2006 Rankings

1500m

3:56.18    Maryam Jamal        155
3:56.91	   Tatyana Tomashova   164
3:55.68	   Yuliya Chizhenko    173
3:56.43	   Yelena Soboleva     168
4:00.93	   Sarah Jamiseon      172
4:01.43	   Lidia Chojecka      163
3:59.37	   Daniela Yordanova   165
4:00.04	   Irina Lischchinksa  163
4:01.31	   Olga Yegorova       160
4:02.52	   Natalya Tobias      160
Average = 164.30cm (5'4.7)

steeple

9:20.16    Aleysa Turova       180
9:23.35	   Jeruto Kiptum       166
9:17.15	   Wioletta Janowska   176
9:21.94	   Lyubov Ivanova      169
9:22.82	   Tatyana Petrova     156
9:26.07	   Salome Chepchumba   166
9:19.51	   Dorcus Inzikuru     158
9:24.29	   Melissa Rollison    166
9:25.05	   Donna MacFarlane    176
9:30.84	   Victoria Mitchell   165
Average = 167.80cm (5'6.1)

5000m

14:30.40   Tirunesh Dibaba     160
14:24.53   Meseret Defar       155
14:40.92   Gelete Burka	       165
14:49.03   Berhane Adere       170
14:46.99   Isabella Ochichi    162
14:33.52   Ejegayehu Dibaba    160
14:35.30   Priscila Jepleting  158
14:33.84   Edith Masai	       168
14:37.44   Meselech Melkamu    158
14:39.96   Jo Pavey	       162
Average = 161.80cm (5'3.7)

10000m

30:31.42   Inga Abitova        164
30:32.36   Susanne Wigene      168
30:32.72   Lidiya Grigoryeva   168
30:35.90   Galina Bogomolova   158
30:21.67   Elvan Abeylegesse   159
30:57.90   Kayoko Fukushi      161
30:37.26   Lornah Kiplagat     166
30:38.78   Jelena Prokopcuka   168
31:27.96   Edith Masai	       168
31:29.66   Lucy Wangui	       154
Average = 163.40cm (5'4.3)


2005 Rankings

1500m

3:56.79    Maryam Jamal        155
3:59.05	   Tatyana Tomashova   164
3:59.47	   Olga Yegorova       160
3:57.76	   Natalia Yevdokimova 178
4:01.28	   Bouchra Ghezielle   156
3:58.68	   Yuliya Chizhenko    173
4:01.14	   Yelena Soboleva     168
3:59.91	   Natalia Rodriguez   164
4:00.49	   Hind Dehiba	       162
3:59.60	   Gelete Burka	       165
Average = 164.50cm (5'4.8)

steeple

9:15.04    Dorcus Inzikuru     153
9:20.49	   Yekaterina Volkova  171
9:26.95	   Jeruto Kiptum       166
9:25.09	   Wioletta Janowska   176
9:30.12	   Korine Hinds	       163
9:27.21	   Mardrea Hyman       168
9:31.44	   Salome Chepchumba   174
9:32.41	   Yelena Zadorzhnaya  157
9:30.20	   Livia Toth	       174
9:35.95	   Cristina Casandra   168    
Average = 167.00cm (5'5.7)

5000m

14:32.42   Tirunesh Dibaba     160
14:28.98   Meseret Defar       155
14:31.09   Berhane Adere       170
14:37.34   Ejegayehu Dibaba    160
14:38.97   Meselech Melkamu    158
14:37.20   Edith Masai	       168
14:43.64   Huina Xing	       166
14:43.87   Zakia Mrisho	       165
14:44.00   Priscila Jepleting  158
14:38.21   Isabella Ochichi    162
Average = 162.20cm (5'3.9)

10000m

30:15.67   Tirunesh Dibaba     160
30:25.41   Berhane Adere       170
30:18.39   Ejegayehu Dibaba    160
30:27.18   Huina Xing	       166
30:30.26   Edith Masai	       168
30:19.39   Werkenesh Kidane    158
30:33.75   Galina Bogomolova   158
30:42.75   Paula Radcliffe     173
30:55.67   Irene Kwambai       170
31:03.75   Kayoko Fukushi      161
Average = 164.4cm (5'4.7)




Men: Heights of All-Time Top 10 per Event

1500m (all-time men)

3:26.00    Hicham El Guerrouj  176       
3:26.34    Bernard Lagat       175
3:27.37    Noureddine Morceli  172 [ATFS]
3:28.12    Noah Ngeny	       182 [ATFS]
3:28.95    Fermin Cacho	       175 [ATFS]
3:28.98    Mehdi Baala	       183
3:29.02    Daniel K. Komen     175
3:29.14    Rachid Ramzi	       175
3:29.18    Vénuste Niyongabo   176 [ATFS]
3:29.29    William Chirchir    172
Average = 176.1 (5'9.3)

steeple (all-time men)

7:53.63    Saif Saeed Shaheen  177
7:55.28    Brahim Boulami      180 [ATFS]
7:55.72    Bernard Barmasai    173 [ATFS]
7:56.16    Moses Kiptanui      175 [ATFS] 
7:56.37    Paul Kipsiele Koech 168
7:57.29    Reuben Kosgei       170
7:58.10    Stephen Cherono     177
7:59.08    Wilson B. Kipketer  167 [ATFS]
8:01.69    Kipkirui Misoi      177
8:02.49    Ezekiel Kemboi      175
Average = 173.9 (5'8.5)

3000m (all-time men)

7:20.67    Daniel Komen        170 [ATFS]
7:23.09    Hicham El Guerrouj  176
7:25.02    Ali Saïdi-Sief      170 [ATFS]
7:25.09    Haile Gebrselassie  164
7:25.11    Noureddine Morceli  172
7:26.62    Mohammed Mourhit    164 [ATFS]
7:26.69    Kenenisa Bekele     160
7:27.18    Moses Kiptanui      175 [ATFS]
7:27.59    Luke Kipkosgei      175 [ATFS]
7:27.72    Eliud Kipchoge      167
Average = 169.3 (5'6.7)

5000m (all-time men)

12:37.35   Kenenisa Bekele     160
12:39.36   Haile Gebrselassie  164
12:39.74   Daniel Komen	       170 [ATFS]
12:46.53   Eliud Kipchoge      167
12:47.04   Sileshi Sihine      171
12:48.66   Issac Songok	       170
12:48.81   Stephen Cherono     177
12:49.28   Brahim Lahlafi      172 [ATFS]
12:49.71   Mohammed Mourhit    164 [ATFS]
12:49.87   Paul Tergat	       183 [ATFS]
Average = 169.8 (5'6.9)

10000m (all-time men)

26:17.53   Kenenisa Bekele     160
26:22.75   Haile Gebrselassie  164
26:27.85   Paul Tergat	       183 [ATFS]
26:30.03   Nicholas Kemboi     163
26:30.74   Abebe Dikesa	       169      
26:35.63   Micah Kogo	       170
26:36.26   Paul Koech	       170 [ATFS]
26:37.25   Zersenay Tadesse    160
26:38.08   Salah Hissou	       176 [ATFS]
26:38.76   Abdullah A. Hassan  170
Average = 168.5 (5'6.3)