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They are still slower... but the gap is a little more narrow. Men will definitely have an edge in shorter distances.

Interestingly, the 100m record difference is about 10%, which is roughly the same as the gap in the ultramarathon records (and in the record mile time). So the difference is fairly consistent across distances.

I don't think it's quite that close -- there may be sample size/participation factors involved here. For example, the top US women seems to be competitive with the top ~10 US men, which in more testosterone-dominant sports would never happen.

No? The link geargrinder posted literally also has a 50 kilometer table.

Erk, I missed it scrolling down (the distances are in a pretty random order)

Do you people have bad eyesight or something. This whole thread is weird.