World Rankings — Men’s Steeple

Paul Koech II was able to claim 4 No. 1s despite not winning a major gold

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1947 1949 1...... Tore Sjöstrand () 1...... Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 2...... Pentti Siltaloppi () 2...... Olle Elvland (Sweden) 3...... Olle Elvland (Sweden) 3...... Petar Šegedin (Yugoslavia) 4...... Erik Elmsäter (Sweden) 4...... Curt Stone (US) 5...... Göte Hagström (Sweden) 5...... László Jeszenszky () 6...... Sten Jönsson (Sweden) 6...... André Paris (France) 7... Aleksandr Pugachevskiy (Soviet Union) 7...... Göte Hagström (Sweden) 8...... Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 8...... Pavel Zveryev (Soviet Union) 9...... Jan-Erik Andersson© JIRO MOCHIZUKI/PHOTO (Sweden) RUN 9...... Aarne Kainlauri (Finland) 10...... Rainer Asbrandt (Sweden) 10...... Rainer Asbrandt (Sweden) 1948 1950 1...... Tore Sjöstrand (Sweden) 1...... Jindřich Roudný (Czechoslovakia) 2...... Erik Elmsäter (Sweden) 2...... Petar Šegedin (Yugoslavia) 3...... Göte Hagström (Sweden) 3...... Curt Stone (US) 4... Aleksandr Pugachevskiy (Soviet Union) 4...... Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 5...... Raphaël Pujazon (France) 5...... Erik Blomster (Finland) 6...... Alex Guyodo (France) 6...... Martin Stokken (Norway) 7...... Pentti Siltaloppi (Finland) 7...... Alex Guyodo (France) 8...... Stanislav Przhevalskiy (Soviet Union) 8...... Tore Sjöstrand (Sweden) 9...... Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 9...... Vladimir Kazantsev (Soviet Union) 10...... Aarne Kainlauri (Finland) 10...... Mikhail Saltykov (Soviet Union)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s Steeple 1951 1955 1...... Vladimir Kazantsev (Soviet Union) 1...... Jerzy Chromik (Poland) 2...... Mikhail Saltykov (Soviet Union) 2...... John Disley (Great Britain) 3...... Petar Šegedin (Yugoslavia) 3...... Eric Shirley (Great Britain) 4...... Helmut Gude (West ) 4...... Sándor Rozsnyói (Hungary) 5...... Erik Blomster (Finland) 5...... Pentti Karvonen (Finland) 6...... Božidar Đjurašković (Yugoslavia) 6...... Chris Brasher (Great Britain) 7...... Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 7...... Vasiliy Vlasenko (Soviet Union) 8...... Gunnar Tjörnebo (Sweden) 8...... Ernst Larsen (Norway) 9...... Anatoliy Savenko (Soviet Union) 9...... Vlastimil Brlica (Czechoslovakia) 10...... József Apró (Hungary) 10...... Sven Laine (Finland) 1952 1956 1...... Horace Ashenfelter (US) 1...... Chris Brasher (Great Britain) 2...... Vladimir Kazantsev (Soviet Union) 2...... Sándor Rozsnyói (Hungary) 3...... John Disley (Great Britain) 3...... Ernst Larsen (Norway) 4...... Helmut Gude (West Germany) 4...... Heinz Laufer (West Germany) 5...... Olavi Rinteenpää (Finland) 5...... Semyon Rzhishchin (Soviet Union) 6...... Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 6...... John Disley (Great Britain) 7.....Günther Hesselmann (West Germany) 7...... László Jeszenszky (Hungary) 8...... Mikhail Saltykov (Soviet Union) 8...... Olavi Rinteenpää (Finland) 9...... Gunnar Tjörnebo (Sweden) 9..... Yevgeniy Kodyaykin (Soviet Union) 10...... József Apró (Hungary) 10...... Ilkka Auer (Finland) 1953 1957 1...... Olavi Rinteenpää (Finland) 1...... Semyon Rzhishchin (Soviet Union) 2...... Petar Šegedin (Yugoslavia) 2...... Ernst Larsen (Norway) 3...... Vladimir Kazantsev (Soviet Union) 3...... Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 4...... Mikhail Saltykov (Soviet Union) 4...... Bohumír Zháňal (Czechoslovakia) 5...... Fyodor Marulin (Soviet Union) 5...... Vlastimil Brlica (Czechoslovakia) 6...... Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 6...... Ludvík Veselý (Czechoslovakia) 7...... László Jeszenszky (Hungary) 7...... Gyula Varga (Hungary) 8..... Yevgeniy Kodyaykin (Soviet Union) 8...... Heinz Laufer (West Germany) 9...... Anatoliy Savenko (Soviet Union) 9...... John Disley (Great Britain) 10...... József Apró (Hungary) 10....Sergey Ponomaryev (Soviet Union) 1954 1958 1...... Sándor Rozsnyói (Hungary) 1...... Jerzy Chromik (Poland) 2...... Olavi Rinteenpää (Finland) 2...... Semyon Rzhishchin (Soviet Union) 3...... Pentti Karvonen (Finland) 3...... Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 4...... Ernst Larsen (Norway) 4...... Hans Hüneke (West Germany) 5...... László Jeszenszky (Hungary) 5...... Hermann Buhl (East Germany) 6...... Viktor Kurchavov (Soviet Union) 6...... Phil Coleman (US) 7...... Fyodor Marulin (Soviet Union) 7...... Sergey Ponomaryev (Soviet Union) 8..... Yevgeniy Kodyaykin (Soviet Union) 8...... Gyula Varga (Hungary) 9...... Vlastimil Brlica (Czechoslovakia) 9...... Vlastimil Brlica (Czechoslovakia) 10...... Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 10...... Gerhart Hecker (Hungary)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s Steeple 1959 1963 1...... Semyon Rzhishchin (Soviet Union) 1...... () 2...... Nikolay Sokolov (Soviet Union) 2...... Eduard Osipov (Soviet Union) 3...... Hermann Buhl (East Germany) 3...... József Mácsár (Hungary) 4...... Bohumír Zháňal (Czechoslovakia) 4...... Maurice Herriott (Great Britain) 5...... Gennadiy Ryepin (Soviet Union) 5...... Nikolay Sokolov (Soviet Union) 6...... Sergey Ponomaryev (Soviet Union) 6...... Slavko Špan (Yugoslavia) 7.... Vladimir Yevdokimov (Soviet Union) 7...... Bengt Persson (Sweden) 8...... Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 8...... Matvey Dmitriyev (Soviet Union) 9...... Friedrich Janke (East Germany) 9...... Lazar Naroditskiy (Soviet Union) 10...... Gerhart Hecker (Hungary) 10...... Kestutis Orentas (Soviet Union) 1960 1964 1...... Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 1...... Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 2...... Nikolay Sokolov (Soviet Union) 2...... Maurice Herriott (Great Britain) 3...... Semyon Rzhishchin (Soviet Union) 3...... Ivan Belyayev (Soviet Union) 4...... Hermann Buhl (East Germany) 4.... Adolfas Aleksiejunas (Soviet Union) 5.... Vladimir Yevdokimov (Soviet Union) 5...... Manuel de Oliveira (Portugal) 6...... Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 6...... George Young (US) 7...... Gunnar Tjörnebo (Sweden) 7...... Guy Texereau (France) 8...... Jerzy Chromik (Poland) 8...... Lars-Erik Gustafsson (Sweden) 9...... Georgios Papavasiliou () 9...... Lazar Naroditskiy (Soviet Union) 10...... Ludwig Müller (West Germany) 10...... Slavko Špan (Yugoslavia) 1961 1965 1...... Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 1...... Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 2...... Hermann Buhl (East Germany) 2...... Viktor Kudinskiy (Soviet Union) 3...... Nikolay Sokolov (Soviet Union) 3.... Adolfas Aleksiejunas (Soviet Union) 4...... Grigoriy Taran (Soviet Union) 4...... Aleksandr Morozov (Soviet Union) 5...... Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 5...... Maurice Herriott (Great Britain) 6...... Attila Simon (Hungary) 6...... Zoltan Vamos (Romania) 7...... József Mácsár (Hungary) 7...... Bengt Persson (Sweden) 8.... Vladimir Yevdokimov (Soviet Union) 8...... Ivan Belyayev (Soviet Union) 9...... George Young (US) 9...... Jouko Kuha (Finland) 10...... Lazar Naroditskiy (Soviet Union) 10...... Victor Caramihai (Romania) 1962 1966 1...... Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 1...... Viktor Kudinskiy (Soviet Union) 2...... Zoltan Vamos (Romania) 2...... Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 3...... Nikolay Sokolov (Soviet Union) 3...... Anatoliy Kuryan (Soviet Union) 4...... Hermann Buhl (East Germany) 4...... Peter Welsh (New Zealand) 5.... Vladimir Yevdokimov (Soviet Union) 5...... Kerry O’Brien () 6...... Aleksey Konov (Soviet Union) 6...... Guy Texereau (France) 7...... George Young (US) 7...... Manfred Letzerich (West Germany) 8...... Eduard Osipov (Soviet Union) 8...... Dieter Hartmann (East Germany) 9...... Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 9...... Benjamin Kogo () 10...... (Australia) 10...... Zoltan Vamos (Romania)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s Steeple 1967 1971 1...... Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 1...... Jean-Paul Villain (France) 2...... Benjamin Kogo (Kenya) 2...... Dušan Moravčík (Czechoslovakia) 3...... Viktor Kudinskiy (Soviet Union) 3...... Pavel Sisoyev (Soviet Union) 4...... Anatoliy Kuryan (Soviet Union) 4...... Romualdas Bite (Soviet Union) 5...... Jouko Kuha (Finland) 5...... Kerry O’Brien (Australia) 6...... Pat Traynor (US) 6...... Mikko Ala-Leppilampi (Finland) 7...... Guy Texereau (France) 7...... Kazimierz Maranda (Poland) 8...... Manfred Letzerich (West Germany) 8...... Georgi Tikhov (Bulgaria) 9...... István Jóni (Hungary) 9...... Anders Gärderud (Sweden) 10...... Maurice Herriott (Great Britain) 10...... Sverre Sørnes (Norway) 1968 1972 1...... (Kenya) 1...... Kip Keino (Kenya) 2...... Viktor Kudinskiy (Soviet Union) 2...... (Kenya) 3...... Lazar Naroditskiy (Soviet Union) 3...... Tapio Kantanen (Finland) 4...... George Young (US) 4...... Anders Gärderud (Sweden) 5...... Benjamin Kogo (Kenya) 5...... Bronisław Malinowski (Poland) 6...... Kerry O’Brien (Australia) 6...... Dušan Moravčík (Czechoslovakia) 7...... Aleksandr Morozov (Soviet Union) 7...... Amos Biwott (Kenya) 8...... Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 8...... Romualdas Bite (Soviet Union) 9...... Anatoliy Kuryan (Soviet Union) 9...... Pekka Päivärinta (Finland) 10...... Jouko Kuha (Finland) 10...... Kerry O’Brien (Australia) 1969 1973 1...... Mikhail Zhelev (Bulgaria) 1...... Ben Jipcho (Kenya) 2...... Aleksandr Morozov (Soviet Union) 2...... Anders Gärderud (Sweden) 3...... Vladimir Dudin (Soviet Union) 3...... Tapio Kantanen (Finland) 4...... Kerry O’Brien (Australia) 4...... Willi Maier (West Germany) 5...... Georgi Tikhov (Bulgaria) 5...... Evans Mogaka (Kenya) 6...... Jean-Paul Villain (France) 6...... Bronisław Malinowski (Poland) 7...... Gerry Stevens (Great Britain) 7...... Leonid Savelyev (Soviet Union) 8...... John Jackson (Great Britain) 8...... Gérard Buchheit (France) 9...... Yuriy Ribachenko (Soviet Union) 9...... Dušan Moravčík (Czechoslovakia) 10...... Pavel Sisoyev (Soviet Union) 10...... Mikko Ala-Leppilampi (Finland) 1970 1974 1...... Kerry O’Brien (Australia) 1...... Bronisław Malinowski (Poland) 2...... Tony Manning (Australia) 2...... Anders Gärderud (Sweden) 3...... Mikhail Zhelev (Bulgaria) 3...... (West Germany) 4...... Vladimir Dudin (Soviet Union) 4...... Tapio Kantanen (Finland) 5...... Jean-Paul Villain (France) 5...... () 6...... Ben Jipcho (Kenya) 6...... Ben Jipcho (Kenya) 7...... Amos Biwott (Kenya) 7...... John Davies (Great Britain) 8...... Romualdas Bite (Soviet Union) 8...... Takaharu Koyama () 9...... Kazimierz Maranda (Poland) 9...... Hans-Peter Wehrli (Switzerland) 10...... Stale Engen (Norway) 10...... Gheorghe Cefan (Romania)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s Steeple 1975 1979 1...... Anders Gärderud (Sweden) 1...... Bronisław Malinowski (Poland) 2...... Bronisław Malinowski (Poland) 2...... (Kenya) 3...... Michael Karst (West Germany) 3...... Kiprotich Rono (Kenya) 4...... Frank Baumgartl (East Germany) 4...... (Italy) 5...... Tapio Kantanen (Finland) 5...... Paul Copu (Romania) 6...... Gheorghe Cefan (Romania) 6...... (US) 7...... Antonio Campos () 7...... Ralf Pönitzsch (East Germany) 8...... Yohannes Mohamed (Ethiopia) 8...... Michael Karst (West Germany) 9...... Nathan Langat (Kenya) 9...... Hillary Tuwei (Kenya) 10...... Franco Fava (Italy) 10...... Bogusław Mamiński (Poland) 1976 1980 1...... Anders Gärderud (Sweden) 1...... Bronisław Malinowski (Poland) 2...... Bronisław Malinowski (Poland) 2...... Kiprotich Rono (Kenya) 3...... Frank Baumgartl (East Germany) 3...... Filbert Bayi (Tanzania) 4...... Tapio Kantanen (Finland) 4...... Mariano Scartezzini (Italy) 5...... Dan Glans (Sweden) 5...... Eshetu Tura (Ethiopia) 6...... Michael Karst (West Germany) 6...... Domingo Ramón (Spain) 7...... Gheorghe Cefan (Romania) 7...... Henry Marsh (US) 8...... Euan Robertson (New Zealand) 8...... Francisco Sánchez (Spain) 9...... Antonio Campos (Spain) 9...... Bogusław Mamiński (Poland) 10...... Dennis Coates (Great Britain) 10...... (Italy) 1977 1981 1...... Michael Karst (West Germany) 1...... Henry Marsh (US) 2...... Eshetu Tura (Ethiopia) 2...... Bogusław Mamiński (Poland) 3...... Bronisław Malinowski (Poland) 3...... Mariano Scartezzini (Italy) 4...... Dan Glans (Sweden) 4...... (US) 5...... James Munyala (Kenya) 5...... (West Germany) 6...... George Malley (US) 6...... Domingo Ramón (Spain) 7...... Henry Marsh (US) 7...... Ralf Pönitzsch (East Germany) 8...... Ron Addison (US) 8...... Amos Korir (Kenya) 9...... Gheorghe Cefan (Romania) 9...... Solomon Chebor (Kenya) 10...... Euan Robertson (New Zealand) 10...... Ken Martin (US) 1978 1982 1...... Henry Rono (Kenya) 1...... Henry Marsh (US) 2...... Bronisław Malinowski (Poland) 2...... Patriz Ilg (West Germany) 3...... Patriz Ilg (West Germany) 3...... Bogusław Mamiński (Poland) 4...... Ismo Toukonen (Finland) 4...... Domingo Ramón (Spain) 5...... Michael Karst (West Germany) 5...... (East Germany) 6...... James Munyala (Kenya) 6...... Wolfgang Konrad (Austria) 7...... Paul Copu (Romania) 7...... Ilkka Ayravainen (Finland) 8...... Henry Marsh (US) 8...... (Kenya) 9...... Doug Brown (US) 9...... Colin Reitz (Great Britain) 10...... Vasile Bichea (Romania) 10...... Greg Duhaime ()

© Track & Field News 2020 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s Steeple 1983 1987 1...... Patriz Ilg (West Germany) 1...... (Italy) 2...... Henry Marsh (US) 2...... Hagen Melzer (East Germany) 3...... Bogusław Mamiński (Poland) 3...... Julius Korir (Kenya) 4...... Colin Reitz (Great Britain) 4...... William van Dijck (Belgium) 5...... (France) 5...... Brian Diemer (US) 6...... (Great Britain) 6...... Peter Koech (Kenya) 7...... Francisco Sánchez (Spain) 7...... Graeme Fell (Canada) 8...... Roger Hackney (Great Britain) 8...... Henry Marsh (US) 9...... Julius Korir (Kenya) 9...... (Kenya) 10...... Domingo Ramón (Spain) 10...... Raymond Pannier (France) 1984 1988 1...... Julius Korir (Kenya) 1...... (Kenya) 2...... Joseph Mahmoud (France) 2...... Peter Koech (Kenya) 3...... Bogusław Mamiński (Poland) 3...... (Great Britain) 4...... Brian Diemer (US) 4...... Patrick Sang (Kenya) 5...... Henry Marsh (US) 5...... Francesco Panetta (Italy) 6...... Colin Reitz (Great Britain) 6...... (Italy) 7...... Krzysztof Wesołowski (Poland) 7...... William van Dijck (Belgium) 8...... Peter Renner (New Zealand) 8...... Henry Marsh (US) 9...... William van Dijck (Belgium) 9...... Bogusław Mamiński (Poland) 10...... Domingo Ramón (Spain) 10...... Hagen Melzer (East Germany) 1985 1989 1...... Henry Marsh (US) 1...... Peter Koech (Kenya) 2...... Patriz Ilg (West Germany) 2...... Julius Kariuki (Kenya) 3...... Bogusław Mamiński (Poland) 3...... Patrick Sang (Kenya) 4...... Joseph Mahmoud (France) 4...... Alessandro Lambruschini (Italy) 5...... Graeme Fell (Canada) 5...... Hagen Melzer (East Germany) 6...... Krzysztof Wesolowski (Poland) 6...... Graeme Fell (Canada) 7...... Julius Kariuki (Kenya) 7...... Joseph Mahmoud (France) 8...... Peter Koech (Kenya) 8...... Bruno LeStum (France) 9...... William van Dijck (Belgium) 9...... Brian Diemer (US) 10...... Ivan Konovalov (Soviet Union) 10...... Mark Rowland (Great Britain) 1986 1990 1...... William van Dijck (Belgium) 1...... Julius Kariuki (Kenya) 2...... Hagen Melzer (East Germany) 2...... Peter Koech (Kenya) 3...... Henry Marsh (US) 3...... Patrick Sang (Kenya) 4...... Julius Kariuki (Kenya) 4...... Francesco Panetta (Italy) 5...... Julius Korir (Kenya) 5...... William Mutwol (Kenya) 6...... Graeme Fell (Canada) 6...... Graeme Fell (Canada) 7...... Colin Reitz (Great Britain) 7...... Mark Rowland (Great Britain) 8...... Francesco Panetta (Italy) 8...... Julius Korir (Kenya) 9...... Patriz Ilg (West Germany) 9...... Alessandro Lambruschini (Italy) 10...... Ivan Huff (US) 10...... (Italy)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s Steeple 1991 1995 1...... (Kenya) 1...... Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) 2...... Patrick Sang (Kenya) 2...... Eliud Barngetuny (Kenya) 3...... Julius Kariuki (Kenya) 3...... Christopher Kosgei (Kenya) 4...... William Mutwol (Kenya) 4...... Patrick Sang (Kenya) 5...... Abdelaziz Sahere () 5...... Richard Kosgei (Kenya) 6...... Philip Barkutwo (Kenya) 6...... Gideon Chirchir (Kenya) 7...... Azzedine Brahmi (Algeria) 7...... (Kenya) 8...... Brian Diemer (US) 8...... Sa’ad Al-Asmari (Saudi Arabia) 9...... Johnstone Kipkoech (Kenya) 9...... Johnstone Kipkoech (Kenya) 10...... William van Dijck (Belgium) 10...... (Germany) 1992 1996 1...... Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) 1...... Joseph Keter (Kenya) 2...... (Kenya) 2...... Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) 3...... Patrick Sang (Kenya) 3...... Gideon Chirchir (Kenya) 4...... Philip Barkutwo (Kenya) 4...... Patrick Sang (Kenya) 5...... William Mutwol (Kenya) 5...... (Kenya) 6...... Micah Boinett (Kenya) 6...... Bernard Barmasai (Kenya) 7...... Alessandro Lambruschini (Italy) 7...... Alessandro Lambruschini (Italy) 8...... Steffen Brand (Germany) 8...... Christopher Kosgei (Kenya) 9...... Tom Hanlon (Great Britain) 9...... Matthew Birir (Kenya) 10...... Brian Diemer (US) 10...... Richard Kosgei (Kenya) 1993 1997 1...... Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) 1...... Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) 2...... Patrick Sang (Kenya) 2...... Wilson Boit (Kenya) 3...... Alessandro Lambruschini (Italy) 3...... Bernard Barmasai (Kenya) 4...... Mark Croghan (US) 4...... Eliud Barngetuny (Kenya) 5...... Richard Kosgei (Kenya) 5...... Patrick Sang (Kenya) 6...... Julius Kariuki (Kenya) 6...... Joseph Keter (Kenya) 7...... Steffen Brand (Germany) 7...... John Kosgei (Kenya) 8...... Elarbi Khattabi (Morocco) 8...... Paul Kosgei (Kenya) 9...... Matthew Birir (Kenya) 9...... Sa’ad Al-Asmari (Saudi Arabia) 10...... (Australia) 10...... Matthew Birir (Kenya) 1994 1998 1...... Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) 1...... Bernard Barmasai (Kenya) 2...... Richard Kosgei (Kenya) 2...... Wilson Boit (Kenya) 3...... Eliud Barngetuny (Kenya) 3...... Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) 4...... Mark Croghan (US) 4...... Patrick Sang (Kenya) 5...... Matthew Birir (Kenya) 5...... Paul Kosgei (Kenya) 6...... Alessandro Lambruschini (Italy) 6...... Kipkirui Misoi (Kenya) 7...... Johnstone Kipkoech (Kenya) 7...... Eliud Barngetuny (Kenya) 8...... Patrick Sang (Kenya) 8...... Elarbi Khattabi (Morocco) 9...... Abdelaziz Sahere (Morocco) 9...... (Morocco) 10...... William Mutwol (Kenya) 10...... Jonathan Kandie (Kenya)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s Steeple 1999 2003 1...... Bernard Barmasai (Kenya) 1...... Säif Shaheen (Qatar) 2...... Christopher Kosgei (Kenya) 2...... (Kenya) 3...... Wilson Boit (Kenya) 3...... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 4...... Ali Ezzine (Morocco) 4...... Julius Nyamu (Kenya) 5...... Paul Kosgei (Kenya) 5...... Bob Tahri (France) 6...... Kipkirui Misoi (Kenya) 6...... Eliseo Martín (Spain) 7...... (Germany) 7...... Abraham Cherono (Kenya) 8...... Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) 8...... Luís Miguel Martín (Spain) 9...... Elarbi Khattabi (Morocco) 9...... Simon Vroemen (Netherlands) 10...... Bob Tahri (France) 10...... Kipkirui Misoi (Kenya) 2000 2004 1...... (Kenya) 1...... Säif Shaheen (Qatar) 2...... Wilson Boit (Kenya) 2...... Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 3...... Ali Ezzine (Morocco) 3...... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 4...... Bernard Barmasai (Kenya) 4...... (Kenya) 5...... Brahim Boulami (Morocco) 5...... David Chemweno (Kenya) 6...... Kipkirui Misoi (Kenya) 6...... Richard Matelong (Kenya) 7...... (Kenya) 7...... Julius Nyamu (Kenya) 8...... Luís Miguel Martín (Spain) 8...... Kipkirui Misoi (Kenya) 9...... Eliseo Martín (Spain) 9...... Wesley Kiprotich (Kenya) 10...... Günther Weidlinger (Austria) 10...... Moussa Omar Obaid (Qatar) 2001 2005 1...... Brahim Boulami (Morocco) 1...... Säif Shaheen (Qatar) 2...... Reuben Kosgei (Kenya) 2...... Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 3...... Bernard Barmasai (Kenya) 3...... Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 4...... Wilson Boit (Kenya) 4...... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 5...... Säif Shaheen (Kenya) 5...... Brahim Boulami (Morocco) 6...... Kipkirui Misoi (Kenya) 6...... Simon Vroemen (Netherlands) 7...... Ali Ezzine (Morocco) 7...... Bob Tahri (France) 8...... Luís Miguel Martín (Spain) 8...... Moussa Omar Obaid (Qatar) 9...... Bob Tahri (France) 9...... Kipkirui Misoi (Kenya) 10...... Julius Nyamu (Kenya) 10...... David Chemweno (Kenya) 2002 2006 1...... Säif Shaheen (Kenya) 1...... Säif Shaheen (Qatar) 2...... Wilson Boit (Kenya) 2...... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 3...... Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 3...... Richard Matelong (Kenya) 4...... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 4...... Bob Tahri (France) 5...... Reuben Kosgei (Kenya) 5...... Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 6...... Sa’ad Al-Asmari (Saudi Arabia) 6...... Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 7...... Julius Nyamu (Kenya) 7...... Abdelkader Hachlaf (Morocco) 8...... Antonio Jiménez (Spain) 8...... Daniel Lincoln (US) 9...... Luís Miguel Martín (Spain) 9...... Reuben Kosgei (Kenya) 10...... Simon Vroemen (Netherlands) 10...... (Kenya)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s Steeple 2007 2011 1...... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 1...... Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 2...... Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 2...... Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 3...... Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 3...... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 4...... Richard Matelong (Kenya) 4...... Mahiedine Mekhissi (France) 5...... Reuben Kosgei (Kenya) 5...... Hillary Yego (Kenya) 6...... Willy Komen (Kenya) 6...... Bob Tahri (France) 7...... Mustafa Mohamed (Sweden) 7...... Roba Gari (Ethiopia) 8...... Bob Tahri (France) 8...... Benjamin Kiplagat (Uganda) 9...... Tareq Taher (Bahrain) 9...... Richard Matelong (Kenya) 10...... Brahim Taleb (Morocco) 10...... Jairus Kipchoge (Kenya) 2008 2012 1...... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 1...... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 2...... Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 2...... Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 3...... Richard Matelong (Kenya) 3...... Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 4...... Mahiedine Mekhissi (France) 4...... (Kenya) 5...... Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 5...... Abel Mutai (Kenya) 6...... Bob Tahri (France) 6...... Jairus Birech (Kenya) 7...... Tareq Taher (Bahrain) 7...... Mahiedine Mekhissi (France) 8...... Benjamin Kiplagat (Uganda) 8...... Roba Gari (Ethiopia) 9...... Michael Kipyego (Kenya) 9...... Hillary Yego (Kenya) 10...... Mustafa Mohamed (Sweden) 10...... (US) 2009 2013 1...... Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 1...... Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) 2...... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 2...... Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 3...... Richard Matelong (Kenya) 3...... Hillary Yego (Kenya) 4...... Bob Tahri (France) 4...... Mahiedine Mekhissi (France) 5...... Roba Gari (Ethiopia) 5...... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 6...... Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 6...... Jairus Birech (Kenya) 7...... (Finland) 7...... Gilbert Kirui (Kenya) 8...... Tareq Taher (Bahrain) 8...... Abel Mutai (Kenya) 9...... Michael Kipyego (Kenya) 9...... Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 10...... Abel Mutai (Kenya) 10...... Evan Jager (US) 2010 2014 1...... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 1...... Jairus Birech (Kenya) 2...... Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 2...... Evan Jager (US) 3...... Richard Matelong (Kenya) 3...... Mahiedine Mekhissi (France) 4...... Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 4...... Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) 5...... Benjamin Kiplagat (Uganda) 5...... Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 6...... Mahiedine Mekhissi (France) 6...... (Kenya) 7...... Roba Gari (Ethiopia) 7...... Hillary Yego (Kenya) 8...... Bob Tahri (France) 8...... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 9...... Patrick Langat (Kenya) 9...... Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 10...... Elijah Chelimo (Kenya) 10...... Abel Mutai (Kenya)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s Steeple 2015 2018 1...... Jairus Birech (Kenya) 1...... Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) 2...... Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 2...... (Morocco) 3...... Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) 3...... Evan Jager (US) 4...... Evan Jager (US) 4...... (Kenya) 5...... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 5...... Chala Beyo (Ethiopia) 6...... Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 6...... Nicholas Bett (Kenya) 7...... Jonathan Ndiku (Kenya) 7...... Abraham Kibiwot (Kenya) 8...... Clement Kemboi (Kenya) 8...... Hillary Bor (US) 9...... Hillary Yego (Kenya) 9...... Leonard Bett (Kenya) 10...... Dan Huling (US) 10...... Matt Hughes (Canada) 2016 2019 1...... Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) 1...... Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco) 2...... Evan Jager (US) 2...... Getnet Wale (Ethiopia) 3...... Mahiedine Mekhissi (France) 3...... Lemecha Girma (Ethiopia) 4...... Jairus Birech (Kenya) 4...... Benjamin Kigen (Kenya) 5...... Abraham Kibiwot (Kenya) 5...... Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) 6...... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 6...... Hillary Bor (US) 7...... (France) 7...... Chala Beyo (Ethiopia) 8...... Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco) 8...... Abraham Kibiwot (Kenya) 9...... Nicholas Bett (Kenya) 9...... Leonard Bett (Kenya) 10...... Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 10...... Djilali Bedrani (France) 2017 1...... Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) 2...... Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco) 3...... Evan Jager (US) 4...... Stanley Kebenei (US) 5...... Jairus Birech (Kenya) 6...... Benjamin Kigen (Kenya) 7...... Mahiedine Mekhissi (France) 8...... (Kenya) 9...... Nicholas Bett (Kenya) 10...... Yemane Hailesilassie (Eritrea)

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