Athletics Prediction Contests (35th edition)

For the 20th World Athletics Championships
Tokyo Saturday 13 - 21 September 2025

Contest 1: Predict all the medal winners.
Contest 2: Predict the 20 biggest favorites.
As usual no entrance fee and the traditional money prizes.

Entrance to the contests and mutations to your predictions is not longer possible.

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The spirit of this game is to play with an open mind.

Winner of the 2024 Top3 Contest with 305 participants is Keith Odoyo from Kenya.
Winner of the 2024 Pick20 Contest with 264 participants is James McCartney from Great Britain.

All time rankings
The All time Top3 and Pick20 rankings (default based on Average Percent Rank) to be updated soon
for 2024 results are lead by: Santi Velasco and Joaquãn Carmona Torre (unbridgeable lead).

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Scoring model for 2025
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Ranking Top3
24 events
 Rank   Delta   Name   Country   Pts 
 1.  0  Glenn Rosendahl   SWE   143 
 2.  1  Patrick Secchi   FRA   141 
 3.  1  Mikael Wallen   SWE   140 
 4.  0  Eden Gobbels   NED   139 
 5.  0  Steven Mills   GBR   139 
 more ...  (*: outside competition)
Ranking Pick20
20 events
 Rank   Delta   Name   Country 
 Target   Score 
 1.  6  Albin Hagstedt   SWE  194   118 
 2.  1  Louise Knight   GBR  193   112 
 3.  1  Freddy van den Berg   NED  210   110 
 4.  1  Palmiro Candreva   ITA  203   109 
 5.  75  Lizz Hawkins   GBR  193   107 
more ...
Decisions
 Event   S   Athlete   Country   Description 
 No decisons. 
Figures Prizes(sponsored by the organizer)
 Description   Event   S   Athlete   Country   Value   Top3 No. 1   Top3 No. 2   Top3 No. 3 
 Nr of top3 entries  392  100 € 50 € 25 €
 Most predicted winner  Pole  m  DUPLANTIS   SWE  389 
 Least predicted winner  Javelin  w  VILAGOŠ   SRB  133 
 Most average points scored  Pole  m  8.72 
 Most 10 points scored  Pole  m  159 
 more ... 
 Description   Event   S   Athlete   Country   Value   Pick20 No. 1   Pick20 No. 2   Pick20 No. 3 
 Nr of pick20 entries  296  100 € 50 € 25 €
 Highest average points assigned  Pole  m  DUPLANTIS  SWE  19.00 
Hall of Fame Top3
 Year   Winner   Country 
 2024   Keith Odoyo    KEN 
 2023   Tobias Steige    GER 
 2022   Palmiro Candreva    ITA 
 2021   Santi Velasco    ESP 
 2019   Alvaro Marin    ESP 
 2018   Gustavo Candelas    ESP 
 2017   Jonathan Phillips    IRL 
 2016   Sampsa Lahtonen    FIN 
 2015   Gustavo Candelas    ESP 
 2014   Jacobo Fernandez    ESP 
 1988 - 2013   more ... 
Flag Counter
Hall of Fame Pick20
 Year   Winner   Country 
 2024   James McCartney    GBR 
 2023   Jon Mulkeen    GBR 
 2022   Michael Stebbins    USA 
 2021   Martin Limo    GBR 
 2019   Johan Timby    SWE 
 2018   Daniel Grooms    GBR 
 2017   Frans Häggblom    FIN 
 2016   Ruben van den Berghe    BEL 
 2015   Marc Masip    ESP 
 2014   Joeri van Egmond    NED 
 2011 - 2013   more ...