Marcell Jacobs ranks 15th in the 100m world rankings (actually including all the short speed, given that the results obtained on 50, 55 and 60 meters can also be counted). The Olympic champion boasts 1,310 points in a ranking that takes into consideration i best five results obtained by athletes over the last two years.
The following performances are valid for the Lombard sprinter: the victory in the final of the 2022 European Championships with 9.95 (1,394 points), the success in the continental semi-final two years ago with 10.00 (1,276 points), the semi-final of the 2023 World Championships (12th place overall with 10.05 , 1,289 points), seventh place in the Diamond League in Xiamen in 10.05 (1,299 points) and the 10.08 run in Zagreb last September 10 (1,294 points, his last test before last night). Taking the average of the five findings, we arrive at 1,310.
The ranking is updated on April 23rd and will not be rescheduled before Wednesday 1st May or Thursday 2nd May, therefore Jacksonville’s second place with a time of 10.11 has not yet been evaluated, returning to the race after 230 days. Let’s remember that this ranking is also fundamental for qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympics: if an athlete has failed to run at least once in 10.00 (or less) between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024, then he will have to cling to this ranking to be among the 56 athletes who will be entitled to present themselves at the blocks starting at the Games.
The American Noah Lyles, World Champion in the 100 meters, stands with four points ahead of his compatriot Christian Coleman, World Champion in the 60 meters. Kenyan Ferdinand Omanyala is third ahead of Botswana Letsile Tebogo and the other American Fred Kerley. Marcell Jacobs is 37 points away from the top-10, closed by the American Cravont Charleston. Below is the World Athletics world ranking for the 100 meters, updated to April 23.
WORLD RANKING 100 METERS (updated April 23)
1. Noah Lyles (USA) 1,467 points
2. Christian Coleman (USA) 1,463
3. Ferdinand Omanyala (Kenya) 1,418
4. Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) 1,404
5. Fred Kerley (USA) 1,397
6. Zharnel Hughes (Great Britain) 1,395
7. Akani Simbine (South Africa) 1,379
8. Ackeem Blake (Jamaica) 1,373
9. Oblique Seville (Jamaica) 1,363
10. Cravont Charleston (USA) 1,347
11. Yohan Blake (Jamaica) 1,329
12. Kishane Thompson (Jamaica) 1,324
13. Marvin Bracy-Williams (USA) 1,324
14. Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (Japan) 1,311
15. Marcell Jacobs (Italy) 1,310
