Table 1 Athletes’ country sorted by average (mean) race speed.

From: Analysis of over 1 million race records shows runners from East African countries as the fastest in 50-km ultra-marathons

 

Athlete country

Race speed (km/h)

Country

Count

Mean

Std

Min

Max

0

ETH

46

14.087

2.785

5.415

18.505

Ethiopia

1

LES

379

13.053

3.128

5.185

18.248

Lesotho

2

MAW

104

12.346

2.233

6.487

17.769

Malawi

3

KEN

206

12.344

3.262

5.605

18.465

Kenya

4

MAR

103

11.718

3.897

3.586

17.523

Morocco

5

MOZ

45

11.414

2.052

3.777

14.027

Mozambique

6

ZIM

1117

11.377

3.066

4.834

18.009

Zimbabwe

7

BLR

446

11.346

2.374

3.972

16.826

Belarus

8

RWA

10

11.137

3.588

7.909

17.371

Rwanda

9

LTU

420

10.932

2.444

3.694

17.256

Lithuania

10

UKR

1226

10.759

2.291

3.524

17.678

Ukraine

11

LAT

611

10.334

2.441

3.697

16.602

Latvia

12

SWZ

234

10.223

2.046

4.004

16.579

Eswatini

13

ANG

31

10.167

1.839

5.938

12.822

Angola

14

CUB

16

10.135

2.163

5.016

12.913

Cuba

15

GER

61,559

10.115

1.950

2.206

17.741

Germany

16

JOR

80

9.935

2.482

4.079

16.428

Jordan

17

MNE

39

9.877

2.174

4.930

14.070

Montenegro

18

CMR

19

9.866

1.601

4.463

11.902

Cameroon

19

IRL

3296

9.843

2.475

2.606

17.729

Ireland

20

TUN

33

9.770

2.779

4.497

16.335

Tunisia

21

UGA

33

9.735

2.599

5.480

15.004

Uganda

22

FIN

1124

9.734

2.175

3.662

15.662

Finland

23

RSA

146,441

9.731

1.897

2.122

18.725

South Africa

24

HUN

4479

9.722

2.103

2.903

16.900

Hungary

25

CZE

4816

9.702

2.237

2.778

16.797

Czechia

26

SRB

377

9.685

2.850

3.209

16.180

Serbia

27

ZAM

107

9.549

1.777

5.437

15.997

Zambia

28

BOT

212

9.480

1.599

5.118

16.382

Botswana

29

NED

11,258

9.370

1.991

1.123

17.261

Netherlands

30

SVK

2156

9.367

2.766

3.258

16.524

Slovakia

31

ALB

62

9.340

1.702

5.910

12.757

Albania

32

NAM

425

9.305

1.222

5.034

14.198

Namibia

33

TAN

35

9.275

1.211

5.613

11.660

Tanzania

34

EST

160

9.249

1.991

3.507

13.589

Estonia

35

CRO

497

9.219

2.596

3.843

15.415

Croatia

36

COD

27

9.195

1.086

7.647

13.138

Democratic Republic of the Congo

37

MGL

114

9.118

3.044

4.351

16.071

Mongolia

38

RUS

7814

9.053

2.525

0.600

17.395

Russia

39

URU

258

8.997

2.720

3.363

15.214

Uruguay

40

SWE

12,083

8.942

1.985

2.402

16.868

Sweden

41

NOR

4722

8.906

2.292

3.067

17.736

Norway

42

ALG

58

8.873

2.182

3.837

13.873

Algeria

43

QAT

115

8.857

2.703

4.432

15.991

Qatar

44

BIH

120

8.841

3.248

3.244

15.780

Bosnia and Herzegovina

45

BEL

11,828

8.831

2.566

3.410

16.913

Belgium

46

EGY

33

8.776

2.787

4.548

14.302

Egypt

47

DEN

2862

8.706

2.214

3.140

16.805

Denmark

48

GUA

327

8.642

2.906

2.466

14.030

Guatemala

49

GRE

2844

8.600

2.178

3.541

15.570

Greece

50

ISL

133

8.555

2.196

4.463

14.589

Iceland

51

BOL

105

8.541

2.145

4.176

12.397

Bolivia

52

SMR

101

8.534

1.910

4.020

13.627

San Marino

53

ITA

46,182

8.519

2.226

2.083

17.415

Italy

54

IVB

14

8.510

1.084

6.197

10.520

British Virgin Islands

55

AUT

3939

8.464

2.267

3.333

15.893

Austria

56

NGR

42

8.386

1.665

5.854

15.991

Nigeria

57

GBR

32,330

8.303

2.252

2.206

17.847

United Kingdom

58

SUI

3534

8.277

2.389

3.064

16.837

Switzerland

59

LUX

257

8.228

2.002

3.627

13.137

Luxembourg

60

AUS

33,045

8.196

2.245

1.112

17.563

Australia

61

COL

417

8.181

2.770

3.898

14.949

Colombia

62

IRI

49

8.158

1.657

4.184

11.626

Iran

63

ESP

11,106

8.101

2.362

2.943

17.889

Spain

64

CAY

13

8.060

1.379

6.029

9.800

Cayman Islands

65

TPE

27,255

8.038

1.885

2.169

15.545

Taiwan

66

SLO

1601

7.924

2.186

3.584

15.509

Slovenia

67

CAN

42,202

7.893

1.882

2.802

17.799

Canada

68

FRA

64,875

7.834

2.114

2.589

17.921

France

69

ISR

936

7.817

2.148

3.319

15.278

Israel

70

POL

8076

7.763

2.202

3.219

17.329

Poland

71

BRA

6684

7.751

2.626

2.288

17.848

Brazil

72

USA

620,896

7.741

1.770

0.502

20.087

United States of America

73

PUR

47

7.714

1.943

3.838

11.719

Puerto Rico

74

NZL

4944

7.585

2.011

2.363

17.169

New Zealand

75

SYR

18

7.566

1.955

4.984

10.693

Syria

76

UAE

35

7.566

2.094

4.085

11.765

United Arab Emirates

77

IND

3807

7.482

1.891

2.501

15.708

India

78

KSA

14

7.435

2.643

5.048

15.841

Saudi Arabia

79

OMA

15

7.425

3.643

3.382

14.582

Oman

80

CYP

31

7.401

2.083

3.704

11.714

Cyprus

81

ESA

132

7.290

2.259

3.373

12.823

El Salvador

82

SRI

11

7.226

1.966

4.366

10.684

Sri Lanka

83

TUR

570

7.198

2.085

3.616

14.682

Turkey

84

JPN

41,157

7.181

2.207

2.803

17.498

Japan

85

ECU

709

7.120

2.653

3.472

14.048

Ecuador

86

CRC

924

7.106

1.531

3.063

12.252

Costa Rica

87

AND

49

7.104

2.890

3.855

14.930

Andorra

88

MLT

283

7.088

1.379

4.821

13.365

Malta

89

POR

5241

7.070

1.900

2.297

15.734

Portugal

90

PAN

19

7.056

1.479

5.226

10.375

Panama

91

MDA

80

7.016

2.696

3.546

12.377

Moldova

92

CAM

24

7.016

1.829

4.121

11.933

Cambodia

93

VEN

237

6.926

2.544

3.297

14.012

Venezuela

94

ARG

7708

6.837

2.120

2.774

16.087

Argentina

95

KOR

6515

6.824

2.111

2.392

15.654

South Korea

96

ROU

1080

6.813

3.004

2.597

17.396

Romania

97

MAD

13

6.805

1.803

4.109

10.938

Madagascar

98

LBN

20

6.750

2.284

4.119

12.267

Lebanon

99

MLI

12

6.737

1.084

5.433

8.042

Mali

100

NEP

253

6.692

2.058

2.758

14.151

Nepal

101

MEX

11,097

6.600

1.940

2.779

16.364

Mexico

102

PER

494

6.525

2.015

3.382

14.286

Peru

103

KGZ

12

6.483

2.638

3.552

11.134

Kyrgyzstan

104

CHI

1750

6.456

1.551

3.348

13.320

Chile

105

VIE

98

6.399

1.792

2.857

11.862

Vietnam

106

BUL

281

6.251

2.235

2.862

16.016

Bulgaria

107

HON

32

6.214

2.324

3.138

12.010

Honduras

108

PHI

9286

6.064

1.785

2.366

14.168

Philippines

109

DOM

67

5.944

1.278

4.188

10.346

Dominican Republic

110

SGP

2532

5.851

1.632

2.576

11.919

Singapore

111

MRI

360

5.792

1.489

3.683

11.826

Mauritius

112

KAZ

342

5.711

2.869

2.517

16.952

Kazakhstan

113

CHN

74,818

5.356

1.767

1.620

16.936

China

114

HKG

10,964

5.354

1.550

2.568

14.772

Hong Kong

115

MAS

9848

5.324

1.581

1.593

12.873

Malaysia

116

THA

11,600

5.093

1.163

2.757

13.685

Thailand

117

MAC

219

4.934

1.254

2.944

11.052

Macao

118

INA

877

4.872

1.383

2.780

12.613

Indonesia

119

PAR

216

4.867

1.549

1.678

11.345

Paraguay

120

BRU

688

4.778

1.435

2.112

10.059

Brunei

121

NCA

117

4.745

1.691

2.528

12.017

Nicaragua

  1. Count (number of race records in each group), mean (average race speed of the race records in each group), std (standard deviation), min (minimum race speed in the group), max (maximum race speed in the group).
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