Favorittsjiktet
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Bildet: fjorårets vinner Andrew Kelehe
Favoritter blandt mennene:
 
Andrew Kelehe (winner 2001), Walter Nkosi, Sarel Ackermann, Fusi Nhlapo, Vladimir Kotov, Takahiro Sunada, Alexei Volgin, Dmitri Grishine, Jaroslaw Janicki, Mikhail Kokorev, Grigoriy Murzin, Leonid Shvetsov, Shaun Meiklejohn, Michael Mpotoane, Willie Mtolo, Joseph Ikaneng, Don Wallace, Donovan Wright, Joseph Molaba, Nick Bester, William Tshabalala, Livingston Jabanga, Moses Lebakeng, Albe Geldenhuys, Godfrey Sesenyamotse, Rainier Mueller, Oleg Kharitonov, Dmitri Radyuchenko, Graham Meyer, Anatoly Korepanov, Lucas Matlala, Jorge Martinez.
 
Favoritter blandt kvinnene:
 
Elvira Kolpakova, Gwen van Lingen (finalist OL 1500m. 1996 Atlanta), Deborah Mattheus, Maria Bak, Natalia Volgina, Sarah Mahlangu, Grace de Oliveira, Valentina Shatyayeva, Marina Bychkova, Farwa Mentoor, Frith van der Merwe, Madeleen Otto, Lorraine Kriel, Yelena Razdrogina.