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Which Countries Dominated The 2019 Crossfit Sanctionals Season?

Fourteen of the fifteen inaugural Sanctionals of the 2019 Crossfit Games season have concluded and now is a good time to look at some of the results and see what trends have emerged. (French Throwdown starts June 28th).

Since Regionals were substituted for Sanctionals we have been given a little bit of a foreshadowing into who may be standing on top of the podium when it comes to the 2019 Games.

Usually at Regionals we could obviously see who is doing well and who is not, but there were two factors that were missing for a solid Games prediction:

  • Athletes competed against a limited range of competitors. The US Regionals competed against a handful of states, and the European Regionals competed against a handful of countries. Now that Sanctionals are here athletes are fighting against global competition year-round.
  • Sanctionals have a lot more variety in their events, and the programming more closely resembles the Crossfit Games.

In Crossfit Games history the men’s side of the podium is typically dominated by the United States while the women’s side is most often stacked with Europeans.

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Was this the same with Sanctionals? RESULTS BELOW

WHICH COUNTRIES HAD THE MOST PODIUM FINISHERS DURING THE 14 SANCTIONALS?


MEN

USA – 22

  • DUBAI CCFRASER (1ST)
  • WODAPALOOZA MAYER (2ND), OHLSEN (3RD)
  • CF FITTEST IN CAPE TOWNSWEENEY (1ST), SAGER (2ND)
  • CF STRENGTH IN DEPTHDREW WAYMAN (2ND)
  • MIDATLANTIC CCHETHCOCK (1ST), KWANT (2ND), MOORAD (3RD)
  • CF ITALIAN SHOWDOWNSCOTT PANCHIK (2ND), OHLSEN (3RD)
  • ASIA CCWOODHULL (2ND)
  • REYKJAVIKMOORAD (3RD)
  • BRAZIL CCMOORAD (1ST), SAXON PANCHIK (2ND), SPENCER PANCHIK (3RD)
  • DOWN UNDER CCHEPPNER (2ND)
  • ROGUE INVITATIONALFRASER (1ST), SAGER (3RD)
  • CF LOWLANDS THROWDOWNSOWDER (1ST)
  • GRANITE GAMESMAYER (1ST), BLOCH (3RD)

*A male athlete from the USA had a podium finish in every single Sanctional except for the Australian Crossfit Championship.


AUSTRALIA – 6

  • AUSTRALIAN CCNEWBURY (1ST), BROWN (2ND), GROVE (3RD)
  • CF FITTEST IN CAPE TOWN NEWBURY (3RD)
  • DOWN UNDER CCMCLEOD (1ST), CROUCH (3RD)

CANADA – 5

  • WODAPALOOZAVELLNER (1ST)
  • ASIA CC FIKOWSKI (1ST)
  • ROGUE INVITATIONAL VELLNER (2ND)
  • CF LOWLANDS THROWDOWNLAPOINTE (2ND)
  • GRANITE GAMESFIKOWSKI (2ND)

Related: Which Crossfit Sanctionals Were The Most And Least Competitive (MEN)


ICELAND – 3

  • DUBAI CCGUDMUNDSSON (2ND)
  • REYKJAVIK CC GUDMUNDSSON (1ST), OSKARSSON (2ND)

FRANCE – 1

  • DUBAI CCGEORGES (3RD)

POLAND – 1

  • CF STRENGTH IN DEPTHOLENKOWICZ (1ST)

SWEDEN – 1

  • CF STRENGTH IN DEPTHSHORUNKE (3RD)

RUSSIA – 1

  • CF ITALIAN SHOWDOWNKHRENNIKOV (1ST)

CHINA – 1

  • ASIA CCHAYNES (3RD)

GREECE – 1

  • CF LOWLANDS THROWDOWNKARAVIS (3RD)

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WOMEN

USA – 13

  • WODAPALOOZA PEARCE (2ND)
  • CF STRENGTH IN DEPTHSPEEGLE (3RD)
  • MIDATLANTIC CCREARDON (1ST), SPEEGLE (2ND), TROMBETTA (3RD)
  • CF ITALIAN SHOWDOWNVANDENDRIESSCHE (1ST), SAGHAFI (2ND), CHUNG (3RD)
  • BRAZIL CCRILEY (1ST), SEMENZA (2ND)
  • DOWN UNDER CCBARNHART (1ST)
  • GRANITE GAMESBEAMER (2ND), NISLER (3RD)

*Although women from the USA only made the podium on 7 Sanctionals they did sweep 2 of them.


ICELAND – 8

  • DUBAI CCSIGMUNDSDOTTIR (3RD)
  • WODAPALOOZA SIGMUNDSDOTTIR (3RD)
  • CF FITTEST IN CAPE TOWNDAVIDSDOTTIR (1ST)
  • CF STRENGTH IN DEPTHSIGMUNDSDOTTIR (1ST)
  • ASIA CCGYLFADOTTIR (2ND)
  • REYKJAVIK CC HELGADOTTIR (1ST)
  • ROGUE INVITATIONALSIGMUNDSDOTTIR (2ND), THORISDOTTIR (3RD)

Related: Which Crossfit Sanctionals Were The Most And Least Competitive (WOMEN)


AUSTRALIA – 5

  • WODAPALOOZATOOMEY (1ST)
  • AUSTRALIAN CC STURT (2ND), ARTHUR (3RD)
  • DOWN UNDER CCHALEY (3RD)
  • ROGUE INVITATIONALTOOMEY (1ST)

NEW ZEALAND – 4

  • DUBAI CCGREENE (2ND)
  • CF STRENGTH IN DEPTHGREENE (2ND)
  • ASIA CCBOON (3RD)
  • DOWN UNDER CCGREENE (2ND)

NORWAY – 3

  • ASIA CC HOLTE (1ST)
  • REYKJAVIK CCDAHLSTROM (2ND), GARNES (3RD)

UNITED KINGDOM – 2

  • DUBAI CCBRIGGS (1ST)
  • AUSTRALIAN CC BRIGGS (1ST)

CANADA – 2

  • BRAZIL CC PREVOST (3RD)
  • GRANITE GAMESROLFE (1ST)

BELGIUM – 2

  • CF LOWLANDS THROWDOWNANGONESE (2ND), ROHMESMO (3RD)

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SWEDEN – 2

  • CF FITTEST IN CAPE TOWNAKERLUND (2ND)
  • CF LOWLANDS THROWDOWNMILLE (1ST)

ITALY – 1

  • CF FITTEST IN CAPE TOWN PICHELLI (3RD)

If we diagnose the results from above we can see that on the men’s side the United States still runs the table when it comes to podium finishes with the nearest competitors (Australia and Canada) far behind.

On the women’s side things are a lot more interesting, as usual. The USA had 13 podium finishes but Iceland with a massive difference in population had only 5 less podiums at 8.

With the 2019 Crossfit Games coming up in about a month and a half (41 days) we will see if these same countries stand on top.

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