World Championships and Olympics triple gold medallist, Usain Bolt, and 400m hurdles champion Melaine Walker, have received nominations for the top male and female performers at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics.

According to All-Athletics.com, a world renowned athletics database, Bolt and Walker collected the most points each for their victories in their respective events.

Bolt's two performances, running 9.58 and 19.19 seconds for victory in the 100 and 200 metres, as expected headed the list of the top 20 men. He got 1669 points for the 100m run and gathered 1657 for the 200m to finish in first position.

Jamaica's men's 4x100m quartet of Steve Mullings, Michael Frater, Bolt and Asafa Powell finished third with 1584 points. The team clocked a championship record 37.31.

National record

American Tyson Gay, who ran 9.71, a national record for second behind Bolt, finished fourth with 1579 points. On the women's side, Walker, who added the World 400m hurdles title to her Olympic crown, collected 1555 points.

The run of 52.42, the second fastest ever in the event, was good enough to put her ahead of world 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser. Fraser ran 10.73 seconds to break Merlene Ottey's 13-year-old national record of 10.74.

Jamaica's women's 4x100m team of Simone Facey, Fraser, Aleen Bailey and Kerron Stewart, ended 9th with 1529 points. The team won the event in 42.06.

Brigitte Foster-Hylton, the 100m hurdles champion, was 13th with 1514 points, thanks to her 12.51 seconds run.

Kerron Stewart's 10.75 run for second in the women's 100m final, was 16th on the list of 20 women with 1508 points while Shericka Williams, the 400m silver medalist, rounded off the women's list. She got 1485 points for her 49.32secs run in the 400m final behind American Sanya Richards, who finished sixth on the list.