Posted: April 1, 2005

Athletics: Kenenisa Bekele Takes Top Spot And Tirunesh Dibada Reigns Alone

Kenya ends Ethiopia's long spell as top national team

Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibada's double wins in the World Cross Country put them in top place in the ARRS rankings.

Other major moves: Paul Tergat (KEN) as a result of the Lisbon (POR) HfMar, Tomoaki Kunichika (JPN) Seoul Int'l (KOR) Mara, Ruben Ramolefi (RSA) and Patrick Nyangelo (TAN) in the IAAF XC Champs (FRA), Chris Solinsky (USA/WI) in NCAA Division I Indoor Champs (USA) 5000m.

Sammy Kipketer (KEN) run in the Crescent City Classic (USA) 10K was to have a major impact on the national team rankings. (See below) Aaron Gabonewe (RSA) made major progress as a result of his run in the Old Mutual Two Oceans (RSA) HfMar.

*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 [attached] the current National Team Rankings are also included.

WORLD Men 3041 Tc Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 3034 TCr Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 3007 Tr Sileshi Sihen (ETH) 2991 tCR Dejene Birhanu (ETH) 2970 TR Martin Irungu (KEN) 2965 TC Augustine Choge (KEN) 2951 CTR Sergey Lebed (UKR) 2949 R John Korir (KEN) 2948 CRT Sammy Kipketer (KEN) 2945 TrC Salim Jawher (BRN) 10 2945 T Mulugeta Wondimu (ETH) 2943 T Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 2943 cRT Zerisenay Tadesse (ERI) 2941 RC Paul Tergat (KEN) 2940 TR Haile Gebreselasie (ETH) 2940 Rc Robert "K" Cheruiyot (KEN) 2932 Trc Boniface Songok (KEN) 2930 trC Moses Mosop (KEN) 2929 R Wilson Kebenei (KEN) 2929 TR Julius Maina (KEN) 20 WORLD Women 2963 TCr Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 2959 Trc Meseret Defar (ETH) 2900 trC Isabella Ochichi (KEN) 2895 Ctr Workenesh Kidane (ETH) 2890 T Hui-na Xing (CHN) 2889 cRT Benita Johnson (AUS) 2889 T Elena Zadorozhnaya (RUS) 2886 Rct Susan Chepkemei (KEN) 2886 cTR Meselech Melkamu (ETH) 2885 TrC Ejagayou Dibaba (ETH) 10 2878 RT Jelena Prokopcuka (LAT) 2878 TCR Alice Timbilil (KEN) 2874 T Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) 2873 Tr Jane Wanjiku (KEN) 2871 RT Birhane Adere (ETH) 2869 Tr Mari Ozaki (JPN) 2863 TR Sentayehu Ejigu (ETH) 2862 Trc Lucy Wangui (KEN) 2861 R Elfenesh Alemu (ETH) 2860 TR Ying-jie Sun (CHN) 20 USA Men 2902 RT Mebrahtom Keflezighi (CA) 2867 TcR Tim Broe (MI) 2851 TCR Jorge Torres (CO) 2841 R Khalid Khannouchi (NY) 2834 R Alan Culpepper (CO) 2832 Rt Ryan Shay (MI) 2827 RT Anthony Famigletti (TN) 2826 Tcr Dathan Ritzenhein (CO) 2819 RT Abdihakim Abdirahman (AZ) 2818 TC Ian Dobson (CA) 10 USA Women 2808 Rt Deena Kastor (CA) 2798 TR Amy Rudolph (RI) 2797 RTC Jennifer Rhines (PA) 2786 Tc Shalane Flanagan (MA) 2783 RCT Blake Russell (MA) 2783 cTR Lauren Fleshman (CA) 2779 Rc Colleen deReuck (CO) 2779 Tc Shayne Culpepper (GA) 2776 RT Elva Dryer (NM) 2758 rTC Kathryn McGregor (MN) 10 GBR Men 2818 CTR Mohammed Farah (ENG) 2774 Rt Jonathan Brown (WAL) 2772 TrC Christopher Thompson (ENG) 2770 C Peter Riley 2768 TrC John Mayock (ENG) 2735 R Daniel Robinson (ENG) 2731 Cr Karl Keska (ENG) 2708 TR Stephen Hepples (ENG) 2703 cTR Glynn Tromans (ENG) 2703 TC Oliver Laws (ENG) 10 GBR Women 2858 Trc Joanne Pavey (ENG) 2852 RT Paula Radcliffe (ENG) 2743 TCR Kathy Butler (SCO) 2736 CR Charlotte Dale (ENG) 2735 cTR Natalie Harvey 2735 CtR Hayley Yelling (ENG) 2718 RcT Elizabeth Yelling (ENG) 2712 RCT Kate Reed (ENG) 2700 Tr Catherine Berry (ENG) 2689 Ct Helen Clitheroe (ENG) 10 JPN Men 2914 TR Toshinari Takaoka 2884 TR Takayuki Matsumiya 2860 Tr Atsushi Sato 2847 TR Michitaka Hosokawa 2843 TR Yuko Matsumiya 2829 RT Tomoaki Kunichika 2829 Rt Toshinari Suwa 2826 RT Takeshi Hamano 2824 TR Yu Mitsuya 2824 Rt Kazuo Ietani 10 JPN Women 2869 Tr Mari Ozaki 2859 TR Yuri Kano 2856 Rt Terumi Asoshina 2842 R Yasuyo Iwamoto 2840 R Masako Chiba 2828 TR Hiromi Ominami 2828 RT Mizuki Noguchi 2826 TR Harumi Hiroyama 2826 Tr Megumi Tanaka 2821 Tr Kayoko Fukushi 10	CAN Men 2818 CrT Kevin Sullivan 2795 Tr Jeff Schiebler 2767 Tc Paul Morrison 2765 CT Kurt Benniger 2760 TCr Reid Coolsaet 2759 Ct Nathan Brannen 2729 CrT Ryan Hayden 2715 Rc Jeremy Deere 2714 Ct Dylan Wykes 2703 TC Simon Bairu 10 CAN Women 2764 RT Emilie Mondor 2717 R Nicole Stevenson 2713 CT Carmen Douma 2686 Rc Malindi Elmore 2675 T Courtney Babcock 2673 rCT Tara Quinn 2670 CT Courtney Inman 2669 Rc Leah Pells 2669 CT Carolyn Henry 2644 TR Emily Kroshus 10 ESP Men 2870 CTr Juan Carlos delaOssa 2853 CRt Jose Rios 2837 cTr Carlos Castillejo 2817 Tcr Jesus España 2789 tCR Jose Manuel Martinez 2778 Ct Juan Carlos Higuero 2764 TCR Reyes Estevez 2758 trC Isaac Viciosa 2757 TCr Roberto Garcia 2753 cTR Ignacio Caceres 10 ESP Women 2719 R Marta Dominguez 2690 Ctr Maria Teresa Recio 2689 Ct Alessandra Aguilar 2686 Cr Rosa Maria Morato 2684 RtC Maria Elena Moreno 2678 TrC Amaia Piedra 2673 TCR Maria Luisa Larraga 2669 CTr Jacqueline Martin 2665 C Rocio Rios 2664 CrT Yesenia Centeno 10 RUS Men 2780 TR Vyacheslav Shabunin 2778 T Pavel Shapovalov 2770 R Mikhail Khobotov 2743 Rc Oleg Bolokhovets 2738 rTC Sergey Yemelyanov 2738 Rt Aleksey Sokolov 2724 TcR Pavel Naumov 2724 RT Dmitriy Maksimov 2722 R Georgiy Andreyev 2721 R Pavel Andreyev 10 RUS Women 2889 T Elena Zadorozhnaya 2849 Tr Gulnara Samitova 2818 T Lyubov Ivanova 2817 R Svetlana Zakharova 2816 R Olga Bylinkina 2808 Rt Sylvia Skvortsova 2791 TR Lidiya Grigoryeva 2790 Rt Albina Ivanova 2789 TrC Liliya Shobukhova 2787 R Lyubov Denisova 10 AUS Men 2848 TrC Craig Mottram 2839 RtC Scott Westcott 2810 rCT Andrew Letherby 2806 R Sisay Bezebah 2732 Tc Richard Jeremiah 2730 Rt Glenn Guzzo 2724 RTC Mark Tucker 2718 Rc Martin Dent 2717 Rc Stephen Moneghetti 2716 T Michael Power 10 AUS Women 2889 cRT Benita Johnson 2788 Tc Sarah Jamieson 2778 RCT Anna Thompson 2693 RtC Hayley McGregor 2692 TrC Georgie Clarke 2686 Rt Kerryn McCann 2668 CrT Emma Rilen 2659 TRC Eloise Wellings 2652 R Jackie Fairweather 2640 T Emily Morris 10 BRA Men 2851 R Romulo daSilva 2812 Rt Marilson Gomes 2798 R Vanderlei deLima 2784 R Clodoaldo Gomes 2754 R Paulo Roberto deAlmeida 2751 R Alan Wendel daSilva 2748 Rt Franck Caldeira 2734 Tc Hudson Santos 2716 Rt Luiz Fernando deAlmeida 2704 Rt Paulo dosSantos 10 BRA Women 2644 tRC Lucelia deOliveira 2621 RT Fabiana Cristine daSilva 2615 R Adriana Aparecida 2610 Rt Maria Zeferina 2610 Rc Marily dosSantos 2602 Rt Ednalva daSilva 2596 RT Nadir Sabino 2575 R Maria doCarmo 2567 Rt Selma Candida 2557 Rt Rosangela Raimunda Farias 10
CHN Men 2757 RC Gang Han 2737 R Zhu-hong Li 2703 RT Yan-min Hou 2680 RT Ke Gong 2679 cRT Yun-shan Zhang 2631 R Rong-hua Zhu 2613 TrC Ming-fu Chen 2603 TC Hai-yang Deng CHN Women 2890 T Hui-na Xing 2860 TR Ying-jie Sun 2849 Rt Chun-xiu Zhou 2790 TR Gu-ang Zeng 2756 R Shu-jing Zhang 2739 rTC He-lan Li 2732 CR Chong Zhang 2726 CR Gui-ying Bao 2706 RT Hong-juan Shi 2679 CR Yan-mei Zhu 10 FRA Men 2877 TR Ismail Sghyr 2822 rTC Mustapha Essaid 2821 Cr Driss Maazouzi 2808 cRT Driss El Himer 2799 Tcr Khalid Zoubaa 2796 RC El Hassane Lahssini 2788 CR Bouabdellah Tahri 2764 CRT Gael Pencreach 2762 RCT Abdellah Behar 2757 RC Mohamed El Ghazouani 10 FRA Women 2765 CT Maria Martins 2762 Ct Bouchra Ghezielle 2722 cRT Fatiha Klilech 2718 TcR Margaret Maury 2708 rCT Fatima Yvelain 2701 cTR Rodica Daniela Moroianu 2683 Rc Rakiya Maraoui 2680 C Julie Coulaud 2671 Rc Hafida Gadi 2666 Cr Latifa Essarokh 10 GER Men 2731 R Mario Kröckert 2720 R Carsten Eich 2704 TR Filmon Ghirmai 2692 TcR Sebastian Hallmann 2682 Cr Christian Güssow 2677 RT Stefan Koch 2671 T Jan Fitschen 2670 TrC Wolfram Müller 2667 rTC Alexander Lubina 2666 Rt Carsten Schütz 10 GER Women 2848 Tr Irina Mikitenko 2831 TrC Sabrina Mockenhaupt 2751 Rc Luminita Zaituc 2727 CRt Susanne Ritter 2665 R Sonja Oberem 2659 R Claudia Dreher 2651 TC Antje Möldner 2646 R Romy Spitzmüller 2621 RT Ulrike Maisch 2589 RC Stephanie Maier 10 IRL Men 2868 T Alistair Cragg 2780 Trc Mark Carroll 2753 TR Cathal Lombard 2721 TC Martin Fagan 2712 rTC Vincent Mulvey 2704 TC Joseph McAlister 2704 CR Seamus Power 2699 CT Mark Kenneally 2662 CT Gary Murray 2641 CT Sean Connolly 10 IRL Women 2788 RT Marie Davenport 2784 RTc Sonia O'Sullivan 2735 Crt Jolene Byrne 2712 Tcr Maria McCambridge 2673 R Catherina McKiernan 2671 Tr Roisin McGettigan 2614 C Mary Cullen 2568 C Mary Margaret Meade 2566 rTC Orla O'Mahoney 2559 T Una English 10 ITA Men 2846 Rc Stefano Baldini 2832 R Alberico diCecco 2822 R Ruggero Pertile 2807 CR Maurizio Leone 2795 Rc Danilo Goffi 2785 RCt Gabriele deNard 2779 Rc Ottavio Andriani 2769 rTC Michele Gamba 2766 TCR Simone Zanon 2763 Rc Denis Curzi 10 ITA Women 2817 R Bruna Genovese 2754 R Rosaria Console 2753 Tcr Silvia Weissteiner 2751 Rt Gloria Marconi 2712 TR Anna Carmela Incerti 2698 cRT Patrizia Tisi 2677 Rc Tiziana Alagia 2674 RC Renate Rungger 2655 R Ornella Ferrara 2650 rCT Vincenza Sicari 10	MEX Men 2793 cRT Alejandro Suarez 2780 RT Pablo Olmedo 2760 TR Rafael Sanchez 2752 TR David Galvan 2733 R Procopio Hernandez 2719 Tr Julio Cesar Perez 2709 RtC Jesus Primo Capula 2690 Tr Teodoro Vega 2685 R Odilon Cauautle 2673 TR Andres Espinosa 10 MEX Women 2753 R Madai Perez 2722 Tr Adriana Fernandez 2717 TR Dulce Maria Rodriguez 2634 R America Mateos 2625 Rt Angelica Sanchez 2618 TR Margarita Tapia 2618 R Alicia Rodriguez 2606 R Margarita Cabello 2606 R Judith Ramirez 2578 R Erika Guevara 10 NED Men 2816 Tr Gert-Jan Liefers 2799 TrC Kamiel Maase 2788 RT Hugo vandenBroek 2758 RtC Sander Schutgens 2757 Rt Luc Krotwaar 2734 CTr Patrick Stitzinger 2724 RtC Jeroen vanDamme 2698 R Greg vanHest 2687 RtC Guus Jansen 2673 RtC Koen Raymaekers 10 NED Women 2844 Rtc Lornah Kiplagat 2657 rtC Selma Borst 2616 Rc Nadezhda Wijenberg 2609 cRT Miranda Boonstra 2604 Tc Anita Looper 2595 Rct Krystyna Loonen 2591 CT Adrienne Herzog 2571 CrT Marlies Overbeeke 2544 R Annelieke vanderSluijs 2538 R Anne vanSchuppen 10 NZL Men 2823 Rct Jonathan Wyatt 2746 Tc Nicholas Willis 2733 Rt Dale Warrender 2719 TC Rees Buck 2700 TR John Henwood 2665 TR Michael Aish 2653 CR Adrian Blincoe 2650 RT Jason Woolhouse 2628 RC Blair Martin 2615 R Philip Costley 10 NZL Women 2824 TCr Kimberly Smith 2634 R Liza Hunter 2569 TC Mary Davies 2566 RT Nina Rillstone 2564 R Nyla Carroll 2562 TRC Melissa Moon 2558 trC Jessica Ruthe 2534 Rt Gabrielle O'Rourke 2527 R Rebecca Moore 2525 R Hannah Kinseth 10 POL Men 2729 cRT Michal Kaczmarek 2723 R Marek Jaroszewski 2719 RTC Rafal Wojcik 2716 R Waldemar Glinka 2712 Rtc Radoslaw Dudycz 2705 Rt Adam Dobrzynski 2703 RtC Dariusz Kruczkowski 2702 R Artur Blasinski 2700 CT Jakub Czaja 2691 Rt Piotr Drwal 10 POL Women 2858 T Lidia Chojecka 2724 RT Dorota Gruca 2704 CtR Justyna Bak 2687 Tr Wioletta Janowska 2679 Rtc Malgorzata Sobanska 2673 Rtc Grazyna Syrek 2670 R Monika Drybulska 2663 Rc Wioletta Kryza 2656 RtC Edyta Lewandowska 2643 RC Izabela Zatorska 10 POR Men 2796 CRt Fernando Silva 2791 Rc Luis Feiteira 2778 R Luis Novo 2770 CR Paulo Gomes 2760 R Antonio Salvador 2752 C Alfredo Bras 2749 Crt Ricardo Ribas 2748 CrT Manuel Magalhães 2743 rTC Jose Maduro 2736 CtR Helder Ornelas 10 POR Women 2774 Crt Analia Rosa 2766 TCR Fernanda Ribeiro 2756 cTR Ines Monteiro 2738 cRT Ana Dias 2729 tCR Jessica Augusto 2726 CtR Monica Rosa 2721 CTr Marina Bastos 2641 CrT Helena Sampaio 2629 R Fatima Silva 2629 RtC Clarisse Cruz 10
ROM Men 2706 Tc Adrian Maghiar 2673 CT Mircea Bogdan 2612 R Artur Miklos ROM Women 2856 R Constantina Tomescu 2817 RTC Maria Mihaela Botezan 2803 R Nuta Olaru 2795 R Lidia Simon 2757 CR Cristina Casandra 2679 Rc Ionela Vasile 2670 R Luminita Talpos 2644 R Aurica Buia 2609 TrC Ana Maria Bordea 2607 R Anuta Catuna 10 RSA Men 2875 Rt Hendrick Ramaala 2823 R Tseko Mpolokeng 2808 Rt Gert Thys 2793 RT Shadrack Hoff 2767 R George Ntshiliza 2761 R Zolani Ntongana 2750 Rt Aaron Gabonewe 2744 R Ian Syster 2741 Ct Ruben Ramolefi 2740 R Abner Chipu 10 RSA Women 2684 RCT Rene Kalmer 2678 RtC Poppy Mlambo 2647 RcT Lebogang Phalula 2638 R Elana Meyer 2636 rTC Irvette vanBlerk 2605 Rc Azwindini Gladys Lukhwareni 2604 Rc Charne Rademeyer 2601 RC Dinah-Lebo Phalula 2595 CT Karin vanRooyen 2585 Rt Zintle Xiniwe 10 TAN Men 2851 R Sambu Andrea Sipe 2829 RCT John Yuda Msuri 2820 tRC Fabiano Joseph Naasi 2797 CrT Patrick Nyangelo 2791 Rt Dickson Marwa 2783 Rt Phaustin Baha Sulle 2783 Rt Christopher Isengwe Njunguda 2777 CT Damian Paul Chopa 2772 RcT John Stephen Rogart 2767 R Michael Tluway Mislay 10 TAN Women 2747 TRC Zakia Mrisho 2739 RtC Restituta Joseph 2689 RT Josephine Deemay 2652 TR Hawa Hussein 2586 R Banuela Mrashani 2579 Tr Tausi Juma 2572 R Margaret Karie 2545 RT Monica Samila 2498 Rt Fabiola William 2495 RT Sara Maja 10 UKR Men 2951 CTR Sergey Lebed 2761 R Mykola Antonenko 2737 Rc Yuriy Hychun 2725 R Aleksandr Kuzin 2720 Rt Mikhail Iveruk 2719 RcT Vasily Matviychuk 2714 Rt Andrey Naumov 2709 RtC Ivan Babarika 2704 RtC Dmitri Baranovskiy 2685 TrC Aleksandr Orlov 10 UKR Women 2782 Tr Tatyana Holovchenko 2723 Rt Tatyana Hladyr 2714 Tr Maryna Dubrova 2687 TR Nataliya Berkut 2664 R Tatyana Pozdniakova 2655 T Nataliya Tobias 2578 Rc Ilona Baranova 2576 Rtc Svetlana Nekhorosh 2556 R Valentina Poltavskaya 2549 R Tatyana Belovol 10 ARG Men 2713 Rt Juan Osvaldo Suarez 2682 R Gustavo Gaston Comba 2666 Rt Oscar Cortinez 2645 Rt Jose Luis Luna 2642 Rc Daniel Andrés Castro ARG Women 2600 Rtc Sandra Edith Torres 2580 R Elisa Cobanea 2544 Rt Claudia Camargo 2539 RT Roxana Preussler 2513 CrT Nadia Rodríguez BEL Men 2800 RT Mohamed Mourhit 2785 CTR Hans Janssens 2764 C Pieter Desmet 2761 T Monder Rizki 2736 Tc Ridouane Essaadi BEL Women 2776 CT Veerle Dejaeghere 2704 C Mieke Geens 2703 tRC Fatima Baouf 2676 Tc Sigrid VandenBempt 2612 RT Mounia Aboulahcen BLR Men 2731 Rc Vladimir Tyamchik 2719 Rtc Azat Rakipov 2644 R Andrey Gordayev 2636 R Dmitriy Sivou 2607 R Vladimir Kotov BLR Women 2703 Tr Olga Kravtsova 2669 Ct Volha Minina 2652 Rt Galina Karnatevicz 2577 R Olga Minina 2559 Rt Elena Mazovka	CZE Men 2681 Rct Robert Stefko 2633 RC Pavel Faschingbauer 2615 R Jan Blaha 2594 RC Michal Nejdely CZE Women 2692 RC Anna Pichrtova 2640 TR Andrea Suldesova 2623 Rt Petra Kaminkova 2602 T Michaela Mannova 2574 T Barbara Kuncova DEN Men 2712 tCR Christian Olsen 2680 TRC Dennis Jensen 2654 RtC Claus Bugge 2649 R Peder Troldborg 2635 rCT Steen Walter DEN Women 2636 R Dorte Vibjerg 2610 Rt Annemette Jensen 2594 R Gitte Karlshøj 2465 Rc Annemette Aagaard FIN Men 2766 R Janne Holmen 2660 RtC Jussi Utriainen 2655 Trc Tuomo Lehtinen 2641 TcR Jari Matinlauri 2617 tRC Juha Hellsten FIN Women 2695 T Kirsi Valasti 2653 TC Ulla Tuimala 2601 rCT Johanna Risku 2538 TR Maija Oravamäki 2505 tRC Maija Kukkohovi HUN Men 2679 CT Oliver Bodor 2645 RT Balazs Csillag HUN Women 2759 RcT Aniko Kalovics 2746 Trc Krisztina Papp 2666 Rc Simona Staicu 2578 R Beata Rakonczai 2567 tCR Livia Toth KOR Men 2778 RT Bong-Ju Lee 2767 TR Young-Joon Ji 2751 RT Yi-Yong Kim 2685 R Myong-Seun Lee 2683 R Jin-Soo Im KOR Women 2732 TR Eun-Jung Lee 2699 RT Yoon-Hee Chung 2667 Rt Kyung-Hee Choi 2646 Rt Jung-Hee Oh 2630 R Sun-Suk Yun NOR Men 2806 T Marius Bakken 2661 CrT Jim Svenøy 2594 TR Henrik Sandstad 2580 RT Karl Johan Rasmussen NOR Women 2695 Tcr Susanne Wigene 2691 R Stine Larsen 2561 T Bente Landøy SCG Men 2645 TC Velibor Radojevic 2603 TCr Mirko Petrovic 2560 RC Sreten Ninkovic SCG Women 2792 Rt Olivera Jevtic 2695 cRT Sonja Stolic 2622 Ct Marina Muncan 2508 R Marjana Lukic 2506 rtC Snezana Kostic SUI Men 2798 TrC Christian Belz 2697 TRC Philippe Bandi 2668 R Viktor Röthlin 2603 R Tarcis Ancay 2583 R Thomas Suter SUI Women 2628 R Jenni Mirja 2625 Rt Claudia Oberlin 2579 TR Vera Notz 2577 TR Mirja Moser 2553 Rt Christina Carruzzo SVK Men 2614 RT Miroslav Vanko 2577 R Marcel Matanin SVK Women 2583 Rt Dana Janeckova 2473 R Andrea Beresova SWE Men 2833 cRT Mustafa Mohamed 2761 TcR Erik Sjöqvist 2760 cTR Claes Nyberg 2734 Tcr Henrik Skoog 2707 TC Henrik Ahnstrom SWE Women 2707 Tcr Ida Nilsson 2638 RtC Lena Gavelin 2612 TR Anna Rahm 2545 TRC Christin Johansson 2527 R Jennifer Akerberg TUR Men 2693 RC Abdulkadir Turk 2653 tCR Abdil Ceylan 2614 Tr Sabra Kara 2608 tCR Selahattin Selcuk 2604 RC Abdurrahman Kara TUR Women 2874 T Elvan Abeylegesse 2817 TrC Tezeta Dengersa 2677 T Ebru (Elena) Kavaklioglu 2653 C Binnaz Uslu 2550 cRT Turkan Erismis
NATIONAL TEAM RANKINGS (as of 1 Apr 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 30 KEN +1 34 ETH -1 386 JPN 406 MAR 445 QAT 470 USA 765 ERI 813 ESP 930 FRA 970 ITA (10) 1028 TAN 1198 RSA 1349 ALG 1358 AUS 1441 BRA 1760 NED 1787 GBR 1808 CAN 1836 POR 1958 ZIM (20) 2118 BEL 2282 MEX 2300 RUS 2319 UGA 2521 IRL	WOMEN 26 ETH 55 KEN 133 JPN 212 RUS 308 CHN 394 ROM 430 USA 649 GBR 838 ITA 863 POR (10) 878 AUS 893 GER 1031 MAR 1074 IRL 1080 FRA 1260 POL 1389 UKR 1411 CAN 1609 ESP 1728 BEL (20) 1777 MEX 1809 TUR 1898 TAN 1975 KOR 2037 PRK