Sandro Damilano has finished updating the 2017 most representing male athletes in the world included with the most up-to-date technical reports.
The section dedicated to Foreign Athletes (men) was updated at Dec. 31, 2018.
The athletes were divided by country of origin in order to facilitate research and for every athlete have been updated:
- Personal best
- Progressions over the years in their main races
- Clicking on "Scarica l'allegato" it open a report containing the 10 best performances in major competitions, other important results including the best career results.
We also have indicated the average of the 10 best performances in typical distances of each athlete.
Where possible, moreover the performances less than 10 first in the typical distances of each athlete, were also indicated.
Compared to 2016 and 2017 the number of athletes of world interest has been increased, bringing it to 43 athletes.
We summarizes in the sollowing table:
| Area | Nation | Number of Athletes |
| | | |
| Africa | South Africa | 1 |
| Asia | China | 4 |
| | Japan | 10 |
| Consudatle-Sud America | Brasile | 1 |
| | Colombia | 1 |
| | Ecuador | 2 |
| Europe | Belarus | 1 |
| | France | 1 |
| | Germany | 3 |
| | Great Britain | 1 |
| | Italy | 1 |
| | Poland | 1 |
| | Russia | 2 |
| | Slovak Rep. | 1 |
| | Spain | 3 |
| | Sweden | 1 |
| | Ukraine | 2 |
| NACAC-Nord America, Center and Caribbean | Canada | 2 |
| | Guatemala | 1 |
| | Mexico | 2 |
| Oceania | Australia | 2 |
| | | |
| World total | 21 Nations | 43 athletes |
Major changes in 2018 compared to 2017.
Athletes involved in doping facts (Ivan Noskov, Andrey Ruzavin, Mikhail Ryzhov, Ihor Hlavan, Ruslan Dmytrenko) remain in the in the relevant lists but are not part of this news.
Are moved in the Hall of Fame: Wang Zhen (CHN) and Yu Wei (CHN).
They have beem added: Dmitriy Dziubin (BLR), Brian Daniel Pintado (ECU), Jin Xiangqian (CHN), Wag Qin (CHN), Ikeda Koki (JPN), Katsuki Hayato (JPN), Maruo Satoshi (JPN), Noda Tomohiro (JPN), Garcia Carrera Diego (ESP), Dohmann Carl (GER), Pohle Hagen (GER), Rafal Augustyn (POL), Vasiliy Mizinov (RUS) and Maryan Zakalnitskyy (UKR).
Obviously the reports are free for use: please only mention the source of origin.
To make it easier to read, we have divided the reports in order of the IAAF Area.
AFRICA
(CONFDERATION OF AFRICAN ATHLETICS)
ASIA
CONSUDATLE
(CONFDERACION SUDAMERICANA DE ATLETISMO)
EUROPE
Russia
Shirobokov Sergey - page: click here - report: click here
Slovak Republic
NACAC
(NORTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION)