7. Marathon Competitions

Marathon only competitions or Marathon races held in conjunction with other road running races. Marathon competitions are ranked in 3 different categories:

• Combined ranking of the Men's and Women's Marathon races
• Men's Marathon ranking
• Women's Marathon ranking.

Basic Rules

When calculating the Competition Score the following factors are considered:

1. Result Score: The actual results achieved in the competition
2. Participation Score: The level of the participating athletes
3. WR Bonus: World Records achieved in the competition

Competition Score = Competition Result Score + Competition Participation Score + WR Bonus

1. Competition Result Score

1.1. Calculating the Competition Result Score

1. Marathon (combined): The 8 best results are calculated to get the Result Score of the competition, of which a maximum of 5 results can be included from the same gender's race.
2. Men's Marathon: The 5 best male results are calculated to get the Result Score of the competition.
3. Women's Marathon: The 5 best female results are calculated to get the Result Score of the competition.

1.2. Result Scores

1. Results Scores are awarded for the result achieved by the athlete according to the latest edition of the WA Scoring Tables of Athletics (by Dr. Bojidar Spiriev).
2. Results Scores are calculated with the Downhill Modification System for Road Running events, as used in the World Rankings as well.

2. Competition Participation Score

2.1. Calculating the Competition Participation Score

1. Marathon (combined): The 8 best Participation Scores of the athletes who took part in the competition.
2. Men's Marathon: The 5 best Participation Scores of the male athletes who took part in the competition.
3. Women's Marathon: The 5 best Participation Scores of the female athletes who took part in the competition.
4. Participation Scores for each athlete are determined by the following achievements:
• Position in the World Rankings - see point 2.2.
• Top 3 placings in the latest World Championships or Olympic Games. - see point 2.3
• Current World Record holder - see point 2.4.
5. From the 2.2., 2.3. and 2.4. points the highest score is regarded as the Participation score for each athlete.
6. Participation Scores are awarded for athletes who in fact took part in the competition. For athletes who are listed in the start list but did not start in the competition, no Participation Scores are given.

2.2. Position in the World Rankings

1. A Participation Score is awarded for the athlete if he/she was ranked in the latest World Rankings, which were published at least 4 days prior to the start of the competition.
2. Scores are given for the Overall or the Event Ranking position of the athletes, depending on which provides the higher Participation score.
3. Event Ranking positions are only considered in the same Event Group to which the event belongs, in which the athlete participated in the competition.

Table 1: World Rankings positions

2.3 Top 3 placing (Podium finishes in the latest WCH or Olympic Games)

1. In case the athlete achieved a Top 3 position in the latest World Championships or Olympic Games the following scores are given. Scores depend on in which Event Group the athlete has won the medal.

Table 2: Scores for podium finishes

2.4. World Record Holder

1. If the athlete is the current World Record holder, 120 points are given for the athlete as Participation Score.

3. WR Bonus

1. For each WR achieved in a competition, a WR Bonus Score is added to the sum of the Result Score and the Participation Score of the competition, according to the following table:

Table 3: WR Bonus scores