The Association of Road Racing Statisticians has released its updated worldwide all-time road race rankings through 2010. The rankings score races by both depth and quality of fields throughout each race's history. Click here to see the complete rankings. Below are a summary of the #1-ranked race at each distance and listings of the top races for each individual distance. Click any image to enlarge. The listings below do not include international championship events held on varying courses in different locations.

*Although both the Tokyo International Marathon and Tokyo International Women's Marathon were held on the same course, the ARRS considers the Tokyo Marathon to be the continuation of the men's race and the Yokohama International Women's Marathon to be the continuation of the women's race.










A section of insulation material fell from the ceiling of Nagoya Kinjo Futo Arena, the official venue for squash competition at September's Nagoya Asian Games. There were no injuries, but the city suspended use of the arena until its safety could be guaranteed, resulting in the cancelation of the Asian Games squash test event which was scheduled to have begun on May 14. It is not yet clear whether the arena will be usable for the Asian Games as planned. According to city officials, arena staff found that the insulation material had fallen onto a work walkway 13 m above the ground on the night of May 11. The fallen material was 3.6 m long, 50 cm wide and 2.5 km thick, and was found to be waterlogged. The cause of the accident is unknown, but it is possible that it was caused by rainwater leaking in from the roof. The same insulation material is installed across the entire ceiling, and the city plans to check for the extent of the possible flooding. Asked whether the arena will be re...
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