Both in the women's 800m and 1500m Europe has the highest number of good runners. All-Athletics.com publishes some interesting statistical summaries from its incredibly deep 2010 Top Lists.
North and Central America is the second deepest Area in these middle distances.
Interesting to note that while altogether there are more Asian runners listed than Africans, the later Area has more runners in the higher sections.
It seems that these are not the most popular events in South America.
Women’s 800m
2:05.00 min or faster: 257 athletes
Africa: 30
Asia: 18
Europe: 127
North and Central America: 65
Oceania: 10
South America: 7
2:14.00 min or faster: 1848 athletes
Africa: 128
Asia: 136
Europe: 835
North and Central America: 646
Oceania: 71
South America: 33
Women’s 1500m
4:20.00 min or faster: 353 athletes
Africa: 50
Asia: 31
Europe: 172
North and Central America: 84
Oceania: 13
South America: 3
4:40.00 min or faster: 2107 athletes
Africa: 188
Asia: 231
Europe: 889
North and Central America: 664
Oceania: 100
South America: 36
Hurdles: North and Central America leads in all four events
North and Central American is the leading Area in depth in the 110/100m and the 400m hurdles, no matter if we speak about men or women.
Although Europe is not far in depth from the NACAC area, the simple fact is that North and Central America is represented in all four events by the most hurdlers in the incredibly deep All-Athletics.com World 2010 Top Lists.
Women’s 100m Hurdles
14.80 sec or faster: 1696 athletes
Africa: 43
Asia: 163
Europe: 640
North and Central America: 784
Oceania: 27
South America: 39
Women’s 400m Hurdles
1:04.00 min or faster: 1410 athletes
Africa: 67
Asia: 148
Europe: 528
North and Central America: 597
Oceania: 31
South America: 39
