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Men

Please vote for your THREE candidates for the Male Performance of the Year

  • 1
    Usain Bolt
    Usain Bolt (JAM)
    9.69/100m
    [Beijing - 16 August]
  • 2
    Usain Bolt
    Usain Bolt (JAM)
    19.30/200m
    [Beijing - 20 August]
  • 3
    Jamaica’s 4x100 Relay Team
    Jamaica’s 4x100 Relay Team (JAM)
    37.10/4x100m
    [Beijing - 22 August]
  • 4
    Irving Saladino
    Irving Saladino (PAN)
    8.73/Long Jump
    [Hengelo - 24 May]
  • 5
    Haile Gebrselassie
    Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)
    2:03:59/Marathon
    [Berlin - 28 September]
  • 6
    Kenenisa Bekele
    Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)
    12:57.82/5000m
    [Beijing - 23 August]
  • 7
    Dayron Robles
    Dayron Robles (CUB)
    12.87/110m Hurdles
    [Ostrava - 12 June]
  • 8
    Samuel Wanjiru
    Samuel Wanjiru (KEN)
    2:06.32/Marathon
    [Beijing - 24 August ]
  • 9
    Bryan Clay
    Bryan Clay (USA)
    8832/Decathlon
    [Eugene - 30 June]
  • 10
    LaShawn Merritt
    LaShawn Merritt (USA)
    43.75/400m
    [Beijing - 21 August ]
  • 11
    Abubaker Kaki
    Abubaker Kaki (SUD)
    1:42.69/800m
    [Oslo - 6 June]
  • 12
    Angelo Taylor
    Angelo Taylor (USA)
    47.25/400m Hurdles
    [Beijing - 18 August]
  • 13
    Zersenay Tadese
    Zersenay Tadese (ERI)
    59:56/Half Marathon
    [Rio de Janeiro - 12 October]

Women

Please vote for your THREE candidates for the Female Performance of the Year

  • 1
    Tia Hellebaut
    Tia Hellebaut (BEL)
    2.05/High Jump
    [Beijing - 23 August]
  • 2
    Veronica Campbell-Brown
    Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)
    21.74/200m
    [Beijing - 21 August]
  • 3
    Barbora Spotakova
    Barbora Spotakova (CZE)
    72.28/Javelin Throw
    [Stuttgart - 13 September]
  • 4
    Shelly-Ann Fraser
    Shelly-Ann Fraser (JAM)
    10.78/100m
    [Beijing - 17 August]
  • 5
    Melaine Walker
    Melaine Walker (JAM)
    52.64/400m Hurdles
    [Beijing - 20 August]
  • 6
    Pamela Jelimo
    Pamela Jelimo (KEN)
    1:54.01/800m
    [Zürich - 29 August]
  • 7
    Yelena Isinbayeva
    Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)
    5.05/Pole Vault
    [Beijing - 18 August]
  • 8
    Tirunesh Dibaba
    Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)
    14:11.15/5000m
    [Oslo - 6 June]
  • 9
    Susanna Kallur
    Susanna Kallur (SWE)
    7.68/60m Hurdles
    [Karlsruhe - 10 February]
  • 10
    Gulnara Galkina-Samitova
    Gulnara Galkina-Samitova (RUS)
    8:58.81/3000m Steeplechase
    [Beijing - 17 August]
  • 11
    Françoise Mbango
    Françoise Mbango (CMR)
    15.39/Triple Jump
    [Beijing - 17 August]
  • 12
    Lornah Kiplagat
    Lornah Kiplagat (NED)
    68:37/Half Marathon
    [Rio de Janeiro - 12 October]
  • 13
    Olga Kaniskina
    Olga Kaniskina (RUS)
    1:26.31/20km Race Walk
    [Beijing - 21 August]