WORLD RANKINGSEXPERIENCES SO FAR FROM WORLD ATHLETICS AND MEMBER FEDERATIONS

WORKSHOP STRUCTURE

MF SURVEY WORLD RANKINGS BASICS

WORLD RANKINGS AND DOHA 2019

CASE STUDIES

TOKYO QUALIFICATION

IAAF STATISTICAL SERVICE

KEY TAKEAWAYS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

MF SURVEY

• Understanding the World Rankings

• Sharing information

• World Rankings and Doha 2019

• Upgrading National Permit events

• World Rankings concerns

• Tokyo 2020 qualification and entry process

• Good: have visited website and read rules, regularly check for athletes’ situation

• Basic: have awareness of WRx, occasionally visit website but do not know the key functioning

• Limited: no understanding of basic functioning, no visit of website

Basic44%

Good53%

Limited3%

MF SURVEY - UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD RANKINGS

• Not yet but discussing with stakeholders

• Raised awareness officially

• None

Discussed with

stakeholders40%

In official manner

57%

No3%

MF SURVEY – SHARING INFORMATION

BASICS

• RESULT SCORE = time, distance or height converted into points with IAAF scoring tables

• E.g. 100m 10.12 = 1165 points

• PLACING SCORE = bonus points awarded for finishing position

• E.g. Winner of National Championships = 100 points

• PERFORMANCE SCORE = RESULT SCORE + PLACING SCORE

• E.g. 1165 + 100 = 1265 points

• RANKING SCORE = AVERAGE OF BEST 5 PERFORMANCE SCORES

DECLARED OBJECTIVES

• Rank athletes MORE EFFECTIVELY

• Stimulate MORE COMPETITION in general – athletes need to compete 5 times (in most cases) to be ranked

• REDUCE WEIGHT OF “DOUBTFUL” results – they average out across the 5 best performance scores

• Drive the competition structure and encourage athletes to SUPPORT NATIONAL (high scoring opportunity) AND AREA CHAMPIONSHIPS

WORLD RANKINGS CATEGORIES

PLACING SCORES

PLACE OW DF GW GL A B C D E F

1st 350 240 200 170 140 100 60 40 25 15

2nd 310 210 170 145 120 80 50 35 21 10

3rd 280 185 150 130 110 70 45 30 18 5

4th 250 170 140 120 100 60 40 25 15

5th 230 155 130 110 90 55 35 22 12

6th 215 145 120 100 80 50 30 19 10

7th 200 135 110 90 70 45 27 17

8th 185 125 100 80 60 40 25 15

9th 130 90 70 60

10th 120 80 60 50

11th 110 70 50 45

12th 100 60 45 40

13th 95

14th 90

15th 85

16th 80

Competition Hierarchy

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WORLD RANKINGS – WEBSITE INFORMATION

▪ https://www.iaaf.org/world-ranking-calendar

WORLD RANKINGS – CALENDAR

• WRx and Doha 2019 –have you monitored the WRx position of your athletes in the approach to Doha 2019 to understand potential impact?

• Yes

• No

• Have tried but found it difficult

Yes73%

No23%

Yes but difficult

4%

MF SURVEY – DOHA 2019

WORLD RANKINGS – DOHA FINALISTS (TOP 8) AND MEDALLISTS

1-863%

9-2025%

21-307%

>305%

TOP 8

1-361%

4-826%

>813%

TOP 3

WORLD RANKINGS – CASE STUDIES

DENMARK

HUNGARY

SPAIN

WORLD RANKINGS – CASE STUDIES DENMARK

Gender Event Athlete

Men Marathon Thijs Nijhuis

Women 5000 Metres Anna Emilie Møller

Women 3000 Metres Steeplechase

Anna Emilie Møller

Women 400 Metres Hurdles Sara Slott Petersen

Women 4x100 Metres Relay Astrid Glenner-Frandsen

Women 4x100 Metres Relay Mette Graversgaard

Women 4x100 Metres Relay Ida Karstoft

Women 4x100 Metres Relay Mathilde U. Kramer

Gender Event Q pos. by WRx Athlete Score

Men 800m 30 Andreas BUBE 1220

Women 5000m 40 Anna Emilie MOLLER 1161

Women 400mH 22 Sara Slott PETERSEN 1221

Women 3000mSC 17 Anna Emilie MOLLER 1230

Marathon runner

would have NOT

qualified (but only 13

points and 12

positions away)

Andreas BUBE in the

800m men would

have qualified.

WORLD RANKINGS – CASE STUDIES DENMARK

Detailed ranking for each of the athletes who would have been qualified by ranking.

Marathon runner not qualified by 12 points (last qualifier 1082pts).

WORLD RANKINGS – CASE STUDIES DENMARK

WORLD RANKINGS – CASE STUDIES DENMARK

WORLD RANKINGS – CASE STUDIES HUNGARY

Gender EventPlace

(3/country)athlete Gender Event Athlete

Men 800m 30 Balázs VINDICS

Men 110mH 40 Valdó SZŰCS Men 110mH Valdó SZŰCS

Men 400mH 49 Tibor KOROKNAI

Men Discus Throw 36 Róbert SZIKSZAI

Men Discus Throw 42 János HUSZÁK Men Discus Throw János HUSZÁK

Men Hammer Throw 3 Bence HALÁSZ Men Hammer Throw Bence HALÁSZ

Men Men Hammer Throw Krisztián PARS

Men Javelin Throw 25 Norbert RIVASZ-TÓTH Men Javelin Throw Norbert RIVASZ-TÓTH

Men 20km Race Walking 84 Bence VENYERCSÁN

Men 20km Race Walking 88 Miklós SRP

Men 20km Race Walking 95 Tomasz BAGDÁNY

Men 50km Race Walking 42 Máté HELEBRANDT Men 50km Walk Máté HELEBRANDT

Men 50km Race Walking 47 Bence VENYERCSÁN Men 50km Walk Bence VENYERCSÁN

Men 50km Race Walking 66 Dávid TOKODI

WORLD RANKINGS DOHA PARTICIPATION

WORLD RANKINGS – CASE STUDIES HUNGARY

Gender EventPlace

(3/country)athlete Gender Event Athlete

Women 400m 55 Evelin NÁDHÁZY

Women 100mH 23 Gréta KEREKES Women 100mH Gréta KEREKES

Women 100mH 24 Luca KOZÁK Women 100mH Luca KOZÁK

Women 3000mSC 16 Viktória WAGNER-GYÜRKÉS Women 3000mSC Viktória WAGNER-GYÜRKÉS

Women Long Jump 20 Anasztázia NGUYEN Women Long Jump Anasztázia NGUYEN

Women Long Jump 38 Petra FARKAS Women Long Jump Petra FARKAS

Women Shot Put 11 Anita MÁRTON Women Shot Put Anita MÁRTON

Women Hammer Throw 12 Réka GYURÁTZ Women Hammer Throw Réka GYURÁTZ

Women Javelin Throw 28 Réka SZILÁGYI Women Javelin Throw Réka SZILÁGYI

Women 20km Race Walking 67 Barbara KOVÁCS

Women Women 20km Race Walking Viktória MADARÁSZ

Women Heptathlon 6 Xénia KRIZSÁN

WORLD RANKINGS DOHA PARTICIPATION

WORLD RANKINGS – CASE STUDIES HUNGARY

Norbert RIVASZ-TÓTHCompetitions Level Cat. Result ScoresRovereto Area Permit – Premium B 1100 - 1136Hungarian Ch. National Championships BHungarian Team Ch. National Permit EMASZ Meeting National FHungarian Team Ch. National F

LUCZA KOZÁKCompetitions Level Cat. Result ScoresHungarian Ch. National Championships B 1142 - 1165IHM Karlsruhe IAAF World Indoor Tour AGyulai Memorial Area Permit - Premium BEuropean Ch. Semifinal Area Championships GLHungarian Super League National Permit E

WORLD RANKINGS – CASE STUDIES HUNGARY

ANASZTÁZIA NGUYENCompetitions Level Cat. Result ScoresHungarian Ch. National Championships B 1106 - 1167Gyulai Memorial Area Permit - Premium BHungarian Super League National Permit ESzewinska Memorial Area Permit - Classic CGugl Indoor Area Indoor Permit D

VALDÓ SZŰCSCompetitions Level Cat. Result ScoresHungarian Ch. National Championships B 1124 - 1175Hungarian Super League National Permit EHungarian Ind. Ch. National Championships DHonvéd Cup National FHungarian Team Ch. National Permit E

WORLD RANKINGS – CASE STUDIES HUNGARY

WORLD RANKINGS – CASE STUDIES HUNGARY

WORLD RANKINGS – CASE STUDIES SPAIN

• All athletes participating

in Doha would have

qualified through World

Rankings

• Potentially 17 more

entries possible with

WR (subject to injury or

other availability)

• 12 more athletes

(beyond 3rd by event)

also eligible for entry

CTR >3 Event WR Athlete

Men 1500m 54 Sergio JIMENEZ

Men 1500m 58 Adrian BEN

Men 20km 62 Luis Alberto AMEZCUA

Men 20km 93 Manuel BERMODEZ

Men 20km 99 Ivan LOPEZ

Men 50km 58 Benjami SANCHEZ

Men 50km 69 Ivan PAJUELO

Men Marathon 375 Camilo Raul SANTIAGO

Men Marathon 399 Jaume LEIVA BEATO

Women 20km 24 Julia TAKACS

Women 20km 42 Lidia SANCHEZ-PUEBLA

Women 50km 28 Maria JUAREZ GALLARDO

WORLD RANKINGS – DOHA

ENTRIES WITH WORLD RANKINGS

QUALIFICATION THROUGH WORLD RANKINGS

1 Men 400m

26 Men 400m

2 Men Pole Vault

24 Men Pole Vault

2 Men 1500m

2 Women 1500m

22 Women 1500m

32 Women Long Jump

42 Men 5000m

DIAMOND LEAGUE – IMPACT ON T2020 QUALIFICATION

Based on observation of 2019 DL and T2020 target numbers (in 32 DL events – no Road or CE)

▪ More than 50% of athletes qualified through WRx would have not competed in the DL (654 athletes from 1288)

▪ Of the 50% which competed in the DL, 70% would have the Entry Standard so participation in the DL for qualification becomes irrelevant.

▪ In practice less than 15% athletes of the T2020 target numbers would be seeking to earn placing points in the DL

Are you aware of the opportunity to upgrade selected events (at MF sole discretion) from WRxcategory F to E based on a quota by country?

• Yes and we have applied in 2019

• Yes but we have not applied in 2019

• No

Aware and have applied

in 201947%

Aware but not applied in

201930%

Not aware23%

MF SURVEY – NATIONAL PERMIT EVENTS

NATIONAL PERMIT UPGRADE F-E (29 MF in ’19)

▪ National Permit competitions are generally in category F.

▪ Those local competitions which appeal to, and attract, quality participation can be upgraded to category E.

▪ Quotas varying from 2 to 15 are established per MF based on the observation of the results from past editions

▪ Each MF has the right to propose at minimum one such competition.

▪ Circular will be sent in November with applications due by 31 December 2019

WORLD RANKINGS – 2018-2019 OVERVIEW

-

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

AFR ASI EUR NAM OCE SAM

Competitions ProcessedWR Category (T&F only)

Competitions Processed

WR Category (T&F only)

TOT

OW 1

DF 2

GW 14

GL 15

A 20

B 228

C 61

D 146

E 163

F 8 191

Total 8 843

MF SURVEY – HIGHLIGHTED CONCERNS

37%

43%

43%

27%

47%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50%

Athletes' need to travel to meetings

Ability to enjoy enough scoring opportunities in theranking period

Not enough "quality" scoring opportunities in theregion

Difficult to understand and explain to athletes,coaches, etc.

Access to meetings where organisers' discretionprevails over WRx

WORLD ATHLETICS CONTINENTAL TOUR REGS

Athlete Participation

ElementsGOLD SILVER BRONZE

From Area (min) 50% 50% n/a

From outside (min) 15% 10% n/a

Max from same country in any

one event4 4 4

Priority Entry based on WR X X n/a

Min from Top ranked in any event 3 from Top 50 3 from Top 100 n/a

WR placing score category A B C

WORLD RANKINGS – 2018-2019 OVERVIEW

-

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

AFR ASI EUR NAM OCE SAM

Competitions ProcessedWR Category (T&F only)

Competitions Processed

WR Category (T&F only)

TOT

OW 1

DF 2

GW 14

GL 15

A 20

B 228

C 61

D 146

E 163

F 8 191

Total 8 843

WORLD RANKINGS – 2018-2019 SUMMARY

-

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

40,000

45,000

AFR ASI EUR NAM OCE SAM

Ranked AthletesWCH Disciplines

SCORING OF DIAMOND LEAGUE DISCIPLINES

Category GW

▪Disciplines part of the Diamond race held at DL meetings

▪Disciplines NOT part of the Diamond race held at Gold Level

meetings

Category A

▪Disciplines NOT part of the Diamond race held at DL meetings

• Overweight of placing score

• Deadline was close for ranking process before Doha

• Current point system will potentially encourage match fixing

• Transparency: everybody must to know how many athletes achieved entry standards and who was invited according to result, or WR

• It is harder to plan the preparation

• Confusing system with NON official events

MF SURVEY – OTHER CONCERNS

• Good: but welcome some clarifications

• Basic: know it is a mix of Entry Standards and WRx but don’t know how it is going to work in practice

• Limited: know it has changed but little else

Good47%

Basic50%

Limited3%

MF SURVEY – KNOWLEDGE OF TOKYO 2020

TOKYO 2020 – ROAD TO…

Qualification process

An athlete can qualify in one of two ways:

• Achieve the entry standard within the respective qualification period

• Qualify by virtue of his IAAF World Ranking Position according to the respective event Ranking Rules

In both cases, the maximum quota per NOC per event must be respected and the number of entries per event cannot be exceeded.

Qualification period

• Marathon and 50km Race Walk: from 1 January 2019 to 31 May 2020

• 10,000m, 20km Race Walk and Combined Events: from 1 January 2019 to 29 June 2020

• All other events: from 1 May 2019 to 29 June 2020

TOKYO 2020 – QUALIFICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS

Race Walks and Marathon

▪ 24 May deadline to apply for entry of non-qualified athletes

▪ 31 May end of qualification period

▪ 3 June IAAF publishes list of:

o Approved Unqualified

o Qualified by Standard

o Qualified by World Ranking (based on previous two)

▪ 6-7 June MF to send Entries by Event to IAAF

▪ 8-9 June IAAF to reallocate as appropriate based on world rankings

▪ 6 July Final Entries deadline

TOKYO 2020 – QUALIFICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS (CONT.)

All other events

▪ 22 June deadline to apply for entry of non-qualified athletes

▪ 29 June end of qualification period

▪ 1 July IAAF publishes list of:

o Approved Unqualified

o Qualified by Standard

o Qualified by World Ranking (based on previous two)

o List of qualified relay teams

▪ 2-3 July MF to send Entries by Event to IAAF

▪ 4-5 July IAAF to reallocate as appropriate based on world rankings

▪ 6 July Final Entries deadline

STATISTICAL SERVICE

statistics@iaaf.org

Unique source of truth for rule-compliant performances

Only approved performances in IAAF database guarantee validity for entry standards, world rankings and qualification to major championships

Athletes’ profiles serve as official source of information for:

FAMILY NAME and Given Name

Citizenship

Date of birth

IF code (for NOC entries)

STATISTICS – ON WEB

MF RESPONSIBILITYto submit results and other data timely and accurately

statistics@iaaf.org

RULE COMPLIANCE

• Reminder that competitions MUST be conducted according to IAAF Rules:

• Wind where required (including CE) and FAT up to 800m

• Temporary Facilities: application of Rule 149.2 and 148 (survey)

• Certified road events (measurement and judges for RW)

• MF responsibility to ensure results (and other data) are correctly and timely submitted via statistics@iaaf.org or via “Send Competition Results” form on iaaf.org

• Athletes’ eligibility to represent a Member Federation is identified through his/her IAAF Profile – need to enquire with IAAF if deemed incorrect

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

• Ensure that National Senior Outdoor Championships dates and venues across all disciplines are communicated for correct scoring:• Stadium (Track and Field)

• Marathon (especially if held in conjunction with existing open race)

• Race Walking

• Combined Events

• 10,000m

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Compete where you can maximize points not where maximum points

are available

Take advantage of the upgrade for National Permit Competitions

Check that Marathons are certified World Athletics Continental Tour replaces IAAF World Challenge and Area Permit programmes to deliver

an expanded global quality competition programme

Consult Calendar