Track & Field Athlete Ranking Explanations

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Track & Field Athlete Ranking Explanations

This website uses statistics and results to rank players. It does not use opinion/bias to rank players.

Events That Factor Into Rankings

1. Olympics (1896-present)

How Track & Field Athletes Qualify to Be Ranked

Compete in an Olympic individual event.

Results from relay events are not factored into the athlete ratings.

All-Time Athlete Rankings are Factored by the Athletes Totals in the Following Categories:

Category Order

1. Number of Gold Medals

2. Number of Silver Medals

3. Number of Bronze Medals

4. Number of Events Competed In

5. Average Finish of All Events Competed In

Athletes By College

The rating used to rank the athletes is the same as the all-time rankings.

The rankings are based on what the athlete did at the international level and not what they did while competing for that college.

Any athlete who attended more than one college is only listed with the last school that they attended.

Athletes By Nation

The rating used to rank the athletes is the same as the all-time rankings.

The athletes are listed in the rankings of the nation they were born in and not the nation that they grew up in.

Athletes By Rookie Year

The rating used to rank the athletes is the same as the all-time rankings.

The athletes are listed by the year that they first competed in an Olympics or Medaled at a World Championships-which ever came first.

Athletes By State

The rating used to rank the athletes is the same as the all-time rankings.

The athletes are listed in the rankings of the state they were born in and not the state that they grew up in.