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Monday, July 12, 2010

Superfan Rankings Update: Men's Sprints

It's been a while since I've done this.  Let's see how things stack up right now.

100 meters
Rank Athlete NAT Pts
1 Asafa Powell JAM 288
2 Usain Bolt JAM 152
3 Tyson Gay USA 126
4 Walter Dix USA 120
5 Yohan Blake JAM 117
6 Dwain Chambers GBR 102
7 Daniel Bailey ANT 96
8 Nesta Carter JAM 93
9 Ivory Williams USA 90
10 Richard Thompson TRI 88
11 Trell Kimmons USA 82
12 Mike Rodgers USA 67
13 Christophe Lemaitre FRA 65
14 Churandy Martina AHO 54
15 Michael Frater JAM 49
16 Lerone Clarke JAM 37
17 Travis Padgett USA 35
18 Rae Edwards USA 33
19 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure NOR 31
20 Keston Bledman TRI 20
Let's get this straight: Usain Bolt is the best, period.  But this system is more like Track & Field News' world rankings, where under-racing is penalized.  Bolt and Gay haven't run the 100 much yet this year.  Once they run more, they'll move up.  The flavor of the week, Christophe Lemaitre, is at #13.

200 meters
Rank Athlete NAT Pts
1 Walter Dix USA 251
2 Wallace Spearmon USA 192
3 Usain Bolt JAM 155
4 Tyson Gay USA 121
5 Curtis Mitchell USA 79
5 Xavier Carter USA 79
7 Asafa Powell JAM 78
8 Ryan Bailey USA 53
9 Churandy Martina AHO 45
10 Angelo Taylor USA 40
11 Brandon Byram USA 26
11 Richard Thompson TRI 26
13 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure NOR 25
14 Steve Mullings JAM 24
15 Paul Hession IRL 23
16 Christophe Lemaitre FRA 21
16 Evander Wells USA 21
16 Calvin Smith USA 21
19 Leroy Dixon USA 19
20 Marvin Anderson JAM 18
Again, Bolt is obviously the world's best but hasn't raced enough to top the rankings.   Dix and Spearmon lead as they are regulars on the Diamond League circuit.  #5 Mitchell ran 19.99 over the weekend at the NACAC U-23 championships and is the least-known of the top runners.

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