Rules of the World Rankings in Athletics - 2008

Basics of the Rankings
Track & Field Events
Combined Events
Road Running
Race Walking
Overall Rankings

Basics of the Rankings

The World Rankings are the improved successors of the former IAAF World Rankings

1.1. Ranking Method

The ranking system is based on the two main elements of all Track & Field performances, the measured results of athletes and their placings during competitions. Athletes’ performances can be considered in all competitions from grass roots to elite international level. However, the results must be in accordance to the IAAF Rules and Regulations in effect, and the IAAF or one of its Member Federations must have officially ratified the results.

1.1.1. Result Score

Results Score is awarded for the result achieved by the athlete according to the 2008 editions of the IAAF Scoring Tables of Athletics (by Dr. Bojidar Spiriev).

The initial Result Score may be altered taking into consideration the following factors:
- Wind reading
- Hand timing
- Downhill course (Drop)
- Point-to-Point course
For disciplines not included in the 2008 editions of IAAF Scoring Tables of Athletics, there are special Scoring Tables developed in full conformity with the IAAF versions.

1.1.2. Placing Score

Placing Score is awarded for the placing achieved by the athlete at a competition. Competitions are categorized and the Placing Scores are different in each Category.

Placing Scores may be different according to the type of the discipline concerned. Placing Scores are determined separately for Track & Field events, Combined Events, Road Running and Race Walking.

In certain cases Placing Scores may also be different whitin an Event Group, depending on wheather the discipline is a Main Event or a Similar Event.

1.1.3. Performance Score

Performance Score is obtained by adding the Result Score to the Placing Score:
- Performance Score = Result Score + Placing score

Only those Performance Scores are considered, which were obtained by the athlete in the 1-year period prior to the date of the Rankings.

In order to put more emphasis on performances achieved closer to the date of the Rankings, there are points deducted from Performance Scores older than 9 months at the date of the Rankings. See Section 2, 3 and 5 for details. There are no such dedaction for Road Running performances.

1.1.4. Ranking Score

The Rankings are based on Ranking Scores. Athletes are ranked in the Event and Overall Rankings by their Ranking Scores.

The Ranking Score is the average of Performance Scores.

The number of considered Performance Scores vary depending on the particular events. See the different events sections for more details.

In case if an athlete achieves a New World Record or equals the World Record, bonus points are awarded for those performances. These World Record bonus points are added directly to the average of the Performance Scores to increase the Ranking score of the athlete. For details see "Calculating the Ranking Score" at each Section.

1.2. Rankings

The World Rankings in Athletics produce Event Rankings and Overall Rankings. The Event Rankings evaluate athletes competing in a single discipline and rank the world's athletes in that specific discipline. The Overall Rankings compare all athletes in all disciplines to rank all the male and female athletes in the world. We do not propose to fully compare men’s and women’s Rankings.

1.2.1. Event Rankings

The Rankings cover all disciplines of athletics: Individual Track & Field Events, Combined Events, Road Running, Race Walking and the World Cross Country Championships.

Event Rankings are produced in 44 Athletics Events. These Events often consist of a group of disciplines, which are similar to each other. Therefore each Event Group includes a "Main Event" to which may be assimilated one or more "Similar Events".

Performances in each of these 22 men's and women's Event Groups count separately for the Event Rankings. Athletes can be ranked in all the different Event Groups where they achieved enough performances.

Due to the differences between the calculation of the Ranking Scores, the Rules are described in four sections for the Event Rankings:
- Individual Track & Field Events (Section 2.)
- Combined Events (Section 3.)
- Road Running (Section 4.)
- Race Walking (Section 5.)

1.2.2. Overall Rankings

To determine the world's best athletes and to compare all the athletes regardless of their events, the World Rankings produce Men's and Women's Overall Rankings.

The Overall Rankings are - similarly to the Event Rankings - based on the Performance Scores of the athletes at each competition.

Unlike the Event Rankings, for the calculation of the Ranking Score for the Overall Rankings, athletes can obtain Performance Scores from more than one Event Group.

The details of the ranking process for the Overall Rankings are described in Section 6.

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Track & Field Events

2.1. Result Score

2.1.1. Calculating the Result Score

The Result Scores are calculated using the 2008 editions of the IAAF Scoring Tables of Athletics (by Dr. Bojidar Spiriev).

The environment of the competition will determine whether the outdoor or indoor scoring tables have to be used.

For disciplines not included in the 2008 editions of IAAF Scoring Tables of Athletics, there are special Scoring Tables developed in full conformity with the IAAF versions.

The World Rankings consider only performances which are achieved on tracks, jumping or throwing fields certified according to the relevant IAAF Rules.

In running events intermediate splits during a competition cannot be considered as a result for the athlete and thus are not included in the World Rankings.

2.1.2. Modifying factors to the Result Score

Two factors may alter the initial Result Scores: a. Wind Reading and b. Hand Timing.

Wind Reading

In order to establish a valid ranking, wind-aided results are included in the ranking. However, as adverse winds also influence the results, the Rankings also take headwinds into account.
A Wind Modification System has been defined (see Table 2.1) which modifies the Result Scores depending on both the strength and direction of the wind. In case of a headwind it adds points to the Result Score while in case of a tail wind it deducts points from the Result Score.

The wind modification applies in the following events:

Table 2.1: Wind Modification System

100m
200m
100m Hurdles
110mHurdles
Long Jump
Triple Jump

Tail Wind		Head Wind
+4 m/s	-24 pts	-4 m/s	+24 pts
+3 m/s	-18 pts	-3 m/s	+18 pts
+2 m/s	-12 pts	-2 m/s	+12 pts
+1 m/s	-6 pts	-1 m/s	+6 pts
+0 m/s	-0 pts	-0 m/s	+0 pts

1 m/s wind is equivalent to 6 points according to the IAAF Scoring Tables.
For wind readings in between those identified in the following table, the allocation of points is ±0.6 points for every ±0.1 m/s (i.e. +0.5 m/s = -3 points)

Hand Timing

The Result Score is calculated after the following figures are added to the hand timed result:

0.24s in distances from 50m to 200m, including Hurdles
0.14s in distances from 300m to 500m, including Hurdles

2.2. Placing Score

2.2.1. Calculating the Placing Score

The Placing Score is dependent of the final placing the athlete achieves in a competition. Placing Scores can only be received in the Final of a competition.

In the heats, quarter-finals or semi-finals and in qualifications, athletes obtain only Result Scores with no additional Placing Scores.

There is one exception to the above rule, in the “OW” category (Olympic Games and the IAAF World Outdoor Championships), where Placing Scores may be awarded for placings in the semi-finals. Table 2.3 shows the details.

There are 9 different categories for the purposes of Placing Scores. The Placing Scores obtainable at each competition vary according to the level and significance of the competition. The category “OW” reflects the strongest competitions and consequently awards the most points. For example, the Placing Scores available at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics or in the Olympc Games are much higher than those at any other competition.

For Placing Scores in each Category see Table 2.2, while Table 2.8 shows the Categories of Competitions.

2.2.2. Placing Score Table

Table 2.2: Placing Scores for Track & Field Events¹
	OW	GW	GL	A	B	C	D	E	F
1^st	300	200	170	140	100	60	40	25	15
2^nd	260	170	145	120	80	50	35	21	10
3^rd	230	150	130	110	70	45	30	18	5
4^th	210	140	120	100	60	40	25	15
5^th	195	130	110	90	55	35	22	12
6^th	180	120	100	80	50	30	19	10
7^th	165	110	90	70	45	27	17
8^th	150	100	80	60	40	25	15
9^th	100
10^th	90
11^th	80
12^th	70

¹ For Placing Scores of the 5000m, 10,000m and the 3000mSC Event Groups see point b and c in "2.2.3 Special cases".

2.2.3. Special cases

Placing Scores in the OW Category

In track events up to 800m only 8 athletes compete in the Final, thus additional Placing Scores can be added to the performances achieved in the Semifinal, as shown in Table 2.3.

Table 2.3
Position in the Semifinal	Placing Scores added to the Result Score
1^st - 8^th 1	110 points
9^th 2	100 points
10^th 2	90 points
11^th 2	80 points
12^th 2	70 points
¹ First 8 or qualified for the final ² 9-12^th place decided by time

The 5000m and the 3000mSC Event Group

Placing Scores for the events in the 5000m and 3000mSC Event Groups are slightly different from the other Track & Field events, due to the fact that in these Event Groups there are only 3 performances required for Ranking.
Table 2.4 shows the details.

Table 2.4: Placing Scores for 5000m and 3000mSC
	OW	GW	GL	A	B	C	D	E	F
1^st	250	180	150	100	70	50	35	20	12
2^nd	220	160	135	90	60	40	27	16	7
3^rd	190	140	120	80	50	35	22	12	4
4^th	175	120	105	70	45	30	19	10
5^th	160	110	90	60	40	26	16	9
6^th	145	100	80	50	35	23	14	8
7^th	135	90	70	45	30	20	12
8^th	120	80	60	40	25	18	10
9^th	80
10^th	70
11^th	60
12^th	50

The 10,000m Event Group

Placing Scores for the events in the 10,000m Event Group are slightly different from the other Track & Field events, due to the fact that in this Event Group there are only 2 performances required for Ranking. To give more emphasis to the Main Event of this Group, there are also different Placing Score tables for the 10,000m (Main Event) and the outdoor 5000m (Similar Event) in this Event Group. Tables 2.5 and 2.6 show the details.

However, in case if the outdoor 5000m counts as a Main Event in the 5000m Event Group, Placing Scores are awarded according to Table 2.4.

Table 2.5 shows the Placing Scores for the 10,000m while Table 2.6 shows the Placing Scores for the outdoor 5000m when it counts as a Similar Event for the 10,000m Event Group:

Table 2.5: Placing Scores for 10,000m
	OW	GW	GL	A	B	C	D	E	F
1^st	230	140	110	80	60	45	30	20	10
2^nd	200	120	90	70	50	38	22	14	6
3^rd	180	105	75	60	45	32	18	10	3
4^th	160	90	65	50	40	26	16	8
5^th	145	80	55	45	35	22	14	7
6^th	130	70	50	40	30	19	12	6
7^th	120	60	45	35	25	17	11
8^th	110	50	40	30	20	15	10
9^th	70
10^th	60
11^th	50
12^th	40

Table 2.6: Placing Scores for outdoor 5000m when Similar Event¹
	OW	GW	GL	A	B	C	D	E	F
1^st	80	60	45	30	20	10
2^nd	70	50	38	22	14	6
3^rd	60	45	32	18	10	3
4^th	50	40	26	16	8
5^th	45	35	22	14	7
6^th	40	30	19	12	6
7^th	35	25	17	11
8^th	30	20	15	10

¹ In case if the outdoor 5000m counts as a Main Event in the 5000m Event Group, Placing Scores are awarded according to Table 2.4: Placing Scores for 5000m Event Group.

Cross Country

Due to the substantial differences between courses, athletes are awarded straight Performance Scores (see Table 2.7).

Only the IAAF World Cross Country Championships are taken into account for the Rankings. Table 2.7 shows the Performance Scores awarded for the first 24 placed athletes in the Senior race and the first 8 placed athletes in the Junior race.

Table 2.7: Performance Scores for Cross Country
Senior Race						Junior Race
1^st	1350	9^th	1120	17^th	1091	1^st	1120
2^nd	1330	10^th	1116	18^th	1088	2^nd	1100
3^rd	1310	11^th	1112	19^th	1085	3^rd	1085
4^th	1290	12^th	1108	20^th	1082	4^th	1070
5^th	1270	13^th	1104	21^st	1079	5^th	1060
6^th	1250	14^th	1100	22^nd	1076	6^th	1050
7^th	1230	15^th	1097	23^rd	1073	7^th	1045
8^th	1210	16^th	1094	24^th	1070	8^th	1040

2.2.4. Categories of Competitions

In individual Track & Field events Placing Scores, as described in Tables 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6 are distributed according the following categorisation of competitions:

Table 2.8: Categories of Competitions for Track & Field Events
Sign	Competitions
OW	Olympic Games IAAF World Championships
GW	IAAF World Athletics Final IAAF World Indoor Championships IAAF World Cross Country Championships
GL	IAAF World Cup IAAF Golden League Meetings All-African Games Asian Games European Championships Pan American Games
A	IAAF Super Grand Prix Meetings Continental Indoor Championships African Championships, Asian Championships, South American Championships Commonwealth Games
B	IAAF Grand Prix Meetings National Outdoor Championships Francophone Games, Ibero-American Championships, CAC Championships Universiade IAAF Indoor Permit Meetings European Cup Super League and European 10,000m Cup
C	IAAF World Athletics Tour Qualifying Area Permit Meetings Balkan Games, Pan-Arab Games, Mediterranean Games, CAC Games European Cup 1^st League Area Permit Indoor Meetings IAAF World Junior Championships, IAAF World Junior Cross Country Championships Continental Championships for under 23 years NCAA Div. I Outdoor Championships Eberstadt High Jump Meeting
D	Area Permit Outdoor Meetings National Indoor Championships European Cup 2^nd League CISM World Military Games Other regional international championships, games and cups (first and senior division only) Continental Club Championships (first division only) Continental Junior Championships Other Traditional International Meetings IAAF World Youth Championships International outdoor matches
E	International indoor matches NCAA Div. I Indoor Championships Other (national permit) international meetings (indoor/outdoor)
F	Other meetings and competitions

2.3. Calculating the Ranking Score

When calculating the Ranking Score the following factors are considered:

Event Groups, Main Events and Similar Events (2.3.1.)
Required number of performances for Ranking (2.3.2.)
Date of the results and date correction (2.3.3.)
World Record performances (2.3.4.)

2.3.1. Event Groups, Main Events and Similar Events

Track & Field Event Rankings (not inlcuding Combined Events) are produced in 36 Event Groups. See Table 2.9 for details.

Performances in each of the 36 Event Groups count separately for the Event Rankings.

Athletes can be ranked in all the different Event Groups where they achieved sufficient number of performances.

Table 2.9: Event Groups
Nr.	Event Group	Main Event	Similar Events
1.	Men's 100m	100m	50m, 55m, 60m
2.	Men's 200m	200m	200m indoor
3.	Men's 400m	400m	300m, 300m indoor, 400m indoor, 500m¹, 500m indoor
4.	Men's 800m	800m	600m, 600m indoor, 800m indoor, 1000m, 1000m indoor
5.	Men's 1500m	1500m	1500m indoor, Mile, Mile indoor, 2000m, 2000m indoor
6.	Men's 5000m	5000m	3000m, 3000m indoor, 2 Miles, 2 Miles indoor, 5000m indoor
7.	Men's 10,000m	10,000m	5000m, Cross Country (WCH only)
8.	Men's 110mH	110mH	50mH, 55mH, 60mH
9.	Men's 400mH	400mH	-
10.	Men's 3000mSC	3000mSC	2000mSC, 2000mSC indoor¹, 3000mSC indoor¹
11.	Men's High Jump	High Jump	High Jump indoor
12.	Men's Pole Vault	Pole Vault	Pole Vault indoor
13.	Men's Long Jump	Long Jump	Long Jump indoor
14.	Men's Triple Jump	Triple Jump	Triple Jump indoor
15.	Men's Shot Put	Shot Put	Shot Put indoor
16.	Men's Discus Throw	Discus Throw	-
17.	Men's Hammer Throw	Hammer Throw	-
18.	Men's Javelin Throw	Javelin Throw	-

19.	Women's 100m	100m	50m, 55m, 60m
20.	Women's 200m	200m	200m indoor
21.	Women's 400m	400m	300m, 300m indoor, 400m indoor, 500m¹, 500m indoor
22.	Women's 800m	800m	600m, 600m indoor, 800m indoor, 1000m, 1000m indoor
23.	Women's 1500m	1500m	1500m indoor, Mile, Mile indoor, 2000m, 2000m indoor
24.	Women's 5000m	5000m	3000m. 3000m indoor, 2 Miles, 2 Miles indoor, 5000m indoor
25.	Women's 10,000m	10,000m	5000m, Cross Country (WCH only)
26.	Women's 100mH	100mH	50mH, 55mH, 60mH
27.	Women's 400mH	400mH	-
28.	Women's 3000mSC	3000mSC	2000mSC, 2000mSC indoor¹, 3000mSC indoor¹
29.	Women's High Jump	High Jump	High Jump indoor
30.	Women's Pole Vault	Pole Vault	Pole Vault indoor
31.	Women's Long Jump	Long Jump	Long Jump indoor
32.	Women's Triple Jump	Triple Jump	Triple Jump indoor
33.	Women's Shot Put	Shot Put	Shot Put indoor
34.	Women's Discus Throw	Discus Throw	-
35.	Women's Hammer Throw	Hammer Throw	-
36.	Women's Javelin Throw	Javelin Throw	-

¹Only performances achieved after 1 January 2008 are considered for the World Rankings.

2.3.2. Required number of performances

In order to be ranked, athletes must collect sufficient number of Performance Scores and some of them must come from Main Events.

The minimum number of Performance Scores are as follows:
- In all Event Groups, except Men's and Women's 5000m, 10,000m and 3000mSC (Nr.6,7,10 & Nr. 24,25,28), the minimum number of Performance Scores are five (5).
- In Men's and Women's 5000m and 3000mSC Event Groups (Nr.6,10 & Nr.24, 28) the minimum number of Performance Scores are three (3).
- In Men's and Women's 10,000m Event Groups (Nr.7 & Nr.25) the minimum number of Performance Scores are two (2).

The minimum number of Performance Scores in the Main Events are as follows:
- In all Event Groups, except Men's and Women's 5000m, 10,000m and 3000mSC (Nr.6,7,10 & Nr.24,25,28), the minimum number of Performance Scores in the Main Events are three (3).
- In Men's and Women's 5000m and 3000mSC Event Groups (Nr.6,10 & Nr.24,28) the minimum number of Performance Scores in the Main Events is two (2).
- In Men's and Women's 10,000m Event Groups (Nr.7 & Nr.25) the minimum number of Performance Score in the Main Event is one (1).

Athletes, whose perfromances do not comply with the above restrictions, cannot have a valid Ranking Score, and are thus ineligible for ranking.

2.3.3. Date of results and date correction

Only those Performance Scores can be considered for ranking, which were obtained by the athlete in the 1-year period pior to the date of the Ranking.

In order to put more emphasis on performances achieved closer to the date of the Rankings, there are certain amount of points deducted from Performance Scores older than 9 months at the date of the Rankings. The deduction of points are the following:
- 10^th month prior to the date of the Rankings: -20 points deducted from the Performance Score
- 11^th month prior to the date of the Rankings: -40 points deducted from the Performance Score
- 12^th month prior to the date of the Rankings: -60 points deducted from the Performance Score

To avoid overweighting, competitions in the OW and GW Categories are only included until the last edition of the Rankings published before the following year's similar type of competition, regardless of the one-year rule. (e.g. Performances from the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka are considered for the last time in those Rankings which are the last editions before the Olympic Games in Beijing.)

2.3.4. World Record performances

World Record bonus points are given as an extra reward for the obvious significance and promotional value of such performance. World Record bonus points are added to the average of Performance Scores in such way that they directly increase the Ranking Score of the athlete.

World Record bonus points are awarded for each world record performance achieved by the athlete in the last one-year period, regardless of the fact that the performance is included in the Ranking calculation or not.

World Record bonus points are given as follows:

Main Events

New World Record = 10 bonus points added to the average of Performance Scores
Equalling the World Record = 5 bonus points added to the average of Performance Scores

Similar Events

New World Record = 6 bonus points added to the average of Performance Scores
Equalling the World Record = 3 bonus points added to the average of Performance Scores

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Combined Events

3.1. Result Score

3.1.1. Calculating the Result Score

The Result Scores are calculated using the 2008 editions of the IAAF Scoring Tables of Athletics (by Dr. Bojidar Spiriev).

The environment of the competition will determine whether the outdoor or indoor scoring tables have to be used.

The World Rankings consider only performances which are achieved on tracks, jumping or throwing fields certified according to the relevant IAAF Rules.

3.2. Placing Score

3.2.1. Calculating the Placing Score

The Placing Score is dependent of the final placing the athlete achieves in a competition. Placing Scores can only be received in the Final of a competition.

There are 9 different categories for the purposes of Placing Scores. The Placing Scores obtainable at each competition vary according to the level and significance of the competition. The category “OW” reflects the strongest competitions and consequently awards the most points. For example, the Placing Scores available at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics or in the Olympc Games are much higher than those at any other competition.

For Placing Scores in each Category see Table 3.1, while Table 3.2 shows the Categories of Competitions.

3.2.2. Placing Score Table

Table 3.1: Placing Scores for Combined Events
	OW	GW	GL	A	B	C	D	E	F
1^st	230	140	110	80	60	45	30	20	10
2^nd	200	120	90	70	50	38	22	14	6
3^rd	180	105	75	60	45	32	18	10	3
4^th	160	90	65	50	40	26	16	8
5^th	145	80	55	45	35	22	14	7
6^th	130	70	50	40	30	19	12	6
7^th	120	60	45	35	25	17	11
8^th	110	50	40	30	20	15	10
9^th	70
10^th	60
11^th	50
12^th	40

3.2.3. Categories of Competitions

In Combined Events Placing Scores, as described in Table 3.1, are distributed according the following categorisation of competitions:

Table 3.2: Categories of Competitions for Combined Events
Sign	Competitions
OW	Olympic Games IAAF World Championships
GW	IAAF World Indoor Championships
GL	All-African Games Asian Games European Championships Pan American Games
A	Continental Indoor Championships African Championships, Asian Championships, South American Championships Commonwealth Games Götzis Combined Events Meeting
B	National Outdoor Championships Francophone Games, Ibero-American Championships, CAC Championships Universiade European Cup Super League Combined Events Meetings: Arles, Desenzano del Garda, Ratingen, Talence
C	Balkan Games, Pan-Arab Games, Mediterranean Games, CAC Games European Cup 1^st League Area Permit Indoor Meetings IAAF World Junior Championships Continental Championships for under 23 years NCAA Div. I Outdoor Championships
D	Area Permit Outdoor Meetings National Indoor Championships European Cup 2^nd League CISM World Military Games Other regional international championships, games and cups (first and senior division only) Continental Junior Championships Other Traditional International Meetings International outdoor matches
E	International indoor matches NCAA Div. I Indoor Championships Other (national permit) international meetings (indoor/outdoor)
F	Other meetings and competitions

3.3. Calculating the Ranking Score

When calculating the Ranking Score the following factors are considered:

Event Groups, Main Events and Similar Events (3.3.1.)
Required number of performances for Ranking (3.3.2.)
Date of the results and date correction (3.3.3.)
World Record performances (3.3.4.)

3.3.1. Event Groups, Main Events and Similar Events

Combined Event Rankings are produced in 2 Event Groups. Table 3.3 shows the details:

Table 3.3: Event Groups
Nr.	Event Group	Main Event	Similar Events
1.	Men's Decathlon	Decathlon	Heptathlon indoor

2.	Women's Heptathlon	Heptathlon	Pentathlon indoor

3.3.2. Required number of performances

In order to be ranked, athletes must collect sufficient number of Performance Scores and some of them must come from Main Events.

The minimum number of Performance Scores are as follows:
- In both Event Groups, the minimum number of Performance Scores are two (2).

The minimum number of Performance Scores in the Main Events are as follows:
- In both Event Groups, the minimum number of Performance Score in the Main Event is one (1).

Athletes, whose perfromances do not comply with the above restrictions, cannot have a valid Ranking Score, and are thus ineligible for ranking.

3.3.3. Date of results and date correction

Only those Performance Scores can be considered for ranking, which were obtained by the athlete in the 1-year period pior to the date of the Ranking.

In order to put more emphasis on performances achieved closer to the date of the Rankings, there are certain amount of points deducted from Performance Scores older than 9 months at the date of the Rankings. The deduction of points are the following:
- 10^th month prior to the date of the Rankings: -20 points deducted from the Performance Score
- 11^th month prior to the date of the Rankings: -40 points deducted from the Performance Score
- 12^th month prior to the date of the Rankings: -60 points deducted from the Performance Score

To avoid overweighting, competitions in the OW and GW Categories are only included until the last edition of the Rankings published before the following year's similar type of competition, regardless of the one-year rule. (e.g. Performances from the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka are considered for the last time in those Rankings which are the last editions before the Olympic Games in Beijing.)

3.3.4. World Record performances

World Record bonus points are given as an extra reward for the obvious significance and promotional value of such performance. World Record bonus points are added to the average of Performance Scores in such way that they directly increase the Ranking Score of the athlete.

World Record bonus points are awarded for each world record performance achieved by the athlete in the last one-year period, regardless of the fact that the performance is included in the Ranking calculation or not.

World Record bonus points are given as follows:

Main Events

New World Record = 10 bonus points added to the average of Performance Scores
Equalling the World Record = 5 bonus points added to the average of Performance Scores

Similar Events

New World Record = 6 bonus points added to the average of Performance Scores
Equalling the World Record = 3 bonus points added to the average of Performance Scores

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Road Running

4.1. Result Score

4.1.1. Calculating the Result Score

The Result Scores are calculated using the 2008 editions of the IAAF Scoring Tables of Athletics (by Dr. Bojidar Spiriev).

For disciplines not included in the 2008 editions of IAAF Scoring Tables of Athletics, there are special Scoring Tables developed in full conformity with the IAAF versions.

The World Rankings consider only performances which are achieved on courses certified according to the relevant IAAF Rules.

Only properly measured courses could be included in the World Rankings. Race distances have to be measured either by an IAAF /AIMS course measurer, or have to be approved by the competent Member Federation.

Intermediate splits during a road race cannot be considered as a result for the athlete and thus are not included in the World Rankings.

4.1.2. Modifying factors to the Result Score

To avoid disregarding performances achieved on a course not fully comply with the criteria, laid down in 4.1.1. b. and c. points, two factors may alter the initial Result Scores: a. Downhill course and b. Point-to-Point course.

Downhill course
- For performances achieved on a course which has a net drop (decrease in elevation) of more than 1 m/km, a "Downhill Modification System" has been developed to include those performances.
- A net drop of 1 m/km of the race distance is equivalent to 6 points according to the IAAF Scoring Tables (or the alternate Scoring Tables in case of events that are not inlcuded in the IAAF Scoring Tables).
- These points are deducted from the initial Result Scores of the athletes at the competition concerned.
- There is no deduction if the net drop is whithin the allowed 1 m/km.
- Over the net drop of 1 m/km every 0.1 m/km is equal to 6 + 0.6 points for each 0.1 m/km. (e.g. 1.1 m/km = - 6.6 points; 1.2 m/km = -7.2 points)
Point-to-Point course
- Breaching the 50% rule in Point-to-Point courses will result in a fix penalty of 12 points deducted from the Results Scores of the athletes at the competition concerned.

4.2. Placing Score

4.2.1. Calculating the Placing Score

The Placing Score is dependent of the final placing the athlete achieves in a competition.

There are 9 different categories for the purposes of Placing Scores. The Placing Scores obtainable at each competition vary according to the level and significance of the competition. The category “OW” reflects the strongest competitions and consequently awards the most points. For example, the Placing Scores available at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics or in the Olympic Games are much higher than those at any other competition.

Men's and women's road races are categorised separately, see Tables 4.5 and 4.6

In Road Running there are different Placing Score Tables for the two Event Groups, see Tables 4.2-4.4 in point 4.2.2. for details.

4.2.2. Placing Score Tables

The Marathon Event Group

To give more emphasis to the Main Event of this Group, there are different Placing Score tables for the Marathon (Main Event) and the Half-Marathon, 25km and 30km (Similar Events).

Table 4.2 shows the Placing Scores for Marathon, while Table 4.3 shows the Placing Scores for the Similar Events of this group.

Table 4.2: Placing Scores for Marathon
	OW	GW	GL	A	B	C	D	E	F
1^st	230	200	140	80	60	45	30	20	10
2^nd	200	170	120	70	50	38	22	14	6
3^rd	180	150	105	60	45	32	18	10	3
4^th	160	140	90	50	40	26	16	8
5^th	145	130	80	45	35	22	14	7
6^th	130	120	70	40	30	19	12	6
7^th	120	110	60	35	25	17	11
8^th	110	100	50	30	20	15	10
9^th	70	50
10^th	60	40
11^th	50	35
12^th	40	30
13^th	36
14^th	33
15^th	30
16^th	27
17^th	24
18^th	21
19^th	18
20^th	15

Table 4.3: Placing Scores for Half Marathon¹, 25km and 30km
	OW	GW	GL	A	B	C	D	E	F
1^st	80	60	45	30	20	10
2^nd	70	50	38	22	14	6
3^rd	60	45	32	18	10	3
4^th	50	40	26	16	8
5^th	45	35	22	14	7
6^th	40	30	19	12	6
7^th	35	25	17	11
8^th	30	20	15	10
9^th	25
10^th	20
11^th	15
12^th	10

¹ In case if the Half Marathon counts as a Main Event in the Road Running Event Group, Placing Scores are awarded according to Table 4.4 in point b. The Road Running Event Group.

The Road Running Event Group

In the Road Running Event Group there is only one Placing Score Table, valid for all events in this group.

Table 4.4: Placing Scores for the Road Running Event Group
	OW	GW	GL	A	B	C	D	E	F
1^st	230	140	110	80	60	45	30	20	10
2^nd	200	120	90	70	50	38	22	14	6
3^rd	180	105	75	60	45	32	18	10	3
4^th	160	90	65	50	40	26	16	8
5^th	145	80	55	45	35	22	14	7
6^th	130	70	50	40	30	19	12	6
7^th	120	60	45	35	25	17	11
8^th	110	50	40	30	20	15	10
9^th	70	45
10^th	60	40
11^th	50	35
12^th	40	30

4.2.4. Categories of Competitions

For Road Running events the Categories of Competitions are determined separatly for men's and women's races. Table 4.5 shows the categorisation of men's road races, while Table 4.6 shows the categorisation of women's road races.

Table 4.5: Categories of Competitions - Men's Road Running
Sign	Competitions
OW	Olympic Games IAAF World Championships
GW	IAAF World Road Running Championships
GL	All-African Games Asian Games European Championships Pan American Games International Marathons: Berlin (GER), Boston (USA), Chicago (USA), London (GBR), New York (USA) International Half Marathons: Berlin (GER), Lisbon Meia Maratona de Lisboa (POR), Milano Stramilano (ITA), Paris (FRA), Rotterdam (NED)
A	African Championships, Asian Championships, South American Championships Commonwealth Games International Marathons: Amsterdam (NED), Fukuoka (JPN), Hamburg (GER), Paris (FRA), Roma (ITA), Rotterdam (NED), Seoul JongAng (KOR) International Half Marathons: Den Haag City Pier City (NED), Lille (FRA), New York City (USA), South Shields Great North Run (GBR) International Road Races: Cape Elizabeth Beach to Beacon (USA, 10 km), Manchester Great Run (GBR, 10 km), San Juan World’s Best 10K (PUR, 10 km)
B	National Championhips in Main Events Francophone Games, Ibero-American Champioships, CAC Championships Universiade International Marathons: Beijing (CHN), Dubai (UAE), Eindhoven (NED), Frankfurt (GER), Milano (ITA), Otsu Lake Biwa (JPN), Seoul Dong-A (KOR), Tokyo (JPN) International Half Marathons: Ivry-sur-Seine Humarathon (FRA), New Delhi (IND), Philadelphia (USA), Ras Al Khaimah (UAE), Sapporo (JPN), Udine (ITA), Virginia Beach (USA) International Road Races: Amsterdam Dam to Dam (NED, 10M), Atlanta Peachtree (USA, 10 km), Nijmegen Zevenhueuvelenloop (NED, 15km), Paris Internationale de Houilles (FRA, 10 km), Washington Cherry Blossom (USA, 10M)
C	Balkan Games, Pan-Arab Games, Mediterranean Games, CAC Games International Marathons: Belgrade (SRB), Beppu Oita (JPN), Carpi Memorial Enzo Ferrari (ITA), Dublin (IRL), Enschede Twente (NED), Köln (GER), Madrid (ESP), Mumbai Standard Chartered (IND), Nagano Commemorative (JPN), Ottawa (CAN), Padova (ITA), Prague (CZE), Reims (FRA), San Diego (USA), Torino (ITA), Toronto Waterfront (CAN), Treviso (ITA), Venezia (ITA), Vienna (AUT), Xiamen (CHN), Zürich (SUI) International Half Marathons: Austin (USA), Azkoita-Azpeitia (ESP), Breda (NED), Brisbane Gold Coast (AUS), Boulogne-Billancourt (FRA), Kyoto (JPN), Lisbon Meia Maratona de Portugal (POR), Marugame (JPN), Nice (FRA), Oloron (FRA), Prague (CZE), Reims (FRA), Remich Route du Vin (LUX), Roma-Ostia (ITA), San José (USA), Sevilla (ESP), St. Denis (FRA), Yamaguchi (JPN) International Road Races: Alphen aan den Rijn (NED, 20 km), Berlin 25 km (GER, 25 km), Brunssum Parelloop (NED, 10 km), Dongio Giro Media Blenio (SUI, 10 km) Groesbek Zwitserloot Dak Run (NED, 10 km), Heerenberg Montferland Run (NED, 15 km), Kosa (JPN, 10M), Kumamoto (JPN, 30 km), Marseille 10 km du Conseil General (FRA, 10 km), Mobile Azalea Trail Run (USA, 10 km), New Orleans Crescent City Classic (USA, 10 km), New York Healthy Kidney (USA, 10 km), Paderborn Osterlauf (GER, 10 km), Paris (FRA, 20 km), Portsmouth Great South Run (GBR, 10M), Tilburg 10 Miles (NED, 10M), Utica Boilermaker (USA, 15 km), Würzburg Residenzlauf (GER, 10 km)
D	National Championhips in Similar Events Continental Clubs Cup International Marathons: Athens Classic (GRE), Austin (USA), Barcelona (ESP), Brescia (ITA), Brussel (BEL), Düsseldorf Rhein (GER), Firenze (ITA), Houston (USA), Istanbul (TUR), Kosice Peace (SVK), La Rochelle (FRA), Los Angeles (USA), Marrakesh (MAR), Mombasa (KEN), Nairobi (KEN), Nashville (USA), Nobeoka (JPN), Pyongyang (PRK), Sapporo Hokkaido (JPN), Tempe Rock’n’Roll Arizona (USA), Torreon La Laguna (MEX), Trieste (ITA), Valencia (ESP), Warszawa (POL) International Half Marathons: Bath (GBR), Boston BAA (USA), Bristol (GBR), Cape Town (RSA), Egmond aan Zee (NED), Eldoret (KEN), Ferrara Corriferrara (ITA), Guadalajara (MEX), Glasgow Great Scottish Run (GBR), Göteborg (SWE), Granollers (ESP), Houston (USA), Indianapolis (USA), Klagenfurt (AUT), Monterrey (MEX), Muscat (OMN), Paderborn (GER), Pavia (ITA), Pila (POL), Prato (ITA), Rio de Janeiro (BRA), Saltillo Coahuila (MEX), Sendai (JPN), Tarsus (TUR), Torino (ITA), Trith St. Leger (FRA), Zwolle (NED) International Road Races: Appingedam Stadsloop (NED, 10 km), Basel Stadtlauf (SUI, 10 km), Bern Grand Prix (SUI, 10M), Bishop Auckland Castle (GBR, 10 km), Bolzano Corsa di San Silvestre (ITA, 10 km), Boulder International Challenge (USA, 10 km), Charleston Cooper River Bridge Run (USA, 10km), Dublin Great Ireland Run (IRL, 10 km), Fiumicino Best Women’s (ITA, 10 km), Flint Crim Festival of Races (USA, 10M), Gualtieri (ITA, 10 km), Jacksonville Gate River Run (USA, 15 km), Kerzers Lauf (SUI, 15km), Korschenbroich Citylauf (GER, 10 km), Le Puy-en-Velay (FRA, 15 km), Lisbon Sao Silvestre da Amadora (POR, 10 km), Madrid Trofeo José Cano (ESP, 10 km), Madrid San Silvestre Vallecana (ESP, 10 km), Maroilles (FRA, 20 km), Marseille 10 km la Provence (FRA, 10 km), Montereau (FRA, 10 km), Nice Prom Classic (FRA, 10 km), Ottawa Race Weekend (CAN, 10 km), Park Forrest Scenic (USA, 10M), Porto Corrida Festas da Cidade do Porto (POR, 15 km), Prague (CZE, 10 km), Roanne Tout Court (FRA, 10 km), Santos Tribuna (BRA, 10 km), Sao Paulo Corida de Sao Silvestre (BRA, 15 km), Scicli Memorial Peppe Greco (ITA, 10 km), Toronto Sporting Life (CAN, 10 km), Vancouver Sun Run (CAN, 10 km), Voorthuizen Loopfestijn (NED, 10 km)
E	Other International Marathons, Half Marathons and Road Races
F	Other Marathons, Half Marathons and Road Races

Table 4.6: Categories of Competitions - Women's Road Running
Sign	Competitions
OW	Olympic Games IAAF World Championships
GW	IAAF World Road Running Championships
GL	All-African Games Asian Games European Championships Pan American Games International Marathons: Berlin (GER), Boston (USA), Chicago (USA), London (GBR), New York (USA) International Half Marathons: Lisbon Meia Maratona de Lisboa (POR), Philadelphia (USA), Sapporo (JPN), South Shields Great North Run (GBR)
A	African Championships, Asian Championships, South American Championships Commonwealth Games International Marathons: Hamburg (GER), Nagoya (JPN), Osaka (JPN), Paris (FRA), Roma (ITA), Seoul Dong-A (KOR), Tokyo (JPN) International Half Marathons: Berlin (GER), New Delhi (IND), New York City (USA), Okayama (JPN) International Road Races: Cape Elizabeth Beach to Beacon (USA, 10 km), Manchester Great Run (GBR, 10 km), New York Mini Marathon (USA, 10 km), San Juan World’s Best 10K (PUR, 10 km)
B	National Championhips in Main Events Francophone Games, Ibero-American Champioships, CAC Championships Universiade International Marathons: Amsterdam (NED), Beijing (CHN), Frankfurt (GER), Nagano Commemorative (JPN), Rotterdam (NED), San Diego (USA) International Half Marathons: Glasgow Great Scottish Run (GBR), Ivry-sur-Seine Humarathon (FRA), Milano Stramilano (ITA), Paris (FRA), Ras Al Khaimah (UAE), San José (USA), Udine (ITA), Virginia Beach (USA), Yamaguchi (JPN) International Road Races: Amsterdam Dam to Dam (NED, 10M), Atlanta Peachtree (USA, 10 km), New Orleans Crescent City Classic (USA, 10 km), Nijmegen Zevenhueuvelenloop (NED, 15km)
C	Balkan Games, Pan-Arab Games, Mediterranean Games, CAC Games International Marathons: Carpi Memorial Enzo Ferrari (ITA), Dublin (IRL), Houston (USA), Istanbul (TUR), Milano (ITA), Mumbai Standard Chartered (IND), Pyongyang (PRK), Sapporo Hokkaido (JPN), Torreon La Laguna (MEX), Venezia (ITA), Xiamen (CHN) International Half Marathons: Austin (USA), Brisbane Gold Coast (AUS), Bristol (GBR), Egmond aan Zee (NED), Göteborg (SWE), Kobe (JPN), Lille (FRA), Lisboa Meia Maratona de Portugal (POR), Marugame (JPN), Matsue (JPN), Miyazaki (JPN), Prague (CZE), Paderborn (GER), Reims (FRA), Remich Route du Vin (LUX), Roma-Ostia (ITA), Rotterdam (NED), Sendai (JPN) International Road Races: Boston Tufts 10K (USA, 10 km), Casablanca (MAR, 10 km), Glasgow Women’s 10K (GBR, 10 km), Madrid San Silvestre Vallecana (ESP, 10 km), Marseille 10 km du Conseil Général (FRA, 10 km), Mobile Azalea Trail Run (USA, 10 km), Ottawa Race Weekend (CAN, 10 km), Paderborn Osterlauf (GER, 10 km), Portsmouth Great South Run (GBR, 10M), Sunderland Great Women’s Race (GBR, 10 km), Tilburg (NED, 10 km), Utica Boilermaker (USA, 15 km), Washington Cherry Blossom (USA, 10M), Würzburg Residenzlauf (GER, 10 km)
D	National Championhips in Similar Events Continental Clubs Cup International Marathons: Athens Classic (GRE), Austin (USA), Belgrade (SRB), Dubai (UAE), Duluth (USA), Düsseldorf Rhein (GER), Honolulu (USA), Jeonju Gunsan (KOR), Köln (GER), Las Vegas (USA), Los Angeles, (USA), Nashville (USA), Ottawa (CAN), Padova (ITA), Prague (CZE), Reims (FRA), Singapore Standard Chartered (SIN), Tempe Rock’n’Roll Arizona (USA), Sacramento California International (USA), St. Paul (USA), Torino (ITA), Toronto Waterfront (CAN), Treviso (ITA), Vienna (AUT), Zürich (SUI) International Half Marathons: Albacete (ESP), Azpeitia (ESP), Bath (GBR), Boston BAA (USA), Boulogne-Billancourt (FRA), Breda (NED), Cape Town (RSA), Den Haag City Pier City (NED), Granollers (ESP), Guadalajara (MEX), Houston (USA), Indianapolis (USA), Klagenfurt (AUT), Kyoto (JPN), Muscat (OMN), Monterrey (MEX), Naples (USA), Oloron (FRA), Rio de Janeiro (BRA), Saltillo Coahuila (MEX), San Diego America’s Finest City (USA), Sevilla (ESP), St. Denis (FRA), Tarsus (TUR), Torino (ITA), Uster (SUI) International Road Races: Alphen aan den Rijn (NED, 20 km), Bern Grand Prix (SUI, 10M), Bishop Auckland Castle (GBR, 10 km), Boulder International Challenge (USA, 10 km), Brunssum Parelloop (NED, 10 km), Charleston Cooper River Bridge Run (USA, 10km), Dublin Great Ireland Run (IRL, 10 km), Dublin Women’s Mini Marathon (IRL, 10 km), Düsseldorf Kö-Lauf (GER, 10 km), Edinburgh Great Caledonian Run (GBR, 10 km), Fiumicino Best Women’s (ITA, 10 km), Flint Crim Festival of Races (USA, 10M), Groesbek Zwitserloot Dak Run (NED, 10 km), Gualtieri (ITA, 10 km), Heerenberg Montferland Run (NED, 15 km), Jacksonville Gate River Run (USA, 15 km), Kerzers Lauf (SUI, 15km), Langueux (FRA, 10 km), Le Puy-en-Velay (FRA, 15 km), Lisbon Sao Silvestre da Amadora (POR, 10 km), Madrid Trofeo José Cano (ESP, 10 km), Maroilles (FRA, 20 km), Marseille 10 km la Provence (FRA, 10 km), Montereau (FRA, 10 km), Nice Prom Classic (FRA, 10 km), Paris (FRA, 20 km), Okayama (JPN, 10 km), Paris Internationale de Houilles (FRA, 10 km), Park Forrest Scenic (USA, 10M), Porto Corrida Festas da Cidade do Porto (POR, 15 km), Roanne Tout Court (FRA, 10 km), Sao Paulo Corida de Sao Silvestre (BRA, 15 km), Toronto Sporting Life (CAN, 10 km), Torreon Carrera Victoria (MEX, 10 km), Voorthuizen Loopfestijn (NED, 10 km)
E	Other International Marathons, Half Marathons and Road Races
F	Other Marathons, Half Marathons and Road Races

4.3. Calculating the Ranking Score

When calculating the Ranking Score the following factors are considered:

Event Groups, Main Events and Similar Events (4.3.1.)
Required number of performances for Ranking (4.3.2.)
Date of the results (4.3.3.)
World Record performances (4.3.4.)

4.3.1. Event Groups, Main Events and Similar Events

The Road Running Event Rankings are produced in 4 Event Groups. See Table 4.7 for details.

Performances in each of the 4 Event Groups count separately for the Event Rankings

Athletes can be ranked in the different Event Groups where they achieved sufficient number of performances.

Table 4.7: Event Groups
Nr.	Event Group	Main Event	Similar Events
1.	Men's Road Running	Half Marathon and/or 10 km	5 km¹, 10 km, 15 km, 10 MIles, 20km
2.	Men's Marathon	Marathon	Half Marathon, 15 Miles¹, 25 km, 30 km, 20 Miles¹

3.	Women's Road Running	Half Marathon and/or 10 km	5 km¹, 10 km, 15 km, 10 MIles, 20km
4.	Women's Marathon	Marathon	Half Marathon, 15 Miles¹, 25 km, 30 km, 20 Miles¹

¹Only performances achieved after 1 January 2008 are considered for the World Rankings.

4.3.2. Required number of performances

In order to be ranked, athletes must collect sufficient number of Performance Scores and some of them must come from Main Events.

The minimum number of Performance Scores are as follows:
- In Men's and Women's Road Running Event Groups (Nr.1 & Nr.3) the minimum number of Performance Scores are three (3).
- In Men's and Women's Marathon Event Groups (Nr.2 & Nr.4) the minimum number of Performance Scores are two (2).

The minimum number of Performance Scores in the Main Events are as follows:
- In Men's and Women's Road Running Event Groups (Nr.1 & Nr.3) the minimum number of Performance Scores in the Main Events are two (2).
- In Men's and Women's Marathon Event Groups (Nr.2 & Nr.4) the minimum number of Performance Score in the Main Event is one (1).

Athletes, whose perfromances do not comply with the above restrictions, cannot have a valid Ranking Score, and are thus ineligible for ranking.

4.3.3. Date of results

Only those Performance Scores can be considered for ranking, which were obtained by the athlete in the 1-year period pior to the date of the Ranking.

To avoid overweighting, competitions in the OW and GW Categories are only included until the last edition of the Rankings published before the following year's similar type of competition, regardless of the one-year rule. (e.g. Performances from the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka are considered for the last time in those Rankings which are the last editions before the Olympic Games in Beijing.)

4.3.4. World Record performances

World Record bonus points are given as an extra reward for the obvious significance and promotional value of such performance. World Record bonus points are added to the average of Performance Scores in such way that they directly increase the Ranking Score of the athlete.

World Record bonus points are awarded for each world record performance achieved by the athlete in the last one-year period, regardless of the fact that the performance is included in the Ranking calculation or not.

World Record bonus points are given as follows:

Main Events

New World Record = 10 bonus points added to the average of Performance Scores
Equalling the World Record = 5 bonus points added to the average of Performance Scores

Similar Events

New World Record = 6 bonus points added to the average of Performance Scores
Equalling the World Record = 3 bonus points added to the average of Performance Scores

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Race Walking

5.1. Result Score

5.1.1. Calculating the Result Score

The Result Scores are calculated using the 2008 editions of the IAAF Scoring Tables of Athletics (by Dr. Bojidar Spiriev).

For disciplines not included in the 2008 editions of IAAF Scoring Tables of Athletics, there are special Scoring Tables developed in full conformity with the IAAF versions.

The World Rankings consider only performances which are achieved on tracks or race courses certified according to the relevant IAAF Rules.

Intermediate splits during a competition cannot be considered as a result for the athlete and thus are not included in the World Rankings.

5.2. Placing Score

5.2.1. Calculating the Placing Score

The Placing Score is dependent of the final placing the athlete achieves in a competition. Placing Scores can only be received in the Final of a competition.

There are 9 different categories for the purposes of Placing Scores. The Placing Scores obtainable at each competition vary according to the level and significance of the competition. The category “OW” reflects the strongest competitions and consequently awards the most points. For example, the Placing Scores available at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics are much higher than those at any other competition.

For Placing Scores in each Category see Table 5.1, while Table 5.2 shows the Categories of Competitions.

5.2.2. Placing Score Table

Table 5.1: Categories of Competitions for Race Walking
	OW	GW	GL	A	B	C	D	E	F
1^st	230	140	110	80	60	45	30	20	10
2^nd	200	120	90	70	50	38	22	14	6
3^rd	180	105	75	60	45	32	18	10	3
4^th	160	90	65	50	40	26	16	8
5^th	145	80	55	45	35	22	14	7
6^th	130	70	50	40	30	19	12	6
7^th	120	60	45	35	25	17	11
8^th	110	50	40	30	20	15	10
9^th	70	45	35	25
10^th	60	40	30	20
11^th	50	35	25	15
12^th	40	30	20	10
13^th	36
14^th	33
15^th	30
16^th	27
17^th	24
18^th	21
19^th	18
20^th	15

5.2.3. Categories of Competitions

In Race Walking Placing Scores, as described in Table 5.1 are distributed according the following categorisation of competitions:

Table 5.2: Categories of Competitions for Race Walking
Sign	Competitions
OW	Olympic Games IAAF World Championships
GW	IAAF World Race Walking Cup
GL	IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final All-African Games Asian Games European Championships Pan American Games
A	IAAF Race Walking Challenge African Championships, Asian Championships, South American Championships Commonwealth Games
B	Area Permit Race Walking Meetings National Championships in Main Events Francophone Games, Ibero-American Championships, CAC Championships Universiade Continental Race Walking Cup
C	Balkan Games, Pan-Arab Games, Mediterranean Games, CAC Games IAAF World Junior Championships Continental Championships for under 23 years
D	National Championships in Similar Events CISM World Military Games Other regional international championships, games and cups (first and senior division only) Continental Junior Championships
E	International Race Walking Matches Other (national permit) international Race Walking meetings and competitions
F	Other meetings and competitions

5.3. Calculating the Ranking Score

When calculating the Ranking Score the following factors are considered:

Event Groups, Main Events and Similar Events (5.3.1.)
Required number of performances for Ranking (5.3.2.)
Date of the results and date correction (5.3.3.)
World Record performances (5.3.4.)

5.3.1. Event Groups, Main Events and Similar Events

Race Walking Event Rankings are produced in 2 Event Groups. Table 5.3 shows the details:

Table 5.3: Event Groups
Nr.	Event Group	Main Event	Similar Events
1.	Men's Race Walking	20km and/or 50km	10km, 15km¹, 15 Miles¹, 30km, 35km¹

5.	Women's Race Walking	20km	5km, 10km, 15km¹, 15 Miles¹, 50km

¹Only performances achieved after 1 January 2008 are considered for the World Rankings.

5.3.2. Required number of performances

In order to be ranked, athletes must collect sufficient number of Performance Scores and some of them must come from Main Events.

The minimum number of Performance Scores are as follows:
- In both Event Groups, the minimum number of Performance Scores are three (3).

The minimum number of Performance Scores in the Main Events are as follows:
- In both Event Groups, the minimum number of Performance Scores in the Main Events are two (2).

Athletes, whose perfromances do not comply with the above restrictions, cannot have a valid Ranking Score, and are thus ineligible for ranking.

5.3.3. Date of results and date correction

Only those Performance Scores can be considered for ranking, which were obtained by the athlete in the 1-year period pior to the date of the Ranking.

In order to put more emphasis on performances achieved closer to the date of the Rankings, there are certain amount of points deducted from Performance Scores older than 9 months at the date of the Rankings. The deduction of points are the following:
- 10^th month prior to the date of the Rankings: -20 points deducted from the Performance Score
- 11^th month prior to the date of the Rankings: -40 points deducted from the Performance Score
- 12^th month prior to the date of the Rankings: -60 points deducted from the Performance Score

To avoid overweighting, competitions in the OW and GW Categories are only included until the last edition of the Rankings published before the following year's similar type of competition, regardless of the one-year rule. (e.g. Performances from the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka are considered for the last time in those Rankings which are the last editions before the Olympic Games in Beijing.)

5.3.4. World Record performances

World Record bonus points are given as an extra reward for the obvious significance and promotional value of such performance. World Record bonus points are added to the average of Performance Scores in such way that they directly increase the Ranking Score of the athlete.

World Record bonus points are awarded for each world record performance achieved by the athlete in the last one-year period, regardless of the fact that the performance is included in the Ranking calculation or not.

World Record bonus points are given as follows:

Main Events

New World Record = 10 bonus points added to the average of Performance Scores
Equalling the World Record = 5 bonus points added to the average of Performance Scores

Similar Events

New World Record = 6 bonus points added to the average of Performance Scores
Equalling the World Record = 3 bonus points added to the average of Performance Scores

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Overall Rankings

6.1. Result Score

6.1.1. Calculating the Result Score

The Result Scores are calculated using the 2008 editions of the IAAF Scoring Tables of Athletics (by Dr. Bojidar Spiriev).

The environment of the competition will determine whether the outdoor or indoor scoring tables have to be used.

For disciplines not included in the 2008 editions of IAAF Scoring Tables of Athletics, there are special Scoring Tables developed in full conformity with the IAAF versions.

The World Rankings consider only performances which are achieved on tracks, jumping/throwing fields or road courses certified according to the relevant IAAF Rules.

In case of road races only properly measured courses could be included in the World Rankings. Race distances have to be measured either by an IAAF /AIMS course measurer, or have to be approved by the competent Member Federation.

In running, road running or race walking events intermediate splits during a competition or a road race cannot be considered as a result for the athlete and thus are not included in the World Rankings.

6.1.2. Modifying factors to the Result Score

To avoid disregarding wind aided, hand timed performances, or performances achieved on race courses not fully comply with the rules described in 6.1.1., four factors may alter the initial Result Scores: a. Wind Reading, b. Hand Timing, c. Downhill course and d. Point-to-Point course.

Wind Reading

In order to establish a valid ranking, wind-aided results are included in the ranking. However, as adverse winds also influence the results, the Rankings also take headwinds into account.
A Wind Modification System has been defined (see Table 6.1) which modifies the Result Scores depending on both the strength and direction of the wind. In case of a headwind it adds points to the Result Score while in case of a tail wind it deducts points from the Result Score.

The wind modification applies in the following events:

Table 6.1: Wind Modification System

100m
200m
100m Hurdles
110mHurdles
Long Jump
Triple Jump

Tail Wind		Head Wind
+4 m/s	-24 pts	-4 m/s	+24 pts
+3 m/s	-18 pts	-3 m/s	+18 pts
+2 m/s	-12 pts	-2 m/s	+12 pts
+1 m/s	-6 pts	-1 m/s	+6 pts
+0 m/s	-0 pts	-0 m/s	+0 pts

Hand Timing
The Result Score is calculated after the following figures are added to the hand timed result:
- 0.24s in distances from 50m to 200m, including Hurdles
- 0.14s in distances from 300m to 500m, including Hurdles

Downhill course
- For Road Running performances achieved on a course which has a net drop (decrease in elevation) of more than 1 m/km, a "Downhill Modification System" has been developed to include those performances.
- A net drop of 1 m/km of the race distance is equivalent to 6 points according to the IAAF Scoring Tables (or the alternate Scoring Tables in case of events that are not inlcuded in the IAAF Scoring Tables).
- These points are deducted from the initial Result Scores of the athletes at the competition concerned.
- There is no deduction if the net drop is whithin the allowed 1 m/km.
- Over the net drop of 1 m/km every 0.1 m/km is equal to 6 + 0.6 points for each 0.1 m/km. (e.g. 1.1 m/km = - 6.6 points; 1.2 m/km = -7.2 points)
Point-to-Point course
- In Road Running events breaching the 50% rule in Point-to-Point courses will result in a fix penalty of 12 points deducted from the Results Scores of the athletes at the competition concerned.

6.2. Placing Score

6.2.1. Calculating the Placing Score

The Placing Score is dependent of the final placing the athlete achieves in a competition. Placing Scores can only be received in the Final of a competition.

In the heats, quarter-finals or semi-finals and in qualifications, athletes obtain only Result Scores with no additional Placing Scores.

There is one exception to the above rule, in the “OW” category (Olympic Games and the IAAF World Outdoor Championships), where Placing Scores may be awarded for placings in the semi-finals. Table 6.3 shows the details.

There are 9 different categories for the purposes of Placing Scores. The Placing Scores obtainable at each competition vary according to the level and significance of the competition. The category “OW” reflects the strongest competitions and consequently awards the most points. For example, the Placing Scores available at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics or at the Olympic Games are much higher than those at any other competition.

For Placing Scores in each Category see Table 6.2, while Table 6.5 shows the Categories of Competitions.

6.2.2. Placing Score Table

Table 6.2: Placing Scores for the Overall Rankings
	OW	GW	GL	A	B	C	D	E	F
1^st	300	200	170	140	100	60	40	25	15
2^nd	260	170	145	120	80	50	35	21	10
3^rd	230	150	130	110	70	45	30	18	5
4^th	210	140	120	100	60	40	25	15
5^th	195	130	110	90	55	35	22	12
6^th	180	120	100	80	50	30	19	10
7^th	165	110	90	70	45	27	17
8^th	150	100	80	60	40	25	15
9^th	100
10^th	90
11^th	80
12^th	70

6.2.3. Special cases

Placing Scores in the OW Category

In track events up to 800m only 8 athletes compete in the Final, thus additional Placing Scores can be added to the performances achieved in the Semifinal, as shown in Table 6.3.

Table 6.3
Position in the Semifinal	Placing Scores added to the Result Score
1^st - 8^th 1	110 points
9^th 2	100 points
10^th 2	90 points
11^th 2	80 points
12^th 2	70 points
¹ First 8 or qualified for the final ² 9-12^th place decided by time

Cross Country

Due to the substantial differences between courses, athletes are awarded straight Performance Scores (see Table 6.6).

Only the IAAF World Cross Country Championships are taken into account for the Rankings. Table 6.4 shows the Performance Scores awarded for the first 24 placed athletes in the Senior race and the first 8 placed athletes in the Junior race.

Table 6.4: Performance Scores for Cross Country
Senior Race						Junior Race
1^st	1350	9^th	1120	17^th	1091	1^st	1120
2^nd	1330	10^th	1116	18^th	1088	2^nd	1100
3^rd	1310	11^th	1112	19^th	1085	3^rd	1085
4^th	1290	12^th	1108	20^th	1082	4^th	1070
5^th	1270	13^th	1104	21^st	1079	5^th	1060
6^th	1250	14^th	1100	22^nd	1076	6^th	1050
7^th	1230	15^th	1097	23^rd	1073	7^th	1045
8^th	1210	16^th	1094	24^th	1070	8^th	1040

6.2.4. Categories of Competitions

In the Overall Rankings Placing Scores, as described in Table 6.2, are distributed according the following categorisation of competitions:

Table 6.5: Categories of Competitions for the Overall Rankings¹
Sign	Competitions
OW	Olympic Games IAAF World Championships
GW	IAAF World Athletics Final IAAF World Indoor Championships IAAF World Cross Country Championships IAAF World Race Walking Cup
GL	IAAF World Cup IAAF Golden League Meetings IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final All-African Games Asian Games European Championships Pan American Games
A	IAAF Super Grand Prix Meetings IAAF Race Walking Challenge Continental Indoor Championships African Championships, Asian Championships, South American Championships Commonwealth Games Götzis Combined Events Meeting
B	IAAF Grand Prix Meetings Area Permit Race Walking Meetings National Outdoor Championships National Championships in Main Events (in Road Running and Race Walking) Francophone Games, Ibero-American Championships, CAC Championships Universiade IAAF Indoor Permit Meetings European Cup Super League and European 10,000m Cup Continental Race Walking Cup Combined Events Meetings: Arles, Desenzano del Garda, Ratingen, Talence
C	IAAF World Athletics Tour Qualifying Area Permit Meetings Balkan Games, Pan-Arab Games, Mediterranean Games, CAC Games European Cup 1^st League Area Permit Indoor Meetings IAAF World Junior Championships, IAAF World Junior Cross Country Championships Continental Championships for under 23 years NCAA Div. I Outdoor Championships Eberstadt High Jump Meeting
D	Area Permit Outdoor Meetings National Indoor Championships National Championships in Similar Events (in Road Running and Race Walking) European Cup 2^nd League CISM World Military Games Other regional international championships, games and cups (first and senior division only) Continental Club Championships (first division only) Continental Junior Championships Other Traditional International Meetings IAAF World Youth Championships International outdoor matches
E	International Indoor Matches International Race Walking Matches NCAA Div. I Indoor Championships Other (national permit) international meetings and competitions (indoor, outdoor and Race Walking)
F	Other meetings and competitions

¹For the categorisation of Road Races see point 4.2.4. Categories of Competitions in the Road Running section.

6.3. Calculating the Ranking Score

When calculating the Ranking Score the following factors are considered:

Main Events and Similar Events (6.3.1.)
Required number of performances for Ranking (6.3.2.)
Date of the results and date correction (6.3.3.)
World Record performances (6.3.4.)
Comparing Event Ranking and Overall Ranking Scores (6.3.5.)
Calculating with performances achieved during a Combined Events competition (6.3.6.)

6.3.1. Main Events and Similar Events

In Overall Rankings the system considers all performances of the athletes, regardless of the Event Group in which they achieved their perfromances.

Overall Rankings only make distinction between Main Events and Similar Events. Table 6.6 shows the details.

Table 6.6: Main Events and Similar Events in Overall Rankings
Event type	Men's Events		Women's Events
Main Events	100m 200m 400m 800m 1500m 5000m 10,000m 110mH 400mH 3000mSC High Jump Pole Vault Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put Discus Throw Hammer Throw Javelin Throw 10 km Road Race Half Marathon Marathon 20km Race Walk 50km Race Walk Decathlon		100m 200m 400m 800m 1500m 5000m 10,000m 110mH 400mH 3000mSC High Jump Pole Vault Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put Discus Throw Hammer Throw Javelin Throw 10 km Road Race Half Marathon Marathon 20km Race Walk Heptathlon

Similar Events	50m 55m 60m 200m indoor 300m 300m indoor 400m indoor 500m¹ 500m indoor 600m 600m indoor 800m indoor 1000m 1000m indoor 1500m indoor Mile Mile Indoor 2000m 2000m indoor 3000m 3000m indoor 2 Miles 2 Miles indoor 5000m indoor Cross Country - (WCH only)	50mH 55mH 60mH 2000mSC 2000mSC indoor¹ 3000mSC indoor¹ High Jump indoor Pole Vault indoor Long Jump indoor Triple Jump indoor Shot Put indoor 5km Road Race¹ 15km Road Race 10 Miles Road Race 20km Road Race 15 Miles Road Race¹ 25km Road Race 30km Road Race 20 Miles Road Race¹ 10km Race Walk 15km Race Walk¹ 15 Miles Race Walk¹ 30km Race Walk 35km Race Walk¹ Heptathlon indoor	50m 55m 60m 200m indoor 300m 300m indoor 400m indoor 500m¹ 500m indoor 600m 600m indoor 800m indoor 1000m 1000m indoor 1500m indoor Mile Mile Indoor 2000m 2000m indoor 3000m 3000m indoor 2 Miles 2 Miles indoor 5000m indoor Cross Country - (WCH only)	50mH 55mH 60mH 2000mSC 2000mSC indoor¹ 3000mSC indoor¹ High Jump indoor Pole Vault indoor Long Jump indoor Triple Jump indoor Shot Put indoor 5km Road Race¹ 15km Road Race 10 Miles Road Race 20km Road Race 15 Miles Road Race¹ 25km Road Race 30km Road Race 20 Miles Road Race¹ 5km Race Walk 10km Race Walk 15km Race Walk¹ 15 Miles Race Walk¹ 50km Race Walk Pentathlon indoor

¹Only performances achieved after 1 January 2008 are considered for the World Rankings.

6.3.2. Required number of performances

In order to be ranked, athletes must collect sufficient number of Performance Scores and some of them must come from Main Events.

The minimum number of Performance Scores in Overall Rankings are five (5).

The minimum number of Performance Scores in the Main Events in Overall Rankings are three (3).

Athletes, whose perfromances do not comply with the above restrictions, cannot have a valid Ranking Score, and are thus ineligible for ranking.

The Overall Ranking Score of an athlete cannot be less than his Event Rankings Score in any Event Group where the athlete achieved a valid Ranking Score. In this case see 6.3.5. Comparing Event Ranking and Overall Ranking Scores.

6.3.3. Date of results and date correction

Only those Performance Scores can be considered for ranking, which were obtained by the athlete in the 1-year period pior to the date of the Ranking.

In order to put more emphasis on performances achieved closer to the date of the Rankings, there are certain amount of points deducted from Performance Scores older than 9 months at the date of the Rankings. The deduction of points are the following:
- 10^th month prior to the date of the Rankings: -20 points deducted from the Performance Score
- 11^th month prior to the date of the Rankings: -40 points deducted from the Performance Score
- 12^th month prior to the date of the Rankings: -60 points deducted from the Performance Score

To avoid overweighting, competitions in the OW and GW Categories are only included until the last edition of the Rankings published before the following year's similar type of competition, regardless of the one-year rule. (e.g. Performances from the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka are considered for the last time in those Rankings which are the last editions before the Olympic Games in Beijing.)

6.3.4. World Record performances

World Record bonus points are given as an extra reward for the obvious significance and promotional value of such performance. World Record bonus points are added to the average of Performance Scores in such way that they directly increase the Ranking Score of the athlete.

World Record bonus points are awarded for each world record performance achieved by the athlete in the last one-year period, regardless of the fact that the performance is included in the Ranking calculation or not.

World Record bonus points are given as follows:

Main Events

New World Record = 10 bonus points added to the average of Performance Scores
Equalling the World Record = 5 bonus points added to the average of Performance Scores

Similar Events

New World Record = 6 bonus points added to the average of Performance Scores
Equalling the World Record = 3 bonus points added to the average of Performance Scores

6.3.5. Comparing Event Ranking and Overall Ranking Scores

Due to the different ranking requirements of certain Event Groups in the Event Rankings (i.e. 5000m, 10,000 m, 3000mSC, Combined Events, Road Running or Race Walking), where the minimum required performances differ from those in the Overall Rankings, should the Ranking Score of an athlete in the Event Rankings be higher than those obtained in the Overall, the Event Ranking Score is regarded as the athlete's Overall Ranking Score.

6.3.6. Calculating with performances achieved during a Combined Events competition

In the case of a Combined Events competition, the calculated Performance Score is based on the final score of the competition unless one of the individual events' Result Scores exceeds the Performance Score obtained in the Combined Events. In this case the Result Score of that individual event can be considered as a Performance Score for ranking instead of the Performance Score corresponding to the final result. Thus, in the Overall Ranking, from the same Combined Events competition the athletes can have either the Performance Score calculated using the final score of the competition or the Result Scores of all the individual events as a Performance Scores, but not both at the same time.

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