BEIJING OLYMPIC FORM GUIDE Publicado en Athletics International (Peter Matthews / Mel Watman) These are the best marks in 2008 by the top 15+ athletes in each event selected for Beijing. Also included are other notable contestants. There is in addition a list of some of the most prominent absentees based on 2008 form. w = wind assisted; A = at high altitude; + = intermediate time; J = junior; i = indoor mark; nwi = no wind info; ? = selection uncertain, nm = no mark, # = suspension 20.45 Kristof Beyens BEL MEN'S EVENTS 20.46 Francis Obikwelu POR Notable absentees: 19.99 Rodney Martin USA 100 METRES 20.00 Tyson Gay USA 9.72 Usain Bolt JAM (WR) 20.08 LaShawn Merritt USA (19.80w) 9.77 Tyson Gay USA (9.68w) 9.82 Asafa Powell JAM 400 METRES 9.89 Darvis Patton USA (9.84w) 43.86 Jeremy Wariner USA 9.93 Richard Thompson TRI 44.00 LaShawn Merritt USA 9.96 Walter Dix USA (9.80w) 44.40 Chris Brown BAH 9.97 Marc Burns TRI 44.61 David Neville USA 10.00A Churandy Martina AHO (10.03) 44.62 Andretti Bain BAH 10.00 Michael Frater JAM 44.71 Tyler Christopher CAN 10.01 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure NOR 44.72 Martyn Rooney GBR 10.02 Derrick Atkins BAH (9.97w) 44.80 Ricardo Chambers JAM 10.02 Darrel Brown TRI 44.89 Renny Quow TRI 10.03 Samuel Francis QAT 44.90 Godday James NGR 10.03 Simeon Williamson GBR 44.95 Leslie Djhone FRA 10.04 Francis Obikwelu POR 44.99 Joel Milburn AUS 10.06 Tyrone Edgar GBR 45.01 Ato Stephens TRI 10.06 Martial Mbandjock FRA 45.12 David Gillick IRL 10.07 Kim Collins SKN 45.13 Cedric Van Branteghem BEL Notable absentees: 45.18 Saul Weigopwa NGR 9.89 Travis Padgett USA (9.85w) 45.21 Yuzo Kanemaru JPN 9.98 Nesta Carter JAM 45.21 Nery Brenes CRC 45.21 Michael Blackwood JAM 200 METRES 45.21 Kevin Borlée BEL 19.67 Usain Bolt JAM Notable absentees: 19.86 Walter Dix USA 44.63 Lionel Larry USA 19.86 Shawn Crawford USA 44.70 Xavier Carter USA 19.90 Wallace Spearmon USA 20.12 Brendan Christian ANT 800 METRES 20.17 Brian Dzingai ZIM (20.06w) 1:42.69 Abubaker Kaki SUD-J 20.17 Marvin Anderson JAM 1:42.79 Yuriy Borzakovskiy RUS 20.17A Churandy Martina AHO (20.50) 1:42.79 Youssef Saad Kamel BRN 20.18 Richard Thompson TRI 1:43.07 Yeimar López CUB 20.20 Chris Williams JAM 1:43.26 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA 20.29A Gerald Phiri ZAM (20.62) 1:43.68 Gary Reed CAN 20.31 Chris Lloyd DMA 1:43.72 Abraham Chepkirwok UGA 20.32 Sandro Viana BRA 1:44.01 Alfred Kirwa Yego KEN 20.34 Jared Connaughton CAN 1:44.10 Nick Symmonds USA 20.37 Paul Hession IRL 1:44.27 Amine Laalou MAR 20.40 Stéphane Buckland MRI 1:44.34 Ahmad Ismail SUD 20.43 Rondell Sorrillo TRI 1:44.68 Boaz Lalang KEN-J 20.44 Derrick Atkins BAH 1:44.68 Michael Rimmer GBR 27:35.12 Felix Kibore QAT 1:44.75 Nadjim Manceur ALG 27:35.67 Abdullah Ahmad Hassan QAT 1:44.75 Rob Lathouwers NED 27:36.46 Günther Weidlinger AUT 1:44.83 Mohammed Al-Salhi KSA 27:37.68 Essa Ismail Rashed QAT 1:44.94 Josef Repcik SVK nm Zersenay Tadese ERI 1:45.03 Andrew Wheating USA At altitude: (worth c 60 sec faster) 1:45.08 Wilfred Bungei KEN 28:02.03 Moses Masai KEN Notable absentee: 28:03.95 Martin Mathathi KEN 1:43.72 David Rudisha KEN 28:08.92 Micah Kogo KEN Notable absentees: 1500 METRES 26:54.32 Eliud Kipchoge KEN 3:31.57 Augustine Choge KEN (3:50.30M) 26:57.08 Leonard P Komon KEN 3:31.64 Asbel Kiprop KEN-J 3:31.88 Abdelaati Iguider MAR MARATHON 3:31.98 Tarek Boukensa ALG 2:05:15 Martin Lel KEN 3:32.00 Mehdi Baala FRA 2:05:24 Samuel Wanjiru KEN 3:32.06 Mohamed Moustaoui MAR (3:50.08M) 2:05:30 Abderrahim Goumri MAR 3:32.57 Juan Carlos Higuero ESP 2:06:17 Ryan Hall USA 3:33.12 Belal Mansoor Ali BRN 2:06:38 Deribe Merga ETH 3:33.14 Arturo Casado ESP 2:06:40 Tsegaye Kebede ETH 3:33.32 Anter Zerguelaine ALG 2:07:23 Viktor Röthlin SUI 3:33.33 Kamal Boulahfane ALG 2:07:46 Robert K Cheruiyot KEN 3:33.51 Nick Willis NZL (3:50.66M) 2:08:23 Mubarak Hassan Shami QAT 3:33.71+ Deresse Mekonnen ETH (3:49.72M) 2:08:36 Satoshi Osaki JPN 3:33.85 Youssef Baba MAR 2:08:51 Yonas Kifle ERI 3:33.90 Mohammed Shaween KSA 2:09:04 Abderrahime Bouramdane MAR 3:34.36+ Andy Baddeley GBR (3:49.38M) 2:09:24 Simon Munyutu FRA 3:34.46 Juan van Deventer RSA (3:51.31M) 2:09:38 José Rios ESP Others: Others: 3:35.14 Bernard Lagat USA 2:11:44 Hendrick Ramaala RSA 3:35.25 Nicholas Kemboi KEN-J (3:50.83M) 2:13:06 Stefano Baldini ITA nm Rashid Ramzi BRN (8:13.16 2M) nm Atsushi Sato JPN (2:07:13/07) Notable absentees: nm Oleksandr Kuzin UKR (2:07:33/07) 3:31.49 Daniel K Komen KEN nm Jaouad Gharib MAR (2:07:54/07) 3:31.94 Shadrack Korir KEN Notable absentees: 3:32.16 Alex Kipchirchir KEN 2:04:53 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 2:05:49 William Kipsang KEN 5000 METRES 2:06:15 Emmanuel Mutai KEN 12:52.45 Tariku Bekele ETH 12:54.70 Moses Kipsiro UGA 12:57.56 Abreham Cherkos ETH-J 3000 METRES STEEPLECHASE 12:58.94 Kenenisa Bekele ETH ? 8:07.64 Richard Matelong KEN (reserve, decision whether to run after 10,000) 8:08.53 Tareq Mubarak Taher BRN 13:02.06 Eliud Kipchoge KEN 8:09.25 Ezekiel Kemboi KEN 13:02.84 Mourad Maaroufit MAR 8:11.10 Mustafa Mohamed SWE 13:04.06 Rizki Monder BEL 8:12.72 Bob Tahri FRA 13:04.70 James Kwalia QAT 8:13.20 Hamid Ezzine MAR 13:06.52 Ali Abdosh ETH ? 8:13.60A Brimin Kipruto KEN 13:06.81 Ennaji El Idrissi MAR 8:14.29 Benjamin Kiplagat UGA-J 13:07.57 Sultan Khamis Zaman QAT 8:14.32 Brahim Taleb MAR 13:10.72 Rashid Ramzi BRN 8:14.68 Nahom Mesfin Tariku ETH-J 13:11.24 Anis Selmouni MAR 8:14.74 Vincent Zouaoui Dandrieux FRA 13:11.99 Craig Mottram AUS 8:15.58 Abdelkader Hachlaf MAR 13:12.78 Moukhled Al-Outaibi KSA 8:15.80 Ali Abubaker Kamal QAT 13:13.17 Kidane Tadesse ERI ? 8:17.22 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad FRA 13:13.32 Jesus España ESP 8:18.34 Youcef Abdi AUS 13:13.53 Edwin Soi KEN 8:19.23 Yakob Jarso ETH 13:13.86 Fabiano Joseph TAN Note: There is a possibility that reserve Paul K Koech Other: (8:00.57) will run instead of one of the other Kenyans 13:16.29 Bernard Lagat USA Notable absentees: Notable absentees: 8:09.93 Michael Kipyego KEN 12:50.55 Moses Masai KEN 8:12.50 Simon Vroemen NED # 12:58.41 Sileshi Sihine ETH nm Saif Saaeed Shaheen QAT 10,000 METRES 110 METRES HURDLES 26:25.97 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 12.87 Dayron Robles CUB (WR) 26:50.53 Sileshi Sihine ETH 12.95 David Oliver USA (12.89w) 26:51.20 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 13.08 Terrence Trammell USA (13.00w) 27:06.16 Kidane Tadesse ERI ? 13.18 Liu Xiang CHN 27:16.99 Abdi Abdirahman USA 13.22 David Payne USA (13.06w) 27:19.26 Boniface Kiprop UGA 13.29 Shi Dongpeng CHN 27:19.72 Fabiano Joseph TAN 13.29 Petr Svoboda CZE 27:24.46 Hasan Mahboob BRN 13.33 Ladji Doucouré FRA (13.28w) 27:28.31 Juan Carlos de la Ossa ESP 13.35 Marcel van der Westen NED 27:34.29 Mohamed El Hachimi MAR 13.36 Stanislav Olijar LAT 27:35.05 Marilson dos Santos BRA 13.36 Sergiy Demidyuk UKR 13.40 Jackson Quinónez ESP 5.75 Igor Pavlov RUS (5.81i) 13.41 Ji Wei CHN 5.75 Dmitriy Starodubtsev RUS 13.41 Andreas Kundert SUI 5.72 Alhaji Jeng SWE 13.41 Andy Turner GBR 5.71 Steve Lewis GBR 13.44 Artur Noga POL 5.71 Romain Mesnil FRA 13.44 Shamar Sands BAH Notable absentee: 13.33w Richard Phillips JAM 5.81 Sergey Kucheryanu RUS Notable absentees: 13.09 Antwon Hicks USA LONG JUMP 13.15 Anwar Moore USA (13.09w) 8.73 Irving Saladino PAN 8.46 Ibrahim Camejo CUB 400 METRES HURDLES 8.44 Loúis Tsátoumas GRE 47.79 Kerron Clement USA 8.37 Mohamed Al-Khuwalidi KSA 48.15 Bershawn Jackson USA 8.36 Trevell Quinley USA 48.22 L J van Zyl RSA 8.31 Hussein Al-Sabee KSA 48.39 Danny McFarlane JAM 8.31A Wilfredo Martínez CUB (8.13) 48.59 Angelo Taylor USA 8.30 Ngonidzashe Makusha ZIM 48.69 Marek Plawgo POL 8.30 Brian Johnson USA (8.48w) 48.71A Pieter de Villiers RSA (49.46) 8.25 Godfrey Mokoena RSA (8.35w) 48.78 Isa Phillips JAM 8.24 Miguel Pate USA (8.39w) 48.80 Periklís Iakovákis GRE 8.24A Stephan Louw NAM (8.03) 48.87 Javier Culson PUR 8.23 Yahya Berrabah MAR 48.87 Kenji Narisako JPN 8.22 Gable Garenamotse BOT 48.99 Alwyn Myburgh RSA 8.22 Tommi Evilä FIN 49.00 Aleksandr Derevyagin RUS 8.22 Tareq Bougtaïb MAR 49.08 Markino Buckley JAM 8.21 Salim Sdiri FRA 49.15 Mahau Sugimachi BRA 8.21 Roman Novotny CZE 49.17 Dai Tamesue JPN 8.20 Greg Rutherford GBR 49.21 Minás Alozídis CYP 8.16 Andrew Howe ITA 49.22 Yevgeniy Meleshenko KAZ 8.18i Chris Tomlinson GBR Notable absentees: Notable absentee: 48.37 Reuben McCoy USA 8.25 Dwight Phillips USA (8.47w) 48.46 Justin Gaymon USA TRIPLE JUMP HIGH JUMP 17.58 Phillips Idowu GBR (17.75i) 2.38 Andrey Silnov RUS 17.50 David Giralt CUB ? 2.37 Stefan Holm SWE 17.50 Alexis Copello CUB 2.36A Dusty Jonas USA 17.49 Randy Lewis GRN 2.34A Kabelo Kgosiemang BOT 17.48 Danil Burkenya RUS 2.33 Andra Manson USA 17.46 Dmitrij Valukevic SVK 2.33 Yaroslav Rybakov RUS (2.38i) 17.43 Héctor Fuentes CUB 2.32 Mickaël Hanany FRA 17.43 Aleksandr Petrenko RUS 2.31 Eike Onnen GER 17.43 Aarik Wilson USA 2.31 Germaine Mason GBR 17.42 Kenta Bell USA 2.31 Andrey Tereshin RUS (2.36i) ? 17.38 Momchil Karailiev BUL 2.31 Linus Thörnblad SWE (2.35i) 17.36 Igor Spasovkhodskiy RUS 2.30 Tom Parsons GBR 17.34 Colomba Fofana FRA 2.30 Martyn Bernard GBR 17.28 Jefferson Sabino BRA 2.30 Jessé de Lima BRA 17.28 Marian Oprea ROU 2.30 Raul Spank GER 17.27 Jadel Gregório BRA 2.30 Oleg Protsenko UKR 17.25 Leevan Sands BAH (17.45w, 17.29A) 2.30 Oleksandr Nartov UKR 17.24 Nelson Evora POR (17.40w, 17.33i) 2.30 Andrea Bettinelli ITA 17.22 Rafeeq Curry USA 2.30 Alessandro Talotti ITA 17.20 Larry Achike GBR 2.30 Jesse Williams USA (2.32i) 17.20 Li Yanxi CHN 2.30 Tomás Janku CZE 17.18 Nathan Douglas GBR 2.30 Michal Bieniek POL 17.27i Fabrizio Donato ITA (17.29w) 2.30 Vyacheslav Voronin RUS ? 17.13i Osniel Tosca CUB ? (17.40w) 2.32i Kyriakos Ioannou CYP Notable absentees: Other: 17.12 Walter