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 MARATHON 2000 WOMEN'S MARATHON 2000
Country Top 101 Highest Country Top 100 Highest
Kenya 40 4 Japan 22 2
Japan 13 2 Kenya 15 1
Ethiopia 6 18 Russia 12 16
Italy 6 20 China 8 14
France 5 24 Italy 7 8
South Africa 5 39 Ethiopia 6 12
Spain 4 9 North Korea 4 35
Russia 4 60 Germany 4 37
Romania 3 4
22 countries represented 24 countries represented
100th = 2:11:23 100th = 2:32:25
