National Outdoor Seasonal Bests--Men

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(Some) Men's National Bests for 2010 Outdoor Season

My original intention was to post a full list of national bests for the season. It quickly became obvious that I didn't have access to most of the data. As usual, Mirko Jalava's season rankings were the best source, but only for women's marks at or above 3.70 meters and men’s marks at or above 5.00 meters. Clearly this omits many national bests. Some of these were to be found in Michel Saint-Raymond’s website of national records. All too many national bests still were missing, and I found only a few from IAAF federation websites. Sorry, but I don’t think I’ll try this one again. RR

Argentina 5.00 Marcelo Terra 1 Mar del Plata 2 may
Australia 5.95 Steve Hooker 1 Split 5 September
Austria 5.00 Paul Kilbertus 2 Villach 10 July
Belarus 5.41 Igor Alekseeve 1 Viljandi 6 July
Belgium 5.40 Denis Goosens 1 Formia 30 May
Brazil 5.65 Fabio da Silva 1 Fortaleza 16 May
Bulgaria 5.40 Spas Bukhalov 1 Marsa 20 June
Canada 5.50 Jason Wurster 3 Fortaleza 16 May
China 5.75 Yang Yansheng 1 Jinan 6 August
Colombia 5.10 Victor Medina 1 Cali 15 May
Croatia 5.26 Ivan Horvat 1 Split 27 June
Cuba 5.60 Lazaro Borges 1 San Fernando 5 June
Cyprus 5.20 Nikandros Stylianou 1 Thessaloniki 29 May
Czech Republic 5.73 Michal Balner 1 Praha 24 June
Denmark 5.50 Rasmus Jorgensen q Barcelona 29 July
Dominican Rep 5.10 Jorge Montes 1 Mayaguez 27 July
Finland 5.60 Eemoli Salomaki 1 Somero 3 July
France 5.94 Renaud Lavillenie 1 Valence 10 July
Germany 5.80 Matle Mohr 1 Aachen 1 September
Great Britain 5.50 Steven Lewis 1 Mannheim 4 July
Greece 5.55 Konstadínos Filipídis 8 Rottach-Egern 4 July
Hungary 5.20 Dezso Szabo 1 Debrecen 8 August
India 5.02 Gijanan Upadhyay 1 Ranchi 4 May
Iran 5.25 Mohsen Rabbani 1 Mashad 21 July
Israel 5.5 Yevgenyi Olkhovskiy 1 Clemson 17 April
Italy 5.75 Giuseppe Gibilisco 4 Barcelona 31 July
Japan 5.70 Daichi Sawano 1 Hiroshima 29 April
Kazakhstan 5.05 Nikita Filippov 1 Hanoi 1 July
Korea, South 5.31 Yun Dae-Wook 1 Changwon 12 May
Kuwait 5.10 Fahad Bader Al-Mershad 1 Al-Kuwait 17 May
Latvia 5.20 Karlis Putjats q Greensboro 27 May
Mexico 5.75 Giovanni Lanaro 1 Walnut 6 June
Netherlands 5.60 Robbert Jansen 1 Amsterdam 18 July
Norway 5.21 Henning Holti 1 Goteborg 2 July
Poland 5.80 Lukasz Michalski 1 Bielsko-Biala 10 July
Portugal 5.55 Edi Maia 1 Lisbon 13 June
Puerto Rico 5.40 Brandon Estrada 4 Walnut 17 April
Russia 5.65 Viktor Chistyakov 1 Sochi 27 May
Serbia 5.10 Igor Sarcevic 2 Tel Aviv 27 June
Slovakia 5.00 Tomas Krajnak 1 Ceske Budejovice 5 June
Slovenia 5.50 Jurij Rovan 5 Ingolstadt 3 July
South Africa 5.50 Cheyne Rahme 1 Germiston 10 April
Spain 5.50 Igor Bychkov 1 Leiria 22 May
Sweden 5.51 Oscar Janson 1 Stockholm 31 August
Switzerland 5.20 Patrick Schutz 1 Regensdorf 10 August
Taiwan 5.20 Hsieh Chia-Han 1 Hongkong 11 July
Thailand 5.10 Kreetha Sinthawacheewa 1 Busan 25 April
Tunisia 5.00 Sarni Berhaiem 2 Radés 7 August
Ukraine 5.80 Maksym Mazuryk 2 Barcelona 31 July
United States 5.81 Derek Miles 1 Jockgrim 21 July
Venezuela 5.00 Cesar Gonzalez 2 Barquisimento 6 May
Vietnam 4.75 Vu Van Huyen 1 Ho-Chi-Minh 19 July


Ten Best Nations (probably complete and correct):


Australia 5.95 Steve Hooker
France 5.94 Renaud Lavillenie
United States 5.81 Derek Miles
Ukraine 5.80 Maksym Mazuryk
Poland 5.80 Lukasz Michalski
Germany 5.80 Matle Mohr
Mexico 5.75 Giovanni Lanaro
Italy 5.75 Giuseppe Gibilisco
China 5.75 Yang Yansheng
Czech Republic 5.73 Michal Balner