{"id":1051,"date":"2006-12-31T03:33:47","date_gmt":"2006-12-31T09:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2006-12-31T03:33:47","modified_gmt":"2006-12-31T09:33:47","slug":"rankings-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/athletes\/men\/rankings-men\/","title":{"rendered":"The Greats of the Marathon &#8211; Men Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The athletes ranked here will have achieved the following, scored more than 100 points in the <strong><span style=\"color: #333366;\">Time-to-Run<\/span><\/strong> scoring system as well as achieved at least 4 out of the criteria listed at the end of the points scoring system.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The criteria consists of the following: their performances will be broken down to see their achievements at Championship level as well as their personal best time, whether they won at different venues as well as their performance as barrier breakers or world record holders. The most important is that the athlete can win on two different courses against good competition.<\/p>\n<p>This ranking system is aimed mainly at the modern era from the 80`s onwards, however we shall rank the greats before the 80&#8217;s according to their achievements.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"5\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Click<br \/>\non the name to view the athletes biography :<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"19\">\n<div>Ranked No1<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td height=\"19\">\n<div>No2<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>No3<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td height=\"19\"><\/td>\n<td height=\"19\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">\n<div><a title=\"Derek Clayton\" href=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/athletes\/men\/derek-clayton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Derek Clayton<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"79\">\n<div><a title=\"Ron Hill\" href=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/athletes\/men\/ron-hill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron Hill <\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"109\">\n<div><a title=\"Jerome Drayton\" href=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/athletes\/men\/jerome-drayton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerome Drayton<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"106\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"231\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">\n<div><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1018\" href=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/athletes\/men\/derek-clayton\/attachment\/1dcs\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1018\" title=\"Derek Clayton  \" src=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/wp-content\/uploads\/1dcs.gif\" alt=\"Derek Clayton\" width=\"64\" height=\"59\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"79\">\n<div><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1052 noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/athletes\/men\/rankings-men\/attachment\/hills-2\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1052\" title=\"Ron Hill\" src=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/wp-content\/uploads\/hillS1.jpg\" alt=\"Ron Hill\" width=\"64\" height=\"59\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"79\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1056 noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/athletes\/men\/jerome-drayton\/attachment\/jdxs\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1056\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"Jerome Drayton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/marathon\/wp-content\/uploads\/JDxs.jpg\" alt=\"Jerome Drayton\" width=\"64\" height=\"59\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"106\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"231\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">\n<div>Australia<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"79\">\n<div>Britain<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"79\">\n<div>Canada<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"106\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"231\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">\n<div>2:08:28<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"79\">\n<div>2:09:28<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"79\">\n<div>2:10:08<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"106\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"231\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">\n<div>110<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"79\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"79\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"106\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"231\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"79\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"79\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"106\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"231\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"79\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"79\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"106\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"231\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\" height=\"15\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"79\" height=\"15\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"79\" height=\"15\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"106\" height=\"15\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"231\" height=\"15\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"79\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"79\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"106\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"231\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"79\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"79\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"106\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"231\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"79\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"79\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"106\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"231\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"79\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"79\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"106\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"231\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The athletes ranked here will have achieved the following, scored more than 100 points in the Time-to-Run scoring system as well as achieved at least 4 out of the criteria listed at the end of the points scoring 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