Supplementary File 3: P-values of the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney tests assessing the null 
hypothesis that it is equally likely that a value chosen at random from one year is greater or less 
than a value chosen at random from another year’s population. 
 
Top 100 
 
Table 1 Men’s 100m 
 
 
Table 2 Men‘s 110m hurdles 
 
 
Table 3 Men‘s 200m 
 
 
Table 4 Men‘s 400m 
 
 
Table 5 Men‘s 400m hurdles 
 
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2017
1
2018
1 0.638283
2019
1
1
1
2021
1 0.309905
1
1
2022
1
0.00015
0.00196 0.003115 0.062573
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2017
1
2018
1
1
2019
1
1 0,714507
2021 0,097206
0,025 0,000356 0,003474
2022 0,003464 0,000552
4,56E-06
3,78E-05 0,726513
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2017
1
2018
1
1
2019
1
1
1
2021
1
1
1
1
2022 0,052459 0,001119 0,046565 0,014442 0,047502
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2017
1
2018 0,572175
1
2019
1
1
1
2021
1
1
1
1
2022 0,052919 0,627806
1 0,078112 0,272402
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2017
1
2018
1
1
2019
1
1
1
2021
1
1
1
1
2022 0,972897
1
1 0,388271 0,973264
 
Table 6 Women‘s 100m 
 
 
Table 7 Women‘s 100m hurdles 
 
 
Table 8 Women‘s 200m 
 
 
Table 9 Women‘s 400m 
 
 
Table 10 Women‘s 400m hurdles 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2017
1
2018
1 0,466331
2019
1
1
1
2021
0,03227
0,02574 0,139897 0,011156
2022
4,53E-07
4,06E-06
2,3E-06
4,28E-08 0,003582
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2017
1
2018
1
1
2019
1
1
1
2021
1 0,004164 0,065499 0,129516
2022 0,746016 0,001377 0,023704 0,042453
1
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2017
1
2018
1 0,492091
2019
1
1
1
2021
1 0,265376
1 0,002601
2022 0,085241 0,000304 0,043264
2,27E-06 0,265376
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2017
1
2018 0,804407 0,371019
2019
1 0,702147
1
2021
1,35E-05
2,2E-07 0,001172
6,98E-05
2022
4,93E-05
5,75E-07 0,002364 0,000161
1
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2017
1
2018
1
1
2019
1
1
1
2021
1
1 0,346209 0,375669
2022
1 0,608207 0,098102 0,080571
1
 
Top 20 
 
Table 11 Men‘s 100m 
 
 
Table 112 Men‘s 110m hurdles 
 
 
Table 13 Men‘s 200m 
 
 
Table 14 Men‘s 400m 
 
 
Table 15 Men‘s 400m hurdles 
 
 
 
 
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2017
1
2018
1 0,800315
2019
1
1
1
2021 0,972321 0,017573 0,297023 0,059996
2022
1 0,021544
0,33573 0,078011
1
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2017
1
2018
1
1
2019
1
1
1
2021 0,303898
0,57473 0,003671 0,082601
2022 0,109341 0,290332 0,003215 0,062877
1
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2017
1
2018
1 0,062617
2019
1 0,175687
1
2021
1 0,685787
1
1
2022 0,175687 0,000813 0,232567 0,269417 0,154942
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2017
1
2018
1
1
2019
1
1
1
2021
1
1
1
1
2022
1
1
1
1
1
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2017
1
2018
1
1
2019
1
1
1
2021 0,407642 0,524398
0,53255 0,160764
2022 0,197812 0,338821 0,407642 0,160764
1
 
 
 
Table 16 Women‘s 100m 
 
 
Table 17 Women‘s 100m hurdles 
 
 
Table 18 Women‘s 200m 
 
 
Table 19 Women‘s 400m 
 
 
Table 20 Women‘s 400m hurdles 
 
 
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2017
1
2018
1
1
2019
1
1
1
2021
1 0,517847 0,006641 0,012547
2022 0,317904 0,018162
4,46E-05 0,004229 0,494987
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2017 0,711735
2018
1
1
2019 0,711735
1 0,699526
2021 0,045484 0,231794 0,114568 0,614191
2022 0,001485 0,001485 0,005646 0,014589 0,076741
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2017
1
2018
1
1
2019
1
1
1
2021 0,012536 0,016489 0,003203 0,007309
2022 0,007309 0,007309 0,001137 0,005665
1
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2017
1
2018
1
1
2019
1
1
1
2021 0,026829 0,011861 0,054195 0,010109
2022 0,467379 0,615339 0,757428 0,054195
1
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2017
1
2018
1
1
2019
1
1
1
2021
1
1 0,074017 0,574967
2022 0,103321 0,574967 0,005963 0,074017
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