Track Listers,
RRW compiles male marathon performances to 2:18 and women to 2:50. In the
year 2000, through last weekend (missing a few results from Beijing,
M�nchen, Poznan and Odense which would increase the Kenyan and Chinese
shares) here is the distribution of 2:18-or-better marathon *performances*
by nation. Note that the top 5 nations (Kenya, Japan, Ethiopia, South
Africa and Russia) own 59% of the total performances, while the top-10
nations own 74%. African countries have 277 performances, or 48% of the
total... David
Nat <2:18 %Total
KEN 180 31.47%
JPN 64 11.19%
ETH 34 5.94%
RSA 32 5.59%
RUS 28 4.90%
Top 5 338 59.09%
ITA 24 4.20%
MEX 19 3.32%
ESP 16 2.80%
BRA 15 2.62%
FRA 12 2.10%
Top-10 424 74.13%
KOR 10 1.75%
MAR 10 1.75%
GBR 8 1.40%
POL 8 1.40%
POR 7 1.22%
PRK 7 1.22%
UKR 7 1.22%
NED 6 1.05%
USA 6 1.05%
AUS 5 0.87%
BEL 5 0.87%
CHN 5 0.87%
GER 5 0.87%
ECU 4 0.70%
TAN 4 0.70%
VEN 4 0.70%
ZIM 4 0.70%
ALG 3 0.52%
AUT 3 0.52%
COL 3 0.52%
HUN 3 0.52%
BLR 2 0.35%
BUR 2 0.35%
CAN 2 0.35%
GRE 2 0.35%
LES 2 0.35%
PER 2 0.35%
RWA 2 0.35%
SUI 2 0.35%
SWE 2 0.35%
AND 1 0.17%
ANO 1 0.17%
ARG 1 0.17%
BOT 1 0.17%
COD 1 0.17%
IRL 1 0.17%
ISR 1 0.17%
NAM 1 0.17%
NOR 1 0.17%
NZL 1 0.17%
SLO 1 0.17%
SVK 1 0.17%
YUG 1 0.17%
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