2000 T&FN WORLD RANKING LEADERS

Track & Field News has been in the World Rankings business for more than 50 years, and our annual ratings are regarded the world over as the definitive work on the subject.

In generating our Rankings, our international panel of experts weighs three categories, in descending order of importance: honors won, head-to-head record, actual marks. With marks being the least important category, simply running fast, jumping high or throwing far isn't enough.

For the complete list of 10-deep rankings in each event (with deep seasonal records for each ranker), check out the February 2001 issue of T&FN.

MEN

100 METERS--Maurice Greene (United States)

200 METERS--Konstadínos Kedéris (Greece)

400 METERS--Michael Johnson (United States)

800 METERS--Djabir Saïd Guerni (Algeria)

1500 METERS/MILE--Hicham El Guerrouj (Algeria)

STEEPLECHASE--Reuben Kosgei (Kenya)

5000 METERS--Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia)

10,000 METERS--Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia)

MARATHON--Gezahegne Abera (Ethiopia)

110 HURDLES--Anier García (Cuba)

400 HURDLES--Angelo Taylor (United States)

20K WALK--Robert Korzeniowski (Poland)

50K WALK--Robert Korzeniowski (Poland)

HIGH JUMP--Vyacheslav Voronin (Russia)

POLE VAULT--Nick Hysong (United States)

LONG JUMP--Iván Pedroso (Cuba)

TRIPLE JUMP--Jonathan Edwards (Great Britain)

SHOT--Adam Nelson (United States)

DISCUS--Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania)

HAMMER--Szymon Ziólkowski (Poland)

JAVELIN--Jan Zelezny (Czech Republic)

DECATHLON--Tomás Dvorák (Czech Republic)

WOMEN

100 METERS--Marion Jones (United States)

200 METERS--Marion Jones (United States)

400 METERS--Cathy Freeman (Australia)

800 METERS--Maria Mutola (Mozambique)

500 METERS/MILE--Violeta Szekely (Romania)

5000 METERS--Gabriela Szabo (Romania)

10,000 METERS--Derartu Tulu (Ethiopia)

MARATHON--Naoko Takahashi (Japan)

100 HURDLES--Gail Devers (United States)

400 HURDLES--Irina Privalova (Russia)

20K WALK--Wang Liping (China)

HIGH JUMP--Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden)

POLE VAULT--Stacy Dragila (United States)

LONG JUMP--Heike Drechsler (Germany)

TRIPLE JUMP--Tereza Marinova (Bulgaria)

SHOT--Larisa Peleshenko (Russia)

DISCUS--Franka Dietzsch (Germany)

HAMMER--Olga Kuzenkova (Russia)

JAVELIN--Trine Hattestad (Norway)

HEPTATHLON--Denise Lewis (Great Britain)