The charts summarize the number of athletes each country placed in the world top-100 rankings for 2000 (plus ties) and the highest-ranked of these. Since one or two placings may represent only exceptional individuals, rather than national program strength, I've truncated the lists to three placings or more. The data base drawn upon is the world list from Mirko Jalava's web site <http://www.tilastopaja.com/>. MEN'S 20km WALK 2000 MEN'S 50km WALK 2000 Country Top 100 Highest Country Top 100 Highest Russia 23 1 Spain 9 6 Italy 9 21 Italy 7 35 Spain 7 7 Slovakia 7 43 Mexico 7 8 Russia 6 1 Japan 6 11 Germany 6 29 China 6 15 Mexico 5 8 Belarus 5 2 Japan 5 32 Germany 4 6 Poland 4 4 Latvia 4 19 France 4 16 Australia 4 27 China 4 23 Poland 3 4 Latvia 3 7 Slovakia 3 35 Australia 3 15 United States 3 52 Great Britain 3 57 Cuba 3 75 Sweden 3 79 25 countries represented 34 countries represented 100th = 1:24:33 100th = 4:07:59 16 countries with 3 or more! WOMEN'S 20km WALK 2000 WOMEN'S 10km WALK 2000 Country Top 100 Highest Country Top 101 Highest Russia 18 1 Russia 24 1 Italy 8 6 Italy 10 8 China 7 8 China 8 9 Ukraine 6 20 Belarus 6 15 Belarus 5 12 Germany 6 52 Australia 5 17 Ukraine 5 16 Romania 5 19 Romania 5 26 Spain 5 30 Mexico 5 37 Mexico 5 37 Spain 4 30 United States 5 51 Hungary 4 43 Greece 4 47 United States 3 75 Kazakhstan 3 28 Germany 3 33 27 countries represented 26 countries represented 100th = 1:35:46 100th = 46:42 (Like the women's steeplechase, the women's 10K is not yet an Olympic or world championship event. Neither will be included in additional stat treatments.)
