The 2019

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document the best performing athletes in the

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, per the

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individual athlete ranking system. It was the first year that the IAAF used the system. Individual athletes are assigned a points score best on an average of their best recent competition performances. The performance scoring is primarily based on the time or mark of the athlete, plus additional points for their placing within the competition, and some minor modifications based on the conditions. The world rankings are updated each Wednesday. As of 31 March 2020, the number one ranked male athlete is

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with 1515 points, and the number one ranked female athlete is

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with 1528 points.

Overall rankings (top 10)

Event rankings (top 10)

IAAF World Rankings, as of 17 September 2019.

100 metres

;Men ;Women

20 km racewalking

;Men ;Women

50 km racewalking

;Men ;Women

References

;IAAF World Rankings
World Rankings
IAAF. Retrieved 2019-10-02.

External links

IAAF Scoring Tables
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Qualification for the 2020 Summer Olympics

IAAF World Rankings The World Athletics Rankings are an individual athlete ranking system for the sport of athletics, managed by World Athletics. It is used to establish the number one athlete within an athletics event and to partially determine qualification into t ...