Wikipedia:WikiProject Athletics/Tasks/Top 10 athletes (2012)

This is a list of athletes without an article who featured within the top-10 rankings of a World Championship athletics event in 2012.

The act of featuring the top 10 does not in itself make an athlete automatically notable, but it often indicates that the athlete performs at a notable level of the sport – many will have competed internationally. Significant exceptions include US college athletes, one-off performances, and athletes from nations which have significant strength in depth in certain events.


 * ''Note: Athletes in bold featured in the top five of their discipline
 * At creation in March 2013 there were 28 missing top-10 men and 19 missing top-10 women (including 13 top-5 men and 5 top-5 women)

Men

 * 60 m
 * Harry Adams (sprinter)
 * Philippe DeRosier
 * 200 m
 * Harry Adams
 * 800 m
 * Abraham Rotich
 * 1500 m
 * Bethwell Birgen
 * Benson Seurei
 * 5000 m
 * John Kipkoech
 * 10,000 m
 * Emmanuel Bett
 * Yigrem Demelash


 * 60 m hurdles
 * Dexter Faulk
 * Kevin Craddock
 * Jarret Eaton
 * 110 m hurdles
 * Dexter Faulk
 * 3000 m steeplechase
 * Jairus Birech
 * Conseslus Kipruto
 * Bernard Nganga


 * Half marathon
 * Atsedu Tsegay
 * Stephen Kibet
 * Jonathan Maiyo
 * Ezekiel Chebii
 * Bernard Koech
 * 20 km walk
 * Andrey Ruzavin
 * Petr Trofimov


 * High jump
 * Ricky Robertson
 * Pole vault
 * Karsten Dilla
 * Triple jump
 * Osviel Hernández
 * Shot put
 * Cory Martin
 * Kurt Roberts
 * Heptathlon
 * Japhet Cato
 * Gunnar Nixon

Women

 * 60 m
 * English Gardner
 * LaKya Brookins
 * 100 m
 * Kimberlyn Duncan
 * 200 m
 * Kimberlyn Duncan
 * 1500 m
 * Svetlana Podosenova
 * 3000 m
 * Buze Diriba
 * Azemra Gebru


 * 60 m hurdles
 * Kristi Castlin
 * Christina Manning
 * Vanneisha Ivy
 * Brianna Rollins
 * Bridgette Owens-Mitchell
 * 100 m hurdles
 * Kristi Castlin
 * 3000 m steeplechase
 * Lydiah Chepkurui


 * Half marathon
 * Pasalia Kipkoech


 * 20 km walk
 * Elmira Alembekova
 * Irina Yumanova
 * Anna Lukyanova


 * Long jump
 * Whitney Gipson


 * Triple jump
 * Ekaterina Koneva


 * Shot put
 * Olesya Sviridova