Men's RankingsTop 10 – 6 countries
3 - Russia, Hungary
1 - Ukraine , South Korea , Czech Republic , China
Top 20 – 10 countries
4 - Russia
3 - Hungary , South Korea
2 - Ukraine , Great Britain , Italy
1 - Czech Republic , China , Argentina , Austria
Top 50 – 20 countries
5 - South Korea , Italy
4 - Russia , Hungary , Germany
3 - Czech Republic , Great Britain , Poland , France , United States
2 - Ukraine , Lithuania , Belarus
1 - China , Argentina , Austria , Mexico , Chile , Brazil , Kazakhstan
Top 100 – 30 countries
8 - South Korea
6 – Italy, China
5 – Hungary, Czech Republic, Germany, Brazil
4 – Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, Poland, United States, Japan
3 – Great Britain, Argentina, Mexico, France, Kazakhstan
2 – Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Latvia, Canada, Ecuador
1 – Austria, Ireland, Egypt, Venezuela, Panama
Some quick and curious facts about the men’s rankings:
- 4 pentathletes managed to finish inside the top 10 for two years in a row: Lesun, Marosi, Svoboda and Karyakin. Lesun successfully defended his condition of world #1, Marosi finished one position ahead of 2010, placing in second position and Svoboda dropped from 2nd to 9th.
- As for the countries, Russian and Hungarian dominance in 2011 meant few room left for other countries, and Italy and Lithuania finished outside top 10 while they had 2 pentathletes each in 2010 end. South Korea, currently with 3 pentathletes inside the top20, had as best pentathlete in 2010 Hwonho Jung as 22th.
- Lesun collected 205 points to finish the year at the top, an increase of 7 points compared to previous year. The advantage over the closest pentathlete was wider in 2011 (15 points versus 8 points in 2010).
- The most improved pentathletes compared to previous season were Olympic legend Andrei Moiseev and youngster Jinhwa Jung. In the other way, Ondrej Polivka dropped from 7th to 39th place.
Women’s Ranking
Top 10 – 8 countries2 – Germany, Great Britain
1 – Ukraine, Lithuania, France, Hungary, Brazil, Russia
Top 20 – 11 countries
4 – Great Britain
3 – Germany, Hungary
2 – Ukraine, Russia
1 - Lithuania, France, Brazil, Latvia, China, Belarus
Top 50 – 22 countries
4 – Great Britain, Germany, Russia, China, Italy
3 – Hungary, France, Brazil, Poland
2 – Ukraine, United States, Canada, Argentina, South Korea
1 – Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Egypt, Czech Republic, Australia, Ireland, Mexico
Top 100 – 27 countries
8 – China
6 – Great Britain, Hungary, Russia, Poland, Italy
5 – Germany, Argentina
4 – Ukraine, France, Brazil, Mexico, Czech Republic, South Korea
3 – Lithuania, United States, Canada
2 – Belarus, Japan, Australia, Guatemala
1 – Latvia, Egypt, Ireland, Chile, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Cuba, Ecuador, Finland, Venezuela
Some quick and curious facts about women’s rankings:
- Only two pentathletes managed to finish the year in the top 10 two years in a row, and they repeated their previous ranking: Lena Schoneborn, the world number one, and Yane Marques, in 7th place.
- The world leader computed 203 ranking points, 12 points ahead of Victoria Tereshuk, the World Championships winner and ranking #2. Schoneborn’s fourth best result, which didn’t make the rankings, was the second place at World Cup 3 Budapest (55 points)
- Two British pentathletes finished the year inside the top 10; one year before there was no top 10, however they were 4 inside the top20.
- Biggest ranking jumps were Tereshuk (+36 positions) and Asadauskaite (from no ranking to #3), while for the young guns Elodie Clouvel improved 29 positions (up to #4) and Sarolta Kovacs improved 10 positions (up to #6).
By Eduardo Vale
