1. Olympic Prospectus
2012
JA Hingston

2. The Olympics is built around stories - from the favourite chasing a new record, to
the plucky underdog surpassing all expectation. Broadcasters do a fantastic job
keeping you up to date as they unfold but, for me, there is no substitute for being
able to spot and follow a story yourself. As interactive coverage expands, and
especially if you are watching a sport live, too often at the Olympics you are left
feeling bewildered by the unfamiliar characters in front of you, in a sport you don’t
see outside two weeks every four years.
This prospectus seeks to plug some of these gaps. For every event at the
Olympics - 302 in total - I have set out, in the simplest way possible, a brief form-
guide: a summary of what's going on in the sport together with tables setting out
the world rankings and results from recent Olympic Games and World
Championships. For everything that has been included there is inevitably far
more left out, but I am hoping this will provide an idea of who is expected to do
well and a snapshot of the stories behind each event.
This prospectus is not designed to be read from start to finish, but rather to be
dipped into to obtain that vital bit of extra information before the action unfolds.
Whether printed out and taken to a session or looked at on-screen in front of the
TV, I hope it will prove useful. At the front end, I have also included my top 100
British medal hopes at these Olympics and my pick of three must-see events
each day.
I encourage anybody who finds use in what I have put together to distribute this
to others who may similarly benefit. It has been put together in my spare-time,
not for profit or gain, but for my own interest and the enjoyment of others around
me.
All opinions and mistakes and mistaken opinions herein are my own. For every
sportsman and woman there, the London Games will represent a pinnacle in their
sporting career and the culmination of years of dedication and hard work. I have
the utmost respect for every one of them - success is only ever relative.
J A Hingston
jahingston@gmail.com
10th July 2012

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Contents
Top 100 Team GB Medal Contenders 4
Day-by-Day Viewing Guide 5-7
Archery 8-10
Men's Athletics 11-21
Women's Athletics 22-32
Badminton 33-37
Basketball 38-40
Beach Volleyball 41-42
Bocing 43-54
Canoe/Kayak Slalom 55-56
Canoe/Kayak Sprint 57-62
Cycling - BMX 63-64
Cycling - Mountain Bike 65-66
Cycling - Road 67-69
Cycling - Track 70-77
Diving 78-82
Equestrian 83-87
Fencing 88-91
Football 92-94
Gymnastics - Artistic 95-100
Gymnastics - Rhythmic 101
Gymnastics - Trampolining 102
Handball 103-104
Hockey 106-106
Judo 107-114
Moder Pentathlon 115-116
Rowing 117-127
Sailing 128-131
Shooting 132-136
Men's Swimming 137-145
Women's Swimming 146-154
Synchronised Swimming 155
Table Tennis 156-157
Taekwondo 158-162
Tennis 163-166
Triathlon 167-168
Volleyball 169-170
Water Polo 171-172
Weightlifting 173-178
Wrestling 179-183
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4. 4 Top 100 Team GB medal contenders
Rank Sport Name - Event Rank Sport Name - Event
1 Rowing Women's Coxless Pair 51 Swimming Fran Halsall - 50m Free
2 Cycling - Track Women's Team Pursuit 52 Sailing Alison Young - Laser Radial
3 Rowing Women's Double Sculls 53 Modern Pentathlon Mhairi Spence
4 Triathlon Alistair Brownlee 54 Boxing Fred Evans - Welterweight
5 Swimming Becky Adlington - 800m Free 55 Canoe Slalom Florence & Hounslow - C-2
6 Sailing Ben Ainslee - Finn 56 Athletics Robbie Grabarz - High Jump
7 Athletics Jessica Ennis - Heptathlon 57 Shooting Peter Wilson - Double Trap
8 Cycling - Track Men's Team Pursuit 58 Tennis Andy Murray - Singles
9 Equestrian Team 3-day 59 Cycling - Road Bradley Wiggins - Time Trial
10 Cycling - BMX Shanaze Reade - BMX 60 Swimming Liam Tancock -100m Back
11 Athletics Mo Farah - 5,000m 61 Swimming Hannah Miley - 400m IM
12 Rowing Men's Coxless Four 62 Sprint Kayak Tim Brabants - K-1 1000m
13 Boxing Savannah Marshall - Middleweight 63 Cycling - Road Lizzie Armistead - Road Race
14 Cycling - Road Mark Cavendish - Road Race 64 Swimming Fran Halsall - 100m Free
15 Sprint Kayak Ed McKeever - K-1 200m 65 Sailing Bryony Shaw - RS:X
16 Boxing Anthony Joshua - Super Heavyweight 66 Diving Tom Daley - 10m Platform
17 Swimming Keri-Anne Payne - 10km 67 Athletics Lawrence Okoye - Discus
18 Cycling - Track Laura Trott - Omnium 68 Swimming Women's 4x100m Medley
19 Sailing Women's 470 69 Cycling - Track Men's Team Sprint
20 Rowing Men's Lgtwgt Four 70 Swimming Ellen Gandy - 100m Fly
21 Cycling - Track Chris Hoy - Keirin 71 Hockey Men's Team
22 Boxing Nicola Adams - Flyweight 72 Boxing Anthony Ogogo - Middleweight
23 Athletics Phillips Idowu - Triple Jump 73 Sailing Paul Goodison - Laser
24 Athletics Mo Farah - 10,000m 74 Athletics Tiffany Porter - 100h
25 Swimming Becky Adlington - 400m Free 75 Equestrian Mary King - 3-day
26 Cycling - Road Emma Pooley - Time Trial 76 Football Women's Team
27 Rowing Men's Lwt Double Sculls 77 Taekwondo Martin Stamper -68kg
28 Boxing Tom Stalker - Lgt Welterweight 78 Gymnastics Mens Team All Around
29 Triathlon Helen Jenkins 79 Boxing Josh Taylor - Lightweight
30 Athletics Greg Rutherford - Long Jump 80 Swimming Lizzie Simmonds - 200m back
31 Sailing Women's Elliot 6m 81 Football Men's Team
32 Triathlon Jonathon Brownlee 82 Sailing Men's 470
33 Hockey Women's Team 83 Gymnastics Dan Purvis - Men's All-Around
34 Cycling - Track Jason Kenny/Chris Hoy - sprint 84 Rowing Alan Campbell - Single Sculls
35 Boxing Luke Campbell - Bantamweight 85 Athletics Shara Proctor - Long Jump
36 Sailing Nick Dempsey - RS:X 86 Archery Women's Team
37 Rowing Men's Eight 87 Taekwondo Jade Jones -57kg
38 Cycling - Track Women's Team Sprint 88 Diving Daley & Waterfield - 10m Syncro
39 Taekwondo Sarah Stevenson -67kg 89 Badminton Adcock & Bankier - Mixed Doubles
40 Equestrian William Fox-Pitt - 3-day 90 Athletics Women's 4x400m
41 Boxing Natasha Jonas - Lightweight 91 Trampolining Bryony Page
42 Athletics Dai Green - 400m hurdles 92 Gymnastics Beth Tweddle - Asymmetric Bars
43 Cycling - Track Ed Clancy - Omnium 93 Athletics Hannah England - 1500m
44 Gymnastics Louis Smith - Pommel Horse 94 Cycling - Road Nicole Cooke - Road Race
45 Swimming Ellen Gandy - 200m Fly 95 Taekwondo Lutalo Muhammed -80kg
46 Sailing Men's Star 96 Athletics Christine Ohoruogu - 400m
47 Cycling - Track Victoria Pendleton - Sprint 97 Tennis Andy Murray & Jamie Murray
48 Equestrian Team Dressage 98 Modern Pentathlon Sam Murray
49 Boxing Andrew Selby - Flyweight 99 Judo Euan Barton - 81kg
50 Sprint Kayak Scofield & Heath - K-2 200m 100 Equestrian Laura Bechtolsheimer - Dressage
Team GB prediction: 23 golds, 23 silver, 23 bronze
Key:
Absolute dead certainty - would take a serious calamity to stop them claiming gold
Gold medal favourite - but in an unpredictable sport, or with opposition snapping at their heels
Probably 50/50 for gold - anything less than a medal would be a disappointment
Gold is a possability - but must treat any medal as a real success
Outside the favourites - should still go into the Games intent on challenging for a medal
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5. 5 Day-by-Day Guide
Friday 27th July Opening Ceremony - 9pm onwards
The highlight of any Olympics for any non-sports fan. Early signs were that the organisers were so intimidated by the
Beijing opening ceremony that they were going to bottle it and stage something deliberately understated on the cheap.
Fortunately they drafted in film director Danny Boyle who has persuaded LOCOG otherwise. The budget was doubled
and a five act extravaganza entitled the ‘Isles of Wonder’ will, hopefully, kick the Olympics off with a bang.
Saturday 28th July Cycling - Men's Road Race - 10am to 4pm
The Manx Missile, Mark Cavendish, will be looking to kick off the home nation medal tally on the first day. The 2011
BBC Sports Personality of the Year will have his work cut out staying in the peloton as the race flies over Box Hill 9
times. If he’s still in contention near the finish on the Mall, then they can start engraving the gold medal.
Fencing - Women's Individual Foil - 6pm to 8pm
Ever heard of Valentina Vezzali? No? You’re probably not alone but she is Italy’s answer to Steve Redgrave and Ben
Ainslee. If she can retain the individual foil title she will become only the fourth athlete and first woman ever to win four
consecutive gold medals in an individual event.
Swimming - inc. Men's 400m IM - 7.30pm to 9.20pm
The first of two showdowns between Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte. Both are chasing multiple medals at these
Olympics and this will be the big first decider en-route to the title of greatest swimmer in the world. Hannah Miley goes
in the women’s 400IM and is expected to start GB’s medal count in the Aquatics Centre.
Sunday 29th July Basketball - USA vs France - 2.30pm to 4.15pm
A huge early test for an injury-ravaged USA team. France will post an all-NBA starting line-up and if they can rattle the
Americans they will set the tone for what promises to be a fascinating Olympic tournament.
Archery - Women's Team - 3pm to 6.30pm
Archery is a surprisingly riveting sport to watch. Tension always runs high and the British archers will be hoping not to
buckle on the hallowed turf at Lord’s cricket ground.
Swimming - inc. Women's 400m Free - 7.30pm to 9.30pm
Rebecca Adlington mounts her defence of the 400 and 800m double, form suggests it is just outside her reach so this
will be a really big test of how much the home-crowd atmosphere can help. This session should also see Michael
Phelps lose his second final in a row as the men's 4x100m free reaches it's climax. This event has produced some of
the most memorable moments of the past 3 Olympics and this year shouldn't disappoint with the Australians, French
and Americans all talking up their chances.
Monday 30th July Equestrian - 3-Day Eventing X-Country - 11.30am to 4.30pm
Attention turns to Greenwich Park as the cross-country phase of the 3-day eventing takes place. GB have put together
a very impressive looking team including the almost unbeatable William Fox-Pitt and the Queen's grand-daughter Zara
Phillips.
Diving - Men's 10m Synchronised - 3pm to 4pm
Tom Daley has struggled since a growth spurt added six inches to his height two years ago. His form seems to be
returning and this is his first opportunity to try to take a gold medal away from the Chinese.
Gymnastics - Men's Team - 4.30pm to 7pm
GB has, over the past five years, transformed itself into a powerhouse in men's gymnastics. The reigning European
champions will have their work cut out against a Japanese team featuring triple world champion Kohei Uchimura, but
stand a great chance of snatching a first ever medal in the event.
Tuesday 31st July Gymnastics - Women's Team - 4.30pm to 6.20pm
Always an Olympic highlight, the USA once again go in hot favourites to take gold. In Athens and Beijing they threw it
away… surely that can't happen a third time?
Swimming - inc. Women's 200m IM - 7.30pm to 9pm
Australia's darling, Stephanie Rice, goes in the 200m individual medley in an evening that will also see Phelps chase a
third gold in the 200m butterfly and 17 year-old sensation Missy Franklin swim in the 200m freestyle
Volleyball - Men's GB vs Australia - 8pm to 9.30pm
Great Britian may never again be represented in an Olympic volleyball tournament, so what better way to celebrate
their cameo than with one of the greatest rivalries in sport. GB might even win it.
Wednesday 1st August Rowing - inc. Women's Coxless Pair - 9.30am to 12.40pm
My number one ranked British gold medal prospect competes in the first day of the rowing finals at Eton-Dorney lake.
The women's coxless pair have dominated competition this year and should, barring illness or injury, take home
Britain's first ever women's rowing gold medal. Also look out for the wide open men's coxed eight.
Cycling - Men's and Women's Road Time Trial - 12.30pm to 4pm
Starting and finishing at Hampton Court Palace, the time trials should provide top racing. If Bradley Wiggins has any
legs left after the Tour de France he will be in the mix for the men's gold; and the bronze medallist four years ago,
Emma Pooley, will be targeting gold in the women's.
Football - Men's GB vs Uruguay - 7.45pm to 9.40pm
Stuart Pearce's Great Britain side will face their first real test of the Games. Against a tough Uruguan side, GB will
need to pull out a stong performance, even without David Beckham the talent on the team is such that anything less
than a semi-final will be a disappointment.
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6. 6 Day-by-Day Guide
Thursday 2nd August Canoe/Kayak Slalom - Men's C2 and Women's K1 - 1.30pm to 4.30pm
Always an exciting competition to watch, the men's C2 (two men in a canoe with a single bladed paddle each) boasts
the best chance for GB to make good the considerable advantage of having trained on the Olympic course for the past
two year.
Gymnastics - Women's All-Around - 4.30pm to 6.15pm
An old fashioned USA vs Russia battle in the women's gymnastics. Jordan Weiber, the classic all-American
sweetheart, and Viktoria Komova, a waif-like daughter of two Soviet-era international gymnasts. It should be a good
one.
Swimming - inc. Men's 200m IM - 7.30pm to 9pm
The second showdown between Phelps and Lochte beckons in the 200m individual medley. We should by now know
who has the upper hand but there is little to call between the form of the two in this event. This session also brings
Ellen Gandy and Jemma Lowe going in the 200m butterfly, Fran Halsall in the 100m freestyle and Lochte again in the
200m backstroke.
Friday 3rd August Rowing - inc. Women's Double Scull - 9.30am to 12.40pm
The GB medals should start to flow over the next few days. The women's double scull, men's coxless four and men's
lightweight double scull all boast British favourites, though the men's boats will need to improve on their form earlier
this year.
Athletics - inc. Heptathlon - 10am to 1.40pm and 7pm to 10pm
The athletics finally gets under way with the heptathlon featuring on the first day. Jessica Ennis has an awful lot of
pressure, and an awful lot of sponsor's money riding on her being successful. Going in with a new British record
earlier this year, and as the British champion in 100m hurdles and high jump, it is hopeful she'll have the form to
become one of the stars of the Games.
Swimming - inc. Women's 800m Freestyle - 7.30pm to 8.30pm
Rebecca Adllington goes again: she's the fastest women in the world this year but will have to fight hard to retain her
Olympic title, her strongest challenge coming from 15 year-old American Katie Ledecky. Phelps goes again in the
100m fly, a medal here may be enough for him to equal the only record left - the most medals in an individual event,
currently held by gymnast Larissa Latynina.
Saturday 4th August Cycling - inc. Women's Team Pursuit - 4pm to 6.40pm
In the first evening session at the velodrome, we start with the British women's pursuit squad who have set a world
record in their past two outings. The omnium also makes it's debut; watch out for the fantastic devil-takes-the-
hindmost where Ed Clancy will ride about in an almost permanent state of panic.
Athletics - inc. Heptathlon & Men's 10,000m - 7pm to 10pm
As the middle weekend continues we see the two British superstars of athletics shoot for gold. Jessica Ennis will have
to fight to make up or keep her position, and Mo Farah runs in the 10,000m. Both are narrow favourites but were
beaten into second at last year's World Champonships.
Swimming - inc. Men's 4x100m Medley - 7.30pm to 8.30pm
The final evening of swimming in the Aquatics Centre bring the two traditional curtain closers, the medley relays. The
British women will be targeting a medal and we will see the final episode in Phelps' Olympic saga as he takes his bow
with a near certain gold in the medley relay. GB has two more medal shots with our women's medley team and Fran
Halsall in the spash-and-dash 50m free.
Sunday 5th August Sailing - inc. Men's Finn - 12pm to 5.50pm
In sailing everybody starts with the same equipment and the same wind. For most people this means that luck pays a
big part in deciding who wins the medals. Ben Ainslee, on the other hand, has picked up a silver and then three golds
in successive Olympics. He's still unparallelled and hopefully come the medal race he'll still be in contention for gold.
Cycling - inc. Men's Sprint - 4pm to 7pm
Big thighs galore inside the velodrome as the men's speed merchants go head-to-head. With only one rider per
country, either four times Olympic champion Chris Hoy or 2011 World Champion Jason Kenny will have to sit and
watch from the sidelines as their compatriot take on the might of Frenchman Gregory Bauge.
Ahtletics - inc. Men's 100m - 7pm to 10pm
Bolt vs. Blake anyone? Throw in Gay, Gatlin and Powell and we've got a race.
Monday 6th August Cycling - inc. Women's Sprint - 4pm to 7pm
It's the turn of the women and Victoria Pendleton will go up against her Australian adversary Anna Mears. It was
Pendleton who came out on top in the World Championships earlier this year but this could go either way.
Football - Women's Semifinals - 5pm & 7.30pm
If the British women have got this far they'll be coming up against the best in the world. A rare opportunity for the
women to show their skills and build some excitement about women's football.
Athletics - inc. Men's 400m Hurdles - 7pm to 9.40pm
Dai Green shouldn't have been fast enough to win the World Championships 400m hurdles last year. He was. This
year he doesn't look fast enough either…
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7. 7 Day-by-Day Guide
Tuesday 7th August Triathlon - Men's - 11.30am to 1.45pm
As much credit as Alistair Brownlee gets, he deserves more; he's completely dominated world triathlon for the past few
years. Earlier this year he tore his achilles and for a while it looked as though his Olympics were in doubt but, in his
comeback race in June, he was a man posessed and tore the field to pieces. He should do the same in Hyde Park.
Sailing - inc. Men's & Women's RS:X - 12pm to 5.50pm
The sailing finals continue down in Weymouth. Today is the last chance to see windsurfing at the Olympics as it
makes way for kite surfing in Rio. GB's Nick Dempsey and Bryony Shaw should be in the hunt for medals.
Cycling - inc. Men's Keirin - 4pm to 6.25pm
Three minutes of watching six men roll around behind a motorbike and then a minute of holding your breath as they
sprint full out within touching distance of each other. Sir Chris Hoy is reigning world and Olympic champion but the
final should be wide open. Laura Trott will also be hoping to take gold in the omnium.
Wednesday 8th August Athletics - inc. Men's 110m Hurdles - 6pm to 10pm
Pick of the day's events is the men's 110m hurdles final as a returning Liu Zhang will once again have the hopes of a
billion people behind him - fortunately he's injury free this time, and back in the form that saw him win gold eight years
ago.
Beach Volleyball - Women's Final - 7pm to 10pm
Horse Guard's Parade, bikinis, cheerleaders, oh, and some sport. What's not to like.
Hockey - Women's Semi-Finals & Basketball - Men's quarter-finals
As the knock-out phases of the team sports get under way the women's hockey team will hope to live up to their
excellent form earlier this year. If the GB men have made it as far as the basketball quarter finals they will probably be
reaching the end of the line.
Thursday 9th August Swimming -Women's Open Water 10k - 12pm to 2.30pm
Kerri-Anne Payne will hit the waters of the Serpentine lake in Hyde Park in the open water swimming. Two hours in
which the swimmers are almost unidentifiable may not seem like the best form of entertainment but, if world champion
Kerri-Anne can match her previous performances, then a gold medal should be just rewards.
Boxing - Women's Middle- and Lightweight Finals - 1.30pm to 3pm
British female boxers are the best in the world, pefect timing for the debut of women's boxing at the Olympics. This
session sees Natasha Jonas and world champion Savannah Marshall go for gold.
Athletics - inc. Men's 200m Final - 6.30pm to 10.10pm
Bolt vs. Blake round 2 as they face up over the 200m. Blake ran the second fastest 200m in history last season and
Bolt will have to be on fire to live up to expectations. Add in Phillips Idowu in the triple jump and David Rudisha in the
800m and we have my pick for the best night of athletics at the Games.
Friday 10th August Cycling - BMX Men's and Women's Finals - 3pm to 5pm
Super cool, super fast, super big falls, and a British favourite. BMX was a welcome and fun addition to the Olympic
schedule in 2008. Favourite there was Britian's Shanaze Reade until a bad corner in the final saw her take a lunge
and a fall. She looked imperious at the test event on the Olympic course last summer and will be hoping to round off a
successful two weeks for the British cycling squad.
Hockey - Women's Final - 8pm to 10pm
This match should feature two out of Australia, Argentina and Great Britian. All have contrasting styles and bring the
best out in each other. Victory may come down to who has the legs left after two weeks of hard competition.
Taekwondo - Women's -67kg - 8pm to 10.10pm
Sarah Stevenson won bronze four years ago having gone through the turmoil of having a head-shot missed causing
her to lose the bout, and then the descision overturned just five minutes before her semi-final. Last year she won
World Championship gold just a couple of months after her father passed away, and then had to deal with the death of
her mother later that summer.
Saturday 11th August Football - Men's Final - 3pm to 4.45pm
For the first time in 52 years, GB is putting up a united team - of English and Welshmen. My guess is that we'll
discover our Olympic experience is just like any other major tournament; cynicism right up to the point we all start to
believe we might win it... and then crushing defeat at the hands of a superior nation. At what stage it will happen in the
Olympics I'm not sure but Spain and Brazil come bristling with talent.
Athletics - inc. Men's 5,000m - 7pm to 9.20pm
Depending on the result of the 10,000m Mo Farah will either have the chance to redeem himself or to join the ranks of
elite long-distance runners who have won the 5k & 10k double at an Olympics. Add in the ever popular relays and the
atmosphere will be electric.
Diving - Men's 10m - 8.30pm to 9.45pm
Ten days after he went in the synchro Tom Daley is back to take the battle to the Chinese. Anything less than a
bronze will be a failure, but there's a Chinese wall between him and gold.
Sunday 12th August Boxing - Men's Finals - 1.30pm to 3.45pm
As the boxing competition draws to close, British expectations will be at fever pitch. The pressure is on for the young
talented British squad, but a noisy home-crowd may help sway the judges in their favour.
Modern Pentathlon - Women's - 2.35pm to 6.20pm
The last medal to be won before the closing ceremony will be in the strangest of Olympic sports, the modern
pentathlon. With running and shooting newly combined into a single race the final will be tense and unpredictable.
Team GB includes the current world gold and bronze medallists, so chances are good for a final flourish.
Basketball - Men's Final - 3pm to 5pm
Four years ago USA dominated their opposition right up until the Olympic final, where a resurgent Spain took them
down to the wire. For the second most popular sport in the world, this final will be a fitting climax to what has,
hopefully, been a fantastic Olympic Games.
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8. 8 Archery
Sometimes it's hard to know why a sport catches on somewhere. South Korea has, for no obvious historical or
cultural reason, taken Archery on as a national pastime. For the past twenty years the only question before any
major Archery championships has been "Will any of the gold medals not be won by South Korea?" An
impressive tally of 34/44 World Championship and 12/20 Olympic gold medals have gone their way since 1990,
but there is some reason to suspect that the Koreans will not have it all their own way this summer. Although the
men still seem dominant (despite the best efforts of reigning Olympic Champion Victor Ruban (UKR) and the
American Brady Ellison), their women have slipped from previous superiority. With no Korean women getting
through to the individual semi-finals in either last year's World Championships or World Cup Final, they can at
best be said to be on an even keel with archers from countries such as India, China and Italy as well as
individuals such as reigning World Champion Denisse van Lamoen from Chile. Anyone who sees themselves
drawn against the Koreans will still feel a pang of dread, particularly if that Korean is the world record holder and
legally-blind Im Dong-Hyun (who likes to shoot without corrective eyewear despite having 20/200 vision); but
under the pressure of the crowd at Lord's, and with only 15 arrows per match, the medals are firmly up for grabs
by anyone who has the bottle to take them.
Archery has long been one of Britain's 'nearly' sports; a bronze for Simon Terry and the men's team in
Barcelona, a bronze for Allison Williamson in Athens, and a bronze for the women's team in the 2007 World
Championships. With a relatively small worldwide participation base, it was hoped that an input of funding in the
run up to 2012 would see the team progress to a level where they could challenge for gold medals. Focusing on
veteran archers with Olympic experience, Terry, Larry Godfrey, Alan Wills, and Williamson, Naomi Folkard and
Amy Oliver were seen as a talented team with real medal potential. Sadly, since 2007 Britain's archers have
repeatedly failed to deliver any medals in major championships. Most disappointingly, a full strength squad
picked up only 2 silvers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Despite this, UK Sport have significantly increased
their funding in the run up to the Olympic Games, which may well pay off. The women's team are probably our
best chance, but if any of the archers can channel the home crowd into points rather than nerves then it won't be
a surprise to see a British tracksuit climbing onto the podium.
Men's Individual
2008 Olympics 2009 World Championships
1 Victor Ruban UKR 1 Lee Chang-Hwan KOR
2 Park Kyung-Mo KOR 2 Im Dong-Hyun KOR
3 Bair Badenov RUS 3 Victor Ruban UKR
4 Juan Rene Serrano MEX 4 Oh Jin Hyek KOR
5= Juan Carlos Stevens CUB 5= Mangal Singh Champia IND
5= Ryuichi Moriya JAP 5= Romaine Girouille FRA
5= Victor Wunderle USA 5= Dmytro Hrachov UKR
5= Chu Sian Cheng MAS 5= Wenyuan Chen CHN
2011 World Championships World Ranking Points
1 Kim Woo-Jin KOR 1 Brady Ellison USA 313
2 Oh Jin Hyek KOR 2 Im Dong-Hyjn KOR 261
3 Brady Ellison USA 3 Kim Woojin KOR 246
4 Im Dong-Hyun KOR 4 Dmytro Hrachov UKR 234
5= Jason Lyon CAN 5 Khairul Anuar Mohamad MAS 206
5= Jeff Henckels LUX 6 Oh Jin-Hyek KOR 192
5= Baard Nesteng NOR 7 Joe Fanchin USA 187
5= Laurence Godfrey GBR 8 Markiyan Ivashko UKR 181
9 Laurence Godfrey GBR 179
2011 World Cup Final 10 Gael Prevost FRA 171
1 Brady Ellison USA 11 Romain Girouille FRA 146
2 Dai Xiaoxiang CHN 12 Pedro Vivas Alcaca MEX 138
3 Dmytro Hrachov UKR 13 Cheng Chu Sian MAS 136
4 Gael Prevost FRA 14 Luis Alvarez MEX 133
5= Joe Fanchin USA 15 Jayanta Talukdar IND 131
5= Pedro Vivas Alcala MEX 16 Elias Malave VEN 131
5= Oh Jin Hyek KOR 17 Tarundeep Rai IND 128
5= Yaglz Yilmaz TUR 18 M. V. Teymoorlooei IRI 127
19 Xing Yu CHN 127
20 Viktor Ruban UKR 126
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9. 9 Archery
Men's Team
2008 Olympics
1 South Korea Im D-H, Lee C-H, Park K-M
2 Italy Di Buo' I, Galiazzo M, Nespoli M
3 China Jiang L, Li W, Xue H F
4 Ukraine Ivashko M, Ruban V, Serdyuk O
5= Poland Dobrowolski R, Piatek P, Proc J
5= Malaysia Cheng C S, Khalmizam W, Marbawi M
5= Taiwan Chen S Y, Kuo C W, Wang C P
5= Russia Abramov A, Badenov B, Tsyrempilov B World Ranking Points
1 United States 428
2009 World Championships 2 France 360
1 South Korea Im D-H, Lee C-H, Oh J H 3 South Korea 346
2 France Aubert T, Girouille R, Valladont J-C 4 India 326
3 Japan Kikuchi H, Yamamoto H, Yoshinaga H 5 Great Britain 299
4 China Chen W, Xing Y, Xue H F 6 China 298
5= United States Ellison B, Johnson R, Wunderle V 7 Ukraine 277
5= Taiwan Kuo C W, Sung C C, Wang C P 8 Italy 275
5= India Banerjee R, Champia M S, Talukdar J 9 Japan 259
5= Russia Badenov B, Borodin A, Tsyrempilov B 10 Taiwan 248
11 Malaysia 241
2011 World Championships 14 Mexico 201
1 South Korea Im D-H, Kim W-J, Oh J-H
2 France Girouille R, Valladont J-C, Prevost G
3 Italy Frangilli M, Nespoli M, Galiazzo M
4 Mexico Serrano, Vivas Alcala, Velez Sanchez
5= Ukraine Ruban V, Hrachov D, Ivashko M
5= Great Britain Terry S, Wills, A, Godfrey L
5= China Chen W, Xing Y, Dai X
5= United States Ellison B, Fanchin J, Wukie J
Women's Individual
2008 Olympics 2009 World Championships
1 Zhang Juan Juan CHN 1 Joo Hyun-Jung KOR
2 Park Sung-Hyun KOR 2 Kwak Ye Ji KOR
3 Yun Ok-Hee KOR 3 Natalia Sanchez COL
4 Kwon Un Sil PRK 4 Karina Lipiarska POL
5= Khatuna Lorig USA 5= Elena Kuznetsova BLR
5= Nami Hayakawa JPN 5= Yun Ok-Hee KOR
5= Joo Hyun-Jung KOR 5= Carina Christiansen DEN
5= Mariana Avitia MEX 5= Miki Kanie JPN
2011 World Championships World Ranking Points
1 Denisse Van Lamoen CHI 1 Deepka Kumari IND 254
2 Kristine Esebua GEO 2 Ki Bo Bae KOR 240
3 Fang Yuting CHN 3 Fang Yuting CHN 219
4 Berengere Schuh FRA 4 Jung Dasomi KOR 210
5= Han Gyeong-Hee KOR 5 Alejandra Valencia MEX 199
5= Jung Dasomi KOR 6 Cheng Ming CHN 194
5= Katsiaryna Timofeyeva BLR 7 Berengere Schuh FRA 178
5= Khatuna Narimanidze GEO 8 Miranda Leek USA 172
9 Denisse Van Lamoen CHI 169
2011 World Cup Final 10 Ksenia Perova RUS 158
1 Cheng Ming CHN 11 Han Gyeonghee KOR 154
2 Deepka Kumari IND 12 Inna Stepanova RUS 149
3 Berengere Schuh FRA 13 Naomi Folkard GBR 143
4 Jung Dasomi JPN 14 Jennifer Nichols USA 143
5= Alejandra Valencia MEX 15 Ren Hayakawa JPN 143
5= Inna Stepanova RUS 16 Aida Roman MEX 140
5= Han Gyeong-Hee KOR 17 Kristine Esebue GEO 133
5= Natalia Nasaridze TUR 18 Xu Jing CHN 131
19 Justyna Mospinek POL 129
20 Maja Buskbjerg Jager DEN 121
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10. 10 Archery
Women's Team
2008 Olympics
1 South Korea Joo H-J, Park S-H, Jun O-H
2 China Chen L, Guo D, Zhang J J
3 France Arnold V, Dodemont S, Schuh B
4 Great Britain Burgess C, Folkard N, Williamson A
5= Italy Lionetti P C, Tonetta E, Valeeva N
5= Poland Cwienczek M, Marcinkiewicz I, Mospinek J
5= India Banerjee D, Devi L B, Vardhineni P
5= Japan Hayakawa N, Hayashi Y, Kitabatake S World Ranking Points
1 South Korea 415
2009 World Championships 2 India 375
1 South Korea Joo H-J, Kwak Y J, Yun O-H 3 Ukraine 318
2 Japan Kanie M, Matsunaga A, Matsushita S 4 China 310
3 Russia Boroday T, Erdyniyeva N, Segina T 5 Mexico 290
4 Belarus Kuznetsova E, Marusava H, Timofeyeva K 6 Italy 287
5= Italy Lionetti P C, Tonetta E, Valeeva N 7 Russia 285
5= Poland Cwienczek M, Lipiarska K, Mospinek J 8 Taiwan 276
5= Georgia Diasamidze A, Esebua K, Narimanidze K 9 United States 275
5= France Delamare C, Dodemont S, Schuh B 11 Japan 225
15 Denmark 175
2011 World Championships 17 Great Britain 164
1 Italy Tomasi J, Sartori G, Valeeva N
2 India Devi L B, Swuro C, Kumari D
3 South Korea Ki B-B, Han G, Jung D
4 China Zhu S, Fang Y, Xu J
5= Ukraine Koval V, Mylchenko N, Sichenikova L
5= Taiwan Yuan S C, Le C-Y, Lin C-E
5= Russia Erdyniyeva N, Stepanova I, Perova K
5= Denmark Christiansen C R, Jager M B, Laursen L
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11. 11 Men's Athletics
Think Athletics, think Olympics, think Jamaica, think Puma - think Usain Bolt. It is hard to recall another example of where one
man’s achievements and charisma has done so much to change the fortunes of a sport. At the start of 2008 athletics was in a very
unhealthy state: years of drug scandals (encompassing three of the past four men’s 100m champions), declining audiences at
international meets and general media apathy meant there was little enthusiasm for what was about to be seen in the Bird’s Nest
Stadium. Then, at the end of May, an unheralded 21 year old Jamaican ran 9.72 seconds in the 100m at a small meeting in New
York, becoming the fastest man in history. The media started to pay attention; it turned out this kid was not only fast, but also
attractive, charismatic and, consensus had it, probably clean. The story of that year’s Olympics was written and Bolt went on to break
his own world record in the 100m, break Michael Johnson’s ‘unbeatable’ record in the 200m, and take another gold and world record
in the 4x100m - all whilst playing to the crowd, striking a pose and smiling at the cameras. A legend was born and interest in athletics
has rocketed ever since.
In the London Olympic stadium the men’s sprints will, as always, be the centre of attention. The prospect in London is not just for a
repeat performance from the fastest man in history, but also a real challenge from Bolt’s 22 year old training partner, Yohan Blake.
Although he's not made many headlines (yet), Blake took last year’s World Championships in the 100m, albeit after Bolt had been
disqualified. He finished 2011 by running 19.26 in the 200m, the second fastest time ever and faster than Bolt ran in Beijing. Blake
then spent 2012 quietly training in Jamaica before turning up at the Jamaican Olympic trials and beating Usain Bolt in the 100m and
200m. The timing may be wrong in London but with both sprinters still young, two previously unthinkable barriers beckon - a sub-9.5
second 100m and a sub-19 second 200m. It should also not be forgotten that in London we have the second and third fastest men in
history, Tyson Gay (USA) and Asafa Powell (JAM), and the returning 2004 Olympic 100m champion Justin Gatlin (USA). They all are
capable of running below 9.8 seconds and such a strong line-up should make for one of the greatest Olympic moments of all time.
The men’s hurdles are also gearing up to provide top entertainment. The 2004 110m hurdles champion Liu Xiang, who broke his
nation’s heart after pulling out of the 2008 Olympics injured, is right back on form. He has looked electric this season but faces the
best crop of hurdlers in years. Americans Aries Merritt and Jason Richardson have both run below 13 seconds this year and don’t
count out 21 year old European Champion Sergey Shubenkov from Russia or Dayron Robles, the softly spoken Cuban who has
struggled with injury since the last Olympics but has shown flashes of brilliance suggesting he could return to his Olympic gold and
world record form. The 400m hurdles involves one of GB’s reigning world champions, Dai Green. Form says that Dai will be way off
pace, with the likes of Javier Culson (PUR) and Bershawn Jackson (USA) posting times well under Green’s best this year, but that
was also true at last year’s World Championships. The 400m hurdles punishes anyone running too hard and if Green shows the right
race-craft then a medal is within his reach.
The traditional climax to major athletics championships are the relays. The 4x100m will come down to a shoot out between Jamaica
and USA and, with both countries putting up four sub 9.9 second runners, a world record may well be needed to win it. In the 4x400m
USA should have the class to take gold but they have been challenged in recent championships. The Bahamas and Jamaica are in
with a shot but you can expect all attention to be on South Africa, who came within half a second of the American’s at last year’s
World Championships and where Oscar Pistorius, if selected, is set to become the first amputee runner to race in the Olympics.
Great Britain, despite lacking any standout male sprinters, should have the consistency to chase bronze.
The men’s middle-distance races look ripe for two fantastic head-to-heads. In the 800m David Rudisha (KEN), who in 2010 broke
Wilson Kipketer’s 13 year old world record (Lord Seb Coe is still the third fastest man in history over 800m), will go up against the raw
talent of Sudan’s Abubaker Kaki. In the 1500m the battle is between two Kenyans, Silas Kiplagat and Asbel Kiprop, who have
spent the past two years exchanging victories.
In the long-distance races all eyes will be on Britain’s Mo Farah. The Somali-born runner from south-west London took a jump-step in
his development when he moved to Portland, Oregon and started training under Cuban Alberto Salazar with his friend Galen Rupp
(USA). At the World Championships last year he narrowly lost the 10,000m, finishing second, but bounced back with victory in the
5,000m. He will probably be attempting the double again in London. He will start favourite in both races, though he hasn’t run a 10k
this year. Mo’s strength is his kick in the last 600m but he will need to get his tactics right; American’s Galen Rupp and Bernhard
Lagat both sport ferocious last laps but the big unknown comes from the Ethiopian and Kenyan runners. Foremost amongst these is
double world record holder and Olympic champion Keninesa Bekele. Bekele is moving towards the twilight of his career and, as of
the start of July, he is out of form and struggling with injuries. But - as we saw last year when he dropped out of the 10,000m final at
the World Championships and then set the fastest time of the year two weeks later – he has the potential to spoil Mo Farah’s party.
The men’s jumps are going through a weak patch at the moment with nobody close to world record standards. On the bright side, this
means that Great Britain have medal potential in each discipline. Philips Idowu has been a stalwart of the British team and is a
former eorld and European champion and Olympic medallist; however, he's been thwarted before by competitiors pulling off the jump
of a lifetime and so the triple jump is likely to come down to who can produce that one big jump when it counts. In the long jump GB’s
Greg Rutherford has posted the longest jump in the world this year. Unfortunately for him there are ten men who have jumped within
10cm and another ten men capable of it. In the high jump it is Robbie Grabarz, this year’s break-through athlete for GB, who will be
targeting a medal and should have the goods to be involved at the final shake up.
The throws continue to rebuild themselves in a newer cleaner era. Paramount to this is the young German shot putter, David Storl,
who turns 22 on the day of the opening ceremony. The former decathlete became the youngest ever shot put world champion last
year and is helping to bring Germany back to athletics after years of self-recrimination over the abuses conducted by the East German
regime. The imposing Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) will be going for a third successive gold in the javelin, but he has had no form
since being upset in last year's World Championship final and it is Vitezslav Vesely (CZE) that leads an open and international field.
Meanwhile, British throwing may have found a future star in the 6'5" frame of Lawrence Okoye. Despite only switching from rugby to
discus last year, Okoye has set a new British record and is ranked fourth in the world. Although inexperience may count against him,
international success is surely on the horizon if he can balance training with the Oxford law degree he starts in October .
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12. 12 Men's Athletics
Men's 100m
World Record: 9.58s Usain Bolt JAM 16 August 2009
Olympic Record: 9.69s Usain Bolt JAM 16 August 2008
2008 Olympics 2011 World Leading
1 Usain Bolt JAM 9.69 1 Usain Bolt JAM 9.76
2 Richard Thompson TRI 9.89 2 Asafa Powell JAM 9.78
3 Walter Dix USA 9.91 3 Tyson Gay USA 9.79
4 Churandy Martina AHO 9.93 4 Steve Mullings JAM 9.80
5 Asafa Powell JAM 9.95 5 Yohan Blake JAM 9.82
6 Michael Frater JAM 9.97 6 Mike Rodgers USA 9.85
7 Marc Burns TRI 10.01 7 Richard Thompson TRI 9.85
8 Darvis Patton USA 10.03 8 Michael Frater JAM 9.88
2011 World Championships 2012 World Leading
1 Yohan Blake JAM 9.92 1 Yohan Blake JAM 9.75
2 Walter Dix USA 10.08 2 Usain Bolt JAM 9.76
3 Kim Collins SKN 10.09 3 Justin Gatlin USA 9.80
4 Christophe Lemaitre FRA 10.19 4 Asafa Powell JAM 9.85
5 Daniel Bailey ANT 10.26 5 Keston Bledman TRI 9.86
6 Jimmy Vicaut FRA 10.27 6 Tyson Gay USA 9.86
7 Nesta Carter JAM 10.95 7 Nickel Ashmeade JAM 9.93
8 Usain Bolt JAM DSQ 8 Ryan Bailey USA 9.93
Men's 200m
World Record: 19.19s Usain Bolt JAM 20 August 2009
Olympic Record: 19.30s Usain Bolt JAM 20 August 2008
2008 Olympics 2011 World Leading
1 Usain Bolt JAM 19.30 1 Yohan Blake JAM 19.26
2 Shawn Crawford USA 19.96 2 Usain Bolt JAM 19.40
3 Walter Dix USA 19.98 3 Walter Dix USA 19.53
4 Brian Dzingai ZIM 20.22 4 Christophe Lemaitre FRA 19.80
5 Christian Malcolm GBR 20.40 5 Nickel Ashmeade JAM 19.91
6 Kim Collins SKN 20.59 6 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure NOR 19.95
DSQ Churandy Martina AHO 19.82 7 Rakieem Salaam USA 20.05
DSQ Wallace Spearmon USA 19.95 8 Steve Mullings JAM 20.11
2011 World Championships 2012 World Leading
1 Usain Bolt JAM 19.40 1 Yohan Blake JAM 19.80
2 Walter Dix USA 19.70 2 Usain Bolt JAM 19.83
3 Christophe Lemaitre FRA 19.80 3 Churandy Martina NED 19.94
4 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure NOR 19.95 4 Nickel Ashmeade JAM 19.94
5 Nickel Ashmeade JAM 20.29 5 Wallace Spearmon USA 19.95
6 Bruno de Barros BRA 20.31 6 Warren Weir JAM 19.99
7 Rondell Sorrillo TRI 20.34 7 Walter Dix USA 20.02
8 Alonso Edward PAN DNF 8 Harry Adams USA 20.10
Men's 400m
World Record: 43.18s Michael Johnson USA 26 August 1999
Olympic Record: 43.49s Michael Johnson USA 29 July 1996
2008 Olympics 2011 World Leading
1 LaShawn Merritt USA 43.75 1 LaShawn Merritt USA 44.35
2 Jeremy Wariner USA 44.74 2 Kirani James GRN 44.36
3 David Neville USA 44.80 3 Rondell Bartholomew GRN 44.65
4 Chris Brown BAH 44.84 4 Tony McQuay USA 44.68
5 Leslie Djhone FRA 45.11 5 Jermaine Gonzales JAM 44.69
6 Martyn Rooney GBR 45.12 6 Kevin Borlee BEL 44.74
7 Renny Quow TRI 45.22 7 Demetrius Pinder BAH 44.78
8 Johan Wissman SWE 45.39 8 Jonathon Borlee BEL 44.78
2011 World Championships 2012 World Leading
1 Kirani James GRN 44.60 1 LaShawn Merritt USA 44.12
2 LaShawn Merritt USA 44.63 2 Luguelin Santos DOM 44.45
3 Kevin Borlee BEL 44.90 3 Tony McQuay USA 44,49
4 Jermaine Gonzales JAM 44.99 4 Kevin Borlee BEL 44,56
5 Jonathon Borlee BEL 45.07 5 Kirani James GRN 44.72
6 Rondell Bartholomew GRN 45.45 6 Michael Berry USA 44.75
7 Tabaire Henry USV 45.55 7 Demetrius Pinder BAH 44.77
8 Femi Seun Ogunode QAT 45.55 8 Bryshon Nellum USA 44.80
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13. 13 Men's Athletics
Men's 110m Hurdles
World Record: 12.87s Dayron Robles CUB 12 June 2008
Olympic Record: 12.91s Liu Xiang CHN 27 August 2004
2008 Olympics 2011 World Leading
1 Dayron Robles CUB 12.93 1 David Oliver USA 12.94
2 David Payne USA 13.17 2 Liu Xiang CHN 13.00
3 David Oliver USA 13.18 3 Dayron Robles CUB 13.00
4 Ladji Doucoure FRA 13.24 4 Jason Richardson USA 13.04
5 Artur Noga POL 13.36 5 Aries Merritt USA 13.12
6 Maurice Wignall JAM 13.46 6 Dwight Thomas JAM 13.15
7 Richard Phillips JAM 13.60 7 Terrence Trammell USA 13.16
8 Jackson Quinonez ESP 13.69 8 Joel Brown USA 13.20
2011 World Championships 2012 World Leading
1 Jason Richardson USA 13.16 1 Aries Merritt USA 12.93
2 Liu Xiang CHN 13.27 2 Liu Xiang CHN 12.97
3 Andy Turner GBR 13.44 3 Jason Richardson USA 12.98
4 David Oliver USA 13.44 4 Jeff Porter USA 13.08
5 Aries Merritt USA 13.67 5 Orlando Ortega CUB 13.09
6 William Sharman GBR 13.67 6 Sergey Shubenkov RUS 13.09
7 Dwight Thomas JAM DNF 7 David Oliver USA 13.13
8 Dayron Robles CUB DSQ 8 Dexter Faulk USA 13.13
Men's 400m Hurdles
World Record: 46.78s Kevin Young USA 06 August 1992
Olympic Record: 46.78s Kevin Young USA 06 August 1992
2008 Olympics 2011 World Leading
1 Angelo Taylor USA 47.25 1 L.J van Zyl RSA 47.66
2 Kerron Clement USA 47.98 2 Jeshua Anderson USA 47.93
3 Bershawn Jackson USA 48.06 3 Bershawn Jackson USA 47.93
4 Danny McFarlane JAM 48.30 4 Angelo Taylor USA 47.94
5 L.J van Zyl RSA 48.42 5 Cornel Fredericks RSA 47.94
6 Marek Plawgo POL 48.52 6 Dai Greene GBR 48.14
7 Markino Buckley JAM 49.60 7 Javier Culson PUR 48.32
8 Periklis Iakovakis GRE 49.96 8 Michael Tinsley USA 48.45
2011 World Championships 2012 World Leading
1 Dai Greene GBR 48.26 1 Javier Culson PUR 47.78
2 Javier Culson PUR 48.44 2 Dai Greene GBR 47.84
3 L.J van Zyl RSA 48.80 3 Bershawn Jackson USA 48.20
4 Felix Sanchez DOM 48.87 4 Michael Tinsley USA 48.33
5 Cornel Fredericks RSA 49.12 5 Takayuki Kiskimoto JPN 48.41
6 Bershawn Jackson USA 49.24 6 Felix Sanchez DOM 48.56
7 Angelo Taylor USA 49.31 7 Angelo Taylor USA 48.57
8 Alexsandr Derevyagin RUS 49.32 8 Jehue Gordon TRI 48.78
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14. 14 Men's Athletics
Men's 4x100m relay
JAM (N Carter, M Frater,
World Record: 37.04s 26 August 2010
Y Blake, U Bolt)
JAM (N Carter, M Frater,
Olympic Record: 37.10s 22 August 2008
U Bolt, A Powell)
2008 Olympics 2011 World Championships
Nesta Carter Nesta Carter
Michael Frater Michael Frater
1 Jamaica 37.10 1 Jamaica 37.04
Usain Bolt Yohan Blake
Asafa Powell Usain Bolt
Keston Bledman Teddy Tinmar
Trinidad
Marc Burns Christophe Lemaitre
2 & 38.06 2 France 38.20
Emmanuel Callender Tobago Yannick Lesourd
Richard Thompson Jimmy Vicault
Naoki Tsukahara Jason Rogers
Saint
Shingo Suetsugu Kim Collins
3 Japan 38.15 3 Kitts & 38.49
Shinji Takahara Antoine Adams
Nevis
Nobuhara Asahara Brijesh Lawrence
Vincente Lima Pawel Stempel
Sandro Viana Dariusz Kuc
4 Brazil 38.24 4 Poland 38.50
Brunno de Baros Robert Kubaczyk
Jose Carlos Kamil Krynski
Tobias Unger Simone Collio
Till Helmke Emanuele Di Gregorio
5 Germany 38.58 5 Italy 38.96
Alexander Kosenkow Fabio Cerutti
Martin Keller Michael Tumi
Hank Palmer Keston Bledman
Trinidad
Anson Henry Marc Burns
6 Canada 38.66 6 & 39.01
Jared Connaughton Aaron Armstrong Tobago
Pierre Browne Richard Thompson
Maarten Heisen Trell Kimmons
Guus Hoogmoed Justin Gatlin United
7 Holland 45.81 7 DNF
Patrik van Luijik Darvis Patton States
Caimin Douglas Walter Dix
Wen Yongyi Christian Malcolm
Zhang Peimang Craig Pickering Great
8 China DSQ 8 DNF
Lu Bin Marlon Devonish Britain
Hu Kai Harry Aikines-Aryeetey
Combined 2011/12 Individual Best Times
Yohan Blake 9.75
Usain Bolt 9.76
1 Jamaica 39.09
Asafa Powell 9.78
Steve Mullings 9.80
Tyson Gay 9.79
Justin Gatlin United 9.80
2 39.37
Mike Rodgers States 9.85
Ryan Bailey 9.93
Richard Thompson 9.85
Trinidad
Keston Bledman 9.86
3 & 39.80
Rondell Sorrillo Tobago 10.03
Marc Burns 10.06
Dwain Chambers 10.01
Adam Gemili Great 10.08
4 40.33
James Dasaolu Britain 10.11
Harry Aikines-Areetey 10.13
Christophe Lemaitre 9.92
Jimmy Vicaut 10.07
5 France 40.40
Martial Mbandjock 10.13
Emmanuel Biron 10.28
Kim Collins 10.00
Saint
Antoine Adams 10.10
6 Kitts & 40.46
Brijesh Lawrence 10.12
Nevis
Jason Rogers 10.24
Simon Magakwe 10.06
Roscoe Engel South 10.19
7 40.64
Thuso Mpuang Africa 10.16
Hannes Dreyer 10.23
Ryota Yamagata 10.08
Masashi Eriguchi 10.14
8 Japan 40.65
Yusuke Kotani 10.21
Soto Kawatsura 10.22
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15. 15 Men's Athletics
Men's 4x400m relay
USA (A Valmon, Q Watts, B
World Record: 2:54.29 Reynolds, M Johnson)
22 September 1993
USA (L Merritt, A Taylor, D
Olympic Record: 2:55.39 Neville, J Wariner)
23 August 2008
2008 Olympics 2011 World Championships
LaShawn Merritt Greg Nixon
Angelo Taylor United Bershawn Jackson United
1 2:55.39 1 2:59.31
David Neville States Angelo Taylor States
Jeremy Wariner LaShawn Merritt
Andretti Bain Shane Victor
Michael Mathieu Ofentse Mogawane South
2 Bahamas 2:58.03 2 2:59.87
Andrae Williams Willem de Beer Africa
Chris Brown L.J van Zyl
Maksim Dyldin Allodin Fothergill
Vladislav Frolov Jermaine Gonzales
3 Russia 2:58.06 3 Jamaica 3:00.10
Anton Kokorin Riker Hylton
Denis Alexeev Leford Green
Andrew Steele Maksim Dyldin
Robert Tobin Great Konstantin Svechkar
4 2:58.81 4 Russia 3:00.22
Michael Bingham Britain Pavel Trenikhin
Martyn Rooney Denis Alekseyev
Kevin Borlee Jonathon Borlee
Jonathon Borlee Antoine Gillet
5 Belgium 2:59.37 5 Belgium 3:00.41
Cedric Van Branteghem Nils Duerinck
Arnaud Ghislain Kevin Borlee
Sean Wroe Vincent Kiplanget Kosgei
John Steffensen Vincent Mumo Kiilu
6 Australia 3:00.02 6 Kenya 3:01.15
Clinton Hill Anderson Mureta Mutgei
Joel Milburn Mark Mutai
Rafal Wieruszewski Richard Strachan
Piotr Klimczak Nigel Levine Great
7 Poland 3:00.32 7 3:01.16
Piotr Kedzia Christopher Clarke Britain
Marek Plawgo Martyn Rooney
Michael Blackwood Jonas Plass
Sanjay Ayre Kamghe Gaba
8 Jamaica 3:01.45 8 Germany 3:01.37
Ricardo Chambers Miguel Rigau
Lanceford Spence Thomas Schneider
Combined 2011/12 Individual Best Times
LaShawn Merritt 44.12
Tony McQuay United 44.49
1 2:58.16
Michael Berry States 44.75
Bryshon Nellum 44.80
Demetrius Pinder 44.77
Chris Brown 44.79
2 Bahamas 2:59.49
Ramon Miller 44.87
Michael Mathieu 45.06
Jermaine Gonzales 44.69
Dane Hyatt 44.83
3 Jamaica 2:59.92
Rusheen McDonald 45.10
Riker Hylton 45.30
Martyn Rooney 44.92
Conrad Williams Great 45.08
4 3:00.34
Nigel Levine Britian 45.11
Luke Lennon-Ford 45.23
Renny Quow 44.94
Trinidad
Deon Lendore 45.13
5 & 3:00.91
Lalonde Gordon Tobago 45.33
Jarrin Solomon 45.51
L.J. van Zyl 44.86
Oscar Pistorius South 45.07
6 3:00.94
Lebogang Moeng Africa 45.47
Ofentse Mogawane 45.54
Luguelin Santos 44.45
Domin-
Felix Sanchez 45.34
7 ican 3:01.18
Gustavo Cuesta Republic 45.79
Arismendy Peguero 45.6
Pako Seribe 45.41
Bafetoleng Mogami 45.46
8 Botswana 3:02.26
Isaac Makwala 45.63
Zachira Kamberuka 45.76
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16. 16 Men's Athletics
Men's 800m
World Record: 1:41.01 David Rudisha KEN 29 August 2010
Olympic Record: 1:42.58 Vebjorn Rodal NOR 31 July 1996
2008 Olympics 2011 World Leading
1 Wilfred Bungei KEN 1:44.65 1 David Rudisha KEN 1:41.33
2 Ismail Ahmed Ismail SUD 1:44.70 2 Abubaker Kaki SUD 1:42.61
3 Alfred Yego KEN 1:44.82 3 Asbel Kiprop KEN 1:42.91
4 Gary Reed CAN 1:44.94 4 Adam Kszczot POL 1:43.13
5 Yusef Saad Kamel BAH 1:44.95 5 Mohammed Aman ETH 1:43.15
6 Yeimar Lopez CUB 1:45.88 6 Nick Symmonds USA 1:43.30
7 Nabil Madi ALG 1:45.96 7 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS 1:43.37
8 Nadjim Manseur ALG 1:47.19 8 David Mutua KEN 1:43.83
2011 World Championships 2012 World Leading
1 David Rudisha KEN 1:43.91 1 David Rudisha KEN 1:41.54
2 Abubaker Kaki SUD 1:44.41 2 Nijel Amos BOT 1:43.11
3 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS 1:44.49 3 Mohammed Aman ETH 1:43.51
4 Marcin Lewandowski POL 1:44.80 4 Leonard Kosencha KEN 1:43.60
5 Nick Symmonds USA 1:45.12 5 Abubaker Kaki SUD 1:43.71
6 Adam Kszczot POL 1:45.25 6 Job Kinyor KEN 1:43.76
7 Alfred Yego KEN 1:45.83 7 Adam Kszczot POL 1:43.83
8 Mohammed Aman ETH 1:45.93 8 Nick Simmonds USA 1:43.92
Men's 1500m
World Record: 3:26.00 Hicham El Guerrouj MOR 14 July 1998
Olympic Record: 3:32.07 Noah Ngeny KEN 29 September 2000
2008 Olympics 2011 World Leading
DSQ Rashid Ramzi BRN DQ for CERA 1 Asbel Kiprop KEN 3:30.46
1 Asbel Kiprop KEN 3:33.11 2 Silas Kiplagat KEN 3:30.47
2 Nicholas Willis NZL 3:34.16 3 Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba KEN 3:30.94
3 Mehdi Baala FRA 3:34.21 4 Augustine Chepseba KEN 3:31.14
4 Juan Carlos Higuero ESP 3:34.44 5 Ilham Tanui Ozbilen TUR 3:31.37
5 Abdalaati Iguider MAR 3:44.66 6 Abdelaati Iquider MAR 3:31.60
6 Juan van Deventer RSA 3:34.77 7 Abubaker Kaki SUD 3:31.76
7 Belal Mansoor Ali BRN 3:35.23 8 Nicholas Willis NZL 3:31.79
2011 World Championships 2012 World Leading
1 Asbel Kiprop KEN 3:35.69 1 Silas Kiplagat KEN 3:29.63
2 Silas Kiplagat KEN 3:35.92 2 Asbel Kiprop KEN 3:29.78
3 Matthew Centrowitz USA 3:36.08 3 Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba KEN 3:29.90
4 Manuel Olmedo ESP 3:36.33 4 Ayanleh Souleiman DJI 3:30.31
5 Abdalaati Iguider MAR 3:36.56 5 Bethwell Birgen KEN 3:31.17
6 Mohammed Moustaoui MAR 3:36.80 6 Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH 3:31.45
7 Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH 3:36.81 7 Collins Cheboi KEN 3:32.64
8 Eduar Villaneuva VEN 3:37.31 8 Taoufik Makhloufi ALG 3:33.26
Men's 3000m Steeplechase
World Record: 7:53.63 Saif Saaeed Shaheen QAT 03 September 2004
Olympic Record: 8:05.51 Julius Kariuki KEN 30 September 1988
2008 Olympics 2011 World Leading
1 Brimin Kiprop Kipruto KEN 8:10.34 1 Brimin Kiprop Kipruto KEN 7:53.64
2 M. Mekhissi-Benabbad FRA 8:10.49 2 Ezekiel Kemboi KEN 7:55.76
3 R. Kipkemboi Mateelong KEN 8:11.01 3 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 7:57.32
4 Yacob Jarso ETH 8:13.47 4 M. Mekhissi-Benabbad FRA 8:02.09
5 Bouabdellah Tahri FRA 8:14.79 5 Bouabdellah Tahri FRA 8:05.72
6 Youcef Abdi AUS 8:16.36 6 Bernard Nganga KEN 8:05.88
7 Ezekiel Kemboi KEN 8:16.38 7 Richard Mateelong KEN 8:07.41
8 Abubaker Ali Kamal QAT 8:16.59 8 Hillary Kipsang Yego KEN 8:07.41
2011 World Championships 2012 World Leading
1 Ezekiel Kemboi KEN 8:14.85 1 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 7:54.31
2 Brimin Kiprop Kipruto KEN 8:16.05 2 Richard K. Mateelong KEN 7:56.81
3 M. Mekhissi-Benabbad FRA 8:16.09 3 Abel Kiprop Mutai KEN 8:01.67
4 Bouabdellah Tahri FRA 8:17.56 4 Brimin Kipchoge Birech KRN 8:01.73
5 Roba Gari ETH 8:18.37 5 Jairus Kipchoge Birech KEN 8:03.43
6 Jacob Araptany UGA 8:18.67 6 Roba Gari ETH 8:06.16
7 Richard Mateelong KEN 8:19.31 7 Conseslus Kipruto KEN 8:08.92
8 Ion Luchianov MDA 8:19.69 8 Brahim Taleb MAR 8:10.20
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17. 17 Men's Athletics
Men's 5000m
World Record: 12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 31 May 2004
Olympic Record: 12:57.82 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 23 August 2008
2008 Olympics 2011 World Leading
1 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 12:57.82 1 Mohammed Farah GBR 12:53.11
2 Eliud Kipchoge KEN 13:02.80 2 Bernard Lagat USA 12:53.60
3 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi KEN 13:06.22 3 Isiah Kiplangat Keoch KEN 12:54.18
4 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro UGA 13:10.56 4 Imane Merga ETH 12:54.21
5 Abreham Cherkos ETH 13:16.46 5 Vincent Kiprop Chepkok KEN 12:55.29
6 Tariku Bekele ETH 13:19.06 6 Dejen Gebremeskel ETH 12:55.89
7 Juan Luis Barrios MEX 13:19.79 7 Thomas Longosiwa KEN 12:56.08
8 James Kwalia C'Kurui QAT 13:23.48 8 Sileshi Sihine ETH 12:57.86
2011 World Championships 2012 World Leading
1 Mohammed Farah GBR 13:23.36 1 Dejen Gebremeskel ETH 12:46.81
2 Bernard Lagat USA 13:23.64 2 Hagos Gebrhiwet ETH 12:47.53
3 Dejen Gebremeskel ETH 13:23.92 3 Isiah Kiplangat Koech KEN 12:48.64
4 Isaiah Kiplangat Koech KEN 13:24.95 4 Ynew Alamirew ETH 12:48.77
5 Abera Kuma ETH 13:25.50 5 Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa KEN 12:49.04
6 Thomas Longosiwa KEN 13:26.73 6 John Kipkoech KEN 12:49.50
7 Eliud Kipchoge KEN 13:27.27 7 Tariko Bekele ETH 12:55.79
8 Bilisuma Shugi BAH 13:27.67 8 Edein Cheruiyot Soi KEN 12:55.99
Men's 10000m
World Record: 26:17.53 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 26 August 2005
Olympic Record: 27:01.17 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 17 August 2008
2008 Olympics 2011 World Leading
1 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 27:01.17 1 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 26:43.16
2 Sileshi Sihine ETH 27:02.77 2 Lucas Rotich KEN 26:43.98
3 Micah Kogo KEN 27:04.11 3 Mohammed Farah GBR 26:46.57
4 Modes Ndiema Masai KEN 27:04.11 4 Galen Rupp USA 26:48.00
5 Zersenay Tadese ERI 27:05.11 5 Imane Merga ETH 26:48.35
6 Haile Gebrelassie ETH 27:06.68 6 Josphat Bett Kipkoech KEN 26:48.99
7 Martin Irungu Mathathi KEN 27:08.25 7 Paul Tanui KEN 26:50.63
8 Ahmad Hassan Abdullah QAT 27:23.75 8 Zersenay Tadese ERI 26:51.09
2011 World Championships 2012 World Leading
1 Ibrahim Jelain ETH 27:13.81 1 Wilson Kiprop KEN 27:01.98
2 Mohammed Farah GBR 27:14.07 2 Moses Ndiema Masai KEN 27:02.25
3 Imane Merga ETH 27:19.14 3 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 27:02.25
4 Zersenay Tadese ERI 27:22.57 4 Tariku Bekele ETH 27:03.24
5 Martin Irungu Mathathi KEN 27:23.87 5 Gebregziabher Begremariam ETH 27:03.58
6 Peter Cheruiyot Kirui KEN 27:25.63 6 Seleshi Sihine ETH 27:04.48
7 Galen Rupp USA 27:26.84 7 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro UGA 27:05.50
8 Sileshi Sihine ETH 27:34.11 8 Bitan Karoki KEN 27:07.90
Men's Marathon
World Record: 2:03:59 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 28 September 2008
Olympic Record: 2:06:32 Samuel Wanjiru KEN 24 August 2008
2008 Olympics 2011 World Leading
1 Samuel Kamau Wanjiru KEN 2:06:32 1 Patrick Makau Musyoki KEN 2:03:38
2 Jaouad Gharib MOR 2:07:16 2 Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich KEN 2:03:42
3 Tsegay Kebede ETH 2:10:00 3 Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai KEN 2:04:40
4 Deride Merga ETH 2:10:21 4 Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai KEN 2:05:05
5 Martin Lel KEN 2:10:24 5 Levy Matebo Omari KEN 2:05:16
6 Viktor Rothlin SUI 2:10:35 6 Albert Kiplagat Chebet KEN 2:05:25
7 Gashaw Asfaw ETH 2:10:52 7 Wilson Kwambai Chebet KEN 2:05:27
8 Yared Asmerom ERI 2:11:11 8 Vincent Kipruto KEN 2:05:33
2011 World Championships 2012 World Leading
1 Abel Kirui KEN 2:07.38 1 Ayele Abshero ETH 2:04:23
2 Vincent Kipruto KEN 2:10.06 2 Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich KEN 2:04:44
3 Feyissa Lilesa ETH 2:10.32 3 Yemane Tsegay ETH 2:04:48
4 Abderrahime Bouramdane MOR 2:10.55 4 Dino Sefir ETH 2:04:50
5 David Barmassi Tumo KEN 2:11.29 5 Getu Feleke ETH 2:04:50
6 Eliud Kiptanui KEN 2:11.50 6 Markos Geneti ETH 2:04:54
7 Hiroyuki Horibata JPN 2:11.52 7 Jonathan Kiplimo Maiyo KEN 2:04:56
8 Ruggero Pertile ITA 2:11.57 8 Moses Cheruiyot Mosop KEN 2:05:03
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