Rankings Analysis: 30 July 2023

The update to rankings on 30 July arose from the results of a number of national championships including the Estonian, French, Belarus, Canadian, Ukrainian, Spanish, Swedish, Dutch and Italian nationals; and the South American Championships.

The update below reminds us of the placing points for these competitions, summarises who entered the rankings (from being unranked, or from being outwith the top 100) and who dropped out the rankings (to unranked or ouwith top 100), and works through the results of the relevant competitions and how they affected the rankings.

You can read a full explanation of the rankings, and find previous weeks’ analysis here.

PLACING POINTS

The South American championships are Category GL for rankings purposes (the same as Götzis and Talence). That provides 110 placing points for 1^st place, 90 for 2^nd, 75 for 3rd, 65 for 4^th, 55 for 3^rd and then points all the way down to 12^th place.

National championship are Category B for rankings purposes. That provides 60 placing points for 1^st place, 50 for 2nd, 45 for 3rd, 40 for 4th, 35 for 5th and points down to 8^th place.

WHO ENTERED THE RANKINGS

Hans-Christian Hausenberg, Kristjan Rosenberg (back inside top 100), Jorge Davila (back inside top 100), Santiago Ford (back inside top 100)

Georgia Ellenwood, Carmen Ramos (back inside top 100), Daryna Sloboda (back inside top 100)

WHO DROPPED OUT THE RANKINGS

Georni Jaramillo (unranked), Benjamin Hougardy (unranked)

Raiane Vasconcelos (outside top 100)

RESULTS

At the Estonian championships, Johannes Erm’s win with 8424 moved him up a place from 18^th to 17^th in the rankings, Kristjan Rosenberg was second with 7798 which brought him back inside the top 100 in 68^th place, and Hans-Christian Hausenberg finally entered the rankings at 44^th place, his third-place score of 7490 coupled with his score from the World Indoors in 2022. Katre Sofia Palm won the heptathlon in 5731 and moved from 97^th to 81^st.

At the French championships, Makenson Gletty’s win with 8279 moved him from 30^th to 26^th place, and he would end up just outside the qualification for Budapest. His second-best score for rankings purposes was his 8141 for 4^th place in Talence last year (which brought 65 placing points), rather than his 8211 for 8^th place in Götzis (which only brought 40 placing points).

Esther Turpin’s victory in 6182 and Auriana Lazraq-Khlass’ second place in 6153, together with the 60 and 50 placing points respectively for first and second in nationals, brought them from 53^rd to 36^th (Esther) and 46^th to 38^th (Auriana). Both would qualify for Budapest via rankings. Elisa Pineau was third in 6027 and that helped move her up 10 places from 64 to 54.

At the Spanish championships, the thrilling competition between Bruno Comin and Jorge Davila, each just short of 8000 points, resulted in improvements for both of them in rankings. Comin’s win with 7979 took him from 75^th to 54^th and Davila’s second place with 7960 brought him back into the top 100 to 78^th place. Carmen Ramos’ win brought her back into the top 100 at 99, and while Andrea Medina improved her overall ranking score by a few points in second place, she remained in 85^th place.

At the Italian championships, Lorenzo Naidon’s first 8000-point score, 8090, brought him from 93^rd place to 58^th.

At the Ukrainian championships, Daryna Sloboda re-entered the top 100 in 84^th place after scoring 5861 to win the national title.

At the Swedish championships, Lovisa Karlsson won in 5846 and moved up from 89^th place to 70^th place.

At the Dutch championships, Myke van de Wiel was second with 5721 and although that improved her rankings score by a few points, she was pushed down from 74^th to 76^th due to movements further up the rankings.

At the Canadian championships, Nicole Ostertag’s score of 6019 (with 60 placing points) moved her from 44^th to 43^rd. Her second-best performance for rankings purposes was her 5801 from NACAC (2^nd place gave her 90 placing points) rather than her 6005 from Boras in June (only 45 placing points for the win). Georgia Ellenwood rejoined the rankings in 57^th place, after finishing second in 6001.

While Belarus remains suspended from international competition, athletes are still able to collect rankings points, and the national championships resulted in several significant improvements.

The South American championships played a significant part in qualification for Budapest because it provided the winners – Jose Fernando Ferreira Santana of Brazil and Martha Valeria Araujo of Colombia – with a designated place in Budapest. However, both would have qualified or come very close to qualifying by rankings, since the area championships – as we saw for NACAC – also provide very generous rankings points.

Martha was already in 26^th place in rankings, and while her win improved her overall rankings score by 2 points, she remained in 26^th place, qualifying directly for Budapest. Tamara De Souza had been in 79^th place in rankings, a position supported by her 4^th place at the South American Championships in 2021 with 5655. However, while De Souza finished second at the competition in 2023 and collected more placing points (90 compared to 75), her lower heptathlon score of 5314 meant that she dropped from 79^th to 100^th.

Jose scored 8058 for gold, which brought him from 46^th place to 29^th place. His second-best score for rankings purposes was his 7944 to win the Brazilian nationals (which brought 60 placing points) rather than his other 8k+ score, his 8007 from the Portarathlon (for which a win only brought him 45 placing points).

Santiago Ford was second at the championships, and his score of 7845 brought him back into the top 100 rankings, at 88^th place.

However, several athletes dropped in the rankings as a result of the South American championships. Points from area championships remain eligible for longer than the usual 18-month period for rankings, but fall when a newer edition of the competition takes place. So any points from the 2021 championships ceased to count. That affected Raiane Vasconcelos (76^th to outside top 100), Andy Preciado (35^th to 69^th), Felipe dos Santos (37^th to 53^rd) and Georni Jaramillo (unranked).

Since scores are mostly valid for 18 months for rankings purposes, we are now entering the period where the indoor scores from early 2022 will no longer be eligible. This affected Marcel Meyer who had just improved from 65th to 50th a few weeks earlier thanks to his 8k and 4th place at the European U23s. His second ranking score – 6024 from the 2022 German indoor championships – expired at the end of July, and was replaced with his 7983 from 15^th at Götzis. That caused him to drop from 52^nd to 70^th.

Likewise, Benjamin Hougardy’s score from the 2022 edition of X-Athletics expired, causing him to drop out of the top 100.