632 R Jan Blaha 2603 RC Michal Nejdely CZE Women 2692 Rc Anna Pichrtova 2671 Rt Petra Kaminkova 2649 TR Andrea Suldesova 2611 T Michaela Mannova 2542 R Jana Klimesova
DEN Men 2707 TRC Dennis Jensen 2672 CRT Steen Walter 2658 R Peder Troldborg 2646 RtC Claus Bugge 2630 T Robert K Andersen DEN Women 2636 R Dorte Vibjerg 2619 Rt Annemette Jensen 2603 R Gitte Karlshøj FIN Men 2775 R Janne Holmen 2675 Trc Tuomo Lehtinen 2660 RtC Jussi Utriainen 2650 TcR Jari Matinlauri 2617 tRC Juha Hellsten FIN Women 2704 T Kirsi Valasti 2653 TC Ulla Tuimala 2604 CRT Johanna Risku 2547 TR Maija Oravamäki 2514 tRC Maija Kukkohovi HUN Men 2648 RT Balazs Csillag 2619 Ct Oliver Bodor	HUN Women 2776 rcT Aniko Kalovics 2746 Trc Krisztina Papp 2666 Rc Simona Staicu 2587 R Beata Rakonczai 2567 tCR Livia Toth KOR Men 2787 RT Bong-Ju Lee 2776 RT Young-Joon Ji 2760 RT Yi-Yong Kim 2694 R Myong-Seun Lee 2628 Rt In-Mo Je KOR Women 2741 TR Eun-Jung Lee 2708 RT Yoon-Hee Chung 2700 Rt Kyung-Hee Choi 2645 Rt Jung-Hee Oh 2639 R Sun-Suk Yun NOR Men 2815 T Marius Bakken 2664 Ct Jim Svenøy 2603 RT Henrik Sandstad 2589 Rt Karl Johan Rasmussen NOR Women 2704 TrC Susanne Wigene 2700 R Stine Larsen 2570 T Bente Landøy
SCG Men 2645 TC Velibor Radojevic 2587 RC Sreten Ninkovic 2580 TCr Mirko Petrovic SCG Women 2792 RcT Olivera Jevtic 2704 cRT Sonja Stolic 2655 Ct Marina Muncan 2517 Rc Marjana Lukic 2515 cRT Snezana Kostic SUI Men 2774 TRC Christian Belz 2665 TRC Philippe Bandi 2665 R Viktor Röthlin 2612 R Tarcis Ancay 2586 R Jörg Hafner SUI Women 2637 R Jenni Mirja 2604 Rt Claudia Oberlin 2586 TrC Mirja Moser 2579 TR Vera Notz 2562 RtC Christina Carruzzo SVK Men 2602 RT Miroslav Vanko 2572 R Marcel Matanin	SVK Women 2551 Rt Dana Janeckova 2482 R Andrea Beresova SWE Men 2833 cRT Mustafa Mohamed 2761 TcR Erik Sjöqvist 2760 cTR Claes Nyberg 2734 Tcr Henrik Skoog 2710 TC Henrik Ahnstrom SWE Women 2671 Tcr Ida Nilsson 2647 RtC Lena Gavelin 2612 TR Anna Rahm 2545 TRC Christin Johansson 2536 R Jennifer Akerberg TUR Men 2677 RC Abdulkadir Turk 2658 tCR Abdil Ceylan 2614 Tr Sabra Kara 2613 cTR Selahattin Selcuk 2604 RC Abdurrahman Kara TUR Women 2883 T Elvan Abeylegesse 2817 TrC Tezeta Dengersa 2682 T Ebru (Elena) Kavaklioglu 2550 cRT Turkan Erismis 2540 C Binnaz Uslu
NATIONAL TEAM RANKINGS (as of 06 Mar 2005) National team rankings are based on the ranking positions of the top five runners for a given country and are scored as for crosscountry, i.e., 1 for 1st, 2 for 2nd, etc. with the low score being the best. Unlike normal crosscountry scoring however, all non-scoring runners can "bump" other countries' scoring runners.
MEN 24 ETH 40 KEN 354 QAT 374 MAR 401 JPN +1 466 USA -1 745 ESP +3 777 FRA 850 TAN -2 985 ERI -1 (10) 1016 ITA 1275 RSA 1276 AUS 1413 BRA 1473 ALG 1632 POR 1678 GBR 1710 CAN 1930 NED 2090 ZIM (20) 2241 UGA 2248 MEX 2270 RUS 2299 UKR 2300 BEL Jose Rios ran a very fine 2nd place at the Biwa-ko Mainichi (JPN) Marathon, collecting 74 points and almost single-handedly moved the ESP men up three team ranks. The FRA men also did well, moving ahead of the TAN men but were leap-frogged by the ESP men to remain at #8. Thus, the TAN men dropped two team ranks, despite John Yuda collecting 45 points at the World's Best (PUR) 10K.	WOMEN 23 ETH 67 KEN 127 JPN 193 RUS 248 CHN 399 GBR 403 ROM 574 USA 844 ITA +2 861 POR -1 (10) 916 AUS -1 925 GER 1025 FRA 1101 MAR 1181 IRL 1248 POL 1347 UKR 1387 ESP 1421 CAN 1482 BEL (20) 1683 MEX 1731 KOR 1843 PRK 1855 TAN 2129 RSA Silvia Weissteiner had a good race at the European Indoor Champs (ESP) 3000m, picking up 39 points and moving the ITA women up two team ranks.