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© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s 100 1947 1..................................... Mel Patton (US) 2....................... John Treloar (Australia) 3................. McDonald Bailey (Trinidad) 4..................................... Bill Mathis (US) 5................................ Barney Ewell (US) 6................................... Ed Conwell (US) 7........................... Juan Testa (Uruguay) 8.................................... Tom Carey (US) 9............................ Harrison Dillard (US) 10.................. Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 1948 1.............................Harrison Dillard (US) 2................................ Barney Ewell (US) 3.................... Lloyd LaBeach (Panama) 4.................................... Mel Patton (US) 5 Alistair McCorquodale (Great Britain) 6....................... John Treloar (Australia) 7........................... Juan Testa (Uruguay) 8......... McDonald Bailey (Great Britain) 9................................... Ed Conwell (US) 10............................. Don Campbell (US) 1949 1..................................... Mel Patton (US) 2.............................. Andy Stanfield (US) 3.................... Lloyd LaBeach (Panama) 4......... McDonald Bailey (Great Britain) 5...................................... Bob Work (US) 6.............................. Charlie Peters (US) 7............................ Harrison Dillard (US) 8........... Heinz Fischer (West Germany) 9.................................... Paul Bienz (US) 10........................... Les Laing (Jamaica) 1950 1..................... Lloyd LaBeach (Panama) 2.............................. Andy Stanfield (US) 3...................................... Bob Boyd (US) 4...................................... Art Bragg (US) 5......... McDonald Bailey (Great Britain) 6......................... Donnie Anderson (US) 7....................... John Treloar (Australia) 8.................................... Paul Bienz (US) 9...................................... Bob Tyler (US) 10.......................... Rafael Fortún (Cuba) WR holder Usain Bolt won 5 No. 1s: ’08, ’09, ’12, ’13, ’16 © jiro mochizuki/photo run © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s 100 1951 1.................................. Jim Golliday (US) 2......... McDonald Bailey (Great Britain) 3..... Vladimir Sukharyev (Soviet Union) 4.............................. Andy Stanfield (US) 5............................ Rafael Fortún (Cuba) 6...................................... Art Bragg (US) 7.............. William Degruchy (Australia) 8...................................... Bob Work (US) 9....................................... Jim Ford (US) 10......... Heinz Fütterer (West Germany) 1952 1.............................Lindy Remigino (US) 2................................. Jim Golliday (US) 3.................... Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 4......... McDonald Bailey (Great Britain) 5.............................. Andy Stanfield (US) 6...................................... Art Bragg (US) 7................................... Dean Smith (US) 8..... Vladimir Sukharyev (Soviet Union) 9....................... John Treloar (Australia) 10........................... James Gathers (US) 1953 1...............................Willie Williams (US) 2...................................... Art Bragg (US) 3................................. Thane Baker (US) 4.......................... Hec Hogan (Australia) 5........... Heinz Fütterer (West Germany) 6.............................. Andy Stanfield (US) 7................................. Jim Golliday (US) 8...................... Mike Agostini (Trinidad) 9............................. Les Laing (Jamaica) 10....... McDonald Bailey (Great Britain) 1954 1............Heinz Fütterer (West Germany) 2...................................... Art Bragg (US) 3................................. Jim Golliday (US) 4.............................. Willie Williams (US) 5................................... Dean Smith (US) 6...................... Mike Agostini (Trinidad) 7.......................... Hec Hogan (Australia) 8.............................. Andy Stanfield (US) 9.................................... Carl Cager (US) 10.......................... James Jackson (US) 1955 1.................................. Jim Golliday (US) 2.............................. Bobby Morrow (US) 3................................. Rod Richard (US) 4...................... Mike Agostini (Trinidad) 5........... Heinz Fütterer (West Germany) 6....... Manfred Germar (West Germany) 7................................... Dean Smith (US) 8................................. John Haines (US) 9................................... Harry Nash (US) 10.............................. Leamon King (US) 1956 1...............................Bobby Morrow (US) 2.................................... Dave Sime (US) 3................................ Leamon King (US) 4................................. Thane Baker (US) 5.......................... Hec Hogan (Australia) 6............................... Ira Murchison (US) 7.............................. Willie Williams (US) 8...................... Mike Agostini (Trinidad) 9....... Manfred Germar (West Germany) 10..................... Abdul Khaliq (Pakistan) 1957 1...............................Bobby Morrow (US) 2................................ Leamon King (US) 3....... Manfred Germar (West Germany) 4.................................. Willie White (US) 5.................................... Dave Sime (US) 6............................... Ira Murchison (US) 7...................... Mike Agostini (Trinidad) 8............................ Marian Foik (Poland) 9................. José da Conceição (Brazil) 10........................... Orlando Hazley (US) 1958 1...............................Bobby Morrow (US) 2............................... Ira Murchison (US) 3................ Armin Hary (West Germany) 4................................... Ray Norton (US) 5...................... Mike Agostini (Trinidad) 6....... Manfred Germar (West Germany) 7.................................... Dave Sime (US) 8...................... Keith Gardner (Jamaica) 9.............. Peter Radford (Great Britain) 10................................ Willie White (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s 100 1959 1.................................... Ray Norton (US) 2............................. Charlie Tidwell (US) 3............................. Bobby Poynter (US) 4...................... Mike Agostini (Trinidad) 5........................... Abdou Seye (France) 6.............................. Bobby Morrow (US) 7............................... Ira Murchison (US) 8............................... Livio Berruti (Italy) 9................................ Roscoe Cook (US) 10.......................... Bill Woodhouse (US) 1960 1................ Armin Hary (West Germany) 2................................... Ray Norton (US) 3............................. Charlie Tidwell (US) 4.................................... Dave Sime (US) 5.............. Peter Radford (Great Britain) 6........................ Harry Jerome (Canada) 7.................... Enrique Figuerola (Cuba) 8............................... Livio Berruti (Italy) 9................................... Frank Budd (US) 10................................ Paul Winder (US) 1961 1....................................Frank Budd (US) 2.................. Dennis Johnson (Jamaica) 3........................ Harry Jerome (Canada) 4............................... Livio Berruti (Italy) 5.................................... Bob Hayes (US) 6.................... Seraphino Antao (Kenya) 7............................ Marian Foik (Poland) 8.................. Jocelyn Delecour (France) 9................. David Jones (Great Britain) 10................................ Dave James (US) 1962 1..................................... Bob Hayes (US) 2........................ Harry Jerome (Canada) 3.................... Seraphino Antao (Kenya) 4................................... Frank Budd (US) 5............................... Roger Sayers (US) 6.................................... Henry Carr (US) 7.................. Jocelyn Delecour (France) 8........... Peter Gamper (West Germany) 9.................................. Dave James (US) 10................. Tom Robinson (Bahamas) 1963 1..................................... Bob Hayes (US) 2.................... Enrique Figuerola (Cuba) 3.................................... Henry Carr (US) 4........ Arquímedes Herrera (Venezuela) 5.............. Berwyn Jones (Great Britain) 6................................. John Gilbert (US) 7........... Alfred Hebauf (West Germany) 8.............................. Larry Questad (US) 9.................. Jocelyn Delecour (France) 10................................ Nate Adams (US) 1964 1..................................... Bob Hayes (US) 2.................... Enrique Figuerola (Cuba) 3........................ Harry Jerome (Canada) 4.......................... Trenton Jackson (US) 5..................... Edwin Roberts (Trinidad) 6.................................... Henry Carr (US) 7............... Horacio Esteves (Venezuela) 8............................ Gerry Ashworth (US) 9.................... Wiesław Maniak (Poland) 10.... Heinz Schumann (West Germany) 1965 1..........................George Anderson (US) 2............................. Hideo Iijima (Japan) 3.............................. Darel Newman (US) 4..................... Marian Dudziak (Poland) 5..................... Chiachuan Chen (China) 6............................. Charlie Greene (US) 7........... Gaoussou Koné (Côte d’Ivoire) 8.................... Enrique Figuerola (Cuba) 9........................ Harry Jerome (Canada) 10.................. Wiesław Maniak (Poland) 1966 1.............................. Charlie Greene (US) 2........................ Harry Jerome (Canada) 3.................... Enrique Figuerola (Cuba) 4............................. Hideo Iijima (Japan) 5..................... Paul Nash (South Africa) 6........... Gaoussou Koné (Côte d’Ivoire) 7...................................... Jim Hines (US) 8.................... Wiesław Maniak (Poland) 9......................... George Anderson (US) 10............................ Tommie Smith (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s 100 1967 1.......................................Jim Hines (US) 2............................. Charlie Greene (US) 3...................... Lennox Miller (Jamaica) 4..................... Paul Nash (South Africa) 5.................... Roger Bambuck (France) 6........... Gaoussou Koné (Côte d’Ivoire) 7................................. Willie Turner (US) 8.................... Enrique Figuerola (Cuba) 9........................ Harry Jerome (Canada) 10.............. Gary Holdsworth (Australia) 1968 1.......................................Jim Hines (US) 2............................. Charlie Greene (US) 3...................... Lennox Miller (Jamaica) 4..................... Paul Nash (South Africa) 5.................... Roger Bambuck (France) 6........................... Pablo Montes (Cuba) 7................................... Mel Pender (US) 8........................ Ronnie Ray Smith (US) 9........................ Harry Jerome (Canada) 10....... Vladislav Sapeya (Soviet Union) 1969 1...................................John Carlos (US) 2....................... Hermes Ramírez (Cuba) 3...................... Lennox Miller (Jamaica) 4.............................. Ivory Crockett (US) 5............. Valeriy Borzov (Soviet Union) 6............................. Charlie Greene (US) 7....................................... Mel Gray (US) 8................................... Oliver Ford (US) 9..... Detlev Lewandowski (East Germany) 10.............................. Robert Taylor (US) 1970 1...................................John Carlos (US) 2............. Valeriy Borzov (Soviet Union) 3................................ Ben Vaughan (US) 4............................. Charlie Greene (US) 5........................... Pablo Montes (Cuba) 6..................................... Eddie Hart (US) 7..... Siegfried Schenke (East Germany) 8...................... Zenon Nowosz (Poland) 9.............................. Ivory Crockett (US) 10..................... Hermes Ramírez (Cuba) © victor sailer/photo run Maurice Greene had four straight No. 1s, 1998–01 © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s 100 1971 1.............. Valeriy Borzov (Soviet Union) 2.. Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa (Mad) 3..................................... Jim Green (US) 4......................... Don Quarrie (Jamaica) 5...................... Lennox Miller (Jamaica) 6............................. Del Meriwether (US) 7........................... Pablo Montes (Cuba) 8.... Gerhard Wucherer (West Germany) 9....................... Hermes Ramírez (Cuba) 10.............................. Willie McGee (US) 1972 1.............. Valeriy Borzov (Soviet Union) 2................................ Robert Taylor (US) 3..................................... Eddie Hart (US) 4.. Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa (Mad) 5............................... Rey Robinson (US) 6............................ Pietro Mennea (Italy) 7...................... Lennox Miller (Jamaica) 8................................ Gerald Tinker (US) 9.. Aleksandr Kornelyuk (Soviet Union) 10.... Vassilios Papageorgópoulos (Greece) 1973 1...............................Steve Williams (US) 2................. Hasely Crawford (Trinidad) 3......................... Herb Washington (US) 4......................... Don Quarrie (Jamaica) 5..... Siegfried Schenke (East Germany) 6.. Aleksandr Kornelyuk (Soviet Union) 7............................... José Triana (Cuba) 8...................... Masahide Jinno (Japan) 9.......................... Silvio Leonard (Cuba) 10............................ Ivory Crockett (US) 1974 1...........................Silvio Leonard (Cuba) 2.............................. Steve Williams (US) 3......................... Don Quarrie (Jamaica) 4............................... Reggie Jones (US) 5............. Valeriy Borzov (Soviet Union) 6.............................. Ivory Crockett (US) 7............................... Steve Riddick (US) 8............................ Pietro Mennea (Italy) 9... Klaus-Dieter Bieler (West Germany) 10............................ Clifford Outlin (US) 1975 1...............................Steve Williams (US) 2......................... Don Quarrie (Jamaica) 3............. Valeriy Borzov (Soviet Union) 4.......................... Silvio Leonard (Cuba) 5................. Hasely Crawford (Trinidad) 6............................... Steve Riddick (US) 7............................ Pietro Mennea (Italy) 8....................... Hermes Ramírez (Cuba) 9........................ James Gilkes (Guyana) 10......................... Houston McTear (US) 1976 1..........................Don Quarrie (Jamaica) 2................. Hasely Crawford (Trinidad) 3............. Valeriy Borzov (Soviet Union) 4.............................. Harvey Glance (US) 5.............................. Steve Williams (US) 6............................... Steve Riddick (US) 7... Klaus-Dieter Kurrat (East Germany) 8..................... Guy Abrahams (Panama) 9........................ James Gilkes (Guyana) 10............................. Reggie Jones (US) 1977 1.................. Eugen Ray (East Germany) 2........................... Houston McTear (US) 3.............................. Steve Williams (US) 4.......................... Silvio Leonard (Cuba) 5........................... Clancy Edwards (US) 6......................... Don Quarrie (Jamaica) 7................. Hasely Crawford (Trinidad) 8............................... Johnny Jones (US) 9............................ Pietro Mennea (Italy) 10............................. Steve Riddick (US) 1978 1...........................Silvio Leonard (Cuba) 2........................... Clancy Edwards (US) 3......................... Don Quarrie (Jamaica) 4................. Hasely Crawford (Trinidad) 5.............................. Steve Williams (US) 6............................ Pietro Mennea (Italy) 7................................ Curtis Dickey (US) 8............................... Steve Riddick (US) 9................. Eugen Ray (East Germany) 10................. Allan Wells (Great Britain) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s 100 1979 1..............................James Sanford (US) 2.......................... Silvio Leonard (Cuba) 3.............................. Harvey Glance (US) 4........................... Houston McTear (US) 5............................ Pietro Mennea (Italy) 6................... Allan Wells (Great Britain) 7..................... Marian Woronin (Poland) 8................................. Jerome Deal (US) 9................................... Emmit King (US) 10............................. Steve Riddick (US) 1980 1................................ Stanley Floyd (US) 2................... Allan Wells (Great Britain) 3.......................... Silvio Leonard (Cuba) 4............................. James Sanford (US) 5................................... Mel Lattany (US) 6.............................. Harvey Glance (US) 7..................................... Carl Lewis (US) 8........................ Petar Petrov (Bulgaria) 9............................. Mike Roberson (US) 10............................... Calvin Smith (US) 1981 1......................................Carl Lewis (US) 2................................... Mel Lattany (US) 3................... Allan Wells (Great Britain) 4............................. James Sanford (US) 5............................... Stanley Floyd (US) 6.................................. Jeff Phillips (US) 7......................... Ernest Obeng (Ghana) 8.... Frank Emmelmann (East Germany) 9....................... Herman Panzo (France) 10............................ Dwayne Evans (US) 1982 1......................................Carl Lewis (US) 2................................. Calvin Smith (US) 3................................... Mel Lattany (US) 4............................... Stanley Floyd (US) 5.................................. Jeff Phillips (US) 6.... Frank Emmelmann (East Germany) 7.................................... Mike Miller (US) 8................................... Emmit King (US) 9................................... Willie Gault (US) 10............ Pier-Francesco Pavoni (Italy) 1983 1......................................Carl Lewis (US) 2................................. Calvin Smith (US) 3................................... Mel Lattany (US) 4................................... Emmit King (US) 5................................... Ron Brown (US) 6................... Allan Wells (Great Britain) 7..................... Leandro Peñalver (Cuba) 8..... Juan Nuñez (Dominican Republic) 9................................... Willie Gault (US) 10............................... Sam Graddy (US) 1984 1......................................Carl Lewis (US) 2................................. Sam Graddy (US) 3................................ Kirk Baptiste (US) 4........................ Ben Johnson (Canada) 5................................... Ron Brown (US) 6................................. Calvin Smith (US) 7.............................. Harvey Glance (US) 8............................ Osvaldo Lara (Cuba) 9................................ Stefano Tilli (Italy) 10................... Leandro Peñalver (Cuba) 1985 1......................................Carl Lewis (US) 2........................ Ben Johnson (Canada) 3............................. Chidi Imoh (Nigeria) 4................................ Kirk Baptiste (US) 5..................... Marian Woronin (Poland) 6................................. Calvin Smith (US) 7.................................... Terry Scott (US) 8........................... Andrés Simon (Cuba) 9................................... Lee McNeill (US) 10................................. Mike Morris (US) 1986 1......................... Ben Johnson (Canada) 2............................. Chidi Imoh (Nigeria) 3..................................... Carl Lewis (US) 4........... Linford Christie (Great Britain) 5..................... Marian Woronin (Poland) 6................................. Calvin Smith (US) 7.............................. Harvey Glance (US) 8.................................... Lee McRae (US) 9................................. Sam Graddy (US) 10............... Bruno Marie-Rose (France) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s 100 1987 1......................... Ben Johnson (Canada) 2..................................... Carl Lewis (US) 3........... Linford Christie (Great Britain) 4............... Raymond Stewart (Jamaica) 5................................. Calvin Smith (US) 6.................................... Lee McRae (US) 7....................... Mark Witherspoon (US) 8....................... Attila Kovács (Hungary) 9.............. Viktor Bryzgin (Soviet Union) 10............................. Stanley Floyd (US) 1988 1......................................Carl Lewis (US) 2................................. Calvin Smith (US) 3........... Linford Christie (Great Britain) 4............................. Chidi Imoh (Nigeria) 5............................ Dennis Mitchell (US) 6........................ Ben Johnson (Canada) 7............... Raymond Stewart (Jamaica) 8................................ Joe DeLoach (US) 9...................... Róbson da Silva (Brazil) 10.................... Desai Williams (Canada) 1989 1................ Raymond Stewart (Jamaica) 2..................................... Carl Lewis (US) 3............................ Dennis Mitchell (US) 4........... Linford Christie (Great Britain) 5................................ Leroy Burrell (US) 6................................ Andre Cason (US) 7................................. Calvin Smith (US) 8................................... Mike Marsh (US) 9.................. Daniel Sangouma (France) 10..................... Mark Witherspoon (US) 1990 1................................. Leroy Burrell (US) 2..................................... Carl Lewis (US) 3........... Linford Christie (Great Britain) 4....................... Mark Witherspoon (US) 5................ Olapade Adeniken (Nigeria) 6................................. Calvin Smith (US) 7............................. Chidi Imoh (Nigeria) 8.............................. Daron Council (US) 9............................ Dennis Mitchell (US) 10................ Daniel Sangouma (France) 1991 1................................. Leroy Burrell (US) 2..................................... Carl Lewis (US) 3............................ Dennis Mitchell (US) 4........... Linford Christie (Great Britain) 5................................ Andre Cason (US) 6................. Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 7............... Raymond Stewart (Jamaica) 8.......................... Bruny Surin (Canada) 9...................... Róbson da Silva (Brazil) 10.............. Olapade Adeniken (Nigeria) 1992 1............ Linford Christie (Great Britain) 2............................ Dennis Mitchell (US) 3..................................... Carl Lewis (US) 4................. Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 5................ Olapade Adeniken (Nigeria) 6................................ Leroy Burrell (US) 7.......................... Bruny Surin (Canada) 8....................... Mark Witherspoon (US) 9................... Vitaliy Savin (Kazakhstan) 10................ Davidson Ezinwa (Nigeria) 1993 1............ Linford Christie (Great Britain) 2................................ Andre Cason (US) 3................................ Leroy Burrell (US) 4............................ Dennis Mitchell (US) 5............................ Jon Drummond (US) 6..................................... Carl Lewis (US) 7................. Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 8.......................... Bruny Surin (Canada) 9....................... Daniel Effiong (Nigeria) 10.............. Olapade Adeniken (Nigeria) 1994 1............................. Dennis Mitchell (US) 2........... Linford Christie (Great Britain) 3............................ Jon Drummond (US) 4................................ Leroy Burrell (US) 5................. Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 6.................. Davidson Ezinwa (Nigeria) 7................................ Andre Cason (US) 8.................... Donovan Bailey (Canada) 9................ Olapade Adeniken (Nigeria) 10................................... Carl Lewis (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s 100 1999 1.............................Maurice Greene (US) 2.......................... Bruny Surin (Canada) 3.......................... Ato Boldon (Trinidad) 4......... Dwain Chambers (Great Britain) 5.......... Obadele Thompson (Barbados) 6................................... Tim Harden (US) 7................. Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 8.............. Leonard Myles-Mills (Ghana) 9.......................... Tim Montgomery (US) 10......... Jason Gardener (Great Britain) 2000 1.............................Maurice Greene (US) 2.......................... Ato Boldon (Trinidad) 3.......... Obadele Thompson (Barbados) 4.................................. Brian Lewis (US) 5.................. Francis Obikwelu (Nigeria) 6......... Dwain Chambers (Great Britain) 7......... Darren Campbell (Great Britain) 8............................ Jon Drummond (US) 9.......................... Tim Montgomery (US) 10..................... Kenny Brokenburr (US) 2001 1.............................Maurice Greene (US) 2.......................... Ato Boldon (Trinidad) 3......................... Bernard Williams (US) 4......... Dwain Chambers (Great Britain) 5.................. Francis Obikwelu (Nigeria) 6.............................. Aziz Zakari (Ghana) 7............................ Curtis Johnson (US) 8............................ Jon Drummond (US) 9.......................... Kim Collins (St. Kitts) 10... Mark Lewis-Francis (Great Britain) 2002 1.......... Dwain Chambers (Great Britain) 2............................ Maurice Greene (US) 3.......................... Kim Collins (St. Kitts) 4................ Francis Obikwelu (Portugal) 5......................... Bernard Williams (US) 6................................... Coby Miller (US) 7..... Mark Lewis-Francis (Great Britain) 8................. Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 9............................ Jon Drummond (US) 10.............. Uchenna Emedolu (Nigeria) 1995 1.....................Donovan Bailey (Canada) 2........... Linford Christie (Great Britain) 3.......................... Bruny Surin (Canada) 4............................ Jon Drummond (US) 5.......................... Ato Boldon (Trinidad) 6................ Olapade Adeniken (Nigeria) 7................. Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 8................................... Mike Marsh (US) 9............................ Dennis Mitchell (US) 10................... Michael Green (Jamaica) 1996 1.....................Donovan Bailey (Canada) 2................. Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 3............................ Dennis Mitchell (US) 4.......................... Ato Boldon (Trinidad) 5........... Linford Christie (Great Britain) 6................................... Mike Marsh (US) 7.......................... Bruny Surin (Canada) 8..................... Michael Green (Jamaica) 9............................ Jon Drummond (US) 10................................... Carl Lewis (US) 1997 1..................Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 2............................ Maurice Greene (US) 3.................... Donovan Bailey (Canada) 4.......................... Tim Montgomery (US) 5.......................... Ato Boldon (Trinidad) 6............................ Dennis Mitchell (US) 7........... Linford Christie (Great Britain) 8.................. Davidson Ezinwa (Nigeria) 9......... Kareem Streete-Thompson (US) 10................................. Mike Marsh (US) 1998 1.............................Maurice Greene (US) 2.......................... Ato Boldon (Trinidad) 3................. Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 4.................... Donovan Bailey (Canada) 5............................ Jon Drummond (US) 6.......... Obadele Thompson (Barbados) 7.................... Seun Ogunkoya (Nigeria) 8................................... Tim Harden (US) 9.................. Francis Obikwelu (Nigeria) 10................................ Brian Lewis (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s 100 2003 1.................................... John Capel (US) 2......................... Bernard Williams (US) 3.......................... Kim Collins (St. Kitts) 4................................. Justin Gatlin (US) 5................................. Deji Aliu (Nigeria) 6....................... Darrel Brown (Trinidad) 7......... Darren Campbell (Great Britain) 8............................ Maurice Greene (US) 9................ Uchenna Emedolu (Nigeria) 10...................... Asafa Powell (Jamaica) 2004 1........................ Asafa Powell (Jamaica) 2................................. Justin Gatlin (US) 3................ Francis Obikwelu (Portugal) 4............................ Maurice Greene (US) 5.......................... Shawn Crawford (US) 6.............................. Aziz Zakari (Ghana) 7.......................... Kim Collins (St. Kitts) 8................................... John Capel (US) 9.............................. Leonard Scott (US) 10................. Dwight Thomas (Jamaica) 2005 1..................................Justin Gatlin (US) 2........................ Asafa Powell (Jamaica) 3.............................. Aziz Zakari (Ghana) 4................... Dwight Thomas (Jamaica) 5..................... Michael Frater (Jamaica) 6................ Francis Obikwelu (Portugal) 7.............................. Leonard Scott (US) 8.......................... Kim Collins (St. Kitts) 9.......................... Marc Burns (Trinidad) 10................... Ronald Pognon (France) 2006 1........................ Asafa Powell (Jamaica) 2.................................... Tyson Gay (US) 3.............................. Leonard Scott (US) 4.......................... Marcus Brunson (US) 5................ Francis Obikwelu (Portugal) 6.......................... Shawn Crawford (US) 7..................... Ronald Pognon (France) 8...................... Olusoji Fasuba (Nigeria) 9.......................... Marc Burns (Trinidad) 10................... Michael Frater (Jamaica) 2007 1..................................... Tyson Gay (US) 2........................ Asafa Powell (Jamaica) 3.................... Derrick Atkins (Bahamas) 4..................... Jaysuma Saidy (Norway) 5... Churandy Martina (Netherlands Antilles) 6......... Marlon Devonish (Great Britain) 7..................... Michael Frater (Jamaica) 8................ Francis Obikwelu (Portugal) 9...................... Olusoji Fasuba (Nigeria) 10.................. Wallace Spearmon II (US) 2008 1.............................Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 2........................ Asafa Powell (Jamaica) 3............. Richard Thompson (Trinidad) 4..................................... Walter Dix (US) 5........................ Nesta Carter (Jamaica) 6... Churandy Martina (Netherlands Antilles) 7..................... Michael Frater (Jamaica) 8.......................... Marc Burns (Trinidad) 9.................................... Tyson Gay (US) 10.................................. Doc Patton (US) 2009 1.............................Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 2.................................... Tyson Gay (US) 3........................ Asafa Powell (Jamaica) 4........................ Daniel Bailey (Antigua) 5.................................... Doc Patton (US) 6............................... Mike Rodgers (US) 7.................... Steve Mullings (Jamaica) 8............. Richard Thompson (Trinidad) 9.............................. Travis Padgett (US) 10....... Dwain Chambers (Great Britain) 2010 1..................................... Tyson Gay (US) 2.............................Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 3........................ Asafa Powell (Jamaica) 4......................... Nesta Carter (Jamaica) 5......................... Yohan Blake (Jamaica) 6.............. Richard Thompson (Trinidad) 7.........................Daniel Bailey (Antigua) 8...................... Michael Frater (Jamaica) 9................................ Mike Rodgers (US) 10............ Christophe Lemaitre (France) © Track & Field News 2018 — 10 — World Rankings — Men’s 100 2011 1......................... Yohan Blake (Jamaica) 2.............................Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 3........................ Asafa Powell (Jamaica) 4...................................... Walter Dix (US) 5.............. Christophe Lemaitre (France) 6............................ Kim Collins (St Kitts) 7......................... Nesta Carter (Jamaica) 8.........................Daniel Bailey (Antigua) 9................................ Mike Rodgers (US) 10.................... Michael Frater (Jamaica) 2012 1.............................Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 2......................... Yohan Blake (Jamaica) 3..................................Justin Gatlin (US) 4........................ Asafa Powell (Jamaica) 5................................... Ryan Bailey (US) 6......................... Nesta Carter (Jamaica) 7...................... Michael Frater (Jamaica) 8................................ Mike Rodgers (US) 9.............. Christophe Lemaitre (France) 10.............Kemar Bailey-Cole (Jamaica) 2013 1............................ Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 2................................. Justin Gatlin (US) 3............................... Mike Rodgers (US) 4........................ Nesta Carter (Jamaica) 5................ Nickel Ashmeade (Jamaica) 6.............. Kemar Bailey-Cole (Jamaica) 7........................... Kim Collins (St Kitts) 8......................... Jimmy Vicaut (France) 9............. Christophe Lemaitre (France) 10.......... James Dasaolu (Great Britain) 2014 1..................................Justin Gatlin (US) 2................................ Mike Rodgers (US) 3...............Kemar Bailey-Cole (Jamaica) 4......................... Nesta Carter (Jamaica) 5........................ Asafa Powell (Jamaica) 6.............James Dasaolu (Great Britain) 7................. Adam Gemili (Great Britain) 8................. Nickel Ashmeade (Jamaica) 9.............. Richard Thompson (Trinidad) 10.......................... Kim Collins (St Kitts) 2015 1..................................Justin Gatlin (US) 2.............................Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 3..................................... Tyson Gay (US) 4........................ Asafa Powell (Jamaica) 5...................Andre De Grasse (Canada) 6............................Trayvon Bromell (US) 7..........................Jimmy Vicaut (France) 8................................ Mike Rodgers (US) 9.......................... Femi Ogunode (Qatar) 10.................Keston Bledman (Trinidad) 2016 1.............................Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 2..................................Justin Gatlin (US) 3...................Andre De Grasse (Canada) 4......................... Yohan Blake (Jamaica) 5........................ Asafa Powell (Jamaica) 6...............Akani Simbine (South Africa) 7........Ben Youssef Meité (Côte d’Ivoire) 8..........................Jimmy Vicaut (France) 9............................Trayvon Bromell (US) 10............... Nickel Ashmeade (Jamaica) 2017 1..................................Justin Gatlin (US) 2........................Christian Coleman (US) 3.............................Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 4..........................CJ Ujah (Great Britain) 5......................... Yohan Blake (Jamaica) 6...............Akani Simbine (South Africa) 7...................Andre De Grasse (Canada) 8..........Ben Youssef Meité (Côte ’Ivoire) 9................................ Ronnie Baker (US) 10........................Jimmy Vicaut (France)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s 200 1947 1..................................... Mel Patton (US) 2.................... Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 3................................ Barney Ewell (US) 4............................ Harrison Dillard (US) 5.............................. Charlie Peters (US) 6.................... Lloyd LaBeach (Panama) 7.............................. Charley Parker (US) 8.................................... Tom Carey (US) 9........................... Joe Cianciabella (US) 10............................. Bob Schepers (US) 1948 1..................................... Mel Patton (US) 2................................ Barney Ewell (US) 3.................... Lloyd LaBeach (Panama) 4............................ Harrison Dillard (US) 5.................... Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 6............................... Cliff Bourland (US) 7.............................. Charley Parker (US) 8....................... John Treloar (Australia) 9............................. Les Laing (Jamaica) 10.................................. Paul Bienz (US) 1949 1..................................... Mel Patton (US) 2.............................. Andy Stanfield (US) 3.................... Lloyd LaBeach (Panama) 4.................................... Paul Bienz (US) 5.................... Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 6.............................. Charlie Peters (US) 7...................... John Bartram (Australia) 8............................. Charley Parker (US) 9......... McDonald Bailey (Great Britain) 10........................... Les Laing (Jamaica) 1950 1..................... Lloyd LaBeach (Panama) 2.................... Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 3......... McDonald Bailey (Great Britain) 4............................. Charley Parker (US) 5...................................... Bob Tyler (US) 6......................... Donnie Anderson (US) 7........................John Treloar (Australia) 8.................................... Paul Bienz (US) 9.............................. Andy Stanfield (US) 10.................................... Art Bragg (US) © jiro mochizuki/photo run Usain Bolt’s World Record helped him gain the ’09 leadership © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s 200 1951 1.......... McDonald Bailey (Great Britain) 2.............................. Andy Stanfield (US) 3................... George Rhoden (Jamaica) 4....................................... Jim Ford (US) 5............................. Walt McKibbon (US) 6...................................... Art Bragg (US) 7.................................. Jim Golliday (US) 8............... Peter Kraus (West Germany) 9............................ Charlie Thomas (US) 10... Vladimir Sukharyev (Soviet Union) 1952 1...............................Andy Stanfield (US) 2.................... Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 3................................. Thane Baker (US) 4............................. James Gathers (US) 5......... McDonald Bailey (Great Britain) 6................... George Rhoden (Jamaica) 7........................................ Jim Ford (US) 8............................ Charlie Thomas (US) 9....................... John Treloar (Australia) 10.......................... Lindy Remigino (US) 1953 1...............................Andy Stanfield (US) 2...................................... Art Bragg (US) 3................................. Thane Baker (US) 4........... Heinz Fütterer (West Germany) 5.................... Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 6......... McDonald Bailey (Great Britain) 7.................................. Rod Richard (US) 8...... Václav Janeček (Czechoslovakia) 9............................. Les Laing (Jamaica) 10.......................... Charlie Thomas (US) 1954 1.............................Charlie Thomas (US) 2........... Heinz Fütterer (West Germany) 3...................................... Art Bragg (US) 4.............................. Andy Stanfield (US) 5........ Ardalion Ignatyev (Soviet Union) 6.................................... Art Pollard (US) 7....................Don Jowett (New Zealand) 8................. José da Conceição (Brazil) 9...................................... Bob Gary (US) 10................................. Fred Lucas (US) 1955 1.................................. Rod Richard (US) 2........... Heinz Fütterer (West Germany) 3................................. Jim Golliday (US) 4.............................. Bobby Morrow (US) 5...................................... Dick Blair (US) 6.............................. Andy Stanfield (US) 7....................................Dean Smith (US) 8................................. Thane Baker (US) 9.................................... Art Pollard (US) 10...... Ardalion Ignatyev (Soviet Union) 1956 1...............................Bobby Morrow (US) 2.................................... Dave Sime (US) 3.............................. Andy Stanfield (US) 4................................. Thane Baker (US) 5...................... Mike Agostini (Trinidad) 6........ Ardalion Ignatyev (Soviet Union) 7.......................................Dick Blair (US) 8.................................... Theo Bush (US) 9............................. Bobby Whilden (US) 10..... Manfred Germar (West Germany) 1957 1...............................Bobby Morrow (US) 2....... Manfred Germar (West Germany) 3...................... Mike Agostini (Trinidad) 4.................................... Dave Sime (US) 5................................ Leamon King (US) 6............................... Ed Collymore (US) 7.........Leonid Bartenyev (Soviet Union) 8................................ Ollan Cassell (US) 9.. Karl-Friedrich Haas (West Germany) 10............... José da Conceição (Brazil) 1958 1........ Manfred Germar (West Germany) 2.............................. Bobby Morrow (US) 3............................... Ed Collymore (US) 4................................... Ray Norton (US) 5............................ Eddie Southern (US) 6...................... Keith Gardner (Jamaica) 7...................................Glenn Davis (US) 8................... Tom Robinson (Bahamas) 9................... Dave Segal (Great Britain) 10............... José da Conceição (Brazil) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s 200 1959 1.................................... Ray Norton (US) 2............................... Livio Berruti (Italy) 3............................. Bobby Poynter (US) 4............................ Bill Woodhouse (US) 5........................... Abdou Seye (France) 6....... Manfred Germar (West Germany) 7.................................... Les Carney (US) 8......... Vilém Mandlík (Czechoslovakia) 9.............................. Bobby Morrow (US) 10.................................. Sid Garton (US) 1960 1................................ Livio Berruti (Italy) 2................................... Ray Norton (US) 3........................... Abdou Seye (France) 4............................. Charlie Tidwell (US) 5............................. Stone Johnson (US) 6................................... Les Carney (US) 7.............................Marian Foik (Poland) 8.............. Peter Radford (Great Britain) 9........... Edward Jefferys (South Africa) 10.............. Armin Hary (West Germany) 1961 1................................ Livio Berruti (Italy) 2....... Manfred Germar (West Germany) 3................. David Jones (Great Britain) 4............................ Marian Foik (Poland) 5................................... Frank Budd (US) 6................................ Paul Drayton (US) 7..................................... Bob Hayes (US) 8............................. Abdul Amu (Nigeria) 9.................... Seraphino Antao (Kenya) 10...................... Ove Jonsson (Sweden) 1962 1.........................Harry Jerome (Canada) 2.................... Seraphino Antao (Kenya) 3................................ Paul Drayton (US) 4........................ Ove Jonsson (Sweden) 5............................ Marian Foik (Poland) 6........................... Sergio Ottolina (Italy) 7....................................Frank Budd (US) 8.................................. Nate Adams (US) 9............................... Roger Sayers (US) 10.............................. Homer Jones (US) 1963 1.....................................Henry Carr (US) 2.................................... Bob Hayes (US) 3................................ Paul Drayton (US) 4................. David Jones (Great Britain) 5.................. Jocelyn Delecour (France) 6.......................... Adolph Plummer (US) 7............ Alfred Hebauf (West Germany) 8.............................. Larry Questad (US) 9.................................. Nate Adams (US) 10............... Rafael Romero (Venezuela) 1964 1.....................................Henry Carr (US) 2................................ Paul Drayton (US) 3..................... Edwin Roberts (Trinidad) 4.................................... Bob Hayes (US) 5........................ Harry Jerome (Canada) 6........................... Sergio Ottolina (Italy) 7................................ Livio Berruti (Italy) 8......................... Richard Stebbins (US) 9............................ Marian Foik (Poland) 10................ Andrzej Badeński (Poland) 1965 1........................... Adolph Plummer (US) 2.............................. Tommie Smith (US) 3................... Claude Piquemal (France) 4..................... Marian Dudziak (Poland) 5.......... Josef Schwarz (West Germany) 6................................ Paul Drayton (US) 7......................Edwin Roberts (Trinidad) 8........... Edward Jefferys (South Africa) 9....... Jürgen Schröter (West Germany) 10......................... Sergio Ottolina (Italy) 1966 1............................... Tommie Smith (US) 2...................................... Jim Hines (US) 3............................ Stan Allotey (Ghana) 4..................... Edwin Roberts (Trinidad) 5.................... Roger Bambuck (France) 6..................... Paul Nash (South Africa) 7...................... Marian Dudziak (Poland) 8........................ Harry Jerome (Canada) 9.................................... Tom Jones (US) 10................................... Hal Busby (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s 200 1967 1............................... Tommie Smith (US) 2...................................... Jim Hines (US) 3.................................. John Carlos (US) 4...................... Lennox Miller (Jamaica) 5.................... Roger Bambuck (France) 6.................................. Jerry Bright (US) 7...................... Paul Nash (South Africa) 8................................. Willie Turner (US) 9..................... Edwin Roberts (Trinidad) 10.......................... Jan Werner (Poland) 1968 1............................... Tommie Smith (US) 2..................... Peter Norman (Australia) 3.................................. John Carlos (US) 4..................... Paul Nash (South Africa) 5...................................... Jim Hines (US) 6..................... Edwin Roberts (Trinidad) 7......................... Ronnie Ray Smith (US) 8.................... Roger Bambuck (France) 9.............................. Larry Questad (US) 10........................... Mike Fray (Jamaica) 1969 1...................................John Carlos (US) 2.............................. Tom Randolph (US) 3................................ Ben Vaughan (US) 4..................... Edwin Roberts (Trinidad) 5................ Philippe Clerc (Switzerland) 6................................... Oliver Ford (US) 7......................................Lee Evans (US) 8..... Jochen Eigenherr (West Germany) 9...................... Lennox Miller (Jamaica) 10................... Peter Norman (Australia) 1970 1...................................John Carlos (US) 2................................. Willie Turner (US) 3................................ Ben Vaughan (US) 4......................... Don Quarrie (Jamaica) 5..................... Edwin Roberts (Trinidad) 6....................................... Mel Gray (US) 7........... Martin Reynolds (Great Britain) 8..... Siegfried Schenke (East Germany) 9........................... Pablo Montes (Cuba) 10.................... Gerard Fenouil (France) 1971 1..........................Don Quarrie (Jamaica) 2............. Valeriy Borzov (Soviet Union) 3................................... Larry Black (US) 4................................. Marshall Dill (US) 5.............................. Willie Deckard (US) 6...................... George Daniels (Ghana) 7.Franz-Peter Hofmeister (West Germany) 8................ Jörg Pfeifer (East Germany) 9................................. Willie Turner (US) 10................... Edwin Roberts (Trinidad) 1972 1.............. Valeriy Borzov (Soviet Union) 2................................... Larry Black (US) 3............................ Pietro Mennea (Italy) 4................................. Larry Burton (US) 5................................. Chuck Smith (US) 6..... Siegfried Schenke (East Germany) 7......................................Eddie Hart (US) 8............... Dave Jenkins (Great Britain) 9................................. Marshall Dill (US) 10....................... Don Quarrie (Jamaica) 1973 1...............................Steve Williams (US) 2......................... Don Quarrie (Jamaica) 3............................ Pietro Mennea (Italy) 4...................................... Mark Lutz (US) 5.................. Chris Monk (Great Britain) 6..Hans-Jürgen Bombach (East Germany) 7.................................. Marshall Dill (US) 8..................... Ossi Karttunen (Finland) 9..... Siegfried Schenke (East Germany) 10............................ Ivory Crockett (US) 1974 1...........................Silvio Leonard (Cuba) 2......................... Don Quarrie (Jamaica) 3........................ James Gilkes (Guyana) 4............................ Pietro Mennea (Italy) 5............................... Reggie Jones (US) 6.............................. Steve Williams (US) 7........ Manfred Ommer (West Germany) 8..Hans-Jürgen Bombach (East Germany) 9........................... Clancy Edwards (US) 10................. Charles Joseph (Trinidad) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s 200 1975 1..........................Don Quarrie (Jamaica) 2.............................. Steve Williams (US) 3........................ James Gilkes (Guyana) 4............................... Steve Riddick (US) 5............................ Pietro Mennea (Italy) 6............................... Reggie Jones (US) 7...........................Silvio Leonard (Cuba) 8............. Valeriy Borzov (Soviet Union) 9................................. Larry Brown (US) 10.................... Antti Rajamäki (Finland) 1976 1..........................Don Quarrie (Jamaica) 2........................... Millard Hampton (US) 3.............................. Steve Williams (US) 4.............................. Dwayne Evans (US) 5............................ Pietro Mennea (Italy) 6........................ James Gilkes (Guyana) 7...............................Harvey Glance (US) 8............................... Steve Riddick (US) 9... Klaus-Dieter Kurrat (East Germany) 10........................... Rui da Silva (Brazil) 1977 1.............................Pietro Mennea (Italy) 2......................... Don Quarrie (Jamaica) 3........................... Clancy Edwards (US) 4.......................... Silvio Leonard (Cuba) 5.............................. Steve Williams (US) 6............................... Steve Riddick (US) 7.................. Eugen Ray (East Germany) 8............................ William Snoddy (US) 9................................ Derald Harris (US) 10............................... Tony Darden (US) 1978 1............................Clancy Edwards (US) 2............................ Pietro Mennea (Italy) 3........................ James Gilkes (Guyana) 4.......................... Silvio Leonard (Cuba) 5......................... Don Quarrie (Jamaica) 6.............................. Steve Williams (US) 7....................Allan Wells (Great Britain) 8............................ William Snoddy (US) 9............................. James Sanford (US) 10............................ Harvey Glance (US) 1979 1.............................Pietro Mennea (Italy) 2.......................... Silvio Leonard (Cuba) 3........................ James Gilkes (Guyana) 4................... Allan Wells (Great Britain) 5.................................. Greg Foster (US) 6............................. James Sanford (US) 7...............................James Mallard (US) 8.............................. Dwayne Evans (US) 9................................ Don Coleman (US) 10......................... Clancy Edwards (US) 1980 1.............................Pietro Mennea (Italy) 2................... Allan Wells (Great Britain) 3......................... Don Quarrie (Jamaica) 4.............................. Steve Williams (US) 5................................ James Butler (US) 6............................. Mike Roberson (US) 7...........................Silvio Leonard (Cuba) 8............................. James Sanford (US) 9.............................. James Mallard (US) 10................................. Fred Taylor (US) 1981 1....................Allan Wells (Great Britain) 2................................... Mel Lattany (US) 3............................. James Sanford (US) 4.............................. Dwayne Evans (US) 5.................................. Jeff Phillips (US) 6.... Frank Emmelmann (East Germany) 7................................ Stanley Floyd (US) 8.................................... Eric Brown (US) 9................................... Fred Taylor (US) 10................... Marian Woronin (Poland) 1982 1................................. James Butler (US) 2................................. Calvin Smith (US) 3.................................. Jeff Phillips (US) 4.............. Olaf Prenzler (East Germany) 5.................................... Mike Miller (US) 6..................................... Carl Lewis (US) 7....................Allan Wells (Great Britain) 8........... Cameron Sharp (Great Britain) 9................................... Mel Lattany (US) 10....................... Don Quarrie (Jamaica) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s 200 1983 1..................................Calvin Smith (US) 2..................................... Carl Lewis (US) 3............................ Pietro Mennea (Italy) 4.................................. Elliott Quow (US) 5............................... Larry Myricks (US) 6................... Allan Wells (Great Britain) 7....................................Mel Lattany (US) 8.... Frank Emmelmann (East Germany) 9................ Innocent Egbunike (Nigeria) 10................... Leandro Peñalver (Cuba) 1984 1......................................Carl Lewis (US) 2................................ Kirk Baptiste (US) 3........................ Thomas Jefferson (US) 4................................ James Butler (US) 5.................................... Roy Martin (US) 6............................ Pietro Mennea (Italy) 7............................João da Silva (Brazil) 8...................... Desai Williams (Canada) 9................ Ralf Lubke (West Germany) 10......................... Albert Robinson (US) 1985 1................................. Kirk Baptiste (US) 2................................. Calvin Smith (US) 3.................................... Roy Martin (US) 4.... Frank Emmelmann (East Germany) 5. Aleksandr Yevgenyev (Soviet Union) 6...................... Róbson da Silva (Brazil) 7................................... Brady Crain (US) 8.............................. Dwayne Evans (US) 9.................................. Elliott Quow (US) 10........................... Lorenzo Daniel (US) 1986 1...................................Floyd Heard (US) 2................................ Kirk Baptiste (US) 3................................. Calvin Smith (US) 4........................ Atlee Mahorn (Canada) 5.............................. Dwayne Evans (US) 6..................................... Carl Lewis (US) 7........................... Harvey McSwain (US) 8....................... Wallace Spearmon (US) 9............................. Lorenzo Daniel (US) 10.................... Róbson da Silva (Brazil) 1987 1......................................Carl Lewis (US) 2................................. Calvin Smith (US) 3................ Gilles Quénéhervé (France) 4.................................. Floyd Heard (US) 5................... John Regis (Great Britain) 6...................... Róbson da Silva (Brazil) 7.............Vladimir Krylov (Soviet Union) 8....................... Wallace Spearmon (US) 9........................ Thomas Jefferson (US) 10............................ Dwayne Evans (US) 1988 1................................. Joe DeLoach (US) 2..................................... Carl Lewis (US) 3...................... Róbson da Silva (Brazil) 4................................. Calvin Smith (US) 5............................. Lorenzo Daniel (US) 6........................... Albert Robinson (US) 7............ Linford Christie (Great Britain) 8........................ Atlee Mahorn (Canada) 9.................................... Roy Martin (US) 10.............. Gilles Quénéhervé (France) 1989 1.......................Róbson da Silva (Brazil) 2.................. Daniel Sangouma (France) 3.................................. Floyd Heard (US) 4................................ Stefano Tilli (Italy) 5................................. Calvin Smith (US) 6............................ Dennis Mitchell (US) 7....................John Regis (Great Britain) 8.............................. Henry Thomas (US) 9....................... Mark Witherspoon (US) 10.............. Olapade Adeniken (Nigeria) 1990 1...........................Michael Johnson (US) 2...................... Róbson da Silva (Brazil) 3................... John Regis (Great Britain) 4.................................. Floyd Heard (US) 5................................ Leroy Burrell (US) 6.............................. Danny Everett (US) 7............................. Dennis Mitchell (US) 8................. Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 9.............................. Daron Council (US) 10.............. Olapade Adeniken (Nigeria) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s 200 1991 1...........................Michael Johnson (US) 2................. Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 3...................... Róbson da Silva (Brazil) 4................... John Regis (Great Britain) 5................................ Leroy Burrell (US) 6........................ Atlee Mahorn (Canada) 7................. Olapade Adeniken (Nigeria) 8.......... Jean-Charles Trouabal (France) 9.................................. Floyd Heard (US) 10............................ Jimmy French (US) 1992 1.................................... Mike Marsh (US) 2................. Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 3.......................... Michael Johnson (US) 4............................... Michael Bates (US) 5...................... Róbson da Silva (Brazil) 6................ Olapade Adeniken (Nigeria) 7......................................Carl Lewis (US) 8................... John Regis (Great Britain) 9................................ Leroy Burrell (US) 10.......................... Dennis Mitchell (US) 1993 1..................Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 2................... John Regis (Great Britain) 3..................................... Carl Lewis (US) 4.......................... Michael Johnson (US) 5................................... Mike Marsh (US) 6....................... Daniel Effiong (Nigeria) 7............... Dean Capobianco (Australia) 8...................... Róbson da Silva (Brazil) 9.............................. Chris Nelloms (US) 10........ Jean-Charles Trouabal (France) 1994 1...........................Michael Johnson (US) 2................. Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 3................... John Regis (Great Britain) 4....................... Daniel Effiong (Nigeria) 5................................. Jeff Williams (US) 6................ Olapade Adeniken (Nigeria) 7.............................. Geir Moen (Norway) 8........................... Kevin Braunskill (US) 9............................... Tony Wheeler (US) 10................................. Mike Marsh (US) 1995 1...........................Michael Johnson (US) 2................. Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 3................................. Jeff Williams (US) 4...................... Róbson da Silva (Brazil) 5................................... Mike Marsh (US) 6................... Claudinei da Silva (Brazil) 7.............................. Geir Moen (Norway) 8................... John Regis (Great Britain) 9.................... Damien Marsh (Australia) 10............................. Iván García (Cuba) 1996 1...........................Michael Johnson (US) 2................. Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 3.......................... Ato Boldon (Trinidad) 4................................. Jeff Williams (US) 5.......... Obadele Thompson (Barbados) 6................... Patrick Stevens (Belgium) 7.................................... Mike Marsh (US) 8............................ Jon Drummond (US) 9.................................. Ramon Clay (US) 10................................... Carl Lewis (US) 1997 1..................Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 2.......................... Ato Boldon (Trinidad) 3............................ Jon Drummond (US) 4.......... Obadele Thompson (Barbados) 5............................ Maurice Greene (US) 6................... Patrick Stevens (Belgium) 7...........................Michael Johnson (US) 8................................... Kevin Little (US) 9................... Claudinei da Silva (Brazil) 10............................. Iván García (Cuba) 1998 1........................... Ato Boldon (Trinidad) 2................. Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 3............................ Maurice Greene (US) 4....................... Sebastián Keitel (Chile) 5........................ Tyree Washington (US) 6.................................. Ramon Clay (US) 7................. Doug Walker (Great Britain) 8............. Julian Golding (Great Britain) 9.................. Francis Obikwelu (Nigeria) 10..... Christian Malcolm (Great Britain) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s 200 1999 1.............................Maurice Greene (US) 2.......................... Michael Johnson (US) 3................... Claudinei da Silva (Brazil) 4................. Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 5.................. Francis Obikwelu (Nigeria) 6.......... Obadele Thompson (Barbados) 7........................... Ato Boldon (Trinidad) 8......................... Marcin Urbaś (Poland) 9................................... Kevin Little (US) 10.......................... Rohsaan Griffin (US) 2000 1...................... Kostás Kedéris (Greece) 2.......................... Ato Boldon (Trinidad) 3.......... Obadele Thompson (Barbados) 4......... Darren Campbell (Great Britain) 5....... Christian Malcolm (Great Britain) 6................................... John Capel (US) 7.............................Maurice Greene (US) 8.......................... Michael Johnson (US) 9.................. Francis Obikwelu (Nigeria) 10................. Claudinei da Silva (Brazil) 2001 1...................... Kostás Kedéris (Greece) 2.......................... Shawn Crawford (US) 3......................... Bernard Williams (US) 4..................... Chris Williams (Jamaica) 5....... Christian Malcolm (Great Britain) 6..................................J.J. Johnson (US) 7.......................... Kim Collins (St. Kitts) 8.................. Francis Obikwelu (Nigeria) 9.............................. Aziz Zakari (Ghana) 10............Stéphan Buckland (Mauritius) 2002 1..................Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 2..................... Kostás Kedéris (Greece) 3................ Francis Obikwelu (Portugal) 4.................................... Doc Patton (US) 5......................... Bernard Williams (US) 6.................................... Coby Miller (US) 7.......................... Shawn Crawford (US) 8......... Marlon Devonish (Great Britain) 9............ Dominic Demeritte (Bahamas) 10........ Darren Campbell (Great Britain) 2003 1.................................... John Capel (US) 2.................................... Doc Patton (US) 3................................. J.J. Johnson (US) 4.......................... Shawn Crawford (US) 5............. Stéphan Buckland (Mauritius) 6................. Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 7.......................... Bernard Williams (US) 8.................... Shingo Suetsugu (Japan) 9.............................Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 10...... Christian Malcolm (Great Britain) 2004 1........................... Shawn Crawford (US) 2................................. Justin Gatlin (US) 3......................... Bernard Williams (US) 4........................ Asafa Powell (Jamaica) 5................. Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 6................ Francis Obikwelu (Portugal) 7..............Stéphan Buckland (Mauritius) 8................................. J.J. Johnson (US) 9...................... Tobias Unger (Germany) 10.................................. Doc Patton (US) 2005 1..................................Justin Gatlin (US) 2.................... Wallace Spearmon II (US) 3.................................... Tyson Gay (US) 4............................ Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 5..................... Chris Williams (Jamaica) 6................................ Xavier Carter (US) 7..............Stéphan Buckland (Mauritius) 8................................... John Capel (US) 9...................... Tobias Unger (Germany) 10..... Christian Malcolm (Great Britain) 2006 1..................................... Tyson Gay (US) 2................................ Xavier Carter (US) 3.................... Wallace Spearmon II (US) 4............................ Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 5........................... LaShawn Merritt (US) 6................ Francis Obikwelu (Portugal) 7.....................................Kelly Willie (US) 8.............................. Rodney Martin (US) 9........................ Omar Brown (Jamaica) 10................... Chris Williams (Jamaica) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s 200 2011 1.............................Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 2......................... Yohan Blake (Jamaica) 3...................................... Walter Dix (US) 4.............. Christophe Lemaitre (France) 5...........Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (Norway) 6................. Nickel Ashmeade (Jamaica) 7.....................Alonso Edward (Panama) 8.......................... Femi Ogunode (Qatar) 9................. Marvin Anderson (Jamaica) 10.....................Bruno de Barros (Brazil) 2012 1.............................Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 2......................... Yohan Blake (Jamaica) 3................. Nickel Ashmeade (Jamaica) 4........................ Jason Young (Jamaica) 5..........................Warren Weir (Jamaica) 6.....................Wallace Spearmon II (US) 7................. Churandy Martina (Holland) 8.............. Christophe Lemaitre (France) 9............................Maurice Mitchell (US) 10......................... Calesio Newman (US) 2013 1............................ Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 2......................... Warren Weir (Jamaica) 3................ Nickel Ashmeade (Jamaica) 4....................... Jason Young (Jamaica) 5.............................. Curtis Mitchell (US) 6................ Churandy Martina (Holland) 7.......... Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (Norway) 8....... Anaso Jobodwana (South Africa) 9................ Adam Gemili (Great Britain) 10........... Christophe Lemaitre (France) 2014 1..................................Justin Gatlin (US) 2.....................Alonso Edward (Panama) 3................. Nickel Ashmeade (Jamaica) 4....................Rasheed Dwyer (Jamaica) 5..........................Warren Weir (Jamaica) 6.......................... Femi Ogunode (Qatar) 7.............. Christophe Lemaitre (France) 8...............................Curtis Mitchell (US) 9................. Adam Gemili (Great Britain) 10...............................Dedric Dukes (US) 2007 1..................................... Tyson Gay (US) 2............................ Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 3.................... Wallace Spearmon II (US) 4................................ Xavier Carter (US) 5.............................. Rodney Martin (US) 6.......... Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (Norway) 7............................LaShawn Merritt (US) 8..................................... Walter Dix (US) 9.......................... Shawn Crawford (US) 10.............. Marvin Anderson (Jamaica) 2008 1.............................Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 2.......................... Shawn Crawford (US) 3..................................... Walter Dix (US) 4.................... Wallace Spearmon II (US) 5................... Brian Dzingai (Zimbabwe) 6.. Churandy Martina (Netherlands Antilles) 7..................................... Tyson Gay (US) 8......................... Paul Hession (Ireland) 9............. Stéphan Buckland (Mauritius) 10............. Brendan Christian (Antigua) 2009 1.............................Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 2.................................... Tyson Gay (US) 3.................... Alonso Edward (Panama) 4.................... Wallace Spearmon II (US) 5.......................... Shawn Crawford (US) 6.................... Steve Mullings (Jamaica) 7............................LaShawn Merritt (US) 8............................... Charles Clark (US) 9.................. Ramil Guliyev (Azerbaijan) 10............. Brendan Christian (Antigua) 2010 1...................................... Walter Dix (US) 2.....................Wallace Spearmon II (US) 3.............................Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 4..................................... Tyson Gay (US) 5......................... Yohan Blake (Jamaica) 6................................... Ryan Bailey (US) 7..................... Steve Mullings (Jamaica) 8................................. Xavier Carter (US) 9................................Angelo Taylor (US) 10..Churandy Martina (Netherlands Antilles) © Track & Field News 2018 — 10 — World Rankings — Men’s 200 2015 1.............................Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 2..................................Justin Gatlin (US) 3........ Anaso Jobodwana (South Africa) 4.....................Alonso Edward (Panama) 5............Zharnel Hughes (Great Britain) 6...................Andre De Grasse (Canada) 7......................... Ramil Guliyev (Turkey) 8.......................... Femi Ogunode (Qatar) 9................. Nickel Ashmeade (Jamaica) 10..................Rasheed Dwyer (Jamaica) 2016 1.............................Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 2...................Andre De Grasse (Canada) 3................. Adam Gemili (Great Britain) 4.............. Christophe Lemaitre (France) 5................. Churandy Martina (Holland) 6............................LaShawn Merritt (US) 7.....................Alonso Edward (Panama) 8..................................Justin Gatlin (US) 9.......................... Julian Forte (Jamaica) 10................................Ameer Webb (US) 2017 1......................... Ramil Guliyev (Turkey) 2.....................................Noah Lyles (US) 3....... Wayde van Niekerk (South Africa) 4..................................Ameer Webb (US) 5........................Christian Coleman (US) 6..................Jereem Richards (Trinidad) 7 . Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (Great Britain) 8...................Andre De Grasse (Canada) 9................... Isaac Makwala (Botswana) 10....................... Aaron Brown (Canada)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 1947 1 .......................Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 2 .......................................Dave Bolen (US) 3 ...................................George Guida (US) 4 .....................Denis Shore (South Africa) 5 ................................ Jack Hammack (US) 6 .............................. Reggie Pearman (US) 7 ........................ Bob McFarlane (Canada) 8 ............................Harold McDonnell (US) 9 .................................... Mal Whitfield (US) 10 ................................John Wachtler (US) 1948 1 .......................Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 2 ............................. Arthur Wint (Jamaica) 3 .................................... Mal Whitfield (US) 4 .......................................Dave Bolen (US) 5 ....................... Morris Curotta (Australia) 6 ...................................George Guida (US) 7 ......................................Art Harnden (US) 8 .................................Norman Rucks (US) 9 ......................George Rhoden (Jamaica) 10 ...................Denis Shore (South Africa) Rio featured a clash among 3 men who have won 8 No. 1s among them Merritt 4, van Niekerk 3 & James 2 © victor sailer/photo run © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 1949 1 .................................... Mal Whitfield (US) 2 ......................George Rhoden (Jamaica) 3 .......................Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 4 ............................. Arthur Wint (Jamaica) 5 ...................................Charlie Moore (US) 6 .......................................Dave Bolen (US) 7 ......................................... Frank Fox (US) 8 .................................Antonio Siddi (Italy) 9 .............................Edwin Carr (Australia) 10 ............................ Reggie Pearman (US) 1950 1 ......................George Rhoden (Jamaica) 2 .......................Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 3 .................................... Mal Whitfield (US) 4 ........................................... Tom Cox (US) 5 .........................................Bill Parker (US) 6 .............................Edwin Carr (Australia) 7 ...................................Charlie Moore (US) 8 .................................... Eddie Macon (US) 9 ........................ Bob McFarlane (Canada) 10 ........................... Arthur Wint (Jamaica) 1951 1 ......................George Rhoden (Jamaica) 2 .......................Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 3 ............................. Arthur Wint (Jamaica) 4 .................................... Mal Whitfield (US) 5 ...................................Charlie Moore (US) 6 ................................... Dick Maiocco (US) 7 ................Hans Geister (West Germany) 8 ..............Schalk Booysen (South Africa) 9 .....Karl-Friedrich Haas (West Germany) 10 ..................................John Bradley (US) 1952 1 ......................George Rhoden (Jamaica) 2 .......................Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 3 .................................... Mal Whitfield (US) 4 .....................................Ollie Matson (US) 5 ............................. Arthur Wint (Jamaica) 6 .....Karl-Friedrich Haas (West Germany) 7 .................................J.W. Mashburn (US) 8 ................Hans Geister (West Germany) 9 .........................................Gene Cole (US) 10 ............................ Reggie Pearman (US) 1953 1 .................................... Mal Whitfield (US) 2 .................................J.W. Mashburn (US) 3 .....Karl-Friedrich Haas (West Germany) 4 ............................................. Jim Lea (US) 5 ...........Ardalion Ignatyev (Soviet Union) 6 .......................Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 7 .............................. Reggie Pearman (US) 8 .....................................Thane Baker (US) 9 ........................Wilbur Cunningham (US) 10 ..............Hans Geister (West Germany) 1954 1 ...........Ardalion Ignatyev (Soviet Union) 2 ............................................. Jim Lea (US) 3 .........................................Lou Jones (US) 4 .................................J.W. Mashburn (US) 5 .....Karl-Friedrich Haas (West Germany) 6 ........................Kevan Gosper (Australia) 7 ..........................Voitto Hellsten (Finland) 8 .............................Ralph Fessenden (US) 9 .....................................Ben Youtsey (US) 10 ....................George Rhoden (Jamaica) 1955 1 .................................J.W. Mashburn (US) 2 ...........Ardalion Ignatyev (Soviet Union) 3 .........................................Lou Jones (US) 4 ............................................. Jim Lea (US) 5 ................................Charlie Jenkins (US) 6 ..........................Voitto Hellsten (Finland) 7 ........................Kevan Gosper (Australia) 8 ......................................... Russ Ellis (US) 9 ................................... Dick Maiocco (US) 10 ................................ Mike Larrabee (US) 1956 1 .........................................Lou Jones (US) 2 ............................................. Jim Lea (US) 3 ................................Charlie Jenkins (US) 4 .................................. Tom Courtney (US) 5 .....Karl-Friedrich Haas (West Germany) 6 ..........................Voitto Hellsten (Finland) 7 ...........Ardalion Ignatyev (Soviet Union) 8 .................................J.W. Mashburn (US) 9 ........................Kevan Gosper (Australia) 10 ................................... John Haines (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 1957 1 .................................. Tom Courtney (US) 2 .................................. Mike Larrabee (US) 3 ................................. Bob McMurray (US) 4 ................................Charlie Jenkins (US) 5 ..............Malcolm Spence (South Africa) 6 ...............Stanisław Swatowski (Poland) 7 ........................Kevan Gosper (Australia) 8 .............................. Reggie Pearman (US) 9 ..........................Terry Tobacco (Canada) 10 ........................Voitto Hellsten (Finland) 1958 1 ......................................Glenn Davis (US) 2 ................................Eddie Southern (US) 3 ..............Malcolm Spence (South Africa) 4 ................................... Milka Singh (India) 5 ..........................Terry Tobacco (Canada) 6 ................ John Wrighton (Great Britain) 7 ................................Charlie Jenkins (US) 8 ................John Salisbury (Great Britain) 9 .....................................Jack Yerman (US) 10 ................................. Bobby Staten (US) 1959 1 ................................Eddie Southern (US) 2 ............................George Kerr (Jamaica) 3 .................................Chuck Carlson (US) 4 ......................................Glenn Davis (US) 5 .........................................Otis Davis (US) 6 .................................. Mike Larrabee (US) 7 ...............................Abdou Seye (France) 8 .................................Basil Ince (Trinidad) 9 ............ Carl Kaufmann (West Germany) 10 ........................... Mal Spence (Jamaica) 1960 1 ............ Carl Kaufmann (West Germany) 2 .........................................Otis Davis (US) 3 ..............Malcolm Spence (South Africa) 4 ................................... Milka Singh (India) 5 ......................................Glenn Davis (US) 6 ............................George Kerr (Jamaica) 7 ............Manfred Kinder (West Germany) 8 ........................................Earl Young (US) 9 ...............................Abdou Seye (France) 10 ..................................... Ted Woods (US) 1961 1 ...............Adrian Metcalfe (Great Britain) 2 .................................... Ulis Williams (US) 3 .........................................Otis Davis (US) 4 ...........Robbie Brightwell (Great Britain) 5 ..............................Adolph Plummer (US) 6 ........................................Earl Young (US) 7 ............Manfred Kinder (West Germany) 8 ............................George Kerr (Jamaica) 9 ...................................Walt Johnson (US) 10 .....................................Rex Cawley (US) 1962 1 .................................... Ulis Williams (US) 2 ...........Robbie Brightwell (Great Britain) 3 ............................George Kerr (Jamaica) 4 ......................................Ray Saddler (US) 5 ............Manfred Kinder (West Germany) 6 ..Hans-Joachim Reske (West Germany) 7 ................................ Dave Archibald (US) 8 ..............................Adolph Plummer (US) 9 ................................... Milka Singh (India) 10 .....................Peter Laeng (Switzerland) 1963 1 .................................... Ulis Williams (US) 2 ..............................Adolph Plummer (US) 3 .....................Andrzej Badeński (Poland) 4 .......................................Rex Cawley (US) 5 ........................................Henry Carr (US) 6 ............Manfred Kinder (West Germany) 7 ..........Vadim Arkhipchuk (Soviet Union) 8 ...............Adrian Metcalfe (Great Britain) 9 ..................................Lester Milburn (US) 10 .........Robbie Brightwell (Great Britain) 1964 1 .................................. Mike Larrabee (US) 2 ......................Wendell Mottley (Trinidad) 3 .....................Andrzej Badeński (Poland) 4 ...........Robbie Brightwell (Great Britain) 5 .................................... Ulis Williams (US) 6 ....................................Ollan Cassell (US) 7 ..............Josef Trousil (Czechoslovakia) 8 ........................................Bob Tobler (US) 9 .....................Tim Graham (Great Britain) 10 .........................Kent Bernard (Trinidad) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 1965 1 .....................Andrzej Badeński (Poland) 2 ......................................... Jim Kemp (US) 3 .................................... Ulis Williams (US) 4 ....................................Ollan Cassell (US) 5 ................................... Theron Lewis (US) 6 ......................Wendell Mottley (Trinidad) 7 ............Manfred Kinder (West Germany) 8 .........................Wilson Kiprugut (Kenya) 9 ................................... Forrest Beaty (US) 10 .....................................Don Owens (US) 1966 1 .........................................Lee Evans (US) 2 ......................Wendell Mottley (Trinidad) 3 ..................................Tommie Smith (US) 4 ................................... Theron Lewis (US) 5 ...............Stanisław Gredziński (Poland) 6 ................................Jan Werner (Poland) 7 ...........................................Bob Frey (US) 8 .....................Andrzej Badeński (Poland) 9 ............................ Dwight Middleton (US) 10 ....................................... Jim Kemp (US) 1967 1 .........................................Lee Evans (US) 2 ............................... Vince Matthews (US) 3 ..................................Tommie Smith (US) 4 ........................Don Domansky (Canada) 5 ...........................Daniel Rudisha (Kenya) 6 ...........................Thurman Boggess (US) 7 ......................................... Jim Kemp (US) 8 ..................................Elbert Stinson (US) 9 ..................................Emmett Taylor (US) 10 ..............................Jan Werner (Poland) 1968 1 .........................................Lee Evans (US) 2 ..................................... Larry James (US) 3 ................................... Ron Freeman (US) 4 ............................... Vince Matthews (US) 5 .......................Amadou Gakou (Senegal) 6 ...... Martin Jellinghaus (West Germany) 7 ...................................Wayne Collett (US) 8 ...................Tegegne Bezabeh (Ethiopia) 9 .....................Andrzej Badeński (Poland) 10 ................................Emmett Taylor (US) 1969 1 ....................................... Curtis Mills (US) 2 .........................................Lee Evans (US) 3 ..............................Charles Asati (Kenya) 4 .................................Tommie Turner (US) 5 ................................Jan Werner (Poland) 6 ..................................... Larry James (US) 7 ......................................... Jim Kemp (US) 8 ................... Jean-Claude Nallet (France) 9 ...................................Bill Wehrwein (US) 10 .............................Edesel Garrison (US) 1970 1 .........................................Lee Evans (US) 2 ..............................Charles Asati (Kenya) 3 ...................................Wayne Collett (US) 4 .......................................John Smith (US) 5 ....................................... Curtis Mills (US) 6 ..................................... Larry James (US) 7 ................................Fred Newhouse (US) 8 ................... Jean-Claude Nallet (France) 9 .......................................... Tom Ulan (US) 10 .........Thomas Jordan (West Germany) 1971 1 .......................................John Smith (US) 2 ...................................Wayne Collett (US) 3 ................................Fred Newhouse (US) 4 ...............................Edesel Garrison (US) 5 .................. Dave Jenkins (Great Britain) 6 .......................Fernando Acevedo (Peru) 7 ..................... Marcello Fiasconaro (Italy) 8 ................................Jan Werner (Poland) 9 .........................................Lee Evans (US) 10 .................................. Darwin Bond (US) 1972 1 ............................... Vince Matthews (US) 2 ...................................Wayne Collett (US) 3 .........................................Lee Evans (US) 4 .......................................John Smith (US) 5 ................................ Julius Sang (Kenya) 6 ................................Fred Newhouse (US) 7 ..............................Charles Asati (Kenya) 8 ..................... Karl Honz (West Germany) 9 .................. Dave Jenkins (Great Britain) 10 Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske (West Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 1973 1 ..................... Karl Honz (West Germany) 2 ..............................Maurice Peoples (US) 3 ..................... Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) 4 ................................Fred Newhouse (US) 5 ................................... Benny Brown (US) 6 ..Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske (West Germany) 7 .................. Dave Jenkins (Great Britain) 8 ................... Markku Kukkoaho (Finland) 9 .................................Dennis Schultz (US) 10 .......................Ossi Karttunen (Finland) 1974 1 ..................... Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) 2 ..................... Karl Honz (West Germany) 3 ................................. Larance Jones (US) 4 .................. Dave Jenkins (Great Britain) 5 ......... Bernd Herrmann (West Germany) 6 ..............................Maurice Peoples (US) 7 .................................... Darwin Bond (US) 8 ................... Markku Kukkoaho (Finland) 9 ..................................Terry Erickson (US) 10 ............................Charles Asati (Kenya) 1975 1 .................. Dave Jenkins (Great Britain) 2 ...................Fons Brydenbach (Belgium) 3 ............................................Ron Ray (US) 4 ..................... Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) 5 .................Stephen Chepkwony (Kenya) 6 ................................... Benny Brown (US) 7 ......................................Stan Vinson (US) 8 .......................................Ken Randle (US) 9 ................................Fred Newhouse (US) 10 ............................Maurice Peoples (US) 1976 1 ..................... Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) 2 ................................Fred Newhouse (US) 3 ................................ Herman Frazier (US) 4 ...................Fons Brydenbach (Belgium) 5 ......................................Maxie Parks (US) 6 .......................................Ken Randle (US) 7 ................................... Robert Taylor (US) 8 ..........................Rick Mitchell (Australia) 9 .................. Dave Jenkins (Great Britain) 10 ................................. Benny Brown (US) 1977 1 ..................... Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) 2 ...................Fons Brydenbach (Belgium) 3 ................................... Robert Taylor (US) 4 ......................................Maxie Parks (US) 5 ...................Volker Beck (East Germany) 6 ...................................... Willie Smith (US) 7 .........................Ryszard Podlas (Poland) 8 ......................................Stan Vinson (US) 9 ................................ Herman Frazier (US) 10 ..Franz-Peter Hofmeister (West Germany) 1978 1 ..................... Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) 2 ......................................Billy Mullins (US) 3 ...................................... Willie Smith (US) 4 ......................................Maxie Parks (US) 5 ............................... Adrian Rodgers (US) 6 ..............................Maurice Peoples (US) 7 ......................................Stan Vinson (US) 8 ....Franz-Peter Hofmeister (West Germany) 9 ........................ Kasheef Hassan (Sudan) 10 ................... Joseph Coombs (Trinidad) 1979 1 .............Harald Schmid (West Germany) 2 ........................ Kasheef Hassan (Sudan) 3 .....................................Tony Darden (US) 4 ...................................... Willie Smith (US) 5 ..................... Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) 6 ..........................................Bill Green (US) 7 .....Nikolay Chernyetskiy (Soviet Union) 8 ....Franz-Peter Hofmeister (West Germany) 9 ..............................Maurice Peoples (US) 10 ............................. Adrian Rodgers (US) 1980 1 ...................Viktor Markin (Soviet Union) 2 ..........................Rick Mitchell (Australia) 3 .............Harald Schmid (West Germany) 4 ..............Frank Schaffer (East Germany) 5 .........................Billy Konchellah (Kenya) 6 ...................................... Willie Smith (US) 7 ......................................Billy Mullins (US) 8 ......................... Bert Cameron (Jamaica) 9 ..........................................Bill Green (US) 10 ................... Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 1981 1 ......................................... Cliff Wiley (US) 2 ......................... Bert Cameron (Jamaica) 3 ...................................Walter McCoy (US) 4 .....................................Tony Darden (US) 5 ...................................... Willie Smith (US) 6 .................................Mauro Zuliani (Italy) 7 .............Harald Schmid (West Germany) 8 ............ Hartmut Weber (West Germany) 9 ................................ Howard Henley (US) 10 ...............................Zeke Jefferson (US) 1982 1 ......................... Bert Cameron (Jamaica) 2 ............................Michael Paul (Trinidad) 3 ............ Hartmut Weber (West Germany) 4 ......................................... Cliff Wiley (US) 5 ............................. Darrell Robinson (US) 6 ...................................Walter McCoy (US) 7 ........................................Sunder Nix (US) 8 ........... Andreas Knebel (East Germany) 9 ........................ Kasheef Hassan (Sudan) 10 ......................Gerson de Souza (Brazil) 1983 1 ......................... Bert Cameron (Jamaica) 2 ........................................Sunder Nix (US) 3 ................................ Michael Franks (US) 4 .................................Sunday Uti (Nigeria) 5 ...........Erwin Skamrahl (West Germany) 6 ............ Hartmut Weber (West Germany) 7 ................................. Alonzo Babers (US) 8 ......Thomas Schönlebe (East Germany) 9 ...................................Walter McCoy (US) 10 .................Viktor Markin (Soviet Union) 1984 1 ................................. Alonzo Babers (US) 2 ................................ Antonio McKay (US) 3 .................Gabriel Tiacoh (Côte d’Ivoire) 4 .......................... Darren Clark (Australia) 5 ........................................Sunder Nix (US) 6 .................................Sunday Uti (Nigeria) 7 .................................. Ray Armstead (US) 8 ...................................Walter McCoy (US) 9 .......Mathias Schersing (East Germany) 10 .................Innocent Egbunike (Nigeria) 1985 1 ................................ Michael Franks (US) 2 ......Thomas Schönlebe (East Germany) 3 ....................................Roddie Haley (US) 4 ...................Innocent Egbunike (Nigeria) 5 .......................... Darren Clark (Australia) 6 .................................. Ray Armstead (US) 7 ........................................Mark Rowe (US) 8 ...................Todd Bennett (Great Britain) 9 ............................. Darrell Robinson (US) 10 .............Vladimir Krylov (Soviet Union) 1986 1 .................Gabriel Tiacoh (Côte d’Ivoire) 2 ...................Innocent Egbunike (Nigeria) 3 ............................. Darrell Robinson (US) 4 .......................... Darren Clark (Australia) 5 .....................Roger Black (Great Britain) 6 ................................ Antonio McKay (US) 7 ......................... Bert Cameron (Jamaica) 8 ............................... Felix Stevens (Cuba) 9 ....................................Roddie Haley (US) 10 ....Thomas Schönlebe (East Germany) 1987 1 ......Thomas Schönlebe (East Germany) 2 ...............................Butch Reynolds (US) 3 ...................Innocent Egbunike (Nigeria) 4 .................................. Danny Everett (US) 5 .....................Roberto Hernández (Cuba) 6 ..............Derek Redmond (Great Britain) 7 ................................ Michael Franks (US) 8 ..................................David Kitur (Kenya) 9 ....................................Roddie Haley (US) 10 ...............Gabriel Tiacoh (Côte d’Ivoire) 1988 1 ...............................Butch Reynolds (US) 2 .................................. Danny Everett (US) 3 ......................................Steve Lewis (US) 4 ............................... Andrew Valmon (US) 5 .....................Roberto Hernández (Cuba) 6 .......................... Darren Clark (Australia) 7 ...................Innocent Egbunike (Nigeria) 8 ................................ Antonio McKay (US) 9 .....................Mohamed Al Malky (Oman) 10 ............................ Kevin Robinzine (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 1989 1 ...............................Butch Reynolds (US) 2 ......................................Steve Lewis (US) 3 .................................. Danny Everett (US) 4 ........................................ Tim Simon (US) 5 .....................Roberto Hernández (Cuba) 6 .................Gabriel Tiacoh (Côte d’Ivoire) 7 .....................Mohamed Al Malky (Oman) 8 ............................Antonio Pettigrew (US) 9 ..............Jens Carlowitz (East Germany) 10 .............................Raymond Pierre (US) 1990 1 ............................. Michael Johnson (US) 2 ...............................Butch Reynolds (US) 3 .................................. Danny Everett (US) 4 .....................Roberto Hernández (Cuba) 5 ............................... Andrew Valmon (US) 6 ......................................Steve Lewis (US) 7 .....................Roger Black (Great Britain) 8 ........................................ Tim Simon (US) 9 ......................... Bert Cameron (Jamaica) 10 .............................. Antonio McKay (US) 1991 1 ............................. Michael Johnson (US) 2 ............................Antonio Pettigrew (US) 3 .....................Roger Black (Great Britain) 4 .....................Roberto Hernández (Cuba) 5 .................................. Danny Everett (US) 6 ............................... Andrew Valmon (US) 7 ......................................Steve Lewis (US) 8 ................................ Ian Morris (Trinidad) 9 ......................... Susumu Takano (Japan) 10 ..................................Quincy Watts (US) 1992 1 ....................................Quincy Watts (US) 2 ......................................Steve Lewis (US) 3 .................................. Danny Everett (US) 4 .............................Samson Kitur (Kenya) 5 ............................. Michael Johnson (US) 6 ............................... Andrew Valmon (US) 7 ................................ Ian Morris (Trinidad) 8 .....................Roberto Hernández (Cuba) 9 .....................Roger Black (Great Britain) 10 .............................Butch Reynolds (US) 1993 1 ............................. Michael Johnson (US) 2 ...............................Butch Reynolds (US) 3 ................David Grindley (Great Britain) 4 ....................................Quincy Watts (US) 5 .............................Samson Kitur (Kenya) 6 ......................................Steve Lewis (US) 7 ............................... Andrew Valmon (US) 8 ............................ Sunday Bada (Nigeria) 9 ............................Antonio Pettigrew (US) 10 ....................Kennedy Ochieng (Kenya) 1994 1 ............................. Michael Johnson (US) 2 ........................................Derek Mills (US) 3 ............................Antonio Pettigrew (US) 4 .....................Roger Black (Great Britain) 5 .............................Samson Kitur (Kenya) 6 ................Du’aine Ladejo (Great Britain) 7 ....................................Quincy Watts (US) 8 ......................................Steve Lewis (US) 9 ...................................Jason Rouser (US) 10 .....................................Darnell Hall (US) 1995 1 ............................. Michael Johnson (US) 2 ...............................Butch Reynolds (US) 3 ........................................Derek Mills (US) 4 .......................Greg Haughton (Jamaica) 5 .............................Samson Kitur (Kenya) 6 ............ Mark Richardson (Great Britain) 7 .......................................Darnell Hall (US) 8 .....................Roger Black (Great Britain) 9 ............................ Sunday Bada (Nigeria) 10 ..............................Marlon Ramsey (US) 1996 1 ............................. Michael Johnson (US) 2 ........................... Anthuan Maybank (US) 3 .....................Roger Black (Great Britain) 4 ...............................Butch Reynolds (US) 5 ......................... Davis Kamoga (Uganda) 6 ........................................Derek Mills (US) 7 .......................................Darnell Hall (US) 8 ..................................Alvin Harrison (US) 9 ...................................LaMont Smith (US) 10 .................Iwan Thomas (Great Britain) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 1997 1 ............................. Michael Johnson (US) 2 ............................Tyree Washington (US) 3 ...................Iwan Thomas (Great Britain) 4 ......................... Davis Kamoga (Uganda) 5 ............ Mark Richardson (Great Britain) 6 ..................................Jerome Young (US) 7 ...............................Butch Reynolds (US) 8 ........................Roxbert Martin (Jamaica) 9 ..................Michael McDonald (Jamaica) 10 ....................................Chris Jones (US) 1998 1 ............................. Michael Johnson (US) 2 ............ Mark Richardson (Great Britain) 3 ...................Iwan Thomas (Great Britain) 4 ............................Tyree Washington (US) 5 ..................................Jerome Young (US) 6 ..................................Alvin Harrison (US) 7 ..............Sugath Tillakaratne (Sri Lanka) 8 .................Alejandro Cárdenas (Mexico) 9 ................................. Danny McCray (US) 10 ......................Roxbert Martin (Jamaica) 1999 1 ............................. Michael Johnson (US) 2 ........................Sanderlei Parrela (Brazil) 3 ............ Mark Richardson (Great Britain) 4 .................Alejandro Cárdenas (Mexico) 5 ...................................Jerome Davis (US) 6 ........................... Anthuan Maybank (US) 7 .................................... Derrick Brew (US) 8 .......................Greg Haughton (Jamaica) 9 .................. Jamie Baulch (Great Britain) 10 ....................Clement Chukwu (Nigeria) 2000 1 ............................. Michael Johnson (US) 2 ..................................Alvin Harrison (US) 3 ........................Sanderlei Parrela (Brazil) 4 .......................Greg Haughton (Jamaica) 5 .................Alejandro Cárdenas (Mexico) 6 ......Hendrik Mokganyetsi (South Africa) 7 ....................Robert Maćkowiak (Poland) 8 ................................Calvin Harrison (US) 9 ...................................Angelo Taylor (US) 10 ............................... Danny McCray (US) 2001 1 ....................... Avard Moncur (Bahamas) 2 .......................Greg Haughton (Jamaica) 3 .......................... Ingo Schultz (Germany) 4 ........................... Éric Milazar (Mauritius) 5 ..................Michael McDonald (Jamaica) 6 ...................................Leonard Byrd (US) 7 .............Hamdan Al-Bishi (Saudi Arabia) 8 ........................Sanderlei Parrela (Brazil) 9 ...................................Angelo Taylor (US) 10 ....Hendrik Mokganyetsi (South Africa) 2002 1 ................Michael Blackwood (Jamaica) 2 .......................Greg Haughton (Jamaica) 3 .....Félix Sánchez (Dominican Republic) 4 ...................................Leonard Byrd (US) 5 ....................... Avard Moncur (Bahamas) 6 .......................... Ingo Schultz (Germany) 7 ...................Fawzi Al-Shammari (Kuwait) 8 ...................................Angelo Taylor (US) 9 ..................Daniel Caines (Great Britain) 10 ................Alleyne Francique (Grenada) 2003 1 ............................Tyree Washington (US) 2 ................Michael Blackwood (Jamaica) 3 ............................... Marc Raquil (France) 4 ............................ Leslie Djhone (France) 5 ........................... Éric Milazar (Mauritius) 6 ..................Alleyne Francique (Grenada) 7 .................................... Derrick Brew (US) 8 ......................................Mitch Potter (US) 9 .................Brandon Simpson (Jamaica) 10 ........................Chris Brown (Bahamas) 2004 1 ................................Jeremy Wariner (US) 2 ........................................ Otis Harris (US) 3 .................................... Derrick Brew (US) 4 ..................Alleyne Francique (Grenada) 5 ................Michael Blackwood (Jamaica) 6 ..................Brandon Simpson (Jamaica) 7 ............................ Leslie Djhone (France) 8 ...........................Darold Williamson (US) 9 ...................................... Jerry Harris (US) 10 ....................... Davian Clarke (Jamaica) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 2005 1 ................................Jeremy Wariner (US) 2 ....................Tyler Christopher (Canada) 3 ................................... Andrew Rock (US) 4 .........................Chris Brown (Bahamas) 5 .................Tim Benjamin (Great Britain) 6 ............................Tyree Washington (US) 7 ..................Brandon Simpson (Jamaica) 8 ..........................Darold Williamson (US) 9 ................Michael Blackwood (Jamaica) 10 ............................ LaShawn Merritt (US) 2006 1 ................................Jeremy Wariner (US) 2 ............................... Gary Kikaya (Congo) 3 .............................. LaShawn Merritt (US) 4 ................................... Andrew Rock (US) 5 ................Michael Blackwood (Jamaica) 6 ...................Brandon Simpson (Bahrain) 7 ..................Alleyne Francique (Grenada) 8 ....................................Xavier Carter (US) 9 ................ Jermaine Gonzales (Jamaica) 10 ..................Tyler Christopher (Canada) 2007 1 ................................Jeremy Wariner (US) 2 .............................. LaShawn Merritt (US) 3 ...................................Angelo Taylor (US) 4 ....................Tyler Christopher (Canada) 5 .........................Chris Brown (Bahamas) 6 ...................... Johan Wissman (Sweden) 7 ............................... Gary Kikaya (Congo) 8 ....................John Steffensen (Australia) 9 ............................ Leslie Djhone (France) 10 ...........................Sanjay Ayre (Jamaica) 2008 1 .............................. LaShawn Merritt (US) 2 ................................Jeremy Wariner (US) 3 .........................Chris Brown (Bahamas) 4 ...................................Angelo Taylor (US) 5 ............... Martyn Rooney (Great Britain) 6 .................................... David Neville (US) 7 ........................... Renny Quow (Trinidad) 8 ............................ Leslie Djhone (France) 9 ............................... Gary Kikaya (Congo) 10 ..................Tyler Christopher (Canada) 2009 1 .............................. LaShawn Merritt (US) 2 ................................Jeremy Wariner (US) 3 ........................... Renny Quow (Trinidad) 4 ..........................Chris Brown (Bahamas) 5 ..............................David Gillick (Ireland) 6 ............Michael Bingham (Great Britain) 7 ............................... Gary Kikaya (Congo) 8 ................Tabarie Henry (Virgin Islands) 9 .................................... David Neville (US) 10 .......................... Leslie Djhone (France) 2010 1 ................................Jeremy Wariner (US) 2 ................ Jermaine Gonzales (Jamaica) 3 .................Ricardo Chambers (Jamaica) 4 ...................................Angelo Taylor (US) 5 .............................. LeJerald Betters (US) 6 ............Michael Bingham (Great Britain) 7 ..........................Chris Brown (Bahamas) 8 ........................Nery Brenes (Costa Rica) 9 .....................Jonathan Borlée (Belgium) 10 ......................... Kevin Borlée (Belgium) 2011 1 .......................... Kirani James (Grenada) 2 .............................. LaShawn Merritt (US) 3 ................ Jermaine Gonzales (Jamaica) 4 ..........................Chris Brown (Bahamas) 5 ........................... Kevin Borlée (Belgium) 6 .....................Jonathan Borlée (Belgium) 7 ................................Jeremy Wariner (US) 8 ...................................Angelo Taylor (US) 9 ........... Rondell Bartholomew (Grenada) 10 ..............Tabarie Henry (Virgin Islands) 2012 1 .......................... Kirani James (Grenada) 2 .........Luguelín Santos (Dominican Rep) 3 .............................. LaShawn Merritt (US) 4 ........................... Kevin Borlée (Belgium) 5 .....................Jonathan Borlée (Belgium) 6 ..........................Chris Brown (Bahamas) 7 ..................... Lalonde Gordon (Trinidad) 8 ...................................Angelo Taylor (US) 9 ...................................Tony McQuay (US) 10 ..............................Jeremy Wariner (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 10 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 2013 1 ............................. LaShawn Merritt (US) 2 ......................... Kirani James (Grenada) 3 .................................. Tony McQuay (US) 4 .........Luguelín Santos (Dominican Rep) 5 .................... Jonathan Borlée (Belgium) 6 ....... Youssef Al-Masrahi (Saudi Arabia) 7 ............. Pavel Maslák (Czech Republic) 8 .......................... Kevin Borlée (Belgium) 9 ..................................... Josh Mance (US) 10 ................. Nigel Levine (Great Britain) 2014 1 .............................. LaShawn Merritt (US) 2 .......................... Kirani James (Grenada) 3 ..................... Isaac Makwala (Botswana) 4 ........ Youssef Al-Masrahi (Saudi Arabia) 5 ....................................... Gil Roberts (US) 6 .........Wayde van Niekerk (South Africa) 7 ..........................Chris Brown (Bahamas) 8 .........Luguelín Santos (Dominican Rep) 9 ............... Martyn Rooney (Great Britain) 10 .................................Tony McQuay (US) 2015 1 .........Wayde van Niekerk (South Africa) 2 .............................. LaShawn Merritt (US) 3 .......................... Kirani James (Grenada) 4 .........Luguelín Santos (Dominican Rep) 5 ..................................David Verburg (US) 6 ..................... Isaac Makwala (Botswana) 7 ......................Machel Cedenio (Trinidad) 8 ..........................Chris Brown (Bahamas) 9 ...................Rabah Yousif (Great Britain) 10 ...... Youssef Al-Masrahi (Saudi Arabia) 2016 1 .........Wayde van Niekerk (South Africa) 2 .......................... Kirani James (Grenada) 3 .............................. LaShawn Merritt (US) 4 ......................Machel Cedenio (Trinidad) 5 ..........................Bralon Taplin (Grenada) 6 ..................... Isaac Makwala (Botswana) 7 .......................Abdalelah Haroun (Qatar) 8 ................... Steven Gardiner (Bahamas) 9 ...................Karabo Sibanda (Botswana) 10 ................. Ali Khamis Abbas (Bahrain) 2017 1 .........Wayde van Niekerk (South Africa) 2 ..................... Isaac Makwala (Botswana) 3 ................... Steven Gardiner (Bahamas) 4 ................... Baboloki Thebe (Botswana) 5 .......................................Fred Kerley (US) 6 ....................................... Gil Roberts (US) 7 .............................. LaShawn Merritt (US) 8 .......................Abdalelah Haroun (Qatar) 9 ..............................Vernon Norwood (US) 10 .........................Nathon Allen (Jamaica)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s 800 1947 1.................. Doug Harris (New Zealand) 2................................... John Fulton (US) 3......... Niels Holst-Sörensen (Denmark) 4...........................Arthur Wint (Jamaica) 5.................................... Bill Clifford (US) 6............................Reggie Pearman (US) 7................................. Mal Whitfield (US) 8......................Olle Ljunggren (Sweden) 9.................Ingvar Bengtsson (Sweden) 10....................Hans Liljekvist (Sweden) 1948 1................................. Mal Whitfield (US) 2................... Marcel Hansenne (France) 3...........................Arthur Wint (Jamaica) 4.................Ingvar Bengtsson (Sweden) 5................................... Herb Barten (US) 6......................Hans Liljekvist (Sweden) 7......... Niels Holst-Sörensen (Denmark) 8............. Herluf Christensen (Denmark) 9.............................. Bob Chambers (US) 10.............................Tarver Perkins (US) 1949 1................................. Mal Whitfield (US) 2...........................Arthur Wint (Jamaica) 3................................... Herb Barten (US) 4.............................Olle Åberg (Sweden) 5.................Ingvar Bengtsson (Sweden) 6........ Heinz Ulzheimer (West Germany) 7................... Marcel Hansenne (France) 8..............................Don Gehrmann (US) 9....................................Pat Bowers (US) 10......................Stig Lindgard (Sweden) 1950 1................................. Mal Whitfield (US) 2..............................Don Gehrmann (US) 3.................. John Parlett (Great Britain) 4.......................Audun Boysen (Norway) 5...........................Arthur Wint (Jamaica) 6........... Roger Bannister (Great Britain) 7.................Ingvar Bengtsson (Sweden) 8......................................Bill Brown (US) 9........ Günther Steines (West Germany) 10................. Marcel Hansenne (France) © jiro mochizuki/photo run WR holder David Rudisha has a record 7 No. 1s to his credit © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s 800 1951 1...........................Arthur Wint (Jamaica) 2.............................Roscoe Browne (US) 3...............Urban Cleve (West Germany) 4........ Heinz Ulzheimer (West Germany) 5..................................John Barnes (US) 6................................. Mal Whitfield (US) 7.............................. Bob Chambers (US) 8.................Patrick El Mabrouk (France) 9.................. John Parlett (Great Britain) 10.....................Audun Boysen (Norway) 1952 1................................. Mal Whitfield (US) 2...........................Arthur Wint (Jamaica) 3........ Heinz Ulzheimer (West Germany) 4...................Gunnar Nielsen (Denmark) 5.......................Audun Boysen (Norway) 6........ Günther Steines (West Germany) 7..................................John Barnes (US) 8..............Albert Webster (Great Britain) 9............................Reggie Pearman (US) 10.. Stanislav Jungwirth (Czechoslovakia) 1953 1................................. Mal Whitfield (US) 2....................................Wes Santee (US) 3........................Roger Moens (Belgium) 4.......................Audun Boysen (Norway) 5..........................Tage Ekfeldt (Sweden) 6 Stanislav Jungwirth (Czechoslovakia) 7.............................Olle Åberg (Sweden) 8................................... Henry Cryer (US) 9...................Gunnar Nielsen (Denmark) 10............................... Lang Stanley (US) 1954 1.................... Lajos Szentgáli (Hungary) 2...................Gunnar Nielsen (Denmark) 3.......................Audun Boysen (Norway) 4............. Derek Johnson (Great Britain) 5........................Roger Moens (Belgium) 6............... Lucien De Muynck (Belgium) 7................................. Mal Whitfield (US) 8....................................Wes Santee (US) 9.................................. Arnie Sowell (US) 10........ Friedel Stracke (West Germany) 1955 1........................Roger Moens (Belgium) 2.......................Audun Boysen (Norway) 3.................................. Arnie Sowell (US) 4................................Tom Courtney (US) 5...................Gunnar Nielsen (Denmark) 6....................................Wes Santee (US) 7..................................Lon Spurrier (US) 8............... Brian Hewson (Great Britain) 9............. Derek Johnson (Great Britain) 10...................................Bill Tidwell (US) 1956 1................................Tom Courtney (US) 2.......................Audun Boysen (Norway) 3........................Roger Moens (Belgium) 4............. Derek Johnson (Great Britain) 5.................................. Arnie Sowell (US) 6............... Brian Hewson (Great Britain) 7..................................Lon Spurrier (US) 8.................... Lajos Szentgáli (Hungary) 9................................. Lang Stanley (US) 10.................Gunnar Nielsen (Denmark) 1957 1........................Roger Moens (Belgium) 2................................Tom Courtney (US) 3..................................Don Bowden (US) 4............................. Ron Delany (Ireland) 5............. Derek Johnson (Great Britain) 6.................................. Arnie Sowell (US) 7.......................Audun Boysen (Norway) 8.............................Dan Waern (Sweden) 9.............Zbigniew Makomaski (Poland) 10.............. Mike Rawson (Great Britain) 1958 1.......................... Herb Elliott (Australia) 2................................Tom Courtney (US) 3............... Brian Hewson (Great Britain) 4............. Paul Schmidt (West Germany) 5................ Mike Rawson (Great Britain) 6.............Zbigniew Makomaski (Poland) 7.......................Audun Boysen (Norway) 8............................. Ron Delany (Ireland) 9........ Herbert Missalla (West Germany) 10.................. Lajos Szentgáli (Hungary) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s 800 1959 1..............Stefan Lewandowski (Poland) 2........................Roger Moens (Belgium) 3..........................George Kerr (Jamaica) 4............... Brian Hewson (Great Britain) 5.................................. Tom Murphy (US) 6............. Paul Schmidt (West Germany) 7.............................Dan Waern (Sweden) 8................Peter Adam (West Germany) 9.......Siegfried Valentin (East Germany) 10.............Christian Wägli (Switzerland) 1960 1.................... Peter Snell (New Zealand) 2........................Roger Moens (Belgium) 3..........................George Kerr (Jamaica) 4............. Paul Schmidt (West Germany) 5..................................Jerry Siebert (US) 6...............Christian Wägli (Switzerland) 7 . Manfred Matuschewski (East Germany) 8................................ Ernie Cunliffe (US) 9................. Jörg Balke (West Germany) 10.......................... Tony Blue (Australia) 1961 1.................... Peter Snell (New Zealand) 2..................................Jerry Siebert (US) 3..........................George Kerr (Jamaica) 4.............................Dan Waern (Sweden) 5............. Paul Schmidt (West Germany) 6......................................John Bork (US) 7..............................Dyrol Burleson (US) 8............................. Ron Delany (Ireland) 9.................................... Jim Dupree (US) 10.............. Gary Philpott (New Zealand) 1962 1.................... Peter Snell (New Zealand) 2..................................Jerry Siebert (US) 3.................................... Jim Dupree (US) 4.............................Michel Jazy (France) 5.................................... John Reilly (US) 6..................................Jack Yerman (US) 7..........................George Kerr (Jamaica) 8..................................... Bill Frazier (US) 9 . Manfred Matuschewski (East Germany) 10......... Valeriy Bulishev (Soviet Union) 1963 1.......................... Bill Crothers (Canada) 2 . Manfred Matuschewski (East Germany) 3.................................... Jim Dupree (US) 4............................ Noel Carroll (Ireland) 5........... Valeriy Bulishev (Soviet Union) 6................................Morgan Groth (US) 7...............................Norm Hoffman (US) 8....................Bill Cornell (Great Britain) 9..........Manfred Kinder (West Germany) 10.................. Peter Snell (New Zealand) 1964 1.................... Peter Snell (New Zealand) 2.......................... Bill Crothers (Canada) 3...................... Wilson Kiprugut (Kenya) 4..........................George Kerr (Jamaica) 5..................................Jerry Siebert (US) 6................................Morgan Groth (US) 7.................................... Tom Farrell (US) 8..........Dieter Bogatzki (West Germany) 9.................John Boulter (Great Britain) 10......... Jacques Pennewaert (Belgium) 1965 1.......................... Bill Crothers (Canada) 2...................... Wilson Kiprugut (Kenya) 3.................Jürgen May (East Germany) 4.................................... Tom Farrell (US) 5................................Morgan Groth (US) 6.......................... George Germann (US) 7. Franz-Josef Kemper (West Germany) 8.....Tomáš Jungwirth (Czechoslovakia) 9................. Jan Kasal (Czechoslovakia) 10................ Chris Carter (Great Britain) 1966 1....................................... Jim Ryun (US) 2. Franz-Josef Kemper (West Germany) 3 . Manfred Matuschewski (East Germany) 4.................................... Tom Farrell (US) 5...........Bodo Tümmler (West Germany) 6........................ Noel Clough (Australia) 7...................... Wilson Kiprugut (Kenya) 8..........................George Kerr (Jamaica) 9.......................... Bill Crothers (Canada) 10................ Chris Carter (Great Britain) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s 800 1967 1. Franz-Josef Kemper (West Germany) 2.......................................Wade Bell (US) 3.............Jean-Pierre Dufresne (France) 4.................John Boulter (Great Britain) 5 . Manfred Matuschewski (East Germany) 6...................... Wilson Kiprugut (Kenya) 7................................... Dennis Carr (US) 8.......................... Bill Crothers (Canada) 9..................... Ralph Doubell (Australia) 10...................................Larry Kelly (US) 1968 1..................... Ralph Doubell (Australia) 2...................... Wilson Kiprugut (Kenya) 3.................................... Tom Farrell (US) 4............ Walter Adams (West Germany) 5............ Jozef Plachý (Czechoslovakia) 6............. Dieter Fromm (East Germany) 7.......................................Wade Bell (US) 8...........................Thomas Saisi (Kenya) 9 . Manfred Matuschewski (East Germany) 10..........Henryk Szordykowski (Poland) 1969 1............ Jozef Plachý (Czechoslovakia) 2............. Dieter Fromm (East Germany) 3 . Manfred Matuschewski (East Germany) 4...............................Naftali Bon (Kenya) 5...................................Juris Luzins (US) 6..................... Ralph Doubell (Australia) 7............................... Felix Johnson (US) 8...........................Byron Dyce (Jamaica) 9................................. Art Sandison (US) 10............. Dave Cropper (Great Britain) 1970 1...... Yevgeniy Arzhanov (Soviet Union) 2................................ Ken Swenson (US) 3. Franz-Josef Kemper (West Germany) 4............ Jozef Plachý (Czechoslovakia) 5........................... Mark Winzenried (US) 6............ Walter Adams (West Germany) 7.............. Fannie Van Zijl (South Africa) 8............... Dicky Broberg (South Africa) 9.....................................Pat Collins (US) 10.......................... Robert Ouko (Kenya) 1971 1...... Yevgeniy Arzhanov (Soviet Union) 2............. Dieter Fromm (East Germany) 3.................. Andy Carter (Great Britain) 4............... Dicky Broberg (South Africa) 5. Franz-Josef Kemper (West Germany) 6...................Danie Malan (South Africa) 7............................ Robert Ouko (Kenya) 8...........................Thomas Saisi (Kenya) 9...................................Juris Luzins (US) 10......................... Mark Winzenried (US) 1972 1................................... Dave Wottle (US) 2...... Yevgeniy Arzhanov (Soviet Union) 3..................................Mike Boit (Kenya) 4.................................Pekka Vasala (Fin) 5. Franz-Josef Kemper (West Germany) 6............................ Robert Ouko (Kenya) 7............................. Rick Wohlhuter (US) 8.................. Andy Carter (Great Britain) 9............. Dieter Fromm (East Germany) 10.......... Jozef Plachý (Czechoslovakia) 1973 1............................. Rick Wohlhuter (US) 2...................Danie Malan (South Africa) 3...................Marcello Fiasconaro (Italy) 4..................................Mike Boit (Kenya) 5...... Yevgeniy Arzhanov (Soviet Union) 6.................. Andy Carter (Great Britain) 7................................... Dave Wottle (US) 8............. Dieter Fromm (East Germany) 9............................Cosmas Silei (Kenya) 10.....................................Skip Kent (US) 1974 1............................. Rick Wohlhuter (US) 2..................................Mike Boit (Kenya) 3................Luciano Sušanj (Yugoslavia) 4........................John Kipkurgat (Kenya) 5..................John Walker (New Zealand) 6...................Danie Malan (South Africa) 7..........................Filbert Bayi (Tanzania) 8................... Steve Ovett (Great Britain) 9........................... James Robinson (US) 10 Vladimir Ponomaryev (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s 800 1975 1..................................Mike Boit (Kenya) 2................Luciano Sušanj (Yugoslavia) 3............................. Rick Wohlhuter (US) 4................................. Mark Enyeart (US) 5.................... Ivo Van Damme (Belgium) 6..................... Daniel Omwanza (Kenya) 7..........................Filbert Bayi (Tanzania) 8..................John Walker (New Zealand) 9........................John Kipkurgat (Kenya) 10................. Steve Ovett (Great Britain) 1976 1...................Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) 2.................... Ivo Van Damme (Belgium) 3..................................Mike Boit (Kenya) 4............................. Rick Wohlhuter (US) 5.............Willi Wülbeck (West Germany) 6................... Steve Ovett (Great Britain) 7................Luciano Sušanj (Yugoslavia) 8............................Sri Ram Singh (India) 9............................... Carlo Grippo (Italy) 10............Viktor Anokhin (Soviet Union) 1977 1...................Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) 2..................................Mike Boit (Kenya) 3.............Willi Wülbeck (West Germany) 4................................. Mark Enyeart (US) 5..................................Tom McLean (US) 6................Seymour Newman (Jamaica) 7................................... Mark Belger (US) 8............ Jozef Plachý (Czechoslovakia) 9.................. Milovan Savić (Yugoslavia) 10.....................John Higham (Australia) 1978 1...................Olaf Beyer (East Germany) 2................... Steve Ovett (Great Britain) 3.........................Seb Coe (Great Britain) 4........................... James Robinson (US) 5..................................Mike Boit (Kenya) 6...................Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) 7.............Willi Wülbeck (West Germany) 8...Detlef Wagenknecht (East Germany) 9....Anatoliy Reshetnyak (Soviet Union) 10....................Peter Lemashon (Kenya) 1979 1.........................Seb Coe (Great Britain) 2............................James Maina (Kenya) 3........................... James Robinson (US) 4.............Willi Wülbeck (West Germany) 5...........Harald Schmid (West Germany) 6................... Steve Ovett (Great Britain) 7......................................Don Paige (US) 8............ Jurgen Straub (East Germany) 9................. Dragan Životić (Yugoslavia) 10.......................... José Marajo (France) 1980 1......................................Don Paige (US) 2.........................Seb Coe (Great Britain) 3................... Steve Ovett (Great Britain) 4.............Willi Wülbeck (West Germany) 5........................... James Robinson (US) 6............................James Maina (Kenya) 7................Nikolay Kirov (Soviet Union) 8.................Agberto Guymarães (Brazil) 9...........Andreas Busse (East Germany) 10.........Harald Schmid (West Germany) 1981 1.........................Seb Coe (Great Britain) 2........................... James Robinson (US) 3..................................Mike Boit (Kenya) 4...........Harald Schmid (West Germany) 5...Detlef Wagenknecht (East Germany) 6................... Garry Cook (Great Britain) 7.............Willi Wülbeck (West Germany) 8.............................Joel Ngetich (Kenya) 9................................Randy Wilson (US) 10.................Olaf Beyer (East Germany) 1982 1.........................Seb Coe (Great Britain) 2...................Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) 3........................... James Robinson (US) 4.....Hans-Peter Ferner (West Germany) 5........................Rob Druppers (Holland) 6................... Garry Cook (Great Britain) 7...Detlef Wagenknecht (East Germany) 8.......................Peter Bourke (Australia) 9........................ Sammy Koskei (Kenya) 10...............Agberto Guymarães (Brazil) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s 800 1983 1........................Rob Druppers (Holland) 2........................... Joaquim Cruz (Brazil) 3....................................David Mack (US) 4.............Willi Wülbeck (West Germany) 5...................Peter Elliott (Great Britain) 6........................... James Robinson (US) 7........................ Sammy Koskei (Kenya) 8.................................David Patrick (US) 9................... Steve Cram (Great Britain) 10.......................Seb Coe (Great Britain) 1984 1........................... Joaquim Cruz (Brazil) 2.........................Seb Coe (Great Britain) 3..................................... Earl Jones (US) 4........................ Sammy Koskei (Kenya) 5..................................Johnny Gray (US) 6......................Billy Konchellah (Kenya) 7.............................. Donato Sabia (Italy) 8.................Agberto Guymarães (Brazil) 9........................... James Robinson (US) 10......................... Edwin Koech (Kenya) 1985 1........................... Joaquim Cruz (Brazil) 2..................................Johnny Gray (US) 3.........................Seb Coe (Great Britain) 4................... Steve Cram (Great Britain) 5........................ Sammy Koskei (Kenya) 6.......................... Moussa Fall (Senegal) 7......................Billy Konchellah (Kenya) 8..................................... Earl Jones (US) 9.................Agberto Guymarães (Brazil) 10................. José Luiz Barbosa (Brazil) 1986 1.........................Seb Coe (Great Britain) 2................... Steve Cram (Great Britain) 3..................................Johnny Gray (US) 4...................Peter Elliott (Great Britain) 5.................. William Wuyke (Venezuela) 6................... José Luiz Barbosa (Brazil) 7..................................... Earl Jones (US) 8.................Tom McKean (Great Britain) 9........................Rob Druppers (Holland) 10........................ Moussa Fall (Senegal) 1987 1......................Billy Konchellah (Kenya) 2...................Peter Elliott (Great Britain) 3................... José Luiz Barbosa (Brazil) 4.................Tom McKean (Great Britain) 5......................Philippe Collard (France) 6.................Ryszard Ostrowski (Poland) 7............................... Abdi Bile (Somalia) 8........................Faouzi Lahbi (Morocco) 9...................Stephen Ole Marai (Kenya) 10.........Slobodan Popović (Yugoslavia) 1988 1.......................... Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 2..................................Johnny Gray (US) 3............................... Paul Ereng (Kenya) 4........................... Joaquim Cruz (Brazil) 5...................Peter Elliott (Great Britain) 6................... José Luiz Barbosa (Brazil) 7...........Slobodan Popovic (Yugoslavia) 8.................Tom McKean (Great Britain) 9....................... Nixon Kiprotich (Kenya) 10....................Babacar Niang (Senegal) 1989 1............................... Paul Ereng (Kenya) 2.................Tom McKean (Great Britain) 3....................... Nixon Kiprotich (Kenya) 4............................... Abdi Bile (Somalia) 5................... José Luiz Barbosa (Brazil) 6..................................Johnny Gray (US) 7............................ Robert Kibet (Kenya) 8.........................Seb Coe (Great Britain) 9..............Dieudonné Kwizéra (Burundi) 10................................Ari Suhonen (Fin) 1990 1...........................William Tanui (Kenya) 2....................... Nixon Kiprotich (Kenya) 3.................Tom McKean (Great Britain) 4.................................. Mark Everett (US) 5................................George Kersh (US) 6......................Réda Abdenouz (Algeria) 7..................................Johnny Gray (US) 8...................Stephen Ole Marai (Kenya) 9................... José Luiz Barbosa (Brazil) 10............Dieudonné Kwizéra (Burundi) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s 800 1991 1................... José Luiz Barbosa (Brazil) 2......................Billy Konchellah (Kenya) 3.................................. Mark Everett (US) 4............................... Paul Ereng (Kenya) 5...........................William Tanui (Kenya) 6.................Tom McKean (Great Britain) 7............................ Robert Kibet (Kenya) 8................................George Kersh (US) 9..................................Johnny Gray (US) 10...................................Ocky Clark (US) 1992 1...........................William Tanui (Kenya) 2....................... Nixon Kiprotich (Kenya) 3.......................Andrea Benvenuti (Italy) 4..................................Johnny Gray (US) 5................ David Sharpe (Great Britain) 6.................................. Mark Everett (US) 7.................Tom McKean (Great Britain) 8............................ Robert Kibet (Kenya) 9................... José Luiz Barbosa (Brazil) 10................ Curtis Robb (Great Britain) 1993 1....................... Nixon Kiprotich (Kenya) 2..................................Johnny Gray (US) 3.................................Paul Ruto (Kenya) 4......................Billy Konchellah (Kenya) 5...........................William Tanui (Kenya) 6........................ Sammy Langat (Kenya) 7........................ Giuseppe D’Urso (Italy) 8................... José Luiz Barbosa (Brazil) 9.................Martin Steele (Great Britain) 10................ Curtis Robb (Great Britain) 1994 1.......................Wilson Kipketer (Kenya) 2..................Patrick Konchellah (Kenya) 3.................................. Mark Everett (US) 4.........................Benson Koech (Kenya) 5.......................Andrea Benvenuti (Italy) 6........................Vebjørn Rodal (Norway) 7...........................William Tanui (Kenya) 8..........................Atle Douglas (Norway) 9....................... Nixon Kiprotich (Kenya) 10......................Jin-Il Lee (South Korea) 1995 1.................. Wilson Kipketer (Denmark) 2.......Arthémon Hatungimana (Burundi) 3.........................Benson Koech (Kenya) 4........................Vebjørn Rodal (Norway) 5........................ Sammy Langat (Kenya) 6.................... Mahjoub Haïda (Morocco) 7..........................Atle Douglas (Norway) 8................. Nico Motchebon (Germany) 9............................... Brandon Rock (US) 10................................Johnny Gray (US) 1996 1.................. Wilson Kipketer (Denmark) 2........................Vebjørn Rodal (Norway) 3........... Hezekiél Sepeng (South Africa) 4........................Fred Onyancha (Kenya) 5..........................Norberto Téllez (Cuba) 6............................David Kiptoo (Kenya) 7........................ Sammy Langat (Kenya) 8................. Nico Motchebon (Germany) 9..................................Johnny Gray (US) 10.........................Philip Kibitok (Kenya) 1997 1.................. Wilson Kipketer (Denmark) 2..................Patrick Konchellah (Kenya) 3........................Patrick Ndururi (Kenya) 4.................................. Mark Everett (US) 5....................................Rich Kenah (US) 6..........................Norberto Téllez (Cuba) 7..........................Marko Koers (Holland) 8........... Hezekiél Sepeng (South Africa) 9........................Vebjørn Rodal (Norway) 10..........................David Kiptoo (Kenya) 1998 1...................... Japheth Kimutai (Kenya) 2........................Patrick Ndururi (Kenya) 3................... Nils Schumann (Germany) 4.................. Wilson Kipketer (Denmark) 5.................................. Mark Everett (US) 6............................David Kiptoo (Kenya) 7..........................Norberto Téllez (Cuba) 8.................... Mahjoub Haïda (Morocco) 9........................Robert Chirchir (Kenya) 10........................... Andrea Longo (Italy) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s 800 1999 1.................. Wilson Kipketer (Denmark) 2........... Hezekiél Sepeng (South Africa) 3..........................Norberto Téllez (Cuba) 4...................... Japheth Kimutai (Kenya) 5................. Djabir Saïd-Guerni (Algeria) 6................... Nils Schumann (Germany) 7................. André Bucher (Switzerland) 8.......................William Chirchir (Kenya) 9............................David Kiptoo (Kenya) 10........................... Andrea Longo (Italy) 2000 1................. Djabir Saïd-Guerni (Algeria) 2................. André Bucher (Switzerland) 3................... Nils Schumann (Germany) 4.................. Wilson Kipketer (Denmark) 5...................... Japheth Kimutai (Kenya) 6........... Hezekiél Sepeng (South Africa) 7................ Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia) 8..................Patrick Konchellah (Kenya) 9.............................Noah Ngeny (Kenya) 10........................... Andrea Longo (Italy) 2001 1................. André Bucher (Switzerland) 2................ Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia) 3......................William Yiampoy (Kenya) 4..............Patrick Nduwimana (Burundi) 5.........................Wilfred Bungei (Kenya) 6.................. Paweł Czapiewski (Poland) 7........Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (South Africa) 8.......Arthémon Hatungimana (Burundi) 9..........................Joseph Mutua (Kenya) 10................. Nils Schumann (Germany) 2002 1.................. Wilson Kipketer (Denmark) 2..........................Joseph Mutua (Kenya) 3...................David Krummenacker (US) 4................. Djabir Saïd-Guerni (Algeria) 5................ Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia) 6.........................Wilfred Bungei (Kenya) 7......................William Yiampoy (Kenya) 8........Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (South Africa) 9........... Hezekiél Sepeng (South Africa) 10.................... Japheth Kimutai (Kenya) 2003 1.........................Wilfred Bungei (Kenya) 2........Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (South Africa) 3................ Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia) 4................. Djabir Saïd-Guerni (Algeria) 5.................. Wilson Kipketer (Denmark) 6........... Hezekiél Sepeng (South Africa) 7..........................Joseph Mutua (Kenya) 8................. André Bucher (Switzerland) 9..............................Bram Som (Holland) 10.................... Japheth Kimutai (Kenya) 2004 1................ Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia) 2.........................Wilfred Bungei (Kenya) 3..........................Joseph Mutua (Kenya) 4......................William Yiampoy (Kenya) 5......................Youssef Kamel (Bahrain) 6........Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (South Africa) 7.................. Wilson Kipketer (Denmark) 8................. Mohcine Chehibi (Morocco) 9........... Hezekiél Sepeng (South Africa) 10............................Bram Som (Holland) 2005 1.........................Wilfred Bungei (Kenya) 2........Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (South Africa) 3........................Rashid Ramzi (Bahrain) 4................ Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia) 5......................Youssef Kamel (Bahrain) 6......................William Yiampoy (Kenya) 7...........................Antonio Reina (Spain) 8..............................Gary Reed (Canada) 9............................Mehdi Baala (France) 10............... Djabir Saïd-Guerni (Algeria) 2006 1........Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (South Africa) 2..............................Bram Som (Holland) 3.........................Wilfred Bungei (Kenya) 4......................William Yiampoy (Kenya) 5......................Youssef Kamel (Bahrain) 6...................... Amine Laâlou (Morocco) 7...................... Khadevis Robinson (US) 8................ Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia) 9................. Mohamed Al-Azimi (Kuwait) 10... Mohammed Al-Salhi (Saudi Arabia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s 800 2011 1.........................David Rudisha (Kenya) 2.........................Abubaker Kaki (Sudan) 3................ Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia) 4............................Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 5................... Mohamed Aman (Ethiopia) 6............................Nick Symmonds (US) 7........................ Adam Kszczot (Poland) 8............. Marcin Lewandowski (Poland) 9...................... Khadevis Robinson (US) 10................. Alfred Kirwa Yego (Kenya) 2012 1.........................David Rudisha (Kenya) 2................... Mohamed Aman (Ethiopia) 3......................... Nijel Amos (Botswana) 4..................Leonard Kosencha (Kenya) 5.........................Timothy Kitum (Kenya) 6...................... Abraham Rotich (Kenya) 7............................ Duane Solomon (US) 8............................Nick Symmonds (US) 9.................. Taoufik Makhloufi (Algeria) 10...........Andrew Osagie (Great Britain) 2013 1.................. Mohamed Aman (Ethiopia) 2........................... Nick Symmonds (US) 3............ Marcin Lewandowski (Poland) 4........................... Duane Solomon (US) 5........ Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (France) 6.............. Ayanleh Souleiman (Djibouti) 7............... Ferguson Cheruiyot (Kenya) 8........................ David Rudisha (Kenya) 9................ André Olivier (South Africa) 10.......... Andrew Osagie (Great Britain) 2014 1......................... Nijel Amos (Botswana) 2................... Mohamed Aman (Ethiopia) 3.........................David Rudisha (Kenya) 4................Ferguson Cheruiyot (Kenya) 5......... Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (France) 6........................ Adam Kszczot (Poland) 7.................André Olivier (South Africa) 8.............. Ayanleh Souleiman (Djibouti) 9.................. Taoufik Makhloufi (Algeria) 10........... Marcin Lewandowski (Poland) 2007 1.........................David Rudisha (Kenya) 2................ Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia) 3........Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (South Africa) 4.........................Wilfred Bungei (Kenya) 5......................Youssef Kamel (Bahrain) 6.................. Bilal Mansoor Ali (Bahrain) 7................... Alfred Kirwa Yego (Kenya) 8...................... Amine Laâlou (Morocco) 9..............................Gary Reed (Canada) 10.........Abraham Chepkirwok (Uganda) 2008 1................... Alfred Kirwa Yego (Kenya) 2.........................Wilfred Bungei (Kenya) 3......................Youssef Kamel (Bahrain) 4.......................... Ahmad Ismail (Sudan) 5..............................Gary Reed (Canada) 6...........Abraham Chepkirwok (Uganda) 7.............................Yeimer López (Cuba) 8.........................Abubaker Kaki (Sudan) 9.........................David Rudisha (Kenya) 10.................... Amine Laâlou (Morocco) 2009 1.........................David Rudisha (Kenya) 2........Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (South Africa) 3................... Alfred Kirwa Yego (Kenya) 4................ Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia) 5.........................Abubaker Kaki (Sudan) 6......................Youssef Kamel (Bahrain) 7...................... Amine Laâlou (Morocco) 8..............................Gary Reed (Canada) 9..............................Bram Som (Holland) 10..........................Nick Symmonds (US) 2010 1.........................David Rudisha (Kenya) 2.........................Abubaker Kaki (Sudan) 3.............................Boaz Lalang (Kenya) 4........Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (South Africa) 5............. Marcin Lewandowski (Poland) 6............................Nick Symmonds (US) 7............Michael Rimmer (Great Britain) 8.......................Jackson Kivuna (Kenya) 9................... Alfred Kirwa Yego (Kenya) 10....................... Andrew Wheating (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 10 — World Rankings — Men’s 800 2015 1.........................David Rudisha (Kenya) 2......................... Nijel Amos (Botswana) 3........................ Adam Kszczot (Poland) 4...............................Amel Tuka (Bosnia) 5.............. Ayanleh Souleiman (Djibouti) 6................Ferguson Cheruiyot (Kenya) 7................... Mohamed Aman (Ethiopia) 8.................. Taoufik Maklhoufi (Algeria) 9............. Marcin Lewandowski (Poland) 10....... Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (France) 2016 1.........................David Rudisha (Kenya) 2.................. Taoufik Makhloufi (Algeria) 3................Ferguson Cheruiyot (Kenya) 4........................ Alfred Kipketer (Kenya) 5......... Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (France) 6.............................Clayton Murphy (US) 7........................ Adam Kszczot (Poland) 8............. Marcin Lewandowski (Poland) 9..........................Kipyegon Bett (Kenya) 10................................ Boris Berian (US) 2017 1......................... Nijel Amos (Botswana) 2........................ Adam Kszczot (Poland) 3..........................Kipyegon Bett (Kenya) 4............. Marcin Lewandowski (Poland) 5......... Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (France) 6..................Brandon McBride (Canada) 7...............Kyle Langford (Great Britain) 8...................... Emmanuel Korir (Kenya) 9........................... Donavan Brazier (US) 10..............Ferguson Cheruiyot (Kenya)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s 1500/Mile 1948 1.....................Henry Eriksson (Sweden) 2................... Marcel Hansenne (France) 3........................ Wim Slijkhuis (Holland) 4......................Lennart Strand (Sweden) 5....................Gösta Bergkvist (Sweden) 6.......................................Gil Dodds (US) 7.........Václav Cevona (Czechoslovakia) 8....................... Rune Persson (Sweden) 9.................. Denis Johansson (Finland) 10...............Ingvar Bengtsson (Sweden) © giancarlo colombo/photo run WR holder Hicham El Guerrouj ran off 7 straight No. 1s between 1997 and 2003. 1947 1......................Lennart Strand (Sweden) 2.....................Henry Eriksson (Sweden) 3....................Gösta Bergkvist (Sweden) 4................... Marcel Hansenne (France) 5......................... Gaston Reiff (Belgium) 6.......................................Gil Dodds (US) 7................... Erik Jörgensen (Denmark) 8........................ Wim Slijkhuis (Holland) 9.............................Olle Åberg (Sweden) 10................ Denis Johansson (Finland) © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s 1500/Mile 1949 1........................ Wim Slijkhuis (Holland) 2......................Lennart Strand (Sweden) 3......................... Gaston Reiff (Belgium) 4....................Sture Landqvist (Sweden) 5.................Patrick El Mabrouk (France) 6................... Marcel Hansenne (France) 7.............................Olle Åberg (Sweden) 8....................Gösta Bergkvist (Sweden) 9............................Jean Vernier (France) 10...................Henry Eriksson (Sweden) 1950 1......................... Gaston Reiff (Belgium) 2........................ Wim Slijkhuis (Holland) 3.................Patrick El Mabrouk (France) 4......................Lennart Strand (Sweden) 5...............Bill Nankeville (Great Britain) 6.................... Ingvar Ericsson (Sweden) 7..............................Don Gehrmann (US) 8......................... Ilmari Taipale (Finland) 9................ Leonard Eyre (Great Britain) 10.............................. John Twomey (US) 1951 1........... Roger Bannister (Great Britain) 2.................Patrick El Mabrouk (France) 3.............................Olle Åberg (Sweden) 4....................Sture Landqvist (Sweden) 5...............Bill Nankeville (Great Britain) 6.........Andrija Otenheimer (Yugoslavia) 7......................... Gaston Reiff (Belgium) 8...Stanislav Jungwirth (Czechoslovakia) 9......................... Ilmari Taipale (Finland) 10.......Václav Cevona (Czechoslovakia) 1952 1..................Josy Barthel (Luxembourg) 2..............Werner Lueg (West Germany) 3................................ Bob McMillen (US) 4......................... Gaston Reiff (Belgium) 5........... Roger Bannister (Great Britain) 6.................Patrick El Mabrouk (France) 7.............................Olle Åberg (Sweden) 8.................... Ingvar Ericsson (Sweden) 9........Günther Dohrow (West Germany) 10.................Gunnar Nielsen (Denmark) 1953 1......................... John Landy (Australia) 2....................................Wes Santee (US) 3........... Roger Bannister (Great Britain) 4......................Sune Karlsson (Sweden) 5.................. Denis Johansson (Finland) 6...Stanislav Jungwirth (Czechoslovakia) 7..............Werner Lueg (West Germany) 8.................... Ingvar Ericsson (Sweden) 9................. Gordon Pirie (Great Britain) 10.................Gunnar Nielsen (Denmark) 1954 1........... Roger Bannister (Great Britain) 2......................... John Landy (Australia) 3....................................Wes Santee (US) 4...................Gunnar Nielsen (Denmark) 5...Stanislav Jungwirth (Czechoslovakia) 6.................... Ingvar Ericsson (Sweden) 7......................Sándor Iharos (Hungary) 8.......................Audun Boysen (Norway) 9............ Chris Chataway (Great Britain) 10............Werner Lueg (West Germany) 1955 1.......................László Tábori (Hungary) 2......................Sándor Iharos (Hungary) 3..............István Rózsavölgyi (Hungary) 4...................Gunnar Nielsen (Denmark) 5............ Chris Chataway (Great Britain) 6............... Brian Hewson (Great Britain) 7....................................Wes Santee (US) 8.....Siegfried Hermann (East Germany) 9..................... Ken Wood (Great Britain) 10............Werner Lueg (West Germany) 1956 1............................. Ron Delany (Ireland) 2......................... John Landy (Australia) 3........................... Jim Bailey (Australia) 4..............István Rózsavölgyi (Hungary) 5....Klaus Richtzenhain (East Germany) 6.......................László Tábori (Hungary) 7...Stanislav Jungwirth (Czechoslovakia) 8............... Brian Hewson (Great Britain) 9.....Siegfried Hermann (East Germany) 10...........Derek Ibbotson (Great Britain) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s 1500/Mile 1957 1.............Derek Ibbotson (Great Britain) 2............................. Ron Delany (Ireland) 3...Stanislav Jungwirth (Czechoslovakia) 4......................Olavi Vuorisalo (Finland) 5.............................Dan Waern (Sweden) 6.......................... Herb Elliott (Australia) 7....................... Merv Lincoln (Australia) 8..........................Olavi Salsola (Finland) 9........................Roger Moens (Belgium) 10................... Ken Wood (Great Britain) 1958 1.......................... Herb Elliott (Australia) 2....................... Merv Lincoln (Australia) 3.............Murray Halberg (New Zealand) 4............... Brian Hewson (Great Britain) 5.............................Dan Waern (Sweden) 6............................. Ron Delany (Ireland) 7......................Olavi Vuorisalo (Finland) 8..............István Rózsavölgyi (Hungary) 9.....Siegfried Hermann (East Germany) 10.. Stanislav Jungwirth (Czechoslovakia) 1959 1..............István Rózsavölgyi (Hungary) 2.............................Dan Waern (Sweden) 3.......Siegfried Valentin (East Germany) 4..............Stefan Lewandowski (Poland) 5.....Siegfried Hermann (East Germany) 6.......................... Herb Elliott (Australia) 7.............................Michel Jazy (France) 8....................... Michel Bernard (France) 9...Stanislav Jungwirth (Czechoslovakia) 10.................... Zoltan Vamos (Romania) 1960 1.......................... Herb Elliott (Australia) 2.............................Michel Jazy (France) 3.............................Dan Waern (Sweden) 4..............István Rózsavölgyi (Hungary) 5...................... Zoltan Vamos (Romania) 6..............................Dyrol Burleson (US) 7.......Siegfried Valentin (East Germany) 8....................... Michel Bernard (France) 9....................Terry Sullivan (Zimbabwe) 10.....................László Tábori (Hungary) 1961 1..............................Dyrol Burleson (US) 2..................................... Jim Beatty (US) 3.............................Dan Waern (Sweden) 4.......Siegfried Valentin (East Germany) 5...........................Witold Baran (Poland) 6........................ Olavi Salonen (Finland) 7.............................Michel Jazy (France) 8....................... Michel Bernard (France) 9................... Roger Verheuen (Belgium) 10............... Gordon Pirie (Great Britain) 1962 1.................... Peter Snell (New Zealand) 2..................................... Jim Beatty (US) 3.............................Michel Jazy (France) 4...................................... Jim Grelle (US) 5..............................Dyrol Burleson (US) 6................................Cary Weisiger (US) 7...........................Witold Baran (Poland) 8..........Harald Norpoth (West Germany) 9.....................................Bill Dotson (US) 10.............................. Keith Forman (US) 1963 1.................... Peter Snell (New Zealand) 2..............................Dyrol Burleson (US) 3.............................Michel Jazy (France) 4....................................Tom O’Hara (US) 5................................Cary Weisiger (US) 6..................................... Jim Beatty (US) 7...................................... Jim Grelle (US) 8....................... Michel Bernard (France) 9.......Siegfried Valentin (East Germany) 10...Siegfried Hermann (East Germany) 1964 1.................... Peter Snell (New Zealand) 2............Josef Odložil (Czechoslovakia) 3..................John Davies (New Zealand) 4............... Alan Simpson (Great Britain) 5..............................Dyrol Burleson (US) 6...........................Witold Baran (Poland) 7....................................Tom O’Hara (US) 8...................................... Jim Grelle (US) 9.............................Michel Jazy (France) 10..................... Michel Bernard (France) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s 1500/Mile 1965 1.................Jürgen May (East Germany) 2................................. Kip Keino (Kenya) 3.............................Michel Jazy (France) 4....................................... Jim Ryun (US) 5...................................... Jim Grelle (US) 6............Josef Odložil (Czechoslovakia) 7............... Alan Simpson (Great Britain) 8..............................Dyrol Burleson (US) 9..................John Davies (New Zealand) 10.........Bodo Tümmler (West Germany) 1966 1....................................... Jim Ryun (US) 2................................. Kip Keino (Kenya) 3...........Bodo Tümmler (West Germany) 4.............................Michel Jazy (France) 5..........Harald Norpoth (West Germany) 6..............................Dyrol Burleson (US) 7...................................... Jim Grelle (US) 8............... Alan Simpson (Great Britain) 9.................Jürgen May (East Germany) 10........................Jean Wadoux (France) 1967 1....................................... Jim Ryun (US) 2................................. Kip Keino (Kenya) 3..............André De Hertoghe (Belgium) 4 . Manfred Matuschewski (East Germany) 5.............................Tom Von Ruden (US) 6...........Bodo Tümmler (West Germany) 7..........................Jean Wadoux (France) 8...........................Ulf Högberg (Sweden) 9............... Alan Simpson (Great Britain) 10................Anders Gärderud (Sweden) 1968 1................................. Kip Keino (Kenya) 2....................................... Jim Ryun (US) 3...........Bodo Tümmler (West Germany) 4..........Harald Norpoth (West Germany) 5............... John Whetton (Great Britain) 6............Henryk Szordykowski (Poland) 7..............André De Hertoghe (Belgium) 8..........................Jean Wadoux (France) 9.......................Arne Kvalheim (Norway) 10................Anders Gärderud (Sweden) 1969 1.................................Marty Liquori (US) 2................................. Kip Keino (Kenya) 3............Henryk Szordykowski (Poland) 4.........................Francesco Arese (Italy) 5...........Bodo Tümmler (West Germany) 6............... John Whetton (Great Britain) 7....................................... Jim Ryun (US) 8......................... Frank Murphy (Ireland) 9........................Edgard Salvé (Belgium) 10.................................John Mason (US) 1970 1................................. Kip Keino (Kenya) 2.........................Francesco Arese (Italy) 3............Henryk Szordykowski (Poland) 4..........................Jean Wadoux (France) 5...............................Chuck LaBenz (US) 6.......................Arne Kvalheim (Norway) 7.................................Marty Liquori (US) 8..................... Dick Quax (New Zealand) 9..............André De Hertoghe (Belgium) 10..............Jürgen May (West Germany) 1971 1.................................Marty Liquori (US) 2................................. Kip Keino (Kenya) 3...............................Ben Jipcho (Kenya) 4.........................Francesco Arese (Italy) 5............Henryk Szordykowski (Poland) 6....................................... Jim Ryun (US) 7.............................Tom Von Ruden (US) 8...........................Ulf Högberg (Sweden) 9.............Brendan Foster (Great Britain) 10............John Kirkbride (Great Britain) 1972 1......................... Pekka Vasala (Finland) 2................................. Kip Keino (Kenya) 3.....................Rod Dixon (New Zealand) 4..................................Mike Boit (Kenya) 5.................Fanie Van Zijl (South Africa) 6.............Brendan Foster (Great Britain) 7....................Herman Mignon (Belgium) 8................Peter Stewart (Great Britain) 9....................................... Jim Ryun (US) 10 ..Paul-Heinz Wellmann (West Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s 1500/Mile 1973 1...............................Ben Jipcho (Kenya) 2..........................Filbert Bayi (Tanzania) 3.....................Rod Dixon (New Zealand) 4................................... Dave Wottle (US) 5..................... Dick Quax (New Zealand) 6.............. Frank Clement (Great Britain) 7......................................Len Hilton (US) 8....................Tom B. Hansen (Denmark) 9.........................Francesco Arese (Italy) 10 ..Paul-Heinz Wellmann (West Germany) 1974 1..................John Walker (New Zealand) 2..........................Filbert Bayi (Tanzania) 3...............................Ben Jipcho (Kenya) 4.....................Rod Dixon (New Zealand) 5............................. Rick Wohlhuter (US) 6.... Klaus-Peter Justus (East Germany) 7....................Tom B. Hansen (Denmark) 8...........................Ulf Högberg (Sweden) 9..................Anders Gärderud (Sweden) 10...............Fanie Van Zijl (South Africa) 1975 1..................John Walker (New Zealand) 2..........................Filbert Bayi (Tanzania) 3.....................Rod Dixon (New Zealand) 4..................................Mike Boit (Kenya) 5.................................Marty Liquori (US) 6................Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany) 7............................. Rick Wohlhuter (US) 8...................Danie Malan (South Africa) 9..................................Ken Popejoy (US) 10..................Eamonn Coghlan (Ireland) 1976 1..................John Walker (New Zealand) 2.. Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany) 3...................Danie Malan (South Africa) 4.................... Ivo Van Damme (Belgium) 5Paul-Heinz Wellmann (West Germany) 6.....................Rod Dixon (New Zealand) 7....................Eamonn Coghlan (Ireland) 8............................. Rick Wohlhuter (US) 9.............Dave Moorcroft (Great Britain) 10........................Filbert Bayi (Tanzania) 1977 1................... Steve Ovett (Great Britain) 2.. Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany) 3..................John Walker (New Zealand) 4............ Jozef Plachý (Czechoslovakia) 5............ Jürgen Straub (East Germany) 6........................Wilson Waigwa (Kenya) 7..........Abderrahmane Morceli (Algeria) 8............ Karl Fleschen (West Germany) 9....................................Steve Scott (US) 10..................Eamonn Coghlan (Ireland) 1978 1................... Steve Ovett (Great Britain) 2....................Eamonn Coghlan (Ireland) 3.............Dave Moorcroft (Great Britain) 4.. Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany) 5..........................Filbert Bayi (Tanzania) 6........................Wilson Waigwa (Kenya) 7....................................Steve Scott (US) 8..................... Antti Loikkanen (Finland) 9............ Jürgen Straub (East Germany) 10.............. John Robson (Great Britain) 1979 1.........................Seb Coe (Great Britain) 2................... Steve Ovett (Great Britain) 3....................................Steve Scott (US) 4.. Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany) 5............ Jürgen Straub (East Germany) 6....................Eamonn Coghlan (Ireland) 7......................................Don Paige (US) 8..............Suleiman Nyambui (Tanzania) 9................ John Robson (Great Britain) 10...........Willi Wülbeck (West Germany) 1980 1................... Steve Ovett (Great Britain) 2.........................Seb Coe (Great Britain) 3.. Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany) 4....................................Steve Scott (US) 5..................John Walker (New Zealand) 6............ Jürgen Straub (East Germany) 7...........Andreas Busse (East Germany) 8.................. Pierre Délèze (Switzerland) 9.............Harald Hudak (West Germany) 10......................... Omer Khalifa (Sudan) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s 1500/Mile 1981 1.........................Seb Coe (Great Britain) 2................... Steve Ovett (Great Britain) 3..................................Mike Boit (Kenya) 4....................................Steve Scott (US) 5................................Sydney Maree (US) 6..................John Walker (New Zealand) 7...................Olaf Beyer (East Germany) 8..................José Luis González (Spain) 9................... Steve Cram (Great Britain) 10. Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany) 1982 1................... Steve Cram (Great Britain) 2....................................Steve Scott (US) 3................................Sydney Maree (US) 4..................John Walker (New Zealand) 5.. Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany) 6.............Dave Moorcroft (Great Britain) 7..................................... Tom Byers (US) 8................Nikolay Kirov (Soviet Union) 9................................ Todd Harbour (US) 10.......................... José Abascal (Spain) 1983 1................... Steve Cram (Great Britain) 2....................................Steve Scott (US) 3................... Steve Ovett (Great Britain) 4.......................... Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 5..................José Luis González (Spain) 6............................ José Abascal (Spain) 7................................Sydney Maree (US) 8.................. Pierre Délèze (Switzerland) 9..................John Walker (New Zealand) 10. Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany) 1984 1.......................... Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 2.........................Seb Coe (Great Britain) 3................... Steve Cram (Great Britain) 4............................ José Abascal (Spain) 5........................... Omer Khalifa (Sudan) 6..................John Walker (New Zealand) 7....................... Joseph Chesire (Kenya) 8....................................Steve Scott (US) 9.....................................Jim Spivey (US) 10................ Pierre Délèze (Switzerland) 1985 1................... Steve Cram (Great Britain) 2.......................... Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 3................................Sydney Maree (US) 4..................José Luis González (Spain) 5............................ José Abascal (Spain) 6.........................Seb Coe (Great Britain) 7....................................Steve Scott (US) 8.................. Pierre Délèze (Switzerland) 9........................... Omer Khalifa (Sudan) 10......................Mike Hillardt (Australia) 1986 1................... Steve Cram (Great Britain) 2.........................Seb Coe (Great Britain) 3....................................Steve Scott (US) 4.......................... Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 5..................José Luis González (Spain) 6............................ José Abascal (Spain) 7................... Steve Ovett (Great Britain) 8................................Sydney Maree (US) 9.....................................Jim Spivey (US) 10................John Walker (New Zealand) 1987 1.......................... Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 2............................... Abdi Bile (Somalia) 3..................José Luis González (Spain) 4................... Steve Cram (Great Britain) 5.....................................Jim Spivey (US) 6....................... Joseph Chesire (Kenya) 7...... Jens-Peter Herold (East Germany) 8....... Markus Hacksteiner (Switzerland) 9..................Steve Crabb (Great Britain) 10.................Peter Elliott (Great Britain) 1988 1................... Steve Cram (Great Britain) 2.......................... Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 3...................Peter Elliott (Great Britain) 4...... Jens-Peter Herold (East Germany) 5...............................Peter Rono (Kenya) 6....................................Steve Scott (US) 7.....................................Jim Spivey (US) 8.......................... Kip Cheruiyot (Kenya) 9........ Dieter Baumann (West Germany) 10......................... Joaquim Cruz (Brazil) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s 1500/Mile 1989 1............................... Abdi Bile (Somalia) 2.......................... Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 3........................ Wilfred Kirochi (Kenya) 4.......................... Kip Cheruiyot (Kenya) 5.........................Seb Coe (Great Britain) 6..........................Genny Di Napoli (Italy) 7....................... Joseph Chesire (Kenya) 8...... Jens-Peter Herold (East Germany) 9...................Herve Phélippeau (France) 10....................Pascal Thiébaut (France) 1990 1............... Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) 2........................Simon Doyle (Australia) 3.....................................Joe Falcon (US) 4...... Jens-Peter Herold (East Germany) 5...................Peter Elliott (Great Britain) 6............................... Abdi Bile (Somalia) 7........................ Wilfred Kirochi (Kenya) 8..........................Genny Di Napoli (Italy) 9..................Tony Morrell (Great Britain) 10................José Luis González (Spain) 1991 1............... Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) 2...................Peter Elliott (Great Britain) 3........................ Wilfred Kirochi (Kenya) 4..............Hauke Fuhlbrügge (Germany) 5...............Jens-Peter Herold (Germany) 6...........................Fermín Cacho (Spain) 7.......................... Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 8.............................. David Kibet (Kenya) 9........................Simon Doyle (Australia) 10...................................Jim Spivey (US) 1992 1............... Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) 2........................ Wilfred Kirochi (Kenya) 3..........................William Kemei (Kenya) 4...........................Fermín Cacho (Spain) 5................... Rashid El Basir (Morocco) 6..................Mohamed Suleiman (Qatar) 7....................... Joseph Chesire (Kenya) 8...............Jens-Peter Herold (Germany) 9.....................................Jim Spivey (US) 10.............................Jonah Birir (Kenya) 1993 1............... Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) 2...........................Fermín Cacho (Spain) 3............................... Abdi Bile (Somalia) 4..................Mohamed Suleiman (Qatar) 5.....................................Jim Spivey (US) 6.............. Matthew Yates (Great Britain) 7................... Rashid El Basir (Morocco) 8........................Simon Doyle (Australia) 9..................Marcus O’Sullivan (Ireland) 10.............................Jonah Birir (Kenya) 1994 1............... Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) 2..............Vénuste Niyongabo (Burundi) 3............................... Abdi Bile (Somalia) 4..................Mohamed Suleiman (Qatar) 5................................Steve Holman (US) 6.........................Benson Koech (Kenya) 7...................Azzedine Sediki (Morocco) 8.............. Matthew Yates (Great Britain) 9................................. Atoi Boru (Kenya) 10.........................Fermín Cacho (Spain) 1995 1............... Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) 2..............Vénuste Niyongabo (Burundi) 3............ Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 4................................Steve Holman (US) 5................... Rashid El Basir (Morocco) 6....................... Kevin Sullivan (Canada) 7....... Abdelkader Chekhémani (France) 8..................Mohamed Suleiman (Qatar) 9..........................William Kemei (Kenya) 10............................Éric Dubus (France) 1996 1............... Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) 2............ Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 3..............Vénuste Niyongabo (Burundi) 4...........................William Tanui (Kenya) 5........................... Laban Rotich (Kenya) 6...........................Fermín Cacho (Spain) 7.....................Stephen Kipkorir (Kenya) 8...............................Elijah Maru (Kenya) 9..........................Marko Koers (Holland) 10.......................... Isaac Viciosa (Spain) — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s 1500/Mile © Track & Field News 2010 1997 1............ Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 2..........................Daniel Komen (Kenya) 3..............Vénuste Niyongabo (Burundi) 4...........................Fermín Cacho (Spain) 5............... Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) 6.................Robert Andersen (Denmark) 7........................... Laban Rotich (Kenya) 8...........................William Tanui (Kenya) 9......................... John Kibowen (Kenya) 10..............................Steve Holman (US) 1998 1............ Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 2........................... Laban Rotich (Kenya) 3......................... John Kibowen (Kenya) 4............... Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) 5..........................Daniel Komen (Kenya) 6.............................Noah Ngeny (Kenya) 7..........................Reyes Estévez (Spain) 8...........................William Tanui (Kenya) 9...............................Rui Silva (Portugal) 10............................ Andrés Díaz (Spain) 1999 1............ Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 2.............................Noah Ngeny (Kenya) 3........................... Laban Rotich (Kenya) 4..........................Bernard Lagat (Kenya) 5............... Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) 6.............................. Andrés Díaz (Spain) 7..........................Reyes Estévez (Spain) 8...............................Rui Silva (Portugal) 9.......................Driss Maazouzi (France) 10.........................Ali Saïdi Sief (Algeria) 2000 1............ Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 2.............................Noah Ngeny (Kenya) 3..........................Bernard Lagat (Kenya) 4.......................William Chirchir (Kenya) 5....................... Kevin Sullivan (Canada) 6.............................. Andrés Díaz (Spain) 7.......................Driss Maazouzi (France) 8.................. Benjamin Kipkurui (Kenya) 9............................Mehdi Baala (France) 10.......... Vyacheslav Shabunin (Russia) 2001 1............ Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 2..........................Bernard Lagat (Kenya) 3.......................William Chirchir (Kenya) 4.............................Noah Ngeny (Kenya) 5........................... Laban Rotich (Kenya) 6.......................Driss Maazouzi (France) 7.............. José Antonio Redolat (Spain) 8........................... Enock Koech (Kenya) 9.................. Benjamin Kipkurui (Kenya) 10........................Reyes Estévez (Spain) 2002 1............ Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 2..........................Bernard Lagat (Kenya) 3...............................Rui Silva (Portugal) 4...................Cornelius Chirchir (Kenya) 5.......................William Chirchir (Kenya) 6............................Mehdi Baala (France) 7............................ Robert Rono (Kenya) 8........................... Laban Rotich (Kenya) 9............ Vyacheslav Shabunin (Russia) 10........................Reyes Estévez (Spain) 2003 1............ Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 2............................Mehdi Baala (France) 3.................................Paul Korir (Kenya) 4..........................Bernard Lagat (Kenya) 5...................... Alex Kipchirchir (Kenya) 6.......................... Ivan Heshko (Ukraine) 7...............................Rui Silva (Portugal) 8...................Cornelius Chirchir (Kenya) 9...........................Isaac Songok (Kenya) 10.....................William Chirchir (Kenya) 2004 1..........................Bernard Lagat (Kenya) 2............ Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 3.......................... Ivan Heshko (Ukraine) 4.....................Timothy Kiptanui (Kenya) 5..................... Alex Kipchirchir (Kenya) 6.................................Paul Korir (Kenya) 7........................... Laban Rotich (Kenya) 8...............................Rui Silva (Portugal) 9...........................Isaac Songok (Kenya) 10............... Kamel Boulahfane (Algeria) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s 1500/Mile 2005 1.......................Daniel Komen II (Kenya) 2............................... Bernard Lagat (US) 3........................Rashid Ramzi (Bahrain) 4.......................... Ivan Heshko (Ukraine) 5...................... Alex Kipchirchir (Kenya) 6......................... Dahame Bashir (Qatar) 7..................................... Alan Webb (US) 8.................. Suleiman Simotwo (Kenya) 9...............................Rui Silva (Portugal) 10..........................Juan Higuero (Spain) 2006 1...................... Alex Kipchirchir (Kenya) 2.................... Augustine Choge (Kenya) 3............................... Bernard Lagat (US) 4............................Mehdi Baala (France) 5.......................Daniel Komen II (Kenya) 6.......................... Ivan Heshko (Ukraine) 7.........................Adil Kaouch (Morocco) 8..................... Tarek Boukensa (Algeria) 9........................ Shadrack Korir (Kenya) 10..... Mohammed Moustaoui (Morocco) © victor sailer/photo run Bernard Lagat scored big for both Kenya and the U.S. © Track & Field News 2018 — 10 — World Rankings — Men’s 1500/Mile 2011 1............................Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 2.......................... Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) 3......................Nixon Chepseba (Kenya) 4..........................Haron Keitany (Kenya) 5.......... Mohamed Moustaoui (Morocco) 6 .........Mekonnen Gebremedhin (Ethiopia) 7.................... Augustine Choge (Kenya) 8...................... Matthew Centrowitz (US) 9........................ Manuel Olmedo (Spain) 10...............Abdelaati Iguider (Morocco) 2012 1.......................... Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) 2............................Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 3.....Mekonnen Gebremedhin (Ethiopia) 4.................. Taoufik Makhloufi (Algeria) 5...................... Matthew Centrowitz (US) 6......................Nixon Chepseba (Kenya) 7........................Bethwel Birgen (Kenya) 8............................. Caleb Ndiku (Kenya) 9.................................Leo Manzano (US) 10...............Abdelaati Iguider (Morocco) 2013 1........................... Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 2......................... Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) 3.............. Ayanleh Souleiman (Djibouti) 4..................... Nixon Chepseba (Kenya) 5............................ Caleb Ndiku (Kenya) 6....................... Bethwel Birgen (Kenya) 7........................ Collins Cheboi (Kenya) 8..................... Matthew Centrowitz (US) 9................ Johan Cronje (South Africa) 10........................ Aman Wote (Ethiopia) 2014 1.......................... Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) 2.............. Ayanleh Souleiman (Djibouti) 3............................Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 4....................... Ronald Kwemoi (Kenya) 5...........................Aman Wote (Ethiopia) 6.................Abdelaati Iguider (Morocco) 7.........................Collins Cheboi (Kenya) 8.................. Taoufik Makhloufi (Algeria) 9...........................Vincent Kibet (Kenya) 10......................... James Magut (Kenya) 2007 1.......................Daniel Komen II (Kenya) 2............................... Bernard Lagat (US) 3..................... Tarek Boukensa (Algeria) 4............................Mehdi Baala (France) 5........................Rashid Ramzi (Bahrain) 6..................................... Alan Webb (US) 7........................ Shadrack Korir (Kenya) 8.................... Augustine Choge (Kenya) 9............................Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 10................ Suleiman Simotwo (Kenya) 2008 1..........................Haron Keitany (Kenya) 2............................Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 3.....................Nick Willis (New Zealand) 4.................... Augustine Choge (Kenya) 5............................Mehdi Baala (France) 6......................Youssef Kamel (Bahrain) 7................. Belal Mansoor Ali (Bahrain) 8.................Abdelaati Iguider (Morocco) 9.................... Gideon Gathimba (Kenya) 10..........................Juan Higuero (Spain) 2009 1............................Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 2......................Youssef Kamel (Bahrain) 3.................... Augustine Choge (Kenya) 4..............Deresse Mekonnen (Ethiopia) 5..........................Haron Keitany (Kenya) 6......................... William Biwott (Kenya) 7............................... Bernard Lagat (US) 8....... Mohammed Moustaoui (Morocco) 9............................Mehdi Baala (France) 10.................... Amine Laâlou (Morocco) 2010 1............................Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 2...................... Amine Laâlou (Morocco) 3.......................... Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) 4.................... Augustine Choge (Kenya) 5 .........Mekonnen Gebremedhin (Ethiopia) 6.................................Leo Manzano (US) 7.....................Nicholas Kemboi (Kenya) 8..........................Daniel Komen (Kenya) 9......................... Andrew Wheating (US) 10...................Ryan Gregson (Australia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 11 — World Rankings — Men’s 1500/Mile 2015 1............................Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 2.......................Elijah Manangoi (Kenya) 3.............. Ayanleh Souleiman (Djibouti) 4.................. Taoufik Makhloufi (Algeria) 5.................Abdelaati Iguider (Morocco) 6.......................... Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) 7.......................... Robert Biwott (Kenya) 8.....................Nick Willis (New Zealand) 9....................... Ronald Kwemoi (Kenya) 10.................... Matthew Centrowitz (US) 2016 1............................Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 2.................Abdelaati Iguider (Morocco) 3.......................Elijah Manangoi (Kenya) 4.................. Taoufik Makhloufi (Algeria) 5...................... Matthew Centrowitz (US) 6.................. Timothy Cheruiyot (Kenya) 7.....................Nick Willis (New Zealand) 8....................... Ronald Kwemoi (Kenya) 9.............. Ayanleh Souleiman (Djibouti) 10........................ Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) 2017 1.......................Elijah Manangoi (Kenya) 2.................. Timothy Cheruiyot (Kenya) 3.......................... Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) 4....................... Ronald Kwemoi (Kenya) 5.................... Charles Simotwo (Kenya) 6...........................Vincent Kibet (Kenya) 7..................Filip Ingebrigtsen (Norway) 8...........................Aman Wote (Ethiopia) 9............................Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 10...........Jake Wightman (Great Britain)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s 5000 1948 1......................... Gaston Reiff (Belgium) 2............Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 3........................ Wim Slykhuis (Holland) 4........................... Erik Ahldén (Sweden) 5.................. Bertil Albertsson (Sweden) 6.........................Evert Nyberg (Sweden) 7............................. Viljo Heino (Finland) 8......................... Väinö Mäkelä (Finland) 9....................... Väinö Koskela (Finland) 10................................... Curt Stone (US) © giancarlo colombo/photo run 1947 1............Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 2............................. Viljo Heino (Finland) 3.................. Bertil Albertsson (Sweden) 4.........................Evert Nyberg (Sweden) 5.......................... Helge Perälä (Finland) 6........................Åke Durkfeldt (Sweden) 7..................... Jacques Vernier (France) 8....................... Väinö Koskela (Finland) 9........................... Erik Ahldén (Sweden) 10......................Erik Wredling (Sweden) Mo Farah earned 5 No. 1s during his career © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s 5000 1949 1............Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 2....................... Väinö Koskela (Finland) 3......................... Väinö Mäkelä (Finland) 4......................... Gaston Reiff (Belgium) 5......................... Alain Mimoun (France) 6..................... Jacques Vernier (France) 7.......................John Joe Barry (Ireland) 8........................................ Fred Wilt (US) 9.................. Bertil Albertsson (Sweden) 10.......................Evert Nyberg (Sweden) 1950 1............Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 2......... Herbert Schade (West Germany) 3......................... Alain Mimoun (France) 4......................... Gaston Reiff (Belgium) 5......................... Väinö Mäkelä (Finland) 6....................... Väinö Koskela (Finland) 7...........................Hannu Posti (Finland) 8...................... Martin Stokken (Norway) 9.................. Bertil Albertsson (Sweden) 10...................................... Fred Wilt (US) 1951 1......................... Gaston Reiff (Belgium) 2............Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 3......... Herbert Schade (West Germany) 4......................... Alain Mimoun (France) 5.................. Bertil Albertsson (Sweden) 6....................... Väinö Koskela (Finland) 7...........................Hannu Posti (Finland) 8...................... Martin Stokken (Norway) 9......Vladimir Kazantsev (Soviet Union) 10..............Nikifor Popov (Soviet Union) 1952 1............Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 2......................... Alain Mimoun (France) 3......... Herbert Schade (West Germany) 4......Vladimir Kazantsev (Soviet Union) 5............ Chris Chataway (Great Britain) 6..............Helmut Gude (West Germany) 7................. Gordon Pirie (Great Britain) 8.................. Bertil Albertsson (Sweden) 9......................... Gaston Reiff (Belgium) 10...........................Les Perry (Australia) 1953 1............Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 2..................... József Kovács (Hungary) 3................Vladimir Kuts (Soviet Union) 4......................... Alain Mimoun (France) 5................. Gordon Pirie (Great Britain) 6.... Aleksandr Anufriyev (Soviet Union) 7...........................Hannu Posti (Finland) 8......................... Ilmari Taipale (Finland) 9......................... Gaston Reiff (Belgium) 10.................... Frans Herman (Belgium) 1954 1................Vladimir Kuts (Soviet Union) 2............ Chris Chataway (Great Britain) 3............Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 4....................Fred Green (Great Britain) 5..................... József Kovács (Hungary) 6................. Frank Sando (Great Britain) 7..............Helmut Gude (West Germany) 8.................Lucien Hanswyck (Belgium) 9......................Sándor Iharos (Hungary) 10................. Nyandika Maiyoro (Kenya) 1955 1......................Sándor Iharos (Hungary) 2................Vladimir Kuts (Soviet Union) 3.......................László Tábori (Hungary) 4............ Chris Chataway (Great Britain) 5........................ Jerzy Chromik (Poland) 6..................... József Kovács (Hungary) 7.................... Miklós Szabó II (Hungary) 8................. Gordon Pirie (Great Britain) 9....................Dave Stephens (Australia) 10....................... Ilmari Taipale (Finland) 1956 1................Vladimir Kuts (Soviet Union) 2................. Gordon Pirie (Great Britain) 3.............Derek Ibbotson (Great Britain) 4......................... John Landy (Australia) 5............ Chris Chataway (Great Britain) 6......................Sándor Iharos (Hungary) 7.................... Miklós Szabó II (Hungary) 8........................ Jerzy Chromik (Poland) 9.................... Kazimierz Zimny (Poland) 10....................Albie Thomas (Australia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s 5000 1957 1................Vladimir Kuts (Soviet Union) 2................. Gordon Pirie (Great Britain) 3.............Derek Ibbotson (Great Britain) 4.............. George Knight (Great Britain) 5.......... Pyotr Bolotnikov (Soviet Union) 6......... Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 7.................... Miklós Szabó II (Hungary) 8.......... Friedrich Janke (East Germany) 9........................ Al Lawrence (Australia) 10...........Murray Halberg (New Zealand) 1958 1.............Murray Halberg (New Zealand) 2......... Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 3......................Albie Thomas (Australia) 4.................... Kazimierz Zimny (Poland) 5.................... Stan Eldon (Great Britain) 6................. Neville Scott (New Zealand) 7................. Gordon Pirie (Great Britain) 8....................Peter Clark (Great Britain) 9......................Sándor Iharos (Hungary) 10...................Marian Jochman (Poland) 1959 1.................... Kazimierz Zimny (Poland) 2.......... Friedrich Janke (East Germany) 3.......... Pyotr Bolotnikov (Soviet Union) 4.................... Stan Eldon (Great Britain) 5......................Sándor Iharos (Hungary) 6...... Aleksandr Artinyuk (Soviet Union) 7.......... Hans Grodotzki (East Germany) 8..................... József Kovács (Hungary) 9.........Miroslav Jurek (Czechoslovakia) 10............... Bruce Tulloh (Great Britain) 1960 1.............Murray Halberg (New Zealand) 2.......... Hans Grodotzki (East Germany) 3......... Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 4.......... Pyotr Bolotnikov (Soviet Union) 5.................... Kazimierz Zimny (Poland) 6.......... Friedrich Janke (East Germany) 7.........................Dave Power (Australia) 8. Aleksey Desyatchikov (Soviet Union) 9................... Nyandika Maiyoro (Kenya) 10..................... Michel Bernard (France) 1961 1.............Murray Halberg (New Zealand) 2................. Barry Magee (New Zealand) 3.................... Kazimierz Zimny (Poland) 4................. Bruce Tulloh (Great Britain) 5.......... Pyotr Bolotnikov (Soviet Union) 6......................... Robert Bogey (France) 7................. Gordon Pirie (Great Britain) 8.........................Dave Power (Australia) 9......................Sándor Iharos (Hungary) 10........Horst Flosbach (West Germany) 1962 1.............Murray Halberg (New Zealand) 2.............................Bruce Kidd (Canada) 3................. Bruce Tulloh (Great Britain) 4.................... Kazimierz Zimny (Poland) 5.......... Pyotr Bolotnikov (Soviet Union) 6.......... Hans Grodotzki (East Germany) 7......................................Max Truex (US) 8.................Lech Boguszewicz (Poland) 9....................... Michel Bernard (France) 10................................... Jim Beatty (US) 1963 1.............Murray Halberg (New Zealand) 2.................. Yuriy Tyurin (Soviet Union) 3.............................Michel Jazy (France) 4.....Siegfried Hermann (East Germany) 5.................Lech Boguszewicz (Poland) 6............... Sven-Olof Larsson (Sweden) 7................. Bruce Tulloh (Great Britain) 8.................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 9...............Leonid Ivanov (Soviet Union) 10..................... Michel Bernard (France) 1964 1......................................Bob Schul (US) 2.......................... Ron Clarke (Australia) 3..........Harald Norpoth (West Germany) 4.............................Michel Jazy (France) 5......................Bill Baillie (New Zealand) 6..................................Bill Dellinger (US) 7................................. Kip Keino (Kenya) 8................... Mike Wiggs (Great Britain) 9.......... Pyotr Bolotnikov (Soviet Union) 10................ Gaston Roelants (Belgium) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s 5000 1965 1.............................Michel Jazy (France) 2................................. Kip Keino (Kenya) 3.......................... Ron Clarke (Australia) 4................... Mike Wiggs (Great Britain) 5.......................................Billy Mills (US) 6.....Siegfried Hermann (East Germany) 7.................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 8..........Harald Norpoth (West Germany) 9............ Mohamed Gammoudi (Tunisia) 10............................Gerry Lindgren (US) 1966 1................................. Kip Keino (Kenya) 2.......................... Ron Clarke (Australia) 3.............................Michel Jazy (France) 4..........Harald Norpoth (West Germany) 5............ Mohamed Gammoudi (Tunisia) 6....................... Keisuke Sawaki (Japan) 7..............................Gerry Lindgren (US) 8................................... Tracy Smith (US) 9....................... Lajos Mecser (Hungary) 10............Allan Rushmer (Great Britain) 1967 1.......................... Ron Clarke (Australia) 2................................. Kip Keino (Kenya) 3..........Harald Norpoth (West Germany) 4....................... Lajos Mecser (Hungary) 5.............. Ian McCafferty (Great Britain) 6..............Allan Rushmer (Great Britain) 7.........................Mamo Wolde (Ethiopia) 8....... Gennadiy Khlistov (Soviet Union) 9..............................Gerry Lindgren (US) 10...........................Naftali Temu (Kenya) 1968 1.......................... Ron Clarke (Australia) 2............ Mohamed Gammoudi (Tunisia) 3................................. Kip Keino (Kenya) 4..........................Jean Wadoux (France) 5....................... Lajos Mecser (Hungary) 6.............................Naftali Temu (Kenya) 7.........................Juan Martinez (Mexico) 8....................... Keisuke Sawaki (Japan) 9..............................Gerry Lindgren (US) 10....................Ahmed Zammel (Tunisia) 1969 1.......................... Ron Clarke (Australia) 2....................Dick Taylor (Great Britain) 3....................Ian Stewart (Great Britain) 4 Rashid Sharafyetdinov (Soviet Union) 5................Jürgen May (West Germany) 6.................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 7.......... Bernd Diessner (East Germany) 8..........Harald Norpoth (West Germany) 9............ Mohamed Gammoudi (Tunisia) 10................................. Tracy Smith (US) 1970 1....................Ian Stewart (Great Britain) 2..........Harald Norpoth (West Germany) 3.............. Ian McCafferty (Great Britain) 4................................. Kip Keino (Kenya) 5....................Dick Taylor (Great Britain) 6......................Kerry O’Brien (Australia) 7..........................Jean Wadoux (France) 8.......................... Ron Clarke (Australia) 9...........Gert Eisenberg (East Germany) 10............Allan Rushmer (Great Britain) 1971 1......................Juha Väätäinen (Finland) 2..........................Jean Wadoux (France) 3................Dave Bedford (Great Britain) 4................................. Kip Keino (Kenya) 5.......................Tony Benson (Australia) 6..........Harald Norpoth (West Germany) 7..................... Dane Korica (Yugoslavia) 8...........................Javier Alvarez (Spain) 9..................Emiel Puttemans (Belgium) 10....................... Steve Prefontaine (US) 1972 1............................Lasse Viren (Finland) 2............ Mohamed Gammoudi (Tunisia) 3....................Ian Stewart (Great Britain) 4......................... Steve Prefontaine (US) 5..................Emiel Puttemans (Belgium) 6..........Harald Norpoth (West Germany) 7................Dave Bedford (Great Britain) 8.............. Ian McCafferty (Great Britain) 9....................Dave Black (Great Britain) 10..................... Gianni Del Buono (Italy) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s 5000 1973 1..................Emiel Puttemans (Belgium) 2..................... Dick Quax (New Zealand) 3.............Brendan Foster (Great Britain) 4..........Harald Norpoth (West Germany) 5......................... Steve Prefontaine (US) 6...............................Ben Jipcho (Kenya) 7. Manfred Kuschmann (East Germany) 8................................ Paul Mose (Kenya) 9....................Dave Black (Great Britain) 10................. Pekka Päivärinta (Finland) 1974 1...............................Ben Jipcho (Kenya) 2.............Brendan Foster (Great Britain) 3. Manfred Kuschmann (East Germany) 4..................................Dick Buerkle (US) 5............................Lasse Viren (Finland) 6......................... Steve Prefontaine (US) 7......................... Jos Hermens (Holland) 8....................Dave Black (Great Britain) 9.......................Knut Kvalheim (Norway) 10..................................... Paul Geis (US) 1975 1.....................Rod Dixon (New Zealand) 2..................Emiel Puttemans (Belgium) 3.................................Marty Liquori (US) 4.............Brendan Foster (Great Britain) 5....................Ian Stewart (Great Britain) 6......................Enn Sellik (Soviet Union) 7......................... Jos Hermens (Holland) 8..........................Miruts Yifter (Ethiopia) 9......................... Steve Prefontaine (US) 10.............................. Frank Shorter (US) 1976 1............................Lasse Viren (Finland) 2..................... Dick Quax (New Zealand) 3..Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand (West Germany) 4.....................Rod Dixon (New Zealand) 5.............Brendan Foster (Great Britain) 6....................... Carlos Lopes (Portugal) 7..................... Willy Polleunis (Belgium) 8.......................Knut Kvalheim (Norway) 9............................. John Ngeno (Kenya) 10..................Ian Stewart (Great Britain) 1977 1.................................Marty Liquori (US) 2..................... Dick Quax (New Zealand) 3..........................Miruts Yifter (Ethiopia) 4......................Nick Rose (Great Britain) 5............ Karl Fleschen (West Germany) 6................... Samson Kimobwa (Kenya) 7................. Dave Fitzsimons (Australia) 8. Manfred Kuschmann (East Germany) 9..............Suleiman Nyambui (Tanzania) 10........................Filbert Bayi (Tanzania) 1978 1..............................Henry Rono (Kenya) 2.................................Marty Liquori (US) 3................. Markus Ryffel (Switzerland) 4............................ Venanzio Ortis (Italy) 5....Aleksandr Fyedotkin (Soviet Union) 6........................... Ilie Floroiu (Romania) 7.....................Rod Dixon (New Zealand) 8...........................Mike Musyoki (Kenya) 9............................John Treacy (Ireland) 10........................ Martti Vainio (Finland) 1979 1..........................Miruts Yifter (Ethiopia) 2...........Valeriy Abramov (Soviet Union) 3Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany) 4..............Suleiman Nyambui (Tanzania) 5....Aleksandr Fyedotkin (Soviet Union) 6.....................Rod Dixon (New Zealand) 7..............................Henry Rono (Kenya) 8................. Markus Ryffel (Switzerland) 9.................Mike McLeod (Great Britain) 10............. Sydney Maree (South Africa) 1980 1..........................Miruts Yifter (Ethiopia) 2Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany) 3..............Suleiman Nyambui (Tanzania) 4................... Kaarlo Maaninka (Finland) 5....................Eamonn Coghlan (Ireland) 6............................John Treacy (Ireland) 7................. Markus Ryffel (Switzerland) 8....Aleksandr Fyedotkin (Soviet Union) 9........................Wilson Waigwa (Kenya) 10.................. Dietmar Millonig (Austria) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s 5000 1981 1....................Eamonn Coghlan (Ireland) 2..............................Henry Rono (Kenya) 3......... Hansjörg Kunze (East Germany) 4............................. Bill McChesney (US) 5.............Dave Moorcroft (Great Britain) 6...........Valeriy Abramov (Soviet Union) 7...............Fernando Mamede (Portugal) 8.. Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany) 9...................Barry Smith (Great Britain) 10.............. Julian Goater (Great Britain) 1982 1.............Dave Moorcroft (Great Britain) 2.. Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany) 3...Werner Schildhauer (East Germany) 4......... Hansjörg Kunze (East Germany) 5...............Fernando Mamede (Portugal) 6..............................Henry Rono (Kenya) 7.............................Peter Koech (Kenya) 8............................. Alberto Salazar (US) 9.................... Dietmar Millonig (Austria) 10.......................Wodajo Bulti (Ethiopia) 1983 1...............Fernando Mamede (Portugal) 2....................Eamonn Coghlan (Ireland) 3......... Dmitriy Dmitriyev (Soviet Union) 4.......................... Martti Vainio (Finland) 5..................................Doug Padilla (US) 6..................... Antonio Leitão (Portugal) 7.. Thomas Wessinghage (West Germany) 8...Werner Schildhauer (East Germany) 9................. Markus Ryffel (Switzerland) 10.................. Dietmar Millonig (Austria) 1984 1.......................... Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 2...............Fernando Mamede (Portugal) 3................. Markus Ryffel (Switzerland) 4..................... Antonio Leitão (Portugal) 5.............. Tim Hutchings (Great Britain) 6......................... Paul Kipkoech (Kenya) 7................... Charles Cheruiyot (Kenya) 8.......................... Martti Vainio (Finland) 9..................................Doug Padilla (US) 10...................Evgeni Ignatov (Bulgaria) 1985 1.......................... Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 2..................................Doug Padilla (US) 3................................Sydney Maree (US) 4............................... Alberto Cova (Italy) 5................Vincent Rousseau (Belgium) 6................................. Stefano Mei (Italy) 7.................... Dietmar Millonig (Austria) 8.........................Nat Muir (Great Britain) 9..................... Antonio Leitão (Portugal) 10............................Bruce Bickford (US) 1986 1.......................... Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 2................................. Stefano Mei (Italy) 3................Jack Buckner (Great Britain) 4.............. Tim Hutchings (Great Britain) 5..................... Antonio Leitão (Portugal) 6.................. Pierre Délèze (Switzerland) 7............................... Alberto Cova (Italy) 8................Vincent Rousseau (Belgium) 9......................... Paul Kipkoech (Kenya) 10..............................Sydney Maree (US) 1987 1.......................... Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 2................Jack Buckner (Great Britain) 3................ Domingos Castro (Portugal) 4........................Arturo Barrios (Mexico) 5.................. Pierre Délèze (Switzerland) 6.....................Evgeni Ignatov (Bulgaria) 7..................José Luis González (Spain) 8....................Dionisio Castro (Portugal) 9................................Sydney Maree (US) 10..............Vincent Rousseau (Belgium) 1988 1.............................. John Ngugi (Kenya) 2.........................José Regalo (Portugal) 3........ Dieter Baumann (West Germany) 4......... Hansjörg Kunze (East Germany) 5................ Domingos Castro (Portugal) 6................................Sydney Maree (US) 7..........................John Doherty (Ireland) 8......................Pascal Thiébaut (France) 9........................Arturo Barrios (Mexico) 10........... Eamonn Martin (Great Britain) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s 5000 1989 1.......................... Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 2........................Arturo Barrios (Mexico) 3................... Brahim Boutaïb (Morocco) 4......................... Yobes Ondieki (Kenya) 5................................Sydney Maree (US) 6.............................. John Ngugi (Kenya) 7................ Domingos Castro (Portugal) 8.........................Salvatore Antibo (Italy) 9..........................John Doherty (Ireland) 10..................Dionisio Castro (Portugal) 1990 1.........................Salvatore Antibo (Italy) 2......................... Khalid Skah (Morocco) 3........................Arturo Barrios (Mexico) 4......................... Yobes Ondieki (Kenya) 5.............................. John Ngugi (Kenya) 6............. Hammou Boutayeb (Morocco) 7................... Brahim Boutaïb (Morocco) 8............. Mohamed Issangar (Morocco) 9.................Gary Staines (Great Britain) 10..................Dionisio Castro (Portugal) 1991 1......................... Yobes Ondieki (Kenya) 2..........................Fita Bayissa (Ethiopia) 3.........................Salvatore Antibo (Italy) 4................... Brahim Boutaïb (Morocco) 5......................... Khalid Skah (Morocco) 6......................Ibrahim Kinuthia (Kenya) 7..................... Richard Chelimo (Kenya) 8...........................Julius Korir II (Kenya) 9............ Mathias Ntawulikura (Rwanda) 10.............Mikhail Dasko (Soviet Union) 1992 1..................Dieter Baumann (Germany) 2................................ Paul Bitok (Kenya) 3......................... Yobes Ondieki (Kenya) 4....................... Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) 5......................... Khalid Skah (Morocco) 6..........................Fita Bayissa (Ethiopia) 7................... Brahim Boutaïb (Morocco) 8..................... Richard Chelimo (Kenya) 9........................Arturo Barrios (Mexico) 10.......... Mathias Ntawulikura (Rwanda) 1993 1............................. Ismael Kirui (Kenya) 2......................... Khalid Skah (Morocco) 3...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 4......................... Yobes Ondieki (Kenya) 5..........................Fita Bayissa (Ethiopia) 6..................... Richard Chelimo (Kenya) 7.........................Worku Bikila (Ethiopia) 8................................ Paul Bitok (Kenya) 9............................William Sigei (Kenya) 10................ Brahim Jabbour (Morocco) 1994 1............... Noureddine Morceli (Algeria) 2......................... Khalid Skah (Morocco) 3.....................Brahim Lahlafi (Morocco) 4.................................Bob Kennedy (US) 5...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 6..................Dieter Baumann (Germany) 7....................Khalid Boulami (Morocco) 8....................... Salah Hissou (Morocco) 9.........................Worku Bikila (Ethiopia) 10..................... Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) 1995 1...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 2....................... Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) 3............................. Ismael Kirui (Kenya) 4....................Khalid Boulami (Morocco) 5..........................Smail Sghir (Morocco) 6..................Dieter Baumann (Germany) 7.......................... Shem Kororia (Kenya) 8..........................Daniel Komen (Kenya) 9.........................Worku Bikila (Ethiopia) 10..................... Salah Hissou (Morocco) 1996 1..........................Daniel Komen (Kenya) 2....................... Salah Hissou (Morocco) 3..............Vénuste Niyongabo (Burundi) 4....................Khalid Boulami (Morocco) 5...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 6.................................Bob Kennedy (US) 7.............................. Paul Koech (Kenya) 8..............................Tom Nyariki (Kenya) 9................................ Paul Bitok (Kenya) 10.............................Paul Tergat (Kenya) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s 5000 1997 1...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 2..........................Daniel Komen (Kenya) 3....................Khalid Boulami (Morocco) 4..............................Tom Nyariki (Kenya) 5.............................. Paul Koech (Kenya) 6..........................Smail Sghir (Morocco) 7....................... Salah Hissou (Morocco) 8..................Dieter Baumann (Germany) 9...............................Paul Tergat (Kenya) 10...........Mohammed Mourhit (Belgium) 1998 1...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 2....................... Luke Kipkosgei (Kenya) 3..........................Daniel Komen (Kenya) 4...................Assefa Mezgebu (Ethiopia) 5..............................Tom Nyariki (Kenya) 6...............................Paul Tergat (Kenya) 7.....................Brahim Lahlafi (Morocco) 8....................... Salah Hissou (Morocco) 9....................Khalid Boulami (Morocco) 10..................... Million Wolde (Ethiopia) 1999 1...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 2....................... Salah Hissou (Morocco) 3........................ Benjamin Limo (Kenya) 4..........................Daniel Komen (Kenya) 5......................Sammy Kipketer (Kenya) 6.............Mohammed Mourhit (Belgium) 7.....................Brahim Lahlafi (Morocco) 8...............................Paul Tergat (Kenya) 9...........................Richard Limo (Kenya) 10..................... Luke Kipkosgei (Kenya) 2000 1...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 2......................Sammy Kipketer (Kenya) 3.....................Brahim Lahlafi (Morocco) 4...............................Paul Tergat (Kenya) 5.............Mohammed Mourhit (Belgium) 6...........................Ali Saïdi Sief (Algeria) 7....................... Million Wolde (Ethiopia) 8...........................Richard Limo (Kenya) 9........................ Benjamin Limo (Kenya) 10........................Daniel Komen (Kenya) 2001 1...........................Richard Limo (Kenya) 2................................ Paul Bitok (Kenya) 3......................... John Kibowen (Kenya) 4....................... Million Wolde (Ethiopia) 5......................Sammy Kipketer (Kenya) 6................... Hailu Mekonnen (Ethiopia) 7........................ Benjamin Limo (Kenya) 8....................... Luke Kipkosgei (Kenya) 9................................. Mark Bett (Kenya) 10.....................Abiyote Abate (Ethiopia) 2002 1........................ Benjamin Limo (Kenya) 2......................Sammy Kipketer (Kenya) 3...........................Richard Limo (Kenya) 4...................... Abraham Chebii (Kenya) 5....................... Salah Hissou (Morocco) 6......................... John Kibowen (Kenya) 7................................ Paul Bitok (Kenya) 8............ Abderrahim Goumri (Morocco) 9............... Mohammed Amyn (Morocco) 10............................... Mark Bett (Kenya) 2003 1........................Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 2.................. Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 3............ Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 4...................... Abraham Chebii (Kenya) 5...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 6......................... John Kibowen (Kenya) 7......................Sammy Kipketer (Kenya) 8.............................Saïf Shaheen (Qatar) 9............ Gebre Gebremariam (Ethiopia) 10..................... Salah Hissou (Morocco) 2004 1.................. Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 2............ Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco) 3........................Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 4....................... Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) 5............ Gebre Gebremariam (Ethiopia) 6................... Dejene Berhanu (Ethiopia) 7......................... John Kibowen (Kenya) 8.............Musir Salem Jawher (Bahrain) 9..............Mulugeta Wondimu (Ethiopia) 10.............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s 5000 2009 1.................. Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 2............................... Bernard Lagat (US) 3............................James Kwalia (Qatar) 4........................Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 5.........................Imane Merga (Ethiopia) 6..............................Micah Kogo (Kenya) 7.....................Vincent Chepkok (Kenya) 8.................................Edwin Soi (Kenya) 9....................... Moses Kipsiro (Uganda) 10..........................Ali Abdosh (Ethiopia) 2010 1.........................Imane Merga (Ethiopia) 2....................... Tariku Bekele (Ethiopia) 3.....................Vincent Chepkok (Kenya) 4....................... Moses Kipsiro (Uganda) 5........................Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 6............................... Bernard Lagat (US) 7........... Dejene Gebremeskel (Ethiopia) 8...............................Chris Solinsky (US) 9.................................Edwin Soi (Kenya) 10........................... Mark Kiptoo (Kenya) 2011 1.......................Mo Farah (Great Britain) 2............................... Bernard Lagat (US) 3.........................Imane Merga (Ethiopia) 4..............................Isiah Koech (Kenya) 5.....................Vincent Chepkok (Kenya) 6............. Dejen Gebremeskel (Ethiopia) 7.................Thomas Longosiwa (Kenya) 8........................Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 9....................... Tariku Bekele (Ethiopia) 10....................... Jacob Chesari (Kenya) 2012 1.......................Mo Farah (Great Britain) 2............. Dejen Gebremeskel (Ethiopia) 3..............................Isiah Koech (Kenya) 4.................Thomas Longosiwa (Kenya) 5............................... Bernard Lagat (US) 6................. Hagos Gebrhiwet (Ethiopia) 7................................... Galen Rupp (US) 8........................ John Kipkoech (Kenya) 9....................... Tariku Bekele (Ethiopia) 10...............Abdelaati Iguider (Morocco) 2005 1.................. Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 2........................ Benjamin Limo (Kenya) 3....................... Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) 4..................... Craig Mottram (Australia) 5........................Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 6...........................Isaac Songok (Kenya) 7............ Gebre Gebremariam (Ethiopia) 8.................... Augustine Choge (Kenya) 9....................... Tariku Bekele (Ethiopia) 10............................. Bernard Lagat (US) 2006 1.................. Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 2...........................Isaac Songok (Kenya) 3.............................Saïf Shaheen (Qatar) 4.................................Edwin Soi (Kenya) 5....................... Tariku Bekele (Ethiopia) 6................Abreham Cherkos (Ethiopia) 7........................Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 8..............................Micah Kogo (Kenya) 9............................... Bernard Lagat (US) 10.................. Augustine Choge (Kenya) 2007 1....................... Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) 2........................Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 3.................................Edwin Soi (Kenya) 4............................... Bernard Lagat (US) 5....................... Moses Kipsiro (Uganda) 6....................... Tariku Bekele (Ethiopia) 7..............................Micah Kogo (Kenya) 8.................. Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 9..........................Joseph Ebuya (Kenya) 10..........................Matt Tegenkamp (US) 2008 1.................. Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 2........................Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 3.................................Edwin Soi (Kenya) 4....................... Moses Kipsiro (Uganda) 5............................Moses Masai (Kenya) 6....................... Tariku Bekele (Ethiopia) 7....................... Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) 8................Abreham Cherkos (Ethiopia) 9..............................Micah Kogo (Kenya) 10..........................James Kwalia (Qatar) © Track & Field News 2018 — 10 — World Rankings — Men’s 5000 2013 1...................... Mo Farah (Great Britain) 2.................. Yenew Alamirew (Ethiopia) 3................ Hagos Gebrhiwet (Ethiopia) 4................................ Edwin Soi (Kenya) 5............................. Isiah Koech (Kenya) 6................ Thomas Longosiwa (Kenya) 7.............................. Bernard Lagat (US) 8.................................. Galen Rupp (US) 9............................ Albert Rop (Bahrain) 10...................... Muktar Edris (Ethiopia) 2014 1............................. Caleb Ndiku (Kenya) 2...................Yenew Alamirew (Ethiopia) 3.........................Muktar Edris (Ethiopia) 4................................... Galen Rupp (US) 5.................Thomas Longosiwa (Kenya) 6.................................Edwin Soi (Kenya) 7.................... Augustine Choge (Kenya) 8................................Paul Tanui (Kenya) 9............................. Lawi Lalang (Kenya) 10............................Isiah Koech (Kenya) 2015 1.......................Mo Farah (Great Britain) 2.....................Yomif Kejelcha (Ethiopia) 3................. Hagos Gebrhiwet (Ethiopia) 4.................Thomas Longosiwa (Kenya) 5............................. Caleb Ndiku (Kenya) 6........................................ Ben True (US) 7................................Paul Tanui (Kenya) 8.................Abdelaati Iguider (Morocco) 9.................................Edwin Soi (Kenya) 10................................. Galen Rupp (US) 2016 1.......................Mo Farah (Great Britain) 2................. Hagos Gebrhiwet (Ethiopia) 3.................................Paul Chelimo (US) 4.........................Muktar Edris (Ethiopia) 5.....................Yomif Kejelcha (Ethiopia) 6..............................Mo Ahmed (Canada) 7............................... Bernard Lagat (US) 8.............................Albert Rop (Bahrain) 9.................Abdelaati Iguider (Morocco) 10...............Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) 2017 1.........................Muktar Edris (Ethiopia) 2.......................Mo Farah (Great Britain) 3.....................Yomif Kejelcha (Ethiopia) 4.................................Paul Chelimo (US) 5...................Selemon Barega (Ethiopia) 6..............................Mo Ahmed (Canada) 7.................Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) 8.................Geoffrey Kamworor (Kenya) 9................................ Aron Kifle (Eritrea) 10........ Andrew Butchart (Great Britain)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s 10,000 1947 1............................. Viljo Heino (Finland) 2......................Valter Nyström (Sweden) 3.................. Bertil Albertsson (Sweden) 4.................... Evert Heinström (Finland) 5.............................Taisto Mäki (Finland) 6........................Thore Tillman (Sweden) 7................ Salomon Könönen (Finland) 8.......................... Helge Perälä (Finland) 9...................... Martin Stokken (Norway) 10.........Fyeodosiy Vanin (Soviet Union) 1948 1............Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 2.................. Bertil Albertsson (Sweden) 3............................. Viljo Heino (Finland) 4................ Salomon Könönen (Finland) 5.................... Evert Heinström (Finland) 6.......................... Helge Perälä (Finland) 7...................... Martin Stokken (Norway) 8................. Gösta Jacobsson (Sweden) 9......................... Alain Mimoun (France) 10.............. Ellmar Johansson (Sweden) © victor sailer/photo run Kenenisa Bekele (l) and Haile Gebrselassie combined for 12 No. 1s between ’95 and ’09 © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s 10,000 1949 1............Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 2............................. Viljo Heino (Finland) 3......................... Alain Mimoun (France) 4...................... Martin Stokken (Norway) 5....................... Väinö Koskela (Finland) 6..................................... Curt Stone (US) 7......................Severt Dennolf (Sweden) 8......................Valter Nyström (Sweden) 9................ Salomon Könönen (Finland) 10......................Erik Wredling (Sweden) 1950 1............Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 2......................... Alain Mimoun (France) 3...........Fyeodosiy Vanin (Soviet Union) 4.............Ivan Semyenov (Soviet Union) 5......Vladimir Kazantsev (Soviet Union) 6................Nikifor Popov (Soviet Union) 7....................... Väinö Koskela (Finland) 8..................Frank Aaron (Great Britain) 9...................... Martin Stokken (Norway) 10....... Herbert Schade (West Germany) 1951 1............Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 2......... Herbert Schade (West Germany) 3.................. Bertil Albertsson (Sweden) 4...................... Martin Stokken (Norway) 5......................... Alain Mimoun (France) 6....................... Väinö Koskela (Finland) 7......................Valter Nyström (Sweden) 8......................Bertil Karlsson (Sweden) 9......................... Gaston Reiff (Belgium) 10....Vladimir Kazantsev (Soviet Union) 1952 1............Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 2......................... Alain Mimoun (France) 3.... Aleksandr Anufriyev (Soviet Union) 4......................Valter Nyström (Sweden) 5......... Herbert Schade (West Germany) 6..................... Oistein Saksvik (Norway) 7...........................Hannu Posti (Finland) 8................. Gordon Pirie (Great Britain) 9....................Fred Norris (Great Britain) 10............... Frank Sando (Great Britain) 1953 1............Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 2................. Gordon Pirie (Great Britain) 3..................... József Kovács (Hungary) 4................Vladimir Kuts (Soviet Union) 5.... Aleksandr Anufriyev (Soviet Union) 6...........................Hannu Posti (Finland) 7......................... Alain Mimoun (France) 8................. Frank Sando (Great Britain) 9..................Franjo Mihalić (Yugoslavia) 10....................... Béla Juhász (Hungary) 1954 1............Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 2..................... József Kovács (Hungary) 3................Vladimir Kuts (Soviet Union) 4................. Frank Sando (Great Britain) 5......... Herbert Schade (West Germany) 6..................Franjo Mihalić (Yugoslavia) 7...................Peter Driver (Great Britain) 8.....................Ken Norris (Great Britain) 9..................... Oistein Saksvik (Norway) 10.. Aleksandr Anufriyev (Soviet Union) 1955 1................Vladimir Kuts (Soviet Union) 2..................... József Kovács (Hungary) 3................. Gordon Pirie (Great Britain) 4............Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 5.....................Ken Norris (Great Britain) 6....... Ivan Chernyavskiy (Soviet Union) 7........................ Jerzy Chromik (Poland) 8....................... Miklós Szabó (Hungary) 9.........................Evert Nyberg (Sweden) 10.. Aleksandr Anufriyev (Soviet Union) 1956 1................Vladimir Kuts (Soviet Union) 2......................Sándor Iharos (Hungary) 3..................... József Kovács (Hungary) 4........................ Al Lawrence (Australia) 5.......... Zdzisaw Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 6........................ Jerzy Chromik (Poland) 7.....................Ken Norris (Great Britain) 8....................Dave Stephens (Australia) 9................. Gordon Pirie (Great Britain) 10............... Frank Sando (Great Britain) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s 10,000 1957 1................Vladimir Kuts (Soviet Union) 2.......... Pyotr Bolotnikov (Soviet Union) 3.............. George Knight (Great Britain) 4........................ Al Lawrence (Australia) 5.............. Nikolay Pudov (Soviet Union) 6............. Yuriy Zakharov (Soviet Union) 7....... Ivan Chernyavskiy (Soviet Union) 8.......... Friedrich Janke (East Germany) 9............Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 10....... Herbert Schade (West Germany) 1958 1......... Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 2.......... Pyotr Bolotnikov (Soviet Union) 3..........Yevgeniy Zhukov (Soviet Union) 4.............. Nikolay Pudov (Soviet Union) 5.................... Stan Eldon (Great Britain) 6...................... Stanislaw Ozóg (Poland) 7............. John Merriman (Great Britain) 8. Aleksey Desyatchikov (Soviet Union) 9..................... József Kovács (Hungary) 10............. Lembit Virkus (Soviet Union) 1959 1.......... Pyotr Bolotnikov (Soviet Union) 2............... Martin Hyman (Great Britain) 3.................... Stan Eldon (Great Britain) 4............. John Merriman (Great Britain) 5...............Mike Bullivant (Great Britain) 6.......... Hans Grodotzki (East Germany) 7............... Lembit Virkus (Soviet Union) 8................. Osvaldo Suarez (Argentina) 9.......... Hubert Parnakivi (Soviet Union) 10................... József Kovács (Hungary) 1960 1.......... Pyotr Bolotnikov (Soviet Union) 2.......... Hans Grodotzki (East Germany) 3.........................Dave Power (Australia) 4. Aleksey Desyatchikov (Soviet Union) 5.............Murray Halberg (New Zealand) 6......................................Max Truex (US) 7......... Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 8............. John Merriman (Great Britain) 9...... Aleksandr Artinyuk (Soviet Union) 10............. Martin Hyman (Great Britain) 1961 1................. Barry Magee (New Zealand) 2.........................Dave Power (Australia) 3............... Martin Hyman (Great Britain) 4.................Basil Heatley (Great Britain) 5.......... Pyotr Bolotnikov (Soviet Union) 6............. John Merriman (Great Britain) 7......................... Robert Bogey (France) 8...............Mike Bullivant (Great Britain) 9............... Boris Yefimov (Soviet Union) 10.................Faiz Khuzin (Soviet Union) 1962 1.......... Pyotr Bolotnikov (Soviet Union) 2.......... Friedrich Janke (East Germany) 3....................Roy Fowler (Great Britain) 4................. Bruce Tulloh (Great Britain) 5............... Martin Hyman (Great Britain) 6......................... Robert Bogey (France) 7.........................Mamo Wolde (Ethiopia) 8.......... Hans Grodotzki (East Germany) 9.........................Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia) 10.............Leonid Ivanov (Soviet Union) 1963 1.......................... Ron Clarke (Australia) 2......................... Ron Hill (Great Britain) 3...............Leonid Ivanov (Soviet Union) 4.................Basil Heatley (Great Britain) 5......................... Robert Bogey (France) 6.............................. Jim Hogan (Ireland) 7......................Bill Baillie (New Zealand) 8.......................Mel Batty (Great Britain) 9..........................József Sütő (Hungary) 10................. Ron Gomez (Great Britain) 1964 1.......................................Billy Mills (US) 2............ Mohamed Gammoudi (Tunisia) 3.......................... Ron Clarke (Australia) 4.........................Mamo Wolde (Ethiopia) 5...............Leonid Ivanov (Soviet Union) 6.............Murray Halberg (New Zealand) 7...............Nikolay Dutov (Soviet Union) 8......................... Ron Hill (Great Britain) 9.................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 10.................Kokichi Tsuburaya (Japan) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s 10,000 1965 1.......................... Ron Clarke (Australia) 2.................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 3.......................................Billy Mills (US) 4...............Nikolay Dutov (Soviet Union) 5...............Leonid Ivanov (Soviet Union) 6..............................Gerry Lindgren (US) 7............... Lutz Philipp (West Germany) 8....................... Lajos Mecser (Hungary) 9............ Mohamed Gammoudi (Tunisia) 10................. Mike Freary (Great Britain) 1966 1.............................Naftali Temu (Kenya) 2.......................... Ron Clarke (Australia) 3............. Jürgen Haase (East Germany) 4....................... Lajos Mecser (Hungary) 5........Leonid Mikityenko (Soviet Union) 6.................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 7............ Mohamed Gammoudi (Tunisia) 8..... Manfred Letzerich (West Germany) 9................. Bruce Tulloh (Great Britain) 10............Allan Rushmer (Great Britain) 1967 1.............................Naftali Temu (Kenya) 2............. Jürgen Haase (East Germany) 3....... Gennadiy Khlistov (Soviet Union) 4........Leonid Mikityenko (Soviet Union) 5.................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 6...........Nikolay Sviridov (Soviet Union) 7....................... Lajos Mecser (Hungary) 8.................................... Van Nelson (US) 9.......................................Tom Laris (US) 10............................Gerry Lindgren (US) 1968 1.......................... Ron Clarke (Australia) 2.............................Naftali Temu (Kenya) 3.........................Mamo Wolde (Ethiopia) 4............ Mohamed Gammoudi (Tunisia) 5...........Nikolay Sviridov (Soviet Union) 6............. Jürgen Haase (East Germany) 7................................. Kip Keino (Kenya) 8................Tim Johnston (Great Britain) 9......................... Ron Hill (Great Britain) 10.......................Juan Martínez (Mexico) 1969 1.......................... Ron Clarke (Australia) 2............. Jürgen Haase (East Germany) 3....................Dick Taylor (Great Britain) 4......................Mike Tagg (Great Britain) 5...........Nikolay Sviridov (Soviet Union) 6......................... Ron Hill (Great Britain) 7.................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 8................... Mike Freary (Great Britain) 9.......Vyacheslav Alanov (Soviet Union) 10............................. Jack Bacheler (US) 1970 1................Dave Bedford (Great Britain) 2................................ Frank Shorter (US) 3..............Lachie Stewart (Great Britain) 4.......................... Ron Clarke (Australia) 5....................Dick Taylor (Great Britain) 6............. Jürgen Haase (East Germany) 7........... Roger Matthews (Great Britain) 8...........Gert Eisenberg (East Germany) 9............... Lutz Philipp (West Germany) 10................ Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 1971 1......................Juha Väätäinen (Finland) 2............. Jürgen Haase (East Germany) 3.... Rashid Sharafyetdinov (Soviet Union) 4..................... Dane Korica (Yugoslavia) 5................Dave Bedford (Great Britain) 6...........................Javier Alvarez (Spain) 7..................Emiel Puttemans (Belgium) 8............................Mariano Haro (Spain) 9......................Mike Tagg (Great Britain) 10................. Seppo Tuominen (Finland) 1972 1............................Lasse Viren (Finland) 2..................Emiel Puttemans (Belgium) 3..........................Miruts Yifter (Ethiopia) 4............................Mariano Haro (Spain) 5................................ Frank Shorter (US) 6................Dave Bedford (Great Britain) 7............ Mohamed Gammoudi (Tunisia) 8.... Rashid Sharafyetdinov (Soviet Union) 9..................... Dane Korica (Yugoslavia) 10............ Abdelkader Zaddem (Tunisia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s 10,000 1973 1...........Nikolay Sviridov (Soviet Union) 2................Dave Bedford (Great Britain) 3..........................Miruts Yifter (Ethiopia) 4.......................... Richard Juma (Kenya) 5................................ Paul Mose (Kenya) 6........Detlef Uhlemann (West Germany) 7............................Lasse Viren (Finland) 8............ Pavel Andreyev (Soviet Union) 9....................Dave Black (Great Britain) 10............Tony Simmons (Great Britain) 1974 1....................Dick Tayler (New Zealand) 2. Manfred Kuschmann (East Germany) 3............................. John Ngeno (Kenya) 4.......................... Richard Juma (Kenya) 5................................ Frank Shorter (US) 6................Dave Bedford (Great Britain) 7..............Tony Simmons (Great Britain) 8....................Dave Black (Great Britain) 9............................Lasse Viren (Finland) 10....................... Steve Prefontaine (US) 1975 1.............Brendan Foster (Great Britain) 2................................ Frank Shorter (US) 3......................... Jos Hermens (Holland) 4....................Dave Black (Great Britain) 5..................Emiel Puttemans (Belgium) 6..........................Miruts Yifter (Ethiopia) 7............................ Marc Smet (Belgium) 8..............Tony Simmons (Great Britain) 9................... Pekka Päivärinta (Finland) 10.................Bernie Ford (Great Britain) 1976 1............................Lasse Viren (Finland) 2....................... Carlos Lopes (Portugal) 3.............Brendan Foster (Great Britain) 4..............Tony Simmons (Great Britain) 5..................... Dick Quax (New Zealand) 6........................... Ilie Floroiu (Romania) 7............................Mariano Haro (Spain) 8............................ Marc Smet (Belgium) 9...................Bernie Ford (Great Britain) 10................. Jean-Paul Gomez (France) 1977 1.............Brendan Foster (Great Britain) 2................... Samson Kimobwa (Kenya) 3..........................Miruts Yifter (Ethiopia) 4...................Jörg Peter (East Germany) 5......................... Jos Hermens (Holland) 6..................... Gerard Tebroke (Holland) 7....................Ian Stewart (Great Britain) 8..............................Henry Rono (Kenya) 9........Detlef Uhlemann (West Germany) 10.........................Mike Musyoki (Kenya) 1978 1..............................Henry Rono (Kenya) 2.......................... Martti Vainio (Finland) 3.............Brendan Foster (Great Britain) 4............................ Venanzio Ortis (Italy) 5..................... Gerard Tebroke (Holland) 6........................... Ilie Floroiu (Romania) 7....... Aleksandr Antipov (Soviet Union) 8....................Dave Black (Great Britain) 9......................Enn Sellik (Soviet Union) 10.....................Knut Kvalheim (Norway) 1979 1..........................Miruts Yifter (Ethiopia) 2................................... Craig Virgin (US) 3.................Mike McLeod (Great Britain) 4.............Brendan Foster (Great Britain) 5.........................Leon Schots (Belgium) 6....... Aleksandr Antipov (Soviet Union) 7....Aleksandr Fyedotkin (Soviet Union) 8............ Karl Fleschen (West Germany) 9...Matthews Motshwarateu (South Africa) 10.Frank Zimmermann (West Germany) 1980 1..........................Miruts Yifter (Ethiopia) 2................................... Craig Virgin (US) 3..............................Henry Rono (Kenya) 4........................ Toshihiko Seko (Japan) 5................... Kaarlo Maaninka (Finland) 6....................Mohamed Kedir (Ethiopia) 7........................ Tolossa Kotu (Ethiopia) 8............................Lasse Viren (Finland) 9....... Aleksandr Antipov (Soviet Union) 10.................Jörg Peter (East Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s 10,000 1981 1...Werner Schildhauer (East Germany) 2...................Geoff Smith (Great Britain) 3....................Mohamed Kedir (Ethiopia) 4.......................... Martti Vainio (Finland) 5..............Suleiman Nyambui (Tanzania) 6............................. Alberto Salazar (US) 7...............Fernando Mamede (Portugal) 8............................ Venanzio Ortis (Italy) 9............................. Bill McChesney (US) 10............................Henry Rono (Kenya) 1982 1...............Fernando Mamede (Portugal) 2............................. Alberto Salazar (US) 3...Werner Schildhauer (East Germany) 4............................... Alberto Cova (Italy) 5....................... Carlos Lopes (Portugal) 6..............................Henry Rono (Kenya) 7.......................... Martti Vainio (Finland) 8................ Julian Goater (Great Britain) 9............. Gidamis Shahanga (Tanzania) 10...............Alex Hagelsteens (Belgium) 1983 1...Werner Schildhauer (East Germany) 2............................... Alberto Cova (Italy) 3......... Hansjörg Kunze (East Germany) 4....................... Carlos Lopes (Portugal) 5...............Fernando Mamede (Portugal) 6............. Gidamis Shahanga (Tanzania) 7.......................... Martti Vainio (Finland) 8......................Nick Rose (Great Britain) 9..................Steve Jones (Great Britain) 10........................ Antonio Prieto (Spain) 1984 1............................... Alberto Cova (Italy) 2...............Fernando Mamede (Portugal) 3....................... Carlos Lopes (Portugal) 4.......................... Martti Vainio (Finland) 5...........................Mike Musyoki (Kenya) 6.........................Salvatore Antibo (Italy) 7.................Mike McLeod (Great Britain) 8......................Sosthenes Bitok (Kenya) 9.............................Paul Cummings (US) 10............................Bruce Bickford (US) 1985 1..............................Bruce Bickford (US) 2............................... Alberto Cova (Italy) 3.................................. Mark Nenow (US) 4........................ Toshihiko Seko (Japan) 5...............Fernando Mamede (Portugal) 6......................Francesco Panetta (Italy) 7............................Yutaka Kanai (Japan) 8.................. Hisatoshi Shintaku (Japan) 9.........................Wodajo Bulti (Ethiopia) 10................................Ed Eyestone (US) 1986 1.......................... Saïd Aouita (Morocco) 2.................................. Mark Nenow (US) 3................................. Stefano Mei (Italy) 4............................... Alberto Cova (Italy) 5.........................Salvatore Antibo (Italy) 6.......................... Martti Vainio (Finland) 7................ Domingos Castro (Portugal) 8.......................Jon Solly (Great Britain) 9......... Hansjörg Kunze (East Germany) 10....................... Paul Kipkoech (Kenya) 1987 1......................... Paul Kipkoech (Kenya) 2......................Francesco Panetta (Italy) 3......... Hansjörg Kunze (East Germany) 4........................Arturo Barrios (Mexico) 5.........................Wodajo Bulti (Ethiopia) 6.................................. Mark Nenow (US) 7.......................... Martti Vainio (Finland) 8....................Xolile Yawa (South Africa) 9................Jean-Louis Prianon (France) 10...............Takeyuki Nakayama (Japan) 1988 1................ Brahim Boutayeb (Morocco) 2.........................Salvatore Antibo (Italy) 3....................Kipkemboi Kimeli (Kenya) 4........................Arturo Barrios (Mexico) 5......... Hansjörg Kunze (East Germany) 6............. Eamonn Martin (Great Britain) 7......................Francesco Panetta (Italy) 8................Jean-Louis Prianon (France) 9............................ Moses Tanui (Kenya) 10.............................Paul Arpin (France) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s 10,000 1989 1........................Arturo Barrios (Mexico) 2.........................Salvatore Antibo (Italy) 3.........................Addis Abebe (Ethiopia) 4....................Kipkemboi Kimeli (Kenya) 5......................Francesco Panetta (Italy) 6.............................. John Ngugi (Kenya) 7................ Domingos Castro (Portugal) 8................ Brahim Boutayeb (Morocco) 9............. Hammou Boutayeb (Morocco) 10................................ Mark Nenow (US) 1990 1.........................Salvatore Antibo (Italy) 2............. Hammou Boutayeb (Morocco) 3........................Arturo Barrios (Mexico) 4......................... Khalid Skah (Morocco) 5.............................. John Ngugi (Kenya) 6............................Are Nakkim (Norway) 7.......................... Antonio Prieto (Spain) 8.........................Addis Abebe (Ethiopia) 9................................. Stefano Mei (Italy) 10.......................Thierry Pantel (France) 1991 1............................ Moses Tanui (Kenya) 2..................... Richard Chelimo (Kenya) 3......................... Khalid Skah (Morocco) 4........................ Thomas Osano (Kenya) 5.............................. John Ngugi (Kenya) 6.........................Salvatore Antibo (Italy) 7...........................Julius Korir II (Kenya) 8........................Arturo Barrios (Mexico) 9..........Richard Nerurkar (Great Britain) 10........... Hammou Boutayeb (Morocco) 1992 1......................... Khalid Skah (Morocco) 2..................... Richard Chelimo (Kenya) 3.........................Addis Abebe (Ethiopia) 4..........................Fita Bayissa (Ethiopia) 5........................Arturo Barrios (Mexico) 6...........................Tony Martins (France) 7.........................Salvatore Antibo (Italy) 8.......................... Joseph Keino (Kenya) 9....................Paul Evans (Great Britain) 10....................Francesco Panetta (Italy) 1993 1......................... Yobes Ondieki (Kenya) 2...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 3......................... Khalid Skah (Morocco) 4............................ Moses Tanui (Kenya) 5..................... Richard Chelimo (Kenya) 6............................William Sigei (Kenya) 7............................. Ismael Kirui (Kenya) 8..........................Fita Bayissa (Ethiopia) 9................................Todd Williams (US) 10....................Antonio Silio (Argentina) 1994 1............................William Sigei (Kenya) 2...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 3.................... Aloÿs Nizigama (Burundi) 4........................William Kiptum (Kenya) 5...............................Paul Tergat (Kenya) 6............. Armando Quintanilla (Mexico) 7....................... Salah Hissou (Morocco) 8......................... Khalid Skah (Morocco) 9......................... Ondoro Osoro (Kenya) 10.......... Mathias Ntawulikura (Rwanda) 1995 1...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 2......................... Khalid Skah (Morocco) 3...............................Paul Tergat (Kenya) 4....................... Salah Hissou (Morocco) 5..................Josephat Machuka (Kenya) 6.........................Worku Bikila (Ethiopia) 7............................. Ismael Kirui (Kenya) 8........................ Joseph Kimani (Kenya) 9.......................... Shem Kororia (Kenya) 10..........................William Sigei (Kenya) 1996 1...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 2....................... Salah Hissou (Morocco) 3...............................Paul Tergat (Kenya) 4..................Josephat Machuka (Kenya) 5.............................. Paul Koech (Kenya) 6........................William Kiptum (Kenya) 7.................... Aloÿs Nizigama (Burundi) 8......................... Khalid Skah (Morocco) 9............ Mathias Ntawulikura (Rwanda) 10.............. Stéphane Franke (Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s 10,000 1997 1...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 2...............................Paul Tergat (Kenya) 3.............................. Paul Koech (Kenya) 4....................... Salah Hissou (Morocco) 5...................Assefa Mezgebu (Ethiopia) 6.............Mohammed Mourhit (Belgium) 7..................Dieter Baumann (Germany) 8................ Domingos Castro (Portugal) 9...........................Dominic Kirui (Kenya) 10.............................Elijah Korir (Kenya) 1998 1...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 2...............................Paul Tergat (Kenya) 3.............................. Paul Koech (Kenya) 4............................ Julius Gitahi (Kenya) 5.......................António Pinto (Portugal) 6............................Simon Maina (Kenya) 7........................Fabián Roncero (Spain) 8................................. Mark Bett (Kenya) 9..................Dieter Baumann (Germany) 10.................. Jon Brown (Great Britain) 1999 1...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 2...............................Paul Tergat (Kenya) 3...................Assefa Mezgebu (Ethiopia) 4......................Charles Kamathi (Kenya) 5.............Mohammed Mourhit (Belgium) 6............................Habte Jifar (Ethiopia) 7...........................Girma Tolla (Ethiopia) 8.......................António Pinto (Portugal) 9.......................... David Chelule (Kenya) 10............................ Paul Koech (Kenya) 2000 1...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 2...............................Paul Tergat (Kenya) 3...................Assefa Mezgebu (Ethiopia) 4............................. Patrick Ivuti (Kenya) 5................................John Korir (Kenya) 6................................ Felix Limo (Kenya) 7............................Simon Maina (Kenya) 8.........................Saïd Bérioui (Morocco) 9...........................Girma Tolla (Ethiopia) 10.........................William Kalya (Kenya) 2001 1......................Charles Kamathi (Kenya) 2...................Assefa Mezgebu (Ethiopia) 3...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 4................................. Mark Bett (Kenya) 5..................Robert Kipchumba (Kenya) 6.................Yibeltal Admassu (Ethiopia) 7........................Fabián Roncero (Spain) 8..................................José Rios (Spain) 9............................. Paul Kosgei (Kenya) 10.................... Abraham Chebii (Kenya) 2002 1......................Sammy Kipketer (Kenya) 2...................Assefa Mezgebu (Ethiopia) 3...........................Richard Limo (Kenya) 4.....................Abdullah Hassan (Kenya) 5............................. Paul Kosgei (Kenya) 6..................... Wilberforce Talel (Kenya) 7................................John Korir (Kenya) 8........................... John Yuda (Tanzania) 9...............................Meb Keflezighi (US) 10......................... José Martínez (Spain) 2003 1.................. Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 2...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 3....................... Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) 4.....................Nicholas Kemboi (Kenya) 5...................... Abdullah Hassan (Qatar) 6................................John Korir (Kenya) 7...........................Richard Limo (Kenya) 8..................... Wilberforce Talel (Kenya) 9......................Charles Kamathi (Kenya) 10......................... John Yuda (Tanzania) 2004 1.................. Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 2....................... Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) 3.................... Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) 4...................... Abdullah Hassan (Qatar) 5....................Boniface Kiprop (Uganda) 6...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 7................................John Korir (Kenya) 8............ Gebre Gebremariam (Ethiopia) 9.......................... Moses Mosop (Kenya) 10....................Charles Kamathi (Kenya) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s 10,000 2005 1.................. Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 2....................... Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) 3.......................... Moses Mosop (Kenya) 4....................Boniface Kiprop (Uganda) 5....................... Martin Mathathi (Kenya) 6.....................Abebe Dinkesa (Ethiopia) 7.................... Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) 8...................... Nicholas Kemboi (Qatar) 9............ Abderrahim Goumri (Morocco) 10..................... Sammy Wanjiru (Kenya) 2006 1..............................Micah Kogo (Kenya) 2.................... Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) 3....................Boniface Kiprop (Uganda) 4..................... Ibrahim Jeylan (Ethiopia) 5...................... Josphat Muchiri (Kenya) 6............................Moses Masai (Kenya) 7............ Gebre Gebremariam (Ethiopia) 8.................................Edwin Soi (Kenya) 9.......................... Moses Mosop (Kenya) 10..................... Martin Mathathi (Kenya) 2007 1.................. Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 2....................... Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) 3....................... Martin Mathathi (Kenya) 4.................... Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) 5...................... Josphat Muchiri (Kenya) 6........................Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 7.......................... Moses Mosop (Kenya) 8............................Moses Masai (Kenya) 9............ Gebre Gebremariam (Ethiopia) 10.............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 2008 1.................. Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 2....................... Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) 3............................Moses Masai (Kenya) 4..............................Micah Kogo (Kenya) 5...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 6.................... Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) 7....................... Martin Mathathi (Kenya) 8........................Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 9...................... Abdullah Hassan (Qatar) 10........................... Mark Kiptoo (Kenya) 2009 1.................. Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 2.................... Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) 3............................Moses Masai (Kenya) 4.........................Imane Merga (Ethiopia) 5..................... Bernard Kipyego (Kenya) 6...................... Josphat Muchiri (Kenya) 7...................... Gideon Ngatuny (Kenya) 8....................... Sammy Kitwara (Kenya) 9............................Ali Abdosh (Ethiopia) 10..............................John Thuo (Kenya) 2010 1..........................Wilson Kiprop (Kenya) 2....................... Moses Kipsiro (Uganda) 3...............................Chris Solinsky (US) 4..............................Daniel Salel (Kenya) 5.........................Geoffrey Mutai (Kenya) 6.......................Josephat Menjo (Kenya) 7......................... Joseph Birech (Kenya) 8....................... Mathew Kisorio (Kenya) 9...........................Titus Mbishei (Kenya) 10..............................John Thuo (Kenya) 2011 1..................... Ibrahim Jeylan (Ethiopia) 2.......................Mo Farah (Great Britain) 3.........................Imane Merga (Ethiopia) 4.................... Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) 5....................... Martin Mathathi (Kenya) 6................................Peter Kirui (Kenya) 7.................. Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 8................................... Galen Rupp (US) 9................................Paul Tanui (Kenya) 10.......................... Josphat Bett (Kenya) 2012 1.......................Mo Farah (Great Britain) 2................................... Galen Rupp (US) 3....................... Tariku Bekele (Ethiopia) 4.................. Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 5............................Bidan Karoki (Kenya) 6........................Emmanuel Bett (Kenya) 7............................Moses Masai (Kenya) 8..........................Wilson Kiprop (Kenya) 9.................... Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) 10.......... Gebre Gebremariam (Ethiopia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 10 — World Rankings — Men’s 10,000 2013 1...................... Mo Farah (Great Britain) 2.................... Ibrahim Jeylan (Ethiopia) 3............................... Paul Tanui (Kenya) 4......................... Abera Kuma (Ethiopia) 5.................................. Galen Rupp (US) 6........................ Bedan Muchiri (Kenya) 7................. Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 8........................ Imane Merga (Ethiopia) 9.................. Kenneth Kipkemoi (Kenya) 10.......... Dejen Gebremeskel (Ethiopia) 2014 1................................... Galen Rupp (US) 2................................Paul Tanui (Kenya) 3............................ Josphat Bett (Kenya) 4....................... Moses Kipsiro (Uganda) 5......................... Bedan Muchiri (Kenya) 6.......................Stephen Sambu (Kenya) 7...................... Edward Waweru (Kenya) 8........................ William Sitonik (Kenya) 9............................Cam Levins (Canada) 10.................... Jeremiah Thuku (Kenya) 2015 1.......................Mo Farah (Great Britain) 2.................Geoffrey Kamworor (Kenya) 3................................Paul Tanui (Kenya) 4......................... Bedan Muchiri (Kenya) 5.....................................Galen Rupp (US 6...................................Ali Kaya (Turkey) 7.........................Muktar Edris (Ethiopia) 8...........................Abrar Osman (Eritrea) 9.....................Tebalu Zawude (Ethiopia) 10..........................Cam Levins (Canada) 2016 1.......................Mo Farah (Great Britain) 2................................Paul Tanui (Kenya) 3..........................Tamirat Tola (Ethiopia) 4.................Yigrem Demelash (Ethiopia) 5................................... Galen Rupp (US) 6......................... Bedan Muchiri (Kenya) 7.................... Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) 8.................Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) 9........................ William Sitonik (Kenya) 10........................Abadi Hadis (Ethiopia) 2017 1.......................Mo Farah (Great Britain) 2.................Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) 3................................Paul Tanui (Kenya) 4......................... Bedan Muchiri (Kenya) 5..........................Jemal Yimer (Ethiopia) 6.................Geoffrey Kamworor (Kenya) 7..........................Abadi Hadis (Ethiopia) 8..............................Mo Ahmed (Canada) 9..................Andamlak Belihu (Ethiopia) 10..................Shadrack Kipchirchir (US)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s 110 Hurdles 1947 1.............................Harrison Dillard (US) 2...................................... Bill Porter (US) 3....................Alberto Triulzi (Argentina) 4.......................Håkan Lidman (Sweden) 5................................... Craig Dixon (US) 6.............................Floyd Simmons (US) 7..................................Tom Mitchell (US) 8................................. Dan Yovetich (US) 9.................................Ross Nichols (US) 10...............................Augie Erfurth (US) 1948 1...................................... Bill Porter (US) 2.............................Harrison Dillard (US) 3....................................Clyde Scott (US) 4................................... Craig Dixon (US) 5..................................... Ed Dugger (US) 6....................Alberto Triulzi (Argentina) 7......................................Lloyd Duff (US) 8..................... Peter Gardner (Australia) 9.......................Håkan Lidman (Sweden) 10............................. Edward Taylor (US) 1949 1................................... Craig Dixon (US) 2.............................Harrison Dillard (US) 3.............................. Billy Anderson (US) 4..................... Peter Gardner (Australia) 5................................. Dick Attlesey (US) 6................................... Bill Fleming (US) 7..... Yevgeniy Bulanchik (Soviet Union) 8............................... Edward Taylor (US) 9....................Alberto Triulzi (Argentina) 10...................Don Finlay (Great Britain) 1950 1................................. Dick Attlesey (US) 2................................... Bill Fleming (US) 3..................................... Bill Albans (US) 4..................................Jim Gehrdes (US) 5..................... Peter Gardner (Australia) 6..................... Ray Weinberg (Australia) 7............................ Downing McKee (US) 8....................................Art Barnard (US) 9.................................. Al Lawrence (US) 10.............................. Horace Smith (US) © victor sailer/photo run Aries Merritt had a dream 2012 campaign, earning a No. 1 after an Olympic gold and the World Record © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s 110 Hurdles 1951 1................................. Dick Attlesey (US) 2.....................................Jack Davis (US) 3................................... Craig Dixon (US) 4....................Alberto Triulzi (Argentina) 5.............................Jack DeMedicis (US) 6....................................Art Barnard (US) 7..................... Peter Gardner (Australia) 8..................... Ray Weinberg (Australia) 9.........Estanislao Kocourek (Argentina) 10................... Samuel Anderson (Cuba) 1952 1.............................Harrison Dillard (US) 2.....................................Jack Davis (US) 3.............................. Billy Anderson (US) 4................................... Craig Dixon (US) 5....................................Art Barnard (US) 6..................... Ray Weinberg (Australia) 7..... Yevgeniy Bulanchik (Soviet Union) 8................................. Dick Attlesey (US) 9..................... Peter Gardner (Australia) 10.............................Val Joe Walker (US) 1953 1.....................................Jack Davis (US) 2................................. Joel McNulty (US) 3................................ Milt Campbell (US) 4....................................Art Barnard (US) 5...........................Willard Thomson (US) 6.............................Harrison Dillard (US) 7..................... Ray Weinberg (Australia) 8.................................. Bob Mathias (US) 9................... Ken Doubleday (Australia) 10................................. Gerry Wood (US) 1954 1.....................................Jack Davis (US) 2...........................Willard Thomson (US) 3............................... Willard Wright (US) 4.......................Keith Gardner (Jamaica) 5................... Ken Doubleday (Australia) 6..... Yevgeniy Bulanchik (Soviet Union) 7........................................Ken Toye (US) 8................................... Gerry Wood (US) 9..................................Pat Hindman (US) 10................................Joel Shankle (US) 1955 1................................ Milt Campbell (US) 2.....................................Jack Davis (US) 3...........................Willard Thomson (US) 4..................................Joel Shankle (US) 5................................... Chuck Pratt (US) 6................................... Bill Youkers (US) 7............................... Willard Wright (US) 8.................. John Parker (Great Britain) 9..............................Ion Opris (Romania) 10.......... Boris Stolyarov (Soviet Union) 1956 1.....................................Jack Davis (US) 2.................................. Lee Calhoun (US) 3..................................Joel Shankle (US) 4................................ Milt Campbell (US) 5................................... Chuck Pratt (US) 6...............................Rafer Johnson (US) 7...................................Elias Gilbert (US) 8.............. Martin Lauer (West Germany) 9...........................Willard Thomson (US) 10................................. Lee Loewen (US) 1957 1................................ Milt Campbell (US) 2.................................. Lee Calhoun (US) 3...................................Elias Gilbert (US) 4............................... Willie Stevens (US) 5.............. Martin Lauer (West Germany) 6................................... Chuck Pratt (US) 7..................................Hayes Jones (US) 8............................ Ancel Robinson (US) 9..................Stanko Lorger (Yugoslavia) 10..... Anatoliy Mikhailov (Soviet Union) 1958 1..................................Hayes Jones (US) 2............................ Ancel Robinson (US) 3.............. Martin Lauer (West Germany) 4...................................Elias Gilbert (US) 5.......................Keith Gardner (Jamaica) 6..................Stanko Lorger (Yugoslavia) 7....... Anatoliy Mikhailov (Soviet Union) 8...................................... Willie May (US) 9.............. Jacobus Swart (South Africa) 10................................ Bob Lawson (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s 110 Hurdles 1959 1.............. Martin Lauer (West Germany) 2..................................Hayes Jones (US) 3.................................. Lee Calhoun (US) 4....... Anatoliy Mikhailov (Soviet Union) 5...................................Elias Gilbert (US) 6...................................... Willie May (US) 7..................Stanko Lorger (Yugoslavia) 8............................ Ancel Robinson (US) 9.................................. Chuck Cobb (US) 10..................................Rex Cawley (US) 1960 1.................................. Lee Calhoun (US) 2...................................... Willie May (US) 3..................................Hayes Jones (US) 4.............. Martin Lauer (West Germany) 5....... Anatoliy Mikhailov (Soviet Union) 6.................................. Chuck Cobb (US) 7.................................... Don Styron (US) 8.......................Keith Gardner (Jamaica) 9................................Dave Edstrom (US) 10...Valentin Chistyakov (Soviet Union) 1961 1..................................Hayes Jones (US) 2....... Anatoliy Mikhailov (Soviet Union) 3...........................Fran Washington (US) 4.......................................Jerry Tarr (US) 5................................ Ralph Boston (US) 6.....................................Bob Pierce (US) 7................................ Nereo Svara (Italy) 8.....Valentin Chistyakov (Soviet Union) 9.................................... Ben McRae (US) 10................................Barney Allen (US) 1962 1.......................................Jerry Tarr (US) 2..................................Hayes Jones (US) 3.............................Blaine Lindgren (US) 4....... Anatoliy Mikhailov (Soviet Union) 5...........................Fran Washington (US) 6..................Giovanni Cornacchia (Italy) 7.......................Brian Polkinghorne (US) 8.................................... Don Styron (US) 9.....................................Mel Renfro (US) 10............................... Russ Rogers (US) 1963 1..................................Hayes Jones (US) 2....... Anatoliy Mikhailov (Soviet Union) 3.............................Blaine Lindgren (US) 4...................................... Roy Hicks (US) 5...................................... Willie May (US) 6................................. Russ Rogers (US) 7..........................Marcel Duriez (France) 8....................... Michel Chardel (France) 9..................................... Bob Green (US) 10.............................. Ralph Boston (US) 1964 1..................................Hayes Jones (US) 2.............................Blaine Lindgren (US) 3....... Anatoliy Mikhailov (Soviet Union) 4.................................. Eddy Ottoz (Italy) 5............................Willie Davenport (US) 6................................. Russ Rogers (US) 7.................................... Bobby May (US) 8..........................Marcel Duriez (France) 9....Gurbachen Singh Randhawa (India) 10................Giovanni Cornacchia (Italy) 1965 1............................Willie Davenport (US) 2.................................. Eddy Ottoz (Italy) 3.............................Blaine Lindgren (US) 4....... Anatoliy Mikhailov (Soviet Union) 5.....................................Tsui Lin (China) 6............................... Roger Morgan (US) 7......................Bo Forssander (Sweden) 8..........................Marcel Duriez (France) 9.................................Gerry Cerulla (US) 10....................................Paul Kerry (US) 1966 1............................Willie Davenport (US) 2.........................................Don Shy (US) 3.................................. Eddy Ottoz (Italy) 4............................... Ron Copeland (US) 5............................Earl McCullouch (US) 6..............Hinrich John (West Germany) 7........................ Tommie Lee White (US) 8..........................Marcel Duriez (France) 9.....................................Tsui Lin (China) 10........... Willem Coetzee (South Africa) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s 110 Hurdles 1967 1............................Willie Davenport (US) 2............................Earl McCullouch (US) 3.................................. Eddy Ottoz (Italy) 4........................Richmond Flowers (US) 5............................... Ron Copeland (US) 6..........................................Erv Hall (US) 7...............................Leon Coleman (US) 8...................................Larry Livers (US) 9...............Arnaldo Bristol (Puerto Rico) 10....................Bo Forssander (Sweden) 1968 1............................Willie Davenport (US) 2............................Earl McCullouch (US) 3..........................................Erv Hall (US) 4.................................. Eddy Ottoz (Italy) 5...............................Leon Coleman (US) 6........................Richmond Flowers (US) 7................................Pat Pomphrey (US) 8........................ Tommie Lee White (US) 9.......... Werner Trzmiel (West Germany) 10....................Bo Forssander (Sweden) 1969 1............................Willie Davenport (US) 2...............................Leon Coleman (US) 3..........................................Erv Hall (US) 4.................................. Eddy Ottoz (Italy) 5.......... Günther Nickel (West Germany) 6....................................Gary Power (US) 7........................Richmond Flowers (US) 8................ Dave Hemery (Great Britain) 9.........................................Bill High (US) 10.............................. George Byers (US) 1970 1................................... Thomas Hill (US) 2.............................. Marcus Walker (US) 3................................. Guy Drut (France) 4............................Willie Davenport (US) 5................ Dave Hemery (Great Britain) 6...................................Rod Milburn (US) 7...................................Paul Gibson (US) 8..Lubomír Nádeníček (Czechoslovakia) 9.......... Günther Nickel (West Germany) 10.......... Frank Siebeck (East Germany) © victor sailer/photo run Allen Johnson’s long and glorious career saw him rank 14 times © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s 110 Hurdles 1971 1...................................Rod Milburn (US) 2............ Frank Siebeck (East Germany) 3........................ Tommie Lee White (US) 4................................. Guy Drut (France) 5............................Willie Davenport (US) 6.................................... Ron Draper (US) 7................................... Lance Babb (US) 8..................Alan Pascoe (Great Britain) 9..Lubomír Nádeníček (Czechoslovakia) 10...........................Juan Morales (Cuba) 1972 1...................................Rod Milburn (US) 2................................. Guy Drut (France) 3................................... Thomas Hill (US) 4............................Willie Davenport (US) 5............ Frank Siebeck (East Germany) 6................... Alejandro Casañas (Cuba) 7................. Leszek Wodzyński (Poland) 8... Lubomír Nádeníček (Czechoslovakia) 9........................ Tommie Lee White (US) 10................................Charles Rich (US) 1973 1...................................Rod Milburn (US) 2................................... Thomas Hill (US) 3................................. Guy Drut (France) 4........................ Tommie Lee White (US) 5..............Mirosław Wodzyński (Poland) 6............ Frank Siebeck (East Germany) 7.............................. Charles Foster (US) 8................ Berwyn Price (Great Britain) 9.................................Ricky Stubbs (US) 10..Lubomír Nádeníček (Czechoslovakia) 1974 1.............................. Charles Foster (US) 2................................. Guy Drut (France) 3..............Mirosław Wodzyński (Poland) 4................. Leszek Wodzyński (Poland) 5................... Alejandro Casañas (Cuba) 6................................... Thomas Hill (US) 7..................................Charles Rich (US) 8............................Willie Davenport (US) 9............ Frank Siebeck (East Germany) 10.....................Danny Smith (Bahamas) 1975 1................................. Guy Drut (France) 2.............................. Charles Foster (US) 3.................................. Jerry Wilson (US) 4.........Thomas Munkelt (East Germany) 5................... Alejandro Casañas (Cuba) 6............ Frank Siebeck (East Germany) 7................ Berwyn Price (Great Britain) 8......... Viktor Myasnikov (Soviet Union) 9.......................Fatwell Kimaiyo (Kenya) 10............Miroslaw Wodzyński (Poland) 1976 1................................. Guy Drut (France) 2................... Alejandro Casañas (Cuba) 3............................Willie Davenport (US) 4.............................. Charles Foster (US) 5.........Thomas Munkelt (East Germany) 6................................James Owens (US) 7......... Viktor Myasnikov (Soviet Union) 8..Vyacheslav Kulebyakin (Soviet Union) 9................................. Dedy Cooper (US) 10.......... Frank Siebeck (East Germany) 1977 1.........Thomas Munkelt (East Germany) 2................... Alejandro Casañas (Cuba) 3.............................. Charles Foster (US) 4................................James Owens (US) 5................................Jan Pusty (Poland) 6............................Willie Davenport (US) 7................................... Greg Foster (US) 8............................... Robert Gaines (US) 9.....Eduard Pereverzyev (Soviet Union) 10............................... Dedy Cooper (US) 1978 1....................... Renaldo Nehemiah (US) 2................................... Greg Foster (US) 3.........Thomas Munkelt (East Germany) 4................... Alejandro Casañas (Cuba) 5......... Viktor Myasnikov (Soviet Union) 6.................................. Kerry Bethel (US) 7................................James Owens (US) 8.............................. Charles Foster (US) 9................................. Dedy Cooper (US) 10......................Arto Bryggare (Finland) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s 110 Hurdles 1979 1....................... Renaldo Nehemiah (US) 2................... Alejandro Casañas (Cuba) 3.........Thomas Munkelt (East Germany) 4................................... Greg Foster (US) 5................................. Dedy Cooper (US) 6......Aleksandr Puchkov (Soviet Union) 7.............................. Charles Foster (US) 8........ Andrey Prokofyev (Soviet Union) 9......................................Dan Oliver (US) 10................................. Carl Florant (US) 1980 1....................... Renaldo Nehemiah (US) 2................................... Greg Foster (US) 3.........Thomas Munkelt (East Germany) 4................................. Dedy Cooper (US) 5...................................Rod Milburn (US) 6................... Alejandro Casañas (Cuba) 7............................. Tonie Campbell (US) 8......Aleksandr Puchkov (Soviet Union) 9........ Andrey Prokofyev (Soviet Union) 10.................................... Dan Lavitt (US) 1981 1....................... Renaldo Nehemiah (US) 2................................... Greg Foster (US) 3................................. Dedy Cooper (US) 4....................................Sam Turner (US) 5............................. Tonie Campbell (US) 6................................Larry Cowling (US) 7................... Alejandro Casañas (Cuba) 8...................................Rod Milburn (US) 9............... Július Ivan (Czechoslovakia) 10.......................Javier Moracho (Spain) 1982 1................................... Greg Foster (US) 2................... Alejandro Casañas (Cuba) 3....................................Willie Gault (US) 4...................................Rod Milburn (US) 5....................................Sam Turner (US) 6................................ Milan Stewart (US) 7................................Larry Cowling (US) 8............................. Tonie Campbell (US) 9.........Thomas Munkelt (East Germany) 10...... Andrey Prokofyev (Soviet Union) 1983 1................................... Greg Foster (US) 2........................Arto Bryggare (Finland) 3....................................Sam Turner (US) 4....................................Willie Gault (US) 5............................. Tonie Campbell (US) 6.........Thomas Munkelt (East Germany) 7................................Larry Cowling (US) 8.............................Roger Kingdom (US) 9................... Alejandro Casañas (Cuba) 10.........................Mark McKoy (Canada) 1984 1.............................Roger Kingdom (US) 2................................... Greg Foster (US) 3............................. Tonie Campbell (US) 4...........................Mark McKoy (Canada) 5......................György Bakos (Hungary) 6........................Arto Bryggare (Finland) 7................................ Milan Stewart (US) 8................. Stéphane Caristan (France) 9...................................Cletus Clark (US) 10............................ Henry Andrade (US) 1985 1.............................Roger Kingdom (US) 2................................... Greg Foster (US) 3............................... Andre Phillips (US) 4............................. Tonie Campbell (US) 5...................................Cletus Clark (US) 6...........................Mark McKoy (Canada) 7................. Sergey Usov (Soviet Union) 8.............................. Henry Andrade (US) 9....................................Sam Turner (US) 10....................György Bakos (Hungary) 1986 1................................... Greg Foster (US) 2................. Stéphane Caristan (France) 3...........................Mark McKoy (Canada) 4.............................Roger Kingdom (US) 5....................................Keith Talley (US) 6............................. Tonie Campbell (US) 7................................ Milan Stewart (US) 8...............Colin Jackson (Great Britain) 9........................Arto Bryggare (Finland) 10..................................Jack Pierce (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s 110 Hurdles 1987 1................................... Greg Foster (US) 2............................. Tonie Campbell (US) 3................. Jon Ridgeon (Great Britain) 4.................................. Arthur Blake (US) 5...........................Mark McKoy (Canada) 6...............Colin Jackson (Great Britain) 7....................................Jack Pierce (US) 8................ Igor Kazanov (Soviet Union) 9............................... Rod Woodson (US) 10..................................Keith Talley (US) 1988 1.............................Roger Kingdom (US) 2...............Colin Jackson (Great Britain) 3............................. Tonie Campbell (US) 4...........................Mark McKoy (Canada) 5.........Vladimir Shishkin (Soviet Union) 6.................. Tony Jarrett (Great Britain) 7................. Jon Ridgeon (Great Britain) 8.................................. Arthur Blake (US) 9...................................Cletus Clark (US) 10..................... Renaldo Nehemiah (US) 1989 1.............................Roger Kingdom (US) 2...............Colin Jackson (Great Britain) 3............................. Tonie Campbell (US) 4....................... Renaldo Nehemiah (US) 5....................................Jack Pierce (US) 6................................... Greg Foster (US) 7.................. Tony Jarrett (Great Britain) 8................................Emilio Valle (Cuba) 9........................ Courtney Hawkins (US) 10................................ Arthur Blake (US) 1990 1.............................Roger Kingdom (US) 2................................Anthony Dees (US) 3...............Colin Jackson (Great Britain) 4................................... Greg Foster (US) 5.................. Tony Jarrett (Great Britain) 6....................... Renaldo Nehemiah (US) 7............................. Tonie Campbell (US) 8.................................. Arthur Blake (US) 9........................ Courtney Hawkins (US) 10....................Philippe Tourret (France) 1991 1................................... Greg Foster (US) 2................................Anthony Dees (US) 3.................. Tony Jarrett (Great Britain) 4....................... Renaldo Nehemiah (US) 5....................................Jack Pierce (US) 6...............Colin Jackson (Great Britain) 7...........................Mark McKoy (Canada) 8...........................Dan Philibert (France) 9........................ Courtney Hawkins (US) 10..........Florian Schwarthoff (Germany) 1992 1...............Colin Jackson (Great Britain) 2...........................Mark McKoy (Canada) 3................................Anthony Dees (US) 4.................. Tony Jarrett (Great Britain) 5....................................Jack Pierce (US) 6............Florian Schwarthoff (Germany) 7.................................. Arthur Blake (US) 8.............................Roger Kingdom (US) 9................................... Greg Foster (US) 10..............................Emilio Valle (Cuba) 1993 1...............Colin Jackson (Great Britain) 2....................................Jack Pierce (US) 3...........................Mark McKoy (Canada) 4.................. Tony Jarrett (Great Britain) 5................................Anthony Dees (US) 6.....................................Mark Crear (US) 7........................ Courtney Hawkins (US) 8................................Emilio Valle (Cuba) 9............Florian Schwarthoff (Germany) 10....................................Tong Li (China) 1994 1...............Colin Jackson (Great Britain) 2........................... Mark McKoy (Austria) 3.....................................Mark Crear (US) 4.................. Tony Jarrett (Great Britain) 5.............................Robert Reading (US) 6...............................Allen Johnson (US) 7............Florian Schwarthoff (Germany) 8........................ Courtney Hawkins (US) 9................................Emilio Valle (Cuba) 10..................................Jack Pierce (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s 110 Hurdles 1995 1.....................................Mark Crear (US) 2...............................Allen Johnson (US) 3.................. Tony Jarrett (Great Britain) 4.............................Roger Kingdom (US) 5............Florian Schwarthoff (Germany) 6...............Colin Jackson (Great Britain) 7....................................Jack Pierce (US) 8................................... Terry Reese (US) 9................................Anthony Dees (US) 10..........................Igor Kovác (Slovakia) 1996 1...............................Allen Johnson (US) 2.....................................Mark Crear (US) 3............Florian Schwarthoff (Germany) 4....................................Jack Pierce (US) 5...............Colin Jackson (Great Britain) 6................................Emilio Valle (Cuba) 7.................................Eugene Swift (US) 8.............................Roger Kingdom (US) 9.................. Tony Jarrett (Great Britain) 10................................Steve Brown (US) 1997 1...............................Allen Johnson (US) 2.....................................Mark Crear (US) 3...............Colin Jackson (Great Britain) 4............Florian Schwarthoff (Germany) 5............................Igor Kovác (Slovakia) 6.................. Tony Jarrett (Great Britain) 7.............................. Anier García (Cuba) 8................................... Terry Reese (US) 9....................................Jack Pierce (US) 10.........................Dan Philibert (France) 1998 1.....................................Mark Crear (US) 2...............................Allen Johnson (US) 3...............Colin Jackson (Great Britain) 4................................Reggie Torian (US) 5.......................... Falk Balzer (Germany) 6........................ Courtney Hawkins (US) 7.......................Robin Korving (Holland) 8............Florian Schwarthoff (Germany) 9.............................. Anier García (Cuba) 10..................................Jack Pierce (US) 1999 1.....................................Mark Crear (US) 2...............Colin Jackson (Great Britain) 3.................................... Larry Wade (US) 4.............................. Anier García (Cuba) 5...............................Allen Johnson (US) 6...................................Duane Ross (US) 7.......................... Falk Balzer (Germany) 8.......................Robin Korving (Holland) 9............Florian Schwarthoff (Germany) 10..............................Anthony Dees (US) 2000 1.............................. Anier García (Cuba) 2...............................Allen Johnson (US) 3........................ Terrence Trammell (US) 4.....................................Mark Crear (US) 5...............Colin Jackson (Great Britain) 6.........................Dominique Arnold (US) 7............Florian Schwarthoff (Germany) 8........................ Stanislav Olijar (Latvia) 9.........................Yoel Hernández (Cuba) 10........................ Falk Balzer (Germany) 2001 1...............................Allen Johnson (US) 2.............................. Anier García (Cuba) 3.................................... Larry Wade (US) 4............................Dudley Dorival (Haiti) 5...............Colin Jackson (Great Britain) 6........................ Terrence Trammell (US) 7........................ Stanislav Olijar (Latvia) 8.....................................Mark Crear (US) 9............................Dawane Wallace (US) 10.......................Dominique Arnold (US) 2002 1.............................. Anier García (Cuba) 2...............................Allen Johnson (US) 3.................................... Larry Wade (US) 4...............Colin Jackson (Great Britain) 5........................ Terrence Trammell (US) 6........................ Stanislav Olijar (Latvia) 7..............Shaun Bownes (South Africa) 8.................................. Xiang Liu (China) 9.........................Yoel Hernández (Cuba) 10...................................Mark Crear (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s 110 Hurdles 2003 1...............................Allen Johnson (US) 2........................ Stanislav Olijar (Latvia) 3........................ Terrence Trammell (US) 4.................................. Xiang Liu (China) 5.................................Chris Phillips (US) 6.................................... Larry Wade (US) 7................................. Ron Bramlett (US) 8.......................Ladji Doucouré (France) 9................... Maurice Wignall (Jamaica) 10.....................Márcio de Souza (Brazil) 2004 1.................................. Xiang Liu (China) 2...............................Allen Johnson (US) 3........................ Terrence Trammell (US) 4................... Maurice Wignall (Jamaica) 5........................ Stanislav Olijar (Latvia) 6.............................. Anier García (Cuba) 7................................. Ron Bramlett (US) 8.........................Charles Allen (Canada) 9.................Redelen dos Santos (Brazil) 10...................Mateus Inocêncio (Brazil) 2005 1.......................Ladji Doucouré (France) 2...............................Allen Johnson (US) 3.........................Dominique Arnold (US) 4.................................. Xiang Liu (China) 5........................ Terrence Trammell (US) 6.................................... Joel Brown (US) 7................... Maurice Wignall (Jamaica) 8........................ Stanislav Olijar (Latvia) 9................................. Ron Bramlett (US) 10.............Thomas Blaschek (Germany) 2006 1.................................. Xiang Liu (China) 2...............................Allen Johnson (US) 3.......................... Dayron Robles (Cuba) 4........................ Terrence Trammell (US) 5.........................Dominique Arnold (US) 6.................................. Aries Merritt (US) 7...................................David Oliver (US) 8........................ Stanislav Olijar (Latvia) 9.......................Ladji Doucouré (France) 10................. Maurice Wignall (Jamaica) 2007 1.................................. Xiang Liu (China) 2.......................... Dayron Robles (Cuba) 3........................ Terrence Trammell (US) 4.................................Anwar Moore (US) 5.................................. David Payne (US) 6...............................Allen Johnson (US) 7..................Sergiy Demydyuk (Ukraine) 8.................................. Ryan Wilson (US) 9...................................David Oliver (US) 10.....................Ladji Doucouré (France) 2008 1.......................... Dayron Robles (Cuba) 2...................................David Oliver (US) 3........................ Terrence Trammell (US) 4.................................. David Payne (US) 5.................................Anwar Moore (US) 6.................................. Aries Merritt (US) 7.......................Ladji Doucouré (France) 8...........Petr Svoboda (Czech Republic) 9..................Sergiy Demydyuk (Ukraine) 10..............................Antwon Hicks (US) 2009 1.......................... Dayron Robles (Cuba) 2................ Ryan Brathwaite (Barbados) 3........................ Terrence Trammell (US) 4.................................. David Payne (US) 5.................................. Dexter Faulk (US) 6....................Dwight Thomas (Jamaica) 7.................................. Aries Merritt (US) 8...................................David Oliver (US) 9.......... William Sharman (Great Britain) 10.......................Jason Richardson (US) 2010 1...................................David Oliver (US) 2.......................... Dayron Robles (Cuba) 3....................Dwight Thomas (Jamaica) 4.................................. Ryan Wilson (US) 5....................................Ronnie Ash (US) 6.................................... Joel Brown (US) 7..................Andy Turner (Great Britain) 8.................................. David Payne (US) 9...........Petr Svoboda (Czech Republic) 10..................... Garfield Darien (France) © Track & Field News 2018 — 10 — World Rankings — Men’s 110 Hurdles 2011 1.......................... Dayron Robles (Cuba) 2.........................Jason Richardson (US) 3...................................David Oliver (US) 4.................................. Xiang Liu (China) 5.................................. Aries Merritt (US) 6....................Dwight Thomas (Jamaica) 7..................Andy Turner (Great Britain) 8.................................... Joel Brown (US) 9........................ Terrence Trammell (US) 10.......................................Ty Akins (US) 2012 1.................................. Aries Merritt (US) 2 ........................Jason Richardson (US) 3...................................David Oliver (US) 4............... Hansle Parchment (Jamaica) 5.................................. Xiang Liu (China) 6.................Sergey Shubenkov (Russia) 7......................................Jeff Porter (US) 8.................................. Ryan Wilson (US) 9......................... Orlando Ortega (Cuba) 10................................ Dexter Faulk (US) 2013 1.................................. David Oliver (US) 2................................. Ryan Wilson (US) 3................ Sergey Shubenkov (Russia) 4........................ Jason Richardson (US) 5.................................. Aries Merritt (US) 6....................... Andrew Riley (Jamaica) 7............... Ryan Brathwaite (Barbados) 8......... William Sharman (Great Britain) 9...... Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (France) 10...................... Orlando Ortega (Cuba) 2014 1....... Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (France) 2.................Sergey Shubenkov (Russia) 3............... Hansle Parchment (Jamaica) 4......................... Orlando Ortega (Cuba) 5........................Andrew Riley (Jamaica) 6...................................David Oliver (US) 7....................................Ronnie Ash (US) 8.......... William Sharman (Great Britain) 9.................................. Ryan Wilson (US) 10.................................Devon Allen (US) 2015 1.................Sergey Shubenkov (Russia) 2...................................David Oliver (US) 3......................... Orlando Ortega (Cuba) 4.................................. Aries Merritt (US) 5..........................Jason Richardson (US 6....... Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (France) 7............... Hansle Parchment (Jamaica) 8....................... Garfield Darien (France) 9....................................Ronnie Ash (US) 10.....................Omar McLeod (Jamaica) 2016 1.......................Omar McLeod (Jamaica) 2.........................Orlando Ortega (Spain) 3........................Dimitri Bascou (France) 4....... Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (France) 5...................................Devon Allen (US) 6.................... Wilhem Belocian (France) 7........................... Balázs Baji (Hungary) 8...................................David Oliver (US) 9.................Sergey Shubenkov (Russia) 10............. Hansle Parchment (Jamaica) 2017 1.......................Omar McLeod (Jamaica) 2.................Sergey Shubenkov (Russia) 3.................................. Aries Merritt (US) 4.........................Orlando Ortega (Spain) 5...................................Devon Allen (US) 6....................... Garfield Darien (France) 7......................... Ronald Levy (Jamaica) 8........................... Balázs Baji (Hungary) 9....................Andy Pozzi (Great Britain) 10.....................Milan Trajkovic (Cyprus)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 Hurdles 1947 1..................................... Walt Smith (US) 2................ Jean-Claude Arifon (France) 3....................... Rune Larsson (Sweden) 4..................Bertel Storskrubb (Finland) 5................................. Roy Cochran (US) 6...................................Lee Hofacre (US) 7.............................. Bernard Conor (US) 8....................................Jeffrey Kirk (US) 9...........................Ottavio Missoni (Italy) 10................................... John Price (US) 1948 1................................. Roy Cochran (US) 2.....................Duncan White (Sri Lanka) 3....................... Rune Larsson (Sweden) 4.................................. Richard Ault (US) 5................ Jean-Claude Arifon (France) 6.............................. George Walker (US) 7....................................Jeffrey Kirk (US) 8............................... Yves Cros (France) 9.....................................Ennis Gray (US) 10.............................Clarence Doak (US) 1949 1................................Charlie Moore (US) 2.................................. Richard Ault (US) 3............... George Lubbe (South Africa) 4...............................Ronald Frazier (US) 5.........................Georges Elloy (France) 6........... Timofey Lunyov (Soviet Union) 7..................... Ron Wilkie (South Africa) 8...............................Clarence Doak (US) 9..... Yevgeniy Bulanchik (Soviet Union) 10..................... Rune Larsson (Sweden) 1950 1..........................Armando Filiput (Italy) 2................................Charlie Moore (US) 3.....................Duncan White (Sri Lanka) 4................ John Holland (New Zealand) 5................ Yuriy Lituyev (Soviet Union) 6.............Geoffrey Goodacre (Australia) 7.................Harry Whittle (Great Britain) 8.....................George Gedge (Australia) 9....................... Rune Larsson (Sweden) 10.........................Ottavio Missoni (Italy) © victor sailer/photo run Angelo Taylor picked up a pair of Olympic golds, but only a single No. 1 Ranking © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 Hurdles 1951 1................................Charlie Moore (US) 2................ Yuriy Lituyev (Soviet Union) 3................................Bob Devinney (US) 4........... Timofey Lunyov (Soviet Union) 5................ John Holland (New Zealand) 6....................... Rune Larsson (Sweden) 7..........................Armando Filiput (Italy) 8................... Jaime Aparicio (Colombia) 9.............Geoffrey Goodacre (Australia) 10...............Harry Whittle (Great Britain) 1952 1................................Charlie Moore (US) 2................ Yuriy Lituyev (Soviet Union) 3................ John Holland (New Zealand) 4................................Bob Devinney (US) 5.......................................Lee Yoder (US) 6............... Anatoliy Yulin (Soviet Union) 7......................... Lars Ylander (Sweden) 8................. David Gracie (Great Britain) 9.................Harry Whittle (Great Britain) 10................Angus Scott (Great Britain) 1953 1................ Yuriy Lituyev (Soviet Union) 2............... Anatoliy Yulin (Soviet Union) 3..............................Josh Culbreath (US) 4....................... Wilson Carneiro (Brazil) 5........... Timofey Lunyov (Soviet Union) 6.............................. Ilie Savel (Romania) 7.................................Guy Cury (France) 8.................................. Bill Johnson (US) 9......................... Lars Ylander (Sweden) 10............ Sven-Olof Eriksson (Sweden) 1954 1................ Yuriy Lituyev (Soviet Union) 2............... Anatoliy Yulin (Soviet Union) 3..............................Josh Culbreath (US) 4........................... Dave Lean (Australia) 5............... Sven-Oswald Mildh (Finland) 6.................................Guy Cury (France) 7....................Harry Kane (Great Britain) 8................ Kurt Bonah (West Germany) 9..........................Igor Ilin (Soviet Union) 10............ Sven-Olof Eriksson (Sweden) 1955 1................ Yuriy Lituyev (Soviet Union) 2..............................Josh Culbreath (US) 3............... Anatoliy Yulin (Soviet Union) 4.............................. Ilie Savel (Romania) 5................... Jaime Aparicio (Colombia) 6..........................Igor Ilin (Soviet Union) 7......................Bob Shaw (Great Britain) 8.................................Guy Cury (France) 9............................Willie Atterberry (US) 10.............. Kurt Bonah (West Germany) 1956 1...................................Glenn Davis (US) 2............................. Eddie Southern (US) 3..............................Josh Culbreath (US) 4................ Yuriy Lituyev (Soviet Union) 5................................ Aubrey Lewis (US) 6..........................Igor Ilin (Soviet Union) 7............................Willie Atterberry (US) 8........................... Dave Lean (Australia) 9................Gert Potgieter (South Africa) 10...............................Guy Cury (France) 1957 1...................................Glenn Davis (US) 2..............................Josh Culbreath (US) 3................Gert Potgieter (South Africa) 4................................ Aubrey Lewis (US) 5............. Thomas Farrell (Great Britain) 6................ Yuriy Lituyev (Soviet Union) 7..........................Igor Ilin (Soviet Union) 8....................Harry Kane (Great Britain) 9.................... Janusz Kotliński (Poland) 10.......................Salvatore Morale (Italy) 1958 1...................................Glenn Davis (US) 2................Gert Potgieter (South Africa) 3..............................Josh Culbreath (US) 4........................... Dave Lean (Australia) 5............................Willie Atterberry (US) 6................ Yuriy Lituyev (Soviet Union) 7...................Per-Ove Trollsås (Sweden) 8...............Helmut Janz (West Germany) 9................ Bruno Galliker (Switzerland) 10..................... Bartonjo Rotich (Kenya) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 Hurdles 1959 1................Gert Potgieter (South Africa) 2..................................Dick Howard (US) 3..............................Josh Culbreath (US) 4...............Helmut Janz (West Germany) 5............................Moreno Martini (Italy) 6...................................Glenn Davis (US) 7............................... Cliff Cushman (US) 8....................................Rex Cawley (US) 9........... Aleksey Klyenin (Soviet Union) 10.............. Yuriy Lituyev (Soviet Union) 1960 1...................................Glenn Davis (US) 2................Gert Potgieter (South Africa) 3............................... Cliff Cushman (US) 4..................................Dick Howard (US) 5...............Helmut Janz (West Germany) 6............................. Eddie Southern (US) 7..............................Josh Culbreath (US) 8.................................... Don Styron (US) 9....................................Rex Cawley (US) 10...................Jussi Rintamäki (Finland) 1961 1.........................Salvatore Morale (Italy) 2............................... Cliff Cushman (US) 3...............Helmut Janz (West Germany) 4....................................Rex Cawley (US) 5.. Georgiy Chevychalov (Soviet Union) 6................................ Dixon Farmer (US) 7.................................... Don Styron (US) 8............................. Eddie Southern (US) 9.....................Jussi Rintamäki (Finland) 10............................. Lawson Smart (US) 1962 1.........................Salvatore Morale (Italy) 2............................Willie Atterberry (US) 3....................................Rex Cawley (US) 4.......................................Jerry Tarr (US) 5...............Helmut Janz (West Germany) 6................................. Russ Rogers (US) 7...........Jorg Neumann (West Germany) 8.......................Juan Dyrzka (Argentina) 9.....................Jussi Rintamäki (Finland) 10.........Vasiliy Anisimov (Soviet Union) 1963 1....................................Rex Cawley (US) 2.......................Juan Dyrzka (Argentina) 3............................Willie Atterberry (US) 4........................................Jim Allen (US) 5.................John Cooper (Great Britain) 6.........Ferdinand Haas (West Germany) 7...........................Roberto Frinolli (Italy) 8...........Vasiliy Anisimov (Soviet Union) 9...............Helmut Janz (West Germany) 10..............................Chris Stauffer (US) 1964 1....................................Rex Cawley (US) 2.................John Cooper (Great Britain) 3....................................Billy Hardin (US) 4...........................Roberto Frinolli (Italy) 5.........................Salvatore Morale (Italy) 6........................................ Jay Luck (US) 7......................... Gary Knoke (Australia) 8............................Willie Atterberry (US) 9...........Vasiliy Anisimov (Soviet Union) 10.........................Ken Roche (Australia) 1965 1...........................Roberto Frinolli (Italy) 2....................................Rex Cawley (US) 3...........Vasiliy Anisimov (Soviet Union) 4..................................Ron Whitney (US) 5.........................Robert Poirier (France) 6........................................ Jay Luck (US) 7.................John Cooper (Great Britain) 8......................... Gary Knoke (Australia) 9............. Imants Kuklich (Soviet Union) 10..............................Larry Godfrey (US) 1966 1...........................Roberto Frinolli (Italy) 2........Gerd Lossdörfer (West Germany) 3......................... Gary Knoke (Australia) 4...........................Ken Roche (Australia) 5........................Geoff Vanderstock (US) 6..................................Ron Whitney (US) 7.....................................Bob Steele (US) 8.........................Robert Poirier (France) 9...........Vasiliy Anisimov (Soviet Union) 10.....................................Jim Miller (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 Hurdles 1967 1..................................Ron Whitney (US) 2............ John Sherwood (Great Britain) 3...........................Roberto Frinolli (Italy) 4................................. Russ Rogers (US) 5.....................................Bob Steele (US) 6.......................................Andy Bell (US) 7.......Gerhard Hennige (West Germany) 8........................Geoff Vanderstock (US) 9.............Roger Johnson (New Zealand) 10....................... Gary Knoke (Australia) 1968 1................ Dave Hemery (Great Britain) 2.......Gerhard Hennige (West Germany) 3........................Geoff Vanderstock (US) 4............ John Sherwood (Great Britain) 5..................................Ron Whitney (US) 6.. Vyacheslav Skomorokhov (Soviet Union) 7...........................Roberto Frinolli (Italy) 8........ Rainer Schubert (West Germany) 9......................... Gary Knoke (Australia) 10................................ Boyd Gittins (US) 1969 1.. Vyacheslav Skomorokhov (Soviet Union) 2.........................................Nick Lee (US) 3............ John Sherwood (Great Britain) 4................................... Ralph Mann (US) 5.......Gerhard Hennige (West Germany) 6........ Rainer Schubert (West Germany) 7......................................Carl Wood (US) 8.................................Wes Williams (US) 9.....................Andy Todd (Great Britain) 10....................... Gary Knoke (Australia) 1970 1.................Jean-Claude Nallet (France) 2................................... Ralph Mann (US) 3................................Wayne Collett (US) 4................................. Ari Salin (Finland) 5............ John Sherwood (Great Britain) 6........ Charles Kipkemboi Yego (Kenya) 7............................. Bill Koskei (Uganda) 8.......... Werner Reibert (West Germany) 9...........Dmitriy Stukalov (Soviet Union) 10................................Ron Whitney (US) 1971 1................................... Ralph Mann (US) 2.................Jean-Claude Nallet (France) 3........................John Akii-Bua (Uganda) 4......Christian Rudolph (East Germany) 5..Yevgeniy Gavrilyenko (Soviet Union) 6................................. Jim Seymour (US) 7.. Vyacheslav Skomorokhov (Soviet Union) 8...........Dmitriy Stukalov (Soviet Union) 9.................................Wes Williams (US) 10..........Dieter Büttner (West Germany) 1972 1........................John Akii-Bua (Uganda) 2................................... Ralph Mann (US) 3................ Dave Hemery (Great Britain) 4................................. Jim Seymour (US) 5........................... Dick Bruggeman (US) 6..Yevgeniy Gavrilyenko (Soviet Union) 7........ Rainer Schubert (West Germany) 8................................ Bruce Collins (US) 9................................... Jim Bolding (US) 10..................Stavros Tziortzis (Greece) 1973 1........................John Akii-Bua (Uganda) 2................................... Jim Bolding (US) 3..Yevgeniy Gavrilyenko (Soviet Union) 4................................... Ralph Mann (US) 5..................Alan Pascoe (Great Britain) 6...........Dmitriy Stukalov (Soviet Union) 7...... Miroslav Kodejš (Czechoslovakia) 8.............................Rob Cassleman (US) 9...........................Robert Primeaux (US) 10............................. Bill Koskei (Kenya) 1974 1................................... Jim Bolding (US) 2..................Alan Pascoe (Great Britain) 3................................... Ralph Mann (US) 4.................Jean-Claude Nallet (France) 5..Yevgeniy Gavrilyenko (Soviet Union) 6...... Miroslav Kodejš (Czechoslovakia) 7..........................Bruce Field (Australia) 8........................John Akii-Bua (Uganda) 9............................... Bill Koskei (Kenya) 10..................Stavros Tziortzis (Greece) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 Hurdles 1975 1..................Alan Pascoe (Great Britain) 2........................John Akii-Bua (Uganda) 3................................... Jim Bolding (US) 4................................... Ralph Mann (US) 5................................... James King (US) 6.................Jean-Claude Nallet (France) 7..........................Frank Nusse (Holland) 8................................ Bruce Collins (US) 9.................... Bill Hartley (Great Britain) 10...........................Rob Cassleman (US) 1976 1.................................Edwin Moses (US) 2.....................................Mike Shine (US) 3................................... Jim Bolding (US) 4..................Alan Pascoe (Great Britain) 5........................John Akii-Bua (Uganda) 6..Yevgeniy Gavrilyenko (Soviet Union) 7........................... Quentin Wheeler (US) 8................................ Tom Andrews (US) 9................................... Ralph Mann (US) 10..............Rolf Ziegler (West Germany) 1977 1.................................Edwin Moses (US) 2................ Volker Beck (East Germany) 3...........Harald Schmid (West Germany) 4................................ Tom Andrews (US) 5.................................Wes Williams (US) 6................................... James King (US) 7................................James Walker (US) 8................................... Rick Walker (US) 9........................... Quentin Wheeler (US) 10................Alan Pascoe (Great Britain) 1978 1.................................Edwin Moses (US) 2...........Harald Schmid (West Germany) 3................................James Walker (US) 4........................... Quentin Wheeler (US) 5....... Vasiliy Arkhipenko (Soviet Union) 6........................ Daniel Kimaiyo (Kenya) 7...........Dmitriy Stukalov (Soviet Union) 8................................ Tom Andrews (US) 9....................................Sam Turner (US) 10................Alan Pascoe (Great Britain) 1979 1.................................Edwin Moses (US) 2...........Harald Schmid (West Germany) 3.....................Harry Schulting (Holland) 4........................... Quentin Wheeler (US) 5....... Vasiliy Arkhipenko (Soviet Union) 6................ Volker Beck (East Germany) 7................................James Walker (US) 8................................... James King (US) 9............................... Rich Graybehl (US) 10...............................Bart Williams (US) 1980 1.................................Edwin Moses (US) 2...........Harald Schmid (West Germany) 3................................James Walker (US) 4................ Volker Beck (East Germany) 5.......................................David Lee (US) 6....... Vasiliy Arkhipenko (Soviet Union) 7.................................Bart Williams (US) 8................................... James King (US) 9............................... Andre Phillips (US) 10.................Gary Oakes (Great Britain) 1981 1.................................Edwin Moses (US) 2............................... Andre Phillips (US) 3................ Volker Beck (East Germany) 4...........Harald Schmid (West Germany) 5.......................................David Lee (US) 6.................................Bart Williams (US) 7................................... James King (US) 8.....................Harry Schulting (Holland) 9....... Vasiliy Arkhipenko (Soviet Union) 10...... Dmitriy Shkarupin (Soviet Union) 1982 1...........Harald Schmid (West Germany) 2............................... Andre Phillips (US) 3.......................................David Lee (US) 4.... Aleksandr Yatsevich (Soviet Union) 5......... Uwe Ackermann (East Germany) 6.................................David Patrick (US) 7................................Larry Cowling (US) 8....... Vasiliy Arkhipenko (Soviet Union) 9................................... James King (US) 10.................. Ryszard Szparak (Poland) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 Hurdles 1983 1.................................Edwin Moses (US) 2............................... Andre Phillips (US) 3...........Harald Schmid (West Germany) 4.................................David Patrick (US) 5....... Aleksandr Kharlov (Soviet Union) 6.......................................David Lee (US) 7...................... Sven Nylander (Sweden) 8...........................Amadou Bâ (Senegal) 9................................Larry Cowling (US) 10.................. Ryszard Szparak (Poland) 1984 1.................................Edwin Moses (US) 2................................. Danny Harris (US) 3...........Harald Schmid (West Germany) 4............................... Andre Phillips (US) 5...........................Amadou Bâ (Senegal) 6..............................Tranel Hawkins (US) 7.................................David Patrick (US) 8...... Aleksandr Vasilyev (Soviet Union) 9.................................Bart Williams (US) 10................................ Tony Rambo (US) 1985 1............................... Andre Phillips (US) 2................................. Danny Harris (US) 3...........Harald Schmid (West Germany) 4...... Aleksandr Vasilyev (Soviet Union) 5...........................Amadou Bâ (Senegal) 6..............................Tranel Hawkins (US) 7.................................David Patrick (US) 8...........................Henry Amike (Nigeria) 9..............Tagir Zemskov (Soviet Union) 10............... Mark Holtom (Great Britain) 1986 1............................... Andre Phillips (US) 2.................................Edwin Moses (US) 3................................. Danny Harris (US) 4...........Harald Schmid (West Germany) 5...... Aleksandr Vasilyev (Soviet Union) 6...........................Amadou Bâ (Senegal) 7.................................David Patrick (US) 8............ Rene Djédjémel (Côte d’Ivoire) 9.........................Toma Tomov (Bulgaria) 10................................Kevin Young (US) 1987 1.................................Edwin Moses (US) 2...........Harald Schmid (West Germany) 3................................. Danny Harris (US) 4...........................Amadou Bâ (Senegal) 5..................................Kevin Young (US) 6...................... Sven Nylander (Sweden) 7...........................Henry Amike (Nigeria) 8.................................David Patrick (US) 9................ Winthrop Graham (Jamaica) 10............................Tranel Hawkins (US) 1988 1............................... Andre Phillips (US) 2.................................Edwin Moses (US) 3..................................Kevin Young (US) 4................................. Danny Harris (US) 5...........................Amadou Bâ (Senegal) 6................ Winthrop Graham (Jamaica) 7.................................David Patrick (US) 8............... Kriss Akabusi (Great Britain) 9...........Harald Schmid (West Germany) 10................... Edgar Itt (West Germany) 1989 1..................................Kevin Young (US) 2............................... Andre Phillips (US) 3................ Winthrop Graham (Jamaica) 4................................. Danny Harris (US) 5.................................David Patrick (US) 6................................. Reggie Davis (US) 7........................................ Nat Page (US) 8...........Harald Schmid (West Germany) 9............... Kriss Akabusi (Great Britain) 10.................................Pat McGhee (US) 1990 1................................. Danny Harris (US) 2.......................Samuel Matete (Zambia) 3............... Kriss Akabusi (Great Britain) 4................ Winthrop Graham (Jamaica) 5.................................David Patrick (US) 6..................................Kevin Young (US) 7........................................ Nat Page (US) 8...................... Sven Nylander (Sweden) 9..................Niklas Wallenlind (Sweden) 10.........................Henry Amike (Nigeria) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 Hurdles 1991 1.......................Samuel Matete (Zambia) 2................................. Danny Harris (US) 3............... Kriss Akabusi (Great Britain) 4................ Winthrop Graham (Jamaica) 5..................................Kevin Young (US) 6.................................David Patrick (US) 7.............................. Derrick Adkins (US) 8........................................ Nat Page (US) 9...............................Erick Keter (Kenya) 10............... Dries Vorster (South Africa) 1992 1..................................Kevin Young (US) 2................ Winthrop Graham (Jamaica) 3.......................Samuel Matete (Zambia) 4............... Kriss Akabusi (Great Britain) 5..................Stéphane Diagana (France) 6..................Niklas Wallenlind (Sweden) 7.................................David Patrick (US) 8..............................McClinton Neal (US) 9.............................. Derrick Adkins (US) 10............... Jon Ridgeon (Great Britain) 1993 1..................................Kevin Young (US) 2.......................Samuel Matete (Zambia) 3................ Winthrop Graham (Jamaica) 4..................Stéphane Diagana (France) 5...............................Erick Keter (Kenya) 6................. Oleg Tverdokhleb (Ukraine) 7.............................. Derrick Adkins (US) 8............... Kriss Akabusi (Great Britain) 9.......................... Olaf Hense (Germany) 10................... Barnabas Kinyor (Kenya) 1994 1.......................Samuel Matete (Zambia) 2.............................. Derrick Adkins (US) 3................. Oleg Tverdokhleb (Ukraine) 4...................... Sven Nylander (Sweden) 5..................Stéphane Diagana (France) 6................ Winthrop Graham (Jamaica) 7...............................Octavius Terry (US) 8.............................. Edgar Itt (Germany) 9............................Torrance Zellner (US) 10............................... Danny Harris (US) 1995 1.............................. Derrick Adkins (US) 2.......................Samuel Matete (Zambia) 3..................Stéphane Diagana (France) 4................................. Danny Harris (US) 5...................Eronildo de Araújo (Brazil) 6................ Winthrop Graham (Jamaica) 7.............. Ruslan Mashchenko (Russia) 8..............................Laurent Ottoz (Italy) 9...................... Sven Nylander (Sweden) 10...................Ken Harnden (Zimbabwe) 1996 1.............................. Derrick Adkins (US) 2.......................Samuel Matete (Zambia) 3............................Torrance Zellner (US) 4.................................. Calvin Davis (US) 5..............................Bryan Bronson (US) 6............................Maurice Mitchell (US) 7...................... Sven Nylander (Sweden) 8..................................Eric Thomas (US) 9.................Rohan Robinson (Australia) 10.............................Fabrizio Mori (Italy) 1997 1..............................Bryan Bronson (US) 2..........Llewellyn Herbert (South Africa) 3..................Stéphane Diagana (France) 4...............................Fabrizio Mori (Italy) 5.......................Samuel Matete (Zambia) 6.............. Ruslan Mashchenko (Russia) 7..................Dinsdale Morgan (Jamaica) 8.............................. Derrick Adkins (US) 9...................................Joey Woody (US) 10...............Rohan Robinson (Australia) 1998 1..................Stéphane Diagana (France) 2................................Angelo Taylor (US) 3.............. Ruslan Mashchenko (Russia) 4..................Dinsdale Morgan (Jamaica) 5.......................Samuel Matete (Zambia) 6..................................Eric Thomas (US) 7...................................Joey Woody (US) 8..........Llewellyn Herbert (South Africa) 9................Paweł Januszewski (Poland) 10...............Rohan Robinson (Australia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 Hurdles 1999 1...............................Fabrizio Mori (Italy) 2................................Angelo Taylor (US) 3..........Llewellyn Herbert (South Africa) 4..................Stéphane Diagana (France) 5............ Marcel Schelbert (Switzerland) 6...................................Joey Woody (US) 7.......................Samuel Matete (Zambia) 8................... Eronilde de Araújo (Brazil) 9..................................Eric Thomas (US) 10................................ Calvin Davis (US) 2000 1................................Angelo Taylor (US) 2..........Llewellyn Herbert (South Africa) 3............Hadi Al-Somaily (Saudi Arabia) 4..................................Eric Thomas (US) 5................... Eronilde de Araújo (Brazil) 6.......................Samuel Matete (Zambia) 7.................................James Carter (US) 8................Paweł Januszewski (Poland) 9...........Chris Rawlinson (Great Britain) 10.............................Fabrizio Mori (Italy) 2001 1...Félix Sánchez (Dominican Republic) 2...............................Fabrizio Mori (Italy) 3................................Angelo Taylor (US) 4............................ Dai Tamesue (Japan) 5..................Stéphane Diagana (France) 6............Hadi Al-Somaily (Saudi Arabia) 7.................................James Carter (US) 8...........Chris Rawlinson (Great Britain) 9................Paweł Januszewski (Poland) 10........................Boris Gorban (Russia) 2002 1...Félix Sánchez (Dominican Republic) 2..................Stéphane Diagana (France) 3.................................James Carter (US) 4............Hadi Al-Somaily (Saudi Arabia) 5...................................Joey Woody (US) 6...............................Fabrizio Mori (Italy) 7..................................Eric Thomas (US) 8..................Jiří Muzík (Czech Republic) 9...........Chris Rawlinson (Great Britain) 10..............Paweł Januszewski (Poland) 2003 1...Félix Sánchez (Dominican Republic) 2.................Kemel Thompson (Jamaica) 3...................................Joey Woody (US) 4...................Periklís Iakovákis (Greece) 5.................Danny McFarlane (Jamaica) 6...........Chris Rawlinson (Great Britain) 7..........Llewellyn Herbert (South Africa) 8.......................Dean Griffiths (Jamaica) 9....................... Bershawn Jackson (US) 10........................ Ian Weakley (Jamaica) 2004 1...Félix Sánchez (Dominican Republic) 2.................Danny McFarlane (Jamaica) 3....................... Bershawn Jackson (US) 4.................................James Carter (US) 5.................... Bayano Kamani (Panama) 6........................... Naman Keïta (France) 7.................Kemel Thompson (Jamaica) 8............................ Dai Tamesue (Japan) 9...........Chris Rawlinson (Great Britain) 10.......................Marek Plawgo (Poland) 2005 1....................... Bershawn Jackson (US) 2.................................James Carter (US) 3.............................Kerron Clement (US) 4.................Kemel Thompson (Jamaica) 5......................LJ van Zyl (South Africa) 6............................ Dai Tamesue (Japan) 7........................... Naman Keïta (France) 8.................... Bayano Kamani (Panama) 9.................Danny McFarlane (Jamaica) 10.............................Bennie Brazell (US) 2006 1...................Periklís Iakovákis (Greece) 2....................... Bershawn Jackson (US) 3......................LJ van Zyl (South Africa) 4.............................Kerron Clement (US) 5.................Kemel Thompson (Jamaica) 6.................Danny McFarlane (Jamaica) 7.............Alwyn Myburgh (South Africa) 8.................................James Carter (US) 9.........................Marek Plawgo (Poland) 10........................... Michael Tinsley (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 Hurdles 2007 1.............................Kerron Clement (US) 2.........................Marek Plawgo (Poland) 3.................................James Carter (US) 4...Félix Sánchez (Dominican Republic) 5....................... Bershawn Jackson (US) 6................................Angelo Taylor (US) 7........................ Kenneth Ferguson (US) 8......................LJ van Zyl (South Africa) 9.................Danny McFarlane (Jamaica) 10.................Periklís Iakovákis (Greece) 2008 1.............................Kerron Clement (US) 2................................Angelo Taylor (US) 3....................... Bershawn Jackson (US) 4.................Danny McFarlane (Jamaica) 5......................LJ van Zyl (South Africa) 6............................Isa Phillips (Jamaica) 7.........................Marek Plawgo (Poland) 8.................. Markino Buckley (Jamaica) 9......................Adrian Findlay (Jamaica) 10.................Periklís Iakovákis (Greece) 2009 1.............................Kerron Clement (US) 2....................... Bershawn Jackson (US) 3................. Javier Culson (Puerto Rico) 4......................LJ van Zyl (South Africa) 5...................Periklís Iakovákis (Greece) 6.................Danny McFarlane (Jamaica) 7............................Isa Phillips (Jamaica) 8...................... Jehue Gordon (Trinidad) 9....................Dai Greene (Great Britain) 10... Félix Sánchez (Dominican Republic) 2010 1....................... Bershawn Jackson (US) 2.............................Kerron Clement (US) 3................. Javier Culson (Puerto Rico) 4....................Dai Greene (Great Britain) 5................................Angelo Taylor (US) 6................................Johnny Dutch (US) 7..............................Justin Gaymon (US) 8...Félix Sánchez (Dominican Republic) 9......................LJ van Zyl (South Africa) 10..........................Isa Phillips (Jamaica) 2011 1....................Dai Greene (Great Britain) 2................. Javier Culson (Puerto Rico) 3......................LJ Van Zyl (South Africa) 4....................... Bershawn Jackson (US) 5......... Cornel Fredericks (South Africa) 6................................Angelo Taylor (US) 7...................... Jehue Gordon (Trinidad) 8...Félix Sánchez (Dominican Republic) 9..........................Jeshua Anderson (US) 10........................... Michael Tinsley (US) 2012 1................. Javier Culson (Puerto Rico) 2...Félix Sánchez (Dominican Republic) 3....................Dai Greene (Great Britain) 4............................. Michael Tinsley (US) 5................................Angelo Taylor (US) 6....................... Bershawn Jackson (US) 7...................... Jehue Gordon (Trinidad) 8..........................Omar Cisneros (Cuba) 9........................Leford Green (Jamaica) 10...........................Kerron Clement (US) 2013 1..................... Jehue Gordon (Trinidad) 2............................ Michael Tinsley (US) 3............................... Johnny Dutch (US) 4......................... Omar Cisneros (Cuba) 5................ Javier Culson (Puerto Rico) 6........ Mamadou Kasse Hann (Senegal) 7............................. Justin Gaymon (US) 8...Félix Sánchez (Dominican Republic) 9............................. Emir Bekrić (Serbia) 10.......................... Kerron Clement (US) 2014 1................. Javier Culson (Puerto Rico) 2............................. Michael Tinsley (US) 3......... Cornel Fredericks (South Africa) 4..............Kariem Hussein (Switzerland) 5...Félix Sánchez (Dominican Republic) 6................................ Ashton Eaton (US) 7...................... Jehue Gordon (Trinidad) 8.........................Rasmus Mägi (Estonia) 9......................LJ van Zyl (South Africa) 10..............................Johnny Dutch (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 10 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 Hurdles 2015 1....................... Bershawn Jackson (US) 2....................Jeffery Gibson (Bahamas) 3...........................Nicholas Bett (Kenya) 4.................Denis Kudryavtsev (Russia) 5................................Johnny Dutch (US) 6............................. Michael Tinsley (US) 7................. Javier Culson (Puerto Rico) 8.............................Kerron Clement (US) 9..........................Patryk Dobek (Poland) 10.................... Boniface Tumuti (Kenya) 2016 1.............................Kerron Clement (US) 2.....................Yasmani Copello (Turkey) 3................. Javier Culson (Puerto Rico) 4...................... Boniface Tumuti (Kenya) 5............................. Michael Tinsley (US) 6...........................Nicholas Bett (Kenya) 7......................LJ van Zyl (South Africa) 8.........................Rasmus Mägi (Estonia) 9...........................Thomas Barr (Ireland) 10................... Annsert Whyte (Jamaica) 2017 1.................. Karsten Warholm (Norway) 2..... Kyron McMaster (British Virgin Isl) 3.....................Yasmani Copello (Turkey) 4.............................Kerron Clement (US) 5...................... Kemar Mowatt (Jamaica) 6..............Kariem Hussein (Switzerland) 7............. Abderrahmane Samba (Qatar) 8 . Juander Santos (Dominican Republic) 9......................................Eric Futch (US) 10................................... TJ Holmes (US)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s Steeple 1949 1.....................Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 2...........................Olle Elvland (Sweden) 3..................Petar Šegedin (Yugoslavia) 4..................................... Curt Stone (US) 5.............. László Jeszenszky (Hungary) 6.............................André Paris (France) 7..................... Göte Hagström (Sweden) 8...............Pavel Zveryev (Soviet Union) 9..................... Aarne Kainlauri (Finland) 10................. Rainer Asbrandt (Sweden) 1950 1......Jindřich Roudný (Czechoslovakia) 2..................Petar Šegedin (Yugoslavia) 3..................................... Curt Stone (US) 4.....................Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 5.........................Erik Blomster (Finland) 6...................... Martin Stokken (Norway) 7...........................Alex Guyodo (France) 8...................... Tore Sjöstrand (Sweden) 9......Vladimir Kazantsev (Soviet Union) 10.........Mikhail Saltykov (Soviet Union)

© jiro mochizuki/photo run 1947 1...................... Tore Sjöstrand (Sweden) 2.....................Pentti Siltaloppi (Finland) 3...........................Olle Elvland (Sweden) 4........................ Erik Elmsäter (Sweden) 5..................... Göte Hagström (Sweden) 6........................Sten Jönsson (Sweden) 7.. Aleksandr Pugachevskiy (Soviet Union) 8.....................Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 9..............Jan-Erik Andersson (Sweden) 10................. Rainer Asbrandt (Sweden) 1948 1...................... Tore Sjöstrand (Sweden) 2........................ Erik Elmsäter (Sweden) 3..................... Göte Hagström (Sweden) 4.. Aleksandr Pugachevskiy (Soviet Union) 5.................... Raphaël Pujazon (France) 6...........................Alex Guyodo (France) 7.....................Pentti Siltaloppi (Finland) 8.....Stanislav Przhevalskiy (Soviet Union) 9.....................Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 10................... Aarne Kainlauri (Finland) © victor sailer/photo run Paul Koech has been able to claim 4 No. 1s despite not winning a major gold © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s Steeple 1951 1......Vladimir Kazantsev (Soviet Union) 2...........Mikhail Saltykov (Soviet Union) 3..................Petar Šegedin (Yugoslavia) 4..............Helmut Gude (West Germany) 5.........................Erik Blomster (Finland) 6........Božidar Đjurašković (Yugoslavia) 7.....................Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 8.................. Gunnar Tjörnebo (Sweden) 9......... Anatoliy Savenko (Soviet Union) 10........................József Apró (Hungary) 1952 1.......................Horace Ashenfelter (US) 2......Vladimir Kazantsev (Soviet Union) 3...................John Disley (Great Britain) 4..............Helmut Gude (West Germany) 5...................Olavi Rinteenpää (Finland) 6.....................Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 7....Günther Hesselmann (West Germany) 8...........Mikhail Saltykov (Soviet Union) 9.................. Gunnar Tjörnebo (Sweden) 10........................József Apró (Hungary) 1953 1...................Olavi Rinteenpää (Finland) 2..................Petar Šegedin (Yugoslavia) 3......Vladimir Kazantsev (Soviet Union) 4...........Mikhail Saltykov (Soviet Union) 5.............Fyodor Marulin (Soviet Union) 6.....................Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 7.............. László Jeszenszky (Hungary) 8.... Yevgeniy Kodyaykin (Soviet Union) 9......... Anatoliy Savenko (Soviet Union) 10........................József Apró (Hungary) 1954 1.................Sándor Rozsnyói (Hungary) 2...................Olavi Rinteenpää (Finland) 3.................... Pentti Karvonen (Finland) 4..........................Ernst Larsen (Norway) 5.............. László Jeszenszky (Hungary) 6......... Viktor Kurchavov (Soviet Union) 7.............Fyodor Marulin (Soviet Union) 8.... Yevgeniy Kodyaykin (Soviet Union) 9........ Vlastimil Brlica (Czechoslovakia) 10...................Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 1955 1........................ Jerzy Chromik (Poland) 2...................John Disley (Great Britain) 3................... Eric Shirley (Great Britain) 4.................Sándor Rozsnyói (Hungary) 5.................... Pentti Karvonen (Finland) 6............... Chris Brasher (Great Britain) 7...........Vasiliy Vlasenko (Soviet Union) 8..........................Ernst Larsen (Norway) 9........ Vlastimil Brlica (Czechoslovakia) 10...........................Sven Laine (Finland) 1956 1............... Chris Brasher (Great Britain) 2.................Sándor Rozsnyói (Hungary) 3..........................Ernst Larsen (Norway) 4.............. Heinz Laufer (West Germany) 5.....Semyon Rzhishchin (Soviet Union) 6...................John Disley (Great Britain) 7.............. László Jeszenszky (Hungary) 8...................Olavi Rinteenpää (Finland) 9.... Yevgeniy Kodyaykin (Soviet Union) 10.............................Ilkka Auer (Finland) 1957 1.....Semyon Rzhishchin (Soviet Union) 2..........................Ernst Larsen (Norway) 3......... Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 4.......Bohumír Zháňal (Czechoslovakia) 5........ Vlastimil Brlica (Czechoslovakia) 6.......... Ludvík Veselý (Czechoslovakia) 7......................... Gyula Varga (Hungary) 8.............. Heinz Laufer (West Germany) 9...................John Disley (Great Britain) 10...Sergey Ponomaryev (Soviet Union) 1958 1........................ Jerzy Chromik (Poland) 2.....Semyon Rzhishchin (Soviet Union) 3......... Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 4............. Hans Hüneke (West Germany) 5............ Hermann Buhl (East Germany) 6.................................Phil Coleman (US) 7.....Sergey Ponomaryev (Soviet Union) 8......................... Gyula Varga (Hungary) 9........ Vlastimil Brlica (Czechoslovakia) 10.................. Gerhart Hecker (Hungary) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s Steeple 1959 1.....Semyon Rzhishchin (Soviet Union) 2........... Nikolay Sokolov (Soviet Union) 3............ Hermann Buhl (East Germany) 4.......Bohumír Zháňal (Czechoslovakia) 5..........Gennadiy Ryepin (Soviet Union) 6.....Sergey Ponomaryev (Soviet Union) 7...Vladimir Yevdokimov (Soviet Union) 8......... Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 9.......... Friedrich Janke (East Germany) 10.................. Gerhart Hecker (Hungary) 1960 1......... Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 2........... Nikolay Sokolov (Soviet Union) 3.....Semyon Rzhishchin (Soviet Union) 4............ Hermann Buhl (East Germany) 5...Vladimir Yevdokimov (Soviet Union) 6.................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 7.................. Gunnar Tjörnebo (Sweden) 8........................ Jerzy Chromik (Poland) 9..........Georgios Papavasiliou (Greece) 10..........Ludwig Müller (West Germany) 1961 1......... Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 2............ Hermann Buhl (East Germany) 3........... Nikolay Sokolov (Soviet Union) 4.............. Grigoriy Taran (Soviet Union) 5.................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 6......................... Attila Simon (Hungary) 7......................József Mácsár (Hungary) 8...Vladimir Yevdokimov (Soviet Union) 9............................... George Young (US) 10.......Lazar Naroditskiy (Soviet Union) 1962 1.................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 2...................... Zoltan Vamos (Romania) 3........... Nikolay Sokolov (Soviet Union) 4............ Hermann Buhl (East Germany) 5...Vladimir Yevdokimov (Soviet Union) 6............. Aleksey Konov (Soviet Union) 7............................... George Young (US) 8............. Eduard Osipov (Soviet Union) 9......... Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 10.................. Trevor Vincent (Australia) 1963 1.................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 2............. Eduard Osipov (Soviet Union) 3......................József Mácsár (Hungary) 4............Maurice Herriott (Great Britain) 5........... Nikolay Sokolov (Soviet Union) 6.....................Slavko Špan (Yugoslavia) 7......................Bengt Persson (Sweden) 8......... Matvey Dmitriyev (Soviet Union) 9.........Lazar Naroditskiy (Soviet Union) 10........ Kestutis Orentas (Soviet Union) 1964 1.................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 2............Maurice Herriott (Great Britain) 3............... Ivan Belyayev (Soviet Union) 4... Adolfas Aleksiejunas (Soviet Union) 5...............Manuel de Oliveira (Portugal) 6............................... George Young (US) 7......................... Guy Texereau (France) 8...........Lars-Erik Gustafsson (Sweden) 9.........Lazar Naroditskiy (Soviet Union) 10...................Slavko Špan (Yugoslavia) 1965 1.................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 2...........Viktor Kudinskiy (Soviet Union) 3... Adolfas Aleksiejunas (Soviet Union) 4......Aleksandr Morozov (Soviet Union) 5............Maurice Herriott (Great Britain) 6...................... Zoltan Vamos (Romania) 7......................Bengt Persson (Sweden) 8............... Ivan Belyayev (Soviet Union) 9........................... Jouko Kuha (Finland) 10............... Victor Caramihai (Romania) 1966 1...........Viktor Kudinskiy (Soviet Union) 2.................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 3........... Anatoliy Kuryan (Soviet Union) 4.................. Peter Welsh (New Zealand) 5......................Kerry O’Brien (Australia) 6......................... Guy Texereau (France) 7..... Manfred Letzerich (West Germany) 8.........Dieter Hartmann (East Germany) 9........................Benjamin Kogo (Kenya) 10.................... Zoltan Vamos (Romania) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s Steeple 1967 1.................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 2........................Benjamin Kogo (Kenya) 3...........Viktor Kudinskiy (Soviet Union) 4........... Anatoliy Kuryan (Soviet Union) 5........................... Jouko Kuha (Finland) 6....................................Pat Traynor (US) 7......................... Guy Texereau (France) 8..... Manfred Letzerich (West Germany) 9........................... István Jóni (Hungary) 10..........Maurice Herriott (Great Britain) 1968 1............................Amos Biwott (Kenya) 2...........Viktor Kudinskiy (Soviet Union) 3.........Lazar Naroditskiy (Soviet Union) 4............................... George Young (US) 5........................Benjamin Kogo (Kenya) 6......................Kerry O’Brien (Australia) 7......Aleksandr Morozov (Soviet Union) 8.................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 9........... Anatoliy Kuryan (Soviet Union) 10......................... Jouko Kuha (Finland) 1969 1......................Mikhail Zhelev (Bulgaria) 2......Aleksandr Morozov (Soviet Union) 3..............Vladimir Dudin (Soviet Union) 4......................Kerry O’Brien (Australia) 5...................... Georgi Tikhov (Bulgaria) 6.................... Jean-Paul Villain (France) 7...............Gerry Stevens (Great Britain) 8............... John Jackson (Great Britain) 9.........Yuriy Ribachenko (Soviet Union) 10.............Pavel Sisoyev (Soviet Union) 1970 1......................Kerry O’Brien (Australia) 2..................... Tony Manning (Australia) 3......................Mikhail Zhelev (Bulgaria) 4..............Vladimir Dudin (Soviet Union) 5.................... Jean-Paul Villain (France) 6...............................Ben Jipcho (Kenya) 7............................Amos Biwott (Kenya) 8............Romualdas Bite (Soviet Union) 9................ Kazimierz Maranda (Poland) 10......................... Stale Engen (Norway) 1971 1.................... Jean-Paul Villain (France) 2.......Dušan Moravčík (Czechoslovakia) 3...............Pavel Sisoyev (Soviet Union) 4............Romualdas Bite (Soviet Union) 5......................Kerry O’Brien (Australia) 6........... Mikko Ala-Leppilampi (Finland) 7................ Kazimierz Maranda (Poland) 8...................... Georgi Tikhov (Bulgaria) 9..................Anders Gärderud (Sweden) 10..................... Sverre Sørnes (Norway) 1972 1................................. Kip Keino (Kenya) 2...............................Ben Jipcho (Kenya) 3..................... Tapio Kantanen (Finland) 4..................Anders Gärderud (Sweden) 5............Bronisław Malinowski (Poland) 6.......Dušan Moravčík (Czechoslovakia) 7............................Amos Biwott (Kenya) 8............Romualdas Bite (Soviet Union) 9................... Pekka Päivärinta (Finland) 10....................Kerry O’Brien (Australia) 1973 1...............................Ben Jipcho (Kenya) 2..................Anders Gärderud (Sweden) 3..................... Tapio Kantanen (Finland) 4..................Willi Maier (West Germany) 5.........................Evans Mogaka (Kenya) 6............Bronisław Malinowski (Poland) 7...........Leonid Savelyev (Soviet Union) 8.....................Gérard Buchheit (France) 9.......Dušan Moravčík (Czechoslovakia) 10......... Mikko Ala-Leppilampi (Finland) 1974 1............Bronisław Malinowski (Poland) 2..................Anders Gärderud (Sweden) 3............ Michael Karst (West Germany) 4..................... Tapio Kantanen (Finland) 5................................ Franco Fava (Italy) 6...............................Ben Jipcho (Kenya) 7..................John Davies (Great Britain) 8....................Takaharu Koyama (Japan) 9.......... Hans-Peter Wehrli (Switzerland) 10................Gheorghe Cefan (Romania) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s Steeple 1975 1..................Anders Gärderud (Sweden) 2............Bronisław Malinowski (Poland) 3............ Michael Karst (West Germany) 4........ Frank Baumgartl (East Germany) 5..................... Tapio Kantanen (Finland) 6..................Gheorghe Cefan (Romania) 7...................... Antonio Campos (Spain) 8............ Yohannes Mohamed (Ethiopia) 9.........................Nathan Langat (Kenya) 10.............................. Franco Fava (Italy) 1976 1..................Anders Gärderud (Sweden) 2............Bronisław Malinowski (Poland) 3........ Frank Baumgartl (East Germany) 4..................... Tapio Kantanen (Finland) 5............................. Dan Glans (Sweden) 6............ Michael Karst (West Germany) 7..................Gheorghe Cefan (Romania) 8........... Euan Robertson (New Zealand) 9...................... Antonio Campos (Spain) 10............ Dennis Coates (Great Britain) 1977 1............ Michael Karst (West Germany) 2..........................Eshetu Tura (Ethiopia) 3............Bronisław Malinowski (Poland) 4............................. Dan Glans (Sweden) 5....................... James Munyala (Kenya) 6............................... George Malley (US) 7..................................Henry Marsh (US) 8................................. Ron Addison (US) 9..................Gheorghe Cefan (Romania) 10......... Euan Robertson (New Zealand) 1978 1..............................Henry Rono (Kenya) 2............Bronisław Malinowski (Poland) 3.....................Patriz Ilg (West Germany) 4......................Ismo Toukonen (Finland) 5............ Michael Karst (West Germany) 6....................... James Munyala (Kenya) 7............................Paul Copu (Romania) 8..................................Henry Marsh (US) 9.................................. Doug Brown (US) 10.....................Vasile Bichea (Romania) 1979 1............Bronisław Malinowski (Poland) 2..............................Henry Rono (Kenya) 3........................ Kiprotich Rono (Kenya) 4....................Mariano Scartezzini (Italy) 5............................Paul Copu (Romania) 6..................................Henry Marsh (US) 7............Ralf Pönitzsch (East Germany) 8............ Michael Karst (West Germany) 9............................Hillary Tuwei (Kenya) 10.............Bogusław Mamiński (Poland) 1980 1............Bronisław Malinowski (Poland) 2........................ Kiprotich Rono (Kenya) 3..........................Filbert Bayi (Tanzania) 4....................Mariano Scartezzini (Italy) 5..........................Eshetu Tura (Ethiopia) 6...................... Domingo Ramón (Spain) 7..................................Henry Marsh (US) 8.................. Francisco Sánchez (Spain) 9...............Bogusław Mamiński (Poland) 10.........................Giuseppe Gerbi (Italy) 1981 1..................................Henry Marsh (US) 2...............Bogusław Mamiński (Poland) 3....................Mariano Scartezzini (Italy) 4.............................. John Gregorek (US) 5.....................Patriz Ilg (West Germany) 6...................... Domingo Ramón (Spain) 7............Ralf Pönitzsch (East Germany) 8.............................. Amos Korir (Kenya) 9..................... Solomon Chebor (Kenya) 10...................................Ken Martin (US) 1982 1..................................Henry Marsh (US) 2.....................Patriz Ilg (West Germany) 3...............Bogusław Mamiński (Poland) 4...................... Domingo Ramón (Spain) 5..............Hagen Melzer (East Germany) 6...................Wolfgang Konrad (Austria) 7....................Ilkka Ayravainen (Finland) 8..............................Julius Korir (Kenya) 9.................... Colin Reitz (Great Britain) 10..................... Greg Duhaime (Canada) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s Steeple 1983 1.....................Patriz Ilg (West Germany) 2..................................Henry Marsh (US) 3...............Bogusław Mamiński (Poland) 4.................... Colin Reitz (Great Britain) 5...................Joseph Mahmoud (France) 6.................. Graeme Fell (Great Britain) 7.................. Francisco Sánchez (Spain) 8.............Roger Hackney (Great Britain) 9..............................Julius Korir (Kenya) 10.................... Domingo Ramón (Spain) 1984 1..............................Julius Korir (Kenya) 2...................Joseph Mahmoud (France) 3...............Bogusław Mamiński (Poland) 4................................. Brian Diemer (US) 5..................................Henry Marsh (US) 6.................... Colin Reitz (Great Britain) 7........... Krzysztof Wesołowski (Poland) 8.................Peter Renner (New Zealand) 9................. William van Dijck (Belgium) 10.................... Domingo Ramón (Spain) 1985 1..................................Henry Marsh (US) 2.....................Patriz Ilg (West Germany) 3...............Bogusław Mamiński (Poland) 4...................Joseph Mahmoud (France) 5........................... Graeme Fell (Canada) 6........... Krzysztof Wesolowski (Poland) 7.......................... Julius Kariuki (Kenya) 8.............................Peter Koech (Kenya) 9................. William van Dijck (Belgium) 10.......... Ivan Konovalov (Soviet Union) 1986 1................. William van Dijck (Belgium) 2..............Hagen Melzer (East Germany) 3..................................Henry Marsh (US) 4.......................... Julius Kariuki (Kenya) 5..............................Julius Korir (Kenya) 6........................... Graeme Fell (Canada) 7.................... Colin Reitz (Great Britain) 8......................Francesco Panetta (Italy) 9.....................Patriz Ilg (West Germany) 10...................................... Ivan Huff (US) 1987 1......................Francesco Panetta (Italy) 2..............Hagen Melzer (East Germany) 3..............................Julius Korir (Kenya) 4................. William van Dijck (Belgium) 5................................. Brian Diemer (US) 6.............................Peter Koech (Kenya) 7........................... Graeme Fell (Canada) 8..................................Henry Marsh (US) 9............................ Patrick Sang (Kenya) 10.................Raymond Pannier (France) 1988 1.......................... Julius Kariuki (Kenya) 2.............................Peter Koech (Kenya) 3...............Mark Rowland (Great Britain) 4............................ Patrick Sang (Kenya) 5......................Francesco Panetta (Italy) 6..........Alessandro Lambruschini (Italy) 7................. William van Dijck (Belgium) 8..................................Henry Marsh (US) 9...............Bogusław Mamiński (Poland) 10............Hagen Melzer (East Germany) 1989 1.............................Peter Koech (Kenya) 2.......................... Julius Kariuki (Kenya) 3............................ Patrick Sang (Kenya) 4..........Alessandro Lambruschini (Italy) 5..............Hagen Melzer (East Germany) 6........................... Graeme Fell (Canada) 7...................Joseph Mahmoud (France) 8........................ Bruno LeStum (France) 9................................. Brian Diemer (US) 10.............Mark Rowland (Great Britain) 1990 1.......................... Julius Kariuki (Kenya) 2.............................Peter Koech (Kenya) 3............................ Patrick Sang (Kenya) 4......................Francesco Panetta (Italy) 5........................William Mutwol (Kenya) 6........................... Graeme Fell (Canada) 7...............Mark Rowland (Great Britain) 8..............................Julius Korir (Kenya) 9..........Alessandro Lambruschini (Italy) 10........................... Angelo Carosi (Italy) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s Steeple 1991 1....................... Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) 2............................ Patrick Sang (Kenya) 3.......................... Julius Kariuki (Kenya) 4........................William Mutwol (Kenya) 5................ Abdelaziz Sahere (Morocco) 6.......................Philip Barkutwo (Kenya) 7....................Azzedine Brahmi (Algeria) 8................................. Brian Diemer (US) 9...............Johnstone Kipkoech (Kenya) 10............... William van Dijck (Belgium) 1992 1....................... Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) 2........................... Matthew Birir (Kenya) 3............................ Patrick Sang (Kenya) 4.......................Philip Barkutwo (Kenya) 5........................William Mutwol (Kenya) 6.......................... Micah Boinett (Kenya) 7..........Alessandro Lambruschini (Italy) 8......................Steffen Brand (Germany) 9...................Tom Hanlon (Great Britain) 10............................... Brian Diemer (US) 1993 1....................... Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) 2............................ Patrick Sang (Kenya) 3..........Alessandro Lambruschini (Italy) 4................................Mark Croghan (US) 5........................Richard Kosgei (Kenya) 6.......................... Julius Kariuki (Kenya) 7......................Steffen Brand (Germany) 8.................... Elarbi Khattabi (Morocco) 9........................... Matthew Birir (Kenya) 10...............Shaun Creighton (Australia) 1994 1....................... Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) 2........................Richard Kosgei (Kenya) 3.................... Eliud Barngetuny (Kenya) 4................................Mark Croghan (US) 5........................... Matthew Birir (Kenya) 6..........Alessandro Lambruschini (Italy) 7...............Johnstone Kipkoech (Kenya) 8............................ Patrick Sang (Kenya) 9................ Abdelaziz Sahere (Morocco) 10......................William Mutwol (Kenya) 1995 1....................... Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) 2.................... Eliud Barngetuny (Kenya) 3.................Christopher Kosgei (Kenya) 4............................ Patrick Sang (Kenya) 5........................Richard Kosgei (Kenya) 6.......................Gideon Chirchir (Kenya) 7................... Bernard Barmasai (Kenya) 8............Sa’ad Al-Asmari (Saudi Arabia) 9...............Johnstone Kipkoech (Kenya) 10....................Steffen Brand (Germany) 1996 1........................... Joseph Keter (Kenya) 2....................... Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) 3.......................Gideon Chirchir (Kenya) 4............................ Patrick Sang (Kenya) 5............................ John Kosgei (Kenya) 6................... Bernard Barmasai (Kenya) 7..........Alessandro Lambruschini (Italy) 8.................Christopher Kosgei (Kenya) 9........................... Matthew Birir (Kenya) 10......................Richard Kosgei (Kenya) 1997 1....................... Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) 2.............................. Wilson Boit (Kenya) 3................... Bernard Barmasai (Kenya) 4.................... Eliud Barngetuny (Kenya) 5............................ Patrick Sang (Kenya) 6........................... Joseph Keter (Kenya) 7............................ John Kosgei (Kenya) 8............................. Paul Kosgei (Kenya) 9............Sa’ad Al-Asmari (Saudi Arabia) 10......................... Matthew Birir (Kenya) 1998 1................... Bernard Barmasai (Kenya) 2.............................. Wilson Boit (Kenya) 3....................... Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) 4............................ Patrick Sang (Kenya) 5............................. Paul Kosgei (Kenya) 6.......................... Kipkirui Misoi (Kenya) 7.................... Eliud Barngetuny (Kenya) 8.................... Elarbi Khattabi (Morocco) 9.................. Brahim Boulami (Morocco) 10................... Jonathan Kandie (Kenya) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s Steeple 1999 1................... Bernard Barmasai (Kenya) 2.................Christopher Kosgei (Kenya) 3.............................. Wilson Boit (Kenya) 4.............................Ali Ezzine (Morocco) 5............................. Paul Kosgei (Kenya) 6.......................... Kipkirui Misoi (Kenya) 7..................Damian Kallabis (Germany) 8....................... Moses Kiptanui (Kenya) 9.................... Elarbi Khattabi (Morocco) 10.............................. Bob Tahri (France) 2000 1........................Reuben Kosgei (Kenya) 2.............................. Wilson Boit (Kenya) 3.............................Ali Ezzine (Morocco) 4................... Bernard Barmasai (Kenya) 5.................. Brahim Boulami (Morocco) 6.......................... Kipkirui Misoi (Kenya) 7........................Raymond Yator (Kenya) 8................... Luís Miguel Martín (Spain) 9............................ Eliseo Martín (Spain) 10............. Günther Weidlinger (Austria) 2001 1.................. Brahim Boulami (Morocco) 2........................Reuben Kosgei (Kenya) 3................... Bernard Barmasai (Kenya) 4.............................. Wilson Boit (Kenya) 5........................... Säif Shaheen (Kenya) 6.......................... Kipkirui Misoi (Kenya) 7.............................Ali Ezzine (Morocco) 8................... Luís Miguel Martín (Spain) 9................................ Bob Tahri (France) 10.........................Julius Nyamu (Kenya) 2002 1........................... Säif Shaheen (Kenya) 2.............................. Wilson Boit (Kenya) 3........................Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 4........................... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 5........................Reuben Kosgei (Kenya) 6............Sa’ad Al-Asmari (Saudi Arabia) 7...........................Julius Nyamu (Kenya) 8...................... Antonio Jiménez (Spain) 9................... Luís Miguel Martín (Spain) 10...................Simon Vroemen (Holland) 2003 1.............................Säif Shaheen (Qatar) 2........................Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 3........................... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 4...........................Julius Nyamu (Kenya) 5................................ Bob Tahri (France) 6............................ Eliseo Martín (Spain) 7...................Abraham Cherono (Kenya) 8................... Luís Miguel Martín (Spain) 9.....................Simon Vroemen (Holland) 10........................ Kipkirui Misoi (Kenya) 2004 1.............................Säif Shaheen (Qatar) 2........................Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 3........................... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 4.........................Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 5.................... David Chemweno (Kenya) 6....................Richard Matelong (Kenya) 7...........................Julius Nyamu (Kenya) 8.......................... Kipkirui Misoi (Kenya) 9.....................Wesley Kiprotich (Kenya) 10...............Moussa Omar Obaid (Qatar) 2005 1.............................Säif Shaheen (Qatar) 2........................Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 3.........................Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 4........................... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 5.................. Brahim Boulami (Morocco) 6.....................Simon Vroemen (Holland) 7................................ Bob Tahri (France) 8.................Moussa Omar Obaid (Qatar) 9.......................... Kipkirui Misoi (Kenya) 10.................. David Chemweno (Kenya) 2006 1.............................Säif Shaheen (Qatar) 2........................... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 3....................Richard Matelong (Kenya) 4................................ Bob Tahri (France) 5........................Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 6.........................Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 7............ Abdelkader Hachlaf (Morocco) 8............................... Daniel Lincoln (US) 9........................Reuben Kosgei (Kenya) 10....................Michael Kipyego (Kenya) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s Steeple 2007 1........................... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 2.........................Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 3........................Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 4....................Richard Matelong (Kenya) 5........................Reuben Kosgei (Kenya) 6............................ Willy Komen (Kenya) 7................ Mustafa Mohamed (Sweden) 8................................ Bob Tahri (France) 9........................... Tareq Taher (Bahrain) 10..................... Brahim Taleb (Morocco) 2008 1........................... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 2.........................Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 3....................Richard Matelong (Kenya) 4............... Mahiedine Mekhissi (France) 5........................Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 6................................ Bob Tahri (France) 7........................... Tareq Taher (Bahrain) 8................ Benjamin Kiplagat (Uganda) 9......................Michael Kipyego (Kenya) 10.............. Mustafa Mohamed (Sweden) 2009 1........................Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 2........................... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 3....................Richard Matelong (Kenya) 4................................ Bob Tahri (France) 5............................. Roba Gari (Ethiopia) 6.........................Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 7.................... Jukka Keskisalo (Finland) 8........................... Tareq Taher (Bahrain) 9......................Michael Kipyego (Kenya) 10..............................Abel Mutai (Kenya) 2010 1........................... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 2........................Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 3....................Richard Matelong (Kenya) 4.........................Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 5................ Benjamin Kiplagat (Uganda) 6............... Mahiedine Mekhissi (France) 7............................. Roba Gari (Ethiopia) 8................................ Bob Tahri (France) 9......................... Patrick Langat (Kenya) 10....................... Elijah Chelimo (Kenya) 2011 1........................Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 2.........................Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 3........................... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 4............... Mahiedine Mekhissi (France) 5............................. Hillary Yego (Kenya) 6................................ Bob Tahri (France) 7............................. Roba Gari (Ethiopia) 8................ Benjamin Kiplagat (Uganda) 9....................Richard Matelong (Kenya) 10.................... Jairus Kipchoge (Kenya) 2012 1........................... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 2.........................Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 3........................Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 4.................. Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) 5................................Abel Mutai (Kenya) 6........................... Jairus Birech (Kenya) 7............... Mahiedine Mekhissi (France) 8............................. Roba Gari (Ethiopia) 9............................. Hillary Yego (Kenya) 10.................................. Evan Jager (US) 2013 1................. Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) 2....................... Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 3............................ Hillary Yego (Kenya) 4.............. Mahiedine Mekhissi (France) 5.......................... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 6.......................... Jairus Birech (Kenya) 7............................ Gilbert Kirui (Kenya) 8............................... Abel Mutai (Kenya) 9........................ Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 10................................. Evan Jager (US) 2014 1........................... Jairus Birech (Kenya) 2.................................... Evan Jager (US) 3............... Mahiedine Mekhissi (France) 4.................. Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) 5.........................Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 6....................... Jonathan Ndiku (Kenya) 7............................. Hillary Yego (Kenya) 8........................... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 9........................Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 10..............................Abel Mutai (Kenya) © Track & Field News 2018 — 10 — World Rankings — Men’s Steeple 2015 1........................... Jairus Birech (Kenya) 2........................Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 3.................. Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) 4.................................... Evan Jager (US) 5........................... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 6.........................Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 7....................... Jonathan Ndiku (Kenya) 8......................Clement Kemboi (Kenya) 9............................. Hillary Yego (Kenya) 10...................................Dan Huling (US) 2016 1.................. Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) 2.................................... Evan Jager (US) 3............... Mahiedine Mekhissi (France) 4........................... Jairus Birech (Kenya) 5.....................Abraham Kibiwot (Kenya) 6........................... Paul Koech II (Kenya) 7...........................Yoann Kowal (France) 8.............Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco) 9...........................Nicholas Bett (Kenya) 10.......................Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 2017 1.................. Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) 2.............Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco) 3.................................... Evan Jager (US) 4............................Stanley Kebenei (US) 5........................... Jairus Birech (Kenya) 6.......................Benjamin Kigen (Kenya) 7............... Mahiedine Mekhissi (France) 8...............................Amos Kirui (Kenya) 9...........................Nicholas Bett (Kenya) 10........... Yemane Hailesilassie (Eritrea)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s Marathon 1948 1.................... Delfo Cabrera (Argentina) 2............... Tom Richards (Great Britain) 3.......................Étienne Gailly (Belgium) 4.......Johannes Coleman (South Africa) 5..............Gösta Leandersson (Sweden) 6...........................Gérard Côté (Canada) 7................. Eusebio Guiñez (Argentina) 8......................... Sid Lyut (South Africa) 9......................Gustav Ostling (Sweden) 10........................ John Systad (Norway) © lisa coniglio/photo run Haile Gebrselassie made a successful conversion from track to road, claiming history’s first sub-2:04 clocking 1947 1..................Bok-suh Yun (South Korea) 2......................Mikko Hietanen (Finland) 3.......................................Ted Vogel (US) 4.......... Charles Heirendt (Luxembourg) 5..................Jack Holden (Great Britain) 6............... Salvatore Constantino (Italy) 7...........................Gérard Côté (Canada) 8.............................Shinzo Koga (Japan) 9............... Tom Richards (Great Britain) 10....................... Olle Larsson (Sweden) © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s Marathon 1949 1.................... Matti Urpalainen (Finland) 2..............Gösta Leandersson (Sweden) 3..................Jack Holden (Great Britain) 4................ Salomon Könönen (Finland) 5...........................Paavo Laine (Finland) 6............................ Aarne Jung (Finland) 7.....................................Vic Dyrgall (US) 8.......... Jaroslav Fiala (Czechoslovakia) 9............... Tom Richards (Great Britain) 10.....................Vilho Partanen (Finland) 1950 1..................Jack Holden (Great Britain) 2...................Veikko Karvonen (Finland) 3.............Fyedosiy Vanin (Soviet Union) 4..............Gösta Leandersson (Sweden) 5.......Vasiliy Gordiyenko (Soviet Union) 6...............Yong-ham Kee (South Korea) 7.................... Gustaf Jansson (Sweden) 8.....................Veikko Timonen (Finland) 9.......................Vilho Partanen (Finland) 10.................... Shunji Koyanagi (Japan) 1951 1...................Veikko Karvonen (Finland) 2........................ Shigeki Tanaka (Japan) 3.....................Jim Peters (Great Britain) 4.................... Gustaf Jansson (Sweden) 5.......................Vilho Partanen (Finland) 6.................... Delfo Cabrera (Argentina) 7.............................Chhota Singh (India) 8.....................Veikko Timonen (Finland) 9........................ Charles Cerou (France) 10............. Tom Richards (Great Britain) 1952 1............Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 2................. Reinaldo Gorno (Argentina) 3.................... Gustaf Jansson (Sweden) 4.............. Chil-choi Yoon (South Korea) 5...................Veikko Karvonen (Finland) 6.....................Jim Peters (Great Britain) 7.................... Delfo Cabrera (Argentina) 8.................. József Dobronyi (Hungary) 9...................... Erkki Puolakka (Finland) 10...................... Katsuo Nishida (Japan) 1953 1.....................Jim Peters (Great Britain) 2.......................... Keizo Yamada (Japan) 3...................Veikko Karvonen (Finland) 4.....................Hideo Hamamura (Japan) 5..................... Kurao Hiroshima (Japan) 6.............. Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (Japan) 7..............Gösta Leandersson (Sweden) 8........................ Katsuo Nishida (Japan) 9....................... Stan Cox (Great Britain) 10.........................Victor Olsen (Norway) 1954 1...................Veikko Karvonen (Finland) 2.....................Jim Peters (Great Britain) 3................. Reinaldo Gorno (Argentina) 4........... Boris Grishayev (Soviet Union) 5....................... Ivan Filin (Soviet Union) 6...................... Erkki Puolakka (Finland) 7.................... Gustaf Jansson (Sweden) 8.............. Chil-choi Yoon (South Korea) 9................ Yoshitaka Uchikawa (Japan) 10................Joe McGhee (Great Britain) 1955 1...................Veikko Karvonen (Finland) 2..................... Kurao Hiroshima (Japan) 3.....................Hideo Hamamura (Japan) 4.......................... Paavo Kotila (Finland) 5...................... Eino Pulkkinen (Finland) 6.........................Evert Nyberg (Sweden) 7........................ Katsuo Nishida (Japan) 8................................... Nick Costes (US) 9................. Reinaldo Gorno (Argentina) 10...............Doroteo Flores (Guatemala) 1956 1......................... Alain Mimoun (France) 2..................Franjo Mihalić (Yugoslavia) 3...................Veikko Karvonen (Finland) 4............ Hoon-lee Chang (South Korea) 5............... Yoshiaki Kawashima (Japan) 6............Emil Zátopek (Czechoslovakia) 7....................... Ivan Filin (Soviet Union) 8....................Thomas Nilsson (Sweden) 9........................Eino Oksanen (Finland) 10........................ Paavo Kotila (Finland) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s Marathon 1957 1..................Franjo Mihalić (Yugoslavia) 2..................... Kurao Hiroshima (Japan) 3.......................... Paavo Kotila (Finland) 4................................... John Kelley (US) 5...............Sergey Popov (Soviet Union) 6....................... Ivan Filin (Soviet Union) 7.................Eddie Kirkup (Great Britain) 8.............Aleksey Ivanov (Soviet Union) 9........Pavel Kantorek (Czechoslovakia) 10...............Franjo Skrinjar (Yugoslavia) 1958 1...............Sergey Popov (Soviet Union) 2....................... Ivan Filin (Soviet Union) 3....................Fred Norris (Great Britain) 4.........................Dave Power (Australia) 5............ Peter Wilkinson (Great Britain) 6.............. Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (Japan) 7...................Veikko Karvonen (Finland) 8..................Franjo Mihalić (Yugoslavia) 9........Pavel Kantorek (Czechoslovakia) 10................................. John Kelley (US) 1959 1........................Eino Oksanen (Finland) 2...............Sergey Popov (Soviet Union) 3..................... Kurao Hiroshima (Japan) 4................................... John Kelley (US) 5........Pavel Kantorek (Czechoslovakia) 6.........Dennis O’Gorman (Great Britain) 7....................... Ivan Filin (Soviet Union) 8..................... Olavi Manninen (Finland) 9.... Chris Fleming-Smith (Great Britain) 10............ Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (Japan) 1960 1.........................Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia) 2...... Rhadi Ben Abdesselem (Morocco) 3................. Barry Magee (New Zealand) 4... Konstantin Vorobyov (Soviet Union) 5...............Sergey Popov (Soviet Union) 6.......................... Paavo Kotila (Finland) 7........Pavel Kantorek (Czechoslovakia) 8....................... Takayuki Nakao (Japan) 9................ Thyge Törgersen (Denmark) 10...............Franjo Skrinjar (Yugoslavia) 1961 1.........................Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia) 2........Pavel Kantorek (Czechoslovakia) 3........................Eino Oksanen (Finland) 4.............. Nobuyoshi Sadanaga (Japan) 5....................... Takayuki Nakao (Japan) 6............ Peter Wilkinson (Great Britain) 7................................... John Kelley (US) 8................. Barry Magee (New Zealand) 9.... Václav Chudomel (Czechoslovakia) 10... Aurèle Vandendriessche (Belgium) 1962 1....................Brian Kilby (Great Britain) 2..........................Toru Terasawa (Japan) 3....................... Takayuki Nakao (Japan) 4..... Aurèle Vandendriessche (Belgium) 5................Viktor Baikov (Soviet Union) 6...............Alastair Wood (Great Britain) 7......................... Kenji Kimihara (Japan) 8........Pavel Kantorek (Czechoslovakia) 9................................Buddy Edelen (US) 10......................Eino Oksanen (Finland) 1963 1................................Buddy Edelen (US) 2..................... Jeff Julian (New Zealand) 3......................... Kenji Kimihara (Japan) 4..... Aurèle Vandendriessche (Belgium) 5..........................Toru Terasawa (Japan) 6....................Brian Kilby (Great Britain) 7....................Kazumi Watanabe (Japan) 8................Viktor Baikov (Soviet Union) 9...............Sergey Popov (Soviet Union) 10.. Václav Chudomel (Czechoslovakia) 1964 1.........................Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia) 2.................Basil Heatley (Great Britain) 3...................Kokichi Tsuburaya (Japan) 4....................Brian Kilby (Great Britain) 5..........................József Sütö (Hungary) 6................................Buddy Edelen (US) 7..... Aurèle Vandendriessche (Belgium) 8..........................Toru Terasawa (Japan) 9......................... Kenji Kimihara (Japan) 10..................... Takayuki Nakao (Japan) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s Marathon 1965 1................... Morio Shigematsu (Japan) 2..........................Toru Terasawa (Japan) 3....................... Takayuki Nakao (Japan) 4........................Hideaki Shisido (Japan) 5..... Aurèle Vandendriessche (Belgium) 6.................Hidekuni Hiroshima (Japan) 7................................Buddy Edelen (US) 8..................Bill Adcocks (Great Britain) 9.........................Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia) 10..................... Hirokazu Okabe (Japan) 1966 1..................... Mike Ryan (New Zealand) 2.................Hidekuni Hiroshima (Japan) 3.........................Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia) 4..........................Toru Terasawa (Japan) 5......................... Kenji Kimihara (Japan) 6....................... Hirokazu Okabe (Japan) 7.....................Jim Hogan (Great Britain) 8.......................Jim Alder (Great Britain) 9..... Aurèle Vandendriessche (Belgium) 10......................... Gyula Tóth (Hungary) 1967 1..................... Derek Clayton (Australia) 2.......................Seiichiro Sasaki (Japan) 3.............Dave McKenzie (New Zealand) 4......................... Kenji Kimihara (Japan) 5..............Masatsuga Futsuhara (Japan) 6.......................Jim Alder (Great Britain) 7...............................Akio Usami (Japan) 8.............Jürgen Busch (East Germany) 9.........................Yoshiro Mifune (Japan) 10.....................Andy Boychuk (Canada) 1968 1..................Bill Adcocks (Great Britain) 2......................Yoshiaki Unetani (Japan) 3.........................Mamo Wolde (Ethiopia) 4......................... Kenji Kimihara (Japan) 5..................... Mike Ryan (New Zealand) 6............................İsmail Akçay (Turkey) 7...............................Akio Usami (Japan) 8.......................Gebru Merawi (Ethiopia) 9..................... Derek Clayton (Australia) 10..............Tim Johnston (Great Britain) 1969 1.................... Jerome Drayton (Canada) 2......................... Ron Hill (Great Britain) 3..................... Derek Clayton (Australia) 4...............................Akio Usami (Japan) 5.....................Hayami Tanimura (Japan) 6.......................Jim Alder (Great Britain) 7..................Bill Adcocks (Great Britain) 8.........................Pablo Garrido (Mexico) 9......................Yoshiaki Unetani (Japan) 10...................Toshiharu Sasaki (Japan) 1970 1......................... Ron Hill (Great Britain) 2...............................Akio Usami (Japan) 3.................................Kenny Moore (US) 4.......................Jim Alder (Great Britain) 5......................Yoshiaki Unetani (Japan) 6...................Jack Foster (New Zealand) 7................Don Faircloth (Great Britain) 8..................Bill Adcocks (Great Britain) 9..................John Farrington (Australia) 10................Yuriy Volkov (Soviet Union) 1971 1................................ Frank Shorter (US) 2...............................Akio Usami (Japan) 3.......................Karel Lismont (Belgium) 4..................... Derek Clayton (Australia) 5......................... Ron Hill (Great Britain) 6................Trevor Wright (Great Britain) 7..................John Farrington (Australia) 8...................Jack Foster (New Zealand) 9...............Colin Kirkham (Great Britain) 10......................Seppo Nikkari (Finland) 1972 1................................ Frank Shorter (US) 2..................John Farrington (Australia) 3.......................Karel Lismont (Belgium) 4.........................Mamo Wolde (Ethiopia) 5.................................Kenny Moore (US) 6......................... Kenji Kimihara (Japan) 7......................... Ron Hill (Great Britain) 8.............Don Macgregor (Great Britain) 9........................Seppo Nikkari (Finland) 10............. Lutz Philipp (West Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s Marathon 1973 1................................ Frank Shorter (US) 2........... Eckhard Lesse (East Germany) 3................... Brian Armstrong (Canada) 4..................... Derek Clayton (Australia) 5...............Ian Thompson (Great Britain) 6............... Yoshinobu Kitayama (Japan) 7..................John Farrington (Australia) 8......................... Ron Hill (Great Britain) 9...................Jack Foster (New Zealand) 10.............Colin Kirkham (Great Britain) 1974 1...............Ian Thompson (Great Britain) 2................................ Frank Shorter (US) 3........... Eckhard Lesse (East Germany) 4...................Jack Foster (New Zealand) 5................Richard Mabuza (Swaziland) 6................... Pekka Päivärinta (Finland) 7.............. Terry Manners (New Zealand) 8...............................Akio Usami (Japan) 9.................. Bernie Plain (Great Britain) 10................ Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 1975 1.................................. Bill Rodgers (US) 2.................... Jerome Drayton (Canada) 3...................... David Chettle (Australia) 4....................................Steve Hoag (US) 5..................................Tom Fleming (US) 6......................... Ron Hill (Great Britain) 7.......................Giuseppe Cindolo (Italy) 8........... Eckhard Lesse (East Germany) 9............................. Takeshi Soh (Japan) 10.......................... Jerzy Gross (Poland) 1976 1..Waldemar Cierpinski (East Germany) 2................................ Frank Shorter (US) 3.......................Karel Lismont (Belgium) 4.................................Don Kardong (US) 5.................... Jerome Drayton (Canada) 6.................................. Bill Rodgers (US) 7............................Lasse Viren (Finland) 8...........Leonid Moseyev (Soviet Union) 9................................ Franco Fava (Italy) 10......Aleksandr Gotzkiy (Soviet Union) 1977 1.................................. Bill Rodgers (US) 2.................... Jerome Drayton (Canada) 3........................Brian Maxwell (Canada) 4...........Leonid Moseyev (Soviet Union) 5.......................Massimo Magnani (Italy) 6................Chris Stewart (Great Britain) 7................. So Go Chung (North Korea) 8................... Pekka Päivärinta (Finland) 9.................................. Veli Ballı (Turkey) 10.....................Essa Tikkanen (Finland) 1978 1...........Leonid Moseyev (Soviet Union) 2.................................. Bill Rodgers (US) 3........................ Toshihiko Seko (Japan) 4................................Hideki Kita (Japan) 5............................. Shigeru Soh (Japan) 6..............Nikolay Penzin (Soviet Union) 7.......................Karel Lismont (Belgium) 8..Waldemar Cierpinski (East Germany) 9............. Gidamis Shahanga (Tanzania) 10..............Trevor Wright (Great Britain) 1979 1.................................. Bill Rodgers (US) 2........................ Toshihiko Seko (Japan) 3...........Leonid Moseyev (Soviet Union) 4............................. Shigeru Soh (Japan) 5.....................Kebede Balcha (Ethiopia) 6............................. Takeshi Soh (Japan) 7...................Bernie Ford (Great Britain) 8........... Sop Choe Chang (North Korea) 9..............................Bill Scott (Australia) 10.................................. Kirk Pfeffer (US) 1980 1..Waldemar Cierpinski (East Germany) 2...................... Gerard Nijboer (Holland) 3........................ Toshihiko Seko (Japan) 4............................. Alberto Salazar (US) 5..............Vladimir Kotov (Soviet Union) 6.. Satymkul Dzhumanazarov (Soviet Union) 7...................... Rodolfo Gómez (Mexico) 8.............................. Tony Sandoval (US) 9............................. Takeshi Soh (Japan) 10....................... Kunimitsu Itoh (Japan) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s Marathon 1981 1............................. Alberto Salazar (US) 2.................. Rob de Castella (Australia) 3........................ Toshihiko Seko (Japan) 4......................... Kunimitsu Itoh (Japan) 5............................. Shigeru Soh (Japan) 6................................... Craig Virgin (US) 7.................................. Bill Rodgers (US) 8............................. Takeshi Soh (Japan) 9..............................Dick Beardsley (US) 10...................... Jukka Toivola (Finland) 1982 1............................. Alberto Salazar (US) 2.................. Rob de Castella (Australia) 3...................... Rodolfo Gómez (Mexico) 4...................... Gerard Nijboer (Holland) 5......................Juma Ikangaa (Tanzania) 6...............Paul Ballinger (New Zealand) 7................................. Benji Durden (US) 8..............................Dick Beardsley (US) 9.................. Hugh Jones (Great Britain) 10........... Armand Parmentier (Belgium) 1983 1.................. Rob de Castella (Australia) 2........................ Toshihiko Seko (Japan) 3....................... Carlos Lopes (Portugal) 4............................. Takeshi Soh (Japan) 5...................... Rodolfo Gómez (Mexico) 6.....................Kebede Balcha (Ethiopia) 7......................Juma Ikangaa (Tanzania) 8..Waldemar Cierpinski (East Germany) 9............................Joseph Nzau (Kenya) 10................ Hugh Jones (Great Britain) 1984 1....................... Carlos Lopes (Portugal) 2..................Steve Jones (Great Britain) 3............................John Treacy (Ireland) 4..........Charlie Spedding (Great Britain) 5............................. Takeshi Soh (Japan) 6.................. Rob de Castella (Australia) 7......................Juma Ikangaa (Tanzania) 8............................Joseph Nzau (Kenya) 9...........................Dereje Nedi (Ethiopia) 10...............Takeyuki Nakayama (Japan) 1985 1..................Steve Jones (Great Britain) 2....................... Carlos Lopes (Portugal) 3.........................Ahmed Salah (Djibouti) 4.................Takeyuki Nakayama (Japan) 5....................... Djama Robleh (Djibouti) 6..........Charlie Spedding (Great Britain) 7.................. Rob de Castella (Australia) 8.......Michael Heilmann (East Germany) 9....................... Orlando Pizzolato (Italy) 10........................... Shigeru Soh (Japan) 1986 1......................Juma Ikangaa (Tanzania) 2.................. Rob de Castella (Australia) 3...................... Taisuke Kodama (Japan) 4........................ Toshihiko Seko (Japan) 5......................... Kunimitsu Itoh (Japan) 6...............Belayneh Dinsamo (Ethiopia) 7.................Abebe Mekonnen (Ethiopia) 8.................Takeyuki Nakayama (Japan) 9........................... Gelindo Bordin (Italy) 10.................................Gianni Poli (Italy) 1987 1.................Takeyuki Nakayama (Japan) 2..................... Hiromi Taniguchi (Japan) 3...................Douglas Wakiihuri (Kenya) 4.........................Ahmed Salah (Djibouti) 5........................ Toshihiko Seko (Japan) 6.................. Hisatoshi Shintaku (Japan) 7........................... Gelindo Bordin (Italy) 8...................... Ibrahim Hussein (Kenya) 9...................Jörg Peter (East Germany) 10..............Steve Moneghetti (Australia) 1988 1...............Belayneh Dinsamo (Ethiopia) 2........................... Gelindo Bordin (Italy) 3.........................Ahmed Salah (Djibouti) 4.................Abebe Mekonnen (Ethiopia) 5......................Juma Ikangaa (Tanzania) 6...................Douglas Wakiihuri (Kenya) 7..................Steve Jones (Great Britain) 8.................Takeyuki Nakayama (Japan) 9...................... Ibrahim Hussein (Kenya) 10...............Toshihiro Shibutani (Japan) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s Marathon 1989 1......................Juma Ikangaa (Tanzania) 2.................Abebe Mekonnen (Ethiopia) 3...................Douglas Wakiihuri (Kenya) 4...............Belayneh Dinsamo (Ethiopia) 5................Steve Moneghetti (Australia) 6............... Alfredo Shahanga (Tanzania) 7.........................Ahmed Salah (Djibouti) 8......................Manuel Matias (Portugal) 9............ Ravil Kashapov (Soviet Union) 10.................Zeleke Metafaria (Ethiopia) 1990 1........................... Gelindo Bordin (Italy) 2...................Douglas Wakiihuri (Kenya) 3................Steve Moneghetti (Australia) 4............. Gidamis Shahanga (Tanzania) 5...................... Simon Robert (Tanzania) 6......................Juma Ikangaa (Tanzania) 7..........................Martin Pitayo (Mexico) 8....................Antoni Niemczak (Poland) 9...............Belayneh Dinsamo (Ethiopia) 10.................Jörg Peter (East Germany) 1991 1..................... Hiromi Taniguchi (Japan) 2.................Abebe Mekonnen (Ethiopia) 3............................... Jan Huruk (Poland) 4.........................Ahmed Salah (Djibouti) 5................................ Steve Spence (US) 6..........................Shuichi Morita (Japan) 7..................... Salvador García (Mexico) 8...................... Ibrahim Hussein (Kenya) 9.................. Rob de Castella (Australia) 10.................... Koichi Morishita (Japan) 1992 1........ Young-cho Hwang (South Korea) 2...................... Koichi Morishita (Japan) 3...............Stephan Freigang (Germany) 4.................Takeyuki Nakayama (Japan) 5............................... Jan Huruk (Poland) 6......................... Tena Negere (Ethiopia) 7....................... Dionicio Céron (Mexico) 8....................Willie Mtolo (South Africa) 9...................... Ibrahim Hussein (Kenya) 10.......................Salvatore Bettiol (Italy) 1993 1....................... Dionicio Céron (Mexico) 2.................................Mark Plaatjes (US) 3............... Lucketz Swartbooi (Namibia) 4...............Jae-ryong Kim (South Korea) 5..........................Cosmas Ndeti (Kenya) 6..........Richard Nerurkar (Great Britain) 7................... Sevarino Bernardini (Italy) 8................... Andrés Espinosa (Mexico) 9................Vincent Rousseau (Belgium) 10...........Bert van Vlaanderen (Holland) 1994 1................Steve Moneghetti (Australia) 2................Vincent Rousseau (Belgium) 3..........................Cosmas Ndeti (Kenya) 4................... Andrés Espinosa (Mexico) 5...........................Boay Akonay (Turkey) 6......................Manuel Matias (Portugal) 7..........................Germán Silva (Mexico) 8....................... Dionicio Céron (Mexico) 9.......................António Pinto (Portugal) 10................................ Martín Fiz (Spain) 1995 1.................................. Martín Fiz (Spain) 2....................... Dionicio Céron (Mexico) 3....................... Luiz dos Santos (Brazil) 4............................Sammy Lelei (Kenya) 5................Vincent Rousseau (Belgium) 6..........................Cosmas Ndeti (Kenya) 7.......................António Pinto (Portugal) 8................Steve Moneghetti (Australia) 9............................ Moses Tanui (Kenya) 10.............. Domingos Castro (Portugal) 1996 1...................Bong-ju Lee (South Korea) 2..........Josiah Thugwane (South Africa) 3.................................. Martín Fiz (Spain) 4.......................... Eric Wainaina (Kenya) 5....................Paul Evans (Great Britain) 6............................ Moses Tanui (Kenya) 7.......................Alberto Juzdado (Spain) 8.......................António Pinto (Portugal) 9.................... Vanderlei de Lima (Brazil) 10..................... Dionicio Céron (Mexico) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s Marathon 1997 1................................Abel Antón (Spain) 2..........Josiah Thugwane (South Africa) 3.................................. Martín Fiz (Spain) 4.............................John Kagwe (Kenya) 5........................... Stefano Baldini (Italy) 6.......................António Pinto (Portugal) 7............. Khalid Khannouchi (Morocco) 8........................ Joseph Chebet (Kenya) 9..............................Elijah Lagat (Kenya) 10.......................... Eric Kimaiyo (Kenya) 1998 1......................... Ondoro Osoro (Kenya) 2.................... Ronaldo da Costa (Brazil) 3............................ Moses Tanui (Kenya) 4........................ Joseph Chebet (Kenya) 5........................Fabián Roncero (Spain) 6.............................John Kagwe (Kenya) 7.......................Gert Thys (South Africa) 8............. Khalid Khannouchi (Morocco) 9.......................Jackson Kabiga (Kenya) 10..............................Abel Antón (Spain) 1999 1........................ Joseph Chebet (Kenya) 2............. Khalid Khannouchi (Morocco) 3....... Abdelkader El Mouaziz (Morocco) 4................................Abel Antón (Spain) 5....................Josephat Kiprono (Kenya) 6.......................Gert Thys (South Africa) 7......................... Japhet Kosgei (Kenya) 8............................. Julius Rutto (Kenya) 9..............................Fred Kiprop (Kenya) 10.......................... Moses Tanui (Kenya) 2000 1................ Gezahegne Abera (Ethiopia) 2....... Abdelkader El Mouaziz (Morocco) 3....................... Khalid Khannouchi (US) 4.......................António Pinto (Portugal) 5...........................Atsushi Fujita (Japan) 6......................... Japhet Kosgei (Kenya) 7..............................Elijah Lagat (Kenya) 8.......................... Eric Wainaina (Kenya) 9...................Bong-ju Lee (South Korea) 10.........................Simon Biwott (Kenya) 2001 1................ Gezahegne Abera (Ethiopia) 2....... Abdelkader El Mouaziz (Morocco) 3...........................Simon Biwott (Kenya) 4....................Josephat Kiprono (Kenya) 5.........................Tesfaye Jifar (Ethiopia) 6........................... Stefano Baldini (Italy) 7........................ Driss El Himer (France) 8...............................Paul Tergat (Kenya) 9......................Shigeru Aburaya (Japan) 10...................... Tesfaye Tolla (Ethiopia) 2002 1....................... Khalid Khannouchi (US) 2...............................Paul Tergat (Kenya) 3.......................... Daniel Njenga (Kenya) 4................... Toshinari Takaoka (Japan) 5....... Abdelkader El Mouaziz (Morocco) 6........................... Rodgers Rop (Kenya) 7...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 8.................Raymond Kipkoech (Kenya) 9...........................Simon Biwott (Kenya) 10...... Christopher Cheboiboch (Kenya) 2003 1...............................Paul Tergat (Kenya) 2.....................Jaouad Gharib (Morocco) 3...................................Julio Rey (Spain) 4........................... Stefano Baldini (Italy) 5................ Gezahegne Abera (Ethiopia) 6.............................Evans Rutto (Kenya) 7.........................Michael Rotich (Kenya) 8...................... William Kipsang (Kenya) 9...................... William Kiplagat (Kenya) 10..........................Sammy Korir (Kenya) 2004 1.............................Evans Rutto (Kenya) 2........................... Stefano Baldini (Italy) 3................................ Felix Limo (Kenya) 4...............................Meb Keflezighi (US) 5.................... Vanderlei de Lima (Brazil) 6.....................Timothy Cherigat (Kenya) 7..................... Robert Cheboror (Kenya) 8.........Hendrick Ramaala (South Africa) 9............................Sammy Korir (Kenya) 10...................Jaouad Gharib (Morocco) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s Marathon 2005 1.....................Jaouad Gharib (Morocco) 2.................................Martin Lel (Kenya) 3...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 4.......................... Jimmy Muindi (Kenya) 5................................ Felix Limo (Kenya) 6..........................Philip Manyim (Kenya) 7........................Jackson Koech (Kenya) 8.........Hendrick Ramaala (South Africa) 9...............................Paul Tergat (Kenya) 10.......... Christopher Isegwe (Tanzania) 2006 1...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 2....Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (Kenya) 3................................ Felix Limo (Kenya) 4.................................Martin Lel (Kenya) 5................Marílson dos Santos (Brazil) 6..................... Benson Cherono (Kenya) 7................ Ambesse Tolossa (Ethiopia) 8............................Sammy Korir (Kenya) 9........................... Stefano Baldini (Italy) 10.......Hendrick Ramaala (South Africa) 2007 1.................................Martin Lel (Kenya) 2............ Abderrahim Goumri (Morocco) 3...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 4............................... Luke Kibet (Kenya) 5.........................Mubarak Shami (Qatar) 6.....................Jaouad Gharib (Morocco) 7.................... Joshua Chelanga (Kenya) 8............................. Patrick Ivuti (Kenya) 9.........Hendrick Ramaala (South Africa) 10.............. Viktor Röthlin (Switzerland) 2008 1....................... Sammy Wanjiru (Kenya) 2...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 3...................Tsegaye Kebede (Ethiopia) 4.................................Martin Lel (Kenya) 5.....................Jaouad Gharib (Morocco) 6............ Abderrahim Goumri (Morocco) 7........................Deribe Merga (Ethiopia) 8................ Viktor Röthlin (Switzerland) 9......................Evans Cheruiyot (Kenya) 10..............Marílson dos Santos (Brazil) 2009 1....................... Sammy Wanjiru (Kenya) 2.................................Abel Kirui (Kenya) 3...................Tsegaye Kebede (Ethiopia) 4...............Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia) 5......................Emmanuel Mutai (Kenya) 6...........................Duncan Kibet (Kenya) 7...................... James Kwambai (Kenya) 8....................... Vincent Kipruto (Kenya) 9.....................Jaouad Gharib (Morocco) 10..........................Gilbert Kirwa (Kenya) 2010 1..........................Patrick Makau (Kenya) 2.........................Geoffrey Mutai (Kenya) 3...................Tsegaye Kebede (Ethiopia) 4....................... Sammy Wanjiru (Kenya) 5..................... Wilson Kiprotich (Kenya) 6........................ Tadesse Tola (Ethiopia) 7........................ Feyisa Lelisa (Ethiopia) 8...... Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot (Kenya) 9....................... Vincent Kipruto (Kenya) 10.......... Gebre Gebremariam (Ethiopia) 2011 1.........................Geoffrey Mutai (Kenya) 2.......................... Moses Mosop (Kenya) 3..........................Patrick Makau (Kenya) 4......................Emmanuel Mutai (Kenya) 5....................... Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) 6.........................Wilson Chebet (Kenya) 7.................................Abel Kirui (Kenya) 8....................... Vincent Kipruto (Kenya) 9.................................Martin Lel (Kenya) 10.................Tsegaye Kebede (Ethiopia) 2012 1....................... Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) 2.................Stephen Kiprotich (Uganda) 3...................Tsegaye Kebede (Ethiopia) 4.................................Abel Kirui (Kenya) 5.........................Geoffrey Mutai (Kenya) 6........................Dennis Kimetto (Kenya) 7......................Ayele Abshero (Ethiopia) 8............................Wesley Korir (Kenya) 9...................Yemane Adhane (Ethiopia) 10...............................Martin Lel (Kenya) © Track & Field News 2018 — 10 — World Rankings — Men’s Marathon 2013 1....................... Lelisa Desisa (Ethiopia) 2....................... Dennis Kimetto (Kenya) 3...................... Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) 4.................. Tsegaye Kebede (Ethiopia) 5..................... Emmanuel Mutai (Kenya) 6................ Stephen Kiprotich (Uganda) 7....................... Tadesse Tola (Ethiopia) 8........................ Geoffrey Mutai (Kenya) 9....................... Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 10............. Berhanu Shiferaw (Ethiopia) 2014 1........................Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 2....................... Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) 3........................Dennis Kimetto (Kenya) 4.....................Dickson Chumba (Kenya) 5....................... Sammy Kitwara (Kenya) 6.................. Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 7........................ Tadesse Tola (Ethiopia) 8..............Tsegaye Mekonnen (Ethiopia) 9......................Emmanuel Mutai (Kenya) 10....................... Stanley Biwott (Kenya) 2015 1........................Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 2........................Lelisa Desisa (Ethiopia) 3......................... Stanley Biwott (Kenya) 4......... Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (Eritrea) 5....................... Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) 6...................Yemane Adhane (Ethiopia) 7.......................Lemi Berhanu (Ethiopia) 8.....................Dickson Chumba (Kenya) 9......................Solomon Mutai (Uganda) 10......................Sisay Lemma (Ethiopia) 2016 1........................Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 2.................. Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 3........................ Feyisa Lilesa (Ethiopia) 4................................... Galen Rupp (US) 5......................... Stanley Biwott (Kenya) 6......... Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (Eritrea) 7....................... Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) 8...................... Tesfaye Abera (Ethiopia) 9.......................Lemi Berhanu (Ethiopia) 10........................ Evans Chebet (Kenya) 2017 1........................Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 2..........................Geoffrey Kirui (Kenya) 3..........................Tamirat Tola (Ethiopia) 4....................... Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) 5......................... Daniel Wanjiru (Kenya) 6................................... Galen Rupp (US) 7.................Geoffrey Kamworor (Kenya) 8............................ Tola Shura (Ethiopia) 9.................................Abel Kirui (Kenya) 10................Lawrence Cherono (Kenya)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s 20K Walk 1947–1969 (no rankings done) 1970 1..............Peter Frenkel (East Germany) 2.. Hans-Georg Reimann (East Germany) 3... Vladimir Golubnichiy (Soviet Union) 4............. Nikolay Smaga (Soviet Union) 5.........Gennadiy Agapov (Soviet Union) 6....... Gerhard Sperling (East Germany) 7......................Noel Freeman (Australia) 8.................Wilf Wesch (West Germany) 9........... Boris Yakovlyev (Soviet Union) 10..........................Dave Romansky (US) 1971 1............. Nikolay Smaga (Soviet Union) 2....... Gerhard Sperling (East Germany) 3......................Paul Nihill (Great Britain) 4..............Peter Frenkel (East Germany) 5.. Hans-Georg Reimann (East Germany) 6...............Phil Embleton (Great Britain) 7.......Yevgeniy Ivchenko (Soviet Union) 8........... Boris Yakovlyev (Soviet Union) 9. Siegfried Zschiegner (East Germany) 10......Christoph Höhne (East Germany) 1972 1..............Peter Frenkel (East Germany) 2... Vladimir Golubnichiy (Soviet Union) 3.. Hans-Georg Reimann (East Germany) 4....... Gerhard Sperling (East Germany) 5......................Paul Nihill (Great Britain) 6............. Nikolay Smaga (Soviet Union) 7....Bernd Kannenberg (West Germany) 8.............................Jan Ornoch (Poland) 9.......Yevgeniy Ivchenko (Soviet Union) 10.................................Larry Young (US) Jefferson Pérez spread out his 4 titles: ’96, ’03, ’05 & ’07 © kazu eguchi/photo run Note: multiple Russian walkers are in the process of having major results annulled, meaning that changes are coming in the Rankings for man years in close to the last decade © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s 20K Walk 1973 1.. Hans-Georg Reimann (East Germany) 2...Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (East Germany) 3....Bernd Kannenberg (West Germany) 4.......................................Ron Laird (US) 5............. Nikolay Smaga (Soviet Union) 6.......Yevgeniy Ivchenko (Soviet Union) 7..............Peter Frenkel (East Germany) 8. Siegfried Zschiegner (East Germany) 9...................... Stefan Tzukev (Bulgaria) 10..................Armando Zambaldo (Italy) 1974 1... Vladimir Golubnichiy (Soviet Union) 2....Bernd Kannenberg (West Germany) 3...Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (East Germany) 4....................Roger Mills (Great Britain) 5. Siegfried Zschiegner (East Germany) 6.......Yevgeniy Ivchenko (Soviet Union) 7....................Armando Zambaldo (Italy) 8........................Raúl González (Mexico) 9..............Peter Frenkel (East Germany) 10...........................Jan Ornoch (Poland) 1975 1.......................Daniel Bautista (Mexico) 2...Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (East Germany) 3....................... Domingo Colín (Mexico) 4....Bernd Kannenberg (West Germany) 5..............Peter Frenkel (East Germany) 6................. Otto Bartsch (Soviet Union) 7.............................. Vittorio Visini (Italy) 8.. Hans-Georg Reimann (East Germany) 9.............................Jan Ornoch (Poland) 10............... Brian Adams (Great Britain) 1976 1.......................Daniel Bautista (Mexico) 2..............Peter Frenkel (East Germany) 3.. Hans-Georg Reimann (East Germany) 4........................Raúl González (Mexico) 5...Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (East Germany) 6....................... Domingo Colín (Mexico) 7....................Armando Zambaldo (Italy) 8... Vladimir Golubnichiy (Soviet Union) 9...........................Angel Flores (Mexico) 10.....................Gérard Lelièvre (France) 1977 1.......................Daniel Bautista (Mexico) 2....................... Domingo Colín (Mexico) 3...Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (East Germany) 4........................Raúl González (Mexico) 5......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 6.......................Gérard Lelièvre (France) 7....Yevgeniy Yevsyukov (Soviet Union) 8..........Anatoliy Solomin (Soviet Union) 9............Roland Wieser (East Germany) 10..................Armando Zambaldo (Italy) 1978 1.......................Daniel Bautista (Mexico) 2............Roland Wieser (East Germany) 3....... Pyotr Pochenchuk (Soviet Union) 4..........Anatoliy Solomin (Soviet Union) 5........... Boris Yakovlyev (Soviet Union) 6........................Raúl González (Mexico) 7................................ José Marin (Spain) 8......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 9...Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (East Germany) 10........ Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) 1979 1.......................Daniel Bautista (Mexico) 2....................... Domingo Colín (Mexico) 3........... Boris Yakovlyev (Soviet Union) 4....Nikolay Vinnichenko (Soviet Union) 5..........Anatoliy Solomin (Soviet Union) 6....... Pyotr Pochenchuk (Soviet Union) 7...................... Reima Salonen (Finland) 8........................... Felix Gómez (Mexico) 9........................Ernesto Canto (Mexico) 10..........Roland Wieser (East Germany) 1980 1......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 2.......................Daniel Bautista (Mexico) 3....... Pyotr Pochenchuk (Soviet Union) 4............Roland Wieser (East Germany) 5....Yevgeniy Yevsyukov (Soviet Union) 6........................Ernesto Canto (Mexico) 7....Nikolay Vinnichenko (Soviet Union) 8............. Werner Heyer (East Germany) 9..........Anatoliy Solomin (Soviet Union) 10..................... Domingo Colín (Mexico) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s 20K Walk 1981 1........................Ernesto Canto (Mexico) 2............Roland Wieser (East Germany) 3......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 4..................Alessandro Pezzatini (Italy) 5....Yevgeniy Yevsyukov (Soviet Union) 6................................ José Marin (Spain) 7..........Anatoliy Solomin (Soviet Union) 8....... Pyotr Pochenchuk (Soviet Union) 9............ Ralf Kowalsky (East Germany) 10......Jozef Pribilinec (Czechoslovakia) 1982 1................................ José Marin (Spain) 2........Jozef Pribilinec (Czechoslovakia) 3......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 4............Pavol Blažek (Czechoslovakia) 5....Yevgeniy Yevsyukov (Soviet Union) 6.......................Gérard Lelièvre (France) 7........................Ernesto Canto (Mexico) 8..................Alessandro Pezzatini (Italy) 9...............................Carlo Mattioli (Italy) 10...................... Raúl González (Mexico) 1983 1........Jozef Pribilinec (Czechoslovakia) 2........................Ernesto Canto (Mexico) 3....Yevgeniy Yevsyukov (Soviet Union) 4..........Anatoliy Solomin (Soviet Union) 5................................ José Marin (Spain) 6......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 7.......................Gérard Lelièvre (France) 8.....................Marcellino Colín (Mexico) 9............Pavol Blažek (Czechoslovakia) 10..............Guillaume Leblanc (Canada) 1984 1........................Ernesto Canto (Mexico) 2............ Ronald Weigel (East Germany) 3........................Raúl González (Mexico) 4......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 5............ Ralf Kowalsky (East Germany) 6....... Sergey Protsyshin (Soviet Union) 7........... Nikolay Polozov (Soviet Union) 8..........Anatoliy Solomin (Soviet Union) 9.................... Erling Andersen (Norway) 10.................... Reima Salonen (Finland) 1985 1................................ José Marin (Spain) 2......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 3............ Viktor Mostovik (Soviet Union) 4............Roland Wieser (East Germany) 5............ Ronald Weigel (East Germany) 6...............Andrey Perlov (Soviet Union) 7................Guillaume Leblanc (Canada) 8........Jozef Pribilinec (Czechoslovakia) 9....... Sergey Protsyshin (Soviet Union) 10..... Anatoliy Gorshkov (Soviet Union) 1986 1........Jozef Pribilinec (Czechoslovakia) 2......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 3.......... Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) 4............................ Miguel Prieto (Spain) 5............ Viktor Mostovik (Soviet Union) 6............................... Walter Arena (Italy) 7............Pavol Blažek (Czechoslovakia) 8........... Aleksey Pershin (Soviet Union) 9................Guillaume Leblanc (Canada) 10.................... Reima Salonen (Finland) 1987 1......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 2........Jozef Pribilinec (Czechoslovakia) 3................................ José Marin (Spain) 4............ Viktor Mostovik (Soviet Union) 5................. Carlos Mercenario (Mexico) 6........................Ernesto Canto (Mexico) 7................. Axel Noack (East Germany) 8.........Roman Mrázek (Czechoslovakia) 9...............Querubín Moreno (Colombia) 10..... Anatoliy Gorshkov (Soviet Union) 1988 1........Jozef Pribilinec (Czechoslovakia) 2............ Ronald Weigel (East Germany) 3......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 4................................ José Marin (Spain) 5.........Roman Mrázek (Czechoslovakia) 6....Mikhail Shchennikov (Soviet Union) 7................. Carlos Mercenario (Mexico) 8................. Axel Noack (East Germany) 9..............Giovanni de Benedictis (Italy) 10..............Guillaume Leblanc (Canada) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s 20K Walk 1989 1....Frants Kostyukevich (Soviet Union) 2....Mikhail Shchennikov (Soviet Union) 3....... Yevgeniy Misyulya (Soviet Union) 4.........Roman Mrázek (Czechoslovakia) 5............ Viktor Mostovik (Soviet Union) 6......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 7............................... Walter Arena (Italy) 8............Pavol Blažek (Czechoslovakia) 9....................... Thierry Toutain (France) 10............... Jean-Claude Corre (France) 1990 1............Pavol Blažek (Czechoslovakia) 2........................Ernesto Canto (Mexico) 3..............................Daniel Plaza (Spain) 4....................... Thierry Toutain (France) 5...............Andrey Perlov (Soviet Union) 6............. Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 7............................... Walter Arena (Italy) 8....Mikhail Shchennikov (Soviet Union) 9....................... Valentí Massana (Spain) 10........Bernd Gummelt (East Germany) 1991 1....Mikhail Shchennikov (Soviet Union) 2......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 3....... Yevgeniy Misyulya (Soviet Union) 4..............Giovanni de Benedictis (Italy) 5........................Ernesto Canto (Mexico) 6....................... Thierry Toutain (France) 7............................... Walter Arena (Italy) 8....................... Valentí Massana (Spain) 9..............................Daniel Plaza (Spain) 10........... Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 1992 1..............................Daniel Plaza (Spain) 2................Guillaume Leblanc (Canada) 3..............Giovanni de Benedictis (Italy) 4......................Maurizio Damilano (Italy) 5....................... Valentí Massana (Spain) 6..............Mikhail Shchennikov (Russia) 7......................... Shaoguo Chen (China) 8................ Stefan Johansson (Sweden) 9....................Jimmy McDonald (Ireland) 10........................Daniel García (Mexico) 1993 1....................... Valentí Massana (Spain) 2..............Giovanni de Benedictis (Italy) 3..............................Daniel Plaza (Spain) 4..........................Daniel García (Mexico) 5...........................Alberto Cruz (Mexico) 6............. Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 7..............Mikhail Shchennikov (Russia) 8.......................... Robert Ihly (Germany) 9............................ Igor Kollár (Slovakia) 10................. Bernardo Segura (Mexico) 1994 1..............Mikhail Shchennikov (Russia) 2................... Bernardo Segura (Mexico) 3..........................Daniel García (Mexico) 4................Yevgeniy Misyulya (Belarus) 5....................... Valentí Massana (Spain) 6..............................Lingtang Bo (China) 7......................... Shaoguo Chen (China) 8..............Giovanni de Benedictis (Italy) 9..............................Mingjun Tan (China) 10..................Jefferson Pérez (Ecuador) 1995 1............................ Michele Didoni (Italy) 2................................... Zewen Li (China) 3..............Mikhail Shchennikov (Russia) 4....................... Valentí Massana (Spain) 5................Yevgeniy Misyulya (Belarus) 6............................. Ilya Markov (Russia) 7................... Bernardo Segura (Mexico) 8....................... Denis Langlois (France) 9......................... Nick A’Hern (Australia) 10....................... Shaoguo Chen (China) 1996 1....................Jefferson Pérez (Ecuador) 2............................. Ilya Markov (Russia) 3................... Bernardo Segura (Mexico) 4......................... Nick A’Hern (Australia) 5..............Mikhail Shchennikov (Russia) 6...................... Rishat Shafikov (Russia) 7.......................Aigars Fadejevs (Latvia) 8............. Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 9................Yevgeniy Misyulya (Belarus) 10................Vladimir Andreyev (Russia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s 20K Walk 1997 1..........................Daniel García (Mexico) 2....................Jefferson Pérez (Ecuador) 3..............Mikhail Shchennikov (Russia) 4................................... Zewen Li (China) 5................Yevgeniy Misyulya (Belarus) 6............................. Ilya Markov (Russia) 7............ Mikhail Khmelnitskiy (Belarus) 8.................. Julio Martínez (Guatemala) 9...................... Rishat Shafikov (Russia) 10...............................Guohui Yu (China) 1998 1............................. Ilya Markov (Russia) 2....................Jefferson Pérez (Ecuador) 3.......................Aigars Fadejevs (Latvia) 4............... Francisco Fernández (Spain) 5............. Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 6..........................Daniel García (Mexico) 7......................... Nick A’Hern (Australia) 8.......................Andreas Erm (Germany) 9....................Sándor Urbanik (Hungary) 10........................Ivan Trotskiy (Belarus) 1999 1............................. Ilya Markov (Russia) 2................... Bernardo Segura (Mexico) 3....................Jefferson Pérez (Ecuador) 4..........................Daniel García (Mexico) 5............. Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 6.................................Guohui Yu (China) 7................Alessandro Gandellini (Italy) 8..................Vladimir Andreyev (Russia) 9................................... Zewen Li (China) 10.......................... Igor Kollár (Slovakia) 2000 1............. Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 2...................... Noé Hernández (Mexico) 3..................Vladimir Andreyev (Russia) 4.......................Andreas Erm (Germany) 5....................Jefferson Pérez (Ecuador) 6................. Roman Rasskazov (Russia) 7............... Francisco Fernández (Spain) 8....................Nathan Deakes (Australia) 9................Alessandro Gandellini (Italy) 10...................Alejandro López (Mexico) 2001 1................. Roman Rasskazov (Russia) 2........................Viktor Burayev (Russia) 3............................. Ilya Markov (Russia) 4....................Nathan Deakes (Australia) 5............. Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 6............... Francisco Fernández (Spain) 7..........................David Márquez (Spain) 8..........................Joel Sánchez (Mexico) 9................ Satoshi Yanagisawa (Japan) 10..................Jefferson Pérez (Ecuador) 2002 1............... Francisco Fernández (Spain) 2....................Jefferson Pérez (Ecuador) 3..................Vladimir Andreyev (Russia) 4.....................Alejandro López (Mexico) 5...................... Noé Hernández (Mexico) 6.................Juan Manuel Molina (Spain) 7........................Viktor Burayev (Russia) 8................Yevgeniy Misyulya (Belarus) 9................ Andrey Stadnichuk (Russia) 10..............Alessandro Gandellini (Italy) 2003 1....................Jefferson Pérez (Ecuador) 2............... Francisco Fernández (Spain) 3................. Roman Rasskazov (Russia) 4............. Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 5...................... Noé Hernández (Mexico) 6........................ Luke Adams (Australia) 7..........................Ivan Trotskiy (Belarus) 8..........................David Márquez (Spain) 9............................. Ilya Markov (Russia) 10...................David Domínguez (Spain) 2004 1........................... Ivano Brugnetti (Italy) 2....................Jefferson Pérez (Ecuador) 3............... Francisco Fernández (Spain) 4....................Nathan Deakes (Australia) 5............. Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 6.................Juan Manuel Molina (Spain) 7.............................Hongjun Zhu (China) 8..................Vladimir Andreyev (Russia) 9.......................André Höhne (Germany) 10..........................Yucheng Han (China) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s 20K Walk 2005 1....................Jefferson Pérez (Ecuador) 2............... Francisco Fernández (Spain) 3.................Juan Manuel Molina (Spain) 4....................Nathan Deakes (Australia) 5............................. Ilya Markov (Russia) 6.......................André Höhne (Germany) 7.....................Vladimir Stankin (Russia) 8........................ Hatem Ghoula (Tunisia) 9.............................Hongjun Zhu (China) 10.......................Eder Sánchez (Mexico) 2006 1............... Francisco Fernández (Spain) 2....................Jefferson Pérez (Ecuador) 3............................Yucheng Han (China) 4....................Nathan Deakes (Australia) 5........................ Hatem Ghoula (Tunisia) 6.......................Sergey Bakulin (Russia) 7........................Viktor Burayev (Russia) 8...................................Gaobo Li (China) 9............................. Ilya Markov (Russia) 10.........................João Vieira (Portugal) 2007 1....................Jefferson Pérez (Ecuador) 2............... Francisco Fernández (Spain) 3........................ Hatem Ghoula (Tunisia) 4..................Vladimir Kanaykin (Russia) 5.......................... Yohann Diniz (France) 6.........................Eder Sánchez (Mexico) 7........................ Luke Adams (Australia) 8....................Robert Heffernan (Ireland) 9........................... Giorgio Rubino (Italy) 10............................Erik Tysse (Norway) 2008 1.......................Valeriy Borchin (Russia) 2....................Jefferson Pérez (Ecuador) 3....................... Jared Tallent (Australia) 4............... Francisco Fernández (Spain) 5................................. Hao Wang (China) 6........................ Luke Adams (Australia) 7........................... Ivano Brugnetti (Italy) 8....................Robert Heffernan (Ireland) 9.........................Eder Sánchez (Mexico) 10............................Erik Tysse (Norway) 2009 1.......................Valeriy Borchin (Russia) 2................................. Hao Wang (China) 3.........................Eder Sánchez (Mexico) 4........................... Giorgio Rubino (Italy) 5........ Luis Fernando López (Colombia) 6....................... Jared Tallent (Australia) 7..............................Erik Tysse (Norway) 8.......................Jesús Sánchez (Mexico) 9............................ Matej Tóth (Slovakia) 10.........................João Vieira (Portugal) 2010 1..............Stanislav Yemlyanov (Russia) 2................................. Hao Wang (China) 3............................ Alex Schwazer (Italy) 4.................................. Yafei Chu (China) 5........................ Andrey Krivov (Russia) 6........ Luis Fernando López (Colombia) 7....................Robert Heffernan (Ireland) 8.........................Eder Sánchez (Mexico) 9.................................Ding Chen (China) 10.........................João Vieira (Portugal) 2011 1.......................Valeriy Borchin (Russia) 2..................Vladimir Kanaykin (Russia) 3............................... Zhen Wang (China) 4............Stanislav Yemelyanov (Russia) 5........ Luis Fernando López (Colombia) 6...............Hyun-Sub Kim (South Korea) 7.................................. Yafei Chu (China) 8......................... Yusuke Suzuki (Japan) 9.................Erick Barrondo (Guatemala) 10...............................Ding Chen (China) 2012 1.................................Ding Chen (China) 2............................... Zhen Wang (China) 3.................Erick Barrondo (Guatemala) 4....................................Zelin Cai (China) 5.........................Eder Sánchez (Mexico) 6....................... Jared Tallent (Australia) 7................. Miguel Ángel López (Spain) 8........................ Andrey Krivov (Russia) 9....................Robert Heffernan (Ireland) 10....................Andrey Ruzavin (Russia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s 20K Walk 2013 1................... Aleksandr Ivanov (Russia) 2.................................Ding Chen (China) 3................. Miguel Ángel López (Spain) 4........................Denis Strelkov (Russia) 5...........................João Vieira (Portugal) 6................Ruslan Dmytrenko (Ukraine) 7............................ Takumi Saito (Japan) 8...........................Inaki Gomez (Canada) 9...............Christopher Linke (Germany) 10............... Dane Bird-Smith (Australia) 2014 1................Ruslan Dmytrenko (Ukraine) 2....................................Zelin Cai (China) 3......................... Yusuke Suzuki (Japan) 4................. Miguel Ángel López (Spain) 5............................... Zhen Wang (China) 6................... Aleksandr Ivanov (Russia) 7........................Denis Strelkov (Russia) 8............................Ihor Hlavan (Ukraine) 9..........................Eiki Takahashi (Japan) 10.................. Andriy Kovenko (Ukraine) 2015 1................. Miguel Ángel López (Spain) 2............................... Zhen Wang (China) 3.......................... Yohann Diniz (France) 4...................Benjamin Thorne (Canada) 5......................... Yusuke Suzuki (Japan) 6............................Ihor Hlavan (Ukraine) 7....................................Zelin Cai (China) 8..............................Caio Bonfim (Brazil) 9.................................Ding Chen (China) 10................... Eider Arévalo (Colombia) 2016 1............................... Zhen Wang (China) 2....................................Zelin Cai (China) 3................. Dane Bird-Smith (Australia) 4..............................Caio Bonfim (Brazil) 5...............Christopher Linke (Germany) 6.................Daisuke Matsunaga (Japan) 7.............. Tom Bosworth (Great Britain) 8......................... Matteo Giupponi (Italy) 9....................... Manuel Soto (Colombia) 10.........................Inaki Gomez (Canada) 2017 1..................... Eider Arévalo (Colombia) 2................ Sergey Shirobokov (Russia) 3..............................Caio Bonfim (Brazil) 4.........Lebogang Shange (South Africa) 5...............Christopher Linke (Germany) 6................. Dane Bird-Smith (Australia) 7............................ Kaihua Wang (China) 8............................Alvaro Martin (Spain) 9................. Miguel Ángel López (Spain) 10............Luís Alberto Amezcua (Spain)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s 50K Walk 1947–1969 no rankings done 1970 1........Christoph Höhne (East Germany) 2..Venyamin Soldatenko (Soviet Union) 3... Burkhard Leuschke (East Germany) 4................ Peter Selzer (East Germany) 5................. Otto Bartsch (Soviet Union) 6.........Yevgeniy Lyungin (Soviet Union) 7......Winfried Skotnicki (East Germany) 8.............Herbert Meier (West Germany) 9...........Peter Schuster (West Germany) 10....Horst-Rüdiger Magnor (West Germany) 1971 1..Venyamin Soldatenko (Soviet Union) 2................ Peter Selzer (East Germany) 3........Christoph Höhne (East Germany) 4................. Otto Bartsch (Soviet Union) 5......Winfried Skotnicki (East Germany) 6. Bernhard Nermerich (West Germany) 7...........Igor Della Rossa (Soviet Union) 8.........Yevgeniy Lyungin (Soviet Union) 9......................Paul Nihill (Great Britain) 10.................................Larry Young (US) 1972 1....Bernd Kannenberg (West Germany) 2..Venyamin Soldatenko (Soviet Union) 3...................................Larry Young (US) 4................. Otto Bartsch (Soviet Union) 5................ Peter Selzer (East Germany) 6.......Gerhard Weidner (West Germany) 7........Christoph Höhne (East Germany) 8.............................. Vittorio Visini (Italy) 9...Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller (East Germany) 10...............Gabriel Hernandez (Mexico) Note: multiple Russian walkers are in the process of having major results annulled, meaning that changes are coming in the Rankings for man years in close to the last decade © GIANCARLO COLOMBO/photo run Yohann Diniz won the ’17 Worlds with history’s second-fastest time © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s 50K Walk 1973 1....Bernd Kannenberg (West Germany) 2................. Otto Bartsch (Soviet Union) 3........Christoph Höhne (East Germany) 4.......Gerhard Weidner (West Germany) 5..Venyamin Soldatenko (Soviet Union) 6................ Peter Selzer (East Germany) 7..... Sergey Bondarenko (Soviet Union) 8......Winfried Skotnicki (East Germany) 9.............................. Vittorio Visini (Italy) 10...Vladimir Svetsnikov (Soviet Union) 1974 1........Christoph Höhne (East Germany) 2................. Otto Bartsch (Soviet Union) 3................ Peter Selzer (East Germany) 4.............................. Vittorio Visini (Italy) 5..Venyamin Soldatenko (Soviet Union) 6......Winfried Skotnicki (East Germany) 7.........Yevgeniy Lyungin (Soviet Union) 8.......Gerhard Weidner (West Germany) 9..... Sergey Bondarenko (Soviet Union) 10.......... Matthias Kroel (East Germany) 1975 1....Bernd Kannenberg (West Germany) 2..Venyamin Soldatenko (Soviet Union) 3.........Yevgeniy Lyungin (Soviet Union) 4.......Gerhard Weidner (West Germany) 5.....Vladimir Svetsnikov (Soviet Union) 6.......................Gerard Lelievre (France) 7........................Raúl González (Mexico) 8.............................. Vittorio Visini (Italy) 9......................... Pedro Aroche (Mexico) 10...... Vladimir Machnev (Soviet Union) 1976 1..Venyamin Soldatenko (Soviet Union) 2...........................Enrique Vera (Mexico) 3...................... Reima Salonen (Finland) 4....................... Domingo Colín (Mexico) 5............ Matthias Kroel (East Germany) 6.........Yevgeniy Lyungin (Soviet Union) 7........................... Paolo Grecucci (Italy) 8.............. Stefan Müller (East Germany) 9................ Ralf Knutter (East Germany) 10.....Gerhard Weidner (West Germany) 1977 1........................Raúl González (Mexico) 2......................... Pedro Aroche (Mexico) 3........................... Paolo Grecucci (Italy) 4..Venyamin Soldatenko (Soviet Union) 5...........................Enrique Vera (Mexico) 6.......................Daniel Bautista (Mexico) 7................ Ralf Knutter (East Germany) 8.......Yevgeniy Ivchenko (Soviet Union) 9.........................László Sátor (Hungary) 10.....Gerhard Weidner (West Germany) 1978 1........................Raúl González (Mexico) 2............................Jorge Llopart (Spain) 3..Venyamin Soldatenko (Soviet Union) 4.............................Jan Ornoch (Poland) 5....................... Domingo Colín (Mexico) 6................. Otto Bartsch (Soviet Union) 7......................... Pedro Aroche (Mexico) 8...................... Reima Salonen (Finland) 9........ Viktor Dorovskikh (Soviet Union) 10............................ Vittorio Visini (Italy) 1979 1........................Raúl González (Mexico) 2....................Martín Bermúdez (Mexico) 3...........................Enrique Vera (Mexico) 4........ Viktor Dorovskikh (Soviet Union) 5............................Jorge Llopart (Spain) 6......... Vladimir Rezayev (Soviet Union) 7.......Vyacheslav Fursov (Soviet Union) 8..................Petr Myelnik (Soviet Union) 9....................... Domingo Colín (Mexico) 10.............................. José Marin (Spain) 1980 1.......... Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) 2............................Jorge Llopart (Spain) 3........................Raúl González (Mexico) 4.......Yevgeniy Ivchenko (Soviet Union) 5.......... Dietmar Meisch (East Germany) 6................ Uwe Dünkel (East Germany) 7................................ José Marin (Spain) 8...................Bengt Simonsen (Sweden) 9.......Vyacheslav Fursov (Soviet Union) 10..................... Stanisław Rola (Poland) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s 50K Walk 1981 1........................Raúl González (Mexico) 2.......... Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) 3.......................... Sandro Bellucci (Italy) 4................ Uwe Dünkel (East Germany) 5.......... Dietmar Meisch (East Germany) 6............ Valeriy Suntsov (Soviet Union) 7..........................Marcel Jobin (Canada) 8............................Jorge Llopart (Spain) 9....................Martín Bermúdez (Mexico) 10........................ Arturo Bravo (Mexico) 1982 1........................Raúl González (Mexico) 2...................... Reima Salonen (Finland) 3................................ José Marin (Spain) 4........................... Felix Gomez (Mexico) 5......................Bo Gustafsson (Sweden) 6........................Ernesto Canto (Mexico) 7.......... Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) 8............ Ronald Weigel (East Germany) 9.......... Dietmar Meisch (East Germany) 10....................Bogusław Duda (Poland) 1983 1............ Ronald Weigel (East Germany) 2................................ José Marin (Spain) 3........................Raúl González (Mexico) 4................. Sergey Yung (Soviet Union) 5.......... Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) 6...................... Reima Salonen (Finland) 7........ Viktor Dorovskikh (Soviet Union) 8............................Jorge Llopart (Spain) 9.......................Gerard Lelievre (France) 10...............François Lapointe (Canada) 1984 1............ Ronald Weigel (East Germany) 2.......... Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) 3........................Raúl González (Mexico) 4...............Andrey Perlov (Soviet Union) 5......................Bo Gustafsson (Sweden) 6............ Valeriy Suntsov (Soviet Union) 7.......................... Sandro Bellucci (Italy) 8...........Pavol Szikora (Czechoslovakia) 9.......... Dietmar Meisch (East Germany) 10.................... Reima Salonen (Finland) 1985 1.......... Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) 2...............Andrey Perlov (Soviet Union) 3.................... Erling Andersen (Norway) 4...................... Reima Salonen (Finland) 5............ Ronald Weigel (East Germany) 6............ Valeriy Suntsov (Soviet Union) 7......................Bo Gustafsson (Sweden) 8................. Axel Noack (East Germany) 9.......................... Sandro Bellucci (Italy) 10................. Raffaello Ducceschi (Italy) 1986 1.......... Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) 2...Vyacheslav Ivanenko (Soviet Union) 3............ Valeriy Suntsov (Soviet Union) 4........ Sergey Protsishin (Soviet Union) 5...................... Reima Salonen (Finland) 6............ Ronald Weigel (East Germany) 7.......... Dietmar Meisch (East Germany) 8......................Bo Gustafsson (Sweden) 9.............. Nikolay Frolov (Soviet Union) 10.........Pavol Szikora (Czechoslovakia) 1987 1.......... Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) 2............ Ronald Weigel (East Germany) 3...Vyacheslav Ivanenko (Soviet Union) 4...............Andrey Perlov (Soviet Union) 5.......... Dietmar Meisch (East Germany) 6....................Martín Bermúdez (Mexico) 7................... Raffaello Ducceschi (Italy) 8.......................... Sandro Bellucci (Italy) 9............ Valeriy Suntsov (Soviet Union) 10.........Pavol Szikora (Czechoslovakia) 1988 1...Vyacheslav Ivanenko (Soviet Union) 2............ Ronald Weigel (East Germany) 3.......... Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) 4.....Aleksandr Potashov (Soviet Union) 5................................ José Marin (Spain) 6....................... Simon Baker (Australia) 7......................Bo Gustafsson (Sweden) 8................... Raffaello Ducceschi (Italy) 9.......... Dietmar Meisch (East Germany) 10.........Pavol Szikora (Czechoslovakia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s 50K Walk 1989 1....................... Simon Baker (Australia) 2...............Andrey Perlov (Soviet Union) 3...........Stanislav Vezhel (Soviet Union) 4....................Martín Bermúdez (Mexico) 5.....Aleksandr Potashov (Soviet Union) 6........... Vitaliy Popovich (Soviet Union) 7...............Vitaliy Matsko (Soviet Union) 8.... Vyacheslav Smirnov (Soviet Union) 9............. Valeriy Spitsyn (Soviet Union) 10.....Anatoliy Grigoryev (Soviet Union) 1990 1...............Andrey Perlov (Soviet Union) 2..........Bernd Gummelt (East Germany) 3....................... Simon Baker (Australia) 4.......... Hartwig Gauder (East Germany) 5................. Carlos Mercenário (Mexico) 6......... Andrey Plotnikov (Soviet Union) 7.....Aleksandr Potashov (Soviet Union) 8...........Stanislav Vezhel (Soviet Union) 9.......................Basilio Labrador (Spain) 10.............................. José Marin (Spain) 1991 1................. Carlos Mercenário (Mexico) 2...............Andrey Perlov (Soviet Union) 3.....Aleksandr Potashov (Soviet Union) 4...................Hartwig Gauder (Germany) 5....................... Simon Baker (Australia) 6........... Vitaliy Popovich (Soviet Union) 7.....................Ronald Weigel (Germany) 8..................Valentin Kononen (Finland) 9......................Giovanni Perricelli (Italy) 10.............. Giuseppe De Gaetano (Italy) 1992 1.........................Andrey Perlov (Russia) 2................. Carlos Mercenário (Mexico) 3.....................Ronald Weigel (Germany) 4....................... Valeriy Spitsyn (Russia) 5.........Roman Mrázek (Czechoslovakia) 6...................Hartwig Gauder (Germany) 7............. Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 8..................Valentin Kononen (Finland) 9...................Miguel Rodríguez (Mexico) 10.............................. José Marin (Spain) 1993 1..................Jesús Ángel García (Spain) 2..................Valentin Kononen (Finland) 3................. Carlos Mercenário (Mexico) 4.............................Tim Berrett (Canada) 5....................... Valentí Massana (Spain) 6....................German Sánchez (Mexico) 7....................... Valeriy Spitsyn (Russia) 8.............................. René Piller (France) 9.......................Basilio Labrador (Spain) 10.................Miguel Rodríguez (Mexico) 1994 1....................... Valeriy Spitsyn (Russia) 2....................... Thierry Toutain (France) 3......................Giovanni Perricelli (Italy) 4....................... Valentí Massana (Spain) 5..................Jesús Ángel García (Spain) 6.............................. René Piller (France) 7............. Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 8................... German Skurygin (Russia) 9..................Valentin Kononen (Finland) 10............... Carlos Mercenário (Mexico) 1995 1..................Valentin Kononen (Finland) 2......................Giovanni Perricelli (Italy) 3............. Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 4..................Jesús Ángel García (Spain) 5........................ Yongshen Zhao (China) 6...................Miguel Rodríguez (Mexico) 7.............................. René Piller (France) 8........ Aleksandar Raković (Yugoslavia) 9....................... Valeriy Spitsyn (Russia) 10........................ Viktor Ginko (Belarus) 1996 1............. Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 2..............Mikhail Shchennikov (Russia) 3....................... Valentí Massana (Spain) 4.......................... Arturo Di Mezza (Italy) 5.......................... Viktor Ginko (Belarus) 6.................... Ignacio Zamudio (Mexico) 7..................Valentin Kononen (Finland) 8......... Sergey Korepanov (Kazakhstan) 9..........................Daniel García (Mexico) 10................Jesús Ángel García (Spain) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s 50K Walk 1997 1..................Jesús Ángel García (Spain) 2............. Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 3.......................... Oleg Ishutkin (Russia) 4...................Miguel Rodríguez (Mexico) 5........................ Tomasz Lipiec (Poland) 6..................Valentin Kononen (Finland) 7.....................Sylvain Caudron (France) 8................. Nikolay Matyukhin (Russia) 9........................Fumio Imamura (Japan) 10...............Aleksey Voyevodin (Russia) 1998 1............. Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 2...................Miguel Rodríguez (Mexico) 3..................Valentin Kononen (Finland) 4................... Andrey Plotnikov (Russia) 5........................ Tomasz Lipiec (Poland) 6........................ Mikel Odriozola (Spain) 7..................Jesús Ángel García (Spain) 8......................... Santiago Pérez (Spain) 9......................Giovanni Perricelli (Italy) 10...............Aleksey Voyevodin (Russia) 1999 1................. Nikolay Matyukhin (Russia) 2......... Sergey Korepanov (Kazakhstan) 3........................... Ivano Brugnetti (Italy) 4................................. Curt Clausen (US) 5........................ Tomasz Lipiec (Poland) 6....................... Valentí Massana (Spain) 7.......................... Robert Ihly (Germany) 8.................Craig Barrett (New Zealand) 9..................Jesús Ángel García (Spain) 10........................ Viktor Ginko (Belarus) 2000 1............. Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 2.......................Aigars Fadejevs (Latvia) 3..........................Joel Sánchez (Mexico) 4................. Nikolay Matyukhin (Russia) 5....................... Valentí Massana (Spain) 6....................Nathan Deakes (Australia) 7...................Miguel Rodríguez (Mexico) 8............ Roman Magdziarczyk (Poland) 9..................Jesús Ángel García (Spain) 10.......................Modris Liepins (Latvia) 2001 1............. Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 2..................Jesús Ángel García (Spain) 3................... Edgar Hernández (Mexico) 4....................Vladimir Potemin (Russia) 5.......................Aigars Fadejevs (Latvia) 6....................... Valentí Massana (Spain) 7................................. Curt Clausen (US) 8.............................. Marco Giungi (Italy) 9........................ Tomasz Lipiec (Poland) 10....................... Santiago Pérez (Spain) 2002 1.................Aleksey Voyevodin (Russia) 2............. Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 3................... German Skurygin (Russia) 4........................ Tomasz Lipiec (Poland) 5................. Nikolay Matyukhin (Russia) 6.......................... Stepan Yudin (Russia) 7..................Jesús Ángel García (Spain) 8....................... Denis Langlois (France) 9......... Sergey Korepanov (Kazakhstan) 10.......................Modris Liepins (Latvia) 2003 1............. Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 2................... German Skurygin (Russia) 3.......................Andreas Erm (Germany) 4.................Aleksey Voyevodin (Russia) 5.............. Denis Nizhegorodov (Russia) 6..................Jesús Ángel García (Spain) 7............ Roman Magdziarczyk (Poland) 8........................Trond Nymark (Norway) 9......... Sergey Korepanov (Kazakhstan) 10..................... Denis Langlois (France) 2004 1............. Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 2.............. Denis Nizhegorodov (Russia) 3.................Aleksey Voyevodin (Russia) 4............................Chaohong Yu (China) 5..................Jesús Ángel García (Spain) 6...................... Yuriy Andronov (Russia) 7............ Roman Magdziarczyk (Poland) 8................... German Skurygin (Russia) 9..........................Alatan Gadasu (China) 10....................... Santiago Pérez (Spain) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s 50K Walk 2005 1................. Sergey Kirdyapkin (Russia) 2.................Aleksey Voyevodin (Russia) 3............................ Alex Schwazer (Italy) 4........................Trond Nymark (Norway) 5......................Chengliang Zhao (China) 6............................Chaohong Yu (China) 7...................... Yuriy Andronov (Russia) 8..........................Omar Zepeda (Mexico) 9............ Roman Magdziarczyk (Poland) 10..........................Yucheng Han (China) 2006 1.............. Denis Nizhegorodov (Russia) 2.......................... Yohann Diniz (France) 3........................Trond Nymark (Norway) 4...................... Yuriy Andronov (Russia) 5....................Nathan Deakes (Australia) 6........................ Mikel Odriozola (Spain) 7..................Jesús Ángel García (Spain) 8............ Roman Magdziarczyk (Poland) 9..........................Horacio Nava (Mexico) 10..........................Marco De Luca (Italy) 2007 1....................Nathan Deakes (Australia) 2.......................... Yohann Diniz (France) 3............................ Alex Schwazer (Italy) 4.............. Denis Nizhegorodov (Russia) 5..................Vladimir Kanaykin (Russia) 6..............................Erik Tysse (Norway) 7........................Trond Nymark (Norway) 8........................ Mikel Odriozola (Spain) 9..................................Chao Sun (China) 10..........................Oleg Kistkin (Russia) 2008 1............................ Alex Schwazer (Italy) 2.............. Denis Nizhegorodov (Russia) 3....................... Jared Tallent (Australia) 4..................Jesús Ángel García (Spain) 5..............................Erik Tysse (Norway) 6..........................Horacio Nava (Mexico) 7..........................Yuki Yamazaki (Japan) 8..................Rafał Fedaczyński (Poland) 9...................... Grzegorz Sudoł (Poland) 10...................... Luke Adams (Australia) 2009 1................. Sergey Kirdyapkin (Russia) 2........................Trond Nymark (Norway) 3..................Jesús Ángel García (Spain) 4...................... Grzegorz Sudoł (Poland) 5.......................André Höhne (Germany) 6........................ Luke Adams (Australia) 7....................... Jared Tallent (Australia) 8.............. Denis Nizhegorodov (Russia) 9............................Marco De Luca (Italy) 10.................Jarkko Kinnunen (Finland) 2010 1............................ Matej Tóth (Slovakia) 2.......................... Yohann Diniz (France) 3..........................Horacio Nava (Mexico) 4...................... Grzegorz Sudoł (Poland) 5....................... Jared Tallent (Australia) 6.......................Sergey Bakulin (Russia) 7....................Robert Heffernan (Ireland) 8............................... Tianfeng Si (China) 9..................Jesús Ángel García (Spain) 10........................Yuki Yamazaki (Japan) 2011 1.......................Sergey Bakulin (Russia) 2.............. Denis Nizhegorodov (Russia) 3....................... Jared Tallent (Australia) 4............................... Tianfeng Si (China) 5.......................... Yohann Diniz (France) 6........................ Luke Adams (Australia) 7..................... Koichiro Morioka (Japan) 8............................ Matej Tóth (Slovakia) 9.............................. Faguang Xu (China) 10............Chil-Sung Park (South Korea) 2012 1................. Sergey Kirdyapkin (Russia) 2....................... Jared Tallent (Australia) 3............................... Tianfeng Si (China) 4....................Robert Heffernan (Ireland) 5.......................... Igor Yerokhin (Russia) 6.......................Sergey Bakulin (Russia) 7...................................Jianbo Li (China) 8............................ Matej Tóth (Slovakia) 9........................ Łukasz Nowak (Poland) 10................... Koichiro Morioka (Japan) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s 50K Walk 2013 1................... Robert Heffernan (Ireland) 2...................... Mikhail Ryzhov (Russia) 3...................... Jared Tallent (Australia) 4........................... Ihor Hlavan (Ukraine) 5........................... Matej Tóth (Slovakia) 6..................... Grzegorz Sudoł (Poland) 7......................... Yohann Diniz (France) 8........................... Ivan Noskov (Russia) 9................ Erick Barrondo (Guatemala) 10..................... Łukasz Nowak (Poland) 2014 1.......................... Yohann Diniz (France) 2............................ Matej Tóth (Slovakia) 3....................... Mikhail Ryzhov (Russia) 4............................Ivan Noskov (Russia) 5....................... Jared Tallent (Australia) 6.......................... Takayuki Tanii (Japan) 7................ Aleksey Bartsaykin (Russia) 8....................... Ivan Banzeruk (Ukraine) 9............................Ihor Hlavan (Ukraine) 10..........................Marco De Luca (Italy) 2015 1............................ Matej Tóth (Slovakia) 4................................ Hiroki Arai (Japan) 3.......................... Takayuki Tanii (Japan) 2....................... Jared Tallent (Australia) 5....................Robert Heffernan (Ireland) 6................................. Lin Zhang (China) 7.......................................Wei Yu (China) 8....................Andrés Chocho (Ecuador) 9..................Jesus Ángel García (Spain) 10...............Quentin Rew (New Zealand) 2016 1............................ Matej Tóth (Slovakia) 2....................... Jared Tallent (Australia) 3................................ Hiroki Arai (Japan) 4..........................Evan Dunfee (Canada) 5.......................................Wei Yu (China) 6....................Robert Heffernan (Ireland) 7.......................... Yohann Diniz (France) 8..................Håvard Haukenes (Norway) 9..............................Caio Bonfim (Brazil) 10.....................Zhendong Wang (China) 2017 1.......................... Yohann Diniz (France) 2................................ Hiroki Arai (Japan) 3..........................Kai Kobayashi (Japan) 4............................Ihor Hlavan (Ukraine) 5..........................Satoshi Maruo (Japan) 6.................. Máté Helebrandt (Hungary) 7.......................Rafał Augustyn (Poland) 8....................Robert Heffernan (Ireland) 9............................Marco De Luca (Italy) 10...................Carl Dohmann (Germany)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s High Jump 1947 1......................................Bill Vessie (US) 2............................... Dave Albritton (US) 3........................ Moon Mondschein (US) 4................................. Tom Scofield (US) 5................................John Vislocky (US) 6............................... Chuck Hanger (US) 7..................................... Les Steers (US) 8..............................Dike Eddleman (US) 9.........................John Winter (Australia) 10.............Alan Paterson (Great Britain) 1948 1.........................John Winter (Australia) 2............................. George Stanich (US) 3..............................Dike Eddleman (US) 4......................................Bill Vessie (US) 5.................................Vern McGrew (US) 6................................. Tom Scofield (US) 7............................... Dave Albritton (US) 8.................................. Dick Phillips (US) 9................................John Vislocky (US) 10..................... Bjørn Paulson (Norway) 1949 1...............Alan Paterson (Great Britain) 2.................................. Dick Phillips (US) 3........................ Moon Mondschein (US) 4..............................Dike Eddleman (US) 5.................... Georges Damitio (France) 6.................Yuriy Ilyasov (Soviet Union) 7..............................Rune Reiz (Sweden) 8................................John Vislocky (US) 9..........................Arne Ahman (Sweden) 10...........................Jack Heintzman (US) 1950 1.................Papa Gallo Thiam (Senegal) 2.........................John Winter (Australia) 3...............Alan Paterson (Great Britain) 4................................Virgil Severns (US) 5..................................Jack Razetto (US) 6.................................Vern McGrew (US) 7.............................. Robert Walters (US) 8.............Andre Du Preez (South Africa) 9.............................. Robert Gorden (US) 10............................. Dave Albritton (US) © giancarlo colombo/photo run Donald Thomas started jumping in basketball shoes in ’06 and the next year became world champion and the No. 1 Ranker © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s High Jump 1951 1..................................J. Lewis Hall (US) 2..................................Buddy Davis (US) 3....................................Herm Wyatt (US) 4.................... Georges Damitio (France) 5............................ Charles Holding (US) 6................................Arnold Betton (US) 7.................................. Barney Dyer (US) 8................. Göran Widenfeldt (Sweden) 9....................................... Herb Neff (US) 10..............................Virgil Severns (US) 1952 1..................................Buddy Davis (US) 2..................................Ken Wiesner (US) 3................................Emery Barnes (US) 4..............................Ion Söter (Romania) 5................... Gösta Svensson (Sweden) 6........José Telles da Conceição (Brazil) 7................................Arnold Betton (US) 8...................................Fred Pratley (US) 9............................ Charles Holding (US) 10..................................Herm Wyatt (US) 1953 1..................................Buddy Davis (US) 2................................ Ernie Shelton (US) 3..................................J. Lewis Hall (US) 4............................ Charles Holding (US) 5.................................... Mark Smith (US) 6....................................... Milt Mead (US) 7..............................Ion Söter (Romania) 8....................... Bengt Nilsson (Sweden) 9.................................. Barney Dyer (US) 10................................Ken Wiesner (US) 1954 1................................ Ernie Shelton (US) 2....................... Bengt Nilsson (Sweden) 3............................ Charles Holding (US) 4.................................... Floyd Jeter (US) 5......................... Doug Spainhower (US) 6...................................Bob Billings (US) 7............... Jiří Lánský (Czechoslovakia) 8................Emmanuel Ifeajuna (Nigeria) 9......................................Art Carder (US) 10..................................Bennie Roy (US) 1955 1................................ Ernie Shelton (US) 2....................... Bengt Nilsson (Sweden) 3...............................Charlie Dumas (US) 4...................................Floyd Smith (US) 5........ Jaroslav Kovář (Czechoslovakia) 6...................................Vern Wilson (US) 7.................................... Wilfred Lee (US) 8................................. Bernie Allard (US) 9..............................Ion Söter (Romania) 10....................Julius Chigbolu (Nigeria) 1956 1...............................Charlie Dumas (US) 2.............Igor Kashkarov (Soviet Union) 3........................Chilla Porter (Australia) 4....................... Bengt Nilsson (Sweden) 5.....................Stig Pettersson (Sweden) 6...................................Vern Wilson (US) 7.................................... Bill Russell (US) 8................................ Ernie Shelton (US) 9.................................... Phil Reavis (US) 10............Vladimir Sitkin (Soviet Union) 1957 1...........Yuriy Styepanov (Soviet Union) 2.............Igor Kashkarov (Soviet Union) 3...............................Charlie Dumas (US) 4..............Vladimir Sitkin (Soviet Union) 5........................Chilla Porter (Australia) 6.....................Stig Pettersson (Sweden) 7.................................Al Urbanckas (US) 8.................................... Phil Reavis (US) 9................................ Ernie Shelton (US) 10....... Zbigniew Lewandowski (Poland) 1958 1.....................Stig Pettersson (Sweden) 2...............................Charlie Dumas (US) 3............... Jiří Lánský (Czechoslovakia) 4.............Igor Kashkarov (Soviet Union) 5......................... Rickard Dahl (Sweden) 6...........Yuriy Styepanov (Soviet Union) 7.................... Bertil Holmgren (Sweden) 8...................................Don Stewart (US) 9....................Theo Püll (West Germany) 10.............................. John Thomas (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s High Jump 1959 1...............................Charlie Dumas (US) 2.............Igor Kashkarov (Soviet Union) 3.....................Stig Pettersson (Sweden) 4.....Robert Shavlakadze (Soviet Union) 5.......................Eero Salminen (Finland) 6................................Errol Williams (US) 7..................................Bob Gardner (US) 8........................Chilla Porter (Australia) 9............... Jiří Lánský (Czechoslovakia) 10................................Wayne Moss (US) 1960 1................................ John Thomas (US) 2..............Valeriy Brumel (Soviet Union) 3.....Robert Shavlakadze (Soviet Union) 4..............Viktor Bolshov (Soviet Union) 5.....................Stig Pettersson (Sweden) 6...............................Charlie Dumas (US) 7.......................................Joe Faust (US) 8................................Errol Williams (US) 9............................... Charles Lewis (US) 10..................................Herm Wyatt (US) 1961 1..............Valeriy Brumel (Soviet Union) 2................................ John Thomas (US) 3......................................Bob Avant (US) 4.....................Stig Pettersson (Sweden) 5..............Viktor Bolshov (Soviet Union) 6.............Igor Kashkarov (Soviet Union) 7.....Robert Shavlakadze (Soviet Union) 8..................................Bob Gardner (US) 9..........................Mahamat Idriss (Chad) 10.....................................Joe Faust (US) 1962 1..............Valeriy Brumel (Soviet Union) 2.......................................Joe Faust (US) 3.....................Stig Pettersson (Sweden) 4...............................Gene Johnson (US) 5................................ John Thomas (US) 6...............................Chihchin Ni (China) 7.....Robert Shavlakadze (Soviet Union) 8..............Viktor Bolshov (Soviet Union) 9.............Gerd Duhrkop (East Germany) 10....................................Bob Avant (US) 1963 1..............Valeriy Brumel (Soviet Union) 2...................Tony Sneazwell (Australia) 3...............................Gene Johnson (US) 4................................ John Thomas (US) 5...............................Chihchin Ni (China) 6.....................Stig Pettersson (Sweden) 7..................Kjell-Ake Nilsson (Sweden) 8........................................Lew Hoyt (US) 9....................................Paul Stuber (US) 10.....................................Joe Faust (US) 1964 1..............Valeriy Brumel (Soviet Union) 2................................ John Thomas (US) 3..................................John Rambo (US) 4.....Robert Shavlakadze (Soviet Union) 5......................Edward Czernik (Poland) 6...............................Chihchin Ni (China) 7.....................Stig Pettersson (Sweden) 8.................................Ed Caruthers (US) 9..................Kjell-Ake Nilsson (Sweden) 10........................Mahamat Idriss (Chad) 1965 1..............Valeriy Brumel (Soviet Union) 2...............................Chihchin Ni (China) 3..............Viktor Bolshov (Soviet Union) 4....................................Otis Burrell (US) 5................. Lawrie Peckham (Australia) 6...................Tony Sneazwell (Australia) 7................................ John Dobroth (US) 8. Wolfgang Schillkowski (West Germany) 9.........Valeriy Skvortsov (Soviet Union) 10.............................Frank Costello (US) 1966 1...............................Chihchin Ni (China) 2.........Valeriy Skvortsov (Soviet Union) 3....................................Otis Burrell (US) 4................. Lawrie Peckham (Australia) 5............................... John Hartfield (US) 6................Robert Sainte-Rose (France) 7.................Jacques Madubost (France) 8..........................Mahamat Idriss (Chad) 9................................ John Dobroth (US) 10...............................Ed Caruthers (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s High Jump 1967 1.................................Ed Caruthers (US) 2................. Lawrie Peckham (Australia) 3..........Valentin Gavrilov (Soviet Union) 4....................................Otis Burrell (US) 5.........................Clarence Johnson (US) 6. Wolfgang Schillkowski (West Germany) 7............................... John Hartfield (US) 8..................................Steve Brown (US) 9........................ Jan Dahlgren (Sweden) 10....... Rudolf Hubner (Czechoslovakia) 1968 1.................................Dick Fosbury (US) 2.................................Ed Caruthers (US) 3..........Valentin Gavrilov (Soviet Union) 4.........Valeriy Skvortsov (Soviet Union) 5........................... Reynaldo Brown (US) 6............................... John Hartfield (US) 7...Gunther Spielvogel (West Germany) 8...........................Giacomo Crosa (Italy) 9....................................... Ed Hanks (US) 10.............Kenneth Lundmark (Sweden) 1969 1..........Valentin Gavrilov (Soviet Union) 2....................................Otis Burrell (US) 3........................... Erminio Azzaro (Italy) 4...............Kenneth Lundmark (Sweden) 5.................................Dick Fosbury (US) 6................................. Ron Jourdan (US) 7..........................Chris Celion (Sweden) 8................. Lawrie Peckham (Australia) 9.........Valeriy Skvortsov (Soviet Union) 10....................... István Major (Hungary) 1970 1...............................Chihchin Ni (China) 2........................... Reynaldo Brown (US) 3................. Lawrie Peckham (Australia) 4..........Valentin Gavrilov (Soviet Union) 5...............Kenneth Lundmark (Sweden) 6............. Kestutis Sapka (Soviet Union) 7.......................................Bill Elliott (US) 8..............Viktor Bolshov (Soviet Union) 9...............................Barry Shepard (US) 10.................. Endre Kelemen (Hungary) 1971 1..................................Pat Matzdorf (US) 2........................... Reynaldo Brown (US) 3............. Kestutis Sapka (Soviet Union) 4...............................Chihchin Ni (China) 5......................... István Major (Hungary) 6......Rustam Akhmyetov (Soviet Union) 7...................................Tim Heikkila (US) 8......................... Csaba Dosa (Romania) 9.............. Stefan Junge (East Germany) 10.... Roman Moravec (Czechoslovakia) 1972 1...................Jüri Tarmak (Soviet Union) 2.............. Stefan Junge (East Germany) 3...............................Dwight Stones (US) 4........Hermann Magerl (West Germany) 5............. Kestutis Sapka (Soviet Union) 6........................ Jan Dahlgren (Sweden) 7......................Ádám Szepesi (Hungary) 8........ Vladimir Abramov (Soviet Union) 9......Rustam Akhmyetov (Soviet Union) 10............................... Ron Jourdan (US) 1973 1...............................Dwight Stones (US) 2........................... Reynaldo Brown (US) 3................................... Tom Woods (US) 4......................... István Major (Hungary) 5........ Vladimir Abramov (Soviet Union) 6...........Vladimír Malý (Czechoslovakia) 7............................ John Beers (Canada) 8...............................Chihchin Ni (China) 9...............................Robert Joseph (US) 10........Valentin Gavrilov (Soviet Union) 1974 1...............................Dwight Stones (US) 2.................... Jesper Törring (Denmark) 3............. Kestutis Sapka (Soviet Union) 4...........Vladimír Malý (Czechoslovakia) 5........ Vladimir Abramov (Soviet Union) 6.......................... Rune Almén (Sweden) 7......................... Teymour Ghiassi (Iran) 8........................... Reynaldo Brown (US) 9........... Imants Karlsons (Soviet Union) 10............................... Rory Kotinek (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s High Jump 1975 1...............................Dwight Stones (US) 2................................... Tom Woods (US) 3....Aleksandr Grigoryev (Soviet Union) 4........ Rolf Beilschmidt (East Germany) 5................................. Rory Kotinek (US) 6......................... Jacek Wszoła (Poland) 7.......................... Rune Almén (Sweden) 8........................... Enzo Del Forno (Italy) 9........................Paul Poaniewa (France) 10................Dimitrios Patrónis (Greece) 1976 1...............................Dwight Stones (US) 2......................... Jacek Wszoła (Poland) 3................................ Greg Joy (Canada) 4............Sergey Budalov (Soviet Union) 5.........Sergey Senyukov (Soviet Union) 6........ Rolf Beilschmidt (East Germany) 7...........................James Barrineau (US) 8................................... Tom Woods (US) 9.......................... Rune Almén (Sweden) 10............................... Bill Jankunis (US) 1977 1........ Rolf Beilschmidt (East Germany) 2...............................Dwight Stones (US) 3...Vladimir Yashchenko (Soviet Union) 4................................. Rory Kotinek (US) 5......................... Jacek Wszoła (Poland) 6....Aleksandr Grigoryev (Soviet Union) 7.....................................Kyle Arney (US) 8............................ Franklin Jacobs (US) 9.......Carlo Thränhardt (West Germany) 10.......Sergey Senyukov (Soviet Union) 1978 1...Vladimir Yashchenko (Soviet Union) 2........ Rolf Beilschmidt (East Germany) 3...............................Dwight Stones (US) 4............................ Franklin Jacobs (US) 5....Aleksandr Grigoryev (Soviet Union) 6................................... Benn Fields (US) 7...... Henry Lauterbach (East Germany) 8.......Carlo Thränhardt (West Germany) 9......................... Jacek Wszoła (Poland) 10.............................. Greg Joy (Canada) 1979 1.. Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 2........ Rolf Beilschmidt (East Germany) 3............................ Franklin Jacobs (US) 4.................Gerd Nagel (West Germany) 5......................... Jacek Wszoła (Poland) 6....Aleksandr Grigoryev (Soviet Union) 7................................... Benn Fields (US) 8...................Massimo De Giorgio (Italy) 9....... Andre Schneider (West Germany) 10.Vladimir Yashchenko (Soviet Union) 1980 1...............Gerd Wessig (East Germany) 2......................... Jacek Wszoła (Poland) 3.. Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 4.......Carlo Thränhardt (West Germany) 5................................... Benn Fields (US) 6...... Henry Lauterbach (East Germany) 7.............Jörg Freimuth (East Germany) 8........................................ Nat Page (US) 9.................Gerd Nagel (West Germany) 10................ Adrian Proteasa (Romania) 1981 1................................ Tyke Peacock (US) 2.................Gerd Nagel (West Germany) 3.............. Valeriy Sereda (Soviet Union) 4...............................Dwight Stones (US) 5.......... Roland Dalhäuser (Switzerland) 6.................................Milton Goode (US) 7........................................ Nat Page (US) 8.. Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 9....................Janusz Trzepizur (Poland) 10. Vladimir Granyenkov (Soviet Union) 1982 1............................... Milt Ottey (Canada) 2....................Janusz Trzepizur (Poland) 3...............................Dwight Stones (US) 4.. Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 5.................Gerd Nagel (West Germany) 6................................ Tyke Peacock (US) 7.......... Roland Dalhäuser (Switzerland) 8..............................Jianhua Zhu (China) 9......................... Jacek Wszoła (Poland) 10.....Carlo Thränhardt (West Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s High Jump 1983 1..............................Jianhua Zhu (China) 2................................ Tyke Peacock (US) 3.......Carlo Thränhardt (West Germany) 4.. Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 5...Gennadiy Avdeyenko (Soviet Union) 6.................... Igor Paklin (Soviet Union) 7...............................Dwight Stones (US) 8.............. Valeriy Sereda (Soviet Union) 9............................... Milt Ottey (Canada) 10........................Eddy Annys (Belgium) 1984 1.. Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 2..............................Jianhua Zhu (China) 3.............. Valeriy Sereda (Soviet Union) 4.......................Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) 5...............................Dwight Stones (US) 6................................... Jim Howard (US) 7......................... Jacek Wszoła (Poland) 8.......Carlo Thränhardt (West Germany) 9... Vladimir Granyenkov (Soviet Union) 10.Gennadiy Avdeyenko (Soviet Union) 1985 1.......................Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) 2................................... Jim Howard (US) 3.................... Igor Paklin (Soviet Union) 4................. Ján Zvara (Czechoslovakia) 5......................Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 6......................... Jacek Wszoła (Poland) 7.. Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 8....... Sergey Malchenko (Soviet Union) 9..................Francisco Centelles (Cuba) 10... Aleksandr Kotovich (Soviet Union) 1986 1.................... Igor Paklin (Soviet Union) 2................................... Jim Howard (US) 3.............................Doug Nordquist (US) 4.......Carlo Thränhardt (West Germany) 5.. Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 6.......................Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) 7.............. Valeriy Sereda (Soviet Union) 8....... Sergey Malchenko (Soviet Union) 9................. Ján Zvara (Czechoslovakia) 10............................. Milt Ottey (Canada) 1987 1.......................Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) 2.................... Igor Paklin (Soviet Union) 3...Gennadiy Avdeyenko (Soviet Union) 4.. Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 5................. Ján Zvara (Czechoslovakia) 6.......................... Sorin Matei (Romania) 7......................Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 8................................... Jim Howard (US) 9.......Carlo Thränhardt (West Germany) 10............................. Jerome Carter (US) 1988 1......................Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 2.......................Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) 3...Gennadiy Avdeyenko (Soviet Union) 4............................... Hollis Conway (US) 5....... Rudolf Povarnitsin (Soviet Union) 6.. Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 7.................... Nick Saunders (Bermuda) 8.......Carlo Thränhardt (West Germany) 9....... Sergey Malchenko (Soviet Union) 10.................. Igor Paklin (Soviet Union) 1989 1......................Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 2.......................Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) 3............................... Hollis Conway (US) 4...Gennadiy Avdeyenko (Soviet Union) 5................. Dalton Grant (Great Britain) 6.. Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 7....... Rudolf Povarnitsin (Soviet Union) 8.......Carlo Thränhardt (West Germany) 9.................... Nick Saunders (Bermuda) 10................................. Jim Howard (US) 1990 1............................... Hollis Conway (US) 2.......................... Sorin Matei (Romania) 3.......................Georgi Dakov (Bulgaria) 4......................Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 5.................Dragutin Topić (Yugoslavia) 6.............................Doug Nordquist (US) 7...........Aleksey Yemelin (Soviet Union) 8....... Sergey Malchenko (Soviet Union) 9.. Dietmar Mögenburg (West Germany) 10.....................Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s High Jump 1991 1............................... Hollis Conway (US) 2......................Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 3.............................. Charles Austin (US) 4................. Dalton Grant (Great Britain) 5.............................Marino Drake (Cuba) 6.......................... Troy Kemp (Bahamas) 7.......................Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) 8..........................Artur Partyka (Poland) 9...............................Arturo Ortíz (Spain) 10...................................... Rick Noji (US) 1992 1......................Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 2.......................Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) 3............................... Hollis Conway (US) 4.........................Tim Forsyth (Australia) 5.......................... Troy Kemp (Bahamas) 6..........................Artur Partyka (Poland) 7............................ Ralf Sonn (Germany) 8.............................. Charles Austin (US) 9.............................Marino Drake (Cuba) 10................ Steve Smith (Great Britain) 1993 1......................Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 2.................. Steve Smith (Great Britain) 3.......................... Troy Kemp (Bahamas) 4............................... Hollis Conway (US) 5..........................Artur Partyka (Poland) 6.......................Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) 7............................ Ralf Sonn (Germany) 8................. Dalton Grant (Great Britain) 9...................................Tony Barton (US) 10.......................Tim Forsyth (Australia) 1994 1......................Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 2.......................... Troy Kemp (Bahamas) 3..........................Steinar Hoen (Norway) 4.........................Tim Forsyth (Australia) 5.................. Steve Smith (Great Britain) 6.................Dragutin Topić (Yugoslavia) 7................. Dalton Grant (Great Britain) 8..........................Artur Partyka (Poland) 9............ Jean-Charles Gicquel (France) 10................. Håkon Särnblom (Norway) 1995 1......................Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 2.......................... Troy Kemp (Bahamas) 3..........................Steinar Hoen (Norway) 4.................. Steve Smith (Great Britain) 5..........................Artur Partyka (Poland) 6...................................Tony Barton (US) 7.............Lámbros Papakóstas (Greece) 8.......................Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) 9................... Håkon Särnblom (Norway) 10.......................Tim Forsyth (Australia) 1996 1.............................. Charles Austin (US) 2..........................Artur Partyka (Poland) 3.................Dragutin Topić (Yugoslavia) 4..........................Steinar Hoen (Norway) 5.................. Steve Smith (Great Britain) 6.......................Patrik Sjöberg (Sweden) 7.........................Tim Forsyth (Australia) 8......................Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 9...................Jin-taek Lee (South Korea) 10............Wolfgang Kreissig (Germany) 1997 1......................Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 2..........................Steinar Hoen (Norway) 3.........................Tim Forsyth (Australia) 4.............................. Charles Austin (US) 5..........................Artur Partyka (Poland) 6................. Dalton Grant (Great Britain) 7.............Lámbros Papakóstas (Greece) 8.........................Martin Buss (Germany) 9.................. Steve Smith (Great Britain) 10.......... Konstantin Matusevich (Israel) 1998 1......................Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 2.............................. Charles Austin (US) 3.......................Sergey Klyugin (Russia) 4..........................Artur Partyka (Poland) 5.........................Martin Buss (Germany) 6................. Dalton Grant (Great Britain) 7.......................... Stefan Holm (Sweden) 8.......................Staffan Strand (Sweden) 9.................................. Brian Brown (US) 10........................Steinar Hoen (Norway) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s High Jump 1999 1............... Vyacheslav Voronin (Russia) 2.........................Mark Boswell (Canada) 3.........................Martin Buss (Germany) 4.................Dragutin Topić (Yugoslavia) 5.............................. Charles Austin (US) 6.......................Staffan Strand (Sweden) 7.......................... Stefan Holm (Sweden) 8.................. Steve Smith (Great Britain) 9..............Wolfgang Kreissig (Germany) 10.....................Sergey Klyugin (Russia) 2000 1............... Vyacheslav Voronin (Russia) 2.......................Sergey Klyugin (Russia) 3......................Javier Sotomayor (Cuba) 4.......................... Stefan Holm (Sweden) 5............ Konstantin Matusevich (Israel) 6.......................Staffan Strand (Sweden) 7....... Abderrahmane Hammad (Algeria) 8.........................Mark Boswell (Canada) 9.....................Kwaku Boateng (Canada) 10...............Dragutin Topić (Yugoslavia) 2001 1.......................... Stefan Holm (Sweden) 2.................. Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 3.........................Martin Buss (Germany) 4............... Vyacheslav Voronin (Russia) 5.......................Sergey Klyugin (Russia) 6.......................Staffan Strand (Sweden) 7.........................Mark Boswell (Canada) 8............. Andrey Sokolovskiy (Ukraine) 9...............................Nathan Leeper (US) 10............ Sergey Dymchenko (Ukraine) 2002 1.......................... Stefan Holm (Sweden) 2.................. Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 3.........................Mark Boswell (Canada) 4.......................Staffan Strand (Sweden) 5............Tomáš Jankú (Czech Republic) 6.....................................Tora Harris (US) 7............ Jacques Freitag (South Africa) 8...........................Pyotr Brayko (Russia) 9....... Abderrahmane Hammad (Algeria) 10........................... Charles Clinger (US) 2003 1............ Jacques Freitag (South Africa) 2.......................... Stefan Holm (Sweden) 3.................. Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 4..................Germaine Mason (Jamaica) 5................................... Jamie Nieto (US) 6.........................Mark Boswell (Canada) 7.................... Mikhail Tsvetkov (Russia) 8............. Andrey Sokolovskiy (Ukraine) 9....................Gennadiy Moroz (Belarus) 10................. Grzegorz Sposób (Poland) 2004 1.......................... Stefan Holm (Sweden) 2..........Jaroslav Bába (Czech Republic) 3.................. Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 4................................... Jamie Nieto (US) 5........................... Matt Hemingway (US) 6............. Andrey Sokolovskiy (Ukraine) 7.........................Mark Boswell (Canada) 8................. Stefan Vasilache (Romania) 9.......... Svatoslav Ton (Czech Republic) 10............. Vyacheslav Voronin (Russia) 2005 1............................... Victor Moya (Cuba) 2.......................... Stefan Holm (Sweden) 3.................. Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 4..........Jaroslav Bába (Czech Republic) 5............... Vyacheslav Voronin (Russia) 6.................Yuriy Krymarenko (Ukraine) 7.......... Svatoslav Ton (Czech Republic) 8.................Dragutin Topić (Yugoslavia) 9............ Jacques Freitag (South Africa) 10........... Andrey Sokolovskiy (Ukraine) 2006 1.........................Andrey Silnov (Russia) 2.................. Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 3................... Linus Thörnblad (Sweden) 4.......................... Stefan Holm (Sweden) 5............Tomáš Jankú (Czech Republic) 6..............................Ivan Ukhov (Russia) 7.....................Andrey Tereshin (Russia) 8.....................................Tora Harris (US) 9.............................. Jesse Williams (US) 10...............................Giulio Ciotti (Italy) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s High Jump 2007 1..................Donald Thomas (Bahamas) 2.......................... Stefan Holm (Sweden) 3.................. Kyriakos Ioannou (Cyprus) 4.................. Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 5................... Linus Thörnblad (Sweden) 6............Tomáš Jankú (Czech Republic) 7.........................Andrey Silnov (Russia) 8.............................. Jesse Williams (US) 9.....................Andrey Tereshin (Russia) 10...................................Tora Harris (US) 2008 1.........................Andrey Silnov (Russia) 2.......................... Stefan Holm (Sweden) 3.................. Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 4.......... Germaine Mason (Great Britain) 5................... Linus Thörnblad (Sweden) 6.............................. Jesse Williams (US) 7.....................Andrey Tereshin (Russia) 8..........................Raul Spank (Germany) 9..........Jaroslav Bába (Czech Republic) 10..........Tomáš Jankú (Czech Republic) 2009 1.................. Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 2..............................Ivan Ukhov (Russia) 3..........Jaroslav Bába (Czech Republic) 4.............................. Jesse Williams (US) 5.................Aleksandr Shustov (Russia) 6.................. Kyriakos Ioannou (Cyprus) 7..........................Raul Spank (Germany) 8................... Linus Thörnblad (Sweden) 9...............................Andra Manson (US) 10.............Sylwester Bednarek (Poland) 2010 1..............................Ivan Ukhov (Russia) 2.............................. Jesse Williams (US) 3.................Aleksandr Shustov (Russia) 4.................. Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 5................... Linus Thörnblad (Sweden) 6......................Aleksey Dmitrik (Russia) 7.................. Kyriakos Ioannou (Cyprus) 8..................Donald Thomas (Bahamas) 9.................................. Dusty Jonas (US) 10........Kabelo Kgosiemang (Botswana) 2011 1.............................. Jesse Williams (US) 2..............................Ivan Ukhov (Russia) 3......................Aleksey Dmitrik (Russia) 4....................... Trevor Barry (Bahamas) 5........ Dimítrios Hondrokoúkis (Greece) 6.........................Andrey Silnov (Russia) 7..........................Mutaz Barshim (Qatar) 8.................Aleksandr Shustov (Russia) 9..........Jaroslav Bába (Czech Republic) 10........................Raúl Spank (Germany) 2012 1..............................Ivan Ukhov (Russia) 2............ Robbie Grabarz (Great Britain) 3.........................Andrey Silnov (Russia) 4.............................. Jesse Williams (US) 5..........................Mutaz Barshim (Qatar) 6................................... Erik Kynard (US) 7......................... Derek Drouin (Canada) 8......................Aleksey Dmitrik (Russia) 9.................................Jamie Nieto (USA) 10................Andriy Protsenko (Ukraine) 2013 1........... Bogdan Bondarenko (Ukraine) 2......................... Mutaz Barshim (Qatar) 3........................ Derek Drouin (Canada) 4.................................. Erik Kynard (US) 5............................. Ivan Ukhov (Russia) 6................ Aleksandr Shustov (Russia) 7..................... Aleksey Dmitrik (Russia) 8................. Donald Thomas (Bahamas) 9........... Robbie Grabarz (Great Britain) 10....................... Guowei Zhang (China) 2014 1............ Bogdan Bondarenko (Ukraine) 2..........................Mutaz Barshim (Qatar) 3..............................Ivan Ukhov (Russia) 4......................... Derek Drouin (Canada) 5................................... Erik Kynard (US) 6...................Andrii Protsenko (Ukraine) 7...................Daniyil Tsyplakov (Russia) 8......................Aleksey Dmitrik (Russia) 9.........................Marco Fassinotti (Italy) 10.............................Naoto Tobe (Japan) © Track & Field News 2018 — 10 — World Rankings — Men’s High Jump 2015 1..........................Mutaz Barshim (Qatar) 2............ Bogdan Bondarenko (Ukraine) 3..........................Guowei Zhang (China) 4......................... Derek Drouin (Canada) 5................................... Erik Kynard (US) 6...................Daniyil Tsyplakov (Russia) 7.................... Gianmarco Tamberi (Italy) 8.........................Marco Fassinotti (Italy) 9..................Donald Thomas (Bahamas) 10........Jaroslav Bába (Czech Republic) 2016 1..........................Mutaz Barshim (Qatar) 2............ Bogdan Bondarenko (Ukraine) 3......................... Derek Drouin (Canada) 4................................... Erik Kynard (US) 5.................... Gianmarco Tamberi (Italy) 6............ Robbie Grabarz (Great Britain) 7..........................Guowei Zhang (China) 8...................Andrii Protsenko (Ukraine) 9................Majed El Dein Ghazal (Syria) 10.......................Marco Fassinotti (Italy) 2017 1..........................Mutaz Barshim (Qatar) 2.......................Danyil Lysenko (Russia) 3................Majed El Dein Ghazal (Syria) 4............ Bogdan Bondarenko (Ukraine) 5............ Robbie Grabarz (Great Britain) 6............. Mateusz Przybylko (Germany) 7...............Sylwester Bednarek (Poland) 8...................Andrii Protsenko (Ukraine) 9.......................... Edgar Rivera (Mexico) 10................Pavel Seliverstau (Belarus)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 1947 1.................................. Guinn Smith (US) 2..................................Boo Morcom (US) 3..............................Earle Meadows (US) 4...................................... Bill Moore (US) 5...................... George Rasmussen (US) 6................................ Bob Richards (US) 7................................. Ray Maggard (US) 8........................................ Bob Hart (US) 9.......................................Ray Kring (US) 10................................Tom Bennett (US) 1948 1.................................. Guinn Smith (US) 2..................................Boo Morcom (US) 3................................ Bob Richards (US) 4.........................John Montgomery (US) 5................. Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden) 6........................... Erkki Kataja (Finland) 7............................Erling Kaas (Norway) 8.................................Harry Cooper (US) 9..............................Earle Meadows (US) 10.................... George Rasmussen (US) 1949 1................................ Bob Richards (US) 2.........................John Montgomery (US) 3...................... George Rasmussen (US) 4......................................Bob Smith (US) 5................. Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden) 6..................................Tom Bennett (US) 7..................................... Bill Carroll (US) 8..........................................Don Laz (US) 9........................... Erkki Kataja (Finland) 10.............................George Mattos (US) 1950 1................................ Bob Richards (US) 2................. Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden) 3......................................Bob Smith (US) 4..........................................Don Laz (US) 5...............................George Mattos (US) 6..................................... Bill Carroll (US) 7...................... George Rasmussen (US) 8...................................Walt Jensen (US) 9.........................John Montgomery (US) 10................................. Don Cooper (US) © patrick tomasiewicz/photo run In ’07 Brad Walker became the first American with a pair of No. 1s since Bob Seagren in ’69 © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 1951 1................................ Bob Richards (US) 2..........................................Don Laz (US) 3................................... Don Cooper (US) 4...................................Walt Jensen (US) 5......................................Bob Smith (US) 6................. Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden) 7.................Torfi Bryngeirsson (Iceland) 8............................Victor Sillon (France) 9................................Dick Coleman (US) 10.........Pyotr Denisenko (Soviet Union) 1952 1................................ Bob Richards (US) 2..........................................Don Laz (US) 3................. Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden) 4...........Pyotr Denisenko (Soviet Union) 5................................... Don Cooper (US) 6...............................George Mattos (US) 7.................................. John Rowan (US) 8......................... Valto Olenius (Finland) 9......................................Bob Smith (US) 10........... Viktor Knyazev (Soviet Union) 1953 1................................ Bob Richards (US) 2...............................George Mattos (US) 3...................................Fred Barnes (US) 4...........Pyotr Denisenko (Soviet Union) 5................. Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden) 6..........................................Don Laz (US) 7......................................Bob Smith (US) 8...................Milan Milakov (Yugoslavia) 9.......................................Ray Kring (US) 10.................................. Dave Kenly (US) 1954 1................................ Bob Richards (US) 2..........................................Don Laz (US) 3......................................Bob Smith (US) 4...................Eeles Landström (Finland) 5................. Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden) 6................................. Earl Poucher (US) 7...................................Fred Barnes (US) 8............................. Jerry Welbourn (US) 9............... Támas Homonnay (Hungary) 10.........Pyotr Denisenko (Soviet Union) 1955 1................................ Bob Richards (US) 2..................................... Don Bragg (US) 3..........................................Don Laz (US) 4...................Eeles Landström (Finland) 5......................................Bob Smith (US) 6.....................................Ron Morris (US) 7...................................Walt Levack (US) 8................. Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden) 9.........Vitaliy Chernobay (Soviet Union) 10............... Edward Adamczyk (Poland) 1956 1................................ Bob Richards (US) 2................................Bob Gutowski (US) 3..................................... Don Bragg (US) 4................Georgios Roubanis (Greece) 5...............................George Mattos (US) 6...................................Jim Graham (US) 7.....................................Ron Morris (US) 8...................Eeles Landström (Finland) 9..........................Zenon Ważny (Poland) 10.................................Fred Barnes (US) 1957 1................................Bob Gutowski (US) 2................................ Bob Richards (US) 3..................................... Don Bragg (US) 4.....................................Ron Morris (US) 5................Georgios Roubanis (Greece) 6.... Manfred Preussger (East Germany) 7...................Eeles Landström (Finland) 8...........Vladimir Bulatov (Soviet Union) 9.........Vitaliy Chernobay (Soviet Union) 10.............................George Mattos (US) 1958 1................................Bob Gutowski (US) 2.....................................Ron Morris (US) 3.... Manfred Preussger (East Germany) 4...................Eeles Landström (Finland) 5................Georgios Roubanis (Greece) 6...........Vladimir Bulatov (Soviet Union) 7..........................Zenon Ważny (Poland) 8.................................... Jim Brewer (US) 9..................................... Don Bragg (US) 10.......Vitaliy Chernobay (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 1959 1..................................... Don Bragg (US) 2...................................Jim Graham (US) 3................................Bob Gutowski (US) 4.................................. Mel Schwarz (US) 5...........Vladimir Bulatov (Soviet Union) 6.............................. Aubrey Dooley (US) 7...................Eeles Landström (Finland) 8.....................................Ron Morris (US) 9...............................George Mattos (US) 10................................... J.D. Martin (US) 1960 1..................................... Don Bragg (US) 2.....................................Ron Morris (US) 3..................................... J.D. Martin (US) 4...................................Jim Graham (US) 5................................Bob Gutowski (US) 6.... Manfred Preussger (East Germany) 7......................... Henry Wadsworth (US) 8.............................. Aubrey Dooley (US) 9...................Eeles Landström (Finland) 10........Janis Krasovskis (Soviet Union) 1961 1.....................................Ron Morris (US) 2...............................George Davies (US) 3.................................. John Uelses (US) 4......................... Henry Wadsworth (US) 5.................................... Jim Brewer (US) 6................................. John Cramer (US) 7................. Rolando Cruz (Puerto Rico) 8.... Manfred Preussger (East Germany) 9..................................... Don Bragg (US) 10........Janis Krasovskis (Soviet Union) 1962 1.....................................Ron Morris (US) 2.......................... Pentti Nikula (Finland) 3...................................... Dave Tork (US) 4.................................. John Uelses (US) 5................................. John Cramer (US) 6.... Manfred Preussger (East Germany) 7.................................. John Belitza (US) 8...... Rudolf Tomásek (Czechoslovakia) 9................................. Dick Plymale (US) 10............... Rolando Cruz (Puerto Rico) 1963 1.............................Brian Sternberg (US) 2.................................. John Pennel (US) 3.....................................Ron Morris (US) 4.................................. John Uelses (US) 5.......................... Pentti Nikula (Finland) 6................................C.K. Yang (Taiwan) 7................. Rolando Cruz (Puerto Rico) 8..................................Fred Hansen (US) 9...................................Gerald Pratt (US) 10.... Rudolf Tomásek (Czechoslovakia) 1964 1..................................Fred Hansen (US) 2..Wolfgang Reinhardt (West Germany) 3.... Manfred Preussger (East Germany) 4.................................. John Pennel (US) 5...... Rudolf Tomásek (Czechoslovakia) 6.......... Klaus Lehnertz (West Germany) 7...................................... Dave Tork (US) 8.....................................Ron Morris (US) 9....Gennadiy Bliznetsov (Soviet Union) 10................................. Don Meyers (US) 1965 1.................................. John Pennel (US) 2..... Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) 3....Gennadiy Bliznetsov (Soviet Union) 4..................................... Jeff Chase (US) 5................................. Bob Seagren (US) 6................................. John Cramer (US) 7................................... Paul Wilson (US) 8.......... Klaus Lehnertz (West Germany) 9........................Aulis Kairento (Finland) 10.......................................Mel Hein (US) 1966 1.................................. John Pennel (US) 2................................. Bob Seagren (US) 3..... Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) 4................................... Paul Wilson (US) 5............... Chris Papanicoláou (Greece) 6..................................Marc Savage (US) 7..................Hervé D’Encausse (France) 8....Gennadiy Bliznetsov (Soviet Union) 9..................................... Jeff Chase (US) 10......................................Sam Kirk (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 1967 1................................... Paul Wilson (US) 2................................. Bob Seagren (US) 3............... Chris Papanicoláou (Greece) 4..................Hervé D’Encausse (France) 5.............................. Dick Railsback (US) 6..... Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) 7....Gennadiy Bliznetsov (Soviet Union) 8..............................Dennis Phillips (US) 9.......... Klaus Lehnertz (West Germany) 10....................Igor Fyeld (Soviet Union) 1968 1................................. Bob Seagren (US) 2..... Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) 3.... Claus Schiprowski (West Germany) 4............... Chris Papanicoláou (Greece) 5.................................. John Pennel (US) 6....Gennadiy Bliznetsov (Soviet Union) 7..................Hervé D’Encausse (France) 8................................... Jon Vaughn (US) 9.............................. Dick Railsback (US) 10......................... Altti Alarotu (Finland) 1969 1................................. Bob Seagren (US) 2.................................. John Pennel (US) 3..... Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) 4.............................. Dick Railsback (US) 5............................ Renato Dionisi (Italy) 6............................. Casey Carrigan (US) 7............... Chris Papanicoláou (Greece) 8....Gennadiy Bliznetsov (Soviet Union) 9................................... Jon Vaughn (US) 10................... Erkki Mustakari (Finland) 1970 1..... Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) 2............... Chris Papanicoláou (Greece) 3............................ Renato Dionisi (Italy) 4................ François Tracanelli (France) 5....................... Kjell Isaksson (Sweden) 6.............................. Sam Caruthers (US) 7........................... Altti Alarotu (Finland) 8.................................. John Pennel (US) 9................................. Bob Seagren (US) 10........................ Risto Ivanoff (Finland) 1971 1..... Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) 2....................... Kjell Isaksson (Sweden) 3................................ Dave Roberts (US) 4................................. Jan Johnson (US) 5............................ Renato Dionisi (Italy) 6............... Chris Papanicoláou (Greece) 7................... Hans Lagerqvist (Sweden) 8..................Yuriy Isakov (Soviet Union) 9. Hans-Jürgen Ziegler (West Germany) 10................Volker Ohl (West Germany) 1972 1....................... Kjell Isaksson (Sweden) 2................................. Bob Seagren (US) 3..... Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) 4................................ Dave Roberts (US) 5................................. Jan Johnson (US) 6...................................Steve Smith (US) 7............................ Renato Dionisi (Italy) 8............... Chris Papanicoláou (Greece) 9................... Hans Lagerqvist (Sweden) 10.. Reinhard Kuretzky (West Germany) 1973 1...................................Steve Smith (US) 2.....................Antti Kalliomäki (Finland) 3..................Yuriy Isakov (Soviet Union) 4................ François Tracanelli (France) 5................................... Mike Cotton (US) 6........ Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 7.... Reinhard Kuretzky (West Germany) 8..................Janis Lauris (Soviet Union) 9................................... Terry Porter (US) 10.............................. Dave Roberts (US) 1974 1..........Vladimir Kishkun (Soviet Union) 2..................Tadeusz Ślusarski (Poland) 3........ Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 4............................. Casey Carrigan (US) 5................Wojciech Buciarski (Poland) 6..................Yuriy Isakov (Soviet Union) 7.....................Antti Kalliomäki (Finland) 8....................... Kjell Isaksson (Sweden) 9...Vladimir Trofimyenko (Soviet Union) 10....................Bruce Simpson (Canada) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 1975 1........ Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 2................Wojciech Buciarski (Poland) 3.........................................Earl Bell (US) 4.....................Antti Kalliomäki (Finland) 5.....................................Dan Ripley (US) 6................................ Dave Roberts (US) 7............................ Don Baird (Australia) 8..................Yuriy Isakov (Soviet Union) 9...................................... Mike Tully (US) 10........................................Vic Dias (US) 1976 1................................ Dave Roberts (US) 2..................Tadeusz Ślusarski (Poland) 3.....................Antti Kalliomäki (Finland) 4.........................................Earl Bell (US) 5................Wojciech Buciarski (Poland) 6........ Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 7..... Yuriy Prokhoryenko (Soviet Union) 8.....................................Dan Ripley (US) 9..........Vladimir Kishkun (Soviet Union) 10.Vladimir Trofimyenko (Soviet Union) 1977 1........ Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 2...................................... Mike Tully (US) 3..................Tadeusz Ślusarski (Poland) 4.........................................Earl Bell (US) 5.....................Antti Kalliomäki (Finland) 6...Vladimir Trofimyenko (Soviet Union) 7...................Mariusz Klimczyk (Poland) 8................Wojciech Buciarski (Poland) 9.....................................Dan Ripley (US) 10........Vladimir Kishkun (Soviet Union) 1978 1...Vladimir Trofimyenko (Soviet Union) 2.....................Antti Kalliomäki (Finland) 3...................................... Mike Tully (US) 4........ Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 5.....................................Dan Ripley (US) 6....... Yevgeniy Tananika (Soviet Union) 7......................................Jeff Taylor (US) 8..................Tadeusz Ślusarski (Poland) 9........................... Rauli Pudas (Finland) 10..............Wojciech Buciarski (Poland) 1979 1........ Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 2...................................... Mike Tully (US) 3....................Philippe Houvion (France) 4......................... Patrick Abada (France) 5........Konstantin Volkov (Soviet Union) 6...........Günther Lohre (West Germany) 7............... Patrick Desruelles (Belgium) 8.....................................Dan Ripley (US) 9...Vladimir Trofimyenko (Soviet Union) 10............... Jean-Michel Bellot (France) 1980 1........ Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 2........Konstantin Volkov (Soviet Union) 3.................... Thierry Vigneron (France) 4....................Philippe Houvion (France) 5..................Tadeusz Ślusarski (Poland) 6................. Jean-Michel Bellot (France) 7...................Mariusz Klimczyk (Poland) 8................................Tom Hintnaus (US) 9.....................................Billy Olson (US) 10.................................... Mike Tully (US) 1981 1........Konstantin Volkov (Soviet Union) 2.................... Thierry Vigneron (France) 3................. Jean-Michel Bellot (France) 4........Vladimir Polyakov (Soviet Union) 5..... Aleksandr Krupskiy (Soviet Union) 6.........................................Earl Bell (US) 7....................Philippe Houvion (France) 8............... Patrick Desruelles (Belgium) 9........ Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 10.................Mariusz Klimczyk (Poland) 1982 1.....................................Billy Olson (US) 2.......................................Dave Volz (US) 3...............Viktor Spasov (Soviet Union) 4..... Aleksandr Krupskiy (Soviet Union) 5................. Jean-Michel Bellot (France) 6.....................................Dan Ripley (US) 7........................ Atanas Tarev (Bulgaria) 8.................... Thierry Vigneron (France) 9........ Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 10......Vladimir Polyakov (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 1983 1...............Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 2........Konstantin Volkov (Soviet Union) 3.................... Thierry Vigneron (France) 4......................... Patrick Abada (France) 5........................ Atanas Tarev (Bulgaria) 6..................Tadeusz Ślusarski (Poland) 7..................... Felix Böhni (Switzerland) 8........Vladimir Polyakov (Soviet Union) 9...........................Jeff Buckingham (US) 10....................... Pierre Quinon (France) 1984 1...............Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 2........Konstantin Volkov (Soviet Union) 3......................... Pierre Quinon (France) 4...................................... Mike Tully (US) 5.................... Thierry Vigneron (France) 6..... Aleksandr Krupskiy (Soviet Union) 7.........................................Earl Bell (US) 8........Vladimir Polyakov (Soviet Union) 9.........Pavel Bogatyryov (Soviet Union) 10........................................Joe Dial (US) 1985 1...............Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 2......................... Pierre Quinon (France) 3.................... Thierry Vigneron (France) 4..... Aleksandr Krupskiy (Soviet Union) 5................Vasiliy Bubka (Soviet Union) 6........................ Marian Kolasa (Poland) 7..........................................Joe Dial (US) 8...................................... Mike Tully (US) 9.........Pavel Bogatyryov (Soviet Union) 10......................Philippe Collet (France) 1986 1...............Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 2.......... Rodion Gataullin (Soviet Union) 3........................Philippe Collet (France) 4.................... Thierry Vigneron (France) 5.........................................Earl Bell (US) 6...................................... Mike Tully (US) 7................Vasiliy Bubka (Soviet Union) 8..........................................Joe Dial (US) 9.....................................Billy Olson (US) 10...................... Atanas Tarev (Bulgaria) 1987 1...............Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 2.................... Thierry Vigneron (France) 3.........................................Earl Bell (US) 4........................Ferenc Salbert (France) 5.......... Rodion Gataullin (Soviet Union) 6........................... Kory Tarpenning (US) 7........................ Marian Kolasa (Poland) 8...................................... Mike Tully (US) 9..........................................Joe Dial (US) 10......Vladimir Polyakov (Soviet Union) 1988 1...............Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 2.......... Rodion Gataullin (Soviet Union) 3..........Grigoriy Yegorov (Soviet Union) 4........................... Kory Tarpenning (US) 5.........................................Earl Bell (US) 6........................Philippe Collet (France) 7.................... Thierry Vigneron (France) 8................... Mirosław Chmara (Poland) 9...................................... Mike Tully (US) 10....................................Tim Bright (US) 1989 1.......... Rodion Gataullin (Soviet Union) 2...............Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 3..........Grigoriy Yegorov (Soviet Union) 4................... Mirosław Chmara (Poland) 5........................Philippe Collet (France) 6........................... Kory Tarpenning (US) 7............Igor Potapovich (Soviet Union) 8......................................Tim Bright (US) 9........... Maksim Tarasov (Soviet Union) 10..............Vasiliy Bubka (Soviet Union) 1990 1.......... Rodion Gataullin (Soviet Union) 2..........Grigoriy Yegorov (Soviet Union) 3...............Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 4......................................Tim Bright (US) 5........................... Kory Tarpenning (US) 6.........Viktor Ryzhenkov (Soviet Union) 7............... Hermann Fehringer (Austria) 8........Vladimir Polyakov (Soviet Union) 9........... Maksim Tarasov (Soviet Union) 10......... Igor Trandenkov (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 1991 1...............Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 2.....................István Bagyula (Hungary) 3.......... Rodion Gataullin (Soviet Union) 4........... Maksim Tarasov (Soviet Union) 5..........Grigoriy Yegorov (Soviet Union) 6............Igor Potapovich (Soviet Union) 7........................... Kory Tarpenning (US) 8............................... Scott Huffman (US) 9......................................Tim Bright (US) 10.......Viktor Ryzhenkov (Soviet Union) 1992 1........................Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) 2..................... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 3..................... Igor Trandenkov (Russia) 4.................... Rodion Gataullin (Russia) 5............Grigoriy Yegorov (Kazakhstan) 6......................... Jean Galfione (France) 7........................... Kory Tarpenning (US) 8.................................Dean Starkey (US) 9..............Igor Potapovich (Kazakhstan) 10......................Philippe Collet (France) 1993 1........................Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) 2..................... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 3.................... Rodion Gataullin (Russia) 4............Grigoriy Yegorov (Kazakhstan) 5..................... Igor Trandenkov (Russia) 6................ Denis Petushinskiy (Russia) 7............................... Scott Huffman (US) 8..............Igor Potapovich (Kazakhstan) 9...................Valeriy Bukreyev (Estonia) 10....................... Jean Galfione (France) 1994 1........................Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) 2.................... Rodion Gataullin (Russia) 3..................... Igor Trandenkov (Russia) 4.................................Dean Starkey (US) 5........................... Kory Tarpenning (US) 6...................Okkert Brits (South Africa) 7......................... Jean Galfione (France) 8..................... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 9............................... Scott Huffman (US) 10..............................Pat Manson (US)19 1995 1........................Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) 2...................Okkert Brits (South Africa) 3..................... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 4..................... Igor Trandenkov (Russia) 5............................... Scott Huffman (US) 6......................... Jean Galfione (France) 7.................... Rodion Gataullin (Russia) 8.................................Dean Starkey (US) 9..............Igor Potapovich (Kazakhstan) 10................................. Pat Manson (US) 1996 1........................Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) 2..................... Igor Trandenkov (Russia) 3..................... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 4............... Andrei Tivontchik (Germany) 5..............Igor Potapovich (Kazakhstan) 6......................... Jean Galfione (France) 7.......................Tim Lobinger (Germany) 8........................Dmitri Markov (Belarus) 9.................. Pyotr Bochkaryov (Russia) 10................................. Pat Manson (US) 1997 1........................Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) 2..................... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 3.......................Tim Lobinger (Germany) 4...................Okkert Brits (South Africa) 5........................Dmitri Markov (Belarus) 6................................... Pat Manson (US) 7....................... Lawrence Johnson (US) 8...................Riaan Botha (South Africa) 9.................................Dean Starkey (US) 10............Igor Potapovich (Kazakhstan) 1998 1..................... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 2...................................Jeff Hartwig (US) 3........................Dmitri Markov (Belarus) 4....................... Danny Ecker (Germany) 5.......................Tim Lobinger (Germany) 6......................... Jean Galfione (France) 7...................Riaan Botha (South Africa) 8................................... Pat Manson (US) 9....................... Lawrence Johnson (US) 10.................Vadim Strogalyov (Russia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 1999 1..................... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 2...................................Jeff Hartwig (US) 3..................... Dmitri Markov (Australia) 4.......................Tim Lobinger (Germany) 5....................... Danny Ecker (Germany) 6..................................Nick Hysong (US) 7......................... Jean Galfione (France) 8..................... Michael Stolle (Germany) 9.................Aleksandr Averbukh (Israel) 10............. Viktor Chistyakov (Australia) 2000 1..................................Nick Hysong (US) 2..................... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 3...................................Jeff Hartwig (US) 4.......................Tim Lobinger (Germany) 5..................... Michael Stolle (Germany) 6....................... Lawrence Johnson (US) 7...................Okkert Brits (South Africa) 8....................... Danny Ecker (Germany) 9..................... Dmitri Markov (Australia) 10............. Yevgeniy Smiryagin (Russia) 2001 1..................... Dmitri Markov (Australia) 2...................................Jeff Hartwig (US) 3.................Aleksandr Averbukh (Israel) 4....................... Danny Ecker (Germany) 5....................... Lawrence Johnson (US) 6..................................Nick Hysong (US) 7..................... Michael Stolle (Germany) 8........................Romain Mesnil (France) 9.....................................Tye Harvey (US) 10............. Viktor Chistyakov (Australia) 2002 1...................................Jeff Hartwig (US) 2.......................Tim Lobinger (Germany) 3.................Aleksandr Averbukh (Israel) 4....................Lars Börgeling (Germany) 5....................................... Tim Mack (US) 6..................................Nick Hysong (US) 7....................Vasiliy Gorshkov (Russia) 8...................Okkert Brits (South Africa) 9............... Viktor Chistyakov (Australia) 10.............Patrik Kristiansson (Sweden) 2003 1...................Okkert Brits (South Africa) 2.......................Tim Lobinger (Germany) 3.....................Giuseppe Gibilisco (Italy) 4..................... Dmitri Markov (Australia) 5....................................Derek Miles (US) 6..................Denys Yurchenko (Ukraine) 7........................Romain Mesnil (France) 8...............Patrik Kristiansson (Sweden) 9...................................Jeff Hartwig (US) 10..................................... Tim Mack (US) 2004 1....................................... Tim Mack (US) 2............................ Toby Stevenson (US) 3.....................Giuseppe Gibilisco (Italy) 4....................................Derek Miles (US) 5............................. Igor Pavlov (Russia) 6.................Aleksandr Averbukh (Israel) 7..................Denys Yurchenko (Ukraine) 8...............Patrik Kristiansson (Sweden) 9.......................Tim Lobinger (Germany) 10.................................Jeff Hartwig (US) 2005 1...................................Brad Walker (US) 2.......................Tim Lobinger (Germany) 3.............................Rens Blom (Holland) 4.....................Giuseppe Gibilisco (Italy) 5....................................Derek Miles (US) 6....................Pavel Gerasimov (Russia) 7............................. Igor Pavlov (Russia) 8............................ Toby Stevenson (US) 9.........................Daichi Sawano (Japan) 10.................... Steve Hooker (Australia) 2006 1...................... Steve Hooker (Australia) 2...................................Brad Walker (US) 3...................... Paul Burgess (Australia) 4.......................Tim Lobinger (Germany) 5............................ Toby Stevenson (US) 6................... Fabian Schulze (Germany) 7.................Aleksandr Averbukh (Israel) 8............................Alhaji Jeng (Sweden) 9....................Lars Börgeling (Germany) 10.......................Daichi Sawano (Japan) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 2007 1...................................Brad Walker (US) 2....................... Danny Ecker (Germany) 3........................... Björn Otto (Germany) 4............................. Igor Pavlov (Russia) 5...................... Steve Hooker (Australia) 6........................Romain Mesnil (France) 7............Yevgeniy Lukyanenko (Russia) 8.......................Tim Lobinger (Germany) 9.................Aleksandr Averbukh (Israel) 10................Denys Yurchenko (Ukraine) 2008 1............Yevgeniy Lukyanenko (Russia) 2...................... Steve Hooker (Australia) 3....................................Derek Miles (US) 4...................................Brad Walker (US) 5..................Denys Yurchenko (Ukraine) 6.................. Maksym Mazuryk (Ukraine) 7................Alexander Straub (Germany) 8....................... Jérôme Clavier (France) 9.............Dmitriy Starodubtsev (Russia) 10..................... Danny Ecker (Germany) 2009 1...................... Steve Hooker (Australia) 2.................. Renaud Lavillenie (France) 3........................Romain Mesnil (France) 4.................. Maksym Mazuryk (Ukraine) 5....................................Derek Miles (US) 6...................... Damiel Dossévi (France) 7...................Viktor Chistyakov (Russia) 8................Alexander Straub (Germany) 9.................. Aleksandr Gripich (Russia) 10................ Steve Lewis (Great Britain) 2010 1.................. Renaud Lavillenie (France) 2...................... Steve Hooker (Australia) 3.......................... Malte Mohr (Germany) 4....................................Derek Miles (US) 5.................. Maksym Mazuryk (Ukraine) 6................... Łukasz Michalski (Poland) 7.........Przemysław Czerwiński (Poland) 8.....................Giuseppe Gibilisco (Italy) 9........................Romain Mesnil (France) 10................. Fabian Schulze (Germany) 2011 1.................. Renaud Lavillenie (France) 2............ Paweł Wojciechowski (Poland) 3...........................Lázaro Borges (Cuba) 4.......................... Malte Mohr (Germany) 5.......... Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) 6................... Łukasz Michalski (Poland) 7.................. Maksym Mazuryk (Ukraine) 8.................Mateusz Didenkow (Poland) 9................................. Jeremy Scott (US) 10...........Dmitriy Starodubtsev (Russia) 2012 1.................. Renaud Lavillenie (France) 2........................... Björn Otto (Germany) 3.......................... Malte Mohr (Germany) 4.................. Steve Lewis (Great Britain) 5............ Raphael Holzdeppe (Germany) 6.......... Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) 7.............Dmitriy Starodubtsev (Russia) 8............ Jan Kudlička (Czech Republic) 9...................................Brad Walker (US) 10..........Yevgeniy Lukyanenko (Russia) 2013 1................. Renaud Lavillenie (France) 2.......................... Björn Otto (Germany) 3........... Raphael Holzdeppe (Germany) 4......... Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) 5......................... Malte Mohr (Germany) 6.................................. Brad Walker (US) 7........... Jan Kudlicka (Czech Republic) 8......................... Augusto Dutra (Brazil) 9.............. Sergey Kucheryanu (Russia) 10.................... Seito Yamamoto (Japan) 2014 1.................. Renaud Lavillenie (France) 2.......... Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) 3.......................... Malte Mohr (Germany) 4........................... Changrui Xue (China) 5............ Jan Kudlička (Czech Republic) 6.............................. Thiago Braz (Brazil) 7.................................... Mark Hollis (US) 8.............................. Piotr Lisek (Poland) 9........................ Robert Sobera (Poland) 10.......... Paweł Wojciechowski (Poland) © Track & Field News 2018 — 10 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 2015 1.................. Renaud Lavillenie (France) 2........................Shawn Barber (Canada) 3.............................. Piotr Lisek (Poland) 4.......... Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) 5............ Raphael Holzdeppe (Germany) 6............ Paweł Wojciechowski (Poland) 7..............................Sam Kendricks (US) 8.............................. Thiago Braz (Brazil) 9.............. Tobias Scherbarth (Germany) 10......................Kévin Menaldo (France) 2016 1.................. Renaud Lavillenie (France) 2..............................Sam Kendricks (US) 3.............................. Thiago Braz (Brazil) 4........................Shawn Barber (Canada) 5.............................. Piotr Lisek (Poland) 6............ Jan Kudlička (Czech Republic) 7.......... Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) 8........................... Changrui Xue (China) 9........................ Robert Sobera (Poland) 10.......... Paweł Wojciechowski (Poland) 2017 1..............................Sam Kendricks (US) 2.............................. Piotr Lisek (Poland) 3.................. Renaud Lavillenie (France) 4............ Paweł Wojciechowski (Poland) 5.................... Kurt Marschall (Australia) 6.................. Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) 7........................Shawn Barber (Canada) 8........................... Changrui Xue (China) 9.......... Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) 10......................Kévin Menaldo (France)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s Long Jump 1947 1...................................Willie Steele (US) 2............................. Lorenzo Wright (US) 3..........................Theo Bruce (Australia) 4............................ John Robertson (US) 5............................... George Uyeda (US) 6................................Fred Johnson (US) 7................................ Herb Douglas (US) 8......................................Paul Miller (US) 9................................ William Lewis (US) 10...............................Lloyd LaMois (US) 1948 1...................................Willie Steele (US) 2..........................Theo Bruce (Australia) 3............................. Lorenzo Wright (US) 4................................Fred Johnson (US) 5................................ Herb Douglas (US) 6................................... Jim Holland (US) 7............... Charles Thompson (Guyana) 8....................................Eural Davis (US) 9............................ John Robertson (US) 10.......................................Bob Teel (US) 1949 1................................Fred Johnson (US) 2......................................Gay Bryan (US) 3.................. Neville Price (South Africa) 4................................ Herb Douglas (US) 5...........Heinz Kreulich (West Germany) 6................................. Henry Aihara (US) 7................................ Herb Hoskins (US) 8.................................Jerome Biffle (US) 9...............................George Brown (US) 10............... Edward Adamczyk (Poland) 1950 1.................................Jerome Biffle (US) 2................................... Jim Holland (US) 3................................ Herb Hoskins (US) 4..................................... Bill Albans (US) 5......................................Gay Bryan (US) 6.................. Neville Price (South Africa) 7...............................Andy Stanfield (US) 8................................. Henry Aihara (US) 9..............................John Simmons (US) 10..............................Fred Johnson (US) © victor sailer/photo run Dwight Phillips took 5 No. 1s between ’03 and ’10 © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s Long Jump 1951 1...............................George Brown (US) 2........................Meredith Gourdine (US) 3...............................Andy Stanfield (US) 4..........Denis Hasenjager (South Africa) 5...............................Charles Meeks (US) 6......................................Gay Bryan (US) 7...............................Jesse Thomas (US) 8......................................Ron Soble (US) 9.................................. Bill Hairston (US) 10.........................Henk Visser (Holland) 1952 1...............................George Brown (US) 2.................................Jerome Biffle (US) 3........................Meredith Gourdine (US) 4........................... F. Morgan Taylor (US) 5.................. Neville Price (South Africa) 6.................... Ödön Földessy (Hungary) 7................. Sylvanus Williams (Nigeria) 8.................................. Ary de Sá (Brazil) 9...........................Henk Visser (Holland) 10..............................Fred Johnson (US) 1953 1...............................George Brown (US) 2.................... Ödön Földessy (Hungary) 3.................................John Bennett (US) 4........................... F. Morgan Taylor (US) 5.................. Neville Price (South Africa) 6........................... Masaji Tajima (Japan) 7............................Bobby Ragsdale (US) 8......... Viktor Leskievich (Soviet Union) 9......................Jorma Valkama (Finland) 10.........................Henk Visser (Holland) 1954 1.................................John Bennett (US) 2.................... Ödön Földessy (Hungary) 3...............................George Brown (US) 4.................. Neville Price (South Africa) 5.............................. Monte Upshaw (US) 6......................Jorma Valkama (Finland) 7............Ken Wilmshurst (Great Britain) 8.....................................Roy Range (US) 9......................................Jon Arnett (US) 10....... Leonid Grigoryev (Soviet Union) 1955 1.....................................Roy Range (US) 2........................................Greg Bell (US) 3.................................John Bennett (US) 4.................................. Ary de Sá (Brazil) 5..................................Mal Andrews (US) 6.................. Neville Price (South Africa) 7...........Ronald Kruger (West Germany) 8.................... Ödön Földessy (Hungary) 9................. Henryk Grabowski (Poland) 10................................Joel Shankle (US) 1956 1........................................Greg Bell (US) 2.................................John Bennett (US) 3...........................Henk Visser (Holland) 4..................................Ernie Shelby (US) 5......................Jorma Valkama (Finland) 6...............................Rafer Johnson (US) 7................. Henryk Grabowski (Poland) 8.....Dmitriy Bondarenko (Soviet Union) 9.................. Neville Price (South Africa) 10......... Oleg Fedoseyev (Soviet Union) 1957 1........................................Greg Bell (US) 2..................................Ernie Shelby (US) 3......................Jorma Valkama (Finland) 4................. Henryk Grabowski (Poland) 5................................... Jim Gamble (US) 6......Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (Soviet Union) 7.................................John Bennett (US) 8............................Frank Herrmann (US) 9............................Carroll Hamilton (US) 10............................ Ali Brakchi (France) 1958 1..................................Ernie Shelby (US) 2........................................Greg Bell (US) 3......Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (Soviet Union) 4................. Henryk Grabowski (Poland) 5.........Kazimierz Kropidłowski (Poland) 6......................................Joel Wiley (US) 7...................................Bill Jackson (US) 8................................. Attilio Bravi (Italy) 9......................Jorma Valkama (Finland) 10............................... Mike Herman (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s Long Jump 1959 1........................................Greg Bell (US) 2......Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (Soviet Union) 3................................. Bo Roberson (US) 4......................................Joel Wiley (US) 5........... Oleg Fedoseyev (Soviet Union) 6..................................Ernie Shelby (US) 7.........Kazimierz Kropidłowski (Poland) 8................................ Ralph Boston (US) 9....................................... Jim Baird (US) 10..Manfred Steinbach (West Germany) 1960 1................................ Ralph Boston (US) 2................................. Bo Roberson (US) 3......Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (Soviet Union) 4....Manfred Steinbach (West Germany) 5...........................Henk Visser (Holland) 6......................Jorma Valkama (Finland) 7........................................Greg Bell (US) 8...................................Darrell Horn (US) 9.................Christian Collardot (France) 10...Dmitriy Bondarenko (Soviet Union) 1961 1................................ Ralph Boston (US) 2......Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (Soviet Union) 3................................. Bo Roberson (US) 4........................... Anthony Watson (US) 5...................................Darrell Horn (US) 6.....Dmitriy Bondarenko (Soviet Union) 7....Manfred Steinbach (West Germany) 8......... Antanas Vaupsas (Soviet Union) 9........................ Józef Schmidt (Poland) 10...............................Luther Hayes (US) 1962 1................................ Ralph Boston (US) 2......Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (Soviet Union) 3...........................Michael Ahey (Ghana) 4.................................Paul Warfield (US) 5........................... Anthony Watson (US) 6.......................Rainer Stenius (Finland) 7...................................Darrell Horn (US) 8......................... Pentti Eskola (Finland) 9......... Antanas Vaupsas (Soviet Union) 10...Dmitriy Bondarenko (Soviet Union) 1963 1................................ Ralph Boston (US) 2......Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (Soviet Union) 3......................... Pentti Eskola (Finland) 4...................................Darrell Horn (US) 5.............................Clifton Mayfield (US) 6....................................... Bill Miller (US) 7.......................Rainer Stenius (Finland) 8................................ Charley Mays (US) 9........................ Józef Schmidt (Poland) 10..... Leonid Barkovskiy (Soviet Union) 1964 1................................ Ralph Boston (US) 2..................Lynn Davies (Great Britain) 3......Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (Soviet Union) 4...............................Gayle Hopkins (US) 5....... Leonid Barkovskiy (Soviet Union) 6................................ Charley Mays (US) 7......... Antanas Vaupsas (Soviet Union) 8.................................Phil Shinnick (US) 9...................................Darrell Horn (US) 10..................................... Bill Miller (US) 1965 1................................ Ralph Boston (US) 2......Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (Soviet Union) 3....................... Clarence Robinson (US) 4.......................Rainer Stenius (Finland) 5....... Leonid Barkovskiy (Soviet Union) 6..................Lynn Davies (Great Britain) 7......................... Pentti Eskola (Finland) 8..............................Dennis Holland (US) 9................ Wellesley Clayton (Jamaica) 10...................... Hiromi Yamada (Japan) 1966 1................................ Ralph Boston (US) 2..................Lynn Davies (Great Britain) 3......Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (Soviet Union) 4.......................Rainer Stenius (Finland) 5...............................Gayle Hopkins (US) 6...................................Darrell Horn (US) 7................................ Charley Mays (US) 8......................... Jean Cochard (France) 9....... Leonid Barkovskiy (Soviet Union) 10................................Bob Beamon (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s Long Jump 1967 1................................ Ralph Boston (US) 2......Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (Soviet Union) 3..................Lynn Davies (Great Britain) 4..................................Bob Beamon (US) 5..........................Jacques Pani (France) 6.......................Alan Crawley (Australia) 7................................. Jerry Proctor (US) 8..................Klaus Beer (East Germany) 9....................Tönu Lepik (Soviet Union) 10..................................... Bill Miller (US) 1968 1..................................Bob Beamon (US) 2................................ Ralph Boston (US) 3..................Klaus Beer (East Germany) 4......Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (Soviet Union) 5....................Tönu Lepik (Soviet Union) 6..........................Jacques Pani (France) 7..................Lynn Davies (Great Britain) 8...............................Gayle Hopkins (US) 9.................................Phil Shinnick (US) 10.....................Alan Crawley (Australia) 1969 1......Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (Soviet Union) 2..................................Stan Whitley (US) 3..................Lynn Davies (Great Britain) 4..................................Bob Beamon (US) 5..................Klaus Beer (East Germany) 6....................Tönu Lepik (Soviet Union) 7..........................Jacques Pani (France) 8...................................Henry Hines (US) 9................................. Jerry Proctor (US) 10..... Leonid Barkovskiy (Soviet Union) 1970 1..........................Jacques Pani (France) 2...........Josef Schwarz (West Germany) 3..................Klaus Beer (East Germany) 4.................... Christian Tourret (France) 5...............................Bouncy Moore (US) 6...............................Phil May (Australia) 7......Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (Soviet Union) 8...................Alan Lerwill (Great Britain) 9........................ Hiromi Yamada (Japan) 10................Lynn Davies (Great Britain) 1971 1.............................Arnie Robinson (US) 2.................Max Klauss (East Germany) 3....Hans Baumgartner (West Germany) 4..........................Jacques Pani (France) 5......Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (Soviet Union) 6...............................Bouncy Moore (US) 7.............................. Henry Jackson (US) 8...................................Henry Hines (US) 9............Stanisław Szudrowicz (Poland) 10.................Jan Kobuszewski (Poland) 1972 1............................. Randy Williams (US) 2....Hans Baumgartner (West Germany) 3.............................Arnie Robinson (US) 4...................................Henry Hines (US) 5.................Max Klauss (East Germany) 6............................ Josh Owusu (Ghana) 7.......................Preston Carrington (US) 8...................Alan Lerwill (Great Britain) 9.......................................... Bill Rea (US) 10..... Leonid Barkovskiy (Soviet Union) 1973 1....... Valeriy Podluzhniy (Soviet Union) 2....Hans Baumgartner (West Germany) 3............................. Randy Williams (US) 4........................................ Al Lanier (US) 5........................... James McAlister (US) 6.................Max Klauss (East Germany) 7........Jean-François Bonhème (France) 8.................Jacques Rousseau (France) 9.......... Jaroslav Brož (Czechoslovakia) 10................................Stan Whitley (US) 1974 1....... Valeriy Podluzhniy (Soviet Union) 2................... Nenad Stekić (Yugoslavia) 3.............................Arnie Robinson (US) 4...............................Bouncy Moore (US) 5................. Grzegorz Cybulski (Poland) 6.................Max Klauss (East Germany) 7............................T.C. Yohannan (India) 8............................... Jerry Herndon (US) 9...................Alan Lerwill (Great Britain) 10............................... Jerry Proctor (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s Long Jump 1975 1................. Grzegorz Cybulski (Poland) 2................... Nenad Stekić (Yugoslavia) 3............................ João Oliveira (Brazil) 4.............................Arnie Robinson (US) 5....... Valeriy Podluzhniy (Soviet Union) 6..................Chris Commons (Australia) 7................ Charlton Ehizuelen (Nigeria) 8.................Rolf Bernhard (Switzerland) 9................................... Danny Seay (US) 10........................... Randy Williams (US) 1976 1.............................Arnie Robinson (US) 2...... Frank Wartenberg (East Germany) 3................... Nenad Stekić (Yugoslavia) 4............................. Randy Williams (US) 5.................Jacques Rousseau (France) 6................................ Larry Myricks (US) 7....... Valeriy Podluzhniy (Soviet Union) 8....Hans Baumgartner (West Germany) 9................. Grzegorz Cybulski (Poland) 10. Aleksey Pereverzyev (Soviet Union) 1977 1.............................Arnie Robinson (US) 2.................Jacques Rousseau (France) 3................ Charlton Ehizuelen (Nigeria) 4................... Nenad Stekić (Yugoslavia) 5............................... David Giralt (Cuba) 6....... Valeriy Podluzhniy (Soviet Union) 7................................ James Lofton (US) 8..................Roy Mitchell (Great Britain) 9....Hans Baumgartner (West Germany) 10...............Rolf Bernhard (Switzerland) 1978 1.............................Arnie Robinson (US) 2................... Nenad Stekić (Yugoslavia) 3................................ James Lofton (US) 4.................Jacques Rousseau (France) 5................ Charlton Ehizuelen (Nigeria) 6............................ João Oliveira (Brazil) 7................. Grzegorz Cybulski (Poland) 8................................. Bob Calhoun (US) 9.......Vladimir Tsepelyev (Soviet Union) 10..............................LaMonte King (US) 1979 1................................ Larry Myricks (US) 2.......Lutz Dombrowski (East Germany) 3............................ João Oliveira (Brazil) 4............................... David Giralt (Cuba) 5......................................Carl Lewis (US) 6....... Valeriy Podluzhniy (Soviet Union) 7................................LaMonte King (US) 8................... Nenad Stekić (Yugoslavia) 9........... Frank Paschek (East Germany) 10...........................Junichi Usui (Japan) 1980 1.......Lutz Dombrowski (East Germany) 2................................ Larry Myricks (US) 3........... Frank Paschek (East Germany) 4....... Valeriy Podluzhniy (Soviet Union) 5......................László Szalma (Hungary) 6......................................Carl Lewis (US) 7............................... Larry Doubley (US) 8........... Andrzej Klimaszewski (Poland) 9................ Stanisław Jaskułka (Poland) 10........... Viktor Byelskiy (Soviet Union) 1981 1......................................Carl Lewis (US) 2................................ Larry Myricks (US) 3......................... Gary Honey (Australia) 4......... Shamil Abbyasov (Soviet Union) 5............................. Yuhuang Liu (China) 6..................Roy Mitchell (Great Britain) 7..................Uwe Lange (East Germany) 8......................László Szalma (Hungary) 9.................Rolf Bernhard (Switzerland) 10........Joachim Busse (West Germany) 1982 1......................................Carl Lewis (US) 2................................ Larry Myricks (US) 3................................Jason Grimes (US) 4.......Lutz Dombrowski (East Germany) 5........................Antonio Corgos (Spain) 6......................... Gary Honey (Australia) 7................... Nenad Stekić (Yugoslavia) 8.................. Giovanni Evangelisti (Italy) 9...............Jan Leitner (Czechoslovakia) 10.............................. Yusuf Alli (Nigeria) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s Long Jump 1983 1......................................Carl Lewis (US) 2................................Jason Grimes (US) 3................................ Larry Myricks (US) 4...................................Mike Conley (US) 5......................... Gary Honey (Australia) 6......................László Szalma (Hungary) 7...............................Vesco Bradley (US) 8.....................................Ralph Spry (US) 9................... Nenad Stekić (Yugoslavia) 10.............................. Yusuf Alli (Nigeria) 1984 1......................................Carl Lewis (US) 2................................ Larry Myricks (US) 3.......Lutz Dombrowski (East Germany) 4......................... Gary Honey (Australia) 5........................ Jaime Jefferson (Cuba) 6.........Sergey Layevskiy (Soviet Union) 7.................. Giovanni Evangelisti (Italy) 8.....Konstantin Semykin (Soviet Union) 9......................László Szalma (Hungary) 10................................. Mike McRae (US) 1985 1......................................Carl Lewis (US) 2...................................Mike Conley (US) 3................................ Larry Myricks (US) 4......................László Szalma (Hungary) 5................................Jason Grimes (US) 6.......... Robert Emmiyan (Soviet Union) 7.........Sergey Layevskiy (Soviet Union) 8........................ Jaime Jefferson (Cuba) 9...............Jan Leitner (Czechoslovakia) 10................................. Mike Powell (US) 1986 1.......... Robert Emmiyan (Soviet Union) 2......................................Carl Lewis (US) 3................................ Larry Myricks (US) 4...................................Mike Conley (US) 5........................ Jaime Jefferson (Cuba) 6.........Sergey Layevskiy (Soviet Union) 7............................Paul Emordi (Nigeria) 8.................. Giovanni Evangelisti (Italy) 9......................... Gary Honey (Australia) 10...........................Tyrus Jefferson (US) 1987 1......................................Carl Lewis (US) 2................................ Larry Myricks (US) 3.......... Robert Emmiyan (Soviet Union) 4........................ Jaime Jefferson (Cuba) 5.................. Giovanni Evangelisti (Italy) 6................................... Mike Powell (US) 7...................................Mike Conley (US) 8 Jens-Uwe Hirschberg (East Germany) 9.........Sergey Layevskiy (Soviet Union) 10..........................Paul Emordi (Nigeria) 1988 1......................................Carl Lewis (US) 2................................ Larry Myricks (US) 3................................... Mike Powell (US) 4........................ Jaime Jefferson (Cuba) 5................................... Eric Metcalf (US) 6...................................Mike Conley (US) 7.................. Giovanni Evangelisti (Italy) 8........................Antonio Corgos (Spain) 9.........Sergey Layevskiy (Soviet Union) 10......... Leonid Voloshin (Soviet Union) 1989 1......................................Carl Lewis (US) 2................................ Larry Myricks (US) 3................................... Mike Powell (US) 4................................ Yusuf Alli (Nigeria) 5...................................Mike Conley (US) 6.......... Stewart Faulkner (Great Britain) 7........................ Jaime Jefferson (Cuba) 8..... Vladimir Ratushkov (Soviet Union) 9............................Llewellyn Starks (US) 10.................... Emiel Mellaard (Holland) 1990 1................................... Mike Powell (US) 2......................................Carl Lewis (US) 3........................ Jaime Jefferson (Cuba) 4.......... Robert Emmiyan (Soviet Union) 5............................Llewellyn Starks (US) 6..............Dietmar Haaf (West Germany) 7................................... Andre Ester (US) 8................................ Luis Bueno (Cuba) 9.............................. Gordon McKee (US) 10.....................Borut Bilač (Yugoslavia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s Long Jump 1991 1................................... Mike Powell (US) 2......................................Carl Lewis (US) 3................................ Larry Myricks (US) 4............................Llewellyn Starks (US) 5....................... Dietmar Haaf (Germany) 6..................... Bogdan Tudor (Romania) 7........................ Jaime Jefferson (Cuba) 8......................David Culbert (Australia) 9....................................Keith Talley (US) 10.................................. Joe Greene (US) 1992 1......................................Carl Lewis (US) 2................................... Mike Powell (US) 3.................................... Joe Greene (US) 4............................. Iván Pedroso (Cuba) 5................. Dmitriy Bagryanov (Russia) 6..................................Erick Walder (US) 7............................Llewellyn Starks (US) 8...................................Mike Conley (US) 9.............................. Gordon McKee (US) 10...................... Jaime Jefferson (Cuba) 1993 1................................... Mike Powell (US) 2............................. Iván Pedroso (Cuba) 3..................................Erick Walder (US) 4.......... Kareem Streete-Thompson (US) 5...............Stanislav Tarasenko (Russia) 6.....................Vitaliy Kirilenko (Ukraine) 7....................Ivailo Mladenov (Bulgaria) 8.......................Obinna Eregbu (Nigeria) 9................................ Larry Myricks (US) 10.................................. Joe Greene (US) 1994 1................................... Mike Powell (US) 2.......... Kareem Streete-Thompson (US) 3..................................Erick Walder (US) 4.............................Roland McGhee (US) 5......................................Carl Lewis (US) 6....................Ivailo Mladenov (Bulgaria) 7.. Konstandínos Koukodímos (Greece) 8..................... Bogdan Tudor (Romania) 9...............Stanislav Tarasenko (Russia) 10..................... Dietmar Haaf (Germany) 1995 1............................. Iván Pedroso (Cuba) 2...................James Beckford (Jamaica) 3................................... Mike Powell (US) 4.......... Kareem Streete-Thompson (US) 5.................................... Joe Greene (US) 6.............................Roland McGhee (US) 7......................................Carl Lewis (US) 8..................................Erick Walder (US) 9.............. Georg Ackermann (Germany) 10........................Kiril Sosunov (Russia) 1996 1......................................Carl Lewis (US) 2...................James Beckford (Jamaica) 3.................................... Joe Greene (US) 4................................... Mike Powell (US) 5............................. Iván Pedroso (Cuba) 6..................................Erick Walder (US) 7.......... Kareem Streete-Thompson (US) 8...................................Mike Conley (US) 9.................Emmanuel Bangué (France) 10...................Gregor Cankar (Slovenia) 1997 1............................. Iván Pedroso (Cuba) 2...................James Beckford (Jamaica) 3..................................Erick Walder (US) 4..........................Kiril Sosunov (Russia) 5.................................... Joe Greene (US) 6........... Aleksandr Glavatskiy (Belarus) 7........................ Cheikh Touré (Senegal) 8.........................Nelson Ferreira (Brazil) 9.............................Roland McGhee (US) 10............................ Kevin Dilworth (US) 1998 1............................. Iván Pedroso (Cuba) 2..................................Erick Walder (US) 3...................James Beckford (Jamaica) 4..........................Kiril Sosunov (Russia) 5.............................Roland McGhee (US) 6..........................Jai Taurima (Australia) 7........................ Cheikh Touré (Senegal) 8.........................Hatem Moursal (Egypt) 9.........................Peter Burge (Australia) 10..............................Sean Robbins (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s Long Jump 1999 1............................. Iván Pedroso (Cuba) 2.............................Yago Lamela (Spain) 3...................James Beckford (Jamaica) 4..................................Erick Walder (US) 5.....................Gregor Cankar (Slovenia) 6..........................Jai Taurima (Australia) 7.................. Younès Moudrik (Morocco) 8 .. Kareem Streete-Thompson (Cayman Isl) 9...........................Shane Hair (Australia) 10...........................Roland McGhee (US) 2000 1............................. Iván Pedroso (Cuba) 2..............Roman Shchurenko (Ukraine) 3...................James Beckford (Jamaica) 4..........................Jai Taurima (Australia) 5........... Oleksiy Lukashevych (Ukraine) 6.........................Peter Burge (Australia) 7 .. Kareem Streete-Thompson (Cayman Isl) 8...................Vitaliy Shkurlatov (Russia) 9.................................. Luis Méliz (Cuba) 10......................Petar Dachev (Bulgaria) 2001 1............................. Iván Pedroso (Cuba) 2.................... Savanté Stringfellow (US) 3.............................. Kevin Dilworth (US) 4...................James Beckford (Jamaica) 5........... Oleksiy Lukashevych (Ukraine) 6 .. Kareem Streete-Thompson (Cayman Isl) 7...................... Carlos Calado (Portugal) 8.................. Younès Moudrik (Morocco) 9.........Hussein Al-Sabee (Saudi Arabia) 10..................................Miguel Pate (US) 2002 1.................... Savanté Stringfellow (US) 2....................................Miguel Pate (US) 3..............................Dwight Phillips (US) 4............................. Iván Pedroso (Cuba) 5.............................Yago Lamela (Spain) 6........... Oleksiy Lukashevych (Ukraine) 7.............................. Kevin Dilworth (US) 8.................. Younès Moudrik (Morocco) 9........................ Siniša Ergotić (Croatia) 10............Roman Shchurenko (Ukraine) 2003 1..............................Dwight Phillips (US) 2.............................Yago Lamela (Spain) 3...................James Beckford (Jamaica) 4....................................Miguel Pate (US) 5.................... Savanté Stringfellow (US) 6.....................Ignisious Gaisah (Ghana) 7.........Hussein Al-Sabee (Saudi Arabia) 8..................Vladimir Zyuskov (Ukraine) 9.................................. Walter Davis (US) 10................................ Luis Méliz (Cuba) 2004 1..............................Dwight Phillips (US) 2................................... John Moffitt (US) 3.....................Ignisious Gaisah (Ghana) 4...........................Joan Martínez (Spain) 5...................James Beckford (Jamaica) 6.................... Savanté Stringfellow (US) 7........... Chris Tomlinson (Great Britain) 8......................Bogdan Tarus (Romania) 9...................Vitaliy Shkurlatov (Russia) 10........................... Iván Pedroso (Cuba) 2005 1..............................Dwight Phillips (US) 2....................................Miguel Pate (US) 3.....................Ignisious Gaisah (Ghana) 4...........................Tommi Evilä (Finland) 5...........................Joan Martínez (Spain) 6...................James Beckford (Jamaica) 7.............................. Salim Sdiri (France) 8..................... Irving Saladino (Panama) 9...............................Brian Johnson (US) 10....... Godfrey Mokoena (South Africa) 2006 1..................... Irving Saladino (Panama) 2Mohamed Al-Khuwalidi (Saudi Arabia) 3.....................Ignisious Gaisah (Ghana) 4..............................Andrew Howe (Italy) 5..............................Dwight Phillips (US) 6................... Louís Tsátoumas (Greece) 7....................................Miguel Pate (US) 8.............................Issam Nima (Algeria) 9.......... Gable Garenamotse (Botswana) 10............................ Salim Sdiri (France) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s Long Jump 2007 1..................... Irving Saladino (Panama) 2..............................Andrew Howe (Italy) 3..............................Dwight Phillips (US) 4................... Louís Tsátoumas (Greece) 5......... Godfrey Mokoena (South Africa) 6...............................Brian Johnson (US) 7...................James Beckford (Jamaica) 8........... Oleksiy Lukashevych (Ukraine) 9..................Ndiss Kaba Badji (Senegal) 10.. Mohamed Al-Khuwalidi (Saudi Arabia) 2008 1..................... Irving Saladino (Panama) 2......... Godfrey Mokoena (South Africa) 3.........Hussein Al-Sabee (Saudi Arabia) 4Mohamed Al-Khuwalidi (Saudi Arabia) 5..........................Ibrahin Camejo (Cuba) 6....................................Miguel Pate (US) 7.................Ngoni Makusha (Zimbabwe) 8......................Wilfredo Martínez (Cuba) 9.......... Gable Garenamotse (Botswana) 10................. Louís Tsátoumas (Greece) 2009 1..............................Dwight Phillips (US) 2......... Godfrey Mokoena (South Africa) 3................. Fabrice Lapierre (Australia) 4..................... Irving Saladino (Panama) 5....................... Mitchell Watt (Australia) 6.............................. Salim Sdiri (France) 7........... Chris Tomlinson (Great Britain) 8........... Greg Rutherford (Great Britain) 9...............................Brian Johnson (US) 10.................Yahya Berrabah (Morocco) 2010 1..............................Dwight Phillips (US) 2......................Christian Reif (Germany) 3................. Fabrice Lapierre (Australia) 4..................... Irving Saladino (Panama) 5......... Godfrey Mokoena (South Africa) 6.............................. Salim Sdiri (France) 7.......................Kafétien Gomis (France) 8..................Ndiss Kaba Badji (Senegal) 9........... Chris Tomlinson (Great Britain) 10..........................Pavel Shalin (Russia) 2011 1....................... Mitchell Watt (Australia) 2..............................Dwight Phillips (US) 3.................Ngoni Makusha (Zimbabwe) 4...................Yahya Berrabah (Morocco) 5................. Aleksandr Menkov (Russia) 6........... Chris Tomlinson (Great Britain) 7..................... Irving Saladino (Panama) 8........... Greg Rutherford (Great Britain) 9......... Godfrey Mokoena (South Africa) 10.......... Luvo Manyonga (South Africa) 2012 1........... Greg Rutherford (Great Britain) 2....................... Mitchell Watt (Australia) 3................. Aleksandr Menkov (Russia) 4........... Chris Tomlinson (Great Britain) 5................. Sebastian Bayer (Germany) 6...........Khotso Mokoena (South Africa) 7.......................................Will Claye (US) 8..................... Michel Tornéus (Sweden) 9..........................Mauro da Silva (Brazil) 10......................Marquise Goodwin (US) 2013 1................ Aleksandr Menkov (Russia) 2............................ Luis Rivera (Mexico) 3.................. Ignisious Gaisah (Holland) 4........ Godfrey Mokoena (South Africa) 5..................... Eusebio Cáceres (Spain) 6......................... Mauro da Silva (Brazil) 7..................... Christian Reif (Germany) 8................. Zarck Visser (South Africa) 9.................................. Jinzhe Li (China) 10................... Damar Forbes (Jamaica) 2014 1........... Greg Rutherford (Great Britain) 2................................... Jinzhe Li (China) 3..............................Jeff Henderson (US) 4.............................Christian Taylor (US) 5................... Loúis Tsátoumas (Greece) 6..................... Michel Tornéus (Sweden) 7...................Ignisious Gaisah (Holland) 8...........Khotso Mokoena (South Africa) 9.................. Zarck Visser (South Africa) 10........................Mauro da Silva (Brazil) © Track & Field News 2018 — 10 — World Rankings — Men’s Long Jump 2015 1........... Greg Rutherford (Great Britain) 2..............................Marquis Dendy (US) 3................. Fabrice Lapierre (Australia) 4..............................Jeff Henderson (US) 5................. Aleksandr Menkov (Russia) 6.............................Jianan Wang (China) 7................................ Mike Hartfield (US) 8................................... Jinzhe Li (China) 9........................... Xinglong Gao (China) 10.........Khotso Mokoena (South Africa) 2016 1..............................Jeff Henderson (US) 2........... Greg Rutherford (Great Britain) 3............ Luvo Manyonga (South Africa) 4............................. Jarrion Lawson (US) 5................. Fabrice Lapierre (Australia) 6..............................Marquis Dendy (US) 7........... Rushwal Samaai (South Africa) 8........................Marquise Goodwin (US) 9.............................Jianan Wang (China) 10.............................. Mike Hartfield (US) 2017 1............ Luvo Manyonga (South Africa) 2........... Ruswahl Samaai (South Africa) 3............................. Jarrion Lawson (US) 4................. Aleksandr Menkov (Russia) 5..................... Michel Tornéus (Sweden) 6....................... Maykel D. Massó (Cuba) 7................................. Yuhao Shi (China) 8.............................Jianan Wang (China) 9......................Emiliano Lasa (Uruguay) 10.......... Radek Juška (Czech Republic)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s Long Jump 1947 1...................................Willie Steele (US) 2............................. Lorenzo Wright (US) 3..........................Theo Bruce (Australia) 4............................ John Robertson (US) 5............................... George Uyeda (US) 6................................Fred Johnson (US) 7................................ Herb Douglas (US) 8......................................Paul Miller (US) 9................................ William Lewis (US) 10...............................Lloyd LaMois (US) 1948 1...................................Willie Steele (US) 2..........................Theo Bruce (Australia) 3............................. Lorenzo Wright (US) 4................................Fred Johnson (US) 5................................ Herb Douglas (US) 6................................... Jim Holland (US) 7............... Charles Thompson (Guyana) 8....................................Eural Davis (US) 9............................ John Robertson (US) 10.......................................Bob Teel (US) 1949 1................................Fred Johnson (US) 2......................................Gay Bryan (US) 3.................. Neville Price (South Africa) 4................................ Herb Douglas (US) 5...........Heinz Kreulich (West Germany) 6................................. Henry Aihara (US) 7................................ Herb Hoskins (US) 8.................................Jerome Biffle (US) 9...............................George Brown (US) 10............... Edward Adamczyk (Poland) 1950 1.................................Jerome Biffle (US) 2................................... Jim Holland (US) 3................................ Herb Hoskins (US) 4..................................... Bill Albans (US) 5......................................Gay Bryan (US) 6.................. Neville Price (South Africa) 7...............................Andy Stanfield (US) 8................................. Henry Aihara (US) 9..............................John Simmons (US) 10..............................Fred Johnson (US)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 1947 1.................................. Guinn Smith (US) 2..................................Boo Morcom (US) 3..............................Earle Meadows (US) 4...................................... Bill Moore (US) 5...................... George Rasmussen (US) 6................................ Bob Richards (US) 7................................. Ray Maggard (US) 8........................................ Bob Hart (US) 9.......................................Ray Kring (US) 10................................Tom Bennett (US) 1948 1.................................. Guinn Smith (US) 2..................................Boo Morcom (US) 3................................ Bob Richards (US) 4.........................John Montgomery (US) 5................. Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden) 6........................... Erkki Kataja (Finland) 7............................Erling Kaas (Norway) 8.................................Harry Cooper (US) 9..............................Earle Meadows (US) 10.................... George Rasmussen (US) 1949 1................................ Bob Richards (US) 2.........................John Montgomery (US) 3...................... George Rasmussen (US) 4......................................Bob Smith (US) 5................. Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden) 6..................................Tom Bennett (US) 7..................................... Bill Carroll (US) 8..........................................Don Laz (US) 9........................... Erkki Kataja (Finland) 10.............................George Mattos (US) 1950 1................................ Bob Richards (US) 2................. Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden) 3......................................Bob Smith (US) 4..........................................Don Laz (US) 5...............................George Mattos (US) 6..................................... Bill Carroll (US) 7...................... George Rasmussen (US) 8...................................Walt Jensen (US) 9.........................John Montgomery (US) 10................................. Don Cooper (US) © patrick tomasiewicz/photo run In ’07 Brad Walker became the first American with a pair of No. 1s since Bob Seagren in ’69 © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 1951 1................................ Bob Richards (US) 2..........................................Don Laz (US) 3................................... Don Cooper (US) 4...................................Walt Jensen (US) 5......................................Bob Smith (US) 6................. Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden) 7.................Torfi Bryngeirsson (Iceland) 8............................Victor Sillon (France) 9................................Dick Coleman (US) 10.........Pyotr Denisenko (Soviet Union) 1952 1................................ Bob Richards (US) 2..........................................Don Laz (US) 3................. Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden) 4...........Pyotr Denisenko (Soviet Union) 5................................... Don Cooper (US) 6...............................George Mattos (US) 7.................................. John Rowan (US) 8......................... Valto Olenius (Finland) 9......................................Bob Smith (US) 10........... Viktor Knyazev (Soviet Union) 1953 1................................ Bob Richards (US) 2...............................George Mattos (US) 3...................................Fred Barnes (US) 4...........Pyotr Denisenko (Soviet Union) 5................. Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden) 6..........................................Don Laz (US) 7......................................Bob Smith (US) 8...................Milan Milakov (Yugoslavia) 9.......................................Ray Kring (US) 10.................................. Dave Kenly (US) 1954 1................................ Bob Richards (US) 2..........................................Don Laz (US) 3......................................Bob Smith (US) 4...................Eeles Landström (Finland) 5................. Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden) 6................................. Earl Poucher (US) 7...................................Fred Barnes (US) 8............................. Jerry Welbourn (US) 9............... Támas Homonnay (Hungary) 10.........Pyotr Denisenko (Soviet Union) 1955 1................................ Bob Richards (US) 2..................................... Don Bragg (US) 3..........................................Don Laz (US) 4...................Eeles Landström (Finland) 5......................................Bob Smith (US) 6.....................................Ron Morris (US) 7...................................Walt Levack (US) 8................. Ragnar Lundberg (Sweden) 9.........Vitaliy Chernobay (Soviet Union) 10............... Edward Adamczyk (Poland) 1956 1................................ Bob Richards (US) 2................................Bob Gutowski (US) 3..................................... Don Bragg (US) 4................Georgios Roubanis (Greece) 5...............................George Mattos (US) 6...................................Jim Graham (US) 7.....................................Ron Morris (US) 8...................Eeles Landström (Finland) 9..........................Zenon Ważny (Poland) 10.................................Fred Barnes (US) 1957 1................................Bob Gutowski (US) 2................................ Bob Richards (US) 3..................................... Don Bragg (US) 4.....................................Ron Morris (US) 5................Georgios Roubanis (Greece) 6.... Manfred Preussger (East Germany) 7...................Eeles Landström (Finland) 8...........Vladimir Bulatov (Soviet Union) 9.........Vitaliy Chernobay (Soviet Union) 10.............................George Mattos (US) 1958 1................................Bob Gutowski (US) 2.....................................Ron Morris (US) 3.... Manfred Preussger (East Germany) 4...................Eeles Landström (Finland) 5................Georgios Roubanis (Greece) 6...........Vladimir Bulatov (Soviet Union) 7..........................Zenon Ważny (Poland) 8.................................... Jim Brewer (US) 9..................................... Don Bragg (US) 10.......Vitaliy Chernobay (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 1959 1..................................... Don Bragg (US) 2...................................Jim Graham (US) 3................................Bob Gutowski (US) 4.................................. Mel Schwarz (US) 5...........Vladimir Bulatov (Soviet Union) 6.............................. Aubrey Dooley (US) 7...................Eeles Landström (Finland) 8.....................................Ron Morris (US) 9...............................George Mattos (US) 10................................... J.D. Martin (US) 1960 1..................................... Don Bragg (US) 2.....................................Ron Morris (US) 3..................................... J.D. Martin (US) 4...................................Jim Graham (US) 5................................Bob Gutowski (US) 6.... Manfred Preussger (East Germany) 7......................... Henry Wadsworth (US) 8.............................. Aubrey Dooley (US) 9...................Eeles Landström (Finland) 10........Janis Krasovskis (Soviet Union) 1961 1.....................................Ron Morris (US) 2...............................George Davies (US) 3.................................. John Uelses (US) 4......................... Henry Wadsworth (US) 5.................................... Jim Brewer (US) 6................................. John Cramer (US) 7................. Rolando Cruz (Puerto Rico) 8.... Manfred Preussger (East Germany) 9..................................... Don Bragg (US) 10........Janis Krasovskis (Soviet Union) 1962 1.....................................Ron Morris (US) 2.......................... Pentti Nikula (Finland) 3...................................... Dave Tork (US) 4.................................. John Uelses (US) 5................................. John Cramer (US) 6.... Manfred Preussger (East Germany) 7.................................. John Belitza (US) 8...... Rudolf Tomásek (Czechoslovakia) 9................................. Dick Plymale (US) 10............... Rolando Cruz (Puerto Rico) 1963 1.............................Brian Sternberg (US) 2.................................. John Pennel (US) 3.....................................Ron Morris (US) 4.................................. John Uelses (US) 5.......................... Pentti Nikula (Finland) 6................................C.K. Yang (Taiwan) 7................. Rolando Cruz (Puerto Rico) 8..................................Fred Hansen (US) 9...................................Gerald Pratt (US) 10.... Rudolf Tomásek (Czechoslovakia) 1964 1..................................Fred Hansen (US) 2..Wolfgang Reinhardt (West Germany) 3.... Manfred Preussger (East Germany) 4.................................. John Pennel (US) 5...... Rudolf Tomásek (Czechoslovakia) 6.......... Klaus Lehnertz (West Germany) 7...................................... Dave Tork (US) 8.....................................Ron Morris (US) 9....Gennadiy Bliznetsov (Soviet Union) 10................................. Don Meyers (US) 1965 1.................................. John Pennel (US) 2..... Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) 3....Gennadiy Bliznetsov (Soviet Union) 4..................................... Jeff Chase (US) 5................................. Bob Seagren (US) 6................................. John Cramer (US) 7................................... Paul Wilson (US) 8.......... Klaus Lehnertz (West Germany) 9........................Aulis Kairento (Finland) 10.......................................Mel Hein (US) 1966 1.................................. John Pennel (US) 2................................. Bob Seagren (US) 3..... Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) 4................................... Paul Wilson (US) 5............... Chris Papanicoláou (Greece) 6..................................Marc Savage (US) 7..................Hervé D’Encausse (France) 8....Gennadiy Bliznetsov (Soviet Union) 9..................................... Jeff Chase (US) 10......................................Sam Kirk (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 1967 1................................... Paul Wilson (US) 2................................. Bob Seagren (US) 3............... Chris Papanicoláou (Greece) 4..................Hervé D’Encausse (France) 5.............................. Dick Railsback (US) 6..... Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) 7....Gennadiy Bliznetsov (Soviet Union) 8..............................Dennis Phillips (US) 9.......... Klaus Lehnertz (West Germany) 10....................Igor Fyeld (Soviet Union) 1968 1................................. Bob Seagren (US) 2..... Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) 3.... Claus Schiprowski (West Germany) 4............... Chris Papanicoláou (Greece) 5.................................. John Pennel (US) 6....Gennadiy Bliznetsov (Soviet Union) 7..................Hervé D’Encausse (France) 8................................... Jon Vaughn (US) 9.............................. Dick Railsback (US) 10......................... Altti Alarotu (Finland) 1969 1................................. Bob Seagren (US) 2.................................. John Pennel (US) 3..... Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) 4.............................. Dick Railsback (US) 5............................ Renato Dionisi (Italy) 6............................. Casey Carrigan (US) 7............... Chris Papanicoláou (Greece) 8....Gennadiy Bliznetsov (Soviet Union) 9................................... Jon Vaughn (US) 10................... Erkki Mustakari (Finland) 1970 1..... Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) 2............... Chris Papanicoláou (Greece) 3............................ Renato Dionisi (Italy) 4................ François Tracanelli (France) 5....................... Kjell Isaksson (Sweden) 6.............................. Sam Caruthers (US) 7........................... Altti Alarotu (Finland) 8.................................. John Pennel (US) 9................................. Bob Seagren (US) 10........................ Risto Ivanoff (Finland) 1971 1..... Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) 2....................... Kjell Isaksson (Sweden) 3................................ Dave Roberts (US) 4................................. Jan Johnson (US) 5............................ Renato Dionisi (Italy) 6............... Chris Papanicoláou (Greece) 7................... Hans Lagerqvist (Sweden) 8..................Yuriy Isakov (Soviet Union) 9. Hans-Jürgen Ziegler (West Germany) 10................Volker Ohl (West Germany) 1972 1....................... Kjell Isaksson (Sweden) 2................................. Bob Seagren (US) 3..... Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany) 4................................ Dave Roberts (US) 5................................. Jan Johnson (US) 6...................................Steve Smith (US) 7............................ Renato Dionisi (Italy) 8............... Chris Papanicoláou (Greece) 9................... Hans Lagerqvist (Sweden) 10.. Reinhard Kuretzky (West Germany) 1973 1...................................Steve Smith (US) 2.....................Antti Kalliomäki (Finland) 3..................Yuriy Isakov (Soviet Union) 4................ François Tracanelli (France) 5................................... Mike Cotton (US) 6........ Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 7.... Reinhard Kuretzky (West Germany) 8..................Janis Lauris (Soviet Union) 9................................... Terry Porter (US) 10.............................. Dave Roberts (US) 1974 1..........Vladimir Kishkun (Soviet Union) 2..................Tadeusz Ślusarski (Poland) 3........ Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 4............................. Casey Carrigan (US) 5................Wojciech Buciarski (Poland) 6..................Yuriy Isakov (Soviet Union) 7.....................Antti Kalliomäki (Finland) 8....................... Kjell Isaksson (Sweden) 9...Vladimir Trofimyenko (Soviet Union) 10....................Bruce Simpson (Canada) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 1975 1........ Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 2................Wojciech Buciarski (Poland) 3.........................................Earl Bell (US) 4.....................Antti Kalliomäki (Finland) 5.....................................Dan Ripley (US) 6................................ Dave Roberts (US) 7............................ Don Baird (Australia) 8..................Yuriy Isakov (Soviet Union) 9...................................... Mike Tully (US) 10........................................Vic Dias (US) 1976 1................................ Dave Roberts (US) 2..................Tadeusz Ślusarski (Poland) 3.....................Antti Kalliomäki (Finland) 4.........................................Earl Bell (US) 5................Wojciech Buciarski (Poland) 6........ Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 7..... Yuriy Prokhoryenko (Soviet Union) 8.....................................Dan Ripley (US) 9..........Vladimir Kishkun (Soviet Union) 10.Vladimir Trofimyenko (Soviet Union) 1977 1........ Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 2...................................... Mike Tully (US) 3..................Tadeusz Ślusarski (Poland) 4.........................................Earl Bell (US) 5.....................Antti Kalliomäki (Finland) 6...Vladimir Trofimyenko (Soviet Union) 7...................Mariusz Klimczyk (Poland) 8................Wojciech Buciarski (Poland) 9.....................................Dan Ripley (US) 10........Vladimir Kishkun (Soviet Union) 1978 1...Vladimir Trofimyenko (Soviet Union) 2.....................Antti Kalliomäki (Finland) 3...................................... Mike Tully (US) 4........ Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 5.....................................Dan Ripley (US) 6....... Yevgeniy Tananika (Soviet Union) 7......................................Jeff Taylor (US) 8..................Tadeusz Ślusarski (Poland) 9........................... Rauli Pudas (Finland) 10..............Wojciech Buciarski (Poland) 1979 1........ Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 2...................................... Mike Tully (US) 3....................Philippe Houvion (France) 4......................... Patrick Abada (France) 5........Konstantin Volkov (Soviet Union) 6...........Günther Lohre (West Germany) 7............... Patrick Desruelles (Belgium) 8.....................................Dan Ripley (US) 9...Vladimir Trofimyenko (Soviet Union) 10............... Jean-Michel Bellot (France) 1980 1........ Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 2........Konstantin Volkov (Soviet Union) 3.................... Thierry Vigneron (France) 4....................Philippe Houvion (France) 5..................Tadeusz Ślusarski (Poland) 6................. Jean-Michel Bellot (France) 7...................Mariusz Klimczyk (Poland) 8................................Tom Hintnaus (US) 9.....................................Billy Olson (US) 10.................................... Mike Tully (US) 1981 1........Konstantin Volkov (Soviet Union) 2.................... Thierry Vigneron (France) 3................. Jean-Michel Bellot (France) 4........Vladimir Polyakov (Soviet Union) 5..... Aleksandr Krupskiy (Soviet Union) 6.........................................Earl Bell (US) 7....................Philippe Houvion (France) 8............... Patrick Desruelles (Belgium) 9........ Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 10.................Mariusz Klimczyk (Poland) 1982 1.....................................Billy Olson (US) 2.......................................Dave Volz (US) 3...............Viktor Spasov (Soviet Union) 4..... Aleksandr Krupskiy (Soviet Union) 5................. Jean-Michel Bellot (France) 6.....................................Dan Ripley (US) 7........................ Atanas Tarev (Bulgaria) 8.................... Thierry Vigneron (France) 9........ Władysław Kozakiewicz (Poland) 10......Vladimir Polyakov (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 1983 1...............Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 2........Konstantin Volkov (Soviet Union) 3.................... Thierry Vigneron (France) 4......................... Patrick Abada (France) 5........................ Atanas Tarev (Bulgaria) 6..................Tadeusz Ślusarski (Poland) 7..................... Felix Böhni (Switzerland) 8........Vladimir Polyakov (Soviet Union) 9...........................Jeff Buckingham (US) 10....................... Pierre Quinon (France) 1984 1...............Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 2........Konstantin Volkov (Soviet Union) 3......................... Pierre Quinon (France) 4...................................... Mike Tully (US) 5.................... Thierry Vigneron (France) 6..... Aleksandr Krupskiy (Soviet Union) 7.........................................Earl Bell (US) 8........Vladimir Polyakov (Soviet Union) 9.........Pavel Bogatyryov (Soviet Union) 10........................................Joe Dial (US) 1985 1...............Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 2......................... Pierre Quinon (France) 3.................... Thierry Vigneron (France) 4..... Aleksandr Krupskiy (Soviet Union) 5................Vasiliy Bubka (Soviet Union) 6........................ Marian Kolasa (Poland) 7..........................................Joe Dial (US) 8...................................... Mike Tully (US) 9.........Pavel Bogatyryov (Soviet Union) 10......................Philippe Collet (France) 1986 1...............Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 2.......... Rodion Gataullin (Soviet Union) 3........................Philippe Collet (France) 4.................... Thierry Vigneron (France) 5.........................................Earl Bell (US) 6...................................... Mike Tully (US) 7................Vasiliy Bubka (Soviet Union) 8..........................................Joe Dial (US) 9.....................................Billy Olson (US) 10...................... Atanas Tarev (Bulgaria) 1987 1...............Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 2.................... Thierry Vigneron (France) 3.........................................Earl Bell (US) 4........................Ferenc Salbert (France) 5.......... Rodion Gataullin (Soviet Union) 6........................... Kory Tarpenning (US) 7........................ Marian Kolasa (Poland) 8...................................... Mike Tully (US) 9..........................................Joe Dial (US) 10......Vladimir Polyakov (Soviet Union) 1988 1...............Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 2.......... Rodion Gataullin (Soviet Union) 3..........Grigoriy Yegorov (Soviet Union) 4........................... Kory Tarpenning (US) 5.........................................Earl Bell (US) 6........................Philippe Collet (France) 7.................... Thierry Vigneron (France) 8................... Mirosław Chmara (Poland) 9...................................... Mike Tully (US) 10....................................Tim Bright (US) 1989 1.......... Rodion Gataullin (Soviet Union) 2...............Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 3..........Grigoriy Yegorov (Soviet Union) 4................... Mirosław Chmara (Poland) 5........................Philippe Collet (France) 6........................... Kory Tarpenning (US) 7............Igor Potapovich (Soviet Union) 8......................................Tim Bright (US) 9........... Maksim Tarasov (Soviet Union) 10..............Vasiliy Bubka (Soviet Union) 1990 1.......... Rodion Gataullin (Soviet Union) 2..........Grigoriy Yegorov (Soviet Union) 3...............Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 4......................................Tim Bright (US) 5........................... Kory Tarpenning (US) 6.........Viktor Ryzhenkov (Soviet Union) 7............... Hermann Fehringer (Austria) 8........Vladimir Polyakov (Soviet Union) 9........... Maksim Tarasov (Soviet Union) 10......... Igor Trandenkov (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 1991 1...............Sergey Bubka (Soviet Union) 2.....................István Bagyula (Hungary) 3.......... Rodion Gataullin (Soviet Union) 4........... Maksim Tarasov (Soviet Union) 5..........Grigoriy Yegorov (Soviet Union) 6............Igor Potapovich (Soviet Union) 7........................... Kory Tarpenning (US) 8............................... Scott Huffman (US) 9......................................Tim Bright (US) 10.......Viktor Ryzhenkov (Soviet Union) 1992 1........................Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) 2..................... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 3..................... Igor Trandenkov (Russia) 4.................... Rodion Gataullin (Russia) 5............Grigoriy Yegorov (Kazakhstan) 6......................... Jean Galfione (France) 7........................... Kory Tarpenning (US) 8.................................Dean Starkey (US) 9..............Igor Potapovich (Kazakhstan) 10......................Philippe Collet (France) 1993 1........................Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) 2..................... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 3.................... Rodion Gataullin (Russia) 4............Grigoriy Yegorov (Kazakhstan) 5..................... Igor Trandenkov (Russia) 6................ Denis Petushinskiy (Russia) 7............................... Scott Huffman (US) 8..............Igor Potapovich (Kazakhstan) 9...................Valeriy Bukreyev (Estonia) 10....................... Jean Galfione (France) 1994 1........................Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) 2.................... Rodion Gataullin (Russia) 3..................... Igor Trandenkov (Russia) 4.................................Dean Starkey (US) 5........................... Kory Tarpenning (US) 6...................Okkert Brits (South Africa) 7......................... Jean Galfione (France) 8..................... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 9............................... Scott Huffman (US) 10..............................Pat Manson (US)19 1995 1........................Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) 2...................Okkert Brits (South Africa) 3..................... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 4..................... Igor Trandenkov (Russia) 5............................... Scott Huffman (US) 6......................... Jean Galfione (France) 7.................... Rodion Gataullin (Russia) 8.................................Dean Starkey (US) 9..............Igor Potapovich (Kazakhstan) 10................................. Pat Manson (US) 1996 1........................Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) 2..................... Igor Trandenkov (Russia) 3..................... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 4............... Andrei Tivontchik (Germany) 5..............Igor Potapovich (Kazakhstan) 6......................... Jean Galfione (France) 7.......................Tim Lobinger (Germany) 8........................Dmitri Markov (Belarus) 9.................. Pyotr Bochkaryov (Russia) 10................................. Pat Manson (US) 1997 1........................Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) 2..................... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 3.......................Tim Lobinger (Germany) 4...................Okkert Brits (South Africa) 5........................Dmitri Markov (Belarus) 6................................... Pat Manson (US) 7....................... Lawrence Johnson (US) 8...................Riaan Botha (South Africa) 9.................................Dean Starkey (US) 10............Igor Potapovich (Kazakhstan) 1998 1..................... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 2...................................Jeff Hartwig (US) 3........................Dmitri Markov (Belarus) 4....................... Danny Ecker (Germany) 5.......................Tim Lobinger (Germany) 6......................... Jean Galfione (France) 7...................Riaan Botha (South Africa) 8................................... Pat Manson (US) 9....................... Lawrence Johnson (US) 10.................Vadim Strogalyov (Russia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 1999 1..................... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 2...................................Jeff Hartwig (US) 3..................... Dmitri Markov (Australia) 4.......................Tim Lobinger (Germany) 5....................... Danny Ecker (Germany) 6..................................Nick Hysong (US) 7......................... Jean Galfione (France) 8..................... Michael Stolle (Germany) 9.................Aleksandr Averbukh (Israel) 10............. Viktor Chistyakov (Australia) 2000 1..................................Nick Hysong (US) 2..................... Maksim Tarasov (Russia) 3...................................Jeff Hartwig (US) 4.......................Tim Lobinger (Germany) 5..................... Michael Stolle (Germany) 6....................... Lawrence Johnson (US) 7...................Okkert Brits (South Africa) 8....................... Danny Ecker (Germany) 9..................... Dmitri Markov (Australia) 10............. Yevgeniy Smiryagin (Russia) 2001 1..................... Dmitri Markov (Australia) 2...................................Jeff Hartwig (US) 3.................Aleksandr Averbukh (Israel) 4....................... Danny Ecker (Germany) 5....................... Lawrence Johnson (US) 6..................................Nick Hysong (US) 7..................... Michael Stolle (Germany) 8........................Romain Mesnil (France) 9.....................................Tye Harvey (US) 10............. Viktor Chistyakov (Australia) 2002 1...................................Jeff Hartwig (US) 2.......................Tim Lobinger (Germany) 3.................Aleksandr Averbukh (Israel) 4....................Lars Börgeling (Germany) 5....................................... Tim Mack (US) 6..................................Nick Hysong (US) 7....................Vasiliy Gorshkov (Russia) 8...................Okkert Brits (South Africa) 9............... Viktor Chistyakov (Australia) 10.............Patrik Kristiansson (Sweden) 2003 1...................Okkert Brits (South Africa) 2.......................Tim Lobinger (Germany) 3.....................Giuseppe Gibilisco (Italy) 4..................... Dmitri Markov (Australia) 5....................................Derek Miles (US) 6..................Denys Yurchenko (Ukraine) 7........................Romain Mesnil (France) 8...............Patrik Kristiansson (Sweden) 9...................................Jeff Hartwig (US) 10..................................... Tim Mack (US) 2004 1....................................... Tim Mack (US) 2............................ Toby Stevenson (US) 3.....................Giuseppe Gibilisco (Italy) 4....................................Derek Miles (US) 5............................. Igor Pavlov (Russia) 6.................Aleksandr Averbukh (Israel) 7..................Denys Yurchenko (Ukraine) 8...............Patrik Kristiansson (Sweden) 9.......................Tim Lobinger (Germany) 10.................................Jeff Hartwig (US) 2005 1...................................Brad Walker (US) 2.......................Tim Lobinger (Germany) 3.............................Rens Blom (Holland) 4.....................Giuseppe Gibilisco (Italy) 5....................................Derek Miles (US) 6....................Pavel Gerasimov (Russia) 7............................. Igor Pavlov (Russia) 8............................ Toby Stevenson (US) 9.........................Daichi Sawano (Japan) 10.................... Steve Hooker (Australia) 2006 1...................... Steve Hooker (Australia) 2...................................Brad Walker (US) 3...................... Paul Burgess (Australia) 4.......................Tim Lobinger (Germany) 5............................ Toby Stevenson (US) 6................... Fabian Schulze (Germany) 7.................Aleksandr Averbukh (Israel) 8............................Alhaji Jeng (Sweden) 9....................Lars Börgeling (Germany) 10.......................Daichi Sawano (Japan) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 2007 1...................................Brad Walker (US) 2....................... Danny Ecker (Germany) 3........................... Björn Otto (Germany) 4............................. Igor Pavlov (Russia) 5...................... Steve Hooker (Australia) 6........................Romain Mesnil (France) 7............Yevgeniy Lukyanenko (Russia) 8.......................Tim Lobinger (Germany) 9.................Aleksandr Averbukh (Israel) 10................Denys Yurchenko (Ukraine) 2008 1............Yevgeniy Lukyanenko (Russia) 2...................... Steve Hooker (Australia) 3....................................Derek Miles (US) 4...................................Brad Walker (US) 5..................Denys Yurchenko (Ukraine) 6.................. Maksym Mazuryk (Ukraine) 7................Alexander Straub (Germany) 8....................... Jérôme Clavier (France) 9.............Dmitriy Starodubtsev (Russia) 10..................... Danny Ecker (Germany) 2009 1...................... Steve Hooker (Australia) 2.................. Renaud Lavillenie (France) 3........................Romain Mesnil (France) 4.................. Maksym Mazuryk (Ukraine) 5....................................Derek Miles (US) 6...................... Damiel Dossévi (France) 7...................Viktor Chistyakov (Russia) 8................Alexander Straub (Germany) 9.................. Aleksandr Gripich (Russia) 10................ Steve Lewis (Great Britain) 2010 1.................. Renaud Lavillenie (France) 2...................... Steve Hooker (Australia) 3.......................... Malte Mohr (Germany) 4....................................Derek Miles (US) 5.................. Maksym Mazuryk (Ukraine) 6................... Łukasz Michalski (Poland) 7.........Przemysław Czerwiński (Poland) 8.....................Giuseppe Gibilisco (Italy) 9........................Romain Mesnil (France) 10................. Fabian Schulze (Germany) 2011 1.................. Renaud Lavillenie (France) 2............ Paweł Wojciechowski (Poland) 3...........................Lázaro Borges (Cuba) 4.......................... Malte Mohr (Germany) 5.......... Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) 6................... Łukasz Michalski (Poland) 7.................. Maksym Mazuryk (Ukraine) 8.................Mateusz Didenkow (Poland) 9................................. Jeremy Scott (US) 10...........Dmitriy Starodubtsev (Russia) 2012 1.................. Renaud Lavillenie (France) 2........................... Björn Otto (Germany) 3.......................... Malte Mohr (Germany) 4.................. Steve Lewis (Great Britain) 5............ Raphael Holzdeppe (Germany) 6.......... Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) 7.............Dmitriy Starodubtsev (Russia) 8............ Jan Kudlička (Czech Republic) 9...................................Brad Walker (US) 10..........Yevgeniy Lukyanenko (Russia) 2013 1................. Renaud Lavillenie (France) 2.......................... Björn Otto (Germany) 3........... Raphael Holzdeppe (Germany) 4......... Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) 5......................... Malte Mohr (Germany) 6.................................. Brad Walker (US) 7........... Jan Kudlicka (Czech Republic) 8......................... Augusto Dutra (Brazil) 9.............. Sergey Kucheryanu (Russia) 10.................... Seito Yamamoto (Japan) 2014 1.................. Renaud Lavillenie (France) 2.......... Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) 3.......................... Malte Mohr (Germany) 4........................... Changrui Xue (China) 5............ Jan Kudlička (Czech Republic) 6.............................. Thiago Braz (Brazil) 7.................................... Mark Hollis (US) 8.............................. Piotr Lisek (Poland) 9........................ Robert Sobera (Poland) 10.......... Paweł Wojciechowski (Poland) © Track & Field News 2018 — 10 — World Rankings — Men’s Pole Vault 2015 1.................. Renaud Lavillenie (France) 2........................Shawn Barber (Canada) 3.............................. Piotr Lisek (Poland) 4.......... Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) 5............ Raphael Holzdeppe (Germany) 6............ Paweł Wojciechowski (Poland) 7..............................Sam Kendricks (US) 8.............................. Thiago Braz (Brazil) 9.............. Tobias Scherbarth (Germany) 10......................Kévin Menaldo (France) 2016 1.................. Renaud Lavillenie (France) 2..............................Sam Kendricks (US) 3.............................. Thiago Braz (Brazil) 4........................Shawn Barber (Canada) 5.............................. Piotr Lisek (Poland) 6............ Jan Kudlička (Czech Republic) 7.......... Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) 8........................... Changrui Xue (China) 9........................ Robert Sobera (Poland) 10.......... Paweł Wojciechowski (Poland) 2017 1..............................Sam Kendricks (US) 2.............................. Piotr Lisek (Poland) 3.................. Renaud Lavillenie (France) 4............ Paweł Wojciechowski (Poland) 5.................... Kurt Marschall (Australia) 6.................. Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) 7........................Shawn Barber (Canada) 8........................... Changrui Xue (China) 9.......... Konstadínos Filippídis (Greece) 10......................Kévin Menaldo (France)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1 Ryan Crouser (US) 2 Tom Walsh (New Zealand) 3 Joe Kovacs (US) 4 Tomás Stanek (Czech Republic) 5 Darrell Hill (US) 6 David Storl (Germany) 7	 Štipe Žunić (Croatia) 8	 Michał Haratyk 1948 1............................Charles Fonville (US) 2......................... Wilbur Thompson (US) 3...................................Jim Delaney (US) 4......................................Jim Fuchs (US) 5.................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 6................................... Bill Bayless (US) 7................................ Rollin Prather (US) 8................................. Bernie Mayer (US) 9................................ Otis Chandler (US) 10...............................Norm Wasser (US) 1947 1.................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 2...................................Jim Delaney (US) 3............................Fortune Gordien (US) 4............................Charles Fonville (US) 5.................................Norm Wasser (US) 6......................... Wilbur Thompson (US) 7................................. Bernie Mayer (US) 8................................ Jerry Shipkey (US) 9.................................Stan Lampert (US) 10................................. Bill Bayless (US) © victor sailer/photo run Ryan Crouser had a breakout year in moving to the top in 2016 © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1949 1......................................Jim Fuchs (US) 2.................................Stan Lampert (US) 3......................... Wilbur Thompson (US) 4................................. Bernie Mayer (US) 5................................ Otis Chandler (US) 6......................................Lew Davis (US) 7.................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 8................................... Bill Bayless (US) 9......................Gunnar Huseby (Iceland) 10..........................Fortune Gordien (US) 1950 1......................................Jim Fuchs (US) 2................................ Otis Chandler (US) 3.................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 4......................... Wilbur Thompson (US) 5......................Gunnar Huseby (Iceland) 6................................. Bernie Mayer (US) 7.................................Stan Lampert (US) 8....................................George Ker (US) 9......................................Lew Davis (US) 10..........................Charles Fonville (US) 1951 1......................................Jim Fuchs (US) 2................................ Otis Chandler (US) 3.................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 4................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 5......................Gunnar Huseby (Iceland) 6..............................Darrow Hooper (US) 7................ Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 8................John Savidge (Great Britain) 9................................. Robert Carey (US) 10............................... Bernie Mayer (US) 1952 1................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 2......................................Jim Fuchs (US) 3..............................Darrow Hooper (US) 4................................. Bernie Mayer (US) 5................ Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 6................Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 7..................... Roland Nilsson (Sweden) 8................John Savidge (Great Britain) 9.................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 10...... Georgiy Fyodorov (Soviet Union) 1953 1................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 2................Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 3..............................Darrow Hooper (US) 4................................. Bernie Mayer (US) 5.....................................Tom Jones (US) 6..................... Roland Nilsson (Sweden) 7................ Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 8................................ Howard Hertz (US) 9................John Savidge (Great Britain) 10.................. Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 1954 1................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 2.................................Stan Lampert (US) 3................Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 4................ Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 5.....................................Tom Jones (US) 6................................... Bill Bangert (US) 7......................................Jim Fuchs (US) 8................................. Bernie Mayer (US) 9.................................John Stellern (US) 10...........Heino Heinaste (Soviet Union) 1955 1................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 2.....................................Tom Jones (US) 3......................................Bill Nieder (US) 4................Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 5..................................... Ray Martin (US) 6........................................ Don Vick (US) 7..........Vartan Ovsepyan (Soviet Union) 8.....................................Tom Meyer (US) 9................ Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 10.................................. Rosie Grier (US) 1956 1................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 2......................................Bill Nieder (US) 3.................................. Ken Bantum (US) 4................Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 5..........Vartan Ovsepyan (Soviet Union) 6........................................ Don Vick (US) 7.................................Stan Lampert (US) 8............. Boris Balyayev (Soviet Union) 9................................... Charlie Butt (US) 10.. Karl-Heinz Wegmann (West Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1957 1......................................Bill Nieder (US) 2................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 3................Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 4.................................... Dave Owen (US) 5........................................ Don Vick (US) 6.................................. Ken Bantum (US) 7..... Hermann Lingnau (West Germany) 8........................... Silvano Meconi (Italy) 9.........Jaroslav Plíhal (Czechoslovakia) 10...Vladimir Loshchilov (Soviet Union) 1958 1................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 2................................... Dallas Long (US) 3.................................... Dave Davis (US) 4......................................Bill Nieder (US) 5................. Arthur Rowe (Great Britain) 6................Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 7............................Bob Humphreys (US) 8..... Hermann Lingnau (West Germany) 9..................................... Bob Henry (US) 10............. Viktor Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 1959 1................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 2................................... Dallas Long (US) 3......................................Bill Nieder (US) 4.................................... Dave Davis (US) 5................. Arthur Rowe (Great Britain) 6........................... Silvano Meconi (Italy) 7................................... Charlie Butt (US) 8.........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 9..........Vartan Ovsepyan (Soviet Union) 10..............Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 1960 1......................................Bill Nieder (US) 2................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 3................................... Dallas Long (US) 4.................................... Dave Davis (US) 5................. Arthur Rowe (Great Britain) 6.........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 7..................................Jay Silvester (US) 8............... Viktor Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 9........................... Silvano Meconi (Italy) 10..................Alfred Sosgórnik (Poland) 1961 1................................... Dallas Long (US) 2................. Arthur Rowe (Great Britain) 3................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 4..................................Jay Silvester (US) 5....................Alfred Sosgórnik (Poland) 6..................................Gary Gubner (US) 7........................... Silvano Meconi (Italy) 8.........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 9............... Viktor Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 10................. Zsigmond Nagy (Hungary) 1962 1................................... Dallas Long (US) 2..................................Gary Gubner (US) 3................. Arthur Rowe (Great Britain) 4.........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 5............... Viktor Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 6.................................... Dave Davis (US) 7................... Zsigmond Nagy (Hungary) 8....................Alfred Sosgórnik (Poland) 9.........................................Billy Joe (US) 10.............................. Parry O’Brien (US) 1963 1.........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 2.................................... Dave Davis (US) 3....................Alfred Sosgórnik (Poland) 4................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 5..................................Gary Gubner (US) 6................................... Dallas Long (US) 7............................ Dave Steen (Canada) 8................... Zsigmond Nagy (Hungary) 9.................. Władysław Komar (Poland) 10.Adolfas Varanauskas (Soviet Union) 1964 1................................... Dallas Long (US) 2............................... Randy Matson (US) 3.........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 4................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 5.................. Władysław Komar (Poland) 6............... Viktor Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 7.................................... Dave Davis (US) 8......... Nikolay Karasyov (Soviet Union) 9................... Zsigmond Nagy (Hungary) 10................................Gary Gubner (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1965 1............................... Randy Matson (US) 2.............................Neal Steinhauer (US) 3................................John McGrath (US) 4.........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 5......... Nikolay Karasyov (Soviet Union) 6............... Viktor Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 7..................................Jay Silvester (US) 8....................Alfred Sosgórnik (Poland) 9............................... Dave Maggard (US) 10................................... Dave Price (US) 1966 1............................... Randy Matson (US) 2.............................Neal Steinhauer (US) 3................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 4.........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 5...................................Mike Bianco (US) 6............................... Dave Maggard (US) 7......... Nikolay Karasyov (Soviet Union) 8.................. Władysław Komar (Poland) 9.........Eduard Gushchin (Soviet Union) 10.......................... Dave Steen (Canada) 1967 1............................... Randy Matson (US) 2.............................Neal Steinhauer (US) 3............................... Dave Maggard (US) 4.........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 5........................Les Mills (New Zealand) 6.........Eduard Gushchin (Soviet Union) 7.................................... Dave Davis (US) 8...... Traugott Glöckler (West Germany) 9.Heinfried Birlenbach (West Germany) 10.Hans-Dieter Prollius (East Germany) 1968 1............................... Randy Matson (US) 2.............................. George Woods (US) 3............................... Dave Maggard (US) 4.........Dieter Hoffmann (East Germany) 5.........Eduard Gushchin (Soviet Union) 6.Heinfried Birlenbach (West Germany) 7.............................Neal Steinhauer (US) 8........................................Karl Salb (US) 9.................. Władysław Komar (Poland) 10................Uwe Grabe (East Germany) 1969 1.........Dieter Hoffmann (East Germany) 2......... Hans-Peter Gies (East Germany) 3.............................Neal Steinhauer (US) 4..Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (East Germany) 5............................... Randy Matson (US) 6.Heinfried Birlenbach (West Germany) 7........................................Karl Salb (US) 8....Hartmut Briesenick (East Germany) 9..................Uwe Grabe (East Germany) 10.............................. Brian Oldfield (US) 1970 1............................... Randy Matson (US) 2....Hartmut Briesenick (East Germany) 3........................................Karl Salb (US) 4.Heinfried Birlenbach (West Germany) 5..................Uwe Grabe (East Germany) 6.................. Władysław Komar (Poland) 7........................ Pierre Colnard (France) 8.........Eduard Gushchin (Soviet Union) 9.Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (East Germany)) 10.............................Bruce Wilhelm (US) 1971 1....Hartmut Briesenick (East Germany) 2............................... Randy Matson (US) 3..Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (East Germany) 4.................. Władysław Komar (Poland) 5.................................Al Feuerbach (US) 6........................................Karl Salb (US) 7................Valeriy Voikin (Soviet Union) 8.........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 9.........Dieter Hoffmann (East Germany) 10........Rimantas Plunge (Soviet Union) 1972 1.............................. George Woods (US) 2.................. Władysław Komar (Poland) 3....Hartmut Briesenick (East Germany) 4......... Hans-Peter Gies (East Germany) 5.................................Al Feuerbach (US) 6............................... Randy Matson (US) 7..Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (East Germany) 8................................ Brian Oldfield (US) 9...... Jaroslav Brabec (Czechoslovakia) 10..........................Fred DeBernardi (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1973 1.................................Al Feuerbach (US) 2....Hartmut Briesenick (East Germany) 3.............................. George Woods (US) 4...... Jaroslav Brabec (Czechoslovakia) 5......................Reijo Ståhlberg (Finland) 6..................Geoff Capes (Great Britain) 7......Ralf Reichenbach (West Germany) 8..Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (East Germany) 9.....................Hans Almström (Sweden) 10.....................Hans Höglund (Sweden) 1974 1.................................Al Feuerbach (US) 2.............................. George Woods (US) 3..................Geoff Capes (Great Britain) 4....Hartmut Briesenick (East Germany) 5......Ralf Reichenbach (West Germany) 6 Aleksandr Barishnikov (Soviet Union) 7................Valeriy Voikin (Soviet Union) 8......................Reijo Ståhlberg (Finland) 9.................. Władysław Komar (Poland) 10................................ Jesse Stuart (US) 1975 1..................Geoff Capes (Great Britain) 2.................................Al Feuerbach (US) 3..Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (East Germany) 4......... Hans-Peter Gies (East Germany) 5.......................Hans Höglund (Sweden) 6....Hartmut Briesenick (East Germany) 7...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 8.............. Bishop Dolegiewicz (Canada) 9...............................Terry Albritton (US) 10............................ George Woods (US) 1976 1 Aleksandr Barishnikov (Soviet Union) 2...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 3..................Geoff Capes (Great Britain) 4.................................Al Feuerbach (US) 5........ Yevgeniy Mironov (Soviet Union) 6...............................Terry Albritton (US) 7.............................. George Woods (US) 8......... Hans-Peter Gies (East Germany) 9................................. Pete Shmock (US) 10Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (East Germany) 1977 1...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 2......................Reijo Ståhlberg (Finland) 3............... Hreinn Halldórsson (Iceland) 4..................Geoff Capes (Great Britain) 5.................. Władysław Komar (Poland) 6......Ralf Reichenbach (West Germany) 7...............................Terry Albritton (US) 8.................................Al Feuerbach (US) 9............Anatoliy Yarosh (Soviet Union) 10................................. Mac Wilkins (US) 1978 1...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 2.................................Al Feuerbach (US) 3 Aleksandr Barishnikov (Soviet Union) 4........ Yevgeniy Mironov (Soviet Union) 5......................Reijo Ståhlberg (Finland) 6..................Geoff Capes (Great Britain) 7..... Wolfgang Schmidt (East Germany) 8............Anatoliy Yarosh (Soviet Union) 9............... Hreinn Halldórsson (Iceland) 10................ Władysław Komar (Poland) 1979 1...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 2......................Reijo Ståhlberg (Finland) 3...................................... Dave Laut (US) 4.........Vladimir Kiselyov (Soviet Union) 5........ Mathias Schmidt (East Germany) 6................Valeriy Voikin (Soviet Union) 7 Aleksandr Barishnikov (Soviet Union) 8............... Hreinn Halldórsson (Iceland) 9............................. Colin Anderson (US) 10............ Bishop Dolegiewicz (Canada) 1980 1...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 2......Ralf Reichenbach (West Germany) 3................................ Brian Oldfield (US) 4.........Vladimir Kiselyov (Soviet Union) 5 Aleksandr Barishnikov (Soviet Union) 6......................Reijo Ståhlberg (Finland) 7..................Geoff Capes (Great Britain) 8.................................Al Feuerbach (US) 9...Hans-Jürgen Jacobi (East Germany) 10............................... Pete Shmock (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1981 1...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 2................................ Brian Oldfield (US) 3...............................Michael Carter (US) 4........ Yevgeniy Mironov (Soviet Union) 5...................................... Dave Laut (US) 6........ Mathias Schmidt (East Germany) 7...Hans-Jürgen Jacobi (East Germany) 8.............Mikhail Gusyev (Soviet Union) 9......Ralf Reichenbach (West Germany) 10............ Bishop Dolegiewicz (Canada) 1982 1...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 2...................................... Dave Laut (US) 3................. Janis Bojars (Soviet Union) 4................................ Dean Crouser (US) 5................................... Kevin Akins (US) 6.. Remigius Machura (Czechoslovakia) 7...............................Mike Lehmann (US) 8...................Vladimir Milić (Yugoslavia) 9........ Mathias Schmidt (East Germany) 10...............Peter Block (East Germany) 1983 1..........................Edward Sarul (Poland) 2...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 3...................................... Dave Laut (US) 4.........Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 5.. Remigius Machura (Czechoslovakia) 6................................... Kevin Akins (US) 7................. Janis Bojars (Soviet Union) 8...............................Mike Lehmann (US) 9................................ Brian Oldfield (US) 10.............................Michael Carter (US) 1984 1...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 2.........Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 3................. Janis Bojars (Soviet Union) 4......................Alessandro Andrei (Italy) 5..... Sergey Kasnauskas (Soviet Union) 6.. Remigius Machura (Czechoslovakia) 7................................ Brian Oldfield (US) 8...............................Michael Carter (US) 9...................................... Dave Laut (US) 10.................................August Wolf (US) 1985 1.........Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 2............Sergey Smirnov (Soviet Union) 3.. Remigius Machura (Czechoslovakia) 4......................Alessandro Andrei (Italy) 5...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 6............. Werner Günthör (Switzerland) 7...................................... Dave Laut (US) 8................................... Kevin Akins (US) 9................. Janis Bojars (Soviet Union) 10..............................Gregg Tafralis (US) 1986 1.........Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 2............. Werner Günthör (Switzerland) 3...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 4......................Alessandro Andrei (Italy) 5............Sergey Smirnov (Soviet Union) 6...... Sergey Gavryushin (Soviet Union) 7................................ John Brenner (US) 8................................Gregg Tafralis (US) 9................................Randy Barnes (US) 10.............Mikhail Kostin (Soviet Union) 1987 1............. Werner Günthör (Switzerland) 2......................Alessandro Andrei (Italy) 3.........Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 4................................ John Brenner (US) 5.. Remigius Machura (Czechoslovakia) 6...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 7............Sergey Smirnov (Soviet Union) 8...... Sergey Gavryushin (Soviet Union) 9................................Gregg Tafralis (US) 10...... Vyacheslav Lykho (Soviet Union) 1988 1.........Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 2................................Randy Barnes (US) 3............. Werner Günthör (Switzerland) 4...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 5.. Remigius Machura (Czechoslovakia) 6............Sergey Smirnov (Soviet Union) 7....................... Helmut Krieger (Poland) 8....................................Gert Weil (Chile) 9......................Alessandro Andrei (Italy) 10..............................Gregg Tafralis (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1989 1.........Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 2............. Werner Günthör (Switzerland) 3................................Randy Barnes (US) 4.................................Jim Doehring (US) 5....................................Mike Stulce (US) 6.................. Lars Arvid Nilsen (Norway) 7................................Gregg Tafralis (US) 8....................Georg Andersen (Norway) 9...................................August Wolf (US) 10...........Karsten Stolz (West Germany) 1990 1.........Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 2....................Georg Andersen (Norway) 3......Oliver-Sven Buder (East Germany) 4............Sergey Smirnov (Soviet Union) 5........ Vyacheslav Lykho (Soviet Union) 6...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 7.................. Lars Arvid Nilsen (Norway) 8................................... Ron Backes (US) 9................Klaus Bodenmüller (Austria) 10.............Mikhail Kulish (Soviet Union) 1991 1............. Werner Günthör (Switzerland) 2.................. Lars Arvid Nilsen (Norway) 3.....Aleksandr Klimenko (Soviet Union) 4................Klaus Bodenmüller (Austria) 5............Sergey Smirnov (Soviet Union) 6................................... Ron Backes (US) 7..............Oliver-Sven Buder (Germany) 8......... Sergey Nikolayev (Soviet Union) 9................. Ulf Timmermann (Germany) 10...... Vyacheslav Lykho (Soviet Union) 1992 1....................................Mike Stulce (US) 2............. Werner Günthör (Switzerland) 3.................................Jim Doehring (US) 4................................Gregg Tafralis (US) 5.................. Vyacheslav Lykho (Russia) 6................. Ulf Timmermann (Germany) 7............. Aleksandr Klimenko (Ukraine) 8................Klaus Bodenmüller (Austria) 9................ Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) 10..................Dragan Perić (Yugoslavia) 1993 1............. Werner Günthör (Switzerland) 2................................Randy Barnes (US) 3.................................Jim Doehring (US) 4................ Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) 5..................................... Kevin Toth (US) 6................Yevgeniy Palchikov (Russia) 7....................Dragan Perić (Yugoslavia) 8............. Aleksandr Klimenko (Ukraine) 9....................................Gert Weil (Chile) 10....................... Paolo Dal Soglio (Italy) 1994 1.................................... C.J. Hunter (US) 2................................Randy Barnes (US) 3.................................Jim Doehring (US) 4..................................... Kevin Toth (US) 5................................Gregg Tafralis (US) 6............. Aleksandr Klimenko (Ukraine) 7................ Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) 8....................Dragan Perić (Yugoslavia) 9.................................... Brent Noon (US) 10...........Pétur Guđmundsson (Iceland) 1995 1..................................John Godina (US) 2...........................Mika Halvari (Finland) 3................................Randy Barnes (US) 4.................................... Brent Noon (US) 5.................................... C.J. Hunter (US) 6................ Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) 7..............Oliver-Sven Buder (Germany) 8......................... Paolo Dal Soglio (Italy) 9..................................... Kevin Toth (US) 10................ Roman Virastyuk (Ukraine) 1996 1................................Randy Barnes (US) 2..................................John Godina (US) 3......................... Paolo Dal Soglio (Italy) 4................ Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) 5.................................... C.J. Hunter (US) 6..................................... Kevin Toth (US) 7..............Oliver-Sven Buder (Germany) 8.................. Roman Virastyuk (Ukraine) 9....................Dragan Perić (Yugoslavia) 10.........................Corrado Fantini (Italy) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1997 1..................................John Godina (US) 2................ Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) 3..............Oliver-Sven Buder (Germany) 4.................................... C.J. Hunter (US) 5........................ Yuriy Bilonog (Ukraine) 6...........................Mika Halvari (Finland) 7................................Randy Barnes (US) 8.................. Roman Virastyuk (Ukraine) 9..................................... Kevin Toth (US) 10....................... Paolo Dal Soglio (Italy) 1998 1..................................John Godina (US) 2................ Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) 3..............Oliver-Sven Buder (Germany) 4.................................... C.J. Hunter (US) 5........................ Yuriy Bilonog (Ukraine) 6..................................... Kevin Toth (US) 7....................Dragan Perić (Yugoslavia) 8...........................Mika Halvari (Finland) 9.................................Adam Nelson (US) 10..............................Gregg Tafralis (US) 1999 1.................................... C.J. Hunter (US) 2..............Oliver-Sven Buder (Germany) 3................ Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) 4..................................John Godina (US) 5.................................. Andy Bloom (US) 6........................ Yuriy Bilonog (Ukraine) 7..................................... Kevin Toth (US) 8...............................Arsi Harju (Finland) 9....................Dragan Perić (Yugoslavia) 10..................... Manuel Martínez (Spain) 2000 1.................................Adam Nelson (US) 2.................................. Andy Bloom (US) 3..................................John Godina (US) 4........................ Yuriy Bilonog (Ukraine) 5...............................Arsi Harju (Finland) 6..............Oliver-Sven Buder (Germany) 7...........................Mika Halvari (Finland) 8..................................... Kevin Toth (US) 9......... Miroslav Menc (Czech Republic) 10....................... Timo Altonen (Finland) 2001 1..................................John Godina (US) 2.................................Adam Nelson (US) 3....................... Manuel Martínez (Spain) 4.............Janus Robberts (South Africa) 5...............................Arsi Harju (Finland) 6........................ Yuriy Bilonog (Ukraine) 7....................Dragan Perić (Yugoslavia) 8.................... Conny Karlsson (Finland) 9.......................... Brad Snyder (Canada) 10....................... Paolo Dal Soglio (Italy) 2002 1.................................Adam Nelson (US) 2..................................... Kevin Toth (US) 3..................................John Godina (US) 4........................ Yuriy Bilonog (Ukraine) 5....................Joachim Olsen (Denmark) 6....................... Manuel Martínez (Spain) 7.............Janus Robberts (South Africa) 8...................Justin Anlezark (Australia) 9......................... Ralf Bartels (Germany) 10......................Ville Tiisanoja (Finland) 2003 1........................ Yuriy Bilonog (Ukraine) 2................Andrei Mikhnevich (Belarus) 3.................................Adam Nelson (US) 4..................................John Godina (US) 5....................... Manuel Martínez (Spain) 6..........Carl Myerscough (Great Britain) 7........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 8...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 9...................Justin Anlezark (Australia) 10.................Tepa Reinikainen (Finland) 2004 1........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 2.................................Adam Nelson (US) 3....................Joachim Olsen (Denmark) 4....................... Manuel Martínez (Spain) 5...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 6..................................John Godina (US) 7................Andrei Mikhnevich (Belarus) 8.............Janus Robberts (South Africa) 9..........Carl Myerscough (Great Britain) 10..........................Yury Bialou (Belarus) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 2005 1.................................Adam Nelson (US) 2...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 3......................... Ralf Bartels (Germany) 4........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 5....................Joachim Olsen (Denmark) 6..................................John Godina (US) 7.........................Rutger Smith (Holland) 8................Andrei Mikhnevich (Belarus) 9.................................. Jamie Beyer (US) 10......................Ville Tiisanoja (Finland) 2006 1...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 2........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 3......................... Ralf Bartels (Germany) 4................Andrei Mikhnevich (Belarus) 5....................Joachim Olsen (Denmark) 6.................................Adam Nelson (US) 7.........................Rutger Smith (Holland) 8..................................... Dan Taylor (US) 9............................Pavel Sofyin (Russia) 10.................Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 2007 1...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 2.................................Adam Nelson (US) 3........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 4................Andrei Mikhnevich (Belarus) 5.........................Rutger Smith (Holland) 6..................................... Dan Taylor (US) 7...................Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 8....................Joachim Olsen (Denmark) 9...............Miroslav Vodovnik (Slovenia) 10.........................Peter Sack (Germany) 2008 1...................Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 2........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 3...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 4................Andrei Mikhnevich (Belarus) 5.................................Adam Nelson (US) 6...................Dylan Armstrong (Canada) 7..........................Pavel Lyzhin (Belarus) 8.........................Rutger Smith (Holland) 9......................... Dorian Scott (Jamaica) 10................................... Dan Taylor (US) 2009 1........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 2...................Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 3...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 4......................... Ralf Bartels (Germany) 5................Andrei Mikhnevich (Belarus) 6.................................Adam Nelson (US) 7..................................... Dan Taylor (US) 8............................Pavel Sofyin (Russia) 9...................Dylan Armstrong (Canada) 10........................Pavel Lyzhin (Belarus) 2010 1........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 2...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 3................Andrei Mikhnevich (Belarus) 4...................Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 5...................Dylan Armstrong (Canada) 6......................... Ralf Bartels (Germany) 7.................................Adam Nelson (US) 8.................................Ryan Whiting (US) 9....................................Cory Martin (US) 10........................Pavel Lyzhin (Belarus) 2011 1...................Dylan Armstrong (Canada) 2........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 3...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 4.......................... David Storl (Germany) 5................Andrei Mikhnevich (Belarus) 6.................................Ryan Whiting (US) 7...................Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 8.................................Adam Nelson (US) 9........................Marco Fortes (Portugal) 10....................... Ralf Bartels (Germany) 2012 1...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 2...................Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 3.................................Ryan Whiting (US) 4.......................... David Storl (Germany) 5...................Dylan Armstrong (Canada) 6........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 7....................Germán Lauro (Argentina) 8..................... Maksim Sidorov (Russia) 9......................Asmir Kolašinac (Serbia) 10....................... Justin Rodhe (Canada) © Track & Field News 2018 — 10 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 2013 1................................ Ryan Whiting (US) 2......................... David Storl (Germany) 3.................................. Reese Hoffa (US) 4.................. Dylan Armstrong (Canada) 5........ Ladislav Prášil (Czech Republic) 6.................. Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 7..................... Georgi Ivanov (Bulgaria) 8................... Germán Lauro (Argentina) 9................................... Cory Martin (US) 10................... Asmir Kolašinac (Serbia) 2014 1...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 2.......................... David Storl (Germany) 3....................................Joe Kovacs (US) 4.................................Ryan Whiting (US) 5.................... Tom Walsh (New Zealand) 6...................Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 7........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 8..................................Kurt Roberts (US) 9................O’Dayne Richards (Jamaica) 10.............................. Ryan Crouser (US) 2015 1....................................Joe Kovacs (US) 2.......................... David Storl (Germany) 3.................... Tom Walsh (New Zealand) 4................O’Dayne Richards (Jamaica) 5........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 6...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 7.................................Ryan Whiting (US) 8................................Jordan Clarke (US) 9...................Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 10....................Asmir Kolašinac (Serbia) 2016 1................................ Ryan Crouser (US) 2.................... Tom Walsh (New Zealand) 3....................................Joe Kovacs (US) 4..................................Kurt Roberts (US) 5..........................Frank Elemba (Congo) 6................Konrad Bukowiecki (Poland) 7......................................Darrell Hill (US) 8...................Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 9.......................... David Storl (Germany) 10...........................Tim Nedow (Canada) 2017 1................................ Ryan Crouser (US) 2.................... Tom Walsh (New Zealand) 3....................................Joe Kovacs (US) 4.......... Tomás Stanek (Czech Republic) 5......................................Darrell Hill (US) 6.......................... David Storl (Germany) 7.............................Štipe Žunić (Croatia) 8....................... Michał Haratyk (Poland) 9.................................Ryan Whiting (US) 10..............Konrad Bukowiecki (Poland)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1 Ryan Crouser (US) 2 Tom Walsh (New Zealand) 3 Joe Kovacs (US) 4 Tomás Stanek (Czech Republic) 5 Darrell Hill (US) 6 David Storl (Germany) 7	 Štipe Žunić (Croatia) 8	 Michał Haratyk 1948 1............................Charles Fonville (US) 2......................... Wilbur Thompson (US) 3...................................Jim Delaney (US) 4......................................Jim Fuchs (US) 5.................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 6................................... Bill Bayless (US) 7................................ Rollin Prather (US) 8................................. Bernie Mayer (US) 9................................ Otis Chandler (US) 10...............................Norm Wasser (US) 1947 1.................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 2...................................Jim Delaney (US) 3............................Fortune Gordien (US) 4............................Charles Fonville (US) 5.................................Norm Wasser (US) 6......................... Wilbur Thompson (US) 7................................. Bernie Mayer (US) 8................................ Jerry Shipkey (US) 9.................................Stan Lampert (US) 10................................. Bill Bayless (US) © victor sailer/photo run Ryan Crouser had a breakout year in moving to the top in 2016 © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1949 1......................................Jim Fuchs (US) 2.................................Stan Lampert (US) 3......................... Wilbur Thompson (US) 4................................. Bernie Mayer (US) 5................................ Otis Chandler (US) 6......................................Lew Davis (US) 7.................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 8................................... Bill Bayless (US) 9......................Gunnar Huseby (Iceland) 10..........................Fortune Gordien (US) 1950 1......................................Jim Fuchs (US) 2................................ Otis Chandler (US) 3.................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 4......................... Wilbur Thompson (US) 5......................Gunnar Huseby (Iceland) 6................................. Bernie Mayer (US) 7.................................Stan Lampert (US) 8....................................George Ker (US) 9......................................Lew Davis (US) 10..........................Charles Fonville (US) 1951 1......................................Jim Fuchs (US) 2................................ Otis Chandler (US) 3.................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 4................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 5......................Gunnar Huseby (Iceland) 6..............................Darrow Hooper (US) 7................ Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 8................John Savidge (Great Britain) 9................................. Robert Carey (US) 10............................... Bernie Mayer (US) 1952 1................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 2......................................Jim Fuchs (US) 3..............................Darrow Hooper (US) 4................................. Bernie Mayer (US) 5................ Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 6................Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 7..................... Roland Nilsson (Sweden) 8................John Savidge (Great Britain) 9.................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 10...... Georgiy Fyodorov (Soviet Union) 1953 1................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 2................Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 3..............................Darrow Hooper (US) 4................................. Bernie Mayer (US) 5.....................................Tom Jones (US) 6..................... Roland Nilsson (Sweden) 7................ Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 8................................ Howard Hertz (US) 9................John Savidge (Great Britain) 10.................. Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 1954 1................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 2.................................Stan Lampert (US) 3................Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 4................ Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 5.....................................Tom Jones (US) 6................................... Bill Bangert (US) 7......................................Jim Fuchs (US) 8................................. Bernie Mayer (US) 9.................................John Stellern (US) 10...........Heino Heinaste (Soviet Union) 1955 1................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 2.....................................Tom Jones (US) 3......................................Bill Nieder (US) 4................Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 5..................................... Ray Martin (US) 6........................................ Don Vick (US) 7..........Vartan Ovsepyan (Soviet Union) 8.....................................Tom Meyer (US) 9................ Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 10.................................. Rosie Grier (US) 1956 1................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 2......................................Bill Nieder (US) 3.................................. Ken Bantum (US) 4................Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 5..........Vartan Ovsepyan (Soviet Union) 6........................................ Don Vick (US) 7.................................Stan Lampert (US) 8............. Boris Balyayev (Soviet Union) 9................................... Charlie Butt (US) 10.. Karl-Heinz Wegmann (West Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1957 1......................................Bill Nieder (US) 2................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 3................Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 4.................................... Dave Owen (US) 5........................................ Don Vick (US) 6.................................. Ken Bantum (US) 7..... Hermann Lingnau (West Germany) 8........................... Silvano Meconi (Italy) 9.........Jaroslav Plíhal (Czechoslovakia) 10...Vladimir Loshchilov (Soviet Union) 1958 1................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 2................................... Dallas Long (US) 3.................................... Dave Davis (US) 4......................................Bill Nieder (US) 5................. Arthur Rowe (Great Britain) 6................Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 7............................Bob Humphreys (US) 8..... Hermann Lingnau (West Germany) 9..................................... Bob Henry (US) 10............. Viktor Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 1959 1................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 2................................... Dallas Long (US) 3......................................Bill Nieder (US) 4.................................... Dave Davis (US) 5................. Arthur Rowe (Great Britain) 6........................... Silvano Meconi (Italy) 7................................... Charlie Butt (US) 8.........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 9..........Vartan Ovsepyan (Soviet Union) 10..............Jiří Skobla (Czechoslovakia) 1960 1......................................Bill Nieder (US) 2................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 3................................... Dallas Long (US) 4.................................... Dave Davis (US) 5................. Arthur Rowe (Great Britain) 6.........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 7..................................Jay Silvester (US) 8............... Viktor Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 9........................... Silvano Meconi (Italy) 10..................Alfred Sosgórnik (Poland) 1961 1................................... Dallas Long (US) 2................. Arthur Rowe (Great Britain) 3................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 4..................................Jay Silvester (US) 5....................Alfred Sosgórnik (Poland) 6..................................Gary Gubner (US) 7........................... Silvano Meconi (Italy) 8.........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 9............... Viktor Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 10................. Zsigmond Nagy (Hungary) 1962 1................................... Dallas Long (US) 2..................................Gary Gubner (US) 3................. Arthur Rowe (Great Britain) 4.........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 5............... Viktor Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 6.................................... Dave Davis (US) 7................... Zsigmond Nagy (Hungary) 8....................Alfred Sosgórnik (Poland) 9.........................................Billy Joe (US) 10.............................. Parry O’Brien (US) 1963 1.........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 2.................................... Dave Davis (US) 3....................Alfred Sosgórnik (Poland) 4................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 5..................................Gary Gubner (US) 6................................... Dallas Long (US) 7............................ Dave Steen (Canada) 8................... Zsigmond Nagy (Hungary) 9.................. Władysław Komar (Poland) 10.Adolfas Varanauskas (Soviet Union) 1964 1................................... Dallas Long (US) 2............................... Randy Matson (US) 3.........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 4................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 5.................. Władysław Komar (Poland) 6............... Viktor Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 7.................................... Dave Davis (US) 8......... Nikolay Karasyov (Soviet Union) 9................... Zsigmond Nagy (Hungary) 10................................Gary Gubner (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1965 1............................... Randy Matson (US) 2.............................Neal Steinhauer (US) 3................................John McGrath (US) 4.........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 5......... Nikolay Karasyov (Soviet Union) 6............... Viktor Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 7..................................Jay Silvester (US) 8....................Alfred Sosgórnik (Poland) 9............................... Dave Maggard (US) 10................................... Dave Price (US) 1966 1............................... Randy Matson (US) 2.............................Neal Steinhauer (US) 3................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 4.........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 5...................................Mike Bianco (US) 6............................... Dave Maggard (US) 7......... Nikolay Karasyov (Soviet Union) 8.................. Władysław Komar (Poland) 9.........Eduard Gushchin (Soviet Union) 10.......................... Dave Steen (Canada) 1967 1............................... Randy Matson (US) 2.............................Neal Steinhauer (US) 3............................... Dave Maggard (US) 4.........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 5........................Les Mills (New Zealand) 6.........Eduard Gushchin (Soviet Union) 7.................................... Dave Davis (US) 8...... Traugott Glöckler (West Germany) 9.Heinfried Birlenbach (West Germany) 10.Hans-Dieter Prollius (East Germany) 1968 1............................... Randy Matson (US) 2.............................. George Woods (US) 3............................... Dave Maggard (US) 4.........Dieter Hoffmann (East Germany) 5.........Eduard Gushchin (Soviet Union) 6.Heinfried Birlenbach (West Germany) 7.............................Neal Steinhauer (US) 8........................................Karl Salb (US) 9.................. Władysław Komar (Poland) 10................Uwe Grabe (East Germany) 1969 1.........Dieter Hoffmann (East Germany) 2......... Hans-Peter Gies (East Germany) 3.............................Neal Steinhauer (US) 4..Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (East Germany) 5............................... Randy Matson (US) 6.Heinfried Birlenbach (West Germany) 7........................................Karl Salb (US) 8....Hartmut Briesenick (East Germany) 9..................Uwe Grabe (East Germany) 10.............................. Brian Oldfield (US) 1970 1............................... Randy Matson (US) 2....Hartmut Briesenick (East Germany) 3........................................Karl Salb (US) 4.Heinfried Birlenbach (West Germany) 5..................Uwe Grabe (East Germany) 6.................. Władysław Komar (Poland) 7........................ Pierre Colnard (France) 8.........Eduard Gushchin (Soviet Union) 9.Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (East Germany)) 10.............................Bruce Wilhelm (US) 1971 1....Hartmut Briesenick (East Germany) 2............................... Randy Matson (US) 3..Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (East Germany) 4.................. Władysław Komar (Poland) 5.................................Al Feuerbach (US) 6........................................Karl Salb (US) 7................Valeriy Voikin (Soviet Union) 8.........................Vilmos Varjú (Hungary) 9.........Dieter Hoffmann (East Germany) 10........Rimantas Plunge (Soviet Union) 1972 1.............................. George Woods (US) 2.................. Władysław Komar (Poland) 3....Hartmut Briesenick (East Germany) 4......... Hans-Peter Gies (East Germany) 5.................................Al Feuerbach (US) 6............................... Randy Matson (US) 7..Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (East Germany) 8................................ Brian Oldfield (US) 9...... Jaroslav Brabec (Czechoslovakia) 10..........................Fred DeBernardi (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1973 1.................................Al Feuerbach (US) 2....Hartmut Briesenick (East Germany) 3.............................. George Woods (US) 4...... Jaroslav Brabec (Czechoslovakia) 5......................Reijo Ståhlberg (Finland) 6..................Geoff Capes (Great Britain) 7......Ralf Reichenbach (West Germany) 8..Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (East Germany) 9.....................Hans Almström (Sweden) 10.....................Hans Höglund (Sweden) 1974 1.................................Al Feuerbach (US) 2.............................. George Woods (US) 3..................Geoff Capes (Great Britain) 4....Hartmut Briesenick (East Germany) 5......Ralf Reichenbach (West Germany) 6 Aleksandr Barishnikov (Soviet Union) 7................Valeriy Voikin (Soviet Union) 8......................Reijo Ståhlberg (Finland) 9.................. Władysław Komar (Poland) 10................................ Jesse Stuart (US) 1975 1..................Geoff Capes (Great Britain) 2.................................Al Feuerbach (US) 3..Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (East Germany) 4......... Hans-Peter Gies (East Germany) 5.......................Hans Höglund (Sweden) 6....Hartmut Briesenick (East Germany) 7...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 8.............. Bishop Dolegiewicz (Canada) 9...............................Terry Albritton (US) 10............................ George Woods (US) 1976 1 Aleksandr Barishnikov (Soviet Union) 2...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 3..................Geoff Capes (Great Britain) 4.................................Al Feuerbach (US) 5........ Yevgeniy Mironov (Soviet Union) 6...............................Terry Albritton (US) 7.............................. George Woods (US) 8......... Hans-Peter Gies (East Germany) 9................................. Pete Shmock (US) 10Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg (East Germany) 1977 1...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 2......................Reijo Ståhlberg (Finland) 3............... Hreinn Halldórsson (Iceland) 4..................Geoff Capes (Great Britain) 5.................. Władysław Komar (Poland) 6......Ralf Reichenbach (West Germany) 7...............................Terry Albritton (US) 8.................................Al Feuerbach (US) 9............Anatoliy Yarosh (Soviet Union) 10................................. Mac Wilkins (US) 1978 1...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 2.................................Al Feuerbach (US) 3 Aleksandr Barishnikov (Soviet Union) 4........ Yevgeniy Mironov (Soviet Union) 5......................Reijo Ståhlberg (Finland) 6..................Geoff Capes (Great Britain) 7..... Wolfgang Schmidt (East Germany) 8............Anatoliy Yarosh (Soviet Union) 9............... Hreinn Halldórsson (Iceland) 10................ Władysław Komar (Poland) 1979 1...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 2......................Reijo Ståhlberg (Finland) 3...................................... Dave Laut (US) 4.........Vladimir Kiselyov (Soviet Union) 5........ Mathias Schmidt (East Germany) 6................Valeriy Voikin (Soviet Union) 7 Aleksandr Barishnikov (Soviet Union) 8............... Hreinn Halldórsson (Iceland) 9............................. Colin Anderson (US) 10............ Bishop Dolegiewicz (Canada) 1980 1...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 2......Ralf Reichenbach (West Germany) 3................................ Brian Oldfield (US) 4.........Vladimir Kiselyov (Soviet Union) 5 Aleksandr Barishnikov (Soviet Union) 6......................Reijo Ståhlberg (Finland) 7..................Geoff Capes (Great Britain) 8.................................Al Feuerbach (US) 9...Hans-Jürgen Jacobi (East Germany) 10............................... Pete Shmock (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1981 1...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 2................................ Brian Oldfield (US) 3...............................Michael Carter (US) 4........ Yevgeniy Mironov (Soviet Union) 5...................................... Dave Laut (US) 6........ Mathias Schmidt (East Germany) 7...Hans-Jürgen Jacobi (East Germany) 8.............Mikhail Gusyev (Soviet Union) 9......Ralf Reichenbach (West Germany) 10............ Bishop Dolegiewicz (Canada) 1982 1...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 2...................................... Dave Laut (US) 3................. Janis Bojars (Soviet Union) 4................................ Dean Crouser (US) 5................................... Kevin Akins (US) 6.. Remigius Machura (Czechoslovakia) 7...............................Mike Lehmann (US) 8...................Vladimir Milić (Yugoslavia) 9........ Mathias Schmidt (East Germany) 10...............Peter Block (East Germany) 1983 1..........................Edward Sarul (Poland) 2...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 3...................................... Dave Laut (US) 4.........Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 5.. Remigius Machura (Czechoslovakia) 6................................... Kevin Akins (US) 7................. Janis Bojars (Soviet Union) 8...............................Mike Lehmann (US) 9................................ Brian Oldfield (US) 10.............................Michael Carter (US) 1984 1...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 2.........Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 3................. Janis Bojars (Soviet Union) 4......................Alessandro Andrei (Italy) 5..... Sergey Kasnauskas (Soviet Union) 6.. Remigius Machura (Czechoslovakia) 7................................ Brian Oldfield (US) 8...............................Michael Carter (US) 9...................................... Dave Laut (US) 10.................................August Wolf (US) 1985 1.........Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 2............Sergey Smirnov (Soviet Union) 3.. Remigius Machura (Czechoslovakia) 4......................Alessandro Andrei (Italy) 5...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 6............. Werner Günthör (Switzerland) 7...................................... Dave Laut (US) 8................................... Kevin Akins (US) 9................. Janis Bojars (Soviet Union) 10..............................Gregg Tafralis (US) 1986 1.........Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 2............. Werner Günthör (Switzerland) 3...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 4......................Alessandro Andrei (Italy) 5............Sergey Smirnov (Soviet Union) 6...... Sergey Gavryushin (Soviet Union) 7................................ John Brenner (US) 8................................Gregg Tafralis (US) 9................................Randy Barnes (US) 10.............Mikhail Kostin (Soviet Union) 1987 1............. Werner Günthör (Switzerland) 2......................Alessandro Andrei (Italy) 3.........Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 4................................ John Brenner (US) 5.. Remigius Machura (Czechoslovakia) 6...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 7............Sergey Smirnov (Soviet Union) 8...... Sergey Gavryushin (Soviet Union) 9................................Gregg Tafralis (US) 10...... Vyacheslav Lykho (Soviet Union) 1988 1.........Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 2................................Randy Barnes (US) 3............. Werner Günthör (Switzerland) 4...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 5.. Remigius Machura (Czechoslovakia) 6............Sergey Smirnov (Soviet Union) 7....................... Helmut Krieger (Poland) 8....................................Gert Weil (Chile) 9......................Alessandro Andrei (Italy) 10..............................Gregg Tafralis (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1989 1.........Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 2............. Werner Günthör (Switzerland) 3................................Randy Barnes (US) 4.................................Jim Doehring (US) 5....................................Mike Stulce (US) 6.................. Lars Arvid Nilsen (Norway) 7................................Gregg Tafralis (US) 8....................Georg Andersen (Norway) 9...................................August Wolf (US) 10...........Karsten Stolz (West Germany) 1990 1.........Ulf Timmermann (East Germany) 2....................Georg Andersen (Norway) 3......Oliver-Sven Buder (East Germany) 4............Sergey Smirnov (Soviet Union) 5........ Vyacheslav Lykho (Soviet Union) 6...................Udo Beyer (East Germany) 7.................. Lars Arvid Nilsen (Norway) 8................................... Ron Backes (US) 9................Klaus Bodenmüller (Austria) 10.............Mikhail Kulish (Soviet Union) 1991 1............. Werner Günthör (Switzerland) 2.................. Lars Arvid Nilsen (Norway) 3.....Aleksandr Klimenko (Soviet Union) 4................Klaus Bodenmüller (Austria) 5............Sergey Smirnov (Soviet Union) 6................................... Ron Backes (US) 7..............Oliver-Sven Buder (Germany) 8......... Sergey Nikolayev (Soviet Union) 9................. Ulf Timmermann (Germany) 10...... Vyacheslav Lykho (Soviet Union) 1992 1....................................Mike Stulce (US) 2............. Werner Günthör (Switzerland) 3.................................Jim Doehring (US) 4................................Gregg Tafralis (US) 5.................. Vyacheslav Lykho (Russia) 6................. Ulf Timmermann (Germany) 7............. Aleksandr Klimenko (Ukraine) 8................Klaus Bodenmüller (Austria) 9................ Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) 10..................Dragan Perić (Yugoslavia) 1993 1............. Werner Günthör (Switzerland) 2................................Randy Barnes (US) 3.................................Jim Doehring (US) 4................ Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) 5..................................... Kevin Toth (US) 6................Yevgeniy Palchikov (Russia) 7....................Dragan Perić (Yugoslavia) 8............. Aleksandr Klimenko (Ukraine) 9....................................Gert Weil (Chile) 10....................... Paolo Dal Soglio (Italy) 1994 1.................................... C.J. Hunter (US) 2................................Randy Barnes (US) 3.................................Jim Doehring (US) 4..................................... Kevin Toth (US) 5................................Gregg Tafralis (US) 6............. Aleksandr Klimenko (Ukraine) 7................ Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) 8....................Dragan Perić (Yugoslavia) 9.................................... Brent Noon (US) 10...........Pétur Guđmundsson (Iceland) 1995 1..................................John Godina (US) 2...........................Mika Halvari (Finland) 3................................Randy Barnes (US) 4.................................... Brent Noon (US) 5.................................... C.J. Hunter (US) 6................ Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) 7..............Oliver-Sven Buder (Germany) 8......................... Paolo Dal Soglio (Italy) 9..................................... Kevin Toth (US) 10................ Roman Virastyuk (Ukraine) 1996 1................................Randy Barnes (US) 2..................................John Godina (US) 3......................... Paolo Dal Soglio (Italy) 4................ Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) 5.................................... C.J. Hunter (US) 6..................................... Kevin Toth (US) 7..............Oliver-Sven Buder (Germany) 8.................. Roman Virastyuk (Ukraine) 9....................Dragan Perić (Yugoslavia) 10.........................Corrado Fantini (Italy) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 1997 1..................................John Godina (US) 2................ Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) 3..............Oliver-Sven Buder (Germany) 4.................................... C.J. Hunter (US) 5........................ Yuriy Bilonog (Ukraine) 6...........................Mika Halvari (Finland) 7................................Randy Barnes (US) 8.................. Roman Virastyuk (Ukraine) 9..................................... Kevin Toth (US) 10....................... Paolo Dal Soglio (Italy) 1998 1..................................John Godina (US) 2................ Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) 3..............Oliver-Sven Buder (Germany) 4.................................... C.J. Hunter (US) 5........................ Yuriy Bilonog (Ukraine) 6..................................... Kevin Toth (US) 7....................Dragan Perić (Yugoslavia) 8...........................Mika Halvari (Finland) 9.................................Adam Nelson (US) 10..............................Gregg Tafralis (US) 1999 1.................................... C.J. Hunter (US) 2..............Oliver-Sven Buder (Germany) 3................ Aleksandr Bagach (Ukraine) 4..................................John Godina (US) 5.................................. Andy Bloom (US) 6........................ Yuriy Bilonog (Ukraine) 7..................................... Kevin Toth (US) 8...............................Arsi Harju (Finland) 9....................Dragan Perić (Yugoslavia) 10..................... Manuel Martínez (Spain) 2000 1.................................Adam Nelson (US) 2.................................. Andy Bloom (US) 3..................................John Godina (US) 4........................ Yuriy Bilonog (Ukraine) 5...............................Arsi Harju (Finland) 6..............Oliver-Sven Buder (Germany) 7...........................Mika Halvari (Finland) 8..................................... Kevin Toth (US) 9......... Miroslav Menc (Czech Republic) 10....................... Timo Altonen (Finland) 2001 1..................................John Godina (US) 2.................................Adam Nelson (US) 3....................... Manuel Martínez (Spain) 4.............Janus Robberts (South Africa) 5...............................Arsi Harju (Finland) 6........................ Yuriy Bilonog (Ukraine) 7....................Dragan Perić (Yugoslavia) 8.................... Conny Karlsson (Finland) 9.......................... Brad Snyder (Canada) 10....................... Paolo Dal Soglio (Italy) 2002 1.................................Adam Nelson (US) 2..................................... Kevin Toth (US) 3..................................John Godina (US) 4........................ Yuriy Bilonog (Ukraine) 5....................Joachim Olsen (Denmark) 6....................... Manuel Martínez (Spain) 7.............Janus Robberts (South Africa) 8...................Justin Anlezark (Australia) 9......................... Ralf Bartels (Germany) 10......................Ville Tiisanoja (Finland) 2003 1........................ Yuriy Bilonog (Ukraine) 2................Andrei Mikhnevich (Belarus) 3.................................Adam Nelson (US) 4..................................John Godina (US) 5....................... Manuel Martínez (Spain) 6..........Carl Myerscough (Great Britain) 7........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 8...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 9...................Justin Anlezark (Australia) 10.................Tepa Reinikainen (Finland) 2004 1........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 2.................................Adam Nelson (US) 3....................Joachim Olsen (Denmark) 4....................... Manuel Martínez (Spain) 5...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 6..................................John Godina (US) 7................Andrei Mikhnevich (Belarus) 8.............Janus Robberts (South Africa) 9..........Carl Myerscough (Great Britain) 10..........................Yury Bialou (Belarus) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 2005 1.................................Adam Nelson (US) 2...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 3......................... Ralf Bartels (Germany) 4........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 5....................Joachim Olsen (Denmark) 6..................................John Godina (US) 7.........................Rutger Smith (Holland) 8................Andrei Mikhnevich (Belarus) 9.................................. Jamie Beyer (US) 10......................Ville Tiisanoja (Finland) 2006 1...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 2........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 3......................... Ralf Bartels (Germany) 4................Andrei Mikhnevich (Belarus) 5....................Joachim Olsen (Denmark) 6.................................Adam Nelson (US) 7.........................Rutger Smith (Holland) 8..................................... Dan Taylor (US) 9............................Pavel Sofyin (Russia) 10.................Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 2007 1...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 2.................................Adam Nelson (US) 3........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 4................Andrei Mikhnevich (Belarus) 5.........................Rutger Smith (Holland) 6..................................... Dan Taylor (US) 7...................Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 8....................Joachim Olsen (Denmark) 9...............Miroslav Vodovnik (Slovenia) 10.........................Peter Sack (Germany) 2008 1...................Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 2........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 3...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 4................Andrei Mikhnevich (Belarus) 5.................................Adam Nelson (US) 6...................Dylan Armstrong (Canada) 7..........................Pavel Lyzhin (Belarus) 8.........................Rutger Smith (Holland) 9......................... Dorian Scott (Jamaica) 10................................... Dan Taylor (US) 2009 1........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 2...................Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 3...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 4......................... Ralf Bartels (Germany) 5................Andrei Mikhnevich (Belarus) 6.................................Adam Nelson (US) 7..................................... Dan Taylor (US) 8............................Pavel Sofyin (Russia) 9...................Dylan Armstrong (Canada) 10........................Pavel Lyzhin (Belarus) 2010 1........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 2...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 3................Andrei Mikhnevich (Belarus) 4...................Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 5...................Dylan Armstrong (Canada) 6......................... Ralf Bartels (Germany) 7.................................Adam Nelson (US) 8.................................Ryan Whiting (US) 9....................................Cory Martin (US) 10........................Pavel Lyzhin (Belarus) 2011 1...................Dylan Armstrong (Canada) 2........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 3...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 4.......................... David Storl (Germany) 5................Andrei Mikhnevich (Belarus) 6.................................Ryan Whiting (US) 7...................Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 8.................................Adam Nelson (US) 9........................Marco Fortes (Portugal) 10....................... Ralf Bartels (Germany) 2012 1...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 2...................Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 3.................................Ryan Whiting (US) 4.......................... David Storl (Germany) 5...................Dylan Armstrong (Canada) 6........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 7....................Germán Lauro (Argentina) 8..................... Maksim Sidorov (Russia) 9......................Asmir Kolašinac (Serbia) 10....................... Justin Rodhe (Canada) © Track & Field News 2018 — 10 — World Rankings — Men’s Shot 2013 1................................ Ryan Whiting (US) 2......................... David Storl (Germany) 3.................................. Reese Hoffa (US) 4.................. Dylan Armstrong (Canada) 5........ Ladislav Prášil (Czech Republic) 6.................. Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 7..................... Georgi Ivanov (Bulgaria) 8................... Germán Lauro (Argentina) 9................................... Cory Martin (US) 10................... Asmir Kolašinac (Serbia) 2014 1...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 2.......................... David Storl (Germany) 3....................................Joe Kovacs (US) 4.................................Ryan Whiting (US) 5.................... Tom Walsh (New Zealand) 6...................Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 7........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 8..................................Kurt Roberts (US) 9................O’Dayne Richards (Jamaica) 10.............................. Ryan Crouser (US) 2015 1....................................Joe Kovacs (US) 2.......................... David Storl (Germany) 3.................... Tom Walsh (New Zealand) 4................O’Dayne Richards (Jamaica) 5........................ Christian Cantwell (US) 6...................................Reese Hoffa (US) 7.................................Ryan Whiting (US) 8................................Jordan Clarke (US) 9...................Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 10....................Asmir Kolašinac (Serbia) 2016 1................................ Ryan Crouser (US) 2.................... Tom Walsh (New Zealand) 3....................................Joe Kovacs (US) 4..................................Kurt Roberts (US) 5..........................Frank Elemba (Congo) 6................Konrad Bukowiecki (Poland) 7......................................Darrell Hill (US) 8...................Tomasz Majewski (Poland) 9.......................... David Storl (Germany) 10...........................Tim Nedow (Canada) 2017 1................................ Ryan Crouser (US) 2.................... Tom Walsh (New Zealand) 3....................................Joe Kovacs (US) 4.......... Tomás Stanek (Czech Republic) 5......................................Darrell Hill (US) 6.......................... David Storl (Germany) 7.............................Štipe Žunić (Croatia) 8....................... Michał Haratyk (Poland) 9.................................Ryan Whiting (US) 10..............Konrad Bukowiecki (Poland)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s Discus 1947 1............................Fortune Gordien (US) 2.......................................Bob Fitch (US) 3.........................Adolfo Consolini (Italy) 4.............................Giuseppe Tosi (Italy) 5.................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 6.......................Veikko Nyqvist (Finland) 7......................... Ivar Ramstad (Norway) 8................... Arvo Huutoniemi (Finland) 9.................................... Max Dodge (US) 10.......................Ferenc Klics (Hungary) 1948 1.........................Adolfo Consolini (Italy) 2.............................Giuseppe Tosi (Italy) 3............................Fortune Gordien (US) 4......................... Ivar Ramstad (Norway) 5.................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 6....................................... Vic Frank (US) 7............................. Byrl Thompson (US) 8.........................Ferenc Klics (Hungary) 9.............................. William Burton (US) 10............................George Kadera (US) 1949 1............................Fortune Gordien (US) 2.........................Adolfo Consolini (Italy) 3....................................... Vic Frank (US) 4.............................Giuseppe Tosi (Italy) 5......................................Jim Fuchs (US) 6............................. Byrl Thompson (US) 7.........................Ferenc Klics (Hungary) 8............................John Donaldson (US) 9......................... Ivar Ramstad (Norway) 10..................................... Bill Miller (US) 1950 1.........................Adolfo Consolini (Italy) 2.............................Giuseppe Tosi (Italy) 3............................Fortune Gordien (US) 4......................................Jim Fuchs (US) 5..................................... Dick Doyle (US) 6....................................... Vic Frank (US) 7.................................. Taylor Lewis (US) 8............................. Byrl Thompson (US) 9.......................................Sim Iness (US) 10.......................Ferenc Klics (Hungary) © jiro mochizuki/photo run Virgilijus Alekna banged out 7 No. 1s between ’98 and ’06 © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s Discus 1951 1.........................Adolfo Consolini (Italy) 2.............................Giuseppe Tosi (Italy) 3..................................... Dick Doyle (US) 4....................................... Vic Frank (US) 5.........................Ferenc Klics (Hungary) 6..................................... Jim Dillion (US) 7.................................. Bob Mathias (US) 8......................................Jim Fuchs (US) 9.................................. Taylor Lewis (US) 10.............................Cliff Anderson (US) 1952 1.......................................Sim Iness (US) 2.........................Adolfo Consolini (Italy) 3..................................... Jim Dillion (US) 4............................Fortune Gordien (US) 5.........................Ferenc Klics (Hungary) 6..................................... Dick Doyle (US) 7................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 8..................... Roland Nilsson (Sweden) 9................ Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 10...........Boris Matveyev (Soviet Union) 1953 1............................Fortune Gordien (US) 2.......................................Sim Iness (US) 3.........................Adolfo Consolini (Italy) 4.........................Ferenc Klics (Hungary) 5....................................... Jack Ellis (US) 6................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 7..................... Roland Nilsson (Sweden) 8.............................Giuseppe Tosi (Italy) 9.......... Vitomir Krivokapić (Yugoslavia) 10.............. Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 1954 1............................Fortune Gordien (US) 2.........................Adolfo Consolini (Italy) 3................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 4.........................Ferenc Klics (Hungary) 5..................................... Jim Dillion (US) 6.......................................Des Koch (US) 7.................József Szécsényi (Hungary) 8.............................Giuseppe Tosi (Italy) 9..................... Roland Nilsson (Sweden) 10............................Leon Patterson (US) 1955 1.........................Adolfo Consolini (Italy) 2.............. Karel Merta (Czechoslovakia) 3............................Fortune Gordien (US) 4.......................................Sim Iness (US) 5................ Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 6................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 7.................József Szécsényi (Hungary) 8.............Boris Matveyev (Soviet Union) 9.......................................Des Koch (US) 10.........Zdeněk Čihák (Czechoslovakia) 1956 1........................................ Al Oerter (US) 2............................Fortune Gordien (US) 3.........................Adolfo Consolini (Italy) 4.............................Ron Drummond (US) 5................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 6.......................................Des Koch (US) 7.............. Karel Merta (Czechoslovakia) 8................ Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 9............... Mark Pharaoh (Great Britain) 10.......................Ferenc Klics (Hungary) 1957 1................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 2.................................... Rink Babka (US) 3....................................... Jack Ellis (US) 4........................................ Al Oerter (US) 5.............. Karel Merta (Czechoslovakia) 6...............Edmund Piątkowski (Poland) 7............................Fortune Gordien (US) 8.................József Szécsényi (Hungary) 9.........................Adolfo Consolini (Italy) 10.............. Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 1958 1.................................... Rink Babka (US) 2........................................ Al Oerter (US) 3...............Edmund Piątkowski (Poland) 4.................József Szécsényi (Hungary) 5....................................... Jack Ellis (US) 6......Vladimir Trusenyov (Soviet Union) 7...Algimantas Baltusnikas (Soviet Union) 8.........................Adolfo Consolini (Italy) 9...Stephanus du Plessis (South Africa) 10................................Jay Silvester (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s Discus 1959 1...............Edmund Piątkowski (Poland) 2.................József Szécsényi (Hungary) 3........................................ Al Oerter (US) 4.................................... Rink Babka (US) 5................Antónios Kounádis (Greece) 6......... Vladimir Lyakhov (Soviet Union) 7................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 8................................ Dick Cochran (US) 9...Stephanus du Plessis (South Africa) 10.............. Otto Grigalka (Soviet Union) 1960 1........................................ Al Oerter (US) 2.................................... Rink Babka (US) 3.................József Szécsényi (Hungary) 4................................ Dick Cochran (US) 5..................................Jay Silvester (US) 6...............Edmund Piątkowski (Poland) 7............................Bob Humphreys (US) 8....................................... Jack Ellis (US) 9.. Viktor Kompanyeyets (Soviet Union) 10.........Kim Bukhantsev (Soviet Union) 1961 1...............Edmund Piątkowski (Poland) 2..................................Jay Silvester (US) 3.................................... Rink Babka (US) 4.................József Szécsényi (Hungary) 5........................................ Al Oerter (US) 6...........Kim Bukhantsev (Soviet Union) 7............................Bob Humphreys (US) 8..............Elfranco Malan (South Africa) 9................................ Parry O’Brien (US) 10.. Algimantas Baltusnikas (Soviet Union) 1962 1........................................ Al Oerter (US) 2..................................Jay Silvester (US) 3......Vladimir Trusenyov (Soviet Union) 4.................................... Rink Babka (US) 5...............Edmund Piątkowski (Poland) 6......................................Dave Weill (US) 7............................Bob Humphreys (US) 8..............Elfranco Malan (South Africa) 9.............................Kees Koch (Holland) 10.............................. Parry O’Brien (US) 1963 1........................................ Al Oerter (US) 2..................................Jay Silvester (US) 3...........Ludvík Daněk (Czechoslovakia) 4.................................... Rink Babka (US) 5............................Bob Humphreys (US) 6...............Edmund Piątkowski (Poland) 7............... Lothar Milde (East Germany) 8......................................Dave Weill (US) 9............ Jens Reimers (West Germany) 10..............Jiří Žemba (Czechoslovakia) 1964 1........................................ Al Oerter (US) 2...........Ludvík Daněk (Czechoslovakia) 3......................................Dave Weill (US) 4..................................Jay Silvester (US) 5.................................... Rink Babka (US) 6...............Edmund Piątkowski (Poland) 7..........................Zenon Begier (Poland) 8................Jiří Žemba (Czechoslovakia) 9.................József Szécsényi (Hungary) 10.............................. Glenn Passey (US) 1965 1...........Ludvík Daněk (Czechoslovakia) 2..................................Jay Silvester (US) 3..........................Zenon Begier (Poland) 4......................................Dave Weill (US) 5............................... Randy Matson (US) 6...............Edmund Piątkowski (Poland) 7.................................... Rink Babka (US) 8........................ Lars Haglund (Sweden) 9............................Bob Humphreys (US) 10.............................. Parry O’Brien (US) 1966 1........................................ Al Oerter (US) 2...........Ludvík Daněk (Czechoslovakia) 3.................................... Rink Babka (US) 4...............Edmund Piątkowski (Poland) 5............................... Randy Matson (US) 6............. Detlef Thorith (East Germany) 7................................. Gary Carlsen (US) 8..........................Zenon Begier (Poland) 9........... Hartmut Losch (East Germany) 10............. Lothar Milde (East Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s Discus 1967 1...........Ludvík Daněk (Czechoslovakia) 2.................................... Rink Babka (US) 3................................. Gary Carlsen (US) 4..................................Jay Silvester (US) 5...............Edmund Piątkowski (Poland) 6...........................Silvano Simeon (Italy) 7............................... Randy Matson (US) 8............. Detlef Thorith (East Germany) 9........................................ Al Oerter (US) 10...................................... Jon Cole (US) 1968 1..................................Jay Silvester (US) 2........................................ Al Oerter (US) 3............... Lothar Milde (East Germany) 4...........Ludvík Daněk (Czechoslovakia) 5........... Hartmut Losch (East Germany) 6................................. Gary Carlsen (US) 7.................................... Rink Babka (US) 8.......................... Ricky Bruch (Sweden) 9........ Hein-Direck Neu (West Germany) 10.............Edmund Piątkowski (Poland) 1969 1...........Ludvík Daněk (Czechoslovakia) 2.......................... Ricky Bruch (Sweden) 3..................................Jay Silvester (US) 4............... Lothar Milde (East Germany) 5........... Hartmut Losch (East Germany) 6........................................ Jon Cole (US) 7..........John van Reenen (South Africa) 8......... Vladimir Lyakhov (Soviet Union) 9........................Ferenc Tégla (Hungary) 10...................................... Al Oerter (US) 1970 1..................................Jay Silvester (US) 2.......................... Ricky Bruch (Sweden) 3...........Ludvík Daněk (Czechoslovakia) 4........................Ferenc Tégla (Hungary) 5............................Géza Fejér (Hungary) 6..........John van Reenen (South Africa) 7...... Dirk Wippermann (West Germany) 8........ Hein-Direck Neu (West Germany) 9......... Vladimir Lyakhov (Soviet Union) 10........... Detlef Thorith (East Germany) 1971 1..................................Jay Silvester (US) 2...........Ludvík Daněk (Czechoslovakia) 3.......................... Ricky Bruch (Sweden) 4............................Géza Fejér (Hungary) 5............... Lothar Milde (East Germany) 6...Klaus-Peter Hennig (West Germany) 7...... Dirk Wippermann (West Germany) 8................................... Tim Vollmer (US) 9........................Ferenc Tégla (Hungary) 10......... Hartmut Losch (East Germany) 1972 1...........Ludvík Daněk (Czechoslovakia) 2.......................... Ricky Bruch (Sweden) 3..................................Jay Silvester (US) 4..........John van Reenen (South Africa) 5...................................John Powell (US) 6............................Géza Fejér (Hungary) 7............. Detlef Thorith (East Germany) 8........................Ferenc Tégla (Hungary) 9................................... Tim Vollmer (US) 10....... Vladimir Lyakhov (Soviet Union) 1973 1.......................... Ricky Bruch (Sweden) 2.........................Pentti Kahma (Finland) 3.......Siegfried Pachale (East Germany) 4...................................John Powell (US) 5......................Markku Tuokko (Finland) 6............................Géza Fejér (Hungary) 7................................... Tim Vollmer (US) 8................................... Mac Wilkins (US) 9..................................Jay Silvester (US) 10.........................Silvano Simeon (Italy) 1974 1.........................Pentti Kahma (Finland) 2...................................John Powell (US) 3.......................... Ricky Bruch (Sweden) 4...........Ludvík Daněk (Czechoslovakia) 5..........John van Reenen (South Africa) 6................................... Mac Wilkins (US) 7.......Siegfried Pachale (East Germany) 8......................Markku Tuokko (Finland) 9........ Hein-Direck Neu (West Germany) 10.........................Velko Velev (Bulgaria) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s Discus 1975 1..... Wolfgang Schmidt (East Germany) 2.......................... Ricky Bruch (Sweden) 3...................................John Powell (US) 4......................Markku Tuokko (Finland) 5.........................Pentti Kahma (Finland) 6................................... Mac Wilkins (US) 7..........John van Reenen (South Africa) 8...........Ludvík Daněk (Czechoslovakia) 9........ Hein-Direck Neu (West Germany) 10.....Siegfried Pachale (East Germany) 1976 1................................... Mac Wilkins (US) 2..... Wolfgang Schmidt (East Germany) 3...................................John Powell (US) 4........... Norbert Thiede (East Germany) 5.......Siegfried Pachale (East Germany) 6.........................Pentti Kahma (Finland) 7.........................Knut Hjeltnes (Norway) 8...Hans-Jürgen Jacobi (East Germany) 9..................................Jay Silvester (US) 10.........Ludvík Daněk (Czechoslovakia) 1977 1..... Wolfgang Schmidt (East Germany) 2................................... Mac Wilkins (US) 3......................Markku Tuokko (Finland) 4...................................John Powell (US) 5.....................................Ken Stadel (US) 6..............Nikolay Vikhor (Soviet Union) 7.........................Knut Hjeltnes (Norway) 8........ Hein-Direck Neu (West Germany) 9............ Alwin Wagner (West Germany) 10....... Vladimir Lyakhov (Soviet Union) 1978 1..... Wolfgang Schmidt (East Germany) 2................................... Mac Wilkins (US) 3.....................................Ken Stadel (US) 4......................Markku Tuokko (Finland) 5............Imrich Bugár (Czechoslovakia) 6...........................Velko Velev (Bulgaria) 7.........................Knut Hjeltnes (Norway) 8............ Alwin Wagner (West Germany) 9....Wolfgang Warnemünde (East Germany) 10... Viktor Rashchupkin (Soviet Union) 1979 1..... Wolfgang Schmidt (East Germany) 2......................Markku Tuokko (Finland) 3.........................Knut Hjeltnes (Norway) 4................................... Mac Wilkins (US) 5.....................................Ken Stadel (US) 6...................................John Powell (US) 7...........................Velko Velev (Bulgaria) 8...................................Luis Delís (Cuba) 9........................................ Al Oerter (US) 10..............................Ben Plucknett (US) 1980 1................................... Mac Wilkins (US) 2..... Wolfgang Schmidt (East Germany) 3...................................Luis Delís (Cuba) 4.........................Knut Hjeltnes (Norway) 5...................................John Powell (US) 6................................Ben Plucknett (US) 7..... Viktor Rashchupkin (Soviet Union) 8............Imrich Bugár (Czechoslovakia) 9.............Yuriy Dumchev (Soviet Union) 10....................Markku Tuokko (Finland) 1981 1................................Ben Plucknett (US) 2..... Wolfgang Schmidt (East Germany) 3...................................Luis Delís (Cuba) 4...................................John Powell (US) 5.............Armin Lemme (East Germany) 6............Imrich Bugár (Czechoslovakia) 7......................Markku Tuokko (Finland) 8.......................................Art Burns (US) 9.........................Knut Hjeltnes (Norway) 10.......................... Iosif Nagy (Romania) 1982 1...................................Luis Delís (Cuba) 2............Imrich Bugár (Czechoslovakia) 3................................... Mac Wilkins (US) 4.......................................Art Burns (US) 5.............Armin Lemme (East Germany) 6...................................John Powell (US) 7..............Igor Duginyets (Soviet Union) 8.............Yuriy Dumchev (Soviet Union) 9Georgiy Kolnootchenko (Soviet Union) 10...Wolfgang Warnemünde (East Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s Discus 1983 1............Imrich Bugár (Czechoslovakia) 2...................................Luis Delís (Cuba) 3.............Gejza Valent (Czechoslovakia) 4...................................John Powell (US) 5................................Ben Plucknett (US) 6............................Juan Martínez (Cuba) 7.......................................Art Burns (US) 8................................... Mac Wilkins (US) 9.............Jürgen Schult (East Germany) 10...........Yuriy Dumchev (Soviet Union) 1984 1...................................Luis Delís (Cuba) 2............Imrich Bugár (Czechoslovakia) 3................................... Mac Wilkins (US) 4...................................John Powell (US) 5............................Juan Martínez (Cuba) 6.............Gejza Valent (Czechoslovakia) 7.............Yuriy Dumchev (Soviet Union) 8......... Rolf Danneberg (West Germany) 9.......................................Art Burns (US) 10...........Jürgen Schult (East Germany) 1985 1...................................Luis Delís (Cuba) 2............Imrich Bugár (Czechoslovakia) 3...Georgiy Kolnootchenko (Soviet Union) 4.........................Knut Hjeltnes (Norway) 5............................Juan Martínez (Cuba) 6.............Gejza Valent (Czechoslovakia) 7.............Jürgen Schult (East Germany) 8.............Yuriy Dumchev (Soviet Union) 9........... Dmitriy Kovtsun (Soviet Union) 10.....................................Art Burns (US) 1986 1.............Romas Ubartas (Soviet Union) 2.........................Knut Hjeltnes (Norway) 3.........Vaclovas Kidykas (Soviet Union) 4.......................................Art Burns (US) 5............Imrich Bugár (Czechoslovakia) 6...Georgiy Kolnootchenko (Soviet Union) 7...................................Luis Delís (Cuba) 8.............Jürgen Schult (East Germany) 9............................Juan Martínez (Cuba) 10....................... Erik de Bruin (Holland) 1987 1.............Jürgen Schult (East Germany) 2...................................Luis Delís (Cuba) 3......... Rolf Danneberg (West Germany) 4...................................John Powell (US) 5...............Viadimir Zinchenko (Ukraine) 6.............Romas Ubartas (Soviet Union) 7............Imrich Bugár (Czechoslovakia) 8.........Vaclovas Kidykas (Soviet Union) 9........Alois Hannecker (West Germany) 10......... Dmitriy Kovtsun (Soviet Union) 1988 1.............Jürgen Schult (East Germany) 2.............Romas Ubartas (Soviet Union) 3......... Rolf Danneberg (West Germany) 4.............Yuriy Dumchev (Soviet Union) 5................................... Mac Wilkins (US) 6.....Wolfgang Schmidt (West Germany) 7......Vladimir Zinchenko (Soviet Union) 8............................Juan Martínez (Cuba) 9...................................Luis Delís (Cuba) 10...........Gejza Valent (Czechoslovakia) 1989 1.............Jürgen Schult (East Germany) 2.....Wolfgang Schmidt (West Germany) 3...................................Luis Delís (Cuba) 4......................... Erik de Bruin (Holland) 5......... Rolf Danneberg (West Germany) 6.............Romas Ubartas (Soviet Union) 7.............Gejza Valent (Czechoslovakia) 8............Imrich Bugár (Czechoslovakia) 9...................................Mike Buncic (US) 10............................Kamy Keshmiri (US) 1990 1.....Wolfgang Schmidt (West Germany) 2.............Romas Ubartas (Soviet Union) 3.............Jürgen Schult (East Germany) 4.........Vaclovas Kidykas (Soviet Union) 5......................... Erik de Bruin (Holland) 6......... Rolf Danneberg (West Germany) 7............................Juan Martínez (Cuba) 8..............................Kamy Keshmiri (US) 9........Alois Hannecker (West Germany) 10........ Vasiliy Kaptyukh (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s Discus 1991 1...................Romas Ubartas (Lithuania) 2..........................Lars Riedel (Germany) 3.......................Attila Horváth (Hungary) 4...................................Mike Buncic (US) 5..............Wolfgang Schmidt (Germany) 6..................... Jürgen Schult (Germany) 7..............................Kamy Keshmiri (US) 8......................... Erik de Bruin (Holland) 9...............Vaclovas Kidykas (Lithuania) 10......................... Ade Olukoju (Nigeria) 1992 1...................Romas Ubartas (Lithuania) 2..........................Lars Riedel (Germany) 3..................... Jürgen Schult (Germany) 4....................Anthony Washington (US) 5..............Wolfgang Schmidt (Germany) 6....................... Costel Grasu (Romania) 7.......................Attila Horváth (Hungary) 8............................Roberto Moya (Cuba) 9...............Vaclovas Kidykas (Lithuania) 10.............Dmitriy Shevchenko (Russia) 1993 1..........................Lars Riedel (Germany) 2...............Dmitriy Shevchenko (Russia) 3....................Anthony Washington (US) 4..................... Jürgen Schult (Germany) 5....................... Costel Grasu (Romania) 6......................Sergey Lyakhov (Russia) 7........................... Ade Olukoju (Nigeria) 8...............Vladimir Zinchenko (Ukraine) 9...............Vaclovas Kidykas (Lithuania) 10.................Vasiliy Kaptyukh (Belarus) 1994 1.........Vladimir Dubrovshchik (Belarus) 2..........................Lars Riedel (Germany) 3...............Dmitriy Shevchenko (Russia) 4......................Sergey Lyakhov (Russia) 5..................... Jürgen Schult (Germany) 6.........................Nick Sweeney (Ireland) 7.......................Attila Horváth (Hungary) 8...............Vladimir Zinchenko (Ukraine) 9...........................Alexis Elizalde (Cuba) 10......................... Ade Olukoju (Nigeria) 1995 1..........................Lars Riedel (Germany) 2.........Vladimir Dubrovshchik (Belarus) 3...................Vasiliy Kaptyukh (Belarus) 4....................Anthony Washington (US) 5......................Sergey Lyakhov (Russia) 6.......................Attila Horváth (Hungary) 7..................... Jürgen Schult (Germany) 8........................... Ade Olukoju (Nigeria) 9..................................John Godina (US) 10.........................Alexis Elizalde (Cuba) 1996 1..........................Lars Riedel (Germany) 2....................Anthony Washington (US) 3.........Vladimir Dubrovshchik (Belarus) 4...................Vasiliy Kaptyukh (Belarus) 5.................Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) 6..................... Jürgen Schult (Germany) 7.......................Vitaliy Sidorov (Ukraine) 8............Michael Möllenbeck (Germany) 9......................Sergey Lyakhov (Russia) 10.............Vaclovas Kidykas (Lithuania) 1997 1..........................Lars Riedel (Germany) 2.................Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) 3..................... Jürgen Schult (Germany) 4..................................John Godina (US) 5...................................Adam Setliff (US) 6.........Vladimir Dubrovshchik (Belarus) 7................... Andreas Seelig (Germany) 8...................Robert Weir (Great Britain) 9...................Vasiliy Kaptyukh (Belarus) 10........................ Jason Tunks (Canada) 1998 1.................Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) 2..........................Lars Riedel (Germany) 3..................................John Godina (US) 4...................................Adam Setliff (US) 5..................... Jürgen Schult (Germany) 6....................Róbert Fazekas (Hungary) 7...............Dmitriy Shevchenko (Russia) 8................Frantz Kruger (South Africa) 9....................Anthony Washington (US) 10................................ Andy Bloom (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s Discus 1999 1....................Anthony Washington (US) 2..........................Lars Riedel (Germany) 3..................... Jürgen Schult (Germany) 4.................Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) 5.................................. Andy Bloom (US) 6............Michael Möllenbeck (Germany) 7..................................John Godina (US) 8................Frantz Kruger (South Africa) 9...............Vaclovas Kidykas (Lithuania) 10.......Vladimir Dubrovshchik (Belarus) 2000 1.................Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) 2..........................Lars Riedel (Germany) 3................Frantz Kruger (South Africa) 4...................Vasiliy Kaptyukh (Belarus) 5...................................Adam Setliff (US) 6.........Vladimir Dubrovshchik (Belarus) 7.............Aleksander Tammert (Estonia) 8.......................... Jason Tunks (Canada) 9..................... Jürgen Schult (Germany) 10..........Michael Möllenbeck (Germany) 2001 1.................Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) 2..........................Lars Riedel (Germany) 3................Frantz Kruger (South Africa) 4...................................Adam Setliff (US) 5............Michael Möllenbeck (Germany) 6...............Dmitriy Shevchenko (Russia) 7.......................... Jason Tunks (Canada) 8...................Vasiliy Kaptyukh (Belarus) 9.............Aleksander Tammert (Estonia) 10..................Róbert Fazekas (Hungary) 2002 1....................Róbert Fazekas (Hungary) 2................Frantz Kruger (South Africa) 3.................Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) 4............Michael Möllenbeck (Germany) 5.......................... Mario Pestano (Spain) 6.............Aleksander Tammert (Estonia) 7....................... Roland Varga (Hungary) 8..........................Lars Riedel (Germany) 9...............Dmitriy Shevchenko (Russia) 10................... Zoltán Kővágó (Hungary) 2003 1.................Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) 2....................Róbert Fazekas (Hungary) 3...................Vasiliy Kaptyukh (Belarus) 4..........................Lars Riedel (Germany) 5............Michael Möllenbeck (Germany) 6................Frantz Kruger (South Africa) 7.............Aleksander Tammert (Estonia) 8.................................... Carl Brown (US) 9...........................Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 10........................ Mario Pestano (Spain) 2004 1.................Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) 2..................... Zoltán Kővágó (Hungary) 3.............Aleksander Tammert (Estonia) 4.......................... Mario Pestano (Spain) 5..........................Lars Riedel (Germany) 6...........................Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 7...................Vasiliy Kaptyukh (Belarus) 8................Frantz Kruger (South Africa) 9................................Casey Malone (US) 10............Hannes Hopley (South Africa) 2005 1.................Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) 2...........................Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 3.............Aleksander Tammert (Estonia) 4................Frantz Kruger (South Africa) 5..................... Zoltán Kővágó (Hungary) 6.......................... Mario Pestano (Spain) 7............Michael Möllenbeck (Germany) 8........................................ Ian Waltz (US) 9..................................Jarred Rome (US) 10........................ Jason Tunks (Canada) 2006 1.................Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) 2...........................Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 3..................... Zoltán Kővágó (Hungary) 4........................................ Ian Waltz (US) 5.............Aleksander Tammert (Estonia) 6..................Piotr Małachowski (Poland) 7.......................... Mario Pestano (Spain) 8.......................... Frank Casañas (Cuba) 9..................................Jarred Rome (US) 10........................Lars Riedel (Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s Discus 2007 1...........................Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 2.................Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) 3.................... Robert Harting (Germany) 4.........................Rutger Smith (Holland) 5..................Piotr Małachowski (Poland) 6.......................... Gábor Máté (Hungary) 7.............................. Ehsan Hadadi (Iran) 8.......................... Mario Pestano (Spain) 9......................Omar El-Ghazaly (Egypt) 10................... Zoltán Kővágó (Hungary) 2008 1...........................Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 2..................Piotr Małachowski (Poland) 3.................... Robert Harting (Germany) 4.................Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) 5.............................. Ehsan Hadadi (Iran) 6.......................... Mario Pestano (Spain) 7......................... Frank Casañas (Spain) 8..................... Zoltán Kővágó (Hungary) 9.......................... Gábor Máté (Hungary) 10.......................Rutger Smith (Holland) 2009 1.................... Robert Harting (Germany) 2..................Piotr Małachowski (Poland) 3...........................Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 4.................Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) 5..................... Zoltán Kővágó (Hungary) 6................................Casey Malone (US) 7.......................... Mario Pestano (Spain) 8......................... Frank Casañas (Spain) 9...........Bogdan Pishchalnikov (Russia) 10....................Omar El-Ghazaly (Egypt) 2010 1.................... Robert Harting (Germany) 2..................Piotr Małachowski (Poland) 3...........................Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 4..................... Zoltán Kővágó (Hungary) 5....................Róbert Fazekas (Hungary) 6.................Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) 7.......................... Mario Pestano (Spain) 8................................Casey Malone (US) 9...................Benn Harradine (Australia) 10............................ Ehsan Hadadi (Iran) 2011 1.................... Robert Harting (Germany) 2...........................Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 3.................Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) 4.............................. Ehsan Hadadi (Iran) 5..................Piotr Małachowski (Poland) 6..................... Zoltán Kõvágó (Hungary) 7..............................Märt Israel (Estonia) 8...................Benn Harradine (Australia) 9......................... Frank Casañas (Spain) 10...........................Erik Cadée (Holland) 2012 1.................... Robert Harting (Germany) 2...........................Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 3.............................. Ehsan Hadadi (Iran) 4.................Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) 5..................Piotr Małachowski (Poland) 6...................... Martin Wierig (Germany) 7......................... Frank Casañas (Spain) 8.............................Erik Cadée (Holland) 9...........................Lawrence Okoye (GB) 10............................Vikas Gowda (India) 2013 1................... Robert Harting (Germany) 2................. Piotr Małachowski (Poland) 3.......................... Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 4............................. Ehsan Hadadi (Iran) 5..................... Martin Wierig (Germany) 6..................... Robert Urbanek (Poland) 7............................ Erik Cadée (Holland) 8............................. Vikas Gowda (India) 9........................ Frank Casañas (Spain) 10.............. Victor Hogan (South Africa) 2014 1.................... Robert Harting (Germany) 2..................Piotr Małachowski (Poland) 3...........................Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 4....................... Jorge Fernández (Cuba) 5......................Robert Urbanek (Poland) 6...................... Martin Wierig (Germany) 7.............................. Ehsan Hadadi (Iran) 8....................... Viktor Butenko (Russia) 9...................... Philip Milanov (Belgium) 10............................Vikas Gowda (India) © Track & Field News 2018 — 10 — World Rankings — Men’s Discus 2015 1..................Piotr Małachowski (Poland) 2......................Robert Urbanek (Poland) 3...................... Philip Milanov (Belgium) 4...........................Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 5...............Christoph Harting (Germany) 6..............................Vikas Gowda (India) 7................. Apostolos Parellis (Cyprus) 8...........................Daniel Ståhl (Sweden) 9...................Benn Harradine (Australia) 10................... Zoltán Kővágó (Hungary) 2016 1..................Piotr Małachowski (Poland) 2...............Christoph Harting (Germany) 3............ Lukas Weißhaidinger (Austria) 4................... Robert Harting (Germany) 5...................... Philip Milanov (Belgium) 6...........................Daniel Ståhl (Sweden) 7....................... Martin Kupper (Estonia) 8......................Robert Urbanek (Poland) 9...........................Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 10................... Zoltán Kővágó (Hungary) 2017 1................ Andrius Gudžius (Lithuania) 2...........................Daniel Ståhl (Sweden) 3.....................Fedrick Dacres (Jamaica) 4..................Piotr Małachowski (Poland) 5...................... Philip Milanov (Belgium) 6.................................Mason Finley (US) 7.................... Robert Harting (Germany) 8............ Lukas Weißhaidinger (Austria) 9......................Robert Urbanek (Poland) 10.................... Martin Wierig (Germany)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s Hammer 1947 1........................ Imre Németh (Hungary) 2............................ Bo Ericson (Sweden) 3.................... Ivan Gubijan (Yugoslavia) 4....................Karl Hein (West Germany) 5................ Karl Storch (West Germany) 6.................................. Bob Bennett (US) 7...... Jaroslav Knotek (Czechoslovakia) 8....Aleksandr Shekhtyel (Soviet Union) 9.................... Karl Wolf (West Germany) 10................. Reino Kuivamäki (Finland) 1948 1........................ Imre Németh (Hungary) 2................ Karl Storch (West Germany) 3.........Aleksandr Kanaki (Soviet Union) 4............................ Bo Ericson (Sweden) 5.................... Ivan Gubijan (Yugoslavia) 6.................... Karl Wolf (West Germany) 7....................Karl Hein (West Germany) 8....Aleksandr Shekhtyel (Soviet Union) 9.................................... Sam Felton (US) 10................................ Bob Bennett (US) 1949 1........................ Imre Németh (Hungary) 2.........Aleksandr Kanaki (Soviet Union) 3................ Karl Storch (West Germany) 4.................... Karl Wolf (West Germany) 5.................... Ivan Gubijan (Yugoslavia) 6...............................Teseo Taddia (Italy) 7.................................... Sam Felton (US) 8................................. Henry Dreyer (US) 9...................... Sverre Strandli (Norway) 10.......................... Bo Ericson (Sweden) 1950 1........................ Imre Németh (Hungary) 2...................... Sverre Strandli (Norway) 3...............................Teseo Taddia (Italy) 4................ Karl Storch (West Germany) 5.........Aleksandr Kanaki (Soviet Union) 6.................... Karl Wolf (West Germany) 7.................................... Sam Felton (US) 8.................Jiří Dadák (Czechoslovakia) 9................Duncan Clark (Great Britain) 10.... Jaroslav Knotek (Czechoslovakia) © jiro mochizuki/photo run Oft-injured Koji Murofushi really spread out his 4 No. 1s, topping the charts in ’01, ’04, ’06 & ’10 © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s Hammer 1951 1...................... Sverre Strandli (Norway) 2........................ Imre Németh (Hungary) 3.................... Karl Wolf (West Germany) 4................ Karl Storch (West Germany) 5.................Jiří Dadák (Czechoslovakia) 6.................... Danilo Žerjal (Yugoslavia) 7.................................... Sam Felton (US) 8...............................Teseo Taddia (Italy) 9...................József Csermák (Hungary) 10....... Georgiy Dybenko (Soviet Union) 1952 1................ Karl Storch (West Germany) 2........................ Imre Németh (Hungary) 3...................József Csermák (Hungary) 4...................... Sverre Strandli (Norway) 5...... Mikhail Krivonosov (Soviet Union) 6.................... Karl Wolf (West Germany) 7.................Jiří Dadák (Czechoslovakia) 8........... Nikolay Ryedkin (Soviet Union) 9............................. Danilo Cereali (Italy) 10....... Georgiy Dybenko (Soviet Union) 1953 1...................... Sverre Strandli (Norway) 2...................József Csermák (Hungary) 3...... Mikhail Krivonosov (Soviet Union) 4.................... Ivan Gubijan (Yugoslavia) 5...............Miloš Máca (Czechoslovakia) 6........................ Imre Németh (Hungary) 7... Stanislav Nyenashev (Soviet Union) 8................................... Marty Engel (US) 9................ Karl Storch (West Germany) 10......... Constantin Spiridon (Romania) 1954 1...... Mikhail Krivonosov (Soviet Union) 2...................... Sverre Strandli (Norway) 3...................József Csermák (Hungary) 4............................Tadeusz Rut (Poland) 5........... Nikolay Ryedkin (Soviet Union) 6................ Karl Storch (West Germany) 7...............Miloš Máca (Czechoslovakia) 8... Stanislav Nyenashev (Soviet Union) 9.................... Ivan Gubijan (Yugoslavia) 10...............Muhammad Iqbal (Pakistan) 1955 1...... Mikhail Krivonosov (Soviet Union) 2..................................Hal Connolly (US) 3...................József Csermák (Hungary) 4........... Nikolay Ryedkin (Soviet Union) 5...............Miloš Máca (Czechoslovakia) 6............................Tadeusz Rut (Poland) 7...................... Sverre Strandli (Norway) 8........... Fyodor Tkachev (Soviet Union) 9... Stanislav Nyenashev (Soviet Union) 10Vladimir Plyechenkov (Soviet Union) 1956 1..................................Hal Connolly (US) 2...... Mikhail Krivonosov (Soviet Union) 3Anatoliy Samotsvyetov (Soviet Union) 4............................................ Al Hall (US) 5........... Dmitriy Yegorov (Soviet Union) 6............................Tadeusz Rut (Poland) 7...................József Csermák (Hungary) 8...................... Sverre Strandli (Norway) 9.................Krešimir Račić (Yugoslavia) 10..................................... Cliff Blair (US) 1957 1...... Mikhail Krivonosov (Soviet Union) 2............................................ Al Hall (US) 3..................................Hal Connolly (US) 4.................Zvonko Bezjak (Yugoslavia) 5.......................Mike Ellis (Great Britain) 6Anatoliy Samotsvyetov (Soviet Union) 7............................Tadeusz Rut (Poland) 8........... Fyodor Tkachev (Soviet Union) 9........................ Olgierd Ciepły (Poland) 10.................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 1958 1............................Tadeusz Rut (Poland) 2..................................Hal Connolly (US) 3............................................ Al Hall (US) 4...... Mikhail Krivonosov (Soviet Union) 5Anatoliy Samotsvyetov (Soviet Union) 6......... Vasiliy Rudenkov (Soviet Union) 7.................Yuriy Nikulin (Soviet Union) 8...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 9........................ Olgierd Ciepły (Poland) 10...............Zvonko Bezjak (Yugoslavia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s Hammer 1959 1......... Vasiliy Rudenkov (Soviet Union) 2..................................Hal Connolly (US) 3..................... Birger Asplund (Sweden) 4...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 5............................Tadeusz Rut (Poland) 6Anatoliy Samotsvyetov (Soviet Union) 7.................Yuriy Nikulin (Soviet Union) 8........................ Olgierd Ciepły (Poland) 9.......................Mike Ellis (Great Britain) 10..........................John Lawlor (Ireland) 1960 1......... Vasiliy Rudenkov (Soviet Union) 2..................................Hal Connolly (US) 3...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 4............................Tadeusz Rut (Poland) 5Anatoliy Samotsvyetov (Soviet Union) 6.................Yuriy Nikulin (Soviet Union) 7...... Aleksey Baltovskiy (Soviet Union) 8............................John Lawlor (Ireland) 9.................Zvonko Bezjak (Yugoslavia) 10..........Yuriy Bakarinov (Soviet Union) 1961 1......... Vasiliy Rudenkov (Soviet Union) 2..................................Hal Connolly (US) 3........................ Heinrich Thun (Austria) 4............Yuriy Bakarinov (Soviet Union) 5..................... Birger Asplund (Sweden) 6...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 7............................Tadeusz Rut (Poland) 8...... Aleksey Baltovskiy (Soviet Union) 9Anatoliy Samotsvyetov (Soviet Union) 10................... Noboru Okamoto (Japan) 1962 1..................................Hal Connolly (US) 2...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 3...... Aleksey Baltovskiy (Soviet Union) 4............Yuriy Bakarinov (Soviet Union) 5........................ Heinrich Thun (Austria) 6......... Vasiliy Rudenkov (Soviet Union) 7....... Josef Matoušek (Czechoslovakia) 8............................................ Al Hall (US) 9........................ Olgierd Ciepły (Poland) 10...............Yuriy Nikulin (Soviet Union) 1963 1...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 2..................................Hal Connolly (US) 3........................ Heinrich Thun (Austria) 4.Gennadiy Kondrashov (Soviet Union) 5....... Josef Matoušek (Czechoslovakia) 6............Yuriy Bakarinov (Soviet Union) 7...................... Takeo Sugawara (Japan) 8........................ Olgierd Ciepły (Poland) 9...............Romuald Klim (Soviet Union) 10...............Yuriy Nikulin (Soviet Union) 1964 1...............Romuald Klim (Soviet Union) 2...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 3............Yuriy Bakarinov (Soviet Union) 4..................................Hal Connolly (US) 5........................ Heinrich Thun (Austria) 6.................Yuriy Nikulin (Soviet Union) 7................. Uwe Beyer (West Germany) 8.............Sándor Eckschmidt (Hungary) 9.Gennadiy Kondrashov (Soviet Union) 10....... Vasiliy Rudenkov (Soviet Union) 1965 1...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 2...............Romuald Klim (Soviet Union) 3..................................Hal Connolly (US) 4........................................Ed Burke (US) 5.Gennadiy Kondrashov (Soviet Union) 6................. Uwe Beyer (West Germany) 7.................Yuriy Nikulin (Soviet Union) 8...... Aleksey Baltovskiy (Soviet Union) 9....... Josef Matoušek (Czechoslovakia) 10................Martin Lotz (East Germany) 1966 1...............Romuald Klim (Soviet Union) 2...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 3..................................Hal Connolly (US) 4........................................Ed Burke (US) 5................. Uwe Beyer (West Germany) 6.Gennadiy Kondrashov (Soviet Union) 7.........................Enrique Samuel (Cuba) 8........... Manfred Losch (East Germany) 9......Vladimir Tribunskiy (Soviet Union) 10.... Aleksey Baltovskiy (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s Hammer 1967 1...............Romuald Klim (Soviet Union) 2........................................Ed Burke (US) 3................. Uwe Beyer (West Germany) 4...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 5.Gennadiy Kondrashov (Soviet Union) 6.............Sándor Eckschmidt (Hungary) 7......Vladimir Tribunskiy (Soviet Union) 8.................Yuriy Nikulin (Soviet Union) 9Anatoliy Shchuplyakov (Soviet Union) 10..........................Guy Husson (France) 1968 1...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 2...............Romuald Klim (Soviet Union) 3.Gennadiy Kondrashov (Soviet Union) 4...... Reinhard Theimer (East Germany) 5........................Lázár Lovász (Hungary) 6...................... Takeo Sugawara (Japan) 7Anatoliy Shchuplyakov (Soviet Union) 8...Anatoliy Bondarchuk (Soviet Union) 9.............Sándor Eckschmidt (Hungary) 10............... Uwe Beyer (West Germany) 1969 1...Anatoliy Bondarchuk (Soviet Union) 2...............Romuald Klim (Soviet Union) 3...... Reinhard Theimer (East Germany) 4...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 5Anatoliy Shchuplyakov (Soviet Union) 6................................ George Frenn (US) 7................. Uwe Beyer (West Germany) 8.................Hans Fahsl (West Germany) 9..................................Hal Connolly (US) 10.................... Takeo Sugawara (Japan) 1970 1...Anatoliy Bondarchuk (Soviet Union) 2................. Uwe Beyer (West Germany) 3...............Romuald Klim (Soviet Union) 4...... Reinhard Theimer (East Germany) 5...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 6...........Jochen Sachse (East Germany) 7...... Anatoliy Maksimov (Soviet Union) 8..........Walter Schmidt (West Germany) 9...Vasiliy Khmyelevskiy (Soviet Union) 10....................... István Encsi (Hungary) 1971 1................. Uwe Beyer (West Germany) 2...Anatoliy Bondarchuk (Soviet Union) 3...... Reinhard Theimer (East Germany) 4...............Romuald Klim (Soviet Union) 5................Iosif Gamskiy (Soviet Union) 6..........Walter Schmidt (West Germany) 7...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 8...........Jochen Sachse (East Germany) 9...Vasiliy Khmyelevskiy (Soviet Union) 10....................... István Encsi (Hungary) 1972 1...Anatoliy Bondarchuk (Soviet Union) 2...........Jochen Sachse (East Germany) 3...Vasiliy Khmyelevskiy (Soviet Union) 4................. Uwe Beyer (West Germany) 5............... Edwin Klein (West Germany) 6.......Karl-Hans Riehm (West Germany) 7...... Valentin Dmitrenko (Soviet Union) 8.............Sándor Eckschmidt (Hungary) 9...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 10.... Reinhard Theimer (East Germany) 1973 1...Anatoliy Bondarchuk (Soviet Union) 2...... Valentin Dmitrenko (Soviet Union) 3......Aleksey Spiridonov (Soviet Union) 4...... Reinhard Theimer (East Germany) 5.......Karl-Hans Riehm (West Germany) 6................. Uwe Beyer (West Germany) 7............... Edwin Klein (West Germany) 8...........Jochen Sachse (East Germany) 9...Vasiliy Khmyelevskiy (Soviet Union) 10..............Iosif Gamskiy (Soviet Union) 1974 1......Aleksey Spiridonov (Soviet Union) 2...... Reinhard Theimer (East Germany) 3...... Valentin Dmitrenko (Soviet Union) 4...........Jochen Sachse (East Germany) 5.. Dzhumber Pkhakadze (Soviet Union) 6...Anatoliy Bondarchuk (Soviet Union) 7............... Edwin Klein (West Germany) 8................. Uwe Beyer (West Germany) 9.........Manfred Hüning (West Germany) 10...... Karl-Heinz Beilig (East Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s Hammer 1975 1.......Karl-Hans Riehm (West Germany) 2...... Valentin Dmitrenko (Soviet Union) 3...........Jochen Sachse (East Germany) 4......Aleksey Spiridonov (Soviet Union) 5..........Walter Schmidt (West Germany) 6.. Dzhumber Pkhakadze (Soviet Union) 7.........Manfred Hüning (West Germany) 8........ Aleksey Malyukov (Soviet Union) 9..........Valeriy Valentyuk (Soviet Union) 10.............Adam Barnard (South Africa) 1976 1............... Yuriy Syedikh (Soviet Union) 2......Aleksey Spiridonov (Soviet Union) 3...Anatoliy Bondarchuk (Soviet Union) 4.......Karl-Hans Riehm (West Germany) 5.. Dzhumber Pkhakadze (Soviet Union) 6..........Walter Schmidt (West Germany) 7...... Valentin Dmitrenko (Soviet Union) 8...........Jochen Sachse (East Germany) 9.......... Anatoliy Yakunin (Soviet Union) 10................. Chris Black (Great Britain) 1977 1.......Karl-Hans Riehm (West Germany) 2...... Valentin Dmitrenko (Soviet Union) 3............... Boris Zaichuk (Soviet Union) 4...........Jochen Sachse (East Germany) 5..............Roland Steuk (East Germany) 6..............Emanuil Dyulgerov (Bulgaria) 7............... Yuriy Syedikh (Soviet Union) 8.........Aleksandr Kozlov (Soviet Union) 9........... Manfred Seidel (East Germany) 10................. Chris Black (Great Britain) 1978 1............... Yuriy Syedikh (Soviet Union) 2.......Karl-Hans Riehm (West Germany) 3..............Roland Steuk (East Germany) 4............... Boris Zaichuk (Soviet Union) 5.....Detlef Gerstenberg (East Germany) 6...... Valentin Dmitrenko (Soviet Union) 7.........Manfred Hüning (West Germany) 8........ Aleksey Malyukov (Soviet Union) 9....Aleksandr Bunyeyev (Soviet Union) 10.......... Sergey Litvinov (Soviet Union) 1979 1............ Sergey Litvinov (Soviet Union) 2.......Karl-Hans Riehm (West Germany) 3.........Manfred Hüning (West Germany) 4.........Klaus Ploghaus (West Germany) 5..............Roland Steuk (East Germany) 6............... Yuriy Syedikh (Soviet Union) 7........ Aleksey Malyukov (Soviet Union) 8.....Detlef Gerstenberg (East Germany) 9............... Boris Zaichuk (Soviet Union) 10..Aleksandr Bunyeyev (Soviet Union) 1980 1............... Yuriy Syedikh (Soviet Union) 2.......Karl-Hans Riehm (West Germany) 3............ Sergey Litvinov (Soviet Union) 4................... Igor Nikulin (Soviet Union) 5.....................Jüri Tamm (Soviet Union) 6............... Boris Zaichuk (Soviet Union) 7........ Aleksey Malyukov (Soviet Union) 8.........Klaus Ploghaus (West Germany) 9.........Aleksandr Kozlov (Soviet Union) 10............Roland Steuk (East Germany) 1981 1............... Yuriy Syedikh (Soviet Union) 2.......Karl-Hans Riehm (West Germany) 3.........Klaus Ploghaus (West Germany) 4............ Sergey Litvinov (Soviet Union) 5..............Roland Steuk (East Germany) 6.....................Jüri Tamm (Soviet Union) 7......................... Harri Huhtala (Finland) 8................... Igor Nikulin (Soviet Union) 9.................Pavel Ryepin (Soviet Union) 10........................ Juha Tiainen (Finland) 1982 1............... Yuriy Syedikh (Soviet Union) 2................... Igor Nikulin (Soviet Union) 3............ Sergey Litvinov (Soviet Union) 4..............Yuriy Tarasyuk (Soviet Union) 5.....Detlef Gerstenberg (East Germany) 6.........Klaus Ploghaus (West Germany) 7....................... Ireneusz Golda (Poland) 8......................... Harri Huhtala (Finland) 9..............Roland Steuk (East Germany) 10.....Karl-Hans Riehm (West Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s Hammer 1983 1............ Sergey Litvinov (Soviet Union) 2............... Yuriy Syedikh (Soviet Union) 3................... Igor Nikulin (Soviet Union) 4................... Zdzisław Kwaśny (Poland) 5..............Yuriy Tarasyuk (Soviet Union) 6.......Anatoliy Chyuzhas (Soviet Union) 7........Grigoriy Shevtsov (Soviet Union) 8.......Günther Rodehau (East Germany) 9.......Karl-Hans Riehm (West Germany) 10........................ Juha Tiainen (Finland) 1984 1............... Yuriy Syedikh (Soviet Union) 2................... Igor Nikulin (Soviet Union) 3............ Sergey Litvinov (Soviet Union) 4.....................Jüri Tamm (Soviet Union) 5.......................... Juha Tiainen (Finland) 6..............Yuriy Tarasyuk (Soviet Union) 7.....Detlef Gerstenberg (East Germany) 8.......Günther Rodehau (East Germany) 9...................Ralf Haber (East Germany) 10.....Karl-Hans Riehm (West Germany) 1985 1.....................Jüri Tamm (Soviet Union) 2............... Yuriy Syedikh (Soviet Union) 3.......... Matthias Moder (East Germany) 4......Christoph Sahner (West Germany) 5.......Günther Rodehau (East Germany) 6....... František Vrbka (Czechoslovakia) 7..............Igor Grigorash (Soviet Union) 8.........Klaus Ploghaus (West Germany) 9......... Vasiliy Sidorenko (Soviet Union) 10..........Jorg Schaefer (West Germany) 1986 1............... Yuriy Syedikh (Soviet Union) 2............ Sergey Litvinov (Soviet Union) 3................... Igor Nikulin (Soviet Union) 4.....................Jüri Tamm (Soviet Union) 5.... Benjaminas Viluckis (Soviet Union) 6.......Günther Rodehau (East Germany) 7............Jorg Schaefer (West Germany) 8...................Ralf Haber (East Germany) 9......Christoph Sahner (West Germany) 10.......Klaus Ploghaus (West Germany) 1987 1............ Sergey Litvinov (Soviet Union) 2................... Igor Nikulin (Soviet Union) 3.....................Jüri Tamm (Soviet Union) 4..........Igor Astapkovich (Soviet Union) 5...................Ralf Haber (East Germany) 6......Christoph Sahner (West Germany) 7............... Yuriy Syedikh (Soviet Union) 8.... Benjaminas Viluckis (Soviet Union) 9.................Heinz Weis (West Germany) 10.....Günther Rodehau (East Germany) 1988 1............ Sergey Litvinov (Soviet Union) 2............... Yuriy Syedikh (Soviet Union) 3.....................Jüri Tamm (Soviet Union) 4..........Igor Astapkovich (Soviet Union) 5...................Ralf Haber (East Germany) 6................... Igor Nikulin (Soviet Union) 7.................Heinz Weis (West Germany) 8....................... Tibor Gécsek (Hungary) 9......... Vasiliy Sidorenko (Soviet Union) 10..........................Ivan Tanev (Bulgaria) 1989 1.................Heinz Weis (West Germany) 2..........Igor Astapkovich (Soviet Union) 3............... Yuriy Syedikh (Soviet Union) 4......... Vasiliy Sidorenko (Soviet Union) 5...................Tore Gustafsson (Sweden) 6......Christoph Sahner (West Germany) 7...................Ralf Haber (East Germany) 8.................. Sergey Alay (Soviet Union) 9.....................Jüri Tamm (Soviet Union) 10..........Donatas Plunge (Soviet Union) 1990 1..........Igor Astapkovich (Soviet Union) 2.....Andrey Abduvaliyev (Soviet Union) 3................... Igor Nikulin (Soviet Union) 4............... Yuriy Syedikh (Soviet Union) 5............ Sergey Litvinov (Soviet Union) 6....................... Tibor Gécsek (Hungary) 7......... Vasiliy Sidorenko (Soviet Union) 8.................Heinz Weis (West Germany) 9.....................Jüri Tamm (Soviet Union) 10. Aleksandr Seleznyov (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s Hammer 1991 1............... Yuriy Syedikh (Soviet Union) 2..........Igor Astapkovich (Soviet Union) 3....................... Tibor Gécsek (Hungary) 4.......................... Heinz Weis (Germany) 5.....Andrey Abduvaliyev (Soviet Union) 6................... Igor Nikulin (Soviet Union) 7... Aleksandr Seleznyov (Soviet Union) 8......... Vasiliy Sidorenko (Soviet Union) 9.........................................Ken Flax (US) 10............................Jüri Tamm (Estonia) 1992 1...................Igor Astapkovich (Belarus) 2............................. Igor Nikulin (Russia) 3.......... Andrey Abduvaliyev (Tajikistan) 4......................... Yuriy Syedikh (Russia) 5....................... Tibor Gécsek (Hungary) 6..............................Jüri Tamm (Estonia) 7.......................... Heinz Weis (Germany) 8.....................................Lance Deal (US) 9.................... Andrey Skvaruk (Ukraine) 10..................Sergey Kirmasov (Russia) 1993 1.......... Andrey Abduvaliyev (Tajikistan) 2...................Igor Astapkovich (Belarus) 3...................... Sergey Litvinov (Russia) 4...........................Sergey Alay (Belarus) 5....................... Tibor Gécsek (Hungary) 6................... Vasiliy Sidorenko (Russia) 7............. Aleksandr Seleznyov (Russia) 8....................Sergey Kirmasov (Russia) 9.....................................Lance Deal (US) 10................ Christophe Épalle (France) 1994 1.......... Andrey Abduvaliyev (Tajikistan) 2...................Igor Astapkovich (Belarus) 3................... Vasiliy Sidorenko (Russia) 4.....................................Lance Deal (US) 5.......................... Heinz Weis (Germany) 6............................. Igor Nikulin (Russia) 7....................... Tibor Gécsek (Hungary) 8......................... Yuriy Syedikh (Russia) 9.................. Christophe Épalle (France) 10.................. Andrey Skvaruk (Ukraine) 1995 1...................Igor Astapkovich (Belarus) 2.......... Andrey Abduvaliyev (Tajikistan) 3.......................... Balázs Kiss (Hungary) 4....................... Tibor Gécsek (Hungary) 5.....................................Lance Deal (US) 6........................Ilya Konovalov (Russia) 7............. Aleksandr Seleznyov (Russia) 8...........................Sergey Alay (Belarus) 9.....................Aleksey Krykun (Ukraine) 10................... Raphaël Piolanti (France) 1996 1.....................................Lance Deal (US) 2.......................... Balázs Kiss (Hungary) 3...................Igor Astapkovich (Belarus) 4.................... Andrey Skvaruk (Ukraine) 5.......................... Heinz Weis (Germany) 6.....................Aleksey Krykun (Ukraine) 7........................Ilya Konovalov (Russia) 8...........................Sergey Alay (Belarus) 9..........................Enrico Sgrulletti (Italy) 10..............Szymon Ziółkowski (Poland) 1997 1.......................... Heinz Weis (Germany) 2.......................... Balázs Kiss (Hungary) 3...................Igor Astapkovich (Belarus) 4.................... Andrey Skvaruk (Ukraine) 5................... Vasiliy Sidorenko (Russia) 6........................Ilya Konovalov (Russia) 7................Vadim Khersontsev (Russia) 8.....................Aleksey Krykun (Ukraine) 9.....................Raphaël Piolanti (France) 10..................... Holger Klose (Germany) 1998 1....................... Tibor Gécsek (Hungary) 2.......................... Balázs Kiss (Hungary) 3.......................... Heinz Weis (Germany) 4........Andrey Abduvaliyev (Uzbekistan) 5...................Igor Astapkovich (Belarus) 6................... Vasiliy Sidorenko (Russia) 7......................Karsten Kobs (Germany) 8.......................Adrián Annus (Hungary) 9................Szymon Ziółkowski (Poland) 10...................................Lance Deal (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s Hammer 1999 1......................Karsten Kobs (Germany) 2....................... Tibor Gécsek (Hungary) 3....................... Zsolt Németh (Hungary) 4.......................Adrián Annus (Hungary) 5............... Vladislav Piskunov (Ukraine) 6.................... Andrey Skvaruk (Ukraine) 7............... Hrístos Polihroníou (Greece) 8............................. Nicola Vizzoni (Italy) 9................Vadim Khersontsev (Russia) 10.................Igor Astapkovich (Belarus) 2000 1................Szymon Ziółkowski (Poland) 2....................... Tibor Gécsek (Hungary) 3......................... Koji Murofushi (Japan) 4.................... Andrey Skvaruk (Ukraine) 5...................Igor Astapkovich (Belarus) 6............................. Nicola Vizzoni (Italy) 7............................Ivan Tikhon (Belarus) 8........................Ilya Konovalov (Russia) 9.......... Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (Finland) 10.. Aléxandros Papadimitríou (Greece) 2001 1......................... Koji Murofushi (Japan) 2................Szymon Ziółkowski (Poland) 3............................. Nicola Vizzoni (Italy) 4....................... Tibor Gécsek (Hungary) 5.......................... Balázs Kiss (Hungary) 6........................Ilya Konovalov (Russia) 7.................... Andrey Skvaruk (Ukraine) 8.......................Adrían Annus (Hungary) 9........................ Nicolas Figère (France) 10..............David Chaussinand (France) 2002 1.......................Adrián Annus (Hungary) 2......................... Koji Murofushi (Japan) 3...................Igor Astapkovich (Belarus) 4.......................... Balázs Kiss (Hungary) 5............... Vladislav Piskunov (Ukraine) 6.................... Andrey Skvaruk (Ukraine) 7.... Aléxandros Papadimitríou (Greece) 8....................... Tibor Gécsek (Hungary) 9.......... Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (Finland) 10....................Karsten Kobs (Germany) 2003 1............................Ivan Tikhon (Belarus) 2.......................Adrián Annus (Hungary) 3......................... Koji Murofushi (Japan) 4.................... Andrey Skvaruk (Ukraine) 5........................Ilya Konovalov (Russia) 6................. Libor Charfreitag (Slovakia) 7................... Primož Kozmus (Slovenia) 8...................Igor Astapkovich (Belarus) 9............. Vadim Devyatovskiy (Belarus) 10.. Aléxandros Papadimitríou (Greece) 2004 1......................... Koji Murofushi (Japan) 2...................... Krisztián Pars (Hungary) 3.......... Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (Finland) 4.............................. Eşref Apak (Turkey) 5............. Vadim Devyatovskiy (Belarus) 6................... Primož Kozmus (Slovenia) 7................. Libor Charfreitag (Slovakia) 8......................Karsten Kobs (Germany) 9...................Igor Astapkovich (Belarus) 10.............. Chris Harmse (South Africa) 2005 1............. Vadim Devyatovskiy (Belarus) 2.......... Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (Finland) 3................Szymon Ziółkowski (Poland) 4......................Markus Esser (Germany) 5...................... Krisztián Pars (Hungary) 6........................Ilya Konovalov (Russia) 7................. Libor Charfreitag (Slovakia) 8......................Karsten Kobs (Germany) 9................... Aleksey Zagornyi (Russia) 10...............Vadim Khersontsev (Russia 2006 1......................... Koji Murofushi (Japan) 2............................Ivan Tikhon (Belarus) 3............. Vadim Devyatovskiy (Belarus) 4................Szymon Ziółkowski (Poland) 5...................... Krisztián Pars (Hungary) 6.......... Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (Finland) 7......................Markus Esser (Germany) 8................... Primož Kozmus (Slovenia) 9......................Karsten Kobs (Germany) 10...............Andrey Vorontsov (Belarus) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s Hammer 2007 1............................Ivan Tikhon (Belarus) 2................... Primož Kozmus (Slovenia) 3...................... Krisztián Pars (Hungary) 4................. Libor Charfreitag (Slovakia) 5......................... Koji Murofushi (Japan) 6............. Vadim Devyatovskiy (Belarus) 7................Szymon Ziółkowski (Poland) 8......................Markus Esser (Germany) 9.......... Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (Finland) 10..............Miloslav Konopka (Slovakia) 2008 1................... Primož Kozmus (Slovenia) 2...................... Krisztián Pars (Hungary) 3............. Vadim Devyatovskiy (Belarus) 4............................Ivan Tikhon (Belarus) 5......................... Koji Murofushi (Japan) 6................. Libor Charfreitag (Slovakia) 7................Szymon Ziółkowski (Poland) 8.......... Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (Finland) 9......................Markus Esser (Germany) 10............................ Marco Lingua (Italy) 2009 1................... Primož Kozmus (Slovenia) 2...................... Krisztián Pars (Hungary) 3................... Aleksey Zagornyi (Russia) 4................Szymon Ziółkowski (Poland) 5.........................Igors Sokolovs (Latvia) 6................ Dilshod Nazarov (Tajikistan) 7............................. Nicola Vizzoni (Italy) 8......................Markus Esser (Germany) 9.....................Yuriy Shayunov (Belarus) 10..... Ali Mohamed Al-Zankawi (Kuwait) 2010 1......................... Koji Murofushi (Japan) 2................. Libor Charfreitag (Slovakia) 3...................... Krisztián Pars (Hungary) 4................ Dilshod Nazarov (Tajikistan) 5............... Sergey Litvinov II (Germany) 6............................. Nicola Vizzoni (Italy) 7.....................Pavel Krivitskiy (Belarus) 8.....................Yuriy Shayunov (Belarus) 9.................Valeriy Svyatokho (Belarus) 10.......Wojciech Kondratowicz (Poland) 2011 1...................... Krisztián Pars (Hungary) 2......................... Koji Murofushi (Japan) 3................... Primož Kozmus (Slovenia) 4......................Markus Esser (Germany) 5................... Aleksey Zagorniy (Russia) 6......................Pavel Kryvitski (Belarus) 7....................... Kirill Ikonnikov (Russia) 8................ Dilshod Nazarov (Tajikistan) 9............................. Nicola Vizzoni (Italy) 10..............Szymon Ziółkowski (Poland) 2012 1...................... Krisztián Pars (Hungary) 2................. Aleksey Sokirskiy (Ukraine) 3................... Primož Kozmus (Slovenia) 4......................... Koji Murofushi (Japan) 5...................... Sergey Litvinov (Russia) 6.......................... Pawel Fajdek (Poland) 7............Lukás Melich (Czech Republic) 8................Szymon Ziółkowski (Poland) 9............................. Nicola Vizzoni (Italy) 10.............. Dilshod Nazarov (Tajikistan) 2013 1..................... Krisztián Pars (Hungary) 2......................... Paweł Fajdek (Poland) 3........... Lukáš Melich (Czech Republic) 4.................. Primož Kozmus (Slovenia) 5............... Dilshod Nazarov (Tajikistan) 6................ Marcel Lomnický (Slovakia) 7............... Szymon Ziółkowski (Poland) 8..................... Markus Esser (Germany) 9..................... Sergey Litvinov (Russia) 10...................... Koji Murofushi (Japan) 2014 1...................... Krisztián Pars (Hungary) 2.......................... Paweł Fajdek (Poland) 3................ Dilshod Nazarov (Tajikistan) 4.......... Mostafa Hicham Al-Gamal (Egy) 5.......................Pavel Krivitski (Belarus) 6................. Marcel Lomnický (Slovakia) 7...................... Sergey Litvinov (Russia) 8................... Primož Kozmus (Slovenia) 9................... David Söderberg (Finland) 10....................Markus Esser (Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 10 — World Rankings — Men’s Hammer 2015 1.......................... Paweł Fajdek (Poland) 2...................... Krisztián Pars (Hungary) 3................ Dilshod Nazarov (Tajikistan) 4...................Wojciech Nowicki (Poland) 5.......Mostafa Hicham Al-Gamal (Egypt) 6................. Marcel Lomnický (Slovakia) 7...................... Sergey Litvinov (Russia) 8.....................Nick Miller (Great Britain) 9................... David Söderberg (Finland) 10.............Ashraf Amjad Al-Saifi (Qatar) 2016 1.......................... Paweł Fajdek (Poland) 2................ Dilshod Nazarov (Tajikistan) 3............................Ivan Tikhon (Belarus) 4...................Wojciech Nowicki (Poland) 5...............Ashraf Amjad Al-Saifi (Qatar) 6................. Marcel Lomnický (Slovakia) 7................... David Söderberg (Finland) 8...................... Sergey Litvinov (Russia) 9.................. Aleksey Sokirskiy (Russia) 10..................... Diego Del Real (Mexico) 2017 1.......................... Paweł Fajdek (Poland) 2...................Wojciech Nowicki (Poland) 3.......................Valeriy Pronkin (Russia) 4......................... Quentin Bigot (France) 5......................Pavel Bareisha (Belarus) 6.....................Nick Miller (Great Britain) 7................ Dilshod Nazarov (Tajikistan) 8.................. Aleksey Sokirskiy (Russia) 9................ Serghei Marghiev (Moldova) 10............... Marcel Lomnický (Slovakia)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s Javelin 1947 1..............................Steve Seymour (US) 2....................Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 3................ Gunnar Petersson (Sweden) 4.................. Tapio Rautavaara (Finland) 5......Janis Stendzenieks (Soviet Union) 6............................. Erik Ollars (Sweden) 7.......... Viktor Alekseyev (Soviet Union) 8.................................... Marty Biles (US) 9..................Lennart Atterwall (Sweden) 10.................. Pauli Vesterinen (Finland) 1948 1....................... Sven Daleflod (Sweden) 2..............................Steve Seymour (US) 3.................. Tapio Rautavaara (Finland) 4................ Gunnar Petersson (Sweden) 5...Lumír Kiesewetter (Czechoslovakia) 6....................Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 7.................... Pauli Vesterinen (Finland) 8.................................... Marty Biles (US) 9............... Per-Arne Berglund (Sweden) 10...................Ragnar Ericzon (Sweden) 1949 1.................. Tapio Rautavaara (Finland) 2....................Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 3....................... Sven Daleflod (Sweden) 4............... Per-Arne Berglund (Sweden) 5.....................Ragnar Ericzon (Sweden) 6........................................Bud Held (US) 7.................................... Marty Biles (US) 8................................Delfs Pickarts (US) 9............................. Stig Oldén (Sweden) 10.............. Gunnar Petersson (Sweden) 1950 1....................Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 2............... Per-Arne Berglund (Sweden) 3.....................Ragnar Ericzon (Sweden) 4.................. Tapio Rautavaara (Finland) 5....................Hans Moks (Soviet Union) 6.............Harry Vallmann (Soviet Union) 7....................... Sven Daleflod (Sweden) 8........................................Bud Held (US) 9................ Gunnar Petersson (Sweden) 10............................Steve Seymour (US) © victor sailer/photo run World Record holder Jan Železný was a 7-time No. 1 © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s Javelin 1951 1........................................Bud Held (US) 2....................... Soini Nikkinen (Finland) 3....................Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 4............... Per-Arne Berglund (Sweden) 5....................................... Bill Miller (US) 6....................Hans Moks (Soviet Union) 7.......Yuriy Shcherbakov (Soviet Union) 8....................................... Cy Young (US) 9..............................Steve Seymour (US) 10...................Ragnar Ericzon (Sweden) 1952 1....................................... Cy Young (US) 2....................Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 3....................................... Bill Miller (US) 4....................... Soini Nikkinen (Finland) 5......... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 6........................................Bud Held (US) 7.....................Ragnar Ericzon (Sweden) 8............ Branko Dangubić (Yugoslavia) 9....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 10............. Per-Arne Berglund (Sweden) 1953 1........................................Bud Held (US) 2....................Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 3....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 4....................................... Cy Young (US) 5...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 6....................... Soini Nikkinen (Finland) 7......... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 8.................... Pauli Vesterinen (Finland) 9....................................... Bill Miller (US) 10...................... Väinö Kuisma (Finland) 1954 1...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 2....................... Soini Nikkinen (Finland) 3....................................... Bill Miller (US) 4....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 5....................Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 6......... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 7................. Heiner Will (West Germany) 8.................... Otto Bengtsson (Sweden) 9.....................Olavi Kauhanen (Finland) 10................Knut Fredriksson (Sweden) 1955 1........................................Bud Held (US) 2...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 3....................... Soini Nikkinen (Finland) 4....................................... Bill Miller (US) 5....................................... Cy Young (US) 6..................Sándor Krasznai (Hungary) 7.....................Olavi Kauhanen (Finland) 8.................... Pauli Vesterinen (Finland) 9................. Heiner Will (West Germany) 10..................... Egil Danielsen (Norway) 1956 1....................... Egil Danielsen (Norway) 2...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 3........................................Bud Held (US) 4......... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 5............................. Jan Kopyto (Poland) 6................. Heiner Will (West Germany) 7...................... Michel Macquet (France) 8....................... Soini Nikkinen (Finland) 9....................................... Cy Young (US) 10..Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 1957 1...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 2....................... Egil Danielsen (Norway) 3....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 4......... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 5............................. Jan Kopyto (Poland) 6.................Klaus Frost (East Germany) 7........................................Bud Held (US) 8..................Erkki Ahvenniemi (Finland) 9................. Heiner Will (West Germany) 10.................... Michel Macquet (France) 1958 1...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 2....................... Egil Danielsen (Norway) 3....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 4...................... Michel Macquet (France) 5..................Knut Fredriksson (Sweden) 6........................ Giovanni Lievore (Italy) 7..................Erkki Ahvenniemi (Finland) 8..................................John Fromm (US) 9......... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 10.................Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s Javelin 1959 1...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 2...................... Michel Macquet (France) 3..................Knut Fredriksson (Sweden) 4.....................................Al Cantello (US) 5........................................ Bill Alley (US) 6.............................. Carlo Lievore (Italy) 7.....................Olavi Kauhanen (Finland) 8......... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 9....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 10...............Klaus Frost (East Germany) 1960 1...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 2...................... Michel Macquet (France) 3......... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 4.....................................Al Cantello (US) 5.............................. Carlo Lievore (Italy) 6........................................ Bill Alley (US) 7............ Walter Krüger (West Germany) 8...................Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) 9.................. Willy Rasmussen (Norway) 10................Knut Fredriksson (Sweden) 1961 1...................... Michel Macquet (France) 2....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 3...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 4.............................. Carlo Lievore (Italy) 5.................. Willy Rasmussen (Norway) 6.................Marian Machowina (Poland) 7......... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 8...........................Pauli Nevala (Finland) 9........................ Väinö Kuisma (Finland) 10............ Rolf Herings (West Germany) 1962 1................... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 2......... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 3.............................. Carlo Lievore (Italy) 4...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 5....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 6................Władysław Nikiciuk (Poland) 7.................Marian Machowina (Poland) 8...............Pauli Nevala (West Germany) 9....... Hermann Salomon (Soviet Union) 10............ Rolf Herings (West Germany) 1963 1................... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 2...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 3...........................Pauli Nevala (Finland) 4...................... Terje Pedersen (Norway) 5.... Hermann Salomon (West Germany) 6...................Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) 7.................................Frank Covelli (US) 8....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 9...................Mart Paama (Soviet Union) 10................ Willy Rasmussen (Norway) 1964 1...................Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) 2...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 3...................... Terje Pedersen (Norway) 4...........................Pauli Nevala (Finland) 5................... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 6....................Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) 7................Władysław Nikiciuk (Poland) 8....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 9.................. Willy Rasmussen (Norway) 10.........Urs von Wartburg (Switzerland) 1965 1................... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 2....................Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) 3...................Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) 4...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 5...................Mart Paama (Soviet Union) 6........................ Väinö Kuisma (Finland) 7............ Manfred Stolle (East Germany) 8...........Urs von Wartburg (Switzerland) 9...................... Terje Pedersen (Norway) 10...............................Frank Covelli (US) 1966 1................... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 2...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 3................Władysław Nikiciuk (Poland) 4....................Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) 5...........................Pauli Nevala (Finland) 6...................Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) 7................................John Tushaus (US) 8.....................Miklós Németh (Hungary) 9............ Manfred Stolle (East Germany) 10...................... Väinö Kuisma (Finland) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s Javelin 1967 1................... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 2.....................Miklós Németh (Hungary) 3...................Mart Paama (Soviet Union) 4...................Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) 5............ Manfred Stolle (East Germany) 6...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 7...........................Pauli Nevala (Finland) 8................Władysław Nikiciuk (Poland) 9............................Delmon McNabb (US) 10..................Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) 1968 1................... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 2....................Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) 3...................Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) 4................Władysław Nikiciuk (Poland) 5............ Manfred Stolle (East Germany) 6...........................Åke Nilsson (Sweden) 7...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 8...........................Pauli Nevala (Finland) 9.................................Frank Covelli (US) 10.................................. Mark Murro (US) 1969 1................... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 2...........................Pauli Nevala (Finland) 3....................Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) 4.................................... Mark Murro (US) 5...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 6...................Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) 7................Władysław Nikiciuk (Poland) 8.................................Frank Covelli (US) 9.....Klaus Wolfermann (West Germany) 10...............Janis Donins (Soviet Union) 1970 1...........................Pauli Nevala (Finland) 2............ Manfred Stolle (East Germany) 3.................................... Mark Murro (US) 4....................Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) 5....................................Bill Skinner (US) 6................... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 7.....................Miklós Németh (Hungary) 8................Władysław Nikiciuk (Poland) 9.....Klaus Wolfermann (West Germany) 10.........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 1971 1................... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 2.................Janis Donins (Soviet Union) 3......................Hannu Siitonen (Finland) 4......Wolfgang Hanisch (East Germany) 5.....Klaus Wolfermann (West Germany) 6.....................Miklós Németh (Hungary) 7....................Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) 8................Władysław Nikiciuk (Poland) 9...................Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) 10.... Aleksandr Makarov (Soviet Union) 1972 1................... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 2.....Klaus Wolfermann (West Germany) 3......................Hannu Siitonen (Finland) 4....................Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) 5.......................Bjørn Grimnes (Norway) 6.....................Miklós Németh (Hungary) 7...................................Bill Schmidt (US) 8...... Aleksandr Makarov (Soviet Union) 9...................................... Fred Luke (US) 10.......... Manfred Stolle (East Germany) 1973 1.....Klaus Wolfermann (West Germany) 2................... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 3......................Hannu Siitonen (Finland) 4..............................Cary Feldmann (US) 5....................Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) 6......................Seppo Hovinen (Finland) 7...................................Sam Colson (US) 8...................Janis Zirnis (Soviet Union) 9...................................... Fred Luke (US) 10.................................Bill Schmidt (US) 1974 1......................Hannu Siitonen (Finland) 2.....Klaus Wolfermann (West Germany) 3......Wolfgang Hanisch (East Germany) 4.........Nikolay Grebnyev (Soviet Union) 5...............Lauri Koski-Vähälä (Sweden) 6...................................Sam Colson (US) 7................... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 8....................... Jorma Jaakola (Finland) 9............................... Aimo Aho (Finland) 10...................Terje Thorslund (Norway) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s Javelin 1975 1......................Seppo Hovinen (Finland) 2......................Hannu Siitonen (Finland) 3.........Nikolay Grebnyev (Soviet Union) 4............................... Aimo Aho (Finland) 5.....................Miklós Németh (Hungary) 6...................... Ferenc Paragi (Hungary) 7.....Klaus Wolfermann (West Germany) 8...................... Sándor Boros (Hungary) 9..............Gheorghe Megelea (Romania) 10..............Pekka Lappalainen (Finland) 1976 1.....................Miklós Németh (Hungary) 2......................Seppo Hovinen (Finland) 3......................Hannu Siitonen (Finland) 4......................... Piotr Bielczyk (Poland) 5....................... Jorma Jaakola (Finland) 6...................... Sándor Boros (Hungary) 7...................... Ferenc Paragi (Hungary) 8............................... Aimo Aho (Finland) 9..............Gheorghe Megelea (Romania) 10.................................Sam Colson (US) 1977 1.....................Miklós Németh (Hungary) 2......................Hannu Siitonen (Finland) 3...................... Ferenc Paragi (Hungary) 4.........Nikolay Grebnyev (Soviet Union) 5......................Seppo Hovinen (Finland) 6...................... Sándor Boros (Hungary) 7....... Michael Wessing (West Germany) 8.............Vasiliy Yershov (Soviet Union) 9......Wolfgang Hanisch (East Germany) 10................................ Rod Ewaliko (US) 1978 1....... Michael Wessing (West Germany) 2.........Nikolay Grebnyev (Soviet Union) 3......Wolfgang Hanisch (East Germany) 4...................... Sándor Boros (Hungary) 5...............Detlef Michel (East Germany) 6.................................... Bob Roggy (US) 7.............Vasiliy Yershov (Soviet Union) 8....................Pentti Sinersaari (Finland) 9.....................Miklós Németh (Hungary) 10.... Helmut Schreiber (West Germany) 1979 1......Wolfgang Hanisch (East Germany) 2....................... Arto Härkönen (Finland) 3...............Detlef Michel (East Germany) 4...................... Ferenc Paragi (Hungary) 5....................Pentti Sinersaari (Finland) 6...... Helmut Schreiber (West Germany) 7..................... Antero Puranen (Finland) 8....... Michael Wessing (West Germany) 9.........................Esa Utriainen (Finland) 10..... Klaus Tafelmeier (West Germany) 1980 1...................... Ferenc Paragi (Hungary) 2................... Dainis Kula (Soviet Union) 3...... Aleksandr Makarov (Soviet Union) 4......Wolfgang Hanisch (East Germany) 5................Heino Puuste (Soviet Union) 6.....................Miklós Németh (Hungary) 7....................Pentti Sinersaari (Finland) 8............................... Aimo Aho (Finland) 9..................... Antero Puranen (Finland) 10................................ Rod Ewaliko (US) 1981 1................... Dainis Kula (Soviet Union) 2...............Detlef Michel (East Germany) 3....................Pentti Sinersaari (Finland) 4......................Seppo Hovinen (Finland) 5....... Klaus Tafelmeier (West Germany) 6.................................... Bob Roggy (US) 7.........................Esa Utriainen (Finland) 8..................... Antero Puranen (Finland) 9..............Gerald Weiss (East Germany) 10..............Heino Puuste (Soviet Union) 1982 1.................................... Bob Roggy (US) 2...............Detlef Michel (East Germany) 3................... Uwe Hohn (East Germany) 4................... Dainis Kula (Soviet Union) 5................Heino Puuste (Soviet Union) 6....................... Arto Härkönen (Finland) 7..............Mike O’Rourke (New Zealand) 8....................Kenth Eldebrink (Sweden) 9................................Tom Petranoff (US) 10..................Antero Toivonen (Finland) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s Javelin 1983 1...............Detlef Michel (East Germany) 2................................Tom Petranoff (US) 3................... Dainis Kula (Soviet Union) 4................Heino Puuste (Soviet Union) 5....... Klaus Tafelmeier (West Germany) 6....................Per-Erling Olsen (Norway) 7....................Kenth Eldebrink (Sweden) 8................ Einar Vilhjálmsson (Iceland) 9.................................. Rod Ewaliko (US) 10..................Pentti Sinersaari (Finland) 1984 1................... Uwe Hohn (East Germany) 2...............Detlef Michel (East Germany) 3.......Zdeněk Adamec (Czechoslovakia) 4....................... Arto Härkönen (Finland) 5................ Einar Vilhjálmsson (Iceland) 6................................Tom Petranoff (US) 7....................Kenth Eldebrink (Sweden) 8.............................Duncan Atwood (US) 9.................................... Bob Roggy (US) 10................ David Ottley (Great Britain) 1985 1................... Uwe Hohn (East Germany) 2................................Tom Petranoff (US) 3.............................Duncan Atwood (US) 4..................David Ottley (Great Britain) 5................ Einar Vilhjálmsson (Iceland) 6...........Roald Bradstock (Great Britain) 7......... Viktor Yevsyukov (Soviet Union) 8................Heino Puuste (Soviet Union) 9.......Zdeněk Adamec (Czechoslovakia) 10.................... Dag Wennlund (Sweden) 1986 1................................Tom Petranoff (US) 2....... Klaus Tafelmeier (West Germany) 3...............Detlef Michel (East Germany) 4......... Viktor Yevsyukov (Soviet Union) 5................Heino Puuste (Soviet Union) 6............................ Seppo Räty (Finland) 7..................David Ottley (Great Britain) 8............................. Jyrki Blom (Finland) 9..............Gerald Weiss (East Germany) 10............... Sejad Krdžalić (Yugoslavia) 1987 1......... Viktor Yevsyukov (Soviet Union) 2..............Jan Železný (Czechoslovakia) 3................................Tom Petranoff (US) 4.................Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (Japan) 5....... Klaus Tafelmeier (West Germany) 6........................ Mick Hill (Great Britain) 7............................ Seppo Räty (Finland) 8....................Lev Shatilo (Soviet Union) 9...............Detlef Michel (East Germany) 10............ Gerald Weiss (East Germany) 1988 1.......................... Tapio Korjus (Finland) 2..............Jan Železný (Czechoslovakia) 3............................ Seppo Räty (Finland) 4....... Klaus Tafelmeier (West Germany) 5................ Einar Vilhjálmsson (Iceland) 6......... Viktor Yevsyukov (Soviet Union) 7..............Gerald Weiss (East Germany) 8.. Vladimir Ovchinnikov (Soviet Union) 9...................... Dag Wennlund (Sweden) 10.............Detlef Michel (East Germany) 1989 1...............Steve Backley (Great Britain) 2.................Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (Japan) 3..................... Siggi Einarsson (Iceland) 4................ Einar Vilhjálmsson (Iceland) 5..............Jan Železný (Czechoslovakia) 6............................ Seppo Räty (Finland) 7.......................... Tapio Korjus (Finland) 8................................Tom Petranoff (US) 9........................ Mick Hill (Great Britain) 10........ Volker Hadwich (East Germany) 1990 1...............Steve Backley (Great Britain) 2............... Viktor Zaitsev (Soviet Union) 3.........................Patrik Bodén (Sweden) 4........................ Mick Hill (Great Britain) 5..............Jan Železný (Czechoslovakia) 6............................ Seppo Räty (Finland) 7................................Tom Petranoff (US) 8.......................Ramón Gonzalez (Cuba) 9.......................Masami Yoshida (Japan) 10.............. Einar Vilhjálmsson (Iceland) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s Javelin 1991 1............................ Seppo Räty (Finland) 2..............Jan Železný (Czechoslovakia) 3...............Steve Backley (Great Britain) 4.................. Kimmo Kinnunen (Finland) 5....Vladimir Sasimovich (Soviet Union) 6................Tom Petranoff (South Africa) 7..........Gavin Lovegrove (New Zealand) 8........................ Mick Hill (Great Britain) 9................ Einar Vilhjálmsson (Iceland) 10..................Juha Laukkanen (Finland) 1992 1..............Jan Železný (Czechoslovakia) 2............................ Seppo Räty (Finland) 3...............Steve Backley (Great Britain) 4....................Juha Laukkanen (Finland) 5................Tom Petranoff (South Africa) 6.................. Kimmo Kinnunen (Finland) 7..................................Tom Pukstys (US) 8........................ Mick Hill (Great Britain) 9..........Gavin Lovegrove (New Zealand) 10...........Vladimir Sasimovich (Belarus) 1993 1..............Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 2........................ Mick Hill (Great Britain) 3.............Vladimir Sasimovich (Belarus) 4.................. Kimmo Kinnunen (Finland) 5..................................Tom Pukstys (US) 6...............Steve Backley (Great Britain) 7............................ Seppo Räty (Finland) 8..................Raymond Hecht (Germany) 9.........................Patrik Bodén (Sweden) 10........Gavin Lovegrove (New Zealand) 1994 1..............Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 2...............Steve Backley (Great Britain) 3.........................Patrik Bodén (Sweden) 4..................Raymond Hecht (Germany) 5.....................Andrey Moruyev (Russia) 6........................ Mick Hill (Great Britain) 7...................... Dag Wennlund (Sweden) 8..........Gavin Lovegrove (New Zealand) 9.............Vladimir Sasimovich (Belarus) 10............... Harri Hakkarainen (Finland) 1995 1..............Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 2..................Raymond Hecht (Germany) 3...............Steve Backley (Great Britain) 4.........................Boris Henry (Germany) 5.....................Andrey Moruyev (Russia) 6.............Vladimir Sasimovich (Belarus) 7............................ Seppo Räty (Finland) 8................. Harri Hakkarainen (Finland) 9........................ Mick Hill (Great Britain) 10.................... Dag Wennlund (Sweden) 1996 1..............Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 2..................Raymond Hecht (Germany) 3.........................Boris Henry (Germany) 4..................... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 5..................................Tom Pukstys (US) 6...............Steve Backley (Great Britain) 7............................ Seppo Räty (Finland) 8..........Gavin Lovegrove (New Zealand) 9......................... Peter Blank (Germany) 10............... Harri Hakkarainen (Finland) 1997 1.........................Boris Henry (Germany) 2..............Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 3...............Steve Backley (Great Britain) 4..................... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 5.............. Marius Corbett (South Africa) 6................. Kostas Gatsioúdis (Greece) 7........................ Mick Hill (Great Britain) 8.........................Patrik Bodén (Sweden) 9..................................Tom Pukstys (US) 10..................... Aki Parviainen (Finland) 1998 1...............Steve Backley (Great Britain) 2....................... Aki Parviainen (Finland) 3..................Raymond Hecht (Germany) 4.........................Boris Henry (Germany) 5..................... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 6........................ Mick Hill (Great Britain) 7....................Juha Laukkanen (Finland) 8.............. Marius Corbett (South Africa) 9......................... Peter Blank (Germany) 10............... Kostas Gatsioúdis (Greece) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s Javelin 1999 1................. Kostas Gatsioúdis (Greece) 2..............Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 3....................... Aki Parviainen (Finland) 4..................Raymond Hecht (Germany) 5..................... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 6.........................Boris Henry (Germany) 7................ Pål Arne Fagernes (Norway) 8...............Steve Backley (Great Britain) 9....................Emeterio González (Cuba) 10........................... Matti Närhi (Finland) 2000 1..............Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 2...............Steve Backley (Great Britain) 3................. Kostas Gatsioúdis (Greece) 4....................... Aki Parviainen (Finland) 5..................... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 6....................Emeterio González (Cuba) 7.........................Boris Henry (Germany) 8..................Raymond Hecht (Germany) 9................................Eriks Rags (Latvia) 10...................... Dariusz Trafas (Poland) 2001 1..............Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 2....................... Aki Parviainen (Finland) 3................. Kostas Gatsioúdis (Greece) 4...............Steve Backley (Great Britain) 5.........................Boris Henry (Germany) 6................................Eriks Rags (Latvia) 7.................................Breaux Greer (US) 8..................Raymond Hecht (Germany) 9..................... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 10....................... Peter Blank (Germany) 2002 1..................... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 2...............Steve Backley (Great Britain) 3.........................Boris Henry (Germany) 4................................Eriks Rags (Latvia) 5..................Raymond Hecht (Germany) 6................... Aleksandr Ivanov (Russia) 7..............Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 8........................ Dariusz Trafas (Poland) 9..................... Harri Haatainen (Finland) 10...................... Björn Lange (Germany) 2003 1..................... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 2..............Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 3.........................Boris Henry (Germany) 4....................... Andrus Värnik (Estonia) 5................Christian Nicolay (Germany) 6......................... Peter Blank (Germany) 7..................Raymond Hecht (Germany) 8................... Aleksandr Ivanov (Russia) 9........................ Dariusz Trafas (Poland) 10..................... Aki Parviainen (Finland) 2004 1............ Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) 2.................................Breaux Greer (US) 3..................... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 4................... Aleksandr Ivanov (Russia) 5..................Vadims Vasiļevskis (Latvia) 6...............Steve Backley (Great Britain) 7..............Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 8.......................Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 9................................Eriks Rags (Latvia) 10..................... Andrus Värnik (Estonia) 2005 1.......................Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 2..................... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 3............ Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) 4....................... Andrus Värnik (Estonia) 5..............Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 6.......................... Mark Frank (Germany) 7................... Aleksandr Ivanov (Russia) 8................................Eriks Rags (Latvia) 9.......................... Ainārs Kovals (Latvia) 10................. Guillermo Martínez (Cuba) 2006 1............ Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) 2.......................Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 3..................Vadims Vasiļevskis (Latvia) 4................... Guillermo Martínez (Cuba) 5.......................... Ainārs Kovals (Latvia) 6...................Peter Esenwein (Germany) 7..............Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 8................................Eriks Rags (Latvia) 9..................... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 10................ Stefan Müller (Switzerland) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s Javelin 2007 1.......................Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 2............ Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) 3.................................Breaux Greer (US) 4............... Magnus Arvidsson (Sweden) 5................... Aleksandr Ivanov (Russia) 6..................Vadims Vasiļevskis (Latvia) 7........Robert Oosthuizen (South Africa) 8......................Tero Järvenpää (Finland) 9................... Guillermo Martínez (Cuba) 10................... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 2008 1............ Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) 2.......................Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 3......................Tero Järvenpää (Finland) 4..................Vadims Vasiļevskis (Latvia) 5.......................... Ainārs Kovals (Latvia) 6................................Eriks Rags (Latvia) 7.................Jarrod Bannister (Australia) 8.....................Teemu Wirkkala (Finland) 9.......................... Ilya Korotkov (Russia) 10................... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 2009 1............ Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) 2.......................Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 3..................Vadims Vasiļevskis (Latvia) 4.......................... Mark Frank (Germany) 5.....................Teemu Wirkkala (Finland) 6.......................... Ainārs Kovals (Latvia) 7................... Antti Ruuskanen (Finland) 8................... Guillermo Martínez (Cuba) 9..................Yukifumi Murakami (Japan) 10........................... Ari Mannio (Finland) 2010 1............ Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) 2.......................Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 3.............. Matthias de Zordo (Germany) 4.....................Teemu Wirkkala (Finland) 5...........Petr Frydrych (Czech Republic) 6.......................... Ainārs Kovals (Latvia) 7................... Guillermo Martínez (Cuba) 8.................Jarrod Bannister (Australia) 9............................. Ari Mannio (Finland) 10................. Antti Ruuskanen (Finland) 2011 1.............. Matthias de Zordo (Germany) 2............ Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) 3................... Guillermo Martínez (Cuba) 4...............................Fatih Avan (Turkey) 5.......Vítězslav Veselý (Czech Republic) 6..................... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 7..................Vadims Vasiļevskis (Latvia) 8............... Roman Avramenko (Ukraine) 9.................Jarrod Bannister (Australia) 10........................ Mark Frank (Germany) 2012 1.......Vítězslav Veselý (Czech Republic) 2.......... Oleksandr Pyatnytsya (Ukraine) 3.......................Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 4................... Antti Ruuskanen (Finland) 5.................. Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad) 6............ Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) 7............................. Ari Mannio (Finland) 8....................Spirídon Lebésis (Greece) 9............Stuart Farquhar (New Zealand) 10........................ Tino Häber (Germany) 2013 1...... Vítězslav Veselý (Czech Republic) 2...................... Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 3...................... Dmitriy Tarabin (Russia) 4................... Antti Ruuskanen (Finland) 5............................. Julius Yego (Kenya) 6........... Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) 7.............................. Kim Amb (Sweden) 8............................ Ari Mannio (Finland) 9........................... Risto Mätas (Estonia) 10......... Stuart Farquhar (New Zealand) 2014 1.......................Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 2................... Thomas Röhler (Germany) 3....................Ihab Abdelrahman (Egypt) 4.......Vítězslav Veselý (Czech Republic) 5..............................Julius Yego (Kenya) 6................... Antti Ruuskanen (Finland) 7.................. Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad) 8.......................Dmitriy Tarabin (Russia) 9.......................Lassi Etelätalo (Finland) 10........................... Ari Mannio (Finland) © Track & Field News 2018 — 10 — World Rankings — Men’s Javelin 2015 1..............................Julius Yego (Kenya) 2.......................Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 3.......Vítězslav Veselý (Czech Republic) 4................... Thomas Röhler (Germany) 5....................Ihab Abdelrahman (Egypt) 6................... Antti Ruuskanen (Finland) 7.................. Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad) 8..................Johannes Vetter (Germany) 9.............. Andreas Hofmann (Germany) 10...... Jakub Vadlejch (Czech Republic) 2016 1................... Thomas Röhler (Germany) 2..............................Julius Yego (Kenya) 3........ Jakub Vadlejch (Czech Republic) 4..................Johannes Vetter (Germany) 5.................. Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad) 6.......................Julian Weber (Germany) 7................... Antti Ruuskanen (Finland) 8.......Vítězslav Veselý (Czech Republic) 9............... Dmytro Kosynskyy (Ukraine) 10............................ Ryohei Arai (Japan) 2017 1..................Johannes Vetter (Germany) 2................... Thomas Röhler (Germany) 3........ Jakub Vadlejch (Czech Republic) 4.......................Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 5...........Petr Frydrych (Czech Republic) 6.................. Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad) 7..................... Ioánnis Kyriazís (Greece) 8.............. Andreas Hofmann (Germany) 9.................. Marcin Krukowski (Poland) 10.........................Magnus Kirt (Estonia)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s Decathlon 1947 1............ Vladimir Volkov (Soviet Union) 2.................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 3.....................Erik Andersson (Sweden) 4...... Enrique Kistenmacher (Argentina) 5.................................. Al Lawrence (US) 6......Sergey Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 7......................... Per Eriksson (Sweden) 8........................ Moon Mondschein (US) 9......................................Lloyd Duff (US) 10.................. Allan Svensson (Sweden) 1948 1.................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 2.................................. Bob Mathias (US) 3...................... Ignace Heinrich (France) 4.............................Floyd Simmons (US) 5...... Enrique Kistenmacher (Argentina) 6............ Vladimir Volkov (Soviet Union) 7...........Pyotr Denisenko (Soviet Union) 8........................ Moon Mondschein (US) 9.....................Erik Andersson (Sweden) 10................................ Al Lawrence (US) 1949 1.................................. Bob Mathias (US) 2.................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 3...........................Örn Clausen (Iceland) 4...................... Ignace Heinrich (France) 5...........Pyotr Denisenko (Soviet Union) 6........................ Moon Mondschein (US) 7............ Vladimir Volkov (Soviet Union) 8.... Miloslav Moravec (Czechoslovakia) 9..............Armin Scheurer (Switzerland) 10.... Enrique Kistenmacher (Argentina) 1950 1.................................. Bob Mathias (US) 2..................................... Bill Albans (US) 3...................... Ignace Heinrich (France) 4.................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 5...........................Örn Clausen (Iceland) 6.................... Kjell Tånnander (Sweden) 7.............................. Jim McConnell (US) 8................................ Otey Scruggs (US) 9...........Pyotr Denisenko (Soviet Union) 10........................... Brayton Norton (US) Ashton Eaton’s © victor sailer/photo run fabulous No. 1 season of 2012 included Olympic gold and the World Record © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s Decathlon 1951 1................................ Bob Richards (US) 2...................... Ignace Heinrich (France) 3...........................Örn Clausen (Iceland) 4.............................Floyd Simmons (US) 5................................ Otey Scruggs (US) 6....................................... Bill Miller (US) 7.................... Kjell Tånnander (Sweden) 8............ Vladimir Volkov (Soviet Union) 9...........Pyotr Denisenko (Soviet Union) 10........................... Brayton Norton (US) 1952 1.................................. Bob Mathias (US) 2................................ Milt Campbell (US) 3.............................Floyd Simmons (US) 4..................................... Bill Albans (US) 5................................ Bob Richards (US) 6............ Vladimir Volkov (Soviet Union) 7..................Sepp Hipp (West Germany) 8....................Göran Widenfelt (Sweden) 9.................... Kjell Tånnander (Sweden) 10......Friedel Schirmer (West Germany) 1953 1................................ Milt Campbell (US) 2................................ Bob Richards (US) 3.......Vasiliy Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 4.................... Heino Lipp (Soviet Union) 5............ Vladimir Volkov (Soviet Union) 6....................................... Bill Miller (US) 7........... Petre Zambresteanu (Romania) 8.................................James Cooke (US) 9............... Walter Meier (East Germany) 10.. Miloslav Moravec (Czechoslovakia) 1954 1................................ Bob Richards (US) 2.......Vasiliy Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 3............ Vladimir Volkov (Soviet Union) 4............ Boris Stolyarov (Soviet Union) 5.............Yuriy Kutyenko (Soviet Union) 6............... Walter Meier (East Germany) 7............................. Brayton Norton (US) 8...............Torbjörn Lassenius (Finland) 9.........Heinz Oberbeck (West Germany) 10.. Miloslav Moravec (Czechoslovakia) 1955 1...............................Rafer Johnson (US) 2.......Vasiliy Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 3................................ Bob Richards (US) 4.................................. Bob Lawson (US) 5............... Walter Meier (East Germany) 6............................. Brayton Norton (US) 7.............Yuriy Kutyenko (Soviet Union) 8............ Boris Stolyarov (Soviet Union) 9...........Kim Bukhantsev (Soviet Union) 10.............Torbjörn Lassenius (Finland) 1956 1................................ Milt Campbell (US) 2...............................Rafer Johnson (US) 3.......Vasiliy Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 4....................... Uno Palu (Soviet Union) 5.............. Martin Lauer (West Germany) 6............... Walter Meier (East Germany) 7.............Yuriy Kutyenko (Soviet Union) 8...............Torbjörn Lassenius (Finland) 9................................ Bob Richards (US) 10................................ Bob Lawson (US) 1957 1.......Vasiliy Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 2.............Yuriy Kutyenko (Soviet Union) 3............... Walter Meier (East Germany) 4................................... Chuck Pratt (US) 5................Walter Tschudi (Switzerland) 6................................Dave Edstrom (US) 7.................................. Bob Lawson (US) 8........................................Jim Klein (US) 9......Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (Soviet Union) 10.....Rudolf Bogomolov (Soviet Union) 1958 1...............................Rafer Johnson (US) 2.......Vasiliy Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 3................................C.K. Yang (Taiwan) 4................................Dave Edstrom (US) 5....................... Uno Palu (Soviet Union) 6.............Yuriy Kutyenko (Soviet Union) 7............... Walter Meier (East Germany) 8....................................Phil Mulkey (US) 9......Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (Soviet Union) 10.................... Markus Kahma (Finland) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s Decathlon 1959 1.......Vasiliy Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 2.............. Martin Lauer (West Germany) 3................................C.K. Yang (Taiwan) 4................................Dave Edstrom (US) 5.............Yuriy Kutyenko (Soviet Union) 6................Walter Tschudi (Switzerland) 7......................Eef Kamerbeek (Holland) 8...................... Markus Kahma (Finland) 9............... Walter Meier (East Germany) 10............................... Mike Herman (US) 1960 1...............................Rafer Johnson (US) 2................................C.K. Yang (Taiwan) 3.......Vasiliy Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 4.............Yuriy Kutyenko (Soviet Union) 5................................Dave Edstrom (US) 6....................................Phil Mulkey (US) 7....................... Uno Palu (Soviet Union) 8......................Eef Kamerbeek (Holland) 9...................................Franco Sar (Italy) 10......................................Jim Klein (US) 1961 1.............Yuriy Kutyenko (Soviet Union) 2....................................Phil Mulkey (US) 3.......Vasiliy Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 4..................................Paul Herman (US) 5......................Eef Kamerbeek (Holland) 6................... Jože Brodnik (Yugoslavia) 7................................Dave Edstrom (US) 8.... Mikhail Storozhenko (Soviet Union) 9...................... Markus Kahma (Finland) 10.............Willi Holdorf (West Germany) 1962 1................................C.K. Yang (Taiwan) 2.......Vasiliy Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 3....Werner von Moltke (West Germany) 4............ Manfred Bock (West Germany) 5................... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 6..................................Paul Herman (US) 7......................Eef Kamerbeek (Holland) 8...............Willi Holdorf (West Germany) 9........................Seppo Suutari (Finland) 10..................................Phil Mulkey (US) 1963 1................................C.K. Yang (Taiwan) 2.......Vasiliy Kuzynetsov (Soviet Union) 3...............Willi Holdorf (West Germany) 4.....Anatoliy Ovseyenko (Soviet Union) 5....Werner von Moltke (West Germany) 6................................... Steve Pauly (US) 7......................Eef Kamerbeek (Holland) 8....Hans-Joachim Walde (West Germany) 9..................................Paul Herman (US) 10.......Wolfgang Heise (West Germany) 1964 1...............Willi Holdorf (West Germany) 2....................... Rein Aun (Soviet Union) 3....Hans-Joachim Walde (West Germany) 4............ Manfred Bock (West Germany) 5..................................Paul Herman (US) 6................................C.K. Yang (Taiwan) 7............... Horst Beyer (West Germany) 8.......Vasiliy Kuzynetsov (Soviet Union) 9.... Mikhail Storozhenko (Soviet Union) 10.................................Russ Hodge (US) 1965 1.... Mikhail Storozhenko (Soviet Union) 2.............. Kurt Bendlin (West Germany) 3................................... Bill Toomey (US) 4...................................Russ Hodge (US) 5............... Horst Beyer (West Germany) 6..................................Paul Herman (US) 7............ Yuriy Dyachkov (Soviet Union) 8....................... Rein Aun (Soviet Union) 9.........................................Don Shy (US) 10............Albert Fantalis (Soviet Union) 1966 1................................... Bill Toomey (US) 2...................................Russ Hodge (US) 3....Werner von Moltke (West Germany) 4............ Yuriy Dyachkov (Soviet Union) 5............... Horst Beyer (West Germany) 6............ Jörg Mattheis (West Germany) 7....................... Rein Aun (Soviet Union) 8.... Mikhail Storozhenko (Soviet Union) 9................ Juris Otsmaa (Soviet Union) 10...............Max Klauss (East Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s Decathlon 1967 1.............. Kurt Bendlin (West Germany) 2................................... Bill Toomey (US) 3.................Max Klauss (East Germany) 4....Hans-Joachim Walde (West Germany) 5....................... Rein Aun (Soviet Union) 6......... Manfred Tiedtke (East Germany) 7............... Horst Beyer (West Germany) 8...........Herbert Wessel (East Germany) 9............ Jörg Mattheis (West Germany) 10................ Janis Lanka (Soviet Union) 1968 1................................... Bill Toomey (US) 2....Hans-Joachim Walde (West Germany) 3.............. Kurt Bendlin (West Germany) 4...............Nikolay Avilov (Soviet Union) 5.............Joachim Kirst (East Germany) 6....................... Rein Aun (Soviet Union) 7......... Manfred Tiedtke (East Germany) 8...........Herbert Wessel (East Germany) 9.................. Janis Lanka (Soviet Union) 10...............Max Klauss (East Germany) 1969 1................................... Bill Toomey (US) 2.............Joachim Kirst (East Germany) 3...........Herbert Wessel (East Germany) 4......... Manfred Tiedtke (East Germany) 5.............. Kurt Bendlin (West Germany) 6....Vladimir Shcherbatikh (Soviet Union) 7......... Viktor Chelnokov (Soviet Union) 8...............Nikolay Avilov (Soviet Union) 9........ Rüdiger Demmig (East Germany) 10................................... Rick Sloan (US) 1970 1.............Joachim Kirst (East Germany) 2.............. Kurt Bendlin (West Germany) 3...................................Russ Hodge (US) 4..................Lennart Hedmark (Sweden) 5........ Rüdiger Demmig (East Germany) 6...............Nikolay Avilov (Soviet Union) 7...........Herbert Wessel (East Germany) 8.............................John Warkentin (US) 9...................................Jeff Bennett (US) 10....... Manfred Tiedtke (East Germany) 1971 1.............Joachim Kirst (East Germany) 2..................Lennart Hedmark (Sweden) 3....Hans-Joachim Walde (West Germany) 4.............. Kurt Bendlin (West Germany) 5...Heinz-Ulrich Schulze (West Germany) 6...... Leonid Litvinyenko (Soviet Union) 7................. Boris Ivanov (Soviet Union) 8........................... Rick Wanamaker (US) 9...... Herbert Swoboda (West Germany) 10.................................Russ Hodge (US) 1972 1...............Nikolay Avilov (Soviet Union) 2...... Leonid Litvinyenko (Soviet Union) 3........................Ryszard Katus (Poland) 4...................................Jeff Bennett (US) 5................................Jeff Bannister (US) 6...............Ryszard Skowronek (Poland) 7......... Stefan Schreyer (East Germany) 8............... Tadeusz Janczenko (Poland) 9........... Steen Smidt-Jensen (Denmark) 10................Freddy Herbrand (Belgium) 1973 1.......................Sepp Zeilbauer (Austria) 2..................Lennart Hedmark (Sweden) 3...............Ryszard Skowronek (Poland) 4............................Yves Le Roy (France) 5....Aleksandr Blinyayev (Soviet Union) 6...................................Jeff Bennett (US) 7.......... Toomas Suurvali (Soviet Union) 8......Toomas Berendsen (Soviet Union) 9................ Rudolf Zigert (Soviet Union) 10......................Ryszard Katus (Poland) 1974 1.................................Bruce Jenner (US) 2...............Ryszard Skowronek (Poland) 3............................Yves Le Roy (France) 4.....Guido Kratschmer (West Germany) 5...... Leonid Litvinyenko (Soviet Union) 6........................Ryszard Katus (Poland) 7...................................Jeff Bennett (US) 8......... Anatoliy Grachov (Soviet Union) 9..................................Fred Samara (US) 10..............Philipp Andres (Switzerland) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s Decathlon 1975 1.................................Bruce Jenner (US) 2.....................................Fred Dixon (US) 3...............Nikolay Avilov (Soviet Union) 4...... Leonid Litvinyenko (Soviet Union) 5...............Ryszard Skowronek (Poland) 6..................................Fred Samara (US) 7........................Ryszard Katus (Poland) 8................................. Steve Gough (US) 9...............................Craig Brigham (US) 10.....................Sepp Zeilbauer (Austria) 1976 1.................................Bruce Jenner (US) 2.....Guido Kratschmer (West Germany) 3...............Nikolay Avilov (Soviet Union) 4.............................Raimo Pihl (Sweden) 5...............Ryszard Skowronek (Poland) 6...... Leonid Litvinyenko (Soviet Union) 7..Aleksandr Grebenyuk (Soviet Union) 8........... Siegfried Stark (East Germany) 9.......................Sepp Zeilbauer (Austria) 10................Lennart Hedmark (Sweden) 1977 1.....................................Fred Dixon (US) 2..Aleksandr Grebenyuk (Soviet Union) 3.......................Sepp Zeilbauer (Austria) 4.......... Daley Thompson (Great Britain) 5...............Rainer Pottel (East Germany) 6.....Guido Kratschmer (West Germany) 7............................Yves Le Roy (France) 8...............Nikolay Avilov (Soviet Union) 9.............................John Warkentin (US) 10....... Valeriy Kachanov (Soviet Union) 1978 1.....Guido Kratschmer (West Germany) 2..Aleksandr Grebenyuk (Soviet Union) 3.......... Daley Thompson (Great Britain) 4........... Siegfried Stark (East Germany) 5.......................Sepp Zeilbauer (Austria) 6......................Johannes Lahti (Finland) 7.............Yuriy Kutsenko (Soviet Union) 8...............Rainer Pottel (East Germany) 9.....................................Fred Dixon (US) 10.................... Roger Kanerva (Finland) 1979 1................................. Bob Coffman (US) 2........... Siegfried Stark (East Germany) 3.....Guido Kratschmer (West Germany) 4.......................Sepp Zeilbauer (Austria) 5..Aleksandr Grebenyuk (Soviet Union) 6........................Thierry Dubois (France) 7... Konstantin Akhapkin (Soviet Union) 8....... Aleksandr Nevskiy (Soviet Union) 9.........Jürgen Hingsen (West Germany) 10...................... Tito Steiner (Argentina) 1980 1.......... Daley Thompson (Great Britain) 2.....Guido Kratschmer (West Germany) 3.........Jürgen Hingsen (West Germany) 4.............Yuriy Kutsenko (Soviet Union) 5................................. Bob Coffman (US) 6.......... Sergey Zhelanov (Soviet Union) 7.......................Sepp Zeilbauer (Austria) 8..................... Georg Werthner (Austria) 9........... Siegfried Stark (East Germany) 10....... Valeriy Kachanov (Soviet Union) 1981 1...............Rainer Pottel (East Germany) 2.........Jürgen Hingsen (West Germany) 3............. Uwe Freimuth (East Germany) 4.........Siegfried Wentz (West Germany) 5........................ Tito Steiner (Argentina) 6.......................Sepp Zeilbauer (Austria) 7.............Yuriy Kutsenko (Soviet Union) 8.................. Atanas Andonov (Bulgaria) 9.....Guido Kratschmer (West Germany) 10......... Siegfried Stark (East Germany) 1982 1.......... Daley Thompson (Great Britain) 2.........Jürgen Hingsen (West Germany) 3........... Siegfried Stark (East Germany) 4..........Steffen Grummt (East Germany) 5...... Grigoriy Degtyarov (Soviet Union) 6..................... Georg Werthner (Austria) 7... Konstantin Akhapkin (Soviet Union) 8.........Siegfried Wentz (West Germany) 9......... Valeriy Kachanov (Soviet Union) 10............ Torsten Voss (East Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s Decathlon 1983 1.......... Daley Thompson (Great Britain) 2.........Jürgen Hingsen (West Germany) 3.........Siegfried Wentz (West Germany) 4............. Uwe Freimuth (East Germany) 5...... Grigoriy Degtyarov (Soviet Union) 6................Stefan Niklaus (Switzerland) 7....... Aleksandr Nevskiy (Soviet Union) 8.............. Torsten Voss (East Germany) 9... Konstantin Akhapkin (Soviet Union) 10.......................... Dave Steen (Canada) 1984 1.......... Daley Thompson (Great Britain) 2.........Jürgen Hingsen (West Germany) 3...... Grigoriy Degtyarov (Soviet Union) 4....Aleksandr Apaychev (Soviet Union) 5............. Uwe Freimuth (East Germany) 6.............. Torsten Voss (East Germany) 7.........Siegfried Wentz (West Germany) 8.......... Igor Sobolevskiy (Soviet Union) 9....... Aleksandr Nevskiy (Soviet Union) 10...Guido Kratschmer (West Germany) 1985 1.............. Torsten Voss (East Germany) 2............. Uwe Freimuth (East Germany) 3....... Aleksandr Nevskiy (Soviet Union) 4...............Sergey Popov (Soviet Union) 5............................ Dave Steen (Canada) 6....... Christian Schenk (East Germany) 7.........Siegfried Wentz (West Germany) 8...... Grigoriy Degtyarov (Soviet Union) 9.............Yuriy Kutsenko (Soviet Union) 10.................................Mike Ramos (US) 1986 1.......... Daley Thompson (Great Britain) 2.........Jürgen Hingsen (West Germany) 3.........Siegfried Wentz (West Germany) 4.............. Torsten Voss (East Germany) 5.....Guido Kratschmer (West Germany) 6............................ Dave Steen (Canada) 7....Aleksandr Apaychev (Soviet Union) 8............. Uwe Freimuth (East Germany) 9...................................Mike Ramos (US) 10.... Grigoriy Degtyarov (Soviet Union) 1987 1.............. Torsten Voss (East Germany) 2.........Siegfried Wentz (West Germany) 3.......Pavel Tarnavetskiy (Soviet Union) 4.....................Christian Plaziat (France) 5....... Christian Schenk (East Germany) 6............Simon Poelman (New Zealand) 7............. Uwe Freimuth (East Germany) 8..........................Alain Blondel (France) 9....... Aleksandr Nevskiy (Soviet Union) 10.........................William Motti (France) 1988 1....... Christian Schenk (East Germany) 2.............. Torsten Voss (East Germany) 3............................ Dave Steen (Canada) 4.....................Christian Plaziat (France) 5.......... Daley Thompson (Great Britain) 6..........................Alain Blondel (France) 7........................ Robert de Wit (Holland) 8....Aleksandr Apaychev (Soviet Union) 9............. Uwe Freimuth (East Germany) 10....................................Tim Bright (US) 1989 1.....................Christian Plaziat (France) 2............................... Dave Johnson (US) 3....... Christian Schenk (East Germany) 4........................Michael Smith (Canada) 5........Norbert Demmel (West Germany) 6............ Mikhail Medved (Soviet Union) 7.......... Thomas Fahner (East Germany) 8.......................Petri Keskitalo (Finland) 9...Karl-Heinz Fichtner (West Germany) 10...................... Dezső Szabó (Hungary) 1990 1.....................Christian Plaziat (France) 2............................... Dave Johnson (US) 3....... Christian Schenk (East Germany) 4...................................Dan O’Brien (US) 5........................ Dezső Szabó (Hungary) 6........................Michael Smith (Canada) 7..........................Alain Blondel (France) 8..................... Antonio Peñalver (Spain) 9.......... Robert Změlík (Czechoslovakia) 10.......... Mikhail Medved (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s Decathlon 1991 1...................................Dan O’Brien (US) 2........................Michael Smith (Canada) 3................Christian Schenk (Germany) 4.....................Christian Plaziat (France) 5.......... Robert Změlík (Czechoslovakia) 6.......................Petri Keskitalo (Finland) 7............ Mikhail Medved (Soviet Union) 8............................... Dave Johnson (US) 9............Simon Poelman (New Zealand) 10................... Antonio Peñalver (Spain) 1992 1.......... Robert Změlík (Czechoslovakia) 2...................................Dan O’Brien (US) 3..................... Antonio Peñalver (Spain) 4............................... Dave Johnson (US) 5.............. Eduard Hämäläinen (Belarus) 6........................ Dezső Szabó (Hungary) 7........................... Paul Meier (Germany) 8....................................Rob Muzzio (US) 9................. Ramil Ganiyev (Uzbekistan) 10......................Michael Smith (Canada) 1993 1...................................Dan O’Brien (US) 2.............. Eduard Hämäläinen (Belarus) 3........................... Paul Meier (Germany) 4................Christian Schenk (Germany) 5.....................Christian Plaziat (France) 6..........................Alain Blondel (France) 7..................................... Steve Fritz (US) 8....................................Rob Muzzio (US) 9........................Michael Smith (Canada) 10..................Vitaliy Kolpakov (Ukraine) 1994 1...................................Dan O’Brien (US) 2.............. Eduard Hämäläinen (Belarus) 3..........................Alain Blondel (France) 4.......................Henrik Dagård (Sweden) 5..................................... Steve Fritz (US) 6.....................Christian Plaziat (France) 7.................... Stefan Schmid (Germany) 8........................Michael Smith (Canada) 9.......................... Lev Lobodin (Ukraine) 10..................................Kip Janvrin (US) 1995 1...................................Dan O’Brien (US) 2.............. Eduard Hämäläinen (Belarus) 3........................Michael Smith (Canada) 4................................Erki Nool (Estonia) 5..........Tomáš Dvořák (Czech Republic) 6.....................Christian Plaziat (France) 7.......................... Lev Lobodin (Ukraine) 8................................. Chris Huffins (US) 9....................Sébastien Levicq (France) 10.........Jón Arnar Magnússon (Iceland) 1996 1...................................Dan O’Brien (US) 2................ Frank Busemann (Germany) 3..........Tomáš Dvořák (Czech Republic) 4..................................... Steve Fritz (US) 5.............. Eduard Hämäläinen (Belarus) 6........................Michael Smith (Canada) 7................................Erki Nool (Estonia) 8.......... Robert Změlík (Czech Republic) 9................. Ramil Ganiyev (Uzbekistan) 10............................... Chris Huffins (US) 1997 1..........Tomáš Dvořák (Czech Republic) 2...............Eduard Hämäläinen (Finland) 3................ Frank Busemann (Germany) 4..................................... Steve Fritz (US) 5................................Erki Nool (Estonia) 6........................Michael Smith (Canada) 7................................. Chris Huffins (US) 8.......... Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic) 9...........Jón Arnar Magnússon (Iceland) 10............... Ramil Ganiyev (Uzbekistan) 1998 1...................................Dan O’Brien (US) 2................................Erki Nool (Estonia) 3...........Jón Arnar Magnússon (Iceland) 4..........Tomáš Dvořák (Czech Republic) 5................................. Chris Huffins (US) 6...............Eduard Hämäläinen (Finland) 7............................Lev Lobodin (Russia) 8.......... Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic) 9..................Sebastian Chmara (Poland) 10.................... Jagan Hames (Australia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s Decathlon 1999 1..........Tomáš Dvořák (Czech Republic) 2................................Erki Nool (Estonia) 3.................. Dean Macey (Great Britain) 4................................. Chris Huffins (US) 5.......... Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic) 6....................Sébastien Levicq (France) 7............................Lev Lobodin (Russia) 8................... Wilfrid Boulineau (France) 9................... Attila Zsivóczky (Hungary) 10.................................Tom Pappas (US) 2000 1..........Tomáš Dvořák (Czech Republic) 2................................Erki Nool (Estonia) 3.......... Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic) 4................................. Chris Huffins (US) 5.................. Dean Macey (Great Britain) 6...................................Tom Pappas (US) 7................... Attila Zsivóczky (Hungary) 8................ Frank Busemann (Germany) 9.................... Stefan Schmid (Germany) 10............... Aleksandr Yurkov (Ukraine) 2001 1..........Tomáš Dvořák (Czech Republic) 2................................Erki Nool (Estonia) 3.......... Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic) 4.................. Dean Macey (Great Britain) 5............................Lev Lobodin (Russia) 6................. Aleksandr Yurkov (Ukraine) 7................... Attila Zsivóczky (Hungary) 8.................... Stefan Schmid (Germany) 9........................ Laurent Hernu (France) 10.................................Tom Pappas (US) 2002 1.......... Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic) 2...................................Tom Pappas (US) 3............................Lev Lobodin (Russia) 4...........Jón Arnar Magnússon (Iceland) 5................. Aleksandr Yurkov (Ukraine) 6................................Erki Nool (Estonia) 7......................Jaako Ojaniemi (Finland) 8....................... Mike Maczey (Germany) 9........................ Laurent Hernu (France) 10.................Claston Bernard (Jamaica) 2003 1...................................Tom Pappas (US) 2.......... Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic) 3............... Dmitriy Karpov (Kazakhstan) 4........................ Laurent Hernu (France) 5.....................................Bryan Clay (US) 6..........Tomáš Dvořák (Czech Republic) 7....................... Romain Barras (France) 8............................Lev Lobodin (Russia) 9.................................Haifeng Qi (China) 10................... André Niklaus (Germany) 2004 1.......... Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic) 2.....................................Bryan Clay (US) 3............... Dmitriy Karpov (Kazakhstan) 4...................................Tom Pappas (US) 5.................. Dean Macey (Great Britain) 6........................Chiel Warners (Holland) 7................... Attila Zsivóczky (Hungary) 8................................Erki Nool (Estonia) 9........................ Laurent Hernu (France) 10.................Claston Bernard (Jamaica) 2005 1.....................................Bryan Clay (US) 2.......... Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic) 3................... Attila Zsivóczky (Hungary) 4............. Aleksandr Pogorelov (Russia) 5...................... Kristjan Rahnu (Estonia) 6..................... André Niklaus (Germany) 7....................... Romain Barras (France) 8.................... Aleksey Drozdov (Russia) 9..........Tomáš Dvořák (Czech Republic) 10...............................Haifeng Qi (China) 2006 1.....................................Bryan Clay (US) 2............... Dmitriy Karpov (Kazakhstan) 3.......... Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic) 4................... Attila Zsivóczky (Hungary) 5...................... Maurice Smith (Jamaica) 6.................... Aleksey Drozdov (Russia) 7...................................Tom Pappas (US) 8............. Aleksandr Pogorelov (Russia) 9....................... Romain Barras (France) 10................... André Niklaus (Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s Decathlon 2007 1.......... Roman Šebrle (Czech Republic) 2..............Andrey Kravchenko (Belarus) 3...................... Maurice Smith (Jamaica) 4............... Dmitriy Karpov (Kazakhstan) 5.................... Aleksey Drozdov (Russia) 6.....................................Bryan Clay (US) 7..................... André Niklaus (Germany) 8....................Aleksey Sysoyev (Russia) 9....................... Romain Barras (France) 10...................... Yordanis García (Cuba) 2008 1.....................................Bryan Clay (US) 2..............Andrey Kravchenko (Belarus) 3........................... Leonel Suárez (Cuba) 4............. Aleksandr Pogorelov (Russia) 5...................................Trey Hardee (US) 6............... Dmitriy Karpov (Kazakhstan) 7....................Aleksey Sysoyev (Russia) 8...................................Tom Pappas (US) 9...................... Maurice Smith (Jamaica) 10..................... Romain Barras (France) 2009 1...................................Trey Hardee (US) 2........................... Leonel Suárez (Cuba) 3............. Aleksandr Pogorelov (Russia) 4.................Oleksiy Kasyanov (Ukraine) 5................Michael Schrader (Germany) 6...................................Tom Pappas (US) 7........................ Yordanis García (Cuba) 8....................Aleksey Sysoyev (Russia) 9...........Pascal Behrenbruch (Germany) 10..................... Niklas Wiberg (Sweden) 2010 1....................... Romain Barras (France) 2................................ Ashton Eaton (US) 3.....................................Bryan Clay (US) 4........................... Leonel Suárez (Cuba) 5................Eelco Sintnicolaas (Holland) 6........................ Yordanis García (Cuba) 7................................... Jake Arnold (US) 8..............Andrey Kravchenko (Belarus) 9...........Pascal Behrenbruch (Germany) 10.......................Mikk Pahapill (Estonia) 2011 1...................................Trey Hardee (US) 2................................ Ashton Eaton (US) 3........................... Leonel Suárez (Cuba) 4.................... Aleksey Drozdov (Russia) 5................Eelco Sintnicolaas (Holland) 6.........................Mikk Pahapill (Estonia) 7...........Pascal Behrenbruch (Germany) 8............................Mihail Dudaš (Serbia) 9.................Jan Felix Knobel (Germany) 10.................... Larbi Bouraada (Algeria) 2012 1................................ Ashton Eaton (US) 2...................................Trey Hardee (US) 3................. Hans Van Alphen (Belgium) 4........................... Leonel Suárez (Cuba) 5...........Pascal Behrenbruch (Germany) 6..................... Rico Freimuth (Germany) 7......................Damian Warner (Canada) 8.................Oleksiy Kasyanov (Ukraine) 9................Eelco Sintnicolaas (Holland) 10....................Sergey Sviridov (Russia) 2013 1............................... Ashton Eaton (US) 2............... Michael Schrader (Germany) 3..................... Damian Warner (Canada) 4........................... Kevin Mayer (France) 5............... Eelco Sintnicolaas (Holland) 6.......................... Carlos Chinin (Brazil) 7.................... Rico Freimuth (Germany) 8.................... Ilya Shkurenyov (Russia) 9........... Willem Coertzen (South Africa) 10........ Pascal Behrenbruch (Germany) 2014 1...................................Trey Hardee (US) 2...............Andrei Krauchanka (Belarus) 3............................Kevin Mayer (France) 4.......................Kai Kazmirek (Germany) 5................Eelco Sintnicolaas (Holland) 6..................... Ilya Shkurenyov (Russia) 7..................... Rico Freimuth (Germany) 8........................Arthur Abele (Germany) 9........................ Yordanis García (Cuba) 10.................... Larbi Bouraada (Algeria) © Track & Field News 2018 — 10 — World Rankings — Men’s Decathlon 2015 1................................ Ashton Eaton (US) 2......................Damian Warner (Canada) 3...................................Trey Hardee (US) 4..................... Rico Freimuth (Germany) 5..................... Ilya Shkurenyov (Russia) 6.......................Kai Kazmirek (Germany) 8...................... Larbi Bouraada (Algeria) 7................Michael Schrader (Germany) 9............Willem Coertzen (South Africa) 10........................... Kurt Felix (Grenada) 2016 1................................ Ashton Eaton (US) 2............................Kevin Mayer (France) 3......................Damian Warner (Canada) 4.......................Kai Kazmirek (Germany) 5...................... Larbi Bouraada (Algeria) 6........................... Leonel Suárez (Cuba) 7..................................Zach Ziemek (US) 8................................ Jeremy Taiwo (US) 9........................Arthur Abele (Germany) 10..................... Lindon Victor (Grenada) 2017 1............................Kevin Mayer (France) 2..................... Rico Freimuth (Germany) 3......................Damian Warner (Canada) 4.......................Kai Kazmirek (Germany) 5....................... Janek Õiglane (Estonia) 6.................Oleksiy Kasyanov (Ukraine) 7............................. Kurt Felix (Grenada) 8....................... Lindon Victor (Grenada) 9 ....Adam Sebastian Helcelet (Czech Rep) 10..............Eelco Sintnicolaas (Holland)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s 100 1957 1.....................Marlene Willard (Australia) 2...................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 3.................Vera Krepkina (Soviet Union) 4....................Hannie Bloemhof (Holland) 5.......Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 6................Galina Popova (Soviet Union) 7............................Erica Willis (Australia) 8...... Brunhilde Hendrix (West Germany) 9...........................Fleur Mellor (Australia) 10........... Madeleine Cobb (Great Britain) 1956 1...................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 2..........Christa Stubnick (East Germany) 3.....................Marlene Willard (Australia) 4................Galina Popova (Soviet Union) 5...............................Isabelle Daniels (US) 6........................ Giuseppina Leone (Italy) 7.......Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 8........................June Paul (Great Britain) 9............... Heather Young (Great Britain) 10.......Galina Rezchikova (Soviet Union) © giancarlo colombo/photo run The ’08 Olympic gold led to the first of Shelly-Ann FraserPryce’s 4 No. 1s © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s 100 1958 1.....................Marlene Willard (Australia) 2...................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 3.................................Barbara Jones (US) 4............... Heather Young (Great Britain) 5.................Vera Krepkina (Soviet Union) 6............. Madeleine Cobb (Great Britain) 7........................Wendy Hayes (Australia) 8..........Christa Stubnick (East Germany) 9...............................Isabelle Daniels (US) 10........................Robyn Scott (Australia) 1959 1...................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 2.....................Marlene Willard (Australia) 3.................................Barbara Jones (US) 4................Galina Popova (Soviet Union) 5........................ Giuseppina Leone (Italy) 6.................Vera Krepkina (Soviet Union) 7...........Nonna Polyakova (Soviet Union) 8.......Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 9.......................Gloria Wigney (Australia) 10................Anni Biechl (West Germany) 1960 1............................... Wilma Rudolph (US) 2..............Dorothy Hyman (Great Britain) 3........................ Giuseppina Leone (Italy) 4....................Patricia Duggan (Australia) 5...................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 6.....................Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 7............. Catherine Capdevielle (France) 8................Jennifer Smart (Great Britain) 9.....................Marlene Willard (Australia) 10...................Norma Fleming (Australia) 1961 1............................... Wilma Rudolph (US) 2.....................Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 3..............Rhonda Bainbridge (Australia) 4.................................... Willye White (US) 5..Valentina Maslovskaya (Soviet Union) 6.......Hannelore Raepke (East Germany) 7..Tatyana Shchelkanova (Soviet Union) 8..................Jutta Heine (West Germany) 9........................... Teresa Ciepła (Poland) 10...............Doreen Porter (New Zealand) 1962 1..............Dorothy Hyman (Great Britain) 2............................... Wilma Rudolph (US) 3..................Jutta Heine (West Germany) 4........................... Teresa Ciepła (Poland) 5.....................Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 6.................Doreen Porter (New Zealand) 7...........................Brenda Cox (Australia) 8................ Daphne Arden (Great Britain) 9.......Hannelore Raepke (East Germany) 10................ Glennys Beasley (Australia) 1963 1..............Dorothy Hyman (Great Britain) 2................Galina Popova (Soviet Union) 3..........................Diane Burge (Australia) 4.................................Edith McGuire (US) 5.....................Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 6.......Hannelore Raepke (East Germany) 7.......................Joyce Bennett (Australia) 8....................Margaret Burvill (Australia) 9......................Elżbieta Szyroka (Poland) 10................Jutta Heine (West Germany) 1964 1...................................Wyomia Tyus (US) 2.................................Edith McGuire (US) 3...................Ewa Kłobukowska (Poland) 4.................................. Marilyn White (US) 5........................Miguelina Cobián (Cuba) 6........................Marilyn Black (Australia) 7........................ Halina Górecka (Poland) 8.................Doreen Porter (New Zealand) 9..............Dorothy Hyman (Great Britain) 10....................Irene Piotrowski (Canada) 1965 1...................Ewa Kłobukowska (Poland) 2.......................Irena Szewińska (Poland) 3...................................Wyomia Tyus (US) 4.................................Edith McGuire (US) 5........................Miguelina Cobián (Cuba) 6........... Erika Pollmann (West Germany) 7.......... Galina Mitrokhina (Soviet Union) 8.......................... Debbie Thompson (US) 9................. Margit Nemesházi (Hungary) 10.....................Jennifer Lamy (Australia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s 100 1966 1...................Ewa Kłobukowska (Poland) 2.......................Irena Szewińska (Poland) 3...................................Wyomia Tyus (US) 4.................................Chi Cheng (Taiwan) 5................................Barbara Ferrell (US) 6..........................Diane Burge (Australia) 7................ Karin Frisch (West Germany) 8............Eva Glesková (Czechoslovakia) 9.................................Edith McGuire (US) 10............... Margit Nemesházi (Hungary) 1967 1.......................Irena Szewińska (Poland) 2...................Ewa Kłobukowska (Poland) 3..........................Diane Burge (Australia) 4................................Barbara Ferrell (US) 5........................Miguelina Cobián (Cuba) 6...................................Wyomia Tyus (US) 7.......................Jennifer Lamy (Australia) 8......................Irene Piotrowski (Canada) 9...................Christina Echevarria (Cuba) 10..........Eva Glesková (Czechoslovakia) 1968 1...................................Wyomia Tyus (US) 2................................Barbara Ferrell (US) 3.......................Irena Szewińska (Poland) 4...............................Margaret Bailes (US) 5.......................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 6..........................Diane Burge (Australia) 7.................................Chi Cheng (Taiwan) 8........................Miguelina Cobián (Cuba) 9...Lyudmila Samotesova (Soviet Union) 10...................Valerie Peat (Great Britain) 1969 1.................................Chi Cheng (Taiwan) 2................................Barbara Ferrell (US) 3...............Petra Kandarr (East Germany) 4..........................................Iris Davis (US) 5...............Wilma van den Berg (Holland) 6.......................Irena Szewińska (Poland) 7..............Dorothy Hyman (Great Britain) 8.......................Jennifer Lamy (Australia) 9........................Miguelina Cobián (Cuba) 10...................... Anita Neil (Great Britain) 1970 1.................................Chi Cheng (Taiwan) 2............ Renate Stecher (East Germany) 3..........................................Iris Davis (US) 4.......................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 5..............Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) 6............................. Alice Annum (Ghana) 7...............Wilma van den Berg (Holland) 8....................Marion Hoffman (Australia) 9..................... Györgyi Balogh (Hungary) 10......................Miguelina Cobián (Cuba) 1971 1............ Renate Stecher (East Germany) 2..........................................Iris Davis (US) 3..............Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) 4.......................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 5 Elfgard Schittenhelm (West Germany) 6..................Inge Helten (West Germany) 7.......................Irena Szewińska (Poland) 8............................. Alice Annum (Ghana) 9......................Stephanie Berto (Canada) 10................... Györgyi Balogh (Hungary) 1972 1............ Renate Stecher (East Germany) 2.......................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 3............................... Silvia Chivás (Cuba) 4............Eva Glesková (Czechoslovakia) 5..........................................Iris Davis (US) 6 Elfgard Schittenhelm (West Germany) 7........ Annegret Richter (West Germany) 8........................ Sylviane Telliez (France) 9............................. Alice Annum (Ghana) 10.....................Irena Szewińska (Poland) 1973 1............ Renate Stecher (East Germany) 2.............Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (Finland) 3.......................Irena Szewińska (Poland) 4............................... Silvia Chivás (Cuba) 5........ Annegret Richter (West Germany) 6.......... Doris Selmigkeit (East Germany) 7...............Petra Kandarr (East Germany) 8..........................................Iris Davis (US) 9 Elfgard Schittenhelm (West Germany) 10............... Ellen Streidt (East Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Women’s 100 1974 1.......................Irena Szewińska (Poland) 2............ Renate Stecher (East Germany) 3.................Andrea Lynch (Great Britain) 4.......................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 5........ Annegret Richter (West Germany) 6......Lyudmila Maslakova (Soviet Union) 7.............Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (Finland) 8................................Renaye Bowen (US) 9............................. Alice Annum (Ghana) 10............Bärbel Wöckel (East Germany) 1975 1............ Renate Stecher (East Germany) 2.................Andrea Lynch (Great Britain) 3.......................Irena Szewińska (Poland) 4........ Annegret Richter (West Germany) 5......Lyudmila Maslakova (Soviet Union) 6.........................................Pam Jiles (US) 7..................Inge Helten (West Germany) 8...........Monika Hamann (East Germany) 9........................Patty Loverock (Canada) 10........................... Alice Annum (Ghana) 1976 1........ Annegret Richter (West Germany) 2............ Renate Stecher (East Germany) 3..................Inge Helten (West Germany) 4.......................Irena Szewińska (Poland) 5............Sonia Lannaman (Great Britain) 6.......................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 7........................... Brenda Morehead (US) 8............................... Evelyn Ashford (US) 9...............Chandra Cheeseborough (US) 10.............. Marlies Göhr (East Germany) 1977 1................ Marlies Göhr (East Germany) 2............Sonia Lannaman (Great Britain) 3........ Annegret Richter (West Germany) 4...........Monika Hamann (East Germany) 5........................... Brenda Morehead (US) 6............................... Silvia Chivás (Cuba) 7.................Andrea Lynch (Great Britain) 8.......................Irena Szewińska (Poland) 9......Lyudmila Maslakova (Soviet Union) 10 Lyudmila Storozhkova (Soviet Union) 1978 1................ Marlies Göhr (East Germany) 2........ Annegret Richter (West Germany) 3........................Linda Haglund (Sweden) 4............................... Evelyn Ashford (US) 5..................Marita Koch (East Germany) 6......Lyudmila Maslakova (Soviet Union) 7...........Monika Hamann (East Germany) 8............Sonia Lannaman (Great Britain) 9.......................Leleith Hodges (Jamaica) 10..........................Chantal Réga (France) 1979 1............................... Evelyn Ashford (US) 2................ Marlies Göhr (East Germany) 3..................Marita Koch (East Germany) 4..Lyudmila Kondratyeva (Soviet Union) 5........ Annegret Richter (West Germany) 6........................... Brenda Morehead (US) 7........................Linda Haglund (Sweden) 8................ Heather Hunte (Great Britain) 9..................... Lilyana Ivanova (Bulgaria) 10................. Angella Issajenko (Canada) 1980 1................ Marlies Göhr (East Germany) 2..Lyudmila Kondratyeva (Soviet Union) 3......... Ingrid Auerswald (East Germany) 4.................Romy Müller (East Germany) 5................... Angella Issajenko (Canada) 6..................Marita Koch (East Germany) 7........................Linda Haglund (Sweden) 8.....................................Alice Brown (US) 9.....................Kathy Cook (Great Britain) 10..........................Chantal Réga (France) 1981 1............................... Evelyn Ashford (US) 2................ Marlies Göhr (East Germany) 3.....................Kathy Cook (Great Britain) 4..............Bärbel Wöckel (East Germany) 5........................Linda Haglund (Sweden) 6 Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) 7................... Angella Issajenko (Canada) 8.........................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 9..............................Jeanette Bolden (US) 10................Marita Koch (East Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Women’s 100 1982 1................ Marlies Göhr (East Germany) 2............................... Evelyn Ashford (US) 3..............Bärbel Wöckel (East Germany) 4................... Angella Issajenko (Canada) 5.........................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 6..................Marita Koch (East Germany) 7................................ Diane Williams (US) 8 Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) 9..............................Jeanette Bolden (US) 10...............Florence Griffith Joyner (US) 1983 1................ Marlies Göhr (East Germany) 2..................Marita Koch (East Germany) 3............................... Evelyn Ashford (US) 4.........................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 5................................ Diane Williams (US) 6.................Florence Griffith Joyner (US) 7..........................Angela Bailey (Canada) 8..................... Helinä Marjamaa (Finland) 9................... Angella Issajenko (Canada) 10.............Chandra Cheeseborough (US) 1984 1............................... Evelyn Ashford (US) 2................ Marlies Göhr (East Germany) 3..Lyudmila Kondratyeva (Soviet Union) 4....................... Anelia Nuneva (Bulgaria) 5.....................................Alice Brown (US) 6.........................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 7......... Ingrid Auerswald (East Germany) 8.................. Silke Möller (East Germany) 9..................................Valerie Brisco (US) 10............................Jeanette Bolden (US) 1985 1................ Marlies Göhr (East Germany) 2..................................Valerie Brisco (US) 3.........................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 4.....................................Alice Brown (US) 5.................Florence Griffith Joyner (US) 6..................Marita Koch (East Germany) 7.................. Silke Möller (East Germany) 8...............Marina Zhirova (Soviet Union) 9..............................Jeanette Bolden (US) 10..................... Anelia Nuneva (Bulgaria) 1986 1............................... Evelyn Ashford (US) 2........... Heike Drechsler (East Germany) 3................ Marlies Göhr (East Germany) 4.................................. Pam Marshall (US) 5..................................Valerie Brisco (US) 6..............................Jeanette Bolden (US) 7.........................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 8.....................................Alice Brown (US) 9....................... Anelia Nuneva (Bulgaria) 10........................ Nelli Cooman (Holland) 1987 1.................. Silke Möller (East Germany) 2.........................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 3........... Heike Drechsler (East Germany) 4................... Angella Issajenko (Canada) 5................................ Diane Williams (US) 6....................... Anelia Nuneva (Bulgaria) 7......................................Gail Devers (US) 8..........................Angela Bailey (Canada) 9.................................. Pam Marshall (US) 10.............. Marlies Göhr (East Germany) 1988 1.................Florence Griffith Joyner (US) 2............................... Evelyn Ashford (US) 3........... Heike Drechsler (East Germany) 4................................Gwen Torrence (US) 5....................... Anelia Nuneva (Bulgaria) 6.......................Grace Jackson (Jamaica) 7.........................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 8.......................Juliet Cuthbert (Jamaica) 9................ Marlies Göhr (East Germany) 10................................Sheila Echols (US) 1989 1.........................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 2....................................Dawn Sowell (US) 3..................................Sheila Echols (US) 4.......................Pauline Davis (Bahamas) 5............................... Evelyn Ashford (US) 6...................................Esther Jones (US) 7..............................Mary Onyali (Nigeria) 8...............Katrin Krabbe (East Germany) 9.................. Silke Möller (East Germany) 10......................... Laurence Bily (France) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Women’s 100 1990 1.........................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 2...............Katrin Krabbe (East Germany) 3................................Carlette Guidry (US) 4......................Michelle Finn-Burrell (US) 5............................... Evelyn Ashford (US) 6........................... Laurence Bily (France) 7..................................Sheila Echols (US) 8........... Heike Drechsler (East Germany) 9..............................Mary Onyali (Nigeria) 10.....................Pauline Davis (Bahamas) 1991 1.........................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 2....................... Katrin Krabbe (Germany) 3................................Gwen Torrence (US) 4................Irina Privalova (Soviet Union) 5................................Carlette Guidry (US) 6............................... Evelyn Ashford (US) 7..............................Mary Onyali (Nigeria) 8.......................Juliet Cuthbert (Jamaica) 9....................Heike Drechsler (Germany) 10.................................Esther Jones (US) 1992 1.......................... Irina Privalova (Russia) 2................................Gwen Torrence (US) 3......................................Gail Devers (US) 4.........................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 5.......................Juliet Cuthbert (Jamaica) 6............................... Evelyn Ashford (US) 7...................Galina Malchugina (Russia) 8................................Carlette Guidry (US) 9..............................Mary Onyali (Nigeria) 10..............Marina Trandenkova (Russia) 1993 1......................................Gail Devers (US) 2.........................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 3................................Gwen Torrence (US) 4.......................... Irina Privalova (Russia) 5..............................Mary Onyali (Nigeria) 6.......................Juliet Cuthbert (Jamaica) 7.....................Natalya Voronova (Russia) 8......................Michelle Finn-Burrell (US) 9....................... Nicole Mitchell (Jamaica) 10........................Zhanna Block (Ukraine) 1994 1................................Gwen Torrence (US) 2.........................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 3.......................... Irina Privalova (Russia) 4..........................Zhanna Block (Ukraine) 5................................Carlette Guidry (US) 6.......................Juliet Cuthbert (Jamaica) 7......................................Holli Hyche (US) 8..............................Mary Onyali (Nigeria) 9...................................Cheryl Taplin (US) 10....................................Gail Devers (US) 1995 1................................Gwen Torrence (US) 2.........................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 3.......................... Irina Privalova (Russia) 4................................Carlette Guidry (US) 5..........................Zhanna Block (Ukraine) 6.......................Juliet Cuthbert (Jamaica) 7.................. Melanie Paschke (Germany) 8..............................Mary Onyali (Nigeria) 9.................... Celena Mondie-Milner (US) 10............................. Chryste Gaines (US) 1996 1.........................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 2......................................Gail Devers (US) 3................................Gwen Torrence (US) 4..............................Mary Onyali (Nigeria) 5..................Chandra Sturrup (Bahamas) 6............................... Chryste Gaines (US) 7.......................... Irina Privalova (Russia) 8...................................... Inger Miller (US) 9.......................Juliet Cuthbert (Jamaica) 10..............Marina Trandenkova (Russia) 1997 1.................................. Marion Jones (US) 2.........................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 3......................................Gail Devers (US) 4..........................Zhanna Block (Ukraine) 5.................Sevatheda Fynes (Bahamas) 6........................ Christine Arron (France) 7...................................... Inger Miller (US) 8.................. Melanie Paschke (Germany) 9............................... Chryste Gaines (US) 10...................Ekateríni Thánou (Greece) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Women’s 100 1998 1.................................. Marion Jones (US) 2........................ Christine Arron (France) 3...................................... Inger Miller (US) 4............................... Chryste Gaines (US) 5..........................Zhanna Block (Ukraine) 6.................Sevatheda Fynes (Bahamas) 7.........................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 8..................Chandra Sturrup (Bahamas) 9.......................... Irina Privalova (Russia) 10...................Ekateríni Thánou (Greece) 1999 1.................................. Marion Jones (US) 2...................................... Inger Miller (US) 3.....................Ekateríni Thánou (Greece) 4..........................Zhanna Block (Ukraine) 5......................................Gail Devers (US) 6........................ Christine Arron (France) 7..................Chandra Sturrup (Bahamas) 8................................ Mercy Nku (Nigeria) 9..............................Angela Williams (US) 10....Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) 2000 1.....................Ekateríni Thánou (Greece) 2...................................... Inger Miller (US) 3.....................Tayna Lawrence (Jamaica) 4.........................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 5..........................Zhanna Block (Ukraine) 6..................Chandra Sturrup (Bahamas) 7.................Sevatheda Fynes (Bahamas) 8............................... Chryste Gaines (US) 9.. Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) 10...................... Christine Arron (France) 2001 1..........................Zhanna Block (Ukraine) 2.....................Ekateríni Thánou (Greece) 3..................Chandra Sturrup (Bahamas) 4............................... Chryste Gaines (US) 5.. Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) 6................................ Mercy Nku (Nigeria) 7................. Endurance Ojokolo (Nigeria) 8.......................Myriam Mani (Cameroon) 9.........................Manuela Levorato (Italy) 10...........................LaTasha Jenkins (US) 2002 1..........................Zhanna Block (Ukraine) 2.....................Tayna Lawrence (Jamaica) 3............................... Chryste Gaines (US) 4.. Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) 5....Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 6.............................Muriel Hurtis (France) 7..................Chandra Sturrup (Bahamas) 8..................................Torri Edwards (US) 9................................ Mercy Nku (Nigeria) 10...................Ekateríni Thánou (Greece) 2003 1............................... Chryste Gaines (US) 2..................Chandra Sturrup (Bahamas) 3..................................Torri Edwards (US) 4........................ Christine Arron (France) 5..........................Zhanna Block (Ukraine) 6.............................Muriel Hurtis (France) 7...........................Aleen Bailey (Jamaica) 8......................................Gail Devers (US) 9.. Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) 10...................Ekateríni Thánou (Greece) 2004 1.................. Yuliya Nesterenko (Belarus) 2....Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 3...........................Aleen Bailey (Jamaica) 4..............................Lauryn Williams (US) 5........................ Christine Arron (France) 6.. Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) 7.................. Ivet Lalova-Collio (Bulgaria) 8..................Sherone Simpson (Jamaica) 9...........................LaTasha Colander (US) 10......................... Kim Gevaert (Belgium) 2005 1....Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 2........................ Christine Arron (France) 3..............................Lauryn Williams (US) 4..................Chandra Sturrup (Bahamas) 5......................................Lisa Barber (US) 6..................Sherone Simpson (Jamaica) 7.........................................Muna Lee (US) 8.................. Yuliya Nesterenko (Belarus) 9................................... Allyson Felix (US) 10.........................LaTasha Colander (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Women’s 100 2006 1..................Sherone Simpson (Jamaica) 2......................................Lisa Barber (US) 3..................................Torri Edwards (US) 4.. Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) 5................................... Allyson Felix (US) 6..............................Stephanie Durst (US) 7.............................LaTasha Jenkins (US) 8........................... Kim Gevaert (Belgium) 9....Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 10............................Lauryn Williams (US) 2007 1....Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 2..................................Torri Edwards (US) 3................................Carmelita Jeter (US) 4........................ Christine Arron (France) 5......................................Lisa Barber (US) 6................................... Allyson Felix (US) 7..............................Lauryn Williams (US) 8........................... Kim Gevaert (Belgium) 9.......................Kerron Stewart (Jamaica) 10....................................Miki Barber (US) 2008 1.......Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) 2.......................Kerron Stewart (Jamaica) 3..................Sherone Simpson (Jamaica) 4....Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 5..............................Lauryn Williams (US) 6.......................... Marshevet Hooker (US) 7.........................................Muna Lee (US) 8..................................Torri Edwards (US) 9..................Chandra Sturrup (Bahamas) 10..........Jeanette Kwakye (Great Britain) 2009 1................................Carmelita Jeter (US) 2.......Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) 3.......................Kerron Stewart (Jamaica) 4....Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 5.. Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) 6..................Chandra Sturrup (Bahamas) 7...Laverne Jones-Ferrette (Virgin Islands) 8.................Kelly-Ann Baptiste (Trinidad) 9..............................Lauryn Williams (US) 10................Sherone Simpson (Jamaica) 2010 1................................Carmelita Jeter (US) 2....Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 3.................Kelly-Ann Baptiste (Trinidad) 4.......................... Marshevet Hooker (US) 5..................Sherone Simpson (Jamaica) 6..................Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) 7........................ LaShaunte’a Moore (US) 8.........................Shalonda Solomon (US) 9..................Chandra Sturrup (Bahamas) 10....Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) 2011 1................................Carmelita Jeter (US) 2 ...... Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 3.................Kelly-Ann Baptiste (Trinidad) 4 ..........Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) 5.......................Kerron Stewart (Jamaica) 6.......................... Marshevet Hooker (US) 7..................Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) 8..................Sherone Simpson (Jamaica) 9..................Schillonie Calvert (Jamaica) 10................ Ivet Lalova-Collio (Bulgaria) 2012 1.......Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) 2................................Carmelita Jeter (US) 3....Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 4............................ Tianna Bartoletta (US) 5................................... Allyson Felix (US) 6.................Kelly-Ann Baptiste (Trinidad) 7..................Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) 8............................... Jeneba Tarmoh (US) 9..............Murielle Ahouré (Côte d’Ivoire) 10.....................Kerron Stewart (Jamaica) 2013 1...... Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) 2................. Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) 3............. Murielle Ahouré (Côte d’Ivoire) 4............................... Carmelita Jeter (US) 5............................. English Gardner (US) 6...................... Kerron Stewart (Jamaica) 7................................ Barbara Pierre (US) 8............................... Alex Anderson (US) 9....................... Carrie Russell (Jamaica) 10..................... Octavious Freeman (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Women’s 100 2014 1...........Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 2....................................... Tori Bowie (US) 3................. Michelle-Lee Ahye (Trinidad) 4..............Murielle Ahouré (Côte d’Ivoire) 5..................Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) 6.....................Dafne Schippers (Holland) 7.......................Kerron Stewart (Jamaica) 8............................ Tianna Bartoletta (US) 9.................................Barbara Pierre (US) 10............................. Jeneba Tarmoh (US) 2015 1.......Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) 2.....................Dafne Schippers (Holland) 3....................................... Tori Bowie (US) 4..................Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) 5....Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 6..............Murielle Ahouré (Côte d’Ivoire) 7................. Michelle-Lee Ahye (Trinidad) 8.................Kelly-Ann Baptiste (Trinidad) 9..............................English Gardner (US) 10................ Elaine Thompson (Jamaica) 2016 1.................. Elaine Thompson (Jamaica) 2....................................... Tori Bowie (US) 3.....................Dafne Schippers (Holland) 4..............................English Gardner (US) 5......Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) 6........Marie Josée Ta Lou (Côte d’Ivoire) 7................. Michelle-Lee Ahye (Trinidad) 8............................ Tianna Bartoletta (US) 9..............Murielle Ahouré (Côte d’Ivoire) 10..Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 2017 1.................. Elaine Thompson (Jamaica) 2....................................... Tori Bowie (US) 3.......Marie Josée Ta Lou (Côte d’Ivoire) 4.....................Dafne Schippers (Holland) 5..............Murielle Ahouré (Côte d’Ivoire) 6..................Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) 7................. Michelle-Lee Ahye (Trinidad) 8........................ Morolake Akinosun (US) 9.................Kelly-Ann Baptiste (Trinidad) 10.............................Deajah Stevens (US)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s 200 1956 1.................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 2........ Christa Stubnick (East Germany) 3................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 4...................Marlene Willard (Australia) 5......................June Paul (Great Britain) 6..................... Norma Croker (Australia) 7.....................Barbara Sobotta (Poland) 8..... Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 9..................Vera Yugova (Soviet Union) 10...............Jean Scriven (Great Britain) 1957 1...................Marlene Willard (Australia) 2.................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 3..... Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 4................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 5........................Nancy Boyle (Australia) 6........ Albina Kobranova (Soviet Union) 7.................. Hannie Bloemhof (Holland) 8..............Heather Young (Great Britain) 9.....................Barbara Sobotta (Poland) 10............Galina Popova (Soviet Union) © victor sailer/photo run Dafne Schippers & Elaine Thompson are the two most recent No. 1s © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s 200 1958 1...................Marlene Willard (Australia) 2.................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 3..............Heather Young (Great Britain) 4........ Christa Stubnick (East Germany) 5......................June Paul (Great Britain) 6.......................... Lucinda Williams (US) 7.............................Isabelle Daniels (US) 8.....................Barbara Sobotta (Poland) 9........... Magdel Myburgh (South Africa) 10.....................Kay Johnson (Australia) 1959 1.................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 2.......................... Lucinda Williams (US) 3.............................Isabelle Daniels (US) 4..............Galina Popova (Soviet Union) 5................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 6..... Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 7............ Dorothy Hyman (Great Britain) 8...................... Giuseppina Leone (Italy) 9......... Nonna Polyakova (Soviet Union) 10..............Moyra Hiscox (Great Britain) 1960 1..............................Wilma Rudolph (US) 2.................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 3..................Patricia Duggan (Australia) 4................ Jutta Heine (West Germany) 5............ Dorothy Hyman (Great Britain) 6................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 7.....................Barbara Sobotta (Poland) 8................... Norma Fleming (Australia) 9...................... Giuseppina Leone (Italy) 10... Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 1961 1................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 2......Hannelore Raepke (East Germany) 3................ Jutta Heine (West Germany) 4........................ Ernestine Pollards (US) 5.................................Vivian Brown (US) 6..............Jennifer Smart (Great Britain) 7............ Rhonda Bainbridge (Australia) 8.....................Barbara Sobotta (Poland) 9....Lyudmila Samotesova (Soviet Union) 10.................... Marilyn Black (Australia) 1962 1................ Jutta Heine (West Germany) 2............ Dorothy Hyman (Great Britain) 3.................................Vivian Brown (US) 4.....................Barbara Sobotta (Poland) 5................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 6.....................Joyce Bennett (Australia) 7......Hannelore Raepke (East Germany) 8.................. Margaret Burvill (Australia) 9.................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 10.............Daphne Arden (Great Britain) 1963 1............ Dorothy Hyman (Great Britain) 2.....................Joyce Bennett (Australia) 3..............Galina Popova (Soviet Union) 4.................. Margaret Burvill (Australia) 5................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 6......Hannelore Raepke (East Germany) 7.................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 8................ Jutta Heine (West Germany) 9.................Glennys Beasley (Australia) 10.................. Elżbieta Szyroka (Poland) 1964 1............................... Edith McGuire (US) 2..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 3...................... Marilyn Black (Australia) 4...................... Miguelina Cobián (Cuba) 5....Lyudmila Samotesova (Soviet Union) 6.................. Margaret Burvill (Australia) 7............................Una Morris (Jamaica) 8.......................Halina Górecka (Poland) 9..............Janet Simpson (Great Britain) 10...................Barbara Sobotta (Poland) 1965 1..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 2..................Ewa Kłobukowska (Poland) 3............................... Edith McGuire (US) 4.................................Wyomia Tyus (US) 5...................... Miguelina Cobián (Cuba) 6..............Janet Simpson (Great Britain) 7............ Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) 8............... Vera Popkova (Soviet Union) 9........... Maureen Tranter (Great Britain) 10... Lyudmila Samotesova (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s 200 1966 1..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 2..................Ewa Kłobukowska (Poland) 3............................... Edith McGuire (US) 4............... Vera Popkova (Soviet Union) 5........................ Diane Burge (Australia) 6.............................. Barbara Ferrell (US) 7.................... Irene Piotrowski (Canada) 8.. Kirsten Roggenkamp (West Germany) 9.................................Wyomia Tyus (US) 10................... Jennifer Lamy (Australia) 1967 1..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 2........................ Diane Burge (Australia) 3...................... Miguelina Cobián (Cuba) 4..................... Jennifer Lamy (Australia) 5.............................. Barbara Ferrell (US) 6.................................Wyomia Tyus (US) 7.................... Irene Piotrowski (Canada) 8..................Ewa Kłobukowska (Poland) 9...................Annamária Tóth (Hungary) 10...................Karin Lundgren (Sweden) 1968 1..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 2.....................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 3..................... Jennifer Lamy (Australia) 4.............................. Barbara Ferrell (US) 5.................................Wyomia Tyus (US) 6.............................Margaret Bailes (US) 7....Lyudmila Samotesova (Soviet Union) 8..................Nicole Montandon (France) 9............... Vera Popkova (Soviet Union) 10.................... Miguelina Cobián (Cuba) 1969 1.............Petra Kandarr (East Germany) 2..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 3...............................Chi Cheng (Taiwan) 4.............................. Barbara Ferrell (US) 5............. Wilma van den Berg (Holland) 6...........Renate Stecher (East Germany) 7.....................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 8............ Dorothy Hyman (Great Britain) 9...................Valerie Peat (Great Britain) 10.................... Miguelina Cobián (Cuba) 1970 1...............................Chi Cheng (Taiwan) 2...........Renate Stecher (East Germany) 3.....................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 4................................... Mavis Laing (US) 5............................Alice Annum (Ghana) 6........Margaret Critchley (Great Britain) 7............ Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) 8....................Györgyi Balogh (Hungary) 9............. Wilma van den Berg (Holland) 10..............Helen Golden (Great Britain) 1971 1...........Renate Stecher (East Germany) 2.....................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 3..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 4............................Alice Annum (Ghana) 5....................Györgyi Balogh (Hungary) 6.................... Stephanie Berto (Canada) 7 ..Nadezhda Besfamilnaya (Soviet Union) 8.... Annegret Kroniger (West Germany) 9................ Rita Wilden (West Germany) 10.............. Inge Helten (West Germany) 1972 1...........Renate Stecher (East Germany) 2.....................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 3..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 4.............. Monika Zehrt (East Germany) 5................Ellen Streidt (East Germany) 6....... Christine Heinich (East Germany) 7.... Annegret Kroniger (West Germany) 8............................Alice Annum (Ghana) 9......................Rosie Allwood (Jamaica) 10..Nadezhda Besfamilnaya (Soviet Union) 1973 1...........Renate Stecher (East Germany) 2..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 3........... Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (Finland) 4.............Petra Kandarr (East Germany) 5........... Marina Sidorova (Soviet Union) 6................Ellen Streidt (East Germany) 7.....................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 8.............Doris Maletzki (East Germany) 9........................Denise Boyd (Australia) 10..... Christine Heinich (East Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Women’s 200 1974 1..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 2...........Renate Stecher (East Germany) 3.....................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 4............................. Riitta Salin (Finland) 5............................Alice Annum (Ghana) 6........... Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (Finland) 7........................Denise Boyd (Australia) 8.................................Fran Sichting (US) 9.... Lyudmila Maslakova (Soviet Union) 10.....Annegret Richter (West Germany) 1975 1...........Renate Stecher (East Germany) 2..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 3.........Carla Bodendorf (East Germany) 4.......................................Pam Jiles (US) 5............. Chandra Cheeseborough (US) 6.............Doris Maletzki (East Germany) 7.......Annegret Richter (West Germany) 8............... Maren Gang (West Germany) 9................Ellen Streidt (East Germany) 10......................Denise Boyd (Australia) 1976 1..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 2...........Renate Stecher (East Germany) 3............ Bärbel Wöckel (East Germany) 4.......Annegret Richter (West Germany) 5.........Carla Bodendorf (East Germany) 6................ Inge Helten (West Germany) 7.......... Sonia Lannaman (Great Britain) 8........................Denise Boyd (Australia) 9......................... Brenda Morehead (US) 10.Tatyana Prorochenko (Soviet Union) 1977 1..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 2.......... Sonia Lannaman (Great Britain) 3................ Marita Koch (East Germany) 4............ Bärbel Wöckel (East Germany) 5........... Marina Sidorova (Soviet Union) 6.......Annegret Richter (West Germany) 7............................. Evelyn Ashford (US) 8............................. Silvia Chivás (Cuba) 9......... Monika Hamann (East Germany) 10...................Raelene Boyle (Australia) 1978 1................ Marita Koch (East Germany) 2...............Marlies Göhr (East Germany) 3............................. Evelyn Ashford (US) 4.Lyudmila Kondratyeva (Soviet Union) 5..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 6.........Carla Bodendorf (East Germany) 7......... Monika Hamann (East Germany) 8..........................Chantal Réga (France) 9........................Denise Boyd (Australia) 10........ Sonia Lannaman (Great Britain) 1979 1................ Marita Koch (East Germany) 2............................. Evelyn Ashford (US) 3.Lyudmila Kondratyeva (Soviet Union) 4...............Marlies Göhr (East Germany) 5.......Annegret Richter (West Germany) 6................... Kathy Cook (Great Britain) 7............... Romy Müller (East Germany) 8..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 9................. Angella Issajenko (Canada) 10..............................Valerie Brisco (US) 1980 1............ Bärbel Wöckel (East Germany) 2...........Natalya Bochina (Soviet Union) 3.......................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 4................ Marita Koch (East Germany) 5............... Romy Müller (East Germany) 6................... Kathy Cook (Great Britain) 7.Lyudmila Kondratyeva (Soviet Union) 8......................... Brenda Morehead (US) 9.......... Sonia Lannaman (Great Britain) 10.............Marlies Göhr (East Germany) 1981 1............................. Evelyn Ashford (US) 2. Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) 3............ Bärbel Wöckel (East Germany) 4.......................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 5................... Kathy Cook (Great Britain) 6................. Angella Issajenko (Canada) 7...........Gesine Walther (East Germany) 8...........Natalya Bochina (Soviet Union) 9.. Kirsten Emmelmann (East Germany) 10........Annelies Walter (East Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Women’s 200 1982 1............ Bärbel Wöckel (East Germany) 2................ Marita Koch (East Germany) 3............................. Evelyn Ashford (US) 4.......................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 5................... Kathy Cook (Great Britain) 6................. Angella Issajenko (Canada) 7............... Florence Griffith Joyner (US) 8...........Gesine Walther (East Germany) 9.............Sabine Rieger (East Germany) 10...Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) 1983 1................ Marita Koch (East Germany) 2.......................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 3. Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) 4................... Kathy Cook (Great Britain) 5............................. Evelyn Ashford (US) 6............... Florence Griffith Joyner (US) 7............ Bärbel Wöckel (East Germany) 8............. Chandra Cheeseborough (US) 9................................Randy Givens (US) 10................... Grace Jackson (Jamaica) 1984 1................ Marita Koch (East Germany) 2............ Bärbel Wöckel (East Germany) 3...............Marlies Göhr (East Germany) 4................................Valerie Brisco (US) 5............... Florence Griffith Joyner (US) 6.......................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 7................... Kathy Cook (Great Britain) 8..................... Grace Jackson (Jamaica) 9. Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) 10......... Nadezhda Georgieva (Bulgaria) 1985 1................ Marita Koch (East Germany) 2................................Valerie Brisco (US) 3.......................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 4.................Silke Möller (East Germany) 5............... Florence Griffith Joyner (US) 6................................ Pam Marshall (US) 7..................... Grace Jackson (Jamaica) 8.........Elvira Barbashina (Soviet Union) 9.. Kirsten Emmelmann (East Germany) 10........... Marina Zhirova (Soviet Union) 1986 1..........Heike Drechsler (East Germany) 2............................. Evelyn Ashford (US) 3................................Valerie Brisco (US) 4.........................Ewa Kasprzyk (Poland) 5................................ Pam Marshall (US) 6.......................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 7..................... Grace Jackson (Jamaica) 8........... Marie-Christine Cazier (France) 9.................Silke Möller (East Germany) 10.............. Marita Koch (East Germany) 1987 1.................Silke Möller (East Germany) 2............... Florence Griffith Joyner (US) 3.......................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 4................................ Pam Marshall (US) 5..............................Gwen Torrence (US) 6............................ Mary Onyali (Nigeria) 7......................Anelia Nuneva (Bulgaria) 8.........................Ewa Kasprzyk (Poland) 9........... Nadezhda Georgieva (Bulgaria) 10........Heike Drechsler (East Germany) 1988 1............... Florence Griffith Joyner (US) 2..................... Grace Jackson (Jamaica) 3..........Heike Drechsler (East Germany) 4.......................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 5.................Silke Möller (East Germany) 6..............................Gwen Torrence (US) 7................. Dannette Young-Stone (US) 8.......... Maya Azarashvili (Soviet Union) 9............................ Mary Onyali (Nigeria) 10.............................. Pam Marshall (US) 1989 1.......................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 2..................................Dawn Sowell (US) 3.................Silke Möller (East Germany) 4............................ Mary Onyali (Nigeria) 5..................... Grace Jackson (Jamaica) 6..................... Pauline Davis (Bahamas) 7................... Marie-José Pérec (France) 8................. Dannette Young-Stone (US) 9.................................Esther Jones (US) 10............Evette de Klerk (South Africa) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Women’s 200 1990 1.......................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 2.............Katrin Krabbe (East Germany) 3................. Dannette Young-Stone (US) 4....... Galina Malchugina (Soviet Union) 5..................Grit Breuer (East Germany) 6..........Heike Drechsler (East Germany) 7..................... Grace Jackson (Jamaica) 8............................ Mary Onyali (Nigeria) 9......................... Sandra Hooker (Spain) 10.....Silke-Beate Knoll (West Germany) 1991 1..................... Katrin Krabbe (Germany) 2.......................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 3..............................Gwen Torrence (US) 4.............. Irina Privalova (Soviet Union) 5................. Dannette Young-Stone (US) 6.......................... Grit Breuer (Germany) 7....... Galina Malchugina (Soviet Union) 8.................. Heike Drechsler (Germany) 9......................... Sandra Hooker (Spain) 10................... Pauline Davis (Bahamas) 1992 1..............................Gwen Torrence (US) 2........................ Irina Privalova (Russia) 3.......................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 4..................... Juliet Cuthbert (Jamaica) 5................... Marie-José Pérec (France) 6..............................Carlette Guidry (US) 7................. Galina Malchugina (Russia) 8..................... Grace Jackson (Jamaica) 9.................... Michelle Finn-Burrell (US) 10..............Silke-Beate Knoll (Germany) 1993 1.......................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 2..............................Gwen Torrence (US) 3........................ Irina Privalova (Russia) 4................... Marie-José Pérec (France) 5............................ Mary Onyali (Nigeria) 6................. Galina Malchugina (Russia) 7...................Natalya Voronova (Russia) 8................... Cathy Freeman (Australia) 9................. Dannette Young-Stone (US) 10.Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (Australia) 1994 1..............................Gwen Torrence (US) 2.......................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 3........................ Irina Privalova (Russia) 4................... Cathy Freeman (Australia) 5..............................Carlette Guidry (US) 6................. Dannette Young-Stone (US) 7................... Marie-José Pérec (France) 8............................ Mary Onyali (Nigeria) 9........................Zhanna Block (Ukraine) 10............... Galina Malchugina (Russia) 1995 1..............................Gwen Torrence (US) 2.......................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 3........................ Irina Privalova (Russia) 4................. Galina Malchugina (Russia) 5............................ Mary Onyali (Nigeria) 6...Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (Australia) 7.................Melanie Paschke (Germany) 8................Silke-Beate Knoll (Germany) 9..................... Juliet Cuthbert (Jamaica) 10............ Marina Trandenkova (Russia) 1996 1................... Marie-José Pérec (France) 2.......................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 3............................ Mary Onyali (Nigeria) 4.................................... Inger Miller (US) 5........................ Irina Privalova (Russia) 6..............................Carlette Guidry (US) 7................. Galina Malchugina (Russia) 8................ Chandra Sturrup (Bahamas) 9..................... Juliet Cuthbert (Jamaica) 10............... Dannette Young-Stone (US) 1997 1................................ Marion Jones (US) 2.......................Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 3.................................... Inger Miller (US) 4........................Zhanna Block (Ukraine) 5...Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (Australia) 6.............. Marina Trandenkova (Russia) 7..... Susanthika Jayasinghe (Sri Lanka) 8........... Yekaterina Leshchova (Russia) 9..................... Juliet Cuthbert (Jamaica) 10................... Merlene Frazer (Jamaica) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Women’s 200 1998 1................................ Marion Jones (US) 2........................Fali Ogunkoya (Nigeria) 3........................Zhanna Block (Ukraine) 4................Beverly McDonald (Jamaica) 5........................ Irina Privalova (Russia) 6.................................... Inger Miller (US) 7............................ Mary Onyali (Nigeria) 8...Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (Australia) 9...................Natalya Voronova (Russia) 10........ Svetlana Goncharenko (Russia) 1999 1................................ Marion Jones (US) 2.................................... Inger Miller (US) 3................Beverly McDonald (Jamaica) 4................Sevatheda Fynes (Bahamas) 5..................... Merlene Frazer (Jamaica) 6.. Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) 7....................Andrea Philipp (Germany) 8.......................... Fatima Yusuf (Nigeria) 9........................Zhanna Block (Ukraine) 10.................. Juliet Campbell (Jamaica) 2000 1..................... Pauline Davis (Bahamas) 2..... Susanthika Jayasinghe (Sri Lanka) 3................Beverly McDonald (Jamaica) 4.. Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) 5...Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (Australia) 6................... Cathy Freeman (Australia) 7.................................... Inger Miller (US) 8........................Zhanna Block (Ukraine) 9...............................Nanceen Perry (US) 10....................Lauren Hewitt (Australia) 2001 1.. Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) 2...........................LaTasha Jenkins (US) 3.................... Juliet Campbell (Jamaica) 4..................... Myriam Mani (Cameroon) 5..Cydonie Mothersill (Cayman Islands) 6................Beverly McDonald (Jamaica) 7.............................. Mercy Nku (Nigeria) 8........................ Alenka Bikar (Slovenia) 9........................Zhanna Block (Ukraine) 10....................... Aleen Bailey (Jamaica) 2002 1.. Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) 2...........................Muriel Hurtis (France) 3........................Zhanna Block (Ukraine) 4.................... Juliet Campbell (Jamaica) 5..................... Myriam Mani (Cameroon) 6..... Susanthika Jayasinghe (Sri Lanka) 7......................... Kim Gevaert (Belgium) 8.......................Manuela Levorato (Italy) 9................Beverly McDonald (Jamaica) 10....................... Sylviane Félix (France) 2003 1... Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (Russia) 2................................Torri Edwards (US) 3...........................Muriel Hurtis (France) 4........................Zhanna Block (Ukraine) 5......................... Kim Gevaert (Belgium) 6.. Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) 7................................. Allyson Felix (US) 8...........................LaTasha Jenkins (US) 9................Beverly McDonald (Jamaica) 10...........Natalya Safronnikova (Russia) 2004 1.. Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 2................................. Allyson Felix (US) 3.. Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) 4......................... Aleen Bailey (Jamaica) 5.................Ivet Lalova-Collio (Bulgaria) 6......................... Kim Gevaert (Belgium) 7.......................................Muna Lee (US) 8.................Abi Oyepitan (Great Britain) 9..Cydonie Mothersill (Cayman Islands) 10.......................LaTasha Colander (US) 2005 1................................. Allyson Felix (US) 2..............................Rachelle Smith (US) 3.......................Christine Arron (France) 4.. Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 5.........................LaTasha Colander (US) 6..Cydonie Mothersill (Cayman Islands) 7......................... Kim Gevaert (Belgium) 8...................Yuliya Gushchina (Russia) 9............................ Lauryn Williams (US) 10..................................Lisa Barber (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Women’s 200 2006 1................................. Allyson Felix (US) 2...................Sanya Richards-Ross (US) 3................ Sherone Simpson (Jamaica) 4 ..Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) 5......................... Kim Gevaert (Belgium) 6..............................Rachelle Smith (US) 7............................ Stephanie Durst (US) 8....................... Shalonda Solomon (US) 9.. Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 10 ....Cydonie Mothersill (Cayman Islands) 2007 1................................. Allyson Felix (US) 2.. Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 3................................Torri Edwards (US) 4...................Sanya Richards-Ross (US) 5......................... Kim Gevaert (Belgium) 6.....................Kerron Stewart (Jamaica) 7..... Susanthika Jayasinghe (Sri Lanka) 8.......................LaShaunte’a Moore (US) 9..............................Rachelle Smith (US) 10.......................... Lauryn Williams (US) 2008 1.. Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 2................................. Allyson Felix (US) 3.....................Kerron Stewart (Jamaica) 4.......................................Muna Lee (US) 5.........................Marshevet Hooker (US) 6...................Sanya Richards-Ross (US) 7................ Sherone Simpson (Jamaica) 8............................... Bianca Knight (US) 9.. Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) 10.......................... Lauryn Williams (US) 2009 1................................. Allyson Felix (US) 2.. Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 3.. Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) 4.......................................Muna Lee (US) 5...................Sanya Richards-Ross (US) 6.....................Kerron Stewart (Jamaica) 7................ Shericka Williams (Jamaica) 8..........Anneisha McLaughlin (Jamaica) 9...................... Simone Facey (Jamaica) 10.......................Marshevet Hooker (US) 2010 1................................. Allyson Felix (US) 2.. Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 3....................... Shalonda Solomon (US) 4.. Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) 5................ Sherone Simpson (Jamaica) 6............................... Bianca Knight (US) 7..............Aleksandra Fedoriva (Russia) 8..Cydonie Mothersill (Cayman Islands) 9.....................Kerron Stewart (Jamaica) 10............ Yelizaveta Bryzhina (Ukraine) 2011 1 ...... Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 2..............................Carmelita Jeter (US) 3................................. Allyson Felix (US) 4....................... Shalonda Solomon (US) 5............................... Bianca Knight (US) 6.....................Kerron Stewart (Jamaica) 7 ..........Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) 8 ..Debbie Ferguson McKenzie (Bahamas) 9................ Sherone Simpson (Jamaica) 10........................... Jeneba Tarmoh (US) 2012 1................................. Allyson Felix (US) 2..... Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) 3..............................Carmelita Jeter (US) 4.. Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 5...................Sanya Richards-Ross (US) 6........................ Kimberlyn Duncan (US) 7............................. Jeneba Tarmoh (US) 8............ Murielle Ahouré (Côte d’Ivoire) 9....................... Charonda Williams (US) 10............................. Bianca Knight (US) 2013 1.... Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) 2........... Murielle Ahouré (Côte d’Ivoire) 3............... Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) 4................................. Allyson Felix (US) 5....................... Kimberlyn Duncan (US) 6......... Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahamas) 7.................. Mariya Ryemyen (Ukraine) 8............................ Jeneba Tarmoh (US) 9......................... Tiffany Townsend (US) 10.................... Charonda Williams (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Women’s 200 2014 1................................. Allyson Felix (US) 2................... Dafne Schippers (Holland) 3................ Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) 4.................... Myriam Soumaré (France) 5..................................... Tori Bowie (US) 6............................... Joanna Atkins (US) 7.........Anthonique Strachan (Bahamas) 8.............. Jodie Williams (Great Britain) 9........................ Kimberlyn Duncan (US) 10........................... Jeneba Tarmoh (US) 2015 1................... Dafne Schippers (Holland) 2................................. Allyson Felix (US) 3.................Elaine Thompson (Jamaica) 4........................ Candyce McGrone (US) 5............................. Jeneba Tarmoh (US) 6.. Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 7......... Dina Asher-Smith (Great Britain) 8..................................... Tori Bowie (US) 9..............................Jenna Prandini (US) 10.............. Sherone Simpson (Jamaica) 2016 1.................Elaine Thompson (Jamaica) 2................... Dafne Schippers (Holland) 3..................................... Tori Bowie (US) 4......... Dina Asher-Smith (Great Britain) 5........Marie Josée Ta Lou (Côte d’Ivoire) 6................................. Allyson Felix (US) 7................Michelle-Lee Ahye (Trinidad) 8............................. Deajah Stevens (US) 9..............................Jenna Prandini (US) 10...............Ivet Lalova-Collio (Bulgaria) 2017 1.......... Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahamas) 2.................Elaine Thompson (Jamaica) 3................... Dafne Schippers (Holland) 4...... Marie Josée Ta Lou Côte d’Ivoire) 5..................................... Tori Bowie (US) 6............................. Deajah Stevens (US) 7......... Dina Asher-Smith (Great Britain) 8.............................. Kyra Jefferson (US) 9........................ Kimberlyn Duncan (US) 10..................... Ariana Washington (US)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s 400 1956 1.............Nina Otkalenko (Soviet Union) 2........Zinaida Safronova (Soviet Union) 3.......Lyudmila Gurevich (Soviet Union) 4.............Dzidra Levitska (Soviet Union) 5............... Nina Paltseva (Soviet Union) 6..................... Janet Ruff (Great Britain) 7........ Lyudmila Sharova (Soviet Union) 8.......Yekaterina Parlyuk (Soviet Union) 9................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 10.......... Ursula Donath (East Germany) 1957 1................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 2....... Albina Khomutova (Soviet Union) 3............ Ursula Donath (East Germany) 4...........Polina Solopova (Soviet Union) 5.......Yekaterina Parlyuk (Soviet Union) 6............... Nina Paltseva (Soviet Union) 7........Tatyana Avramova (Soviet Union) 8.............Nina Otkalenko (Soviet Union) 9..................... Janet Ruff (Great Britain) 10 . Yelizaveta Yermolayeva (Soviet Union) 1958 1................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 2.................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 3.......Yekaterina Parlyuk (Soviet Union) 4................Moyra Hiscox (Great Britain) 5.............Rimma Ulitkina (Soviet Union) 6......Zinaida Matistovich (Soviet Union) 7.................. Shirley Pirie (Great Britain) 8............... Nina Paltseva (Soviet Union) 9.............Nina Otkalenko (Soviet Union) 10.........................Ida Németh (Hungary) 1959 1................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 2.................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 3................Moyra Hiscox (Great Britain) 4.......Yekaterina Parlyuk (Soviet Union) 5........Tatyana Avramova (Soviet Union) 6......Zinaida Matistovich (Soviet Union) 7............. Shin Geum Dan (North Korea) 8.... Valentina Shchukina (Soviet Union) 9.......Lyudmila Gurevich (Soviet Union) 10.......... Marise Stephen (New Zealand) © victor sailer/photo run Sanya Richards- Ross was on top for 5 straight years, 2005–09, then returned in ’12 © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s 400 1960 1............. Shin Geum Dan (North Korea) 2................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 3.......Yekaterina Parlyuk (Soviet Union) 4......Zinaida Matistovich (Soviet Union) 5.......................... Dixie Willis (Australia) 6........ Christa Stubnick (East Germany) 7............ Ursula Donath (East Germany) 8................Joyce Jordan (Great Britain) 9........Tatyana Avramova (Soviet Union) 10.......... Marise Stephen (New Zealand) 1961 1............. Shin Geum Dan (North Korea) 2................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 3.......Yekaterina Parlyuk (Soviet Union) 4.................. Jean Sorrell (Great Britain) 5...........Vera Mukhanova (Soviet Union) 6............Barbara Mayer (East Germany) 7............ Marise Stephen (New Zealand) 8..........................Gerda Kraan (Holland) 9..................Lilite Auzina (Soviet Union) 10Valentina Podoprigora (Soviet Union) 1962 1............. Shin Geum Dan (North Korea) 2................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 3.......................... Dixie Willis (Australia) 4.............. Joy Grieveson (Great Britain) 5............. Tilly van der Zwaard (Holland) 6..........................Gerda Kraan (Holland) 7...........Helga Henning (West Germany) 8.......Yekaterina Parlyuk (Soviet Union) 9.................. Jean Sorrell (Great Britain) 10........................... Maeve Kyle (Ireland) 1963 1............. Shin Geum Dan (North Korea) 2.................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 3.......................... Dixie Willis (Australia) 4................... Ann Packer (Great Britain) 5.............. Joy Grieveson (Great Britain) 6................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 7....................... Judy Pollock (Australia) 8............ Marise Stephen (New Zealand) 9............. Tilly van der Zwaard (Holland) 10...... Gertrud Schmidt (East Germany) 1964 1............. Shin Geum Dan (North Korea) 2.................... Betty Cuthbert (Australia) 3................... Ann Packer (Great Britain) 4....................... Judy Pollock (Australia) 5................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 6.......................... Dixie Willis (Australia) 7................Antónia Munkácsi (Hungary) 8.............. Joy Grieveson (Great Britain) 9........ Gertrud Schmidt (East Germany) 10................................ Janell Smith (US) 1965 1....................... Judy Pollock (Australia) 2................... Maria Itkina (Soviet Union) 3.................................. Janell Smith (US) 4.........................Hilde Slaman (Holland) 5.............. Joy Grieveson (Great Britain) 6........ Genia Marochkina (Soviet Union) 7........Deirdre Watkinson (Great Britain) 8........ Gertrud Schmidt (East Germany) 9.........................Madeline Manning (US) 10. Libuše Eichlerová (Czechoslovakia) 1966 1....................... Judy Pollock (Australia) 2.....Anna Chmelková (Czechoslovakia) 3............................ Charlette Cooke (US) 4............. Shin Geum Dan (North Korea) 5................Antónia Munkácsi (Hungary) 6.......................Monique Noirot (France) 7. Lyudmila Samotesova (Soviet Union) 8...........Helga Henning (West Germany) 9........ Rosemary Stirling (Great Britain) 10..........................Una Morris (Jamaica) 1967 1............................ Charlette Cooke (US) 2....................... Judy Pollock (Australia) 3.....................Karin Lundgren (Sweden) 4................. Lillian Board (Great Britain) 5........................... Kathy Hammond (US) 6.......................Monique Noirot (France) 7.....................Ingela Ericsson (Sweden) 8............. Shin Geum Dan (North Korea) 9.............................Lois Drinkwater (US) 10..........................Una Morris (Jamaica) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s 400 1968 1.......................Colette Besson (France) 2................. Lillian Board (Great Britain) 3.... Natalya Chistyakova (Soviet Union) 4......... Myrna van der Hoeven (Holland) 5..............Janet Simpson (Great Britain) 6.......................... Aurelia Pentón (Cuba) 7................................... Jarvis Scott (US) 8............................... Lia Louer (Holland) 9...........Helga Henning (West Germany) 10......................... Kathy Hammond (US) 1969 1......................... Nicole Duclos (France) 2........................... Kathy Hammond (US) 3................. Lillian Board (Great Britain) 4.......................Colette Besson (France) 5..........................Maria Sykora (Austria) 6..Hannelore Middecke (East Germany) 7.....................Karin Lundgren (Sweden) 8.................................. Esther Stroy (US) 9............Christel Frese (West Germany) 10..........................Donata Govoni (Italy) 1970 1.................. Marilyn Neufville (Jamaica) 2...............................Chi Cheng (Taiwan) 3........................... Kathy Hammond (US) 4..............Helga Seidler (East Germany) 5............Christel Frese (West Germany) 6.......................Colette Besson (France) 7.............. Monika Zehrt (East Germany) 8.....................Karin Lundgren (Sweden) 9................................... Mavis Laing (US) 10........................Maria Sykora (Austria) 1971 1..............Helga Seidler (East Germany) 2.................. Marilyn Neufville (Jamaica) 3.............Inge Bödding (West Germany) 4........... Ingelore Lohse (East Germany) 5...........................Carmen Truste (Cuba) 6..........................Maria Sykora (Austria) 7.... Natalya Chistyakova (Soviet Union) 8........................Marika Eklund (Finland) 9.......................Colette Besson (France) 10............ Monika Zehrt (East Germany) 1972 1.............. Monika Zehrt (East Germany) 2................ Rita Wilden (West Germany) 3........................... Kathy Hammond (US) 4..............Helga Seidler (East Germany) 5...........................Mable Fergerson (US) 6...........................Carmen Truste (Cuba) 7......... Dagmar Käsling (East Germany) 8..................Rita Kühne (East Germany) 9....................... Judy Pollock (Australia) 10.............Charlene Rendina (Australia) 1973 1.............. Monika Zehrt (East Germany) 2............Nadezhda Ilyina (Soviet Union) 3........... Mona-Lisa Pursiainen (Finland) 4..................Rita Kühne (East Germany) 5....................Lilyana Tomova (Bulgaria) 6..........................Judy Canty (Australia) 7................ Rita Wilden (West Germany) 8.......... Renate Siebach (East Germany) 9...............Gisela Anton (East Germany) 10.............Charlene Rendina (Australia) 1974 1..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 2............................. Riitta Salin (Finland) 3................Ellen Streidt (East Germany) 4................ Rita Wilden (West Germany) 5..................Yvonne Saunders (Canada) 6............Nadezhda Ilyina (Soviet Union) 7...........Angelika Handt (East Germany) 8..................Jelica Pavličić (Yugoslavia) 9...............Donna Hartley (Great Britain) 10.......... Verona Bernard (Great Britain) 1975 1..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 2................Ellen Streidt (East Germany) 3........ Christine Lathan (East Germany) 4..............Brigitte Kohn (East Germany) 5...............Donna Hartley (Great Britain) 6............................. Riitta Salin (Finland) 7............................. Debra Sapenter (US) 8................ Rita Wilden (West Germany) 9........................Karoline Käfer (Austria) 10.............. Joyce Yakubowich (Canada) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Women’s 400 1976 1..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 2........ Christine Lathan (East Germany) 3................ Marita Koch (East Germany) 4................Ellen Streidt (East Germany) 5..............Brigitte Kohn (East Germany) 6.............Doris Maletzki (East Germany) 7.......................Pirjo Häggman (Finland) 8............................. Rosalyn Bryant (US) 9............................. Riitta Salin (Finland) 10..............................Sheila Ingram (US) 1977 1..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 2................ Marita Koch (East Germany) 3........... Marina Sidorova (Soviet Union) 4........ Christine Lathan (East Germany) 5...............Donna Hartley (Great Britain) 6............................. Rosalyn Bryant (US) 7........................Karoline Käfer (Austria) 8..............Barbara Krug (East Germany) 9.... Dagmar Fuhrmann (West Germany) 10........................... Sharon Dabney (US) 1978 1................ Marita Koch (East Germany) 2........ Christine Lathan (East Germany) 3..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 4...............Maria Pinigina (Soviet Union) 5.......................... Aurelia Pentón (Cuba) 6................Ellen Streidt (East Germany) 7...............Donna Hartley (Great Britain) 8............................. Rosalyn Bryant (US) 9.......................Pirjo Häggman (Finland) 10..................... Lorna Forde (Barbados) 1979 1................ Marita Koch (East Germany) 2...............Maria Pinigina (Soviet Union) 3........ Christine Lathan (East Germany) 4..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 5.............. Irina Nazarova (Soviet Union) 6...............Donna Hartley (Great Britain) 7..............Brigitte Kohn (East Germany) 8...................Gabi Löwe (East Germany) 9..............Nina Zyuskova (Soviet Union) 10........................ June Griffith (Guyana) 1980 1................ Marita Koch (East Germany) 2. Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) 3........ Christine Lathan (East Germany) 4.............. Irina Nazarova (Soviet Union) 5..............Nina Zyuskova (Soviet Union) 6..............Olga Mineyeva (Soviet Union) 7...................Gabi Löwe (East Germany) 8...Nadezhda Olizarenko (Soviet Union) 9...Tatyana Prorochenko (Soviet Union) 10............Barbara Krug (East Germany) 1981 1. Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) 2................ Marita Koch (East Germany) 3........Gaby Bussmann (West Germany) 4.............. Irina Nazarova (Soviet Union) 5........ Dagmar Rubsam (East Germany) 6......Joslyn Hoyte-Smith (Great Britain) 7.................Jacqueline Pusey (Jamaica) 8............Irina Baskakova (Soviet Union) 9.............................Denean Howard (US) 10................. Kathy Cook (Great Britain) 1982 1................ Marita Koch (East Germany) 2. Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) 3............ Bärbel Wöckel (East Germany) 4.Taťána Kocembová (Czechoslovakia) 5........ Dagmar Rubsam (East Germany) 6.............Sabine Busch (East Germany) 7............Irina Baskakova (Soviet Union) 8........Gaby Bussmann (West Germany) 9..............Yelena Korban (Soviet Union) 10................. Kathy Cook (Great Britain) 1983 1. Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) 2.Taťána Kocembová (Czechoslovakia) 3...............Maria Pinigina (Soviet Union) 4........Gaby Bussmann (West Germany) 5.............Sabine Busch (East Germany) 6..........................Marita Payne (Canada) 7............Irina Baskakova (Soviet Union) 8........ Dagmar Rubsam (East Germany) 9...............Olga Bryzgina (Soviet Union) 10........................... Rosalyn Bryant (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Women’s 400 1984 1................ Marita Koch (East Germany) 2.Taťána Kocembová (Czechoslovakia) 3. Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) 4................................Valerie Brisco (US) 5............. Chandra Cheeseborough (US) 6...............Olga Bryzgina (Soviet Union) 7.............Sabine Busch (East Germany) 8...............Maria Pinigina (Soviet Union) 9........ Dagmar Rubsam (East Germany) 10................. Kathy Cook (Great Britain) 1985 1................ Marita Koch (East Germany) 2...............Olga Bryzgina (Soviet Union) 3................................Valerie Brisco (US) 4.. Kirsten Emmelmann (East Germany) 5......... Petra Schersing (East Germany) 6...............Maria Pinigina (Soviet Union) 7........................ Lillie Leatherwood (US) 8.............. Irina Nazarova (Soviet Union) 9................................. Ana Quirot (Cuba) 10...Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) 1986 1................ Marita Koch (East Germany) 2...............Olga Bryzgina (Soviet Union) 3................................Valerie Brisco (US) 4...................................Diane Dixon (US) 5......... Petra Schersing (East Germany) 6........................ Lillie Leatherwood (US) 7...............Maria Pinigina (Soviet Union) 8................. Genowefa Błaszak (Poland) 9................................. Ana Quirot (Cuba) 10.............................Taťána Kocembová (Czechoslovakia) 1987 1......... Petra Schersing (East Germany) 2...............Olga Bryzgina (Soviet Union) 3.. Kirsten Emmelmann (East Germany) 4...............Maria Pinigina (Soviet Union) 5........................ Lillie Leatherwood (US) 6................................Valerie Brisco (US) 7................................. Ana Quirot (Cuba) 8.................Jillian Richardson (Canada) 9...................................Diane Dixon (US) 10............Olga Nazarova (Soviet Union) 1988 1...............Olga Bryzgina (Soviet Union) 2......... Petra Schersing (East Germany) 3..............Olga Nazarova (Soviet Union) 4................................. Ana Quirot (Cuba) 5..................... Grace Jackson (Jamaica) 6..........Aelita Yurchenko (Soviet Union) 7...................................Diane Dixon (US) 8.............................Denean Howard (US) 9................................Valerie Brisco (US) 10...............Jillian Richardson (Canada) 1989 1................................. Ana Quirot (Cuba) 2..................Grit Breuer (East Germany) 3..................... Grace Jackson (Jamaica) 4..........................Rochelle Stevens (US) 5...................................Diane Dixon (US) 6................Charmaine Crooks (Canada) 7............... Linda Keough (Great Britain) 8..................... Pauline Davis (Bahamas) 9........................Fali Ogunkoya (Nigeria) 10................Natasha Kaiser-Brown (US) 1990 1................................. Ana Quirot (Cuba) 2..................Grit Breuer (East Germany) 3.......................... Fatima Yusuf (Nigeria) 4..................... Pauline Davis (Bahamas) 5......... Petra Schersing (East Germany) 6................Charmaine Crooks (Canada) 7...................... Maria Figueiredo (Brazil) 8..........................Rochelle Stevens (US) 9... Lyudmila Dzhigalova (Soviet Union) 10................... Anita Protti (Switzerland) 1991 1................... Marie-José Pérec (France) 2.......................... Grit Breuer (Germany) 3................................. Ana Quirot (Cuba) 4........................... Sandra Myers (Spain) 5...............Olga Bryzgina (Soviet Union) 6........................ Lillie Leatherwood (US) 7........................... Jearl Miles Clark (US) 8............... Ximena Restrepo (Colombia) 9............................... Maicel Malone (US) 10........................ Fatima Yusuf (Nigeria) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Women’s 400 1992 1................... Marie-José Pérec (France) 2....................... Olga Bryzgina (Ukraine) 3............... Ximena Restrepo (Colombia) 4..............................Gwen Torrence (US) 5.................. Sandie Richards (Jamaica) 6........................Olga Nazarova (Russia) 7.................Jillian Richardson (Canada) 8..........................Rochelle Stevens (US) 9........................... Jearl Miles Clark (US) 10............... Phylis Smith (Great Britain) 1993 1........................... Jearl Miles Clark (US) 2..................Natasha Kaiser-Brown (US) 3.................. Sandie Richards (Jamaica) 4..............................Gwen Torrence (US) 5............... Ximena Restrepo (Colombia) 6............... Tatyana Alekseyeva (Russia) 7.................... Juliet Campbell (Jamaica) 8........................... Sandra Myers (Spain) 9............................... Maicel Malone (US) 10...............................Yuqing Ma (China) 1994 1................... Marie-José Pérec (France) 2................... Cathy Freeman (Australia) 3............................... Maicel Malone (US) 4........................... Jearl Miles Clark (US) 5..................Natasha Kaiser-Brown (US) 6..............................Gwen Torrence (US) 7.................. Sandie Richards (Jamaica) 8..................... Pauline Davis (Bahamas) 9........................ Irina Privalova (Russia) 10........................ Fatima Yusuf (Nigeria) 1995 1................... Marie-José Pérec (France) 2................... Cathy Freeman (Australia) 3........................... Jearl Miles Clark (US) 4..................... Pauline Davis (Bahamas) 5.......................... Fatima Yusuf (Nigeria) 6........................Fali Ogunkoya (Nigeria) 7............................... Maicel Malone (US) 8.................. Sandie Richards (Jamaica) 9................Renee Poetschka (Australia) 10................ Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) 1996 1................... Marie-José Pérec (France) 2................... Cathy Freeman (Australia) 3........................Fali Ogunkoya (Nigeria) 4..................... Pauline Davis (Bahamas) 5........................... Jearl Miles Clark (US) 6.......................... Fatima Yusuf (Nigeria) 7.................... Juliet Campbell (Jamaica) 8.................. Sandie Richards (Jamaica) 9............................... Maicel Malone (US) 10..............Renee Poetschka (Australia) 1997 1................... Cathy Freeman (Australia) 2.................. Sandie Richards (Jamaica) 3........................... Jearl Miles Clark (US) 4.......................... Grit Breuer (Germany) 5........................Fali Ogunkoya (Nigeria) 6.........................Charity Opara (Nigeria) 7.....Helena Fuchsová (Czech Republic) 8.............................Bisi Afolabi (Nigeria) 9..................... Pauline Davis (Bahamas) 10................. Lorraine Fenton (Jamaica) 1998 1........................Fali Ogunkoya (Nigeria) 2.........................Charity Opara (Nigeria) 3.......................... Grit Breuer (Germany) 4.................. Sandie Richards (Jamaica) 5........................... Jearl Miles Clark (US) 6.....Helena Fuchsová (Czech Republic) 7................... Cathy Freeman (Australia) 8.........................Ionela Tîrlea (Romania) 9................... Lorraine Fenton (Jamaica) 10................... Olga Kotlyarova (Russia) 1999 1................... Cathy Freeman (Australia) 2........................Fali Ogunkoya (Nigeria) 3................... Lorraine Fenton (Jamaica) 4........................ Anja Rücker (Germany) 5.........................Ionela Tîrlea (Romania) 6............Katharine Merry (Great Britain) 7........................... Jearl Miles Clark (US) 8................... Natalya Nazarova (Russia) 9.......................... Grit Breuer (Germany) 10................... Olga Kotlyarova (Russia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Women’s 400 2000 1................... Cathy Freeman (Australia) 2................... Lorraine Fenton (Jamaica) 3............Katharine Merry (Great Britain) 4.......................... Ana Guevara (Mexico) 5........................Fali Ogunkoya (Nigeria) 6.........................LaTasha Colander (US) 7............................ Michelle Collins (US) 8................Donna Fraser (Great Britain) 9........................... Jearl Miles Clark (US) 10...........Heide Seyerling (South Africa) 2001 1.......................... Ana Guevara (Mexico) 2................... Lorraine Fenton (Jamaica) 3............................Amy Thiam (Senegal) 4.......................... Grit Breuer (Germany) 5............Katharine Merry (Great Britain) 6..................... Kaltouma Nadjina (Chad) 7.................. Sandie Richards (Jamaica) 8.........................Olesya Zykina (Russia) 9.............Heide Seyerling (South Africa) 10............ Mireille Nguimgo (Cameroon) 2002 1.......................... Ana Guevara (Mexico) 2................... Lorraine Fenton (Jamaica) 3........................... Jearl Miles Clark (US) 4.........................Olesya Zykina (Russia) 5............................ Michelle Collins (US) 6..................... Kaltouma Nadjina (Chad) 7.......................Monique Hennagan (US) 8.................. Sandie Richards (Jamaica) 9.........................LaTasha Colander (US) 10........................ Grit Breuer (Germany) 2003 1.......................... Ana Guevara (Mexico) 2................... Lorraine Fenton (Jamaica) 3............................Amy Thiam (Senegal) 4.. Tonique Williams-Darling (Bahamas) 5................... Natalya Nazarova (Russia) 6.........................Olesya Zykina (Russia) 7............... Svetlana Pospelova (Russia) 8...................Sanya Richards-Ross (US) 9.................. Jana Rawlinson (Australia) 10......................... Jearl Miles Clark (US) 2004 1.. Tonique Williams-Darling (Bahamas) 2.......................... Ana Guevara (Mexico) 3.......................Monique Hennagan (US) 4.............................. DeeDee Trotter (US) 5.....................Natalya Antyukh (Russia) 6...................Sanya Richards-Ross (US) 7................ Christine Amertil (Bahamas) 8................... Natalya Nazarova (Russia) 9..................... Olga Kotlyarova (Russia) 10.......................Ionela Tîrlea (Romania) 2005 1...................Sanya Richards-Ross (US) 2.. Tonique Williams-Darling (Bahamas) 3.......................... Ana Guevara (Mexico) 4.............................. DeeDee Trotter (US) 5.......................Monique Hennagan (US) 6............... Svetlana Pospelova (Russia) 7............................Amy Thiam (Senegal) 8................ Christine Amertil (Bahamas) 9.........................Olesya Zykina (Russia) 10................... Monique Henderson (US) 2006 1...................Sanya Richards-Ross (US) 2........ Novlene Williams-Mills (Jamaica) 3...............Vanya Stambolova (Bulgaria) 4................ Shericka Williams (Jamaica) 5.. Tonique Williams-Darling (Bahamas) 6.............................. DeeDee Trotter (US) 7..................... Monique Henderson (US) 8................ Christine Amertil (Bahamas) 9............................Amy Thiam (Senegal) 10........................ Ana Guevara (Mexico) 2007 1...................Sanya Richards-Ross (US) 2..... Christine Ohuruogu (Great Britain) 3................................. Allyson Felix (US) 4........ Novlene Williams-Mills (Jamaica) 5............. Nicola Sanders (Great Britain) 6............................Amy Thiam (Senegal) 7.............................. DeeDee Trotter (US) 8..............................Mary Wineberg (US) 9..........................Natasha Hastings (US) 10........................ Ana Guevara (Mexico) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Women’s 400 2012 1...................Sanya Richards-Ross (US) 2..............Amantle Montsho (Botswana) 3........ Novlene Williams-Mills (Jamaica) 4..... Christine Ohuruogu (Great Britain) 5...................... Francena McCorory (US) 6.............................. DeeDee Trotter (US) 7........... Antonina Krivoshapka (Russia) 8.................Rosemarie Whyte (Jamaica) 9....................... Christine Day (Jamaica) 10.............. Shericka Williams (Jamaica) 2013 1............. Amantle Montsho (Botswana) 2.... Christine Ohuruogu (Great Britain) 3.......... Antonina Krivoshapka (Russia) 4......................... Natasha Hastings (US) 5..................... Francena McCorory (US) 6... Stephenie Ann McPherson (Jamaica) 7....... Novlene Williams-Mills (Jamaica) 8........................... Libania Grenot (Italy) 9.................. Kseniya Ryzhova (Russia) 10.......................... Ashley Spencer (US) 2014 1........ Novlene Williams-Mills (Jamaica) 2...................... Francena McCorory (US) 3...................Sanya Richards-Ross (US) 4..Stephenie Ann McPherson (Jamaica) 5............................ Libania Grenot (Italy) 6........................ Olha Zemlyak (Ukraine) 7..........................Natasha Hastings (US) 8....................... Christine Day (Jamaica) 9............................... Joanna Atkins (US) 10...........................Courtney Okolo (US) 2015 1................................. Allyson Felix (US) 2.......... Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahamas) 3...................... Francena McCorory (US) 4..Stephenie Ann McPherson (Jamaica) 5..........................Natasha Hastings (US) 6....................... Christine Day (Jamaica) 7...................Sanya Richards-Ross (US) 8................ Shericka Jackson (Jamaica) 9........ Novlene Williams-Mills (Jamaica) 10............................ Phyllis Francis (US) 2008 1...................Sanya Richards-Ross (US) 2..... Christine Ohuruogu (Great Britain) 3........ Novlene Williams-Mills (Jamaica) 4................ Shericka Williams (Jamaica) 5................................. Allyson Felix (US) 6...................Yuliya Gushchina (Russia) 7... Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (Russia) 8........................Tatyana Firova (Russia) 9..............Amantle Montsho (Botswana) 10............................Mary Wineberg (US) 2009 1...................Sanya Richards-Ross (US) 2................ Shericka Williams (Jamaica) 3........ Novlene Williams-Mills (Jamaica) 4................................. Allyson Felix (US) 5........... Antonina Krivoshapka (Russia) 6..... Christine Ohuruogu (Great Britain) 7..............Amantle Montsho (Botswana) 8................................. Debbie Dunn (US) 9............. Nicola Sanders (Great Britain) 10.........................Monica Hargrove (US) 2010 1................................. Allyson Felix (US) 2..............Amantle Montsho (Botswana) 3................................. Debbie Dunn (US) 4........................Tatyana Firova (Russia) 5................ Shericka Williams (Jamaica) 6........ Novlene Williams-Mills (Jamaica) 7............... Kseniya Aksyonova (Russia) 8...................... Francena McCorory (US) 9... Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (Russia) 10......... Antonina Krivoshapka (Russia) 2011 1..............Amantle Montsho (Botswana) 2................................. Allyson Felix (US) 3.....Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (Russia) 4...................... Francena McCorory (US) 5...................Sanya Richards-Ross (US) 6........ Novlene Williams-Mills (Jamaica) 7.................Rosemarie Whyte (Jamaica) 8........... Antonina Krivoshapka (Russia) 9................................. Debbie Dunn (US) 10.............. Shericka Williams (Jamaica) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Women’s 400 2016 1.......... Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahamas) 2................................. Allyson Felix (US) 3..Stephenie Ann McPherson (Jamaica) 4................ Shericka Jackson (Jamaica) 5..........................Natasha Hastings (US) 6.............................. Phyllis Francis (US) 7...................... Francena McCorory (US) 8............Caster Semenya (South Africa) 9.............................Courtney Okolo (US) 10..................... Christine Day (Jamaica) 2017 1.......... Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahamas) 2.............................. Phyllis Francis (US) 3....................Salwa Eid Naser (Bahrain) 4................................. Allyson Felix (US) 5..............................Quanera Hayes (US) 6..........................Natasha Hastings (US) 7.............................Courtney Okolo (US) 8................ Shericka Jackson (Jamaica) 9........ Novlene Williams-Mills (Jamaica) 10............... Chrisann Gordon (Jamaica)

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Ursula Donath (East Germany) 3 ...Yelizaveta Yermolayeva (Soviet Union) 4.............Nina Otkalenko (Soviet Union) 5..............Dzidra Levicka (Soviet Union) 6........Tatyana Avramova (Soviet Union) 7..........................Florica Otel (Romania) 8..........................Aranka Kazi (Hungary) 9.....................Gizella Sasvári (Hungary) 10..Bedřiška Kulhavá (Czechoslovakia) 1958 1 .Yelizaveta Yermolayeva (Soviet Union) 2............... Diane Leather (Great Britain) 3..............Dzidra Levicka (Soviet Union) 4........... Zoya Skobtsova (Soviet Union) 5.............Nina Otkalenko (Soviet Union) 6.......Lyudmila Gurevich (Soviet Union) 7............. Ariane Döser (West Germany) 8...........Vera Mukhanova (Soviet Union) 9................Dora Kozlova (Soviet Union) 10....Lyubov Yanvaryeva (Soviet Union) 1959 1.......Lyudmila Gurevich (Soviet Union) 2..............Dzidra Levicka (Soviet Union) 3....................Joy Jordan (Great Britain) 4......Lyubov Yanvaryeva (Soviet Union) 5 .Yelizaveta Yermolayeva (Soviet Union) 6...........Vera Mukhanova (Soviet Union) 7........ Krysztyna Nowakowska (Poland) 8....................Beata Żbikowska (Poland) 9............. Phyllis Perkins (Great Britain) 10......Tatyana Avramova (Soviet Union) © takashi ito/photo run 3-time No. 1 Caster Semenya first stirred controversy in her ’09 WC season © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s 800 1960 1.......Lyudmila Gurevich (Soviet Union) 2......................Brenda Jones (Australia) 3............. Shin Geum Dan (North Korea) 4............ Ursula Donath (East Germany) 5...... 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Waltraud Kaufmann (East Germany) 6....................Joy Jordan (Great Britain) 7..............................Olga Kazi (Hungary) 8........ Kryzstyna Nowakowska (Poland) 9.......Lyudmila Gurevich (Soviet Union) 10.........Vera Mukhanova (Soviet Union) 1963 1............. Shin Geum Dan (North Korea) 2............ Marise Stephen (New Zealand) 3..........................Gerda Kraan (Holland) 4.......................... Dixie Willis (Australia) 5...........Vera Mukhanova (Soviet Union) 6........... Zoya Skobtsova (Soviet Union) 7..............................Olga Kazi (Hungary) 8...... Tamara Babintseva (Soviet Union) 9.......Lyudmila Gurevich (Soviet Union) 10..... Tamara Dmitriyeva (Soviet Union) 1964 1............. Shin Geum Dan (North Korea) 2................... Ann Packer (Great Britain) 3............. Maryvonne Dupureur (France) 4............ Marise Stephen (New Zealand) 5...................... Zsuzsa Szabó (Hungary) 6......................Laine Erik (Soviet Union) 7.........Antje Gleichfeld (West Germany) 8..........................Gerda Kraan (Holland) 9................... Anne Smith (Great Britain) 10.........Vera Mukhanova (Soviet Union) 1965 1................... Anne Smith (Great Britain) 2....... Tamara Dmitriyeva (Soviet Union) 3....... Hannelore Suppe (East Germany) 4...............................Ilja Keizer (Holland) 5...................... Zsuzsa Szabó (Hungary) 6.........Antje Gleichfeld (West Germany) 7...........Vera Mukhanova (Soviet Union) 8......................Laine Erik (Soviet Union) 9................................. Marie Mulder (US) 10......................... Hukuo Cheng (China) 1966 1......................Vera Nikolić (Yugoslavia) 2............................ Charlette Cooke (US) 3...................... Zsuzsa Szabó (Hungary) 4....................... Abby Hoffman (Canada) 5....................... Judy Pollock (Australia) 6................... Anne Smith (Great Britain) 7.........Antje Gleichfeld (West Germany) 8............ Marise Stephen (New Zealand) 9.......... Alla Kolesnikova (Soviet Union) 10........... Shin Geum Dan (North Korea) 1967 1.........................Madeline Manning (US) 2....................... Judy Pollock (Australia) 3......................Vera Nikolić (Yugoslavia) 4......................Laine Erik (Soviet Union) 5................... Anne Smith (Great Britain) 6............. Danuta Wierzbowska (Poland) 7............................... Doris Heritage (US) 8.............Karin Kessler (West Germany) 9............. Maryvonne Dupureur (France) 10........... Shin Geum Dan (North Korea) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s 800 1968 1.........................Madeline Manning (US) 2......................Vera Nikolić (Yugoslavia) 3...........................Ileana Silai (Romania) 4.....................Maria Gommers (Holland) 5................. Lillian Board (Great Britain) 6............................... Doris Heritage (US) 7................. Sheila Carey (Great Britain) 8....................... Pat Lowe (Great Britain) 9....................... Abby Hoffman (Canada) 10........... Maryvonne Dupureur (France) 1969 1.........................Madeline Manning (US) 2................. Lillian Board (Great Britain) 3...........................Ileana Silai (Romania) 4......Annelise Damm-Olesen (Denmark) 5......................Vera Nikolić (Yugoslavia) 6............Barbara Wieck (East Germany) 7....................... Pat Lowe (Great Britain) 8.....................Maria Gommers (Holland) 9....................Cheryl Peasley (Australia) 10.....Jaroslavá Jehličková (Czechoslovakia) 1970 1.. Gunhild Hoffmeister (East Germany) 2......... Hildegard Falck (West Germany) 3..........................Maria Sykora (Austria) 4......................Vera Nikolić (Yugoslavia) 5...........................Ileana Silai (Romania) 6...............................Ilja Keizer (Holland) 7................. Sheila Carey (Great Britain) 8............Barbara Wieck (East Germany) 9................ Karin Krebs (East Germany) 10...... Rosemary Stirling (Great Britain) 1971 1......................Vera Nikolić (Yugoslavia) 2.. Gunhild Hoffmeister (East Germany) 3......... Hildegard Falck (West Germany) 4....................... Abby Hoffman (Canada) 5....................... Pat Lowe (Great Britain) 6........ Rosemary Stirling (Great Britain) 7...........................Ileana Silai (Romania) 8................ Karin Krebs (East Germany) 9............. Danuta Wierzbowska (Poland) 10............... Sheila Carey (Great Britain) 1972 1......... Hildegard Falck (West Germany) 2................ Niole Sabaite (Soviet Union) 3.. Gunhild Hoffmeister (East Germany) 4...........................Ileana Silai (Romania) 5.......................Svetla Koleva (Bulgaria) 6.................. Vasilena Amzina (Bulgaria) 7......................Vera Nikolić (Yugoslavia) 8........ Rosemary Stirling (Great Britain) 9....................... Abby Hoffman (Canada) 10.......................Madeline Manning (US) 1973 1.. Gunhild Hoffmeister (East Germany) 2.......................Svetla Koleva (Bulgaria) 3....................Lilyana Tomova (Bulgaria) 4...................................Mary Slaney (US) 5................ Niole Sabaite (Soviet Union) 6...................... Elfi Zinn (East Germany) 7...................... Elżbieta Katolik (Poland) 8.............. Maritta Pölitz (East Germany) 9............................ Mary Tracey (Ireland) 10....... Hildegard Falck (West Germany) 1974 1....................Lilyana Tomova (Bulgaria) 2.. Gunhild Hoffmeister (East Germany) 3................. Marianna Suman (Romania) 4........ Marie-Françoise Dubois (France) 5...........Nina Morgunova (Soviet Union) 6...................... Elżbieta Katolik (Poland) 7..Valentina Gerasimova (Soviet Union) 8............... Gisela Klein (West Germany) 9...............Charlene Rendina (Australia) 10.................................Mary Slaney (US) 1975 1................. Marianna Suman (Romania) 2............... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 3.........................Madeline Manning (US) 4....................Lilyana Tomova (Bulgaria) 5...........Nina Morgunova (Soviet Union) 6.. Gunhild Hoffmeister (East Germany) 7................ Nikolina Shtereva (Bulgaria) 8..Jozefína Cerchlanová (Czechoslovakia) 9...................... Elżbieta Katolik (Poland) 10.....Waltraud Strotzer (East Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Women’s 800 1976 1.......Tatyana Kazankina (Soviet Union) 2................ Nikolina Shtereva (Bulgaria) 3................ Anita Weiss (East Germany) 4...................... Elfi Zinn (East Germany) 5..Valentina Gerasimova (Soviet Union) 6.........Svetlana Styrkina (Soviet Union) 7.......................Svetla Koleva (Bulgaria) 8................. Doris Gluth (East Germany) 9............... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 10 ..Tatyana Providokhina (Soviet Union) 1977 1.......................Totka Petrova (Bulgaria) 2.... Christine Liebetrau (East Germany) 3.......Tatyana Kazankina (Soviet Union) 4.........Svetlana Styrkina (Soviet Union) 5...........................Ileana Silai (Romania) 6................. Marianna Suman (Romania) 7............... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 8.......................Svetla Koleva (Bulgaria) 9.............................Fita Lovin (Romania) 10.............Ursula Hook (West Germany) 1978 1..Tatyana Providokhina (Soviet Union) 2...Nadezhda Olizarenko (Soviet Union) 3.....................Zoya Rigel (Soviet Union) 4.......................Totka Petrova (Bulgaria) 5................ Anita Weiss (East Germany) 6....... Hildegard Korner (East Germany) 7............... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 8.....Lyudmila Veselkova (Soviet Union) 9.........Svetlana Styrkina (Soviet Union) 10...........................Fita Lovin (Romania) 1979 1................ Nikolina Shtereva (Bulgaria) 2. Yekaterina Podkopayeva (Soviet Union) 3...Nadezhda Olizarenko (Soviet Union) 4.......................Totka Petrova (Bulgaria) 5................ Anita Weiss (East Germany) 6..............Olga Mineyeva (Soviet Union) 7.........Svetlana Styrkina (Soviet Union) 8...........................Ileana Silai (Romania) 9.............................Fita Lovin (Romania) 10................. Jolanta Januchta (Poland) 1980 1...Nadezhda Olizarenko (Soviet Union) 2..............Olga Mineyeva (Soviet Union) 3.......Tatyana Kazankina (Soviet Union) 4..Tatyana Providokhina (Soviet Union) 5............. Martina Steuk (East Germany) 6.....Lyudmila Veselkova (Soviet Union) 7....... Hildegard Korner (East Germany) 8................... Jolanta Januchta (Poland) 9.............................Fita Lovin (Romania) 10........Olga Vakrusheva (Soviet Union) 1981 1.....Lyudmila Veselkova (Soviet Union) 2............. Martina Steuk (East Germany) 3.............................Fita Lovin (Romania) 4................... Jolanta Januchta (Poland) 5...................... Doina Melinte (Romania) 6....... Hildegard Korner (East Germany) 7.........................Madeline Manning (US) 8.....Ravilya Agletdinova (Soviet Union) 9.......... Margrit Klinger (West Germany) 10...................Maricica Puică (Romania) 1982 1..............Olga Mineyeva (Soviet Union) 2.....Lyudmila Veselkova (Soviet Union) 3...................... Doina Melinte (Romania) 4.......... Margrit Klinger (West Germany) 5.....Ravilya Agletdinova (Soviet Union) 6............. Martina Steuk (East Germany) 7................... Jolanta Januchta (Poland) 8............... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 9....... Hildegard Korner (East Germany) 10 Tatyana Providokhina (Soviet Union) 1983 1. Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) 2..............Lyubov Gurina (Soviet Union) 3. Yekaterina Podkopayeva (Soviet Union) 4.... Irina Podyalovskaya (Soviet Union) 5.......... Margrit Klinger (West Germany) 6............................ Robin Campbell (US) 7...................... Doina Melinte (Romania) 8.... Milena Strnadová (Czechoslovakia) 9........... Antje Schröder (East Germany) 10. Zuzana Moravčíková (Czechoslovakia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Women’s 800 1984 1. Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) 2.... Irina Podyalovskaya (Soviet Union) 3...Nadezhda Olizarenko (Soviet Union) 4. Yekaterina Podkopayeva (Soviet Union) 5.......Lyudmila Borisova (Soviet Union) 6..............Lyubov Gurina (Soviet Union) 7... Zuzana Moravčíková (Czechoslovakia) 8...................... Doina Melinte (Romania) 9....... Hildegard Korner (East Germany) 10....Nadezhda Zvyagintseva (Soviet Union) 1985 1. Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) 2...................... Doina Melinte (Romania) 3.......Christine Wachtel (East Germany) 4...Nadezhda Olizarenko (Soviet Union) 5.............................Fita Lovin (Romania) 6.....Ravilya Agletdinova (Soviet Union) 7....... Hildegard Korner (East Germany) 8.................. Kirsty Wade (Great Britain) 9......................... Ella Kovacs (Romania) 10.................................Mary Slaney (US) 1986 1................Sigrun Grau (East Germany) 2...Nadezhda Olizarenko (Soviet Union) 3..............Lyubov Gurina (Soviet Union) 4.... Milena Strnadová (Czechoslovakia) 5........Gaby Bussmann (West Germany) 6................Mitica Constantin (Romania) 7.......Lyubov Kiryukhina (Soviet Union) 8.............. Heike Oehme (East Germany) 9.......Christine Wachtel (East Germany) 10.. Nadezhda Zabolotneva (Soviet Union) 1987 1.......Christine Wachtel (East Germany) 2................Sigrun Grau (East Germany) 3................................. Ana Quirot (Cuba) 4..............Lyubov Gurina (Soviet Union) 5........Slobodanka Čolović (Yugoslavia) 6...................... Doina Melinte (Romania) 7. Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czechoslovakia) 8................Mitica Constantin (Romania) 9......................... Ella Kovacs (Romania) 10.Nadezhda Olizarenko (Soviet Union) 1988 1................................. Ana Quirot (Cuba) 2................Sigrun Grau (East Germany) 3.......Christine Wachtel (East Germany) 4............................... Kim Gallagher (US) 5...Nadezhda Olizarenko (Soviet Union) 6........Slobodanka Čolović (Yugoslavia) 7.................... Tudorita Chidu (Romania) 8..............Lyubov Gurina (Soviet Union) 9............ Inna Yevseyeva (Soviet Union) 10..............Mitica Constantin (Romania) 1989 1................................. Ana Quirot (Cuba) 2................Sigrun Grau (East Germany) 3...................... Doina Melinte (Romania) 4.......Christine Wachtel (East Germany) 5.....Dalia Matuseviciené (Soviet Union) 6........... Ellen Kiessling (East Germany) 7................Diane Modahl (Great Britain) 8............... Gaby Lesch (West Germany) 9............................Mayte Zúñiga (Spain) 10......................Joetta Clark-Diggs (US) 1990 1................Sigrun Grau (East Germany) 2.......Christine Wachtel (East Germany) 3................................. Ana Quirot (Cuba) 4..........Lilia Nurutdinova (Soviet Union) 5................Charmaine Crooks (Canada) 6...... Nadezhda Loboyko (Soviet Union) 7................................. Julie Jenkins (US) 8..................Ellen van Langen (Holland) 9......................... Ella Kovacs (Romania) 10..Tatyana Grebenchuk (Soviet Union) 1991 1................................. Ana Quirot (Cuba) 2..........Lilia Nurutdinova (Soviet Union) 3......................... Ella Kovacs (Romania) 4..............Lyubov Gurina (Soviet Union) 5............... Christine Wachtel (Germany) 6................. Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 7............... Hassiba Boulmerka (Algeria) 8........................ Sigrun Grau (Germany) 9....................Letitia Vriesde (Suriname) 10..Svetlana Masterkova (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Women’s 800 1992 1..................Ellen van Langen (Holland) 2....................Lilia Nurutdinova (Russia) 3................................. Ana Quirot (Cuba) 4..................... Inna Yevseyeva (Ukraine) 5................. Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 6........................Lyubov Gurina (Russia) 7......................... Ella Kovacs (Romania) 8........................Joetta Clark-Diggs (US) 9....................Letitia Vriesde (Suriname) 10..............Charmaine Crooks (Canada) 1993 1................. Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 2........................Lyubov Gurina (Russia) 3..............Svetlana Masterkova (Russia) 4......................... Ella Kovacs (Romania) 5..................Tina Paulino (Mozambique) 6........................Joetta Clark-Diggs (US) 7................Diane Modahl (Great Britain) 8...........................Meredith Valmon (US) 9.........................................Li Liu (China) 10........... Lyudmila Rogachova (Russia) 1994 1................. Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 2........................Lyubov Gurina (Russia) 3.................Natalya Dukhnova (Belarus) 4............. Lyudmila Rogachova (Russia) 5.......................... Patricia Djaté (France) 6........................Joetta Clark-Diggs (US) 7..................Ellen van Langen (Holland) 8................ Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) 9...................Irina Samorokova (Russia) 10.....................Luciana Mendes (Brazil) 1995 1................. Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 2................................. Ana Quirot (Cuba) 3................ Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) 4....................Letitia Vriesde (Suriname) 5.......................... Patricia Djaté (France) 6...........................Meredith Valmon (US) 7............. Lyudmila Rogachova (Russia) 8........................Joetta Clark-Diggs (US) 9..................Ellen van Langen (Holland) 10..............Tatyana Grigoryeva (Russia) 1996 1..............Svetlana Masterkova (Russia) 2................................. Ana Quirot (Cuba) 3................. Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 4................ Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) 5.......................... Patricia Djaté (France) 6.................Yelena Afanasyeva (Russia) 7.................Natalya Dukhnova (Belarus) 8....................Letitia Vriesde (Suriname) 9...........................Meredith Valmon (US) 10..............Charmaine Crooks (Canada) 1997 1................................. Ana Quirot (Cuba) 2................. Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 3.................Yelena Afanasyeva (Russia) 4....................Letitia Vriesde (Suriname) 5................ Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) 6........................... Jearl Miles Clark (US) 7 Ludmila Formanová (Czech Republic) 8........................Joetta Clark-Diggs (US) 9..........Toni Hodgkinson (New Zealand) 10..............Carla Sacramento (Portugal) 1998 1................. Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 2........................... Jearl Miles Clark (US) 3.................Yelena Afanasyeva (Russia) 4........................Joetta Clark-Diggs (US) 5.................. Hasna Benhassi (Morocco) 6...........................Meredith Valmon (US) 7....................Letitia Vriesde (Suriname) 8.................. Larisa Mikhaylova (Russia) 9........................ Malin Ewerlöf (Sweden) 10.....................Stephanie Graf (Austria) 1999 1................. Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 2 Ludmila Formanová (Czech Republic) 3..............Svetlana Masterkova (Russia) 4........................... Jearl Miles Clark (US) 5.................Natalya Tsyganova (Russia) 6.......................Stephanie Graf (Austria) 7....................Natalya Gorelova (Russia) 8.................. Hasna Benhassi (Morocco) 9....................Letitia Vriesde (Suriname) 10...............Natalya Dukhnova (Belarus) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Women’s 800 2000 1................. Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 2.......................Stephanie Graf (Austria) 3 Ludmila Formanová (Czech Republic) 4.................. Hasna Benhassi (Morocco) 5................ Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) 6.................Natalya Tsyganova (Russia) 7.....................Olga Raspopova (Russia) 8..................Irina Mistyukevich (Russia) 9.............. Brigita Langerholc (Slovenia) 10...Helena Fuchsová (Czech Republic) 2001 1................. Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 2.......................Stephanie Graf (Austria) 3................ Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) 4....................Letitia Vriesde (Suriname) 5.........................Faith Macharia (Kenya) 6.....................Diane Cummins (Canada) 7.............. Ivonne Teichmann (Germany) 8......................... Zulia Calatayud (Cuba) 9.................Natalya Tsyganova (Russia) 10..................Jolanda Čeplak (Slovenia) 2002 1................. Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 2....................Jolanda Čeplak (Slovenia) 3................................... Nicole Teter (US) 4......................... Mayte Martínez (Spain) 5......................... Zulia Calatayud (Cuba) 6.....................Diane Cummins (Canada) 7................ Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) 8.......................Stephanie Graf (Austria) 9 Ludmila Formanová (Czech Republic) 10...................Agnes Samaria (Namibia) 2003 1................. Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 2................ Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) 3.............Amina Aït Hammou (Morocco) 4....................Jolanda Čeplak (Slovenia) 5.......................Stephanie Graf (Austria) 6....... Natalya Khrushchelyova (Russia) 7.....................Diane Cummins (Canada) 8.........................Faith Macharia (Kenya) 9.................... Claudia Gesell (Germany) 10...................... Larisa Chzhao (Russia) 2004 1................ Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) 2....................Jolanda Čeplak (Slovenia) 3.................. Hasna Benhassi (Morocco) 4................. Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 5........................... Jearl Miles Clark (US) 6............... Tatyana Andrianova (Russia) 7.............Svetlana Cherkasova (Russia) 8......................... Zulia Calatayud (Cuba) 9.............Amina Aït Hammou (Morocco) 10................................. Nicole Teter (US) 2005 1......................... Zulia Calatayud (Cuba) 2.................. Hasna Benhassi (Morocco) 3............... Tatyana Andrianova (Russia) 4......................... Mayte Martínez (Spain) 5.............Svetlana Cherkasova (Russia) 6................. Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 7..................... Olga Kotlyarova (Russia) 8........................ Larisa Chzhao (Russia) 9.................................... Hazel Clark (US) 10................... Svetlana Klyuka (Russia) 2006 1......................... Zulia Calatayud (Cuba) 2....................Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya) 3..................... Olga Kotlyarova (Russia) 4.................. Hasna Benhassi (Morocco) 5..................... Svetlana Klyuka (Russia) 6............... Rebecca Lyne (Great Britain) 7.......................Kenia Sinclair (Jamaica) 8................. Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 9.................... Tetyana Petlyuk (Ukraine) 10.................................. Hazel Clark (US) 2007 1....................Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya) 2......................... Mayte Martínez (Spain) 3.................. Hasna Benhassi (Morocco) 4..................... Olga Kotlyarova (Russia) 5................. Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 6.......................Kenia Sinclair (Jamaica) 7.............. Brigita Langerholc (Slovenia) 8..................Svetlana Usovich (Belarus) 9......................Lucia Klocová (Slovakia) 10.............Marilyn Okoro (Great Britain) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Women’s 800 2008 1.........................Pamela Jelimo (Kenya) 2....................Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya) 3.................. Hasna Benhassi (Morocco) 4..................... Svetlana Klyuka (Russia) 5................. Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 6.......................Maryam Jamal (Bahrain) 7......................Lucia Klocová (Slovakia) 8.......................Kenia Sinclair (Jamaica) 9...............Marilyn Okoro (Great Britain) 10....................Yuliya Krevsun (Ukraine) 2009 1............Caster Semenya (South Africa) 2..................................Anna Willard (US) 3............Jenny Meadows (Great Britain) 4.....................Mariya Savinova (Russia) 5....................Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya) 6.............................. Maggie Vessey (US) 7......................Yuliya Krevsun (Ukraine) 8................ Elisa Cusma Piccione (Italy) 9......................... Mayte Martínez (Spain) 10.........Jemma Simpson (Great Britain) 2010 1.....................Mariya Savinova (Russia) 2....................Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya) 3............................. Alysia Montaño (US) 4............Jenny Meadows (Great Britain) 5.......................Kenia Sinclair (Jamaica) 6...........Jemma Simpson (Great Britain) 7.................... Halima Hachlaf (Morocco) 8..................................Anna Willard (US) 9...............................Morgan Uceny (US) 10........................ Nancy Langat (Kenya) 2011 1.....................Mariya Savinova (Russia) 2............Caster Semenya (South Africa) 3....................Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya) 4............................. Alysia Montaño (US) 5............Jenny Meadows (Great Britain) 6.......................Kenia Sinclair (Jamaica) 7.................... Halima Hachlaf (Morocco) 8................. Katya Kostetskaya (Russia) 9.............................. Maggie Vessey (US) 10.................. Yuliya Rusanova (Russia) 2012 1.....................Mariya Savinova (Russia) 2.........................Pamela Jelimo (Kenya) 3.............Francine Niyonsaba (Burundi) 4...........Yekaterina Poistogova (Russia) 5............Caster Semenya (South Africa) 6....................... Fantu Magiso (Ethiopia) 7............................. Alysia Montaño (US) 8...................Yelena Arzhakova (Russia) 9.................... Yelena Kofanova (Russia) 10..................Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya) 2013 1............................ Eunice Sum (Kenya) 2.................... Mariya Savinova (Russia) 3............ Francine Niyonsaba (Burundi) 4........................... Brenda Martinez (US) 5............................ Alysia Montaño (US) 6.......... Yekaterina Poistogova (Russia) 7................... Malika Akkaoui (Morocco) 8.................................. Ajee' Wilson (US) 9....................... Nataliya Lupu (Ukraine) 10................. Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya) 2014 1............................. Eunice Sum (Kenya) 2.................................. Ajee’ Wilson (US) 3............................Brenda Martinez (US) 4................Lynsey Sharp (Great Britain) 5............. Maryna Arzamasova (Belarus) 6....................Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya) 7...........Yekaterina Poistogova (Russia) 8........................ Tigist Assefa (Ethiopia) 9................. Winnie Nanyondo (Uganda) 10...............................Molly Ludlow (US) 2015 1............................. Eunice Sum (Kenya) 2................Lynsey Sharp (Great Britain) 3............. Maryna Arzamasova (Belarus) 4......................Melissa Bishop (Canada) 5...................... Renelle Lamote (France) 6.................................. Ajee’ Wilson (US) 7........... Fabienne Kohlmann (Germany) 8....................... Joanna Jóźwik (Poland) 9.........................Sifan Hassan (Holland) 10......................Nataliya Lupu (Ukraine) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Women’s 800 2016 1............Caster Semenya (South Africa) 2.............Francine Niyonsaba (Burundi) 3.................... Margaret Wambui (Kenya) 4......................Melissa Bishop (Canada) 5....................... Joanna Jóźwik (Poland) 6...................... Renelle Lamote (France) 7............................. Eunice Sum (Kenya) 8................Lynsey Sharp (Great Britain) 9............. Maryna Arzamasova (Belarus) 10...................................Kate Grace (US) 2017 1............Caster Semenya (South Africa) 2.............Francine Niyonsaba (Burundi) 3.................................. Ajee’ Wilson (US) 4.................... Margaret Wambui (Kenya) 5.........................Sifan Hassan (Holland) 6......................Melissa Bishop (Canada) 7.....................Habitam Alemu (Ethiopia) 8............................Charlene Lipsey (US) 9................Lynsey Sharp (Great Britain) 10........................... Eunice Sum (Kenya)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s 1500 1956–1968 (no rankings) 1969 1...Jaroslava Jehličková (Czechoslovakia) 2...............................Paola Cacchi (Italy) 3........................Mia Gommers (Holland) 4.........Lyudmila Bragina (Soviet Union) 5...........Regine Kleinau (East Germany) 6...............................Ilja Keizer (Holland) 7............................... Doris Heritage (US) 8.................... Rita Ridley (Great Britain) 9...................Francie Larrieu Smith (US) 10............ Anne-Marie Nenzell (Sweden) 1970 1...............................Paola Cacchi (Italy) 2.. Gunhild Hoffmeister (East Germany) 3...............................Ilja Keizer (Holland) 4... Ellen Wessinghage (West Germany) 5.........Lyudmila Bragina (Soviet Union) 6........Tamara Pangelova (Soviet Union) 7................ Karin Krebs (East Germany) 8.................... Rita Ridley (Great Britain) 9...........Christa Merten (West Germany) 10..... Norine Braithwaite (Great Britain) 1971 1................ Karin Krebs (East Germany) 2........Tamara Pangelova (Soviet Union) 3.. Gunhild Hoffmeister (East Germany) 4... Ellen Wessinghage (West Germany) 5.................... Rita Ridley (Great Britain) 6...........Regine Kleinau (East Germany) 7............................... Doris Heritage (US) 8.........Lyudmila Bragina (Soviet Union) 9...Jaroslava Jehličková (Czechoslovakia) 10................Joan Allison (Great Britain) © giancarlo colombo/photo run Bahrain’s Maryam Jamal picked off five straight No. 1s, 2005 through 2009 © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s 1500 1972 1.........Lyudmila Bragina (Soviet Union) 2.. Gunhild Hoffmeister (East Germany) 3...............................Paola Cacchi (Italy) 4................ Karin Krebs (East Germany) 5........Tamara Pangelova (Soviet Union) 6... Ellen Wessinghage (West Germany) 7................. Sheila Carey (Great Britain) 8...............................Ilja Keizer (Holland) 9.........................Jennifer Orr (Australia) 10..................... Bernie Boxem (Holland) 1973 1.. Gunhild Hoffmeister (East Germany) 2...............................Paola Cacchi (Italy) 3.........Lyudmila Bragina (Soviet Union) 4................ Karin Krebs (East Germany) 5......................Tonka Petrova (Bulgaria) 6.....................Inger Knutsson (Sweden) 7........................Glenda Reiser (Canada) 8..................Joan Allison (Great Britain) 9... Ellen Wessinghage (West Germany) 10.........................Ileana Silai (Romania) 1974 1.. Gunhild Hoffmeister (East Germany) 2....................Lilyana Tomova (Bulgaria) 3............................ Grete Waitz (Norway) 4.......Tatyana Kazankina (Soviet Union) 5...................Francie Larrieu Smith (US) 6............... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 7.........Lyudmila Bragina (Soviet Union) 8........Tamara Pangelova (Soviet Union) 9........................Glenda Reiser (Canada) 10.....................Thelma Wright (Canada) 1975 1............................ Grete Waitz (Norway) 2.......Waltraud Strotzer (East Germany) 3.............. Natalia Marasescu (Romania) 4.......Tatyana Kazankina (Soviet Union) 5...........Nina Morgunova (Soviet Union) 6... Ellen Wessinghage (West Germany) 7...................Francie Larrieu Smith (US) 8..........................Nina Holmén (Finland) 9............... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 10........Rositsa Pekhilvanova (Bulgaria) 1976 1.......Tatyana Kazankina (Soviet Union) 2.. Gunhild Hoffmeister (East Germany) 3............... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 4................ Nikolina Shtereva (Bulgaria) 5.........Lyudmila Bragina (Soviet Union) 6.............. Natalia Marasescu (Romania) 7 ...Christiane Wartenberg (East Germany) 8............ Brigitte Kraus (West Germany) 9........ Raisa Smekhnova (Soviet Union) 10....................................Jan Merrill (US) 1977 1.......Tatyana Kazankina (Soviet Union) 2............................ Grete Waitz (Norway) 3...........................Ileana Silai (Romania) 4............... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 5.............. Natalia Marasescu (Romania) 6.......................Totka Petrova (Bulgaria) 7...................Francie Larrieu Smith (US) 8.... Christine Liebetrau (East Germany) 9.....................Maricica Puică (Romania) 10.....Waltraud Strotzer (East Germany) 1978 1..........Giana Romanova (Soviet Union) 2.............. Natalia Marasescu (Romania) 3.......................Totka Petrova (Bulgaria) 4...........................Ileana Silai (Romania) 5...........Valentina Ilynikh (Soviet Union) 6............... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 7...........Zamira Zaytseva (Soviet Union) 8.....................Zoya Rigel (Soviet Union) 9...................Olga Dvirna (Soviet Union) 10.......................... Grete Waitz (Norway) 1979 1.......................Totka Petrova (Bulgaria) 2.............. Natalia Marasescu (Romania) 3..........Giana Romanova (Soviet Union) 4...........................Ileana Silai (Romania) 5...................Olga Dvirna (Soviet Union) 6...........Valentina Ilynikh (Soviet Union) 7.....................Maricica Puică (Romania) 8........Svetlana Guskova (Soviet Union) 9...Christiane Wartenberg (East Germany) 10.......................... Grete Waitz (Norway) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s 1500 1980 1.......Tatyana Kazankina (Soviet Union) 2...Christiane Wartenberg (East Germany) 3...Nadezhda Olizarenko (Soviet Union) 4............................Gabriella Dorio (Italy) 5.............Lyubov Smolka (Soviet Union) 6...................................Mary Slaney (US) 7...........Zamira Zaytseva (Soviet Union) 8. Yekaterina Podkopayeva (Soviet Union) 9.....................Maricica Puică (Romania) 10........... Beate Liebich (East Germany) 1981 1.......... Tamara Sorokina (Soviet Union) 2...........Zamira Zaytseva (Soviet Union) 3............................Gabriella Dorio (Italy) 4............... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 5...................Olga Dvirna (Soviet Union) 6.....Lyudmila Veselkova (Soviet Union) 7.............................Fita Lovin (Romania) 8.....................Maricica Puică (Romania) 9.............................Anna Bukis (Poland) 10............ Natalia Marasescu (Romania) 1982 1...................Olga Dvirna (Soviet Union) 2...........Zamira Zaytseva (Soviet Union) 3.....................Maricica Puică (Romania) 4............................Gabriella Dorio (Italy) 5............... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 6..Tatyana Pozdnyakova (Soviet Union) 7...................... Doina Melinte (Romania) 8........Svetlana Guskova (Soviet Union) 9...................................Mary Slaney (US) 10 Tatyana Providokhina (Soviet Union) 1983 1...................................Mary Slaney (US) 2...........Zamira Zaytseva (Soviet Union) 3. Yekaterina Podkopayeva (Soviet Union) 4.....Ravilya Agletdinova (Soviet Union) 5.......Tatyana Kazankina (Soviet Union) 6...Nadezhda Ralldugina (Soviet Union) 7.....................Wendy Sly (Great Britain) 8...................... Doina Melinte (Romania) 9............................Gabriella Dorio (Italy) 10.......... Brigitte Kraus (West Germany) 1984 1.....Ravilya Agletdinova (Soviet Union) 2...Nadezhda Ralldugina (Soviet Union) 3. Yekaterina Podkopayeva (Soviet Union) 4..Tatyana Pozdnyakova (Soviet Union) 5.......Natalya Artyomova (Soviet Union) 6.........Galina Zakharova (Soviet Union) 7.......Tatyana Kazankina (Soviet Union) 8............................Gabriella Dorio (Italy) 9...................... Doina Melinte (Romania) 10...................Maricica Puică (Romania) 1985 1...................................Mary Slaney (US) 2.....................Maricica Puică (Romania) 3.....Ravilya Agletdinova (Soviet Union) 4.......Natalya Artyomova (Soviet Union) 5.................Zola Pieterse (Great Britain) 6....... Hildegard Korner (East Germany) 7...................... Doina Melinte (Romania) 8...................Chris Cahill (Great Britain) 9.................. Kirsty Wade (Great Britain) 10............. Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 1986 1..... Tatyana Dorovskikh (Soviet Union) 2.....Ravilya Agletdinova (Soviet Union) 3...................... Doina Melinte (Romania) 4.....................Maricica Puică (Romania) 5.................. Kirsty Wade (Great Britain) 6.......Ivana Walterová (Czechoslovakia) 7............ Svetlana Kitova (Soviet Union) 8.................Zola Pieterse (Great Britain) 9................ Cornelia Bürki (Switzerland) 10......................Elly van Hulst (Holland) 1987 1..... Tatyana Dorovskikh (Soviet Union) 2...................... Doina Melinte (Romania) 3....... Hildegard Korner (East Germany) 4................Sandra Gasser (Switzerland) 5....... Andrea Hahmann (East Germany) 6.................. Kirsty Wade (Great Britain) 7............................Paula Ivan (Romania) 8................ Cornelia Bürki (Switzerland) 9............... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 10......................Elly van Hulst (Holland) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Women’s 1500 1988 1............................Paula Ivan (Romania) 2......Laima Baikauskaité (Soviet Union) 3..... Tatyana Dorovskikh (Soviet Union) 4...................... Doina Melinte (Romania) 5...................Chris Cahill (Great Britain) 6........................Lynn Williams (Canada) 7....... Andrea Hahmann (East Germany) 8...................................Mary Slaney (US) 9............ Svetlana Kitova (Soviet Union) 10..... Lyubov Kremlyova (Soviet Union) 1989 1............................Paula Ivan (Romania) 2...................... Doina Melinte (Romania) 3............ Svetlana Kitova (Soviet Union) 4..........Yvonne Graham (East Germany) 5. Yekaterina Podkopayeva (Soviet Union) 6............. Yvonne Murray (Great Britain) 7........... Ellen Kiessling (East Germany) 8.....................Viorica Ghican (Romania) 9........Beverly Nicholson (Great Britain) 10.................Angela Chalmers (Canada) 1990 1...................... Doina Melinte (Romania) 2................Sandra Gasser (Switzerland) 3.......Natalya Artyomova (Soviet Union) 4..........Yvonne Graham (East Germany) 5............ Svetlana Kitova (Soviet Union) 6........... Ellen Kiessling (East Germany) 7................ Snežana Pajkić (Yugoslavia) 8... Lyudmila Rogachova (Soviet Union) 9...............Margareta Keszeg (Romania) 10..................Violeta Szekely (Romania) 1991 1.......Natalya Artyomova (Soviet Union) 2............... Hassiba Boulmerka (Algeria) 3... Lyudmila Rogachova (Soviet Union) 4...................... Doina Melinte (Romania) 5..... Tatyana Dorovskikh (Soviet Union) 6...................................Mary Slaney (US) 7....................Ellen Kiessling (Germany) 8....................Violeta Szekely (Romania) 9............................ Susan Sirma (Kenya) 10.......................... PattiSue Plumer (US) 1992 1............. Lyudmila Rogachova (Russia) 2................. Lyubov Kremlyova (Russia) 3............... Hassiba Boulmerka (Algeria) 4..............Tatyana Dorovskikh (Ukraine) 5.................................Yunxia Qu (China) 6............................Mayte Zúñiga (Spain) 7.........................................Liu Li (China) 8....... Yekaterina Podkopayeva (Russia) 9............................ PattiSue Plumer (US) 10...................Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) 1993 1.................................Yunxia Qu (China) 2................................... Dong Liu (China) 3.............................Junxia Wang (China) 4.....................Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) 5................. Lyubov Kremlyova (Russia) 6............... Hassiba Boulmerka (Algeria) 7....................Violeta Szekely (Romania) 8............. Lyudmila Rogachova (Russia) 9........................Lyubov Gurina (Russia) 10..... Yekaterina Podkopayeva (Russia) 1994 1....... Yekaterina Podkopayeva (Russia) 2.....................Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) 3...................Angela Chalmers (Canada) 4............... Hassiba Boulmerka (Algeria) 5............. Lyudmila Rogachova (Russia) 6................. Lyubov Kremlyova (Russia) 7................... Yvonne Graham (Jamaica) 8................ Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) 9........................Lyubov Gurina (Russia) 10..............Carla Sacramento (Portugal) 1995 1.....................Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) 2................ Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) 3............... Hassiba Boulmerka (Algeria) 4................Carla Sacramento (Portugal) 5................... Yvonne Graham (Jamaica) 6...................Angela Chalmers (Canada) 7.................... Anna Brzezińska (Poland) 8................. Lyudmila Borisova (Russia) 9....... Yekaterina Podkopayeva (Russia) 10............................ Regina Jacobs (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Women’s 1500 1996 1..............Svetlana Masterkova (Russia) 2.......................... Patricia Djaté (France) 3..........................Gabi Szabo (Romania) 4.............................. Regina Jacobs (US) 5..............................Leah Pells (Canada) 6................Carla Sacramento (Portugal) 7........................Theresia Kiesl (Austria) 8....... Yekaterina Podkopayeva (Russia) 9............... Margaret Crowley (Australia) 10.............. Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) 1997 1................Carla Sacramento (Portugal) 2.............................. Regina Jacobs (US) 3...........Anita Weyermann (Switzerland) 4.................... Jackline Maranga (Kenya) 5.................... Suzy Favor Hamilton (US) 6................ Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) 7..........................Gabi Szabo (Romania) 8............................Mayte Zúñiga (Spain) 9..............................Leah Pells (Canada) 10....................Olga Nelyubova (Russia) 1998 1..............Svetlana Masterkova (Russia) 2..........................Gabi Szabo (Romania) 3...................... Kutre Dulecha (Ethiopia) 4................Carla Sacramento (Portugal) 5.................... Jackline Maranga (Kenya) 6.....................Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) 7............................ Gete Wami (Ethiopia) 8............................ Naomi Mugo (Kenya) 9...........Anita Weyermann (Switzerland) 10..................Violeta Szekely (Romania) 1999 1..............Svetlana Masterkova (Russia) 2....................Violeta Szekely (Romania) 3.............................. Regina Jacobs (US) 4...................... Kutre Dulecha (Ethiopia) 5................Carla Sacramento (Portugal) 6.......................... Elena Iagar (Romania) 7...........Anita Weyermann (Switzerland) 8....................... Lidia Chojecka (Poland) 9.....................Anna Jakubczak (Poland) 10........................Ana Menéndez (Spain) 2000 1....................Violeta Szekely (Romania) 2...................... Kutre Dulecha (Ethiopia) 3.............Nouria Mérah-Benida (Algeria) 4....................... Lidia Chojecka (Poland) 5..........................Gabi Szabo (Romania) 6................Carla Sacramento (Portugal) 7.................... Suzy Favor Hamilton (US) 8......................Olga Nelyubova (Russia) 9....................Olga Kuznetsova (Russia) 10................ Yuliya Kosenkova (Russia) 2001 1....................Violeta Szekely (Romania) 2....................Natalya Gorelova (Russia) 3................Carla Sacramento (Portugal) 4..........................Gabi Szabo (Romania) 5....................... Lidia Chojecka (Poland) 6.................... Suzy Favor Hamilton (US) 7............... Tatyana Tomashova (Russia) 8............ Yelena Zadorozhnaya (Russia) 9................ Lyudmila Vasilyeva (Russia) 10................ Yuliya Kosenkova (Russia) 2002 1........................Süreyya Ayhan (Turkey) 2..........................Gabi Szabo (Romania) 3....................... Alesya Turova (Belarus) 4.................... Suzy Favor Hamilton (US) 5............ Yelena Zadorozhnaya (Russia) 6..................... Maria Cioncan (Romania) 7.............................. Regina Jacobs (US) 8............... Tatyana Tomashova (Russia) 9...........................Judit Varga (Hungary) 10..................Natalya Gorelova (Russia) 2003 1........................Süreyya Ayhan (Turkey) 2............... Tatyana Tomashova (Russia) 3.................... Jackline Maranga (Kenya) 4................Hayley Tullett (Great Britain) 5............Yekaterina Rozenberg (Russia) 6............ Yelena Zadorozhnaya (Russia) 7....................... Jo Pavey (Great Britain) 8............................ Naomi Mugo (Kenya) 9...........................Judit Varga (Hungary) 10.............. Iryna Lishchynska (Ukraine) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Women’s 1500 2004 1................ Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) 2............... Tatyana Tomashova (Russia) 3........................Olga Yegorova (Russia) 4............ Natalya Yevdokimova (Russia) 5............ Yelena Zadorozhnaya (Russia) 6....................... Lidia Chojecka (Poland) 7..................... Maria Cioncan (Romania) 8........ Carmen Douma-Hussar (Canada) 9..............Wioletta Frankiewicz (Poland) 10...................Natalia Rodríguez (Spain) 2005 1.......................Maryam Jamal (Bahrain) 2............... Tatyana Tomashova (Russia) 3........................Olga Yegorova (Russia) 4............ Natalya Yevdokimova (Russia) 5..................Bouchra Ghezielle (France) 6......................Yuliya Fomenko (Russia) 7.....................Yelena Soboleva (Russia) 8.....................Natalia Rodríguez (Spain) 9............................Hind Dehiba (France) 10...................... Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) 2006 1.......................Maryam Jamal (Bahrain) 2............... Tatyana Tomashova (Russia) 3......................Yuliya Fomenko (Russia) 4.....................Yelena Soboleva (Russia) 5..................Sarah Jamieson (Australia) 6....................... Lidia Chojecka (Poland) 7.............. Daniela Yordanova (Bulgaria) 8................ Iryna Lishchynska (Ukraine) 9........................Olga Yegorova (Russia) 10................... Nataliya Tobias (Ukraine) 2007 1.......................Maryam Jamal (Bahrain) 2................ Iryna Lishchynska (Ukraine) 3........................... Viola Kibiwot (Kenya) 4..................Sarah Jamieson (Australia) 5........................ Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) 6.............. Daniela Yordanova (Bulgaria) 7.....................Agnes Samaria (Namibia) 8.............. Btissam Lakhouad (Morocco) 9......... Mariem Alaoui Selsouli (Morocco) 10.............. Natalya Pantelyeva (Russia) 2008 1.......................Maryam Jamal (Bahrain) 2........................ Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) 3.......................... Nancy Langat (Kenya) 4................ Iryna Lishchynska (Ukraine) 5............. Lisa Dobriskey (Great Britain) 6........................Shannon Rowbury (US) 7..................... Nataliya Tobias (Ukraine) 8.....................Natalia Rodríguez (Spain) 9....................... Iris Fuentes-Pila (Spain) 10.....................Nuria Fernández (Spain) 2009 1.......................Maryam Jamal (Bahrain) 2............. Lisa Dobriskey (Great Britain) 3........................Shannon Rowbury (US) 4........................ Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) 5................ Christin Wurth-Thomas (US) 6..................................Anna Willard (US) 7.......................... Nancy Langat (Kenya) 8.......................Nuria Fernández (Spain) 9.......................Anna Alminova (Russia) 10.........Hannah England (Great Britain) 2010 1.......................... Nancy Langat (Kenya) 2.......................Anna Alminova (Russia) 3........................ Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) 4............................Hind Dehiba (France) 5............. Lisa Dobriskey (Great Britain) 6........................... Mimi Belete (Bahrain) 7........................Shannon Rowbury (US) 8................ Christin Wurth-Thomas (US) 9.......................Nuria Fernández (Spain) 10.......... Stephanie Twell (Great Britain) 2011 1...............................Morgan Uceny (US) 2.......................Maryam Jamal (Bahrain) 3............................. Jenny Simpson (US) 4.................Anna Mishchenko (Ukraine) 5...........Hannah England (Great Britain) 6 ........... Mariem Alaoui Selsouli (Morocco) 7.....................Natalia Rodríguez (Spain) 8..............Kalkidan Gezahegn (Ethiopia) 9.............. Btissam Lakhouad (Morocco) 10...................... Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Women’s 1500 2012 1..................Aslı Çakır Alptekin (Turkey) 2.....................Abeba Aregawi (Ethiopia) 3.......................Maryam Jamal (Bahrain) 4...................Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) 5........................Shannon Rowbury (US) 6..............................Hellen Obiri (Kenya) 7........................... Gamze Bulut (Turkey) 8...............................Morgan Uceny (US) 9........................... Viola Kibiwot (Kenya) 10........................... Jenny Simpson (US) 2013 1..................... Abeba Aregawi (Sweden) 2............................ Jenny Simpson (US) 3............................. Hellen Obiri (Kenya) 4.......... Hannah England (Great Britain) 5....................... Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) 6............. Yekaterina Sharmina (Russia) 7.................. Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) 8....................... Shannon Rowbury (US) 9.......................... Viola Kibiwot (Kenya) 10....................... Nancy Langat (Kenya) 2014 1............................. Jenny Simpson (US) 2.........................Sifan Hassan (Holland) 3..................... Abeba Aregawi (Sweden) 4........................Shannon Rowbury (US) 5..............................Hellen Obiri (Kenya) 6........................Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) 7........................... Viola Kibiwot (Kenya) 8...................Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) 9...........................Meraf Bahta (Sweden) 10.................... Dawit Seyaum (Ethiopia) 2015 1...................Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) 2........................Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) 3.........................Sifan Hassan (Holland) 4...................... Dawit Seyaum (Ethiopia) 5........................Shannon Rowbury (US) 6............................. Jenny Simpson (US) 7.....................Laura Muir (Great Britain) 8........................Mercy Cherono (Kenya) 9..................... Abeba Aregawi (Sweden) 10...................... Rabab Arrafi (Morocco) 2016 1........................Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) 2...................Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) 3........................Shannon Rowbury (US) 4.....................Laura Muir (Great Britain) 5.........................Sifan Hassan (Holland) 6............................. Jenny Simpson (US) 7...................... Dawit Seyaum (Ethiopia) 8...........................Meraf Bahta (Sweden) 9............................Besu Sado (Ethiopia) 10..................... Gudaf Tsegay (Ethiopia) 2017 1........................Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) 2.........................Sifan Hassan (Holland) 3..........................Winny Chebet (Kenya) 4..............................Hellen Obiri (Kenya) 5.....................Laura Muir (Great Britain) 6....................... Gudaf Tsegay (Ethiopia) 7............................. Jenny Simpson (US) 8............Caster Semenya (South Africa) 9.................Angelika Cichocka (Poland) 10........................Rabab Arrafi (Morocco

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s 5000 1956–1973 (no rankings done) (rankings for 1974 through 1994 are actually at 3000 meters, the championship distance of the time) 1974 1..........................Nina Holmén (Finland) 2.........Lyudmila Bragina (Soviet Union) 3..................Joyce Smith (Great Britain) 4.............. Natalia Marasescu (Romania) 5...............................Paola Cacchi (Italy) 6...................Francie Larrieu Smith (US) 7......................Tonka Petrova (Bulgaria) 8.......................Thelma Wright (Canada) 9......Bronisława Ludwikowska (Poland) 10......Tamara Pangelova (Soviet Union) 1975 1............................ Grete Waitz (Norway) 2.............. Natalia Marasescu (Romania) 3.....................Inger Knutsson (Sweden) 4........ Raisa Smekhnova (Soviet Union) 5...... Svetlana Ulmasova (Soviet Union) 6.......................Thelma Wright (Canada) 7......Bronisława Ludwikowska (Poland) 8.......Tatyana Kazankina (Soviet Union) 9..........Rositsa Pekhilvanova (Bulgaria) 10........................Nina Holmén (Finland) © victor sailer/photo run ’08 Olympic champ Tirunesh Dibaba (1659) has 5 No. 1s to her credit (sister Genzebe has one too). © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s 5000 1976 1.........Lyudmila Bragina (Soviet Union) 2........ Raisa Smekhnova (Soviet Union) 3............................ Grete Waitz (Norway) 4...... Svetlana Ulmasova (Soviet Union) 5..........Giana Romanova (Soviet Union) 6...................Olga Dvirna (Soviet Union) 7......................................Jan Merrill (US) 8...................Francie Larrieu Smith (US) 9......Bronisława Ludwikowska (Poland) 10............. Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 1977 1............................ Grete Waitz (Norway) 2.........Lyudmila Bragina (Soviet Union) 3.............. Natalia Marasescu (Romania) 4.....................Maricica Puică (Romania) 5......................................Jan Merrill (US) 6......Gabriele Lehmann (East Germany) 7.......................Ann Ford (Great Britain) 8............... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 9......... Irina Bondarchuk (Soviet Union) 10.... Svetlana Ulmasova (Soviet Union) 1978 1...... Svetlana Ulmasova (Soviet Union) 2.............. Natalia Marasescu (Romania) 3............................ Grete Waitz (Norway) 4.....................Maricica Puică (Romania) 5..........Giana Romanova (Soviet Union) 6............ Raisa Belusova (Soviet Union) 7......................................Jan Merrill (US) 8................ Cornelia Bürki (Switzerland) 9.......................Loa Olafsson (Denmark) 10......Svetlana Guskova (Soviet Union) 1979 1...... Svetlana Ulmasova (Soviet Union) 2............................ Grete Waitz (Norway) 3........Svetlana Guskova (Soviet Union) 4............ Raisa Belusova (Soviet Union) 5...........Valentina Ilynikh (Soviet Union) 6...................Francie Larrieu Smith (US) 7.....................Maricica Puică (Romania) 8.............Lyubov Smolka (Soviet Union) 9............ Faina Krasnova (Soviet Union) 10................Vesela Yatsinska (Bulgaria) 1980 1............Yelena Sipatova (Soviet Union) 2..Tatyana Pozdnyakova (Soviet Union) 3............................ Grete Waitz (Norway) 4............ Faina Krasnova (Soviet Union) 5.......... Tatyana Sycheva (Soviet Union) 6.............Lyubov Smolka (Soviet Union) 7...................................Mary Slaney (US) 8..............Nina Yapeyeva (Soviet Union) 9....... Birgit Friedmann (West Germany) 10........Giana Romanova (Soviet Union) 1981 1.....................Maricica Puică (Romania) 2.........Angelika Zauber (East Germany) 3...................Olga Dvirna (Soviet Union) 4............Yelena Sipatova (Soviet Union) 5..Tatyana Pozdnyakova (Soviet Union) 6............................ Grete Waitz (Norway) 7......................... Silvana Cruciata (Italy) 8..............Nina Yapeyeva (Soviet Union) 9..................Alla Yushina (Soviet Union) 10............. Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 1982 1...... Svetlana Ulmasova (Soviet Union) 2.....................Maricica Puică (Romania) 3........Svetlana Guskova (Soviet Union) 4...................................Mary Slaney (US) 5............Yelena Sipatova (Soviet Union) 6..Tatyana Pozdnyakova (Soviet Union) 7..............Nina Yapeyeva (Soviet Union) 8.........Galina Zakharova (Soviet Union) 9...................Olga Dvirna (Soviet Union) 10..... Birgit Friedmann (West Germany) 1983 1...................................Mary Slaney (US) 2.......Tatyana Kazankina (Soviet Union) 3............ Brigitte Kraus (West Germany) 4...... Svetlana Ulmasova (Soviet Union) 5.....................Wendy Sly (Great Britain) 6.......................Agnese Possamai (Italy) 7............... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 8..................Alla Yushina (Soviet Union) 9.........Galina Zakharova (Soviet Union) 10............... Zola Pieterse (South Africa) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s 5000 1984 1.......Tatyana Kazankina (Soviet Union) 2.....................Maricica Puică (Romania) 3............... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 4.......Natalya Artyomova (Soviet Union) 5......... Olga Bondarenko (Soviet Union) 6..Tatyana Pozdnyakova (Soviet Union) 7.........Galina Zakharova (Soviet Union) 8........Svetlana Guskova (Soviet Union) 9.........Yelena Zhupiyeva (Soviet Union) 10................Alla Yushina (Soviet Union) 1985 1...................................Mary Slaney (US) 2.....................Maricica Puică (Romania) 3.................Zola Pieterse (Great Britain) 4................ Cornelia Bürki (Switzerland) 5...........Zamira Zaytseva (Soviet Union) 6............... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 7......... Olga Bondarenko (Soviet Union) 8........................Lynn Williams (Canada) 9.......Natalya Artyomova (Soviet Union) 10...............................Cathy Easker (US) 1986 1................. Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) 2......... Olga Bondarenko (Soviet Union) 3.....................Maricica Puică (Romania) 4.................Zola Pieterse (Great Britain) 5............. Yvonne Murray (Great Britain) 6..... Tatyana Dorovskikh (Soviet Union) 7...... Svetlana Ulmasova (Soviet Union) 8.....Regina Chistyakova (Soviet Union) 9.........Yelena Zhupiyeva (Soviet Union) 10................Alla Yushina (Soviet Union) 1987 1..... Tatyana Dorovskikh (Soviet Union) 2.....................Maricica Puică (Romania) 3............... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 4........ Yelena Romanova (Soviet Union) 5......... Olga Bondarenko (Soviet Union) 6................ Cornelia Bürki (Switzerland) 7................Liz McColgan (Great Britain) 8............. Yvonne Murray (Great Britain) 9........................Elly van Hulst (Holland) 10...................Wendy Sly (Great Britain) 1988 1..... Tatyana Dorovskikh (Soviet Union) 2............................Paula Ivan (Romania) 3............. Yvonne Murray (Great Britain) 4.......Natalya Artyomova (Soviet Union) 5........ Yelena Romanova (Soviet Union) 6....................................Vicki Huber (US) 7........................Elly van Hulst (Holland) 8...................................Mary Slaney (US) 9........................Lynn Williams (Canada) 10...................Wendy Sly (Great Britain) 1989 1............................Paula Ivan (Romania) 2............. Yvonne Murray (Great Britain) 3........................Elly van Hulst (Holland) 4............................ PattiSue Plumer (US) 5.................Marie-Pierre Duros (France) 6................Liz McColgan (Great Britain) 7..Tatyana Pozdnyakova (Soviet Union) 8.....................Viorica Ghican (Romania) 9...............Margareta Keszeg (Romania) 10.....Natalya Artyomova (Soviet Union) 1990 1............................ PattiSue Plumer (US) 2............. Yvonne Murray (Great Britain) 3........ Yelena Romanova (Soviet Union) 4.............................. Lynn Jennings (US) 5.....................Viorica Ghican (Romania) 6...................Angela Chalmers (Canada) 7................Liz McColgan (Great Britain) 8........................... Roberta Brunet (Italy) 9....... Lyubov Kremlyova (Soviet Union) 10............. Margareta Keszeg (Romania) 1991 1..... Tatyana Dorovskikh (Soviet Union) 2................Liz McColgan (Great Britain) 3........ Yelena Romanova (Soviet Union) 4............................ Susan Sirma (Kenya) 5...............Margareta Keszeg (Romania) 6...................Elana Meyer (South Africa) 7................. Zola Pieterse (South Africa) 8............................ PattiSue Plumer (US) 9.......Natalya Artyomova (Soviet Union) 10.....................Päivi Tikkanen (Finland) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Women’s 5000 1992 1.................. Yelena Romanova (Russia) 2.....................Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) 3..............Tatyana Dorovskikh (Ukraine) 4...................Elana Meyer (South Africa) 5...................Angela Chalmers (Canada) 6............................ PattiSue Plumer (US) 7................................. Shelly Steely (US) 8............. Yvonne Murray (Great Britain) 9...............Margareta Keszeg (Romania) 10...................Robyn Meagher (Canada) 1993 1.............................Junxia Wang (China) 2.................................Yunxia Qu (China) 3............................... Linli Zhang (China) 4............................Lirong Zhang (China) 5.....................Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) 6............. Yvonne Murray (Great Britain) 7...................Elana Meyer (South Africa) 8................................... Liyan Ma (China) 9................ Alison Wyeth (Great Britain) 10................ Yelena Romanova (Russia) 1994 1.....................Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) 2............. Yvonne Murray (Great Britain) 3...................Angela Chalmers (Canada) 4.................. Yelena Romanova (Russia) 5.................Fernanda Ribeiro (Portugal) 6.............................. Annette Peters (US) 7....................Gabriela Szabo (Romania) 8................... Olga Churbanova (Russia) 9................. Lyudmila Borisova (Russia) 10.............. Alison Wyeth (Great Britain) 1995 1.....................Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) 2.................Fernanda Ribeiro (Portugal) 3..........................Gabi Szabo (Romania) 4......................... Derartu Tulu (Ethiopia) 5....................... Lydia Cheromei (Kenya) 6............. Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) 7....................... Zahra Ouaziz (Morocco) 8....................... Rose Cheruiyot (Kenya) 9............. Yvonne Murray (Great Britain) 10.................Elana Meyer (South Africa) 1996 1.............................Junxia Wang (China) 2........................... Roberta Brunet (Italy) 3.................Fernanda Ribeiro (Portugal) 4.........................Pauline Konga (Kenya) 5..........................Gabi Szabo (Romania) 6............................ Gete Wami (Ethiopia) 7............. Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) 8.....................Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) 9............................Julia Vaquero (Spain) 10..................... Rose Cheruiyot (Kenya) 1997 1..........................Gabi Szabo (Romania) 2....................... Lydia Cheromei (Kenya) 3............. Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) 4......................... Sally Barsosio (Kenya) 5.................Fernanda Ribeiro (Portugal) 6........................... Roberta Brunet (Italy) 7............................ Gete Wami (Ethiopia) 8....................... Zahra Ouaziz (Morocco) 9..................... Berhane Adere (Ethiopia) 10............................ Regina Jacobs (US) 1998 1....................... Zahra Ouaziz (Morocco) 2..........................Gabi Szabo (Romania) 3............................ Gete Wami (Ethiopia) 4.....................Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) 5............. Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) 6......................... Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) 7............................Julia Vaquero (Spain) 8..................... Marta Domínguez (Spain) 9.........................Chunmei Wang (China) 10............................ Regina Jacobs (US) 1999 1..........................Gabi Szabo (Romania) 2....................... Zahra Ouaziz (Morocco) 3.....................Ayelech Worku (Ethiopia) 4.................... Irina Mikitenko (Germany) 5.................Fernanda Ribeiro (Portugal) 6............. Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) 7......................... Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) 8....................Ebru Kavaklıoğlu (Turkey) 9............................Julia Vaquero (Spain) 10.............. Mariya Konovalova (Russia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Women’s 5000 2000 1..........................Gabi Szabo (Romania) 2.....................Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) 3............................ Gete Wami (Ethiopia) 4.....................Ayelech Worku (Ethiopia) 5........................Olga Yegorova (Russia) 6.................... Irina Mikitenko (Germany) 7............................... Leah Malot (Kenya) 8............. Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) 9......................... Derartu Tulu (Ethiopia) 10....................... Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) 2001 1........................Olga Yegorova (Russia) 2............................ Gete Wami (Ethiopia) 3............. Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) 4..................... Marta Domínguez (Spain) 5.....................Ayelech Worku (Ethiopia) 6............................Yanmei Dong (China) 7.................... Irina Mikitenko (Germany) 8............ Yelena Zadorozhnaya (Russia) 9..........................Gabi Szabo (Romania) 10............. Tatyana Tomashova (Russia) 2002 1..................... Berhane Adere (Ethiopia) 2..........................Gabi Szabo (Romania) 3..............................Edith Masai (Kenya) 4............. Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) 5..................... Marta Domínguez (Spain) 6.....................Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) 7............... Tatyana Tomashova (Russia) 8........................Olga Yegorova (Russia) 9.................Werknesh Kidane (Ethiopia) 10..................... Jo Pavey (Great Britain) 2003 1...................Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 2..............................Edith Masai (Kenya) 3.................Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey) 4......................... Derartu Tulu (Ethiopia) 5.......................Isabella Ochichi (Kenya) 6..................... Berhane Adere (Ethiopia) 7.................Werknesh Kidane (Ethiopia) 8..................... Marta Domínguez (Spain) 9.......................Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) 10.......... Yelena Zadorozhnaya (Russia) 2004 1.......................Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) 2.................Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey) 3.......................Isabella Ochichi (Kenya) 4...................Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 5................Ejegayehu Dibaba (Ethiopia) 6..................... Berhane Adere (Ethiopia) 7..............................Edith Masai (Kenya) 8.................Werknesh Kidane (Ethiopia) 9............. Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) 10.......... Yelena Zadorozhnaya (Russia) 2005 1...................Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 2.......................Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) 3..................... Berhane Adere (Ethiopia) 4................Ejegayehu Dibaba (Ethiopia) 5.............. Meselech Melkamu (Ethiopia) 6..............................Edith Masai (Kenya) 7................................Huina Xing (China) 8........................Zakia Mrisho (Tanzania) 9..................... Priscah Cherono (Kenya) 10.....................Isabella Ochichi (Kenya) 2006 1...................Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 2.......................Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) 3........................ Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) 4..................... Berhane Adere (Ethiopia) 5.......................Isabella Ochichi (Kenya) 6................Ejegayehu Dibaba (Ethiopia) 7..................... Priscah Cherono (Kenya) 8..............................Edith Masai (Kenya) 9.............. Meselech Melkamu (Ethiopia) 10..................... Jo Pavey (Great Britain) 2007 1.......................Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) 2......................Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) 3...................Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 4..................... Priscah Cherono (Kenya) 5............................. Sylvia Kibet (Kenya) 6....................Florence Kiplagat (Kenya) 7........................ Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) 8.............. Meselech Melkamu (Ethiopia) 9.................Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey) 10....................... Shalane Flanagan (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Women’s 5000 2008 1...................Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 2.......................Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) 3.................Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey) 4......................Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) 5.............. Meselech Melkamu (Ethiopia) 6............................. Sylvia Kibet (Kenya) 7.............................. Linet Masai (Kenya) 8..................... Priscah Cherono (Kenya) 9............................. Lucy Kabuu (Kenya) 10............... Liliya Shobukhova (Russia) 2009 1.......................Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) 2......................Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) 3...................Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 4............................. Sylvia Kibet (Kenya) 5.............. Meselech Melkamu (Ethiopia) 6.............................. Linet Masai (Kenya) 7........................Wude Ayalew (Ethiopia) 8...................Sentayehu Ejigu (Ethiopia) 9........................ Ines Chenonge (Kenya) 10..............Ejegayehu Dibaba (Ethiopia) 2010 1...................Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 2......................Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) 3.......................Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) 4...................Sentayehu Ejigu (Ethiopia) 5.............................. Linet Masai (Kenya) 6....................... Alemitu Bekele (Turkey) 7.......................... Sally Kipyego (Kenya) 8.................Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey) 9.............. Meselech Melkamu (Ethiopia) 10........................... Sylvia Kibet (Kenya) 2011 1......................Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) 2.......................Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) 3.......................... Sally Kipyego (Kenya) 4............................. Sylvia Kibet (Kenya) 5...................Sentayehu Ejigu (Ethiopia) 6.............................. Linet Masai (Kenya) 7........................Mercy Cherono (Kenya) 8............................ Sule Utura (Ethiopia) 9...................Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) 10................... Priscah Cherono (Kenya) 2012 1.......................Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) 2......................Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) 3...................Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 4.......................... Sally Kipyego (Kenya) 5........................... Viola Kibiwot (Kenya) 6........................ Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) 7........................Mercy Cherono (Kenya) 8............................. Sylvia Kibet (Kenya) 9...........................Buze Diriba (Ethiopia) 10...................Veronica Nyaruai (Kenya) 2013 1...................... Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) 2.................. Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 3....................... Mercy Cherono (Kenya) 4........................ Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) 5.......................... Viola Kibiwot (Kenya) 6.................. Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) 7.................... Margaret Muriuki (Kenya) 8.......................... Buze Diriba (Ethiopia) 9....................... Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) 10........................ Emily Chebet (Kenya) 2014 1...................Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) 2........................ Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) 3........................... Viola Kibiwot (Kenya) 4.......................... Sally Kipyego (Kenya) 5..............................Betsy Saina (Kenya) 6........................Mercy Cherono (Kenya) 7................................. Molly Huddle (US) 8................................Janet Kisa (Kenya) 9........................Shannon Rowbury (US) 10.................. Alemitu Haroye (Ethiopia) 2015 1........................ Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) 2...................Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) 3......................Senbera Teferi (Ethiopia) 4........................... Viola Kibiwot (Kenya) 5........................Mercy Cherono (Kenya) 6........................Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) 7.................... Alemitu Haroye (Ethiopia) 8........................ Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) 9......................Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) 10........................ Sally Kipyego (Kenya) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Women’s 5000 2016 1........................ Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) 2......................Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) 3..............................Hellen Obiri (Kenya) 4........................Mercy Cherono (Kenya) 5........................... Viola Kibiwot (Kenya) 6......................Senbere Teferi (Ethiopia) 7........................ Etenesh Diro (Ethiopia) 8...........................Yasemin Can (Turkey) 9................................Janet Kisa (Kenya) 10...................... Shannon Rowbury (US) 2017 1..............................Hellen Obiri (Kenya) 2........................ Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) 3.........................Sifan Hassan (Holland) 4...................Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) 5......................Senbere Teferi (Ethiopia) 6................Margaret Kipkemboi (Kenya) 7..................... Caroline Kipkirui (Kenya) 8.................Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia) 9.......................Lilian Rengeruk (Kenya) 10...........................Agnes Tirop (Kenya)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s 10,000 1982 1...................................Mary Slaney (US) 2.... Anna Domoratskaya (Soviet Union) 3.....Raisa Sadreydinova (Soviet Union) 4...... Lyudmila Baranova (Soviet Union) 5...... Svetlana Ulmasova (Soviet Union) 6.........Galina Zakharova (Soviet Union) 7...... Gabriele Riemann (East Germany) 8........................... Nanae Sasaki (Japan) 9............................ Kim Schnurpfeil (US) 10.............Anne-Marie Malone (Canada) 1956–1980 (rankings not done) 1981 1............Yelena Sipatova (Soviet Union) 2......... Olga Bondarenko (Soviet Union) 3.............Yelena Tsukhlo (Soviet Union) 4....................Anna Oyun (Soviet Union) 5...............Lidia Klyukina (Soviet Union) 6........ Natalya Boborova (Soviet Union) 7............Mariya Danilyuk (Soviet Union) 8.........Galina Zakharova (Soviet Union) 9.... Anna Domoratskaya (Soviet Union) 10....................... Akemi Masuda (Japan) 2-time No. 1 Almaz Ayana broke an unbreakable WR in Rio. © victor sailer/photo run © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s 10,000 1983 1.....Raisa Sadreydinova (Soviet Union) 2...... Lyudmila Baranova (Soviet Union) 3......... Olga Bondarenko (Soviet Union) 4...................... Aurora Cunha (Portugal) 5......... Charlotte Teske (West Germany) 6.............Dorthe Rasmussen (Denmark) 7..Tatyana Pozdnyakova (Soviet Union) 8.................Anne Audain (New Zealand) 9......................... Nancy Rooks (Canada) 10.. Lyudmila Matveyeva (Soviet Union) 1984 1......... Olga Bondarenko (Soviet Union) 2.........Galina Zakharova (Soviet Union) 3............... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 4........................... Joan Samuelson (US) 5....... Zhanna Tursunova (Soviet Union) 6....Lyubov Konyukhova (Soviet Union) 7.... Anna Domoratskaya (Soviet Union) 8........ Raisa Smekhnova (Soviet Union) 9.................................. Kathy Hayes (US) 10.. Lyudmila Matveyeva (Soviet Union) 1985 1................. Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) 2......... Olga Bondarenko (Soviet Union) 3...................... Aurora Cunha (Portugal) 4........Svetlana Guskova (Soviet Union) 5...................Francie Larrieu Smith (US) 6................................. Mary Knisely (US) 7...Marina Rodchenkova (Soviet Union) 8.............................. Kirsten O’Hara (US) 9.............................. Lynn Jennings (US) 10........ Yelizaveta Bradu (Soviet Union) 1986 1................. Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) 2......... Olga Bondarenko (Soviet Union) 3............... Ulrike Bruns (East Germany) 4...................... Aurora Cunha (Portugal) 5........Svetlana Guskova (Soviet Union) 6.........Yelena Zhupiyeva (Soviet Union) 7................Liz McColgan (Great Britain) 8.................Anne Audain (New Zealand) 9.................... Karolina Szabó (Hungary) 10..Natalya Sorokivskaya (Soviet Union) 1987 1................. Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) 2.........Yelena Zhupiyeva (Soviet Union) 3...........Kathrin Wessel (East Germany) 4......... Olga Bondarenko (Soviet Union) 5................Liz McColgan (Great Britain) 6.............................. Lynn Jennings (US) 7.............. Albertina Machado (Portugal) 8............................Xiuting Wang (China) 9.................Anne Audain (New Zealand) 10..............Angela Tooby (Great Britain) 1988 1......... Olga Bondarenko (Soviet Union) 2................Liz McColgan (Great Britain) 3.........Yelena Zhupiyeva (Soviet Union) 4...........Kathrin Wessel (East Germany) 5................. Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) 6...................Francie Larrieu Smith (US) 7.............................. Lynn Jennings (US) 8.... Lyudmila Matveyeva (Soviet Union) 9............................Xiuting Wang (China) 10................................ Lynn Nelson (US) 1989 1...........Kathrin Wessel (East Germany) 2................. Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) 3.....................Viorica Ghican (Romania) 4..................... Iris Biba (West Germany) 5.. Natalya Sorokivskaya (Soviet Union) 6...................... Masami Ishizaka (Japan) 7............................... Kumi Araki (Japan) 8....................... Miyoko Asahina (Japan) 9........................Akemi Matsuno (Japan) 10...............Anne Audain (New Zealand) 1990 1........ Yelena Romanova (Soviet Union) 2...........Kathrin Wessel (East Germany) 3.....................Viorica Ghican (Romania) 4..................... Annette Sergent (France) 5....................... Midde Hamrin (Sweden) 6..................Uta Pippig (West Germany) 7.......................... Wanda Panfil (Poland) 8..................... Jill Hunter (Great Britain) 9.......................Päivi Tikkanen (Finland) 10.........................Huandi Zhong (China) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s 10,000 1991 1................Liz McColgan (Great Britain) 2...........................Huandi Zhong (China) 3................... Kathrin Wessel (Germany) 4............................Xiuting Wang (China) 5.............................. Lynn Jennings (US) 6........................... Uta Pippig (Germany) 7................. Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) 8......................... Derartu Tulu (Ethiopia) 9..................... Jill Hunter (Great Britain) 10.................Elana Meyer (South Africa) 1992 1......................... Derartu Tulu (Ethiopia) 2...................Elana Meyer (South Africa) 3.............................. Lynn Jennings (US) 4...........................Huandi Zhong (China) 5................Liz McColgan (Great Britain) 6............................Xiuting Wang (China) 7........................Lisa Ondieki (Australia) 8........................... Uta Pippig (Germany) 9................... Kathrin Wessel (Germany) 10.............................Judi St. Hilaire (US) 1993 1.............................Junxia Wang (China) 2...........................Huandi Zhong (China) 3......................... Sally Barsosio (Kenya) 4......................... Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) 5.............................. Lynn Jennings (US) 6...................... Maria Ferreira (Portugal) 7......................Albertina Dias (Portugal) 8.........................Anne Marie Lauck (US) 9........................... Uta Pippig (Germany) 10...............Fernanda Ribeiro (Portugal) 1994 1.............................Junxia Wang (China) 2............. Yvonne Murray (Great Britain) 3...................Elana Meyer (South Africa) 4.................Fernanda Ribeiro (Portugal) 5..................................... Li Dong (China) 6...................... Maria Ferreira (Portugal) 7.....................Daria Nauer (Switzerland) 8................... Kathrin Wessel (Germany) 9...........................Huandi Zhong (China) 10........... Catherina McKiernan (Ireland) 1995 1.................Fernanda Ribeiro (Portugal) 2......................... Derartu Tulu (Ethiopia) 3............. Catherina McKiernan (Ireland) 4......................... Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) 5.................................Maria Guida (Italy) 6...................Elana Meyer (South Africa) 7................Liz McColgan (Great Britain) 8.......................Alla Zhilyayeva (Russia) 9.......................... Hiromi Suzuki (Japan) 10................Annemari Sandell (Finland) 1996 1.................Fernanda Ribeiro (Portugal) 2.............................Junxia Wang (China) 3............................ Gete Wami (Ethiopia) 4......................... Derartu Tulu (Ethiopia) 5............................Julia Vaquero (Spain) 6.......................... Masako Chiba (Japan) 7....................... Yuko Kawakami (Japan) 8......................... Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) 9.........................Iulia Negura (Romania) 10....................... Sally Barsosio (Kenya) 1997 1......................... Sally Barsosio (Kenya) 2.................Fernanda Ribeiro (Portugal) 3.......................... Masako Chiba (Japan) 4...................Nyla Carroll (New Zealand) 5..................... Berhane Adere (Ethiopia) 6................................Xiujan Ren (China) 7......................... Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) 8.....................Harumi Hiroyama (Japan) 9............................Julia Vaquero (Spain) 10.....................Silvia Sommaggio (Italy) 1998 1.....................Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) 2.................Fernanda Ribeiro (Portugal) 3............. Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) 4......................... Lidia Simon (Romania) 5...................Olivera Jevtić (Yugoslavia) 6...........................Zhaoxia Dong (China) 7....................... Yuko Kawakami (Japan) 8.................... Chiemi Takahashi (Japan) 9............................... Leah Malot (Kenya) 10.......................Esther Wanjiru (Kenya) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Women’s 10,000 1999 1............................ Gete Wami (Ethiopia) 2............. Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) 3......................... Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) 4............................... Leah Malot (Kenya) 5.................... Merima Hashim (Ethiopia) 6..................Merima Denboba (Ethiopia) 7.....................Harumi Hiroyama (Japan) 8.................... Chiemi Takahashi (Japan) 9..................... Berhane Adere (Ethiopia) 10..................... Yuko Kawakami (Japan) 2000 1......................... Derartu Tulu (Ethiopia) 2............................ Gete Wami (Ethiopia) 3.................Fernanda Ribeiro (Portugal) 4............. Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) 5......................... Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) 6.....................Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) 7........................................... Ji Li (China) 8...................Elana Meyer (South Africa) 9...................Lidiya Grigoryeva (Russia) 10..................... Yuko Kawakami (Japan) 2001 1......................... Derartu Tulu (Ethiopia) 2..................... Berhane Adere (Ethiopia) 3............................ Gete Wami (Ethiopia) 4............. Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) 5............... Asmae Leghzaoui (Morocco) 6.....................Ayelech Worku (Ethiopia) 7..................Mihaela Botezan (Romania) 8.................Restituta Joseph (Tanzania) 9................... Lyudmila Petrova (Russia) 10............................. Leah Malot (Kenya) 2002 1............. Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) 2............................... Yingjie Sun (China) 3.....................Sonia O’Sullivan (Ireland) 4.......................Kayoko Fukushi (Japan) 5..............................Yoko Shibui (Japan) 6................................ Deena Kastor (US) 7............. Lyudmila Biktasheva (Russia) 8..................Mihaela Botezan (Romania) 9.......................... Salina Kosgei (Kenya) 10................. Susan Chepkemei (Kenya) 2003 1..................... Berhane Adere (Ethiopia) 2.................Werknesh Kidane (Ethiopia) 3............................... Yingjie Sun (China) 4.................... Lornah Kiplagat (Holland) 5.......................Alla Zhilyayeva (Russia) 6............... Galina Bogomolova (Russia) 7................................Huina Xing (China) 8.................. Benita Johnson (Australia) 9................ Adriana Fernández (Mexico) 10..............Ejegayehu Dibaba (Ethiopia) 2004 1................................Huina Xing (China) 2................Ejegayehu Dibaba (Ethiopia) 3......................... Derartu Tulu (Ethiopia) 4.................Werknesh Kidane (Ethiopia) 5.................... Lornah Kiplagat (Holland) 6............. Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) 7............................... Yingjie Sun (China) 8..................Jelena Prokopčuka (Latvia) 9...................Lidiya Grigoryeva (Russia) 10........................... Lucy Kabuu (Kenya) 2005 1...................Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 2..................... Berhane Adere (Ethiopia) 3................Ejegayehu Dibaba (Ethiopia) 4................................Huina Xing (China) 5..............................Edith Masai (Kenya) 6.................Werknesh Kidane (Ethiopia) 7............... Galina Bogomolova (Russia) 8............. Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) 9.........................Irene Kwambai (Kenya) 10.....................Kayoko Fukushi (Japan) 2006 1........................... Inga Abitova (Russia) 2................... Susanne Wigene (Norway) 3...................Lidiya Grigoryeva (Russia) 4............... Galina Bogomolova (Russia) 5.................Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey) 6.......................Kayoko Fukushi (Japan) 7.................... Lornah Kiplagat (Holland) 8..................Jelena Prokopčuka (Latvia) 9..............................Edith Masai (Kenya) 10........................... Lucy Kabuu (Kenya) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Women’s 10,000 2007 1...................Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 2.................Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey) 3................................Kara Goucher (US) 4....................... Jo Pavey (Great Britain) 5..................... Kim Smith (New Zealand) 6................................ Deena Kastor (US) 7...................... Mestawet Tufa (Ethiopia) 8................Ejegayehu Dibaba (Ethiopia) 9.................................... Jen Rhines (US) 10..................Florence Kiplagat (Kenya) 2008 1...................Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 2.................Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey) 3......................... Shalane Flanagan (US) 4.............................. Linet Masai (Kenya) 5................ Mariya Konovalova (Russia) 6........................... Inga Abitova (Russia) 7............................. Lucy Kabuu (Kenya) 8.................... Lornah Kiplagat (Holland) 9................Ejegayehu Dibaba (Ethiopia) 10................... Kim Smith (New Zealand) 2009 1.............................. Linet Masai (Kenya) 2.............. Meselech Melkamu (Ethiopia) 3........................Wude Ayalew (Ethiopia) 4.......................Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) 5....................... Grace Momanyi (Kenya) 6................................... Amy Begley (US) 7....................Florence Kiplagat (Kenya) 8..................... Yurika Nakamura (Japan) 9..................... Kim Smith (New Zealand) 10.....................Kayoko Fukushi (Japan) 2010 1...................Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 2.............. Meselech Melkamu (Ethiopia) 3.............................. Linet Masai (Kenya) 4.................Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey) 5....................... Grace Momanyi (Kenya) 6.......................Inês Monteiro (Portugal) 7.................Pauline Korikwiang (Kenya) 8...................Doris Changeiywo (Kenya) 9........................... Inga Abitova (Russia) 10................Jéssica Augusto (Portugal) 2011 1......................Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) 2.......................... Sally Kipyego (Kenya) 3.............................. Linet Masai (Kenya) 4..................... Priscah Cherono (Kenya) 5.............. Meselech Melkamu (Ethiopia) 6......................... Shalane Flanagan (US) 7......................Shitaye Eshete (Bahrain) 8.......................Kayoko Fukushi (Japan) 9.......................Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) 10.............. Worknesh Kidane (Ethiopia) 2012 1...................Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 2.......................... Sally Kipyego (Kenya) 3......................Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) 4....................Florence Kiplagat (Kenya) 5................ Worknesh Kidane (Ethiopia) 6.................. Belaynesh Oljira (Ethiopia) 7...................... Joyce Chepkirui (Kenya) 8.....................Shitaye Eshete (Ethiopia) 9....................... Jo Pavey (Great Britain) 10........... Julia Bleasdale (Great Britain) 2013 1.................. Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 2...................... Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) 3..................... Gladys Cherono (Kenya) 4................. Belaynesh Oljira (Ethiopia) 5.......................... Emily Chebet (Kenya) 6............................ Hitomi Niiya (Japan) 7..................... Shitaye Eshete (Bahrain) 8...................... Selly Chepyego (Kenya) 9........................ Shalane Flanagan (US) 10.............. Yeshaneh Ababel (Ethiopia) 2014 1...................... Joyce Chepkirui (Kenya) 2....................Florence Kiplagat (Kenya) 3.......................... Sally Kipyego (Kenya) 4................................. Molly Huddle (US) 5..............................Betsy Saina (Kenya) 6....................... Selly Chepyego (Kenya) 7................. Alia Mohamed Saeed (UAE) 8......................... Changqin Ding (China) 9........................... Emily Chebet (Kenya) 10.....................Ayumi Hagiwara (Japan) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Women’s 10,000 2015 1......................Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) 2........................ Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) 3................................. Molly Huddle (US) 4................................... Emily Infeld (US) 5.......................... Sally Kipyego (Kenya) 6......................... Shalane Flanagan (US) 7......................Alice Nawowuna (Kenya) 8........................Gladys Chesire (Kenya) 9.................... Alemitu Haroye (Ethiopia) 10............................Betsy Saina (Kenya) 2016 1........................ Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) 2......................Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) 3...................Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 4......................Alice Nawowuna (Kenya) 5..............................Betsy Saina (Kenya) 6................................. Molly Huddle (US) 7...........................Yasemin Can (Turkey) 8........................ Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) 9.................. Netsanet Gudeta (Ethiopia) 10..................... Genet Ayalew (Ethiopia) 2017 1........................ Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) 2...................Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 3.............................Agnes Tirop (Kenya) 4......................Alice Nawowuna (Kenya) 5........................ Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) 6......................Senbere Teferi (Ethiopia) 7.................. Belaynesh Oljira (Ethiopia) 8................................... Emily Infeld (US) 9..................... Susan Krumins (Holland) 10......................... Irene Cheptai (Kenya)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s 100H (note: from ’56 through ’68 the ranked distance was 80 meters) 1956 1.............Shirley de la Hunty (Australia) 2................ Zenta Kopp (West Germany) 3..... Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 4............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 5.....Maria Golubnichaya (Soviet Union) 6...................Norma Thrower (Australia) 7.........Nina Vinogradova (Soviet Union) 8.................Erika Fisch (West Germany) 9..................... Gloria Wigney (Australia) 10........... Maria Sander (West Germany) 1957 1............ Nelli Yelisayeva (Soviet Union) 2..... Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 3............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 4.....Maria Golubnichaya (Soviet Union) 5.................Erika Fisch (West Germany) 6................ Zenta Kopp (West Germany) 7...... Edeltraud Eiberle (West Germany) 8..................... Gloria Wigney (Australia) 9.........................Betty Moore (Australia) 10...............................Elaine Winter (US) © victor sailer/photo run © victor sailer/photo run Keni Harrison didn’t make it to Rio, but was 2016’s No. 1 after her World Record. © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s 100H 1958 1............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 2................ Zenta Kopp (West Germany) 3..... Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 4...................Norma Thrower (Australia) 5............... Carol Quinton (Great Britain) 6..................... Gloria Wigney (Australia) 7...... Edeltraud Eiberle (West Germany) 8............ Margaret Stuart (New Zealand) 9...................... Wendy Hayes (Australia) 10.......... Nelli Yelisayeva (Soviet Union) 1959 1..... Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 2.................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 3................ Zenta Kopp (West Germany) 4............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 5..................... Gloria Wigney (Australia) 6...................Norma Thrower (Australia) 7.....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 8.........Rimma Larionova (Soviet Union) 9........Zinaida Safronova (Soviet Union) 10.......... Nelli Yelisayeva (Soviet Union) 1960 1.................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 2..... Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 3............... Carol Quinton (Great Britain) 4.........Rimma Larionova (Soviet Union) 5................ Zenta Kopp (West Germany) 6...................Norma Thrower (Australia) 7.....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 8............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 9................Karin Balzer (East Germany) 10................... Gloria Wigney (Australia) 1961 1.................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 2..... Gisela Birkemeyer (East Germany) 3..........................Teresa Ciepła (Poland) 4............................Pam Ryan (Australia) 5.........Rimma Larionova (Soviet Union) 6.........................Betty Moore (Australia) 7................ Nilia Kulkova (Soviet Union) 8.................Erika Fisch (West Germany) 9........ Ann Charlesworth (Great Britain) 10..........Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 1962 1.........................Betty Moore (Australia) 2............................Pam Ryan (Australia) 3..........................Teresa Ciepła (Poland) 4.................Erika Fisch (West Germany) 5................Karin Balzer (East Germany) 6...................Maria Piątkowska (Poland) 7.................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 8................ Nilia Kulkova (Soviet Union) 9............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 10.......Rimma Larionova (Soviet Union) 1963 1............................Pam Ryan (Australia) 2...................Maria Piątkowska (Poland) 3................ Nilia Kulkova (Soviet Union) 4................Karin Balzer (East Germany) 5.................Erika Fisch (West Germany) 6.........Rimma Larionova (Soviet Union) 7............................... Ikuko Yoda (Japan) 8.................Inge Schell (West Germany) 9................ Jutta Heine (West Germany) 10...................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 1964 1................Karin Balzer (East Germany) 2..........................Teresa Ciepła (Poland) 3............................Pam Ryan (Australia) 4.................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 5............................... Ikuko Yoda (Japan) 6................ Zenta Kopp (West Germany) 7...................Maria Piątkowska (Poland) 8................ Nilia Kulkova (Soviet Union) 9.............. Draga Stamejčič (Yugoslavia) 10.....................Pat Pryce (Great Britain) 1965 1.................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 2............................Pam Ryan (Australia) 3...............Gundula Diel (East Germany) 4.................Inge Schell (West Germany) 5............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 6........................... Cherrie Sherrard (US) 7............. Renate Balck (West Germany) 8..........................Teresa Ciepła (Poland) 9...............................Chi Cheng (Taiwan) 10.......Rimma Larionova (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s 100H 1966 1............................Pam Ryan (Australia) 2................Elżbieta Żebrowska (Poland) 3................Karin Balzer (East Germany) 4...............................Chi Cheng (Taiwan) 5...............Karin Frisch (West Germany) 6.................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 7.................Inge Schell (West Germany) 8...............Danuta Straszyńska (Poland) 9............. Renate Balck (West Germany) 10.............. Nilia Kulkova (Soviet Union) 1967 1............................Pam Ryan (Australia) 2................Karin Balzer (East Germany) 3......................Pat Jones (Great Britain) 4........................... Cherrie Sherrard (US) 5................................Mamie Rallins (US) 6.....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 7.................Inge Schell (West Germany) 8................Elżbieta Żebrowska (Poland) 9...... Lyudmila Iyevlyeva (Soviet Union) 10.......................Teresa Nowak (Poland) 1968 1.................... Maureen Caird (Australia) 2............................Pam Ryan (Australia) 3...............................Chi Cheng (Taiwan) 4................Karin Balzer (East Germany) 5....................Patty van Wolvelaere (US) 6................. Teresa Sukniewicz (Poland) 7...............Danuta Straszyńska (Poland) 8.........Tatyana Talisheva (Soviet Union) 9................................Mamie Rallins (US) 10..............Elżbieta Żebrowska (Poland) 1969 1................Karin Balzer (East Germany) 2............................Pam Ryan (Australia) 3...............................Chi Cheng (Taiwan) 4......... Bärbel Podeswa (East Germany) 5.........................Teresa Nowak (Poland) 6................. Teresa Sukniewicz (Poland) 7...................Lia Khitrina (Soviet Union) 8.............. Regina Höfer (East Germany) 9.................Penny McCallum (Australia) 10..............................Mamie Rallins (US) 1970 1................Karin Balzer (East Germany) 2................. Teresa Sukniewicz (Poland) 3...............................Chi Cheng (Taiwan) 4............................Pam Ryan (Australia) 5.......Heide Rosendahl (West Germany) 6....................Patty van Wolvelaere (US) 7.........................Teresa Nowak (Poland) 8........Annelie Ehrhardt (East Germany) 9......... Bärbel Podeswa (East Germany) 10............Valeria Stefanescu (Romania) 1971 1................Karin Balzer (East Germany) 2........Annelie Ehrhardt (East Germany) 3...............Danuta Straszyńska (Poland) 4................. Teresa Sukniewicz (Poland) 5................. Meta Antenen (Switzerland) 6.........................Teresa Nowak (Poland) 7..............Valeria Stefanescu (Romania) 8..................Grażyna Rabsztyn (Poland) 9....................Patty van Wolvelaere (US) 10................................. Ester Rot (Israel) 1972 1........Annelie Ehrhardt (East Germany) 2..............Valeria Stefanescu (Romania) 3................Karin Balzer (East Germany) 4............................Pam Ryan (Australia) 5...............Danuta Straszyńska (Poland) 6................. Teresa Sukniewicz (Poland) 7.........................Teresa Nowak (Poland) 8....... Annerose Fiedler (East Germany) 9..................Grażyna Rabsztyn (Poland) 10....... Bärbel Podeswa (East Germany) 1973 1........Annelie Ehrhardt (East Germany) 2..................Grażyna Rabsztyn (Poland) 3....................Patty van Wolvelaere (US) 4..............Valeria Stefanescu (Romania) 5.........................Teresa Nowak (Poland) 6....... Annerose Fiedler (East Germany) 7.................Ilona Bruzsenyák (Hungary) 8.............Johanna Klier (East Germany) 9................. Judy Vernon (Great Britain) 10............Bärbel Müller (East Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Women’s 100H 1974 1........Annelie Ehrhardt (East Germany) 2.........................Teresa Nowak (Poland) 3....... Annerose Fiedler (East Germany) 4..............Valeria Stefanescu (Romania) 5........Natalia Lebedyeva (Soviet Union) 6........... Gudrun Wakan (East Germany) 7.......Tatyana Anisimova (Soviet Union) 8................. Judy Vernon (Great Britain) 9...................Penka Sokolova (Bulgaria) 10................Grażyna Rabsztyn (Poland) 1975 1..................Grażyna Rabsztyn (Poland) 2........Annelie Ehrhardt (East Germany) 3........Natalia Lebedyeva (Soviet Union) 4.........................Teresa Nowak (Poland) 5............Bożena Świerczyńska (Poland) 6................................... Ester Rot (Israel) 7..... Marlies Kochinski (West Germany) 8....... Annerose Fiedler (East Germany) 9......... Lyubov Nikitenko (Soviet Union) 10.................Penka Sokolova (Bulgaria) 1976 1.............Johanna Klier (East Germany) 2.......Tatyana Anisimova (Soviet Union) 3........Natalia Lebedyeva (Soviet Union) 4........... Gudrun Wakan (East Germany) 5..................Grażyna Rabsztyn (Poland) 6......... Lyubov Nikitenko (Soviet Union) 7........Annelie Ehrhardt (East Germany) 8................................... Ester Rot (Israel) 9............Bożena Świerczyńska (Poland) 10..... Annerose Fiedler (East Germany) 1977 1..................Grażyna Rabsztyn (Poland) 2.............Johanna Klier (East Germany) 3.......Tatyana Anisimova (Soviet Union) 4......... Lyubov Nikitenko (Soviet Union) 5........Natalia Lebedyeva (Soviet Union) 6....... Annerose Fiedler (East Germany) 7................................... Ester Rot (Israel) 8..........................Danuta Perka (Poland) 9............Bożena Świerczyńska (Poland) 10....... Irina Litovchenko (Soviet Union) 1978 1.............Johanna Klier (East Germany) 2..................Grażyna Rabsztyn (Poland) 3.......Tatyana Anisimova (Soviet Union) 4........... Gudrun Wakan (East Germany) 5.................Nina Derbina (Soviet Union) 6..........................Danuta Perka (Poland) 7..........................Lucyna Kałek (Poland) 8....... Annerose Fiedler (East Germany) 9........Natalia Lebedyeva (Soviet Union) 10................ Elżbieta Rabsztyn (Poland) 1979 1..................Grażyna Rabsztyn (Poland) 2.......Tatyana Anisimova (Soviet Union) 3.........................Zofia Bielczyk (Poland) 4..........................Lucyna Kałek (Poland) 5..........................Danuta Perka (Poland) 6............. Vera Komisova (Soviet Union) 7.................Nina Derbina (Soviet Union) 8...............................Deby LaPlante (US) 9........... Gudrun Wakan (East Germany) 10................ Elżbieta Rabsztyn (Poland) 1980 1............. Vera Komisova (Soviet Union) 2..................Grażyna Rabsztyn (Poland) 3.............Johanna Klier (East Germany) 4..........................Lucyna Kałek (Poland) 5............... Bettine Jahn (East Germany) 6............ Kerstin Knabe (East Germany) 7......... Irina Litovchenko (Soviet Union) 8.........................Zofia Bielczyk (Poland) 9.......Tatyana Anisimova (Soviet Union) 10......... Gudrun Wakan (East Germany) 1981 1.......Tatyana Anisimova (Soviet Union) 2............ Kerstin Knabe (East Germany) 3..........................Lucyna Kałek (Poland) 4....................Stephanie Hightower (US) 5..............Maria Merchuk (Soviet Union) 6.............. Shirley Strong (Great Britain) 7..........................Danuta Perka (Poland) 8.................. Elżbieta Rabsztyn (Poland) 9............ Silvia Kempin (West Germany) 10..........Natalya Petrova (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Women’s 100H 1982 1..........................Lucyna Kałek (Poland) 2.............. Yordanka Donkova (Bulgaria) 3............ Kerstin Knabe (East Germany) 4............... Bettine Jahn (East Germany) 5..............Maria Merchuk (Soviet Union) 6....................Stephanie Hightower (US) 7............... Sabine John (East Germany) 8............. Vera Komisova (Soviet Union) 9.......Tatyana Anisimova (Soviet Union) 10.............Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (US) 1983 1............... Bettine Jahn (East Germany) 2............ Kerstin Knabe (East Germany) 3............... Ginka Zagorcheva (Bulgaria) 4.............. Yordanka Donkova (Bulgaria) 5..........................Lucyna Kałek (Poland) 6............Natalya Petrova (Soviet Union) 7.............. Shirley Strong (Great Britain) 8........... Yelena Biserova (Soviet Union) 9... Cornelia Oschkenat (East Germany) 10.............Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (US) 1984 1..........................Lucyna Kałek (Poland) 2.............. Yordanka Donkova (Bulgaria) 3............... Sabine John (East Germany) 4... Cornelia Oschkenat (East Germany) 5............... Vera Akimova (Soviet Union) 6............... Bettine Jahn (East Germany) 7 Nadezhda Korshunova (Soviet Union) 8.......Svetlana Gusarova (Soviet Union) 9...............Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (US) 10.................. Stephanie Hightower (US) 1985 1............... Ginka Zagorcheva (Bulgaria) 2... Cornelia Oschkenat (East Germany) 3.......Svetlana Gusarova (Soviet Union) 4............... Vera Akimova (Soviet Union) 5....................... Laurence Elloy (France) 6................ Ulrike Denk (West Germany) 7 Nadezhda Korshunova (Soviet Union) 8............ Kerstin Knabe (East Germany) 9......................Anne Piquereau (France) 10.... Natalya Grigoryeva (Soviet Union) 1986 1.............. Yordanka Donkova (Bulgaria) 2... Cornelia Oschkenat (East Germany) 3............... Ginka Zagorcheva (Bulgaria) 4....................... Laurence Elloy (France) 5...............Heike Theele (East Germany) 6............ Kerstin Knabe (East Germany) 7...... Natalya Grigoryeva (Soviet Union) 8................Mihaela Pogacian (Romania) 9.......................... Xénia Siska (Hungary) 10............. Vera Akimova (Soviet Union) 1987 1............... Ginka Zagorcheva (Bulgaria) 2... Cornelia Oschkenat (East Germany) 3............. Gloria Siebert (East Germany) 4.............. Yordanka Donkova (Bulgaria) 5............ Kerstin Knabe (East Germany) 6...............Heike Theele (East Germany) 7...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 8......................Anne Piquereau (France) 9....................... Laurence Elloy (France) 10Claudia Zaczkiewicz (West Germany) 1988 1.............. Yordanka Donkova (Bulgaria) 2............. Gloria Siebert (East Germany) 3...... Natalya Grigoryeva (Soviet Union) 4... Cornelia Oschkenat (East Germany) 5............... Ginka Zagorcheva (Bulgaria) 6.........Ludmila Engquist (Soviet Union) 7............ Kerstin Knabe (East Germany) 8...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 9. Claudia Zaczkiewicz (West Germany) 10............Yelena Politika (Soviet Union) 1989 1... Cornelia Oschkenat (East Germany) 2.........Ludmila Engquist (Soviet Union) 3.....................Monique Tourret (France) 4................Lidia Yurkova (Soviet Union) 5.................................Lynda Goode (US) 6...................Marjan Olyslager (Holland) 7. Claudia Zaczkiewicz (West Germany) 8...........................Odalys Adams (Cuba) 9...Yelizaveta Chernyshova (Soviet Union) 10..............Eva Sokolova (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Women’s 100H 1990 1.....................Monique Tourret (France) 2............. Gloria Siebert (East Germany) 3................Lidia Yurkova (Soviet Union) 4...... Natalya Grigoryeva (Soviet Union) 5.........Ludmila Engquist (Soviet Union) 6................ LaVonna Martin-Floréal (US) 7............................Aliuska López (Cuba) 8... Cornelia Oschkenat (East Germany) 9................Mihaela Pogacian (Romania) 10............. Ginka Zagorcheva (Bulgaria) 1991 1.........Ludmila Engquist (Soviet Union) 2....................................Gail Devers (US) 3...... Natalya Grigoryeva (Soviet Union) 4.....................Monique Tourret (France) 5........................ Florence Colle (France) 6............... Julie Baumann (Switzerland) 7......................Anne Piquereau (France) 8............................Aliuska López (Cuba) 9...........Marina Azyabina (Soviet Union) 10............... Kristin Patzwahl (Germany) 1992 1....................................Gail Devers (US) 2...................Ludmila Engquist (Russia) 3................ LaVonna Martin-Floréal (US) 4.................................Lynda Goode (US) 5....................Voúla Patoulídou (Greece) 6.................Michelle Freeman (Jamaica) 7.............. Yordanka Donkova (Bulgaria) 8........... Tatyana Reshetnikova (Russia) 9............................Aliuska López (Cuba) 10............Natalya Kolovanova (Ukraine) 1993 1....................................Gail Devers (US) 2.....................Marina Azyabina (Russia) 3............................Aliuska López (Cuba) 4.................................Lynda Goode (US) 5.................Michelle Freeman (Jamaica) 6..........................Eva Sokolova (Russia) 7.............. Yordanka Donkova (Bulgaria) 8................ Lavonne Martin-Floréal (US) 9.................................Dawn Bowles (US) 10.......................Yulia Graudyn (Russia) 1994 1.................. Svetla Dimitrova (Bulgaria) 2.........................Yulia Graudyn (Russia) 3.............. Yordanka Donkova (Bulgaria) 4........... Tatyana Reshetnikova (Russia) 5............................Aliuska López (Cuba) 6...................Brigita Bukovec (Slovenia) 7............... Julie Baumann (Switzerland) 8.................Michelle Freeman (Jamaica) 9..........Jackie Agyepong (Great Britain) 10.................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 1995 1....................................Gail Devers (US) 2..............Olga Shishigina (Kazakhstan) 3........... Tatyana Reshetnikova (Russia) 4.........................Yulia Graudyn (Russia) 5...................Brigita Bukovec (Slovenia) 6.....................Monique Tourret (France) 7.......................... Gillian Love (Jamaica) 8............................Aliuska López (Cuba) 9............Dionne Rose-Henley (Jamaica) 10............. Julie Baumann (Switzerland) 1996 1................. Ludmila Engquist (Sweden) 2...................Brigita Bukovec (Slovenia) 3.................Michelle Freeman (Jamaica) 4............Dionne Rose-Henley (Jamaica) 5........................ Patricia Girard (France) 6....................................Gail Devers (US) 7.................................Dawn Bowles (US) 8............................Aliuska López (Cuba) 9.......................... Gillian Love (Jamaica) 10...............................Lynda Goode (US) 1997 1................. Ludmila Engquist (Sweden) 2.................Michelle Freeman (Jamaica) 3.................. Svetla Dimitrova (Bulgaria) 4............ Melissa Morrison-Howard (US) 5................................Cheryl Dickey (US) 6...................Brigita Bukovec (Slovenia) 7............Dionne Rose-Henley (Jamaica) 8.......................... Gillian Love (Jamaica) 9........................ Patricia Girard (France) 10................... Katie Anderson (Canada) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Women’s 100H 1998 1............................Glory Alozie (Nigeria) 2.................Michelle Freeman (Jamaica) 3............ Melissa Morrison-Howard (US) 4................................Angie Vaughn (US) 5............Dionne Rose-Henley (Jamaica) 6.......................... Gillian Love (Jamaica) 7..................... Katie Anderson (Canada) 8.................. Svetla Dimitrova (Bulgaria) 9...................Brigita Bukovec (Slovenia) 10..............................Cheryl Dickey (US) 1999 1....................................Gail Devers (US) 2............................Glory Alozie (Nigeria) 3..............Olga Shishigina (Kazakhstan) 4................. Ludmila Engquist (Sweden) 5............ Melissa Morrison-Howard (US) 6..... Delloreen Ennis-London (Jamaica) 7............Dionne Rose-Henley (Jamaica) 8.................. Svetla Dimitrova (Bulgaria) 9........................ Patricia Girard (France) 10............................. Sharon Jewell (US) 2000 1....................................Gail Devers (US) 2..............Olga Shishigina (Kazakhstan) 3............................Glory Alozie (Nigeria) 4............ Melissa Morrison-Howard (US) 5..... Delloreen Ennis-London (Jamaica) 6.................Michelle Freeman (Jamaica) 7............................... Sharon Jewell (US) 8........................Anjanette Kirkland (US) 9............................Aliuska López (Cuba) 10..........Nicole Ramalalanirina (France) 2001 1....................................Gail Devers (US) 2........................Anjanette Kirkland (US) 3................................ Jenny Adams (US) 4..............Olga Shishigina (Kazakhstan) 5.................. Svetla Dimitrova (Bulgaria) 6..............................Glory Alozie (Spain) 7..... Delloreen Ennis-London (Jamaica) 8............Dionne Rose-Henley (Jamaica) 9.............................Linda Ferga (France) 10...............Svetlana Laukhova (Russia) 2002 1....................................Gail Devers (US) 2.......Bridgette Foster-Hylton (Jamaica) 3..............................Glory Alozie (Spain) 4........................Anjanette Kirkland (US) 5.................Miesha McKelvy-Jones (US) 6................................ Jenny Adams (US) 7........Lacena Golding-Clarke (Jamaica) 8...........................Donica Merriman (US) 9.......................Vonette Dixon (Jamaica) 10.......... Melissa Morrison-Howard (US) 2003 1....................................Gail Devers (US) 2..........Brigitte Foster-Hylton (Jamaica) 3..................... Perdita Felicien (Canada) 4.................Miesha McKelvy-Jones (US) 5..............................Glory Alozie (Spain) 6................................ Jenny Adams (US) 7............ Melissa Morrison-Howard (US) 8...........................Donica Merriman (US) 9................ Aurelia Trywiańska (Poland) 10...................... Patricia Girard (France) 2004 1................................Joanna Hayes (US) 2..................... Perdita Felicien (Canada) 3................. Yelena Krasovska (Ukraine) 4..............................Glory Alozie (Spain) 5............ Melissa Morrison-Howard (US) 6................................ Jenny Adams (US) 7..... Delloreen Ennis-London (Jamaica) 8................. Mariya Koroteyeva (Russia) 9........Lacena Golding-Clarke (Jamaica) 10..................................Gail Devers (US) 2005 1............................... Michelle Perry (US) 2..........Brigitte Foster-Hylton (Jamaica) 3..... Delloreen Ennis-London (Jamaica) 4.......................Kirsten Bolm (Germany) 5................................Joanna Hayes (US) 6..................... Perdita Felicien (Canada) 7........................Anjanette Kirkland (US) 8.....................Susanna Kallur (Sweden) 9................. Mariya Koroteyeva (Russia) 10............................Glory Alozie (Spain) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Women’s 100H 2006 1............................... Michelle Perry (US) 2..........Brigitte Foster-Hylton (Jamaica) 3................................. Damu Cherry (US) 4.....................Susanna Kallur (Sweden) 5............................Ginnie Crawford (US) 6..................... Perdita Felicien (Canada) 7.....................................Lolo Jones (US) 8.......................Kirsten Bolm (Germany) 9................................ Jenny Adams (US) 10.............................Anay Tejeda (Cuba) 2007 1............................... Michelle Perry (US) 2.....................Susanna Kallur (Sweden) 3..... Delloreen Ennis-London (Jamaica) 4..................... Perdita Felicien (Canada) 5............................Ginnie Crawford (US) 6.....................................Lolo Jones (US) 7........................ Angela Whyte (Canada) 8...................... Josephine Onyia (Spain) 9.......................Vonette Dixon (Jamaica) 10....................Sally Pearson (Australia) 2008 1.....................................Lolo Jones (US) 2..... Delloreen Ennis-London (Jamaica) 3.....................Dawn Harper Nelson (US) 4...................... Josephine Onyia (Spain) 5......................Sally Pearson (Australia) 6..........Brigitte Foster-Hylton (Jamaica) 7.........Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (Canada) 8................................. Damu Cherry (US) 9................................Joanna Hayes (US) 10...................Susanna Kallur (Sweden) 2009 1..........Brigitte Foster-Hylton (Jamaica) 2.....................Dawn Harper Nelson (US) 3.........Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (Canada) 4..... Delloreen Ennis-London (Jamaica) 5......................Sally Pearson (Australia) 6..................... Perdita Felicien (Canada) 7................................. Damu Cherry (US) 8............................... Michelle Perry (US) 9............................Ginnie Crawford (US) 10...................................Lolo Jones (US) 2010 1.........Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (Canada) 2......................Sally Pearson (Australia) 3.....................................Lolo Jones (US) 4..................... Perdita Felicien (Canada) 5................................. Damu Cherry (US) 6.......................Carolin Nytra (Germany) 7.............................Queen Harrison (US) 8............................Ginnie Crawford (US) 9.......................Danielle Carruthers (US) 10............................Nevin Yanıt (Turkey) 2011 1......................Sally Pearson (Australia) 2.......................Danielle Carruthers (US) 3.....................Dawn Harper Nelson (US) 4....................................Kellie Wells (US) 5................Tiffany Porter (Great Britain) 6............................Ginnie Crawford (US) 7............................................ Nia Ali (US) 8..................................Yvette Lewis (US) 9.....................Phylicia George (Canada) 10................... Perdita Felicien (Canada) 2012 1......................Sally Pearson (Australia) 2.....................Dawn Harper Nelson (US) 3....................................Kellie Wells (US) 4............................Ginnie Crawford (US) 5.....................................Lolo Jones (US) 6..............................Nevin Yanıt (Turkey) 7.............................Queen Harrison (US) 8..........Brigitte Foster-Hylton (Jamaica) 9................................Tiffany Porter (GB) 10............................... Kristi Castlin (US) 2013 1............................ Brianna Rollins (US) 2.................... Dawn Harper Nelson (US) 3..................... Sally Pearson (Australia) 4............................ Queen Harrison (US) 5................................... Kellie Wells (US) 6............... Tiffany Porter (Great Britain) 7.................................... Lolo Jones (US) 8........................................... Nia Ali (US) 9....................... Angela Whyte (Canada) 10....................... Cindy Billaud (France) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Women’s 100H 2014 1.....................Dawn Harper Nelson (US) 2.............................Queen Harrison (US) 3.....................................Lolo Jones (US) 4......................Sally Pearson (Australia) 5................Tiffany Porter (Great Britain) 6............................. Brianna Rollins (US) 7..........................Cindy Billaud (France) 8............................ Jasmin Stowers (US) 9................................. Kristi Castlin (US) 10...................Cindy Roleder (Germany) 2015 1.....................Dawn Harper Nelson (US) 2...............................Sharika Nelvis (US) 3............................ Jasmin Stowers (US) 4............................. Brianna Rollins (US) 5................Tiffany Porter (Great Britain) 6.............................Queen Harrison (US) 7................. Danielle Williams (Jamaica) 8............................Kendra Harrison (US) 9.....................Cindy Roleder (Germany) 10...........................Alina Talay (Belarus) 2016 1............................Kendra Harrison (US) 2............................. Brianna Rollins (US) 3................................. Kristi Castlin (US) 4............................................ Nia Ali (US) 5.....................Dawn Harper Nelson (US) 6.....................Cindy Ofili (Great Britain) 7............................ Jasmin Stowers (US) 8.............................Queen Harrison (US) 9.....................Cindy Roleder (Germany) 10..............Tiffany Porter (Great Britain) 2017 1............................Kendra Harrison (US) 2......................Sally Pearson (Australia) 3...............................Sharika Nelvis (US) 4........................ Christina Manning (US) 5............................ Jasmin Stowers (US) 6.....................Dawn Harper Nelson (US) 7................. Danielle Williams (Jamaica) 8............. Pamela Dutkiewicz (Germany) 9............................................ Nia Ali (US) 10............................... Kristi Castlin (US)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s 400H 1956–1976 (no rankings done) 1977 1.............Karin Rossley (East Germany) 2..... Tatyana Storosheva (Soviet Union) 3..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 4...................... Elżbieta Katolik (Poland) 5.............Krystyna Kacperczyk (Poland) 6......... Erika Weinstein (West Germany) 7.................................... Mary Ayers (US) 8.................................Debbie Esser (US) 9................Chris Warden (Great Britain) 10............ Liz Sutherland (Great Britain) 1978 1......Tatyana Zelentsova (Soviet Union) 2......... Silvia Hollmann (West Germany) 3.............Karin Rossley (East Germany) 4..............Brigitte Kohn (East Germany) 5.............Krystyna Kacperczyk (Poland) 6................ Anita Weiss (East Germany) 7............Ingrida Barkane (Soviet Union) 8........ Marina Stepanova (Soviet Union) 9........ Hildegard Ullrich (East Germany) 10............... Genowefa Błaszak (Poland) © giancarlo colombo/photo run Lashinda Demus picked up her third No. 1 in 2011. © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s 400H 1979 1........ Marina Stepanova (Soviet Union) 2.............Karin Rossley (East Germany) 3......... Bärbel Broschat (East Germany) 4..... Tatyana Storosheva (Soviet Union) 5......... Silvia Hollmann (West Germany) 6......Tatyana Zelentsova (Soviet Union) 7............Ingrida Barkane (Soviet Union) 8................Chris Warden (Great Britain) 9.................................Debbie Esser (US) 10............Brigitte Kohn (East Germany) 1980 1......... Bärbel Broschat (East Germany) 2.............Karin Rossley (East Germany) 3............... Ellen Fiedler (East Germany) 4..... Tatyana Storosheva (Soviet Union) 5...................Petra Pfaff (East Germany) 6........ Marina Stepanova (Soviet Union) 7........... Yekaterina Grun (Soviet Union) 8.........Anna Ambraziené (Soviet Union) 9......................... Mary Appleby (Ireland) 10..............Chris Warden (Great Britain) 1981 1............... Ellen Fiedler (East Germany) 2................. Genowefa Błaszak (Poland) 3.........Anna Ambraziené (Soviet Union) 4...................Petra Pfaff (East Germany) 5................. Birgit Uibel (East Germany) 6...............Natalya Tsiruk (Soviet Union) 7.......... Ann-Louise Skoglund (Sweden) 8.......................Lyn Foreman (Australia) 9................................ Sandra Myers (US) 10......... Tatyana Pavlova (Soviet Union) 1982 1.......... Ann-Louise Skoglund (Sweden) 2...................Petra Pfaff (East Germany) 3..........................Chantal Rega (France) 4.........Anna Ambraziené (Soviet Union) 5............... Ellen Fiedler (East Germany) 6.........Yelena Filipishina (Soviet Union) 7................. Birgit Uibel (East Germany) 8........... Yekaterina Grun (Soviet Union) 9..........Ina van Rensburg (South Africa) 10........................... Tammy Etienne (US) 1983 1.........Anna Ambraziené (Soviet Union) 2........... Yekaterina Grun (Soviet Union) 3............... Ellen Fiedler (East Germany) 4...................Petra Pfaff (East Germany) 5.................. Petra Krug (East Germany) 6.........Yelena Filipishina (Soviet Union) 7.......... Ann-Louise Skoglund (Sweden) 8.... Margarita Navickaité (Soviet Union) 9....................Sue Morley (Great Britain) 10...................Sharrieffa Barksdale (US) 1984 1........ Marina Stepanova (Soviet Union) 2.......... Margarita Ponomaryova (Soviet Union) 3........... Yekaterina Grun (Soviet Union) 4.........Yelena Filipishina (Soviet Union) 5........... Tatyana Pavlova (Soviet Union) 6..........Nawal El Moutawakel (Morocco) 7................. Genowefa Błaszak (Poland) 8........................... Judi Brown King (US) 9................. Birgit Uibel (East Germany) 10.......Anna Ambraziené (Soviet Union) 1985 1.............Sabine Busch (East Germany) 2........................... Judi Brown King (US) 3........... Debbie Flintoff-King (Australia) 4................. Genowefa Błaszak (Poland) 5.................................. Tonja Brown (US) 6.......... Cornelia Ullrich (East Germany) 7........ Marina Stepanova (Soviet Union) 8...................Petra Pfaff (East Germany) 9......................... LaTanya Sheffield (US) 10......... Tatyana Pavlova (Soviet Union) 1986 1........ Marina Stepanova (Soviet Union) 2.............Sabine Busch (East Germany) 3........... Debbie Flintoff-King (Australia) 4.......... Cornelia Ullrich (East Germany) 5.......... Ann-Louise Skoglund (Sweden) 6................. Genowefa Błaszak (Poland) 7............... Ellen Fiedler (East Germany) 8......................Cristina Matei (Romania) 9.. Margarita Ponomaryova (Soviet Union) 10.............Myrtle Bothma (South Africa) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s 400H 1987 1.............Sabine Busch (East Germany) 2........... Debbie Flintoff-King (Australia) 3.......... Cornelia Ullrich (East Germany) 4........ Sandra Farmer-Patrick (Jamaica) 5........................... Judi Brown King (US) 6....... Tuija Helander-Kuusisto (Finland) 7................. Genowefa Błaszak (Poland) 8.........Anna Ambraziené (Soviet Union) 9.................... Schowonda Williams (US) 10........Nawal El Moutawakel (Morocco) 1988 1........... Debbie Flintoff-King (Australia) 2.... Tatyana Ledovskaya (Soviet Union) 3.............Sabine Busch (East Germany) 4............... Ellen Fiedler (East Germany) 5................. Sandra Farmer-Patrick (US) 6................ Sally Gunnell (Great Britain) 7................Gudrun Abt (West Germany) 8.....Tatyana Kurochkina (Soviet Union) 9.......... Susanne Losch (East Germany) 10....................... LaTanya Sheffield (US) 1989 1................. Sandra Farmer-Patrick (US) 2.................. Petra Krug (East Germany) 3................ Sally Gunnell (Great Britain) 4.... Tatyana Ledovskaya (Soviet Union) 5...............Myrtle Bothma (South Africa) 6..................... Anita Protti (Switzerland) 7.......... Susanne Losch (East Germany) 8........... Debbie Flintoff-King (Australia) 9.................... Schowonda Williams (US) 10..... Tuija Helander-Kuusisto (Finland) 1990 1.... Tatyana Ledovskaya (Soviet Union) 2..................... Anita Protti (Switzerland) 3................. Sandra Farmer-Patrick (US) 4..................... Monica Westén (Sweden) 5............................Janeene Vickers (US) 6.................... Schowonda Williams (US) 7.................. Petra Krug (East Germany) 8...............Myrtle Bothma (South Africa) 9..............................Kathy Freeman (US) 10.............. Sally Gunnell (Great Britain) 1991 1................. Sandra Farmer-Patrick (US) 2................ Sally Gunnell (Great Britain) 3............................Janeene Vickers (US) 4.....................................Kim Batten (US) 5.... Tatyana Ledovskaya (Soviet Union) 6.. Margarita Ponomaryova (Soviet Union) 7..................... Anita Protti (Switzerland) 8................... Heike Meissner (Germany) 9.........Gowry Retchakan (Great Britain) 10.............Myrtle Bothma (South Africa) 1992 1................. Sandra Farmer-Patrick (US) 2................ Sally Gunnell (Great Britain) 3........ Margarita Ponomaryova (Russia) 4............................Janeene Vickers (US) 5.............Tatyana Ledovskaya (Belarus) 6.............................Vera Ordina (Russia) 7......................Tonja Buford-Bailey (US) 8.....................................Kim Batten (US) 9...............Myrtle Bothma (South Africa) 10.......Gowry Retchakan (Great Britain) 1993 1................ Sally Gunnell (Great Britain) 2................. Sandra Farmer-Patrick (US) 3.....................................Kim Batten (US) 4........ Margarita Ponomaryova (Russia) 5......................Tonja Buford-Bailey (US) 6.................. Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) 7........................... Rosey Edeh (Canada) 8...........................Anna Knoroz (Russia) 9.............Tatyana Ledovskaya (Belarus) 10................. Heike Meissner (Germany) 1994 1................ Sally Gunnell (Great Britain) 2.....................................Kim Batten (US) 3...........................Anna Knoroz (Russia) 4................... Heike Meissner (Germany) 5........................Silvia Rieger (Germany) 6.................. Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) 7..............Tatyana Kurochkina (Belarus) 8.....................Olga Nazarova II (Russia) 9............. Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) 10............. Debbie-Ann Parris (Jamaica) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Women’s 400H 1995 1.....................................Kim Batten (US) 2......................Tonja Buford-Bailey (US) 3.................. Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) 4................... Marie-José Pérec (France) 5................. Sandra Farmer-Patrick (US) 6..............Tatyana Kurochkina (Belarus) 7................... Heike Meissner (Germany) 8........................Silvia Rieger (Germany) 9............... Debbie-Ann Parris (Jamaica) 10........... Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) 1996 1.................. Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) 2.....................................Kim Batten (US) 3......................Tonja Buford-Bailey (US) 4............... Debbie-Ann Parris (Jamaica) 5................... Heike Meissner (Germany) 6.........................Ionela Tîrlea (Romania) 7........................Silvia Rieger (Germany) 8........................... Rosey Edeh (Canada) 9..............................Tonya Williams (US) 10........... Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) 1997 1.................. Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) 2.....................................Kim Batten (US) 3..................Nezha Bidouane (Morocco) 4............. Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) 5............... Debbie-Ann Parris (Jamaica) 6......................Tonja Buford-Bailey (US) 7.................Andrea Blackett (Barbados) 8................Gudrún Arnardóttir (Iceland) 9........................Silvia Rieger (Germany) 10.............. Sally Gunnell (Great Britain) 1998 1.....................................Kim Batten (US) 2..................Nezha Bidouane (Morocco) 3.................. Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) 4.........................Ionela Tîrlea (Romania) 5............. Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) 6.................Andrea Blackett (Barbados) 7............... Debbie-Ann Parris (Jamaica) 8........................Silvia Rieger (Germany) 9.......... Yekaterina Bakhvalova (Russia) 10..............Susan Smith-Walsh (Ireland) 1999 1.................. Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) 2..................Nezha Bidouane (Morocco) 3..............................Daimí Pernía (Cuba) 4.................Andrea Blackett (Barbados) 5............................... Sandra Glover (US) 6............. Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) 7.........................Ionela Tîrlea (Romania) 8..........................Michelle Johnson (US) 9............... Debbie-Ann Parris (Jamaica) 10...................................Kim Batten (US) 2000 1........................ Irina Privalova (Russia) 2.................. Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) 3..................Nezha Bidouane (Morocco) 4..............................Daimí Pernía (Cuba) 5............. Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) 6............................... Sandra Glover (US) 7................Gudrún Arnardóttir (Iceland) 8..................Ulrike Urbansky (Germany) 9.................Andrea Blackett (Barbados) 10.......................Ionela Tîrlea (Romania) 2001 1..................Nezha Bidouane (Morocco) 2............. Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) 3......................Tonja Buford-Bailey (US) 4............... Debbie-Ann Parris (Jamaica) 5................. Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia) 6..............................Daimí Pernía (Cuba) 7.........................Ionela Tîrlea (Romania) 8............................... Sandra Glover (US) 9.................. Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) 10........... Surita Febbraio (South Africa) 2002 1................. Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia) 2.................. Jana Rawlinson (Australia) 3............................... Sandra Glover (US) 4.................. Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) 5.........................Ionela Tîrlea (Romania) 6..............................Daimí Pernía (Cuba) 7............... Debbie-Ann Parris (Jamaica) 8............ Natalya Torshina (Kazakhstan) 9...........................Lashinda Demus (US) 10................. Heike Meissner (Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Women’s 400H 2003 1.................. Jana Rawlinson (Australia) 2............................... Sandra Glover (US) 3................. Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia) 4.........................Ionela Tîrlea (Romania) 5.................Andrea Blackett (Barbados) 6............. Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) 7................................Brenda Taylor (US) 8..............Tasha Danvers (Great Britain) 9............. Surita Febbraio (South Africa) 10......................... Raasin Mcintosh (US) 2004 1............................... Sandra Glover (US) 2............................. Faní Halkiá (Greece) 3............. Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) 4.........................Ionela Tîrlea (Romania) 5.................. Jana Rawlinson (Australia) 6................. Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia) 7.................................Sheena Tosta (US) 8....................Yekaterina Bikert (Russia) 9................................Brenda Taylor (US) 10.........................Lashinda Demus (US) 2005 1................. Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia) 2...........................Lashinda Demus (US) 3............................... Sandra Glover (US) 4............................Anna Jesień (Poland) 5.................. Jana Rawlinson (Australia) 6.................Andrea Blackett (Barbados) 7........................Xiaoxiao Huang (China) 8.................... Małgorzata Pskit (Poland) 9............. Surita Febbraio (South Africa) 10...............................Sheena Tosta (US) 2006 1...........................Lashinda Demus (US) 2............................ Tiffany Williams (US) 3................. Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia) 4................. Yevgeniya Isakova (Russia) 5............. Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) 6............................. Faní Halkiá (Greece) 7.................. Jana Rawlinson (Australia) 8............................Anna Jesień (Poland) 9..............Tasha Danvers (Great Britain) 10............................. Sandra Glover (US) 2007 1.................. Jana Rawlinson (Australia) 2................. Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia) 3............................Anna Jesień (Poland) 4................. Yevgeniya Isakova (Russia) 5.....................Melaine Walker (Jamaica) 6............................ Tiffany Williams (US) 7................. Nickiesha Wilson (Jamaica) 8........................Xiaoxiao Huang (China) 9......................Natalya Ivanova (Russia) 10............Tasha Danvers (Great Britain) 2008 1.....................Melaine Walker (Jamaica) 2.................................Sheena Tosta (US) 3.......Anastasiya Rabchenyuk (Ukraine) 4..............Tasha Danvers (Great Britain) 5............................ Tiffany Williams (US) 6............................Anna Jesień (Poland) 7................. Yevgeniya Isakova (Russia) 8...........................Lashinda Demus (US) 9....................Yekaterina Bikert (Russia) 10.....Zuzana Hejnová (Czech Republic) 2009 1.....................Melaine Walker (Jamaica) 2...........................Lashinda Demus (US) 3...................Kaliese Spencer (Jamaica) 4.....................Josanne Lucas (Trinidad) 5............................ Tiffany Williams (US) 6............................Anna Jesień (Poland) 7................Angela Morosanu (Romania) 8.................................Sheena Tosta (US) 9.....................Natalya Antyukh (Russia) 10.....Anastasiya Rabchenyuk (Ukraine) 2010 1...........................Lashinda Demus (US) 2...................Kaliese Spencer (Jamaica) 3.....................Natalya Antyukh (Russia) 4.......Zuzana Hejnová (Czech Republic) 5................Vania Stambolova (Bulgaria) 6...Perri Shakes-Drayton (Great Britain) 7................Angela Moroşanu (Romania) 8.................................Sheena Tosta (US) 9.......................Joke Odumosu (Nigeria) 10...................Josanne Lucas (Trinidad) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Women’s 400H 2011 1...........................Lashinda Demus (US) 2...................Kaliese Spencer (Jamaica) 3.....................Melaine Walker (Jamaica) 4 ........... Zuzana Hejnová (Czech Republic) 5.....................Natalya Antyukh (Russia) 6................Vania Stambolova (Bulgaria) 7 ...........Anastasiya Rabchenyuk (Ukraine) 8 .......Perri Shakes-Drayton (Great Britain) 9....................Elena Churakova (Russia) 10.................Anna Ryzhykova (Ukraine) 2012 1...................Kaliese Spencer (Jamaica) 2...........................Lashinda Demus (US) 3.......Zuzana Hejnová (Czech Republic) 4.....................Natalya Antyukh (Russia) 5...................Perri Shakes-Drayton (GB) 6.....................Melaine Walker (Jamaica) 7........................ Georganne Moline (US) 8................................ T’Erea Brown (US) 9..... Denisa Rosolová (Czech Republic) 10.....................Joke Odumosu (Nigeria) 2013 1..... Zuzana Hejnová (Czech Republic) 2. Perri Shakes-Drayton (Great Britain) 3...................... Dalilah Muhammad (US) 4....................... Georganne Moline (US) 5.................. Kaliese Spencer (Jamaica) 6.......................... Lashinda Demus (US) 7.................................... Kori Carter (US) 8....................... Anna Titimets (Ukraine) 9................. Eilidh Doyle (Great Britain) 10................ Anna Ryzhykova (Ukraine) 2014 1...................Kaliese Spencer (Jamaica) 2.................. Eilidh Doyle (Great Britain) 3.......................Kemi Adekoya (Bahrain) 4..... Denisa Rosolová (Czech Republic) 5........................Anna Titimets (Ukraine) 6........................ Georganne Moline (US) 7............................. Cassandra Tate (US) 8............................ Tiffany Williams (US) 9...................Anna Ryzhykova (Ukraine) 10................... Wenda Nel (South Africa) 2015 1.......Zuzana Hejnová (Czech Republic) 2................................Shamier Little (US) 3..................... Sara Petersen (Denmark) 4...................Kaliese Spencer (Jamaica) 5............................. Cassandra Tate (US) 6........................ Georganne Moline (US) 7..................... Wenda Nel (South Africa) 8....................Janieve Russell (Jamaica) 9.................. Eilidh Doyle (Great Britain) 10.....................Kemi Adekoya (Bahrain) 2016 1....................... Dalilah Muhammad (US) 2.............Sara Slott Petersen (Denmark) 3............................. Cassandra Tate (US) 4.................. Eilidh Doyle (Great Britain) 5.............................Ashley Spencer (US) 6.......Zuzana Hejnová (Czech Republic) 7....................Janieve Russell (Jamaica) 8...............Ristananna Tracey (Jamaica) 9.........................Leah Nugent (Jamaica) 10................... Wenda Nel (South Africa) 2017 1.....................................Kori Carter (US) 2....................... Dalilah Muhammad (US) 3.......Zuzana Hejnová (Czech Republic) 4................................Shamier Little (US) 5.............................Ashley Spencer (US) 6...............Ristananna Tracey (Jamaica) 7....................Janieve Russell (Jamaica) 8........................ Georganne Moline (US) 9..................Léa Sprunger (Switzerland) 10................ Eilidh Doyle (Great Britain)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s Steeple 2002 1....................... Alesya Turova (Belarus) 2............................Justyna Bak (Poland) 3...............Cristina Casandra (Romania) 4................... Melanie Schulz (Germany) 5.......................Élodie Olivarès (France) 2003 1..................... Gulnara Galkina (Russia) 2....................... Alesya Turova (Belarus) 3...............Lyubov Kharlamova (Russia) 4.................... Dorcus Inzikuru (Uganda) 5...............Cristina Casandra (Romania) 1956–2000 (no rankings done) (only top 5s done for first 4 years, until event was added to World Champs) 2001 1............................Justyna Bak (Poland) 2................. Melissa Rollison (Australia) 3.............................Irène Limika (Kenya) 4.........................Elizabeth Jackson (US) 5.................Yekaterina Volkova (Russia) © victor sailer/photo run Ruth Jebet’s big ’16 season found her winning Olympic gold and crushing the World Record © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s Steeple 2004 1..................... Gulnara Galkina (Russia) 2...............Cristina Casandra (Romania) 3.................... Dorcus Inzikuru (Uganda) 4...............Lyubov Kharlamova (Russia) 5.................. Bouchra Chaabi (Morocco) 2005 1.................... Dorcus Inzikuru (Uganda) 2.................Yekaterina Volkova (Russia) 3..........................Jeruto Kiptum (Kenya) 4..............Wioletta Frankiewicz (Poland) 5........................ Korine Hinds (Jamaica) 6....................Mardrea Hyman (Jamaica) 7..............Salome Chepchumba (Kenya) 8............ Yelena Zadorozhnaya (Russia) 9............................. Livia Tóth (Hungary) 10.............Cristina Casandra (Romania) 2006 1....................... Alesya Turova (Belarus) 2..........................Jeruto Kiptum (Kenya) 3..............Wioletta Frankiewicz (Poland) 4..................... Tatyana Petrova (Russia) 5..............Salome Chepchumba (Kenya) 6.................... Dorcus Inzikuru (Uganda) 7................. Melissa Rollison (Australia) 8..............Donna MacFarlane (Australia) 9..................Victoria Mitchell (Australia) 10.............Cristina Casandra (Romania) 2007 1.................Yekaterina Volkova (Russia) 2..................... Tatyana Petrova (Russia) 3.......................Eunice Jepkorir (Kenya) 4..................... Gulnara Galkina (Russia) 5........................... Ruth Bisibori (Kenya) 6...............Cristina Casandra (Romania) 7.........................Sophie Duarté (France) 8................. Roisin McGettigan (Ireland) 9............................. Rosa Morató (Spain) 10............ Hanane Ouhaddou (Morocco) 2008 1..................... Gulnara Galkina (Russia) 2.......................Eunice Jepkorir (Kenya) 3.................Yekaterina Volkova (Russia) 4........................... Ruth Bisibori (Kenya) 5..................... Tatyana Petrova (Russia) 6..............Wioletta Frankiewicz (Poland) 7...............Cristina Casandra (Romania) 8................... Zemzem Ahmed (Ethiopia) 9..............Donna MacFarlane (Australia) 10........................... Jenny Simpson (US) 2009 1..................... Marta Domínguez (Spain) 2..................... Gulnara Galkina (Russia) 3.......................Yuliya Zaripova (Russia) 4........................Milcah Chemos (Kenya) 5........................... Ruth Bisibori (Kenya) 6............................. Jenny Simpson (US) 7...................Gladys Kipkemboi (Kenya) 8......................... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 9.........................Habiba Ghribi (Tunisia) 10.... Antje Möldner-Schmidt (Germany) 2010 1........................Milcah Chemos (Kenya) 2.......................Yuliya Zaripova (Russia) 3............................ Lydia Rotich (Kenya) 4......................... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 5...................Gladys Kipkemboi (Kenya) 6..................... Marta Domínguez (Spain) 7......................... Mercy Njoroge (Kenya) 8.....................Mekdes Bekele (Ethiopia) 9........................ Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) 10................Jéssica Augusto (Portugal) 2011 1.......................Yuliya Zaripova (Russia) 2.........................Habiba Ghribi (Tunisia) 3........................Milcah Chemos (Kenya) 4......................... Mercy Njoroge (Kenya) 5......................... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 6............................ Lydia Rotich (Kenya) 7........................Hiwot Ayalew (Ethiopia) 8.............................Binnaz Uslu (Turkey) 9................. Lyudmila Kuzmina (Russia) 10...................... Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s Steeple 2012 1.......................Yuliya Zaripova (Russia) 2.........................Habiba Ghribi (Tunisia) 3........................Milcah Chemos (Kenya) 4......................... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 5........................Hiwot Ayalew (Ethiopia) 6........................ Etenesh Diro (Ethiopia) 7......................Lidya Chepkurui (Kenya) 8......................... Mercy Njoroge (Kenya) 9.......................Hyvin Jepkemoi (Kenya) 10.... Antje Möldner-Schmidt (Germany) 2013 1....................... Milcah Chemos (Kenya) 2..................... Lydia Chepkurui (Kenya) 3........................ Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 4....................... Hiwot Ayalew (Ethiopia) 5....................... Etenesh Diro (Ethiopia) 6............................. Purity Kirui (Kenya) 7...................... Hyvin Jepkemoi (Kenya) 8........................... Lydia Rotich (Kenya) 9........................ Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) 10............. Valentyna Zhudina (Ukraine) 2014 1........................Hiwot Ayalew (Ethiopia) 2............................... Emma Coburn (US) 3.........................Habiba Ghribi (Tunisia) 4......................... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 5.............................Ruth Jebet (Bahrain) 6.......................Hyvin Jepkemoi (Kenya) 7........................Salima Alami (Morocco) 8........................ Etenesh Diro (Ethiopia) 9.............................. Purity Kirui (Kenya) 10......................Milcah Chemos (Kenya) 2015 1.........................Habiba Ghribi (Tunisia) 2.......................Hyvin Jepkemoi (Kenya) 3.................. Virginia Nyambura (Kenya) 4......................... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 5........................Hiwot Ayalew (Ethiopia) 6........Gesa-Felicitas Krause (Germany) 7............................... Emma Coburn (US) 8......................Lydia Chepkurui (Kenya) 9.............................. Purity Kirui (Kenya) 10........................ Stephanie Garcia (US) 2016 1.............................Ruth Jebet (Bahrain) 2.......................Hyvin Jepkemoi (Kenya) 3............................... Emma Coburn (US) 4................Beatrice Chepkoech (Kenya) 5......................... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 6........................ Etenesh Diro (Ethiopia) 7.................. Virginia Nyambura (Kenya) 8..................... Madeline Hills (Australia) 9..............Genevieve LaCaze (Australia) 10....... Gesa-Felicitas Krause (Germany) 2017 1................Beatrice Chepkoech (Kenya) 2.............................Ruth Jebet (Bahrain) 3............................... Emma Coburn (US) 4.......................Hyvin Jepkemoi (Kenya) 5..................Celliphine Chespol (Kenya) 6............................. Norah Tanui (Kenya) 7.........................Courtney Frerichs (US) 8........Gesa-Felicitas Krause (Germany) 9......................... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 10...................... Etenesh Diro (Ethiopia)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s Marathon 1956–1975 (no rankings done) 1976 1 ....Christa Vahlensieck (West Germany) 2 ........................................Kim Merritt (US) 3 .....................................Miki Gorman (US) 4 ....................................Gayle Barron (US) 5 ....................... Claire Spauwen (Holland) 6 .Manuella Angenvoorth (West Germany) 7 ................... Sarolta Monspart (Hungary) 8 ................................. Jackie Hansen (US) 9 ......................Chantal Langlacé (France) 10 ................................Doris Heritage (US) 1977 1 ....Christa Vahlensieck (West Germany) 2 .....................................Miki Gorman (US) 3 ........................................Kim Merritt (US) 4 ......................Chantal Langlacé (France) 5 .Manuella Angenvoorth (West Germany) 6 ....................................Gayle Barron (US) 7 ....................Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) 8 ....................................Leal Reinhart (US) 9 ..............................Cindy Dalrymple (US) 10 ..............................Marilyn Bevans (US) © giancarlo colombo/photo run Deena Kastor’s American Record sewed up the ’06 No. 1. © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s Marathon 1978 1 ...............................Grete Waitz (Norway) 2 .................................Marty Cooksey (US) 3 ....................................Gayle Barron (US) 4 ...................................... Julie Brown (US) 5 ...................................Patti Catalano (US) 6 ....................................Sue Petersen (US) 7 ....Christa Vahlensieck (West Germany) 8 ................................Heather Tolford (US) 9 ..............................Cindy Dalrymple (US) 10 ............................... Lauri Pedrinen (US) 1979 1 ...............................Grete Waitz (Norway) 2 .................... Joyce Smith (Great Britain) 3 ..............................Joan Samuelson (US) 4 ..................Gillian Adams (Great Britain) 5 .................. Jacqueline Gareau (Canada) 6 ...................................Patti Catalano (US) 7 ....................................... Kim Merritt (US) 8 .....................Carol Gould (Great Britain) 9 ...................Elizabeth Hassall (Australia) 10 ....................................Beth Guerin (US) 1980 1 ...............................Grete Waitz (Norway) 2 ...................................Patti Catalano (US) 3 ............... Lorraine Moller (New Zealand) 4 .................... Joyce Smith (Great Britain) 5 .................. Jacqueline Gareau (Canada) 6 ....................Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) 7 ......................................Nancy Conz (US) 8 .............................Linda Staudt (Canada) 9 ..............................Joan Samuelson (US) 10 .......................... Marja Wokke (Holland) 1981 1 ..................... Allison Roe (New Zealand) 2 ............... Lorraine Moller (New Zealand) 3 ...................................Patti Catalano (US) 4 .................. Zoya Ivanova (Soviet Union) 5 ........... Charlotte Teske (West Germany) 6 ..............................Joan Samuelson (US) 7 ....................Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) 8 .........................................Julie Shea (US) 9 ......................................Nancy Conz (US) 10 ................................. Laurie Binder (US) 1982 1 ...............................Grete Waitz (Norway) 2 ..............................Joan Samuelson (US) 3 ...................................... Julie Brown (US) 4 ...............................Rosa Mota (Portugal) 5 ........... Charlotte Teske (West Germany) 6 .....................................Laura Fogli (Italy) 7 ....................Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) 8 .................. Zoya Ivanova (Soviet Union) 9 ................................Rita Marchisio (Italy) 10 .................. Joyce Smith (Great Britain) 1983 1 ...............................Grete Waitz (Norway) 2 ..............................Joan Samuelson (US) 3 ........................Marianne Dickerson (US) 4 .......... Raisa Smekhnova (Soviet Union) 5 ...............................Rosa Mota (Portugal) 6 ...................................... Julie Brown (US) 7 .................. Jacqueline Gareau (Canada) 8 .....................................Laura Fogli (Italy) 9 ..................................Carey May (Ireland) 10 ............................Nanae Sasaki (Japan) 1984 1 ..............................Joan Samuelson (US) 2 ...............................Grete Waitz (Norway) 3 ...............................Rosa Mota (Portugal) 4 ....................Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) 5 ............... Lorraine Moller (New Zealand) 6 ......Katrin Dörre-Heinig (East Germany) 7 ...........................Lisa Ondieki (Australia) 8 ................Priscilla Welch (Great Britain) 9 ........................ Sylvia Ruegger (Canada) 10 ...................................Laura Fogli (Italy) 1985 1 ..............................Joan Samuelson (US) 2 ....................Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) 3 ...............................Rosa Mota (Portugal) 4 ......Katrin Dörre-Heinig (East Germany) 5 ...............................Grete Waitz (Norway) 6 ...........................Lisa Ondieki (Australia) 7 ......................Carla Beurskens (Holland) 8 .................. Zoya Ivanova (Soviet Union) 9 .....................................Laura Fogli (Italy) 10 ...................... Sylvia Ruegger (Canada) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s Marathon 1986 1 ...............................Grete Waitz (Norway) 2 ....................Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) 3 ...............................Rosa Mota (Portugal) 4 ...........................Lisa Ondieki (Australia) 5 .....................................Laura Fogli (Italy) 6 ............... Lorraine Moller (New Zealand) 7 ......................Carla Beurskens (Holland) 8 ......Katrin Dörre-Heinig (East Germany) 9 .....................Sinikka Keskitalo (Finland) 10 . Yekaterina Khramenkova (Soviet Union) 1987 1 ...............................Rosa Mota (Portugal) 2 ....................Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) 3 .................. Zoya Ivanova (Soviet Union) 4 ......Katrin Dörre-Heinig (East Germany) 5 ......................Carla Beurskens (Holland) 6 ................Priscilla Welch (Great Britain) 7 ...................... Jocelyne Villeton (France) 8 ................................ Bente Moe (Norway) 9 .................................Maria Lelut (France) 10 . Yekaterina Khramenkova (Soviet Union) 1988 1 ...............................Rosa Mota (Portugal) 2 ...........................Lisa Ondieki (Australia) 3 ......Katrin Dörre-Heinig (East Germany) 4 ....................Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) 5 ....Tatyana Polovinskaya (Soviet Union) 6 ..............................Youfeng Zhao (China) 7 ...............................Grete Waitz (Norway) 8 .....................................Laura Fogli (Italy) 9 ...............Ria van Landeghem (Belgium) 10 ............... Daniele Kaber (Luxembourg) 1989 1 ....................Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) 2 ............. Veronique Marot (Great Britain) 3 ........................................ Kim Jones (US) 4 .............................Lisa Weidenbach (US) 5 .............................Wanda Panfil (Poland) 6 .........................Aurora Cunha (Portugal) 7 ............. Lyubov Klochko (Soviet Union) 8 ..............................Youfeng Zhao (China) 9 .............Marguerite Buist (New Zealand) 10 ............... Mun Gyong Ae (North Korea) 1990 1 ...............................Rosa Mota (Portugal) 2 .............................Wanda Panfil (Poland) 3 ...........................Lisa Ondieki (Australia) 4 .................... Uta Pippig (West Germany) 5 ..................... Francie Larrieu Smith (US) 6 .............................Lisa Weidenbach (US) 7 .................... Renata Kokowska (Poland) 8 ......................Carla Beurskens (Holland) 9 ........Frith van der Merwe (South Africa) 10 ............................Youfeng Zhao (China) 1991 1 .............................Wanda Panfil (Poland) 2 ...............................Rosa Mota (Portugal) 3 .................... Sachiko Yamashita (Japan) 4 .............. Katrin Dörre-Heinig (Germany) 5 ........................................ Kim Jones (US) 6 ..................... Francie Larrieu Smith (US) 7 .................. Liz McColgan (Great Britain) 8 ...............................Yuko Arimori (Japan) 9 ........Valentina Yegorova (Soviet Union) 10 .................. Renata Kokowska (Poland) 1992 1 ...................Valentina Yegorova (Russia) 2 ...........................Lisa Ondieki (Australia) 3 ............................Olga Markova (Russia) 4 .................. Liz McColgan (Great Britain) 5 .............. Katrin Dörre-Heinig (Germany) 6 ....................Yoshiko Yamamoto (Japan) 7 ...............................Yuko Arimori (Japan) 8 ............... Lorraine Moller (New Zealand) 9 .............................Yumi Kokamo (Japan) 10 ...............Madina Biktagirova (Belarus) 1993 1 .................................Junko Asari (Japan) 2 ............................... Junxia Wang (China) 3 ............................Olga Markova (Russia) 4 ..............................Uta Pippig (Germany) 5 ..................................Tomoe Abe (Japan) 6 ..................Manuela Machado (Portugal) 7 .............. Katrin Dörre-Heinig (Germany) 8 .................................. Linli Zhang (China) 9 .............................. Lirong Zhang (China) 10 .................Valentina Yegorova (Russia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Women’s Marathon 1994 1 ..............................Uta Pippig (Germany) 2 ...................Valentina Yegorova (Russia) 3 .............. Katrin Dörre-Heinig (Germany) 4 ..................................Tomoe Abe (Japan) 5 ....................... Nobuko Fujimura (Japan) 6 .................................Junko Asari (Japan) 7 ............................Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) 8 .....................Elana Meyer (South Africa) 9 ..........................Miyoko Asahina (Japan) 10 .....................................Olga Appell (US) 1995 1 ..............................Uta Pippig (Germany) 2 ..................Manuela Machado (Portugal) 3 .........................Anuţa Cătună (Romania) 4 .............. Małgorzata Sobańska (Poland) 5 ............................Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) 6 ...............................Ornella Ferrara (Italy) 7 .....................Elana Meyer (South Africa) 8 ......................Ritva Lemettinen (Finland) 9 ...........................Angela Kanana (Kenya) 10 ...............................Junko Asari (Japan) 1996 1 .......................... Fatuma Roba (Ethiopia) 2 .............. Katrin Dörre-Heinig (Germany) 3 ...................Valentina Yegorova (Russia) 4 ...............................Yuko Arimori (Japan) 5 ....................... Nobuko Fujimura (Japan) 6 ..................Manuela Machado (Portugal) 7 .................. Liz McColgan (Great Britain) 8 ...................................Izumi Maki (Japan) 9 ..............................Uta Pippig (Germany) 10 ................ Joyce Chepchumba (Kenya) 1997 1 .............................Hiromi Suzuki (Japan) 2 ............................Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) 3 ............... Catherina McKiernan (Ireland) 4 .................Madina Biktagirova (Belarus) 5 ....................................Makiko Ito (Japan) 6 .................. Joyce Chepchumba (Kenya) 7 ....................Marleen Renders (Belgium) 8 .............. Katrin Dörre-Heinig (Germany) 9 ............................Lidia Simon (Romania) 10 ................Manuela Machado (Portugal) 1998 1 ............... Catherina McKiernan (Ireland) 2 ........................Naoko Takahashi (Japan) 3 ............................Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) 4 .................. Joyce Chepchumba (Kenya) 5 .......................... Fatuma Roba (Ethiopia) 6 .............................Franca Fiacconi (Italy) 7 ..................Manuela Machado (Portugal) 8 .................. Liz McColgan (Great Britain) 9 ....................Marleen Renders (Belgium) 10 ...............................Junko Asari (Japan) 1999 1 ............................Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) 2 .................. Joyce Chepchumba (Kenya) 3 ............................Lidia Simon (Romania) 4 .......................... Fatuma Roba (Ethiopia) 5 ..................Jong Song Ok (North Korea) 6 ............................... Ari Ichihashi (Japan) 7 ............................ Eri Yamaguchi (Japan) 8 ...................Adriana Fernández (Mexico) 9 .............. Katrin Dörre-Heinig (Germany) 10 ................Manuela Machado (Portugal) 2000 1 ........................Naoko Takahashi (Japan) 2 ............................Lidia Simon (Romania) 3 .................. Joyce Chepchumba (Kenya) 4 ............................Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) 5 .................... Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) 6 .......................Harumi Hiroyama (Japan) 7 ........................... Esther Wanjiru (Kenya) 8 .................................. Reiko Tosa (Japan) 9 ...................... Elfenesh Alemu (Ethiopia) 10 .......................Lornah Kiplagat (Kenya) 2001 1 .................... Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) 2 ............................Derartu Tulu (Ethiopia) 3 ........................Naoko Takahashi (Japan) 4 ......................... Margaret Okayo (Kenya) 5 ............................Lidia Simon (Romania) 6 ..................Svetlana Zakharova (Russia) 7 ..................... Susan Chepkemei (Kenya) 8 .................................Yoko Shibui (Japan) 9 .................................. Reiko Tosa (Japan) 10 ................ Joyce Chepchumba (Kenya) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Women’s Marathon 2002 1 ................Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) 2 ......................... Margaret Okayo (Kenya) 3 .................... Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) 4 ..................Svetlana Zakharova (Russia) 5 ........................Naoko Takahashi (Japan) 6 .................................Yoko Shibui (Japan) 7 .................. Joyce Chepchumba (Kenya) 8 ...............................Gete Wami (Ethiopia) 9 .........................Lornah Kiplagat (Kenya) 10 ................ Madina Biktagirova (Russia) 2003 1 ................Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) 2 .................... Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) 3 ...........................Mizuki Noguchi (Japan) 4 .............................Masako Chiba (Japan) 5 ........................Naoko Sakamoto (Japan) 6 ..................Svetlana Zakharova (Russia) 7 ......................... Margaret Okayo (Kenya) 8 .......................Lornah Kiplagat (Holland) 9 ................................... Deena Kastor (US) 10 ................................Yingjie Sun (China) 2004 1 ...........................Mizuki Noguchi (Japan) 2 .................... Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) 3 ................................... Deena Kastor (US) 4 ...................... Elfenesh Alemu (Ethiopia) 5 .................................. Reiko Tosa (Japan) 6 ................Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) 7 ..................... Susan Chepkemei (Kenya) 8 .................................Yoko Shibui (Japan) 9 ......................... Margaret Okayo (Kenya) 10 ...................Olivera Jevtić (Yugoslavia) 2005 1 ................Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) 2 .................... Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) 3 ....................Jeļena Prokopčuka (Latvia) 4 ................... Constantina Dita (Romania) 5 ................................... Deena Kastor (US) 6 ...........................Mizuki Noguchi (Japan) 7 ..................... Susan Chepkemei (Kenya) 8 ............................Derartu Tulu (Ethiopia) 9 ............................. Chunxiu Zhou (China) 10 ............................. Yumiko Hara (Japan) 2006 1 ................................... Deena Kastor (US) 2 ....................Jeļena Prokopčuka (Latvia) 3 .................................Rita Jeptoo (Kenya) 4 ........................Berhane Adere (Ethiopia) 5 ..................Galina Bogomolova (Russia) 6 ...............................Gete Wami (Ethiopia) 7 ........................ Tatyana Gladyr (Ukraine) 8 .................... Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) 9 ............................. Chunxiu Zhou (China) 10 ....................Lyudmila Petrova (Russia) 2007 1 ............................. Chunxiu Zhou (China) 2 ...............................Gete Wami (Ethiopia) 3 ................Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) 4 .................... Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) 5 .................................. Reiko Tosa (Japan) 6 ...........................Mizuki Noguchi (Japan) 7 .....................Lidiya Grigoryeva (Russia) 8 ....................Jeļena Prokopčuka (Latvia) 9 .............................Salina Kosgei (Kenya) 10 ................. Constantina Dita (Romania) 2008 1 .......................Irina Mikitenko (Germany) 2 ................... Constantina Dita (Romania) 3 .................... Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) 4 .................................Dire Tune (Ethiopia) 5 ................Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) 6 ..............................Martha Komu (Kenya) 7 ............................. Chunxiu Zhou (China) 8 .................Alevtina Biktimirova (Russia) 9 .....................Lidiya Grigoryeva (Russia) 10 ...................... Magarssa Tafa (Ethiopia) 2009 1 .......................Irina Mikitenko (Germany) 2 ....................Liliya Shobukhova (Russia) 3 ........................................ Xue Bai (China) 4 .............................Agnes Kiprop (Kenya) 5 ................... Bezunesh Bekele (Ethiopia) 6 .....................Atsede Habtamu (Ethiopia) 7 ................... Aselefech Mergia (Ethiopia) 8 .............................Yoshimi Ozaki (Japan) 9 ............... Mara Yamauchi (Great Britain) 10 ........................Atsede Baysa (Ethiopia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Women’s Marathon 2010 1 ....................Liliya Shobukhova (Russia) 2 ..........................Atsede Baysa (Ehtiopia) 3 .........................Aberu Kebede (Ethiopia) 4 .............................Edna Kiplagat (Kenya) 5 .......................Teyiba Erkesso (Ethiopia) 6 .......................Amane Gobena (Ethiopia) 7 ...........................Sharon Cherop (Kenya) 8 .........................Mamitu Daska (Ethiopia) 9 ................... Bezunesh Bekele (Ethiopia) 10 ................. Aselefech Mergia (Ethiopia) 2011 1 ....................Liliya Shobukhova (Russia) 2 .............................. Mary Keitany (Kenya) 3 .............................Edna Kiplagat (Kenya) 4 ...............Firehiwot Dado Tufa (Ethiopia) 5 ...........................Priscah Jeptoo (Kenya) 6 ....................... Bizunesh Deba (Ethiopia) 7 ..............................Caroline Kilel (Kenya) 8 ...................... Florence Kiplagat (Kenya) 9 ...........................Sharon Cherop (Kenya) 10 .......................Mamitu Daska (Ethiopia) 2012 1 ..............................Tiki Gelana (Ethiopia) 2 .............................. Mary Keitany (Kenya) 3 ...........................Priscah Jeptoo (Kenya) 4 ................................Lucy Kabuu (Kenya) 5 .........................Aberu Kebede (Ethiopia) 6 .............................Edna Kiplagat (Kenya) 7 ....................Tatyana Arkhipova (Russia) 8 ................... Aselefech Mergia (Ethiopia) 9 .......................... Tirfe Tsegaye (Ethiopia) 10 .........................Sharon Cherop (Kenya) 2013 1 .......................... Priscah Jeptoo (Kenya) 2 ................................ Rita Jeptoo (Kenya) 3 ............................ Edna Kiplagat (Kenya) 4 ......................... Jemima Jelagat (Kenya) 5 ........................ Aberu Kebede (Ethiopia) 6 ..................... Florence Kiplagat (Kenya) 7 .......................... Sharon Cherop (Kenya) 8 ......................... Tirfe Tsegaye (Ethiopia) 9 ....................... Feyse Tadesse (Ethiopia) 10 ............................ Valeria Straneo (Italy) 2014 1 .......................... Tirfe Tsegaye (Ethiopia) 2 ............................Mare Dibaba (Ethiopia) 3 ...................... Florence Kiplagat (Kenya) 4 ......................Buzunesh Deba (Ethiopia) 5 .............................Edna Kiplagat (Kenya) 6 ..........................Jemima Jelagat (Kenya) 7 .............................. Mary Keitany (Kenya) 8 ........................Feyse Tadesse (Ethiopia) 9 .....................Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 10 ..........................Shalane Flanagan (US) 2015 1 ............................Mare Dibaba (Ethiopia) 2 .............................. Mary Keitany (Kenya) 3 ................... Aselefech Mergia (Ethiopia) 4 .........................Gladys Cherono (Kenya) 5 ............................... Tigist Tufa (Ethiopia) 6 ...................... Florence Kiplagat (Kenya) 7 ..........................Caroline Rotich (Kenya) 8 .......................Birhane Dibaba (Ethiopia) 9 ....................... Eunice Jepkirui (Bahrain) 10 ............................ Helah Kiprop (Kenya) 2016 1 ..................... Jemima Sumgong (Kenya) 2 ...................... Florence Kiplagat (Kenya) 3 .......................... Tirfe Tsegaye (Ethiopia) 4 ....................... Eunice Jepkirui (Bahrain) 5 .........................Aberu Kebede (Ethiopia) 6 ................ Meselech Melkamu (Ethiopia) 7 .............................. Helah Kiprop (Kenya) 8 .............................Edna Kiplagat (Kenya) 9 ............................Mare Dibaba (Ethiopia) 10 ............................. Tigist Tufa (Ethiopia) 2017 1 .............................. Mary Keitany (Kenya) 2 .....................Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 3 ..........................Rose Chelimo (Bahrain) 4 .............................Edna Kiplagat (Kenya) 5 ............................Shalane Flanagan (US) 6 ................... Sarah Chepchirchir (Kenya) 7 ...................................Jordan Hasay (US) 8 .........................Gladys Cherono (Kenya) 9 ........................ Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) 10 ........................... Brigid Kosgei (Kenya)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s 20K Walk 1956–1985 (no rankings done) (rankings 1986–1998 were for 10K) 1986 1.............Kerry Saxby-Junna (Australia) 2.................................Ping Guan (China) 3................................ Yongjiu Xu (China) 4...................................Mari Díaz (Spain) 5.........................Ann Jansson (Sweden) 6................................ Siw Vera (Sweden) 7......................................Sujie Li (China) 8 ....Aleksandra Grigoryeva (Soviet Union) 9........Yelena Rodionova (Soviet Union) 10.........................Maria Sobrino (Spain) 1987 1.............Irina Strakhova (Soviet Union) 2............... Olga Krishtop (Soviet Union) 3.............Kerry Saxby-Junna (Australia) 4..................................Yan Hong (China) 5................................ Bingjie Jin (China) 6........Yelena Nikolayeva (Soviet Union) 7...................................Mari Díaz (Spain) 8................................ Ann Peel (Canada) 9......Natalya Serbinenko (Soviet Union) 10.........................Maria Sobrino (Spain) 1988 1......Svetlana Kaburkina (Soviet Union) 2........Yelena Nikolayeva (Soviet Union) 3.............Kerry Saxby-Junna (Australia) 4.... Natalya Spiridonova (Soviet Union) 5... Nadezhda Ryashkina (Soviet Union) 6.......... Beate Gummelt (East Germany) 7..............Vera Mokolova (Soviet Union) 8........Yelena Rodionova (Soviet Union) 9....... Tamara Kovalenko (Soviet Union) 10........................Sari Essayah (Finland) © giancarlo colombo/photo run Olga Kaniskina had a record streak of 5 straight No. 1s, but is one of multiple Russians with potential DQs coming © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s 20K Walk 1989 1.............Kerry Saxby-Junna (Australia) 2........................... Ileana Salvador (Italy) 3.......... Beate Gummelt (East Germany) 4......Natalya Serbinenko (Soviet Union) 5... Nadezhda Ryashkina (Soviet Union) 6................Alina Ivanova (Soviet Union) 7..............Vera Mokolova (Soviet Union) 8....... Tamara Kovalenko (Soviet Union) 9............................Yueling Chen (China) 10.............................. Yam Xiong (China) 1990 1.............Kerry Saxby-Junna (Australia) 2... Nadezhda Ryashkina (Soviet Union) 3............................Annarita Sidoti (Italy) 4..... Olga Kardopoltseva (Soviet Union) 5.......... Beate Gummelt (East Germany) 6........................... Ileana Salvador (Italy) 7....... Tamara Kovalenko (Soviet Union) 8..........................Sari Essayah (Finland) 9............... Olga Krishtop (Soviet Union) 10.......... Kathrin Boyde (East Germany) 1991 1................Alina Ivanova (Soviet Union) 2.............Irina Strakhova (Soviet Union) 3.............. Madelein Svensson (Sweden) 4.................. Graciela Mendoza (Mexico) 5..........................Sari Essayah (Finland) 6................Yelena Sayko (Soviet Union) 7..... Olga Kardopoltseva (Soviet Union) 8.............Kerry Saxby-Junna (Australia) 9........................... Ileana Salvador (Italy) 10.................Beate Gummelt (Germany) 1992 1............................Yueling Chen (China) 2..................Yelena Nikolayeva (Russia) 3.............. Madelein Svensson (Sweden) 4................................ Chunxiu Li (China) 5..........................Sari Essayah (Finland) 6........................ Alina Ivanova (Ukraine) 7........................... Ileana Salvador (Italy) 8................................. Yingzi Cui (China) 9...................Beate Gummelt (Germany) 10...........Kerry Saxby-Junna (Australia) 1993 1..........................Sari Essayah (Finland) 2........................... Ileana Salvador (Italy) 3..................................Yan Wang (China) 4..................Yelena Nikolayeva (Russia) 5......................Elisabetta Perrone (Italy) 6.............Kerry Saxby-Junna (Australia) 7............................Annarita Sidoti (Italy) 8.............. Madelein Svensson (Sweden) 9...................Beate Gummelt (Germany) 10................. Encarna Granados (Spain) 1994 1..........................Sari Essayah (Finland) 2............................Annarita Sidoti (Italy) 3..................Yelena Nikolayeva (Russia) 4......................... Hongmiao Gao (China) 5................. Olimpiada Ivanova (Russia) 6...................................... Yan Gu (China) 7..........................Yelena Sayko (Russia) 8............ Larisa Khmelnitskaya (Russia) 9................ Yelena Arshintseva (Russia) 10....................Elisabetta Perrone (Italy) 1995 1......................... Irina Stankina (Russia) 2......................Elisabetta Perrone (Italy) 3..................Yelena Nikolayeva (Russia) 4......................... Hongmiao Gao (China) 5............ Larisa Khmelnitskaya (Russia) 6...............................Hongyu Liu (China) 7..........................Sari Essayah (Finland) 8................. Olimpiada Ivanova (Russia) 9.............Kerry Saxby-Junna (Australia) 10....................Rossella Giordano (Italy) 1996 1..................Yelena Nikolayeva (Russia) 2......................Elisabetta Perrone (Italy) 3..................................Yan Wang (China) 4...................................... Yan Gu (China) 5......................Rossella Giordano (Italy) 6...................Katarzyna Radtke (Poland) 7................. Olimpiada Ivanova (Russia) 8............................Annarita Sidoti (Italy) 9..............Olga Kardopoltseva (Belarus) 10...........Kerry Saxby-Junna (Australia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s 20K Walk 1997 1............................Annarita Sidoti (Italy) 2................................. Erica Alfridi (Italy) 3......................... Irina Stankina (Russia) 4..............Olga Kardopoltseva (Belarus) 5..........Valentina Tsybulskaya (Belarus) 6...................................... Yan Gu (China) 7......................Rossella Giordano (Italy) 8................. Tamara Kovalenko (Russia) 9...............................Hongyu Liu (China) 10.........Larisa Khmelnitskaya (Belarus) 1998 1............................Annarita Sidoti (Italy) 2............. Nadezhda Ryashkina (Russia) 3................................. Erica Alfridi (Italy) 4...........Mária Rosza-Urbaník (Hungary) 5...................... Susana Feitor (Portugal) 6.............................. María Vasco (Spain) 7...................Katarzyna Radtke (Poland) 8..................Yelena Nikolayeva (Russia) 9................. Tamara Kovalenko (Russia) 10............Olga Kardopoltseva (Belarus) 1999 1...............................Hongyu Liu (China) 2..................................Yan Wang (China) 3...................... Susana Feitor (Portugal) 4.............Kerry Saxby-Junna (Australia) 5................. Natalya Fedoskina (Russia) 6..................Yelena Nikolayeva (Russia) 7...................Katarzyna Radtke (Poland) 8.................. Norica Cîmpean (Romania) 9.........................Claudia Stef (Romania) 10.......................Jane Saville (Australia) 2000 1............................. Liping Wang (China) 2........................Kjersti Plätzer (Norway) 3................. Olimpiada Ivanova (Russia) 4.............................. María Vasco (Spain) 5................................. Erica Alfridi (Italy) 6...............................Hongyu Liu (China) 7......................Elisabetta Perrone (Italy) 8...............Guadalupe Sánchez (Mexico) 9.................. Norica Cîmpean (Romania) 10...........Kerry Saxby-Junna (Australia) 2001 1................. Olimpiada Ivanova (Russia) 2......................Elisabetta Perrone (Italy) 3..........Valentina Tsybulskaya (Belarus) 4................................. Erica Alfridi (Italy) 5.................. Norica Cîmpean (Romania) 6.............................. María Vasco (Spain) 7................. Natalya Fedoskina (Russia) 8................... Melanie Seeger (Germany) 9..................Yelena Nikolayeva (Russia) 10..........................Annarita Sidoti (Italy) 2002 1................. Olimpiada Ivanova (Russia) 2................................. Erica Alfridi (Italy) 3..................Yelena Nikolayeva (Russia) 4................. Natalya Fedoskina (Russia) 5........................Kjersti Plätzer (Norway) 6.........................Claudia Stef (Romania) 7................... Gillian O’Sullivan (Ireland) 8..........Valentina Tsybulskaya (Belarus) 9.............................. María Vasco (Spain) 10....................Rossella Giordano (Italy) 2003 1..................Yelena Nikolayeva (Russia) 2................... Gillian O’Sullivan (Ireland) 3..........Valentina Tsybulskaya (Belarus) 4................... Tatyana Gudkova (Russia) 5.........................Claudia Stef (Romania) 6......................Rossella Giordano (Italy) 7......................Elisabetta Perrone (Italy) 8.......... Athanasía Tsoumeléka (Greece) 9................... Melanie Seeger (Germany) 10.................... Susana Feitor (Portugal) 2004 1.......... Athanasía Tsoumeléka (Greece) 2................. Olimpiada Ivanova (Russia) 3.........................Jane Saville (Australia) 4..................Yelena Nikolayeva (Russia) 5..............................Elisa Rigaudo (Italy) 6............................Rita Turova (Belarus) 7.............................. María Vasco (Spain) 8................... Melanie Seeger (Germany) 9.................................Jing Jiang (China) 10........................... Liping Wang (China) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Women’s 20K Walk 2005 1................. Olimpiada Ivanova (Russia) 2............................Rita Turova (Belarus) 3...................... Susana Feitor (Portugal) 4.............................. María Vasco (Spain) 5...Barbora Dibelková (Czech Republic) 6..............................Elisa Rigaudo (Italy) 7.........................Claudia Stef (Romania) 8................. Athiná Papayiánni (Greece) 9........................ Hongjuan Song (China) 10...............................Jing Jiang (China) 2006 1............................Rita Turova (Belarus) 2................. Olimpiada Ivanova (Russia) 3.......................Olga Kaniskina (Russia) 4........................... Irina Petrova (Russia) 5...................................... Dan He (China) 6................................... Hong Liu (China) 7.........................Jane Saville (Australia) 8..............................Elisa Rigaudo (Italy) 9.........................Claudia Stef (Romania) 10.......................... Qiuyan Jiang (China) 2007 1.......................Olga Kaniskina (Russia) 2............................Rita Turova (Belarus) 3..............Tatyana Shemyakina (Russia) 4.............................. María Vasco (Spain) 5........................Kjersti Plätzer (Norway) 6..................... Sabine Krantz (Germany) 7..............................Elisa Rigaudo (Italy) 8...................... Susana Feitor (Portugal) 9.........................Claudia Stef (Romania) 10.................. Inês Henriques (Portugal) 2008 1.......................Olga Kaniskina (Russia) 2........................Kjersti Plätzer (Norway) 3..............................Elisa Rigaudo (Italy) 4................................... Hong Liu (China) 5.............................. María Vasco (Spain) 6....................Olive Loughnane (Ireland) 7................... Tatyana Sibilyeva (Russia) 8..........................Vera Santos (Portugal) 9.................... Ana Cabecinha (Portugal) 10...................... Beatriz Pascual (Spain) 2009 1.......................Olga Kaniskina (Russia) 2....................Olive Loughnane (Ireland) 3................................... Hong Liu (China) 4................Anisya Kirdyapkina (Russia) 5........................Kjersti Plätzer (Norway) 6..........................Vera Santos (Portugal) 7........................ Beatriz Pascual (Spain) 8...................... Masumi Fuchise (Japan) 9.............Kristina Saltanovic (Lithuania) 10............................Elisa Rigaudo (Italy) 2010 1.......................Olga Kaniskina (Russia) 2.............................. Maria Vasco (Spain) 3........................ Vera Sokolova (Russia) 4..........................Vera Santos (Portugal) 5................Anisya Kirdyapkina (Russia) 6................... Melanie Seeger (Germany) 7.................... Inês Henriques (Portugal) 8....................................Yanfei Li (China) 9....................Mayumi Kawasaki (Japan) 10...................... Beatriz Pasqual (Spain) 2011 1.......................Olga Kaniskina (Russia) 2................................... Hong Liu (China) 3................Anisya Kirdyapkina (Russia) 4..............................Elisa Rigaudo (Italy) 5.......................Shenjie Qieyang (China) 6........................ Vera Sokolova (Russia) 7...................... Susana Feitor (Portugal) 8........................ Beatriz Pascual (Spain) 9.................... Ana Cabecinha (Portugal) 10...........Kristina Saltanovič (Lithuania) 2012 1...............Yelena Lashmanova (Russia) 2.......................Olga Kaniskina (Russia) 3.......................Shenjie Qieyang (China) 4................................... Hong Liu (China) 5................Anisya Kirdyapkina (Russia) 6...................................Xiuzhi Lu (China) 7..............................Elisa Rigaudo (Italy) 8........................ Beatriz Pascual (Spain) 9.................... Ana Cabecinha (Portugal) 10............................ María Vasco (Spain) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Women’s 20K Walk 2013 1.............. Yelena Lashmanova (Russia) 2............... Anisya Kirdyapkina (Russia) 3.................................. Hong Liu (China) 4........................ Huanhuan Sun (China) 5.................................. Xiuzhi Lu (China) 6................................... Yanfei Li (China) 7............................. Elisa Rigaudo (Italy) 8....................... Beatriz Pascual (Spain) 9................... Ana Cabecinha (Portugal) 10.. Anežka Drahotová (Czech Republic) 2014 1................Anisya Kirdyapkina (Russia) 2................................... Hong Liu (China) 3................Elmira Alembekova (Russia) 4...Anežka Drahotová (Czech Republic) 5........................ Vera Sokolova (Russia) 6.......................... Eleonora Giorgi (Italy) 7...................................Xiuzhi Lu (China) 8..........Lyudmyla Olyanovska (Ukraine) 9.................... Ana Cabecinha (Portugal) 10................ Antonella Palmisano (Italy) 2015 1................................... Hong Liu (China) 2...................................Xiuzhi Lu (China) 3..........Lyudmyla Olyanovska (Ukraine) 4.................... Ana Cabecinha (Portugal) 5.......................... Eleonora Giorgi (Italy) 6.................. Antonella Palmisano (Italy) 7........................... Erica de Sena (Brazil) 8..Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė Lithuania) 9.................Svetlana Vasilyeva (Russia) 10. Anežka Drahotová (Czech Republic) 2016 1................................... Hong Liu (China) 2... Maria Guadalupe González (Mexico) 3...................................Xiuzhi Lu (China) 4.................. Antonella Palmisano (Italy) 5.......................Shenjie Qieyang (China) 6........................... Erica de Sena (Brazil) 7.................... Ana Cabecinha (Portugal) 8........................ Beatriz Pascual (Spain) 9.....................Regan Lamble (Australia) 10............................Elisa Rigaudo (Italy) 2017 1................................Jiayu Yang (China) 2... Maria Guadalupe González (Mexico) 3.................. Antonella Palmisano (Italy) 4........................... Erica de Sena (Brazil) 5................... Sandra Arenas (Colombia) 6.................... Ana Cabecinha (Portugal) 7....................... Kimberley García (Peru) 8...............Yelena Lashmanova (Russia) 9................................... Na Wang (China) 10..................Laura García-Caro (Spain)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s High Jump 1956 1.......................... Mildred McDaniel (US) 2........... Thelma Hopkins (Great Britain) 3...................... Iolanda Balaş (Romania) 4........... Valentina Ballod (Soviet Union) 5..............Maria Pisareva (Soviet Union) 6.................... Michele Brown (Australia) 7.... Aleksandra Chudina (Soviet Union) 8....................Gunhild Larking (Sweden) 9....Olga Modrachová (Czechoslovakia) 10.......... Hermina Geyser (South Africa) 1957 1......................Fengyung Cheng (China) 2.................................Iolanda (Romania) 3............Taisia Chenchik (Soviet Union) 4........... Valentina Ballod (Soviet Union) 5.............. Mary Donaghy (New Zealand) 6........... Thelma Hopkins (Great Britain) 7..............Maria Pisareva (Soviet Union) 8............ Hermina Geyser (South Africa) 9.....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 10................. Kathy Atkinson (Australia) 1958 1...................... Iolanda Balaş (Romania) 2............Taisia Chenchik (Soviet Union) 3......................Fengyung Cheng (China) 4.................... Michele Brown (Australia) 5.............. Mary Donaghy (New Zealand) 6............ Dorothy Shirley (Great Britain) 7.......................... Helen Frith (Australia) 8..................Inge Kilian (West Germany) 9.....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 10............... Galina Dolya (Soviet Union) 1959 1...................... Iolanda Balaş (Romania) 2............Taisia Chenchik (Soviet Union) 3.................... Michele Brown (Australia) 4................. Galina Dolya (Soviet Union) 5......................Fengyung Cheng (China) 6.......................... Helen Frith (Australia) 7........... Valentina Ballod (Soviet Union) 8.............Inge-Britt Lorentzon (Sweden) 9............ Galina Akimova (Soviet Union) 10............................. Nel Zwier (Holland) © jiro mochizuki/photo run Blanka Vlašić had 4 straight No. 1s, 2007–10 © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s High Jump 1960 1...................... Iolanda Balaş (Romania) 2................. Galina Dolya (Soviet Union) 3............Taisia Chenchik (Soviet Union) 4.....................Jarosława Bieda (Poland) 5......................Fengyung Cheng (China) 6............ Dorothy Shirley (Great Britain) 7.......................... Helen Frith (Australia) 8.............Robyn Woodhouse (Australia) 9.................... Michele Brown (Australia) 10......... Valentina Ballod (Soviet Union) 1961 1...................... Iolanda Balaş (Romania) 2.................... Michele Brown (Australia) 3............Taisia Chenchik (Soviet Union) 4............ Dorothy Shirley (Great Britain) 5........... Valentina Ballod (Soviet Union) 6.............Robyn Woodhouse (Australia) 7.......Galina Yevsyukova (Soviet Union) 8........... Thelma Hopkins (Great Britain) 9................. Galina Dolya (Soviet Union) 10............ Mary Donaghy (New Zealand) 1962 1...................... Iolanda Balaş (Romania) 2.............Robyn Woodhouse (Australia) 3........................ Olga Pulić (Yugoslavia) 4.................... Michele Brown (Australia) 5.......................... Helen Frith (Australia) 6............Taisia Chenchik (Soviet Union) 7..............Linda Knowles (Great Britain) 8...............Frances Slaap (Great Britain) 9....................Carolyn Wright (Australia) 10............Doris Walther (East Germany) 1963 1...................... Iolanda Balaş (Romania) 2.............Robyn Woodhouse (Australia) 3.................... Michele Brown (Australia) 4............Taisia Chenchik (Soviet Union) 5......................Fengyung Cheng (China) 6.......Klara Pushkaryeva (Soviet Union) 7..............Linda Knowles (Great Britain) 8...........Galina Kostenko (Soviet Union) 9...............Frances Slaap (Great Britain) 10.................. Eleanor Montgomery (US) 1964 1...................... Iolanda Balaş (Romania) 2.................... Michele Brown (Australia) 3............Taisia Chenchik (Soviet Union) 4......................Fengyung Cheng (China) 5............................... Fushan Wu (China) 6.........................Diane Gerace (Canada) 7...............Frances Slaap (Great Britain) 8.................... Eleanor Montgomery (US) 9.....................Jarosława Bieda (Poland) 10.....................Aída dos Santos (Brazil) 1965 1...................... Iolanda Balaş (Romania) 2............................... Fushan Wu (China) 3.......................Hsiaomei Hsuan (China) 4............Taisia Chenchik (Soviet Union) 5......................Fengyung Cheng (China) 6.............Robyn Woodhouse (Australia) 7.................... Eleanor Montgomery (US) 8...........Galina Kostenko (Soviet Union) 9.............Karin Schulze (East Germany) 10............Linda Knowles (Great Britain) 1966 1...................... Iolanda Balaş (Romania) 2............Taisia Chenchik (Soviet Union) 3.................... Michele Brown (Australia) 4.......Mária Mračnová (Czechoslovakia) 5....... Lyudmila Komleva (Soviet Union) 6.....................Jarosława Bieda (Poland) 7........................ Olga Pulić (Yugoslavia) 8.............Robyn Woodhouse (Australia) 9........... Dagmar Melzer (East Germany) 10..... Antonina Lazareva (Soviet Union) 1967 1....... Antonina Lazareva (Soviet Union) 2.................... Eleanor Montgomery (US) 3.....................Rita Kirst (East Germany) 4............Taisia Chenchik (Soviet Union) 5..............Linda Knowles (Great Britain) 6......... Snežana Hrepevnik (Yugoslavia) 7.................. Ilona Gusenbauer (Austria) 8.. Jaroslava Valentová (Czechoslovakia) 9........................Virginia Ioan (Romania) 10.....Mária Mračnová (Czechoslovakia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s High Jump 1968 1.. Miloslava Hübnerová (Czechoslovakia) 2.....................Rita Kirst (East Germany) 3....... Antonina Lazareva (Soviet Union) 4..........Valentina Avilova (Soviet Union) 5.. Jaroslava Valentová (Czechoslovakia) 6.......Mária Mračnová (Czechoslovakia) 7.............Karin Schulze (East Germany) 8.................. Ilona Gusenbauer (Austria) 9.... Valentina Grushkina (Soviet Union) 10............Nina Brintseva (Soviet Union) 1969 1.. Miloslava Hübnerová (Czechoslovakia) 2....... Antonina Lazareva (Soviet Union) 3.......Mária Mračnová (Czechoslovakia) 4.....................Rita Kirst (East Germany) 5.............Karin Schulze (East Germany) 6.................. Ilona Gusenbauer (Austria) 7........... Yordanka Blagoyeva (Bulgaria) 8.................... Eleanor Montgomery (US) 9......... Snežana Hrepevnik (Yugoslavia) 10..........Barbara Lawton (Great Britain) 1970 1.................. Ilona Gusenbauer (Austria) 2.....................Rita Kirst (East Germany) 3......... Snežana Hrepevnik (Yugoslavia) 4..................... Cornelia Popa (Romania) 5....... Antonina Lazareva (Soviet Union) 6.. Miloslava Hübnerová (Czechoslovakia) 7............................Debbie Brill (Canada) 8... Milada Karbanová (Czechoslovakia) 9........... Yordanka Blagoyeva (Bulgaria) 10........Renate Gärtner (West Germany) 1971 1.................. Ilona Gusenbauer (Austria) 2..................... Cornelia Popa (Romania) 3............................Debbie Brill (Canada) 4............Barbara Lawton (Great Britain) 5.....................Rita Kirst (East Germany) 6.. Miloslava Hübnerová (Czechoslovakia) 7... Milada Karbanová (Czechoslovakia) 8......... Snežana Hrepevnik (Yugoslavia) 9....... Alena Prosková (Czechoslovakia) 10..... Antonina Lazareva (Soviet Union) 1972 1........... Yordanka Blagoyeva (Bulgaria) 2..........Ulrike Meyfarth (West Germany) 3.................. Ilona Gusenbauer (Austria) 4.....................Rita Kirst (East Germany) 5............Barbara Lawton (Great Britain) 6.........Rosi Ackermann (East Germany) 7............................Debbie Brill (Canada) 8....... Rita Gildemeister (East Germany) 9.. Miloslava Hübnerová (Czechoslovakia) 10.............................Sara Simeoni (Italy) 1973 1........... Yordanka Blagoyeva (Bulgaria) 2.........Rosi Ackermann (East Germany) 3.....................Rita Kirst (East Germany) 4.................. Ilona Gusenbauer (Austria) 5........................Virginia Ioan (Romania) 6....... Rita Gildemeister (East Germany) 7... Milada Karbanová (Czechoslovakia) 8..................... Cornelia Popa (Romania) 9.. Miloslava Hübnerová (Czechoslovakia) 10..........Barbara Lawton (Great Britain) 1974 1.........Rosi Ackermann (East Germany) 2... Milada Karbanová (Czechoslovakia) 3.....................Rita Kirst (East Germany) 4...............................Sara Simeoni (Italy) 5.. Miloslava Hübnerová (Czechoslovakia) 6.......Mária Mračnová (Czechoslovakia) 7........................Virginia Ioan (Romania) 8..................... Cornelia Popa (Romania) 9.............Karin Wagner (West Germany) 10................................ Joni Huntley (US) 1975 1.........Rosi Ackermann (East Germany) 2..........Ulrike Meyfarth (West Germany) 3.................................. Joni Huntley (US) 4............. Galina Filatova (Soviet Union) 5...............................Sara Simeoni (Italy) 6.............Alla Fedorchuk (Soviet Union) 7........................Louise Walker (Canada) 8............................Debbie Brill (Canada) 9.....................Rita Kirst (East Germany) 10......................Virginia Ioan (Romania) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Women’s High Jump 1976 1.........Rosi Ackermann (East Germany) 2...............................Sara Simeoni (Italy) 3.......Mária Mračnová (Czechoslovakia) 4........... Yordanka Blagoyeva (Bulgaria) 5..............Tatyana Boyko (Soviet Union) 6.................................. Joni Huntley (US) 7............. Galina Filatova (Soviet Union) 8...... Brigitte Holzapfel (West Germany) 9..................... Cornelia Popa (Romania) 10........Ulrike Meyfarth (West Germany) 1977 1.........Rosi Ackermann (East Germany) 2...............................Sara Simeoni (Italy) 3... Milada Karbanová (Czechoslovakia) 4...... Brigitte Holzapfel (West Germany) 5............................Debbie Brill (Canada) 6...................Jutta Kirst (East Germany) 7..................... Cornelia Popa (Romania) 8..............Tatyana Boyko (Soviet Union) 9.......................Andrea Mátay (Hungary) 10......Kristine Nitzsche (East Germany) 1978 1...............................Sara Simeoni (Italy) 2.........Rosi Ackermann (East Germany) 3...... Brigitte Holzapfel (West Germany) 4..........Ulrike Meyfarth (West Germany) 5............................Debbie Brill (Canada) 6...................Jutta Kirst (East Germany) 7......................Katrina Gibbs (Australia) 8........................Urszula Kielan (Poland) 9........Kristine Nitzsche (East Germany) 10................................Louise Ritter (US) 1979 1............................Debbie Brill (Canada) 2...............................Sara Simeoni (Italy) 3.........Rosi Ackermann (East Germany) 4.......................Andrea Mátay (Hungary) 5........Kristine Nitzsche (East Germany) 6......Elena Goloborodko (Soviet Union) 7..................................Louise Ritter (US) 8........................Urszula Kielan (Poland) 9..........Ulrike Meyfarth (West Germany) 10.......Tatyana Denisova (Soviet Union) 1980 1...............................Sara Simeoni (Italy) 2........................Urszula Kielan (Poland) 3.........Rosi Ackermann (East Germany) 4............................Debbie Brill (Canada) 5..................................Louise Ritter (US) 6...........Andrea Bienias (East Germany) 7...................Jutta Kirst (East Germany) 8.............Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) 9..........Marina Sysoyeva (Soviet Union) 10.....................Andrea Mátay (Hungary) 1981 1..........Ulrike Meyfarth (West Germany) 2...............................Sara Simeoni (Italy) 3.................................Pam Spencer (US) 4............Kerstin Brandt (East Germany) 5............ Lyudmila Andonova (Bulgaria) 6.............Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) 7..................................Louise Ritter (US) 8......... Valentina Poluiko (Soviet Union) 9...........Andrea Bienias (East Germany) 10....................Chris Stanton (Australia) 1982 1..........Ulrike Meyfarth (West Germany) 2............................Debbie Brill (Canada) 3.............Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) 4...............................Sara Simeoni (Italy) 5...................Jutta Kirst (East Germany) 6...........Andrea Bienias (East Germany) 7............................ Coleen Sommer (US) 8........................ Katalin Sterk (Hungary) 9..................... Gaby Meier (Switzerland) 10..........Kerstin Brandt (East Germany) 1983 1.............Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) 2..........Ulrike Meyfarth (West Germany) 3..................................Louise Ritter (US) 4............................ Coleen Sommer (US) 5...........Susanne Beyer (East Germany) 6............Kerstin Brandt (East Germany) 7............................... Silvia Costa (Cuba) 8............................Debbie Brill (Canada) 9........... Larisa Kositsina (Soviet Union) 10...........................Olga Juha (Hungary) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Women’s High Jump 1984 1............ Lyudmila Andonova (Bulgaria) 2.............Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) 3..........Ulrike Meyfarth (West Germany) 4............. Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 5...... Lyudmila Butuzova (Soviet Union) 6............................... Silvia Costa (Cuba) 7...............................Sara Simeoni (Italy) 8.................Danuta Bułkowska (Poland) 9............................Debbie Brill (Canada) 10.........Susanne Beyer (East Germany) 1985 1............. Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 2.............Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) 3..................................Louise Ritter (US) 4...........Susanne Beyer (East Germany) 5............ Lyudmila Andonova (Bulgaria) 6............................... Silvia Costa (Cuba) 7............................Debbie Brill (Canada) 8....Lyudmila Avdeyenko (Soviet Union) 9.................Danuta Bułkowska (Poland) 10......... Larisa Kositsina (Soviet Union) 1986 1............. Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 2.................. Svetlana Leseva (Bulgaria) 3................ Olga Turchak (Soviet Union) 4...........Andrea Bienias (East Germany) 5...........Susanne Beyer (East Germany) 6..........Desiré du Plessis (South Africa) 7............ Charmaine Gale (South Africa) 8.................Danuta Bułkowska (Poland) 9........... Larisa Kositsina (Soviet Union) 10...........Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) 1987 1............. Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 2.............Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) 3...........Susanne Beyer (East Germany) 4.................. Svetlana Leseva (Bulgaria) 5..................................Louise Ritter (US) 6............................... Silvia Costa (Cuba) 7...........Andrea Bienias (East Germany) 8............. Heike Henkel (West Germany) 9....................Emilia Dragieva (Bulgaria) 10.......... Gabriele Gunz (East Germany) 1988 1............. Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 2..................................Louise Ritter (US) 3............................... Silvia Costa (Cuba) 4................ Olga Turchak (Soviet Union) 5.............Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) 6........................Alina Astafei (Romania) 7............ Lyudmila Andonova (Bulgaria) 8............. Heike Henkel (West Germany) 9....Lyudmila Avdeyenko (Soviet Union) 10......... Larisa Kositsina (Soviet Union) 1989 1............................... Silvia Costa (Cuba) 2.............Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) 3............. Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 4............................ Jan Wohlschlag (US) 5........................Alina Astafei (Romania) 6............. Heike Henkel (West Germany) 7..................................Louise Ritter (US) 8............... Biljana Petrović (Yugoslavia) 9.................Heike Balck (East Germany) 10...................................Ling Jin (China) 1990 1............. Heike Henkel (West Germany) 2............ Yelena Yelesina (Soviet Union) 3............... Biljana Petrović (Yugoslavia) 4...............................Yolanda Henry (US) 5.................Heike Balck (East Germany) 6........................Alina Astafei (Romania) 7............................ Jan Wohlschlag (US) 8......Valentina Gotovska (Soviet Union) 9.............Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) 10...Yelena Panikarovskikh (Soviet Union) 1991 1.......................Heike Henkel (Germany) 2..............Inga Babakova (Soviet Union) 3............. Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 4.............Tamara Bykova (Soviet Union) 5.........................Heike Balck (Germany) 6............ Yelena Yelesina (Soviet Union) 7.................. Svetlana Leseva (Bulgaria) 8...............................Yolanda Henry (US) 9............................Beata Hołub (Poland) 10......................Birgit Kähler (Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Women’s High Jump 1992 1.......................Heike Henkel (Germany) 2............. Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 3........................Alina Astafei (Romania) 4...................... Ioamnet Quintero (Cuba) 5...................... Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 6.................. Sigrid Kirchmann (Austria) 7............................... Silvia Costa (Cuba) 8.........................Olga Turchak (Ukraine) 9................. Alison Inverarity (Australia) 10.................... Yelena Yelesina (Russia) 1993 1............. Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 2...................... Ioamnet Quintero (Cuba) 3........................Alina Astafei (Romania) 4.......................Heike Henkel (Germany) 5...................... Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 6............................... Silvia Costa (Cuba) 7.....................Yelena Topchina (Russia) 8...................Yelena Gribanova (Russia) 9................. Antonella Bevilacqua (Italy) 10................ Sigrid Kirchmann (Austria) 1994 1...........................Britta Bilač (Slovenia) 2............................... Silvia Costa (Cuba) 3...................Yelena Gulyayeva (Russia) 4........................Alina Astafei (Romania) 5...................... Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 6..................Tatyana Shevchik (Belarus) 7............. Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 8....................Hanne Haugland (Norway) 9................. Alison Inverarity (Australia) 10...................Yelena Topchina (Russia) 1995 1...................... Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 2............. Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 3........................Alina Astafei (Germany) 4...............Tatyana Babashkina (Russia) 5...................Yelena Gulyayeva (Russia) 6....................Hanne Haugland (Norway) 7..................Nelė Žilinskienė (Lithuania) 8.......................Heike Henkel (Germany) 9......................................Amy Acuff (US) 10.................................Tisha Waller (US) 1996 1............. Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 2...................... Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 3........................Alina Astafei (Germany) 4...............Tatyana Babashkina (Russia) 5...................Yelena Gulyayeva (Russia) 6......................Níki Bakogiánni (Greece) 7..................Nelė Žilinskienė (Lithuania) 8....................Hanne Haugland (Norway) 9...................................Tisha Waller (US) 10........................ Alica Javad (Slovakia) 1997 1...................... Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 2............. Stefka Kostadinova (Bulgaria) 3....................Hanne Haugland (Norway) 4....................... Yulia Lyakhova (Russia) 5......................................Amy Acuff (US) 6........................Alina Astafei (Germany) 7........................Monica Iagar (Romania) 8....................... Olga Kaliturina (Russia) 9...............Tatyana Babashkina (Russia) 10.... Svetlana Zalevskaya (Kazakhstan) 1998 1........................Monica Iagar (Romania) 2...................................Tisha Waller (US) 3............... Hestrie Cloete (South Africa) 4...................... Yelena Yelesina (Russia) 5......................................Amy Acuff (US) 6........................Alina Astafei (Germany) 7...................Yelena Gulyayeva (Russia) 8....................... Yulia Lyakhova (Russia) 9...............Viktoriya Fyodorova (Russia) 10................Nelė Žilinskienė (Lithuania) 1999 1............... Hestrie Cloete (South Africa) 2...................... Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 3...................... Yelena Yelesina (Russia) 4...Zuzana Hlavoňová (Czech Republic) 5........................Monica Iagar (Romania) 6......................Svetlana Lapina (Russia) 7...................................Tisha Waller (US) 8.................... Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) 9...................Yelena Gulyayeva (Russia) 10............ Khristina Kalcheva (Bulgaria) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Women’s High Jump 2000 1.................... Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) 2............... Hestrie Cloete (South Africa) 3...................... Yelena Yelesina (Russia) 4...................... Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 5......Svetlana Zalevskaya (Kazakhstan) 6... Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (Bulgaria) 7........................Monica Iagar (Romania) 8..........................Vita Palamar (Ukraine) 9................ Oana Pantelimon (Romania) 10..Zuzana Hlavoňová (Czech Republic) 2001 1............... Hestrie Cloete (South Africa) 2...................... Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 3.................... Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) 4..........................Vita Palamar (Ukraine) 5... Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (Bulgaria) 6......................................Amy Acuff (US) 7........................Monica Iagar (Romania) 8......................... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 9........................ Dorá Győrffy (Hungary) 10.................Yelena Gulyayeva (Russia) 2002 1.................... Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) 2............... Hestrie Cloete (South Africa) 3.................... Marina Kuptsova (Russia) 4............... Iryna Myhalchenko (Ukraine) 5................Viktoriya Seryogina (Russia) 6....................... Olga Kaliturina (Russia) 7..........................Vita Palamar (Ukraine) 8...................... Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 9... Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (Bulgaria) 10....................... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 2003 1............... Hestrie Cloete (South Africa) 2.................... Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) 3..........................Vita Palamar (Ukraine) 4.................... Marina Kuptsova (Russia) 5......................... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 6...................... Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 7...................... Yelena Yelesina (Russia) 8................... Anna Chicherova (Russia) 9... Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (Bulgaria) 10....................................Amy Acuff (US) 2004 1................. Yelena Slesarenko (Russia) 2............... Hestrie Cloete (South Africa) 3................ Viktoriya Styopina (Ukraine) 4......................... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 5......................................Amy Acuff (US) 6............... Iryna Myhalchenko (Ukraine) 7................... Anna Chicherova (Russia) 8...................... Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 9..........................Vita Palamar (Ukraine) 10. Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (Bulgaria) 2005 1.................... Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) 2............................... Chaunté Lowe (US) 3................... Anna Chicherova (Russia) 4..........................Vita Palamar (Ukraine) 5................ Viktoriya Styopina (Ukraine) 6.........................Emma Green (Sweden) 7............... Iryna Myhalchenko (Ukraine) 8... Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (Bulgaria) 9..................Tatyana Kivimyagi (Russia) 10..............................Ruth Beitia (Spain) 2006 1.................... Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) 2........................ Tia Hellebaut (Belgium) 3... Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (Bulgaria) 4......................... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 5................. Yelena Slesarenko (Russia) 6............................... Chaunté Lowe (US) 7................................Ruth Beitia (Spain) 8......................................Amy Acuff (US) 9............... Iryna Myhalchenko (Ukraine) 10................. Anna Chicherova (Russia) 2007 1......................... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 2................. Yelena Slesarenko (Russia) 3................. Antonietta Di Martino (Italy) 4................... Anna Chicherova (Russia) 5.................... Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) 6........... Yekaterina Savchenko (Russia) 7........................ Tia Hellebaut (Belgium) 8................................Ruth Beitia (Spain) 9..........................Vita Palamar (Ukraine) 10.......................Emma Green (Sweden) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Women’s High Jump 2008 1......................... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 2........................ Tia Hellebaut (Belgium) 3................... Anna Chicherova (Russia) 4................. Yelena Slesarenko (Russia) 5..................Ariane Friedrich (Germany) 6............................... Chaunté Lowe (US) 7..........................Vita Palamar (Ukraine) 8................................Ruth Beitia (Spain) 9................. Marina Aitova (Kazakhstan) 10......... Yekaterina Savchenko (Russia) 2009 1......................... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 2................... Anna Chicherova (Russia) 3..................Ariane Friedrich (Germany) 4................. Antonietta Di Martino (Italy) 5............................... Chaunté Lowe (US) 6................................Ruth Beitia (Spain) 7.................. Svetlana Shkolina (Russia) 8......................Irina Gordeyeva (Russia) 9..................Viktoriya Klyugina (Russia) 10............... Marina Aitova (Kazakhstan) 2010 1......................... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 2............................... Chaunté Lowe (US) 3..................Ariane Friedrich (Germany) 4................................Ruth Beitia (Spain) 5.................. Svetlana Shkolina (Russia) 6.........................Emma Green (Sweden) 7................. Antonietta Di Martino (Italy) 8......................Irina Gordeyeva (Russia) 9...................Lavern Spencer (St. Lucia) 10...................... Tia Hellebaut (Belgium) 2011 1................... Anna Chicherova (Russia) 2......................... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 3................. Antonietta Di Martino (Italy) 4.................. Svetlana Shkolina (Russia) 5................. Yelena Slesarenko (Russia) 6.........................Emma Green (Sweden) 7.................... Ebba Jungmark (Sweden) 8.......................Mélanie Melfort (France) 9................ Viktoriya Styopina (Ukraine) 10......................Xingjuan Zheng (China) 2012 1................... Anna Chicherova (Russia) 2.................. Svetlana Shkolina (Russia) 3............................... Chaunté Lowe (US) 4............................. Brigetta Barrett (US) 5........................ Tia Hellebaut (Belgium) 6................................Ruth Beitia (Spain) 7......................Irina Gordeyeva (Russia) 8.............Svetlana Radzivil (Uzbekistan) 9.........................Emma Green (Sweden) 10............... Antonietta Di Martino (Italy) 2013 1 ................. Svetlana Shkolina (Russia) 2 .................. Anna Chicherova (Russia) 3 ............................ Brigetta Barrett (US) 4 ........................ Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 5 ...............................Ruth Beitia (Spain) 6 ........................Emma Green (Sweden) 7 ................. Mariya Lasitskene (Russia) 8 ....................Kamila Lićwinko (Poland) 9 ............. Justyna Kasprzycka (Poland) 10....................Irina Gordeyeva (Russia) 2014 1.................. Mariya Lasitskene (Russia) 2................................Ruth Beitia (Spain) 3......................... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 4...............................Ana Šimić (Croatia) 5.............. Justyna Kasprzycka (Poland) 6...................Oksana Okuneva (Ukraine) 7.....................Kamila Lićwinko (Poland) 8 ..Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch (Germany) 9.........................Emma Green (Sweden) 10...................Airinė Palšytė (Lithuania) 2015 1.................. Mariya Lasitskene (Russia) 2................... Anna Chicherova (Russia) 3................................Ruth Beitia (Spain) 4.....................Kamila Lićwinko (Poland) 5......................... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 6. Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch (Germany) 7...............................Ana Šimić (Croatia) 8...............................Alessia Trost (Italy) 9.....................Airinė Palšytė (Lithuania) 10.................Levern Spencer (St. Lucia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Women’s High Jump 2016 1................................Ruth Beitia (Spain) 2...................Mirela Demireva (Bulgaria) 3............................... Chaunté Lowe (US) 4.....................Kamila Lićwinko (Poland) 5...................Levern Spencer (St. Lucia) 6...............................Alessia Trost (Italy) 7...................... Vashti Cunningham (US) 8......................... Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) 9.......................... Sofie Skoog (Sweden) 10......................... Inika McPherson (US) 2017 1.................. Mariya Lasitskene (Russia) 2................. Yuliya Levchenko (Ukraine) 3.....................Kamila Lićwinko (Poland) 4 ...Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch Germany) 5...................... Vashti Cunningham (US) 6.................Morgan Lake (Great Britain) 7.....................Airinė Palšytė (Lithuania) 8................................Ruth Beitia (Spain) 9........Michaela Hrubá (Czech Republic) 10.................Oksana Okuneva (Ukraine)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Long Jump 1956 1............... Elżbieta Krzesińska (Poland) 2... Nadezhda Dvalishvili (Soviet Union) 3.................Erika Fisch (West Germany) 4..............Galina Popova (Soviet Union) 5.................................. Willye White (US) 6............... Sheila Hoskin (Great Britain) 7... Lyudmila Radchenko (Soviet Union) 8................ Galina Segen (Soviet Union) 9........... Thelma Hopkins (Great Britain) 10..Valentina Shaprunova (Soviet Union) 1957 1.......... Nina Protchenko (Soviet Union) 2............... Elżbieta Krzesińska (Poland) 3............. Beverly Weigel (New Zealand) 4..............Vilve Maremäe (Soviet Union) 5............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 6........ Helga Hoffmann (West Germany) 7...............Vera Krepkina (Soviet Union) 8...Anneliese Seonbuchner (West Germany) 9.......................... Erica Willis (Australia) 10............Galina Popova (Soviet Union) 1958 1............. Liesel Jakobi (West Germany) 2.......... Nina Protchenko (Soviet Union) 3..Valentina Shaprunova (Soviet Union) 4.................Erika Fisch (West Germany) 5........Valentina Lituyeva (Soviet Union) 6.................Aida Chuyko (Soviet Union) 7....................... Margaret Matthews (US) 8.................................. Willye White (US) 9... Lyudmila Radchenko (Soviet Union) 10........... Beverly Weigel (New Zealand) 1959 1.....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 2..Valentina Shaprunova (Soviet Union) 3............Wemmy Spierenburg (Holland) 4...............Vera Krepkina (Soviet Union) 5...Waltraud Paluskiewicz (East Germany) 6............... Elżbieta Krzesińska (Poland) 7................ Zenta Kopp (West Germany) 8.............................Maria Bibro (Poland) 9............Tatyana Frolova (Soviet Union) 10..................... Margaret Matthews (US) © victor sailer/photo run Brittney Reese has claimed 7 No. 1s © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Long Jump 1960 1.....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 2............... Elżbieta Krzesińska (Poland) 3............ Hildrun Laufer (East Germany) 4...............Vera Krepkina (Soviet Union) 5... Lyudmila Radchenko (Soviet Union) 6........... Renate Junker (West Germany) 7........ Helga Hoffmann (West Germany) 8........ Lyudmila Iyevleva (Soviet Union) 9........................Joke Bijleveld (Holland) 10..Valentina Shaprunova (Soviet Union) 1961 1..Tatyana Shchelkanova (Soviet Union) 2.................................. Willye White (US) 3..Valentina Shaprunova (Soviet Union) 4........ Helga Hoffmann (West Germany) 5........................Joke Bijleveld (Holland) 6............ Hildrun Laufer (East Germany) 7.............................Maria Bibro (Poland) 8.......... Nina Protchenko (Soviet Union) 9.....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 10..........................Pam Ryan (Australia) 1962 1..Tatyana Shchelkanova (Soviet Union) 2............... Elżbieta Krzesińska (Poland) 3........ Helga Hoffmann (West Germany) 4............ Hildrun Laufer (East Germany) 5.....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 6........................Joke Bijleveld (Holland) 7......................Diana Yorgova (Bulgaria) 8........... Bärbel Löhnert (East Germany) 9............................Pam Ryan (Australia) 10................................ Willye White (US) 1963 1.....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 2..Tatyana Shchelkanova (Soviet Union) 3.................................. Willye White (US) 4........... Bärbel Löhnert (East Germany) 5........ Helga Hoffmann (West Germany) 6................................ Ellen Ort (Holland) 7............... Elżbieta Krzesińska (Poland) 8................Karin Balzer (East Germany) 9............. Tatyana Kotsar (Soviet Union) 10.................. Berit Berthelsen (Norway) 1964 1.....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 2..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 3..Tatyana Shchelkanova (Soviet Union) 4........ Helga Hoffmann (West Germany) 5............ Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) 6..........Viorica Viscopoleanu (Romania) 7............ Hildrun Laufer (East Germany) 8.................... Berit Berthelsen (Norway) 9......................Diana Yorgova (Bulgaria) 10................................ Willye White (US) 1965 1..Tatyana Shchelkanova (Soviet Union) 2..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 3.....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 4..........Viorica Viscopoleanu (Romania) 5.................................. Willye White (US) 6........Tatyana Talysheva (Soviet Union) 7........ Helga Hoffmann (West Germany) 8.................... Berit Berthelsen (Norway) 9...................... Chiehping Hsiao (China) 10........................ Helen Frith (Australia) 1966 1..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 2..Tatyana Shchelkanova (Soviet Union) 3......................Diana Yorgova (Bulgaria) 4.................... Berit Berthelsen (Norway) 5........ Helga Hoffmann (West Germany) 6.....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 7.................................. Willye White (US) 8........Tatyana Talysheva (Soviet Union) 9........................Corrie Bakker (Holland) 10........Viorica Viscopoleanu (Romania) 1967 1..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 2............ Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) 3..........Viorica Viscopoleanu (Romania) 4........Tatyana Talysheva (Soviet Union) 5.....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 6.................... Berit Berthelsen (Norway) 7.................................... Maria Trio (Italy) 8........... Bärbel Löhnert (East Germany) 9........................Corrie Bakker (Holland) 10..........................Irene Martínez (Cuba) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Long Jump 1968 1..........Viorica Viscopoleanu (Romania) 2.......... Sheila Sherwood (Great Britain) 3.................... Berit Berthelsen (Norway) 4........Tatyana Talysheva (Soviet Union) 5.......Heide Rosendahl (West Germany) 6..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 7... Burghild Wieczorek (East Germany) 8............ Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) 9.................................... Maria Trio (Italy) 10.................. Mirosława Sarna (Poland) 1969 1..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 2.......Heide Rosendahl (West Germany) 3.................... Mirosława Sarna (Poland) 4.......... Eva Šuranová (Czechoslovakia) 5..........Viorica Viscopoleanu (Romania) 6.................... Berit Berthelsen (Norway) 7........Kristina Albertus (East Germany) 8......................Diana Yorgova (Bulgaria) 9................... Moria Walls (Great Britain) 10........ Sheila Sherwood (Great Britain) 1970 1.......Heide Rosendahl (West Germany) 2..........Viorica Viscopoleanu (Romania) 3............ Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) 4.......... Sheila Sherwood (Great Britain) 5................... Ann Wilson (Great Britain) 6..............Margrit Olfert (East Germany) 7.................... Mirosława Sarna (Poland) 8..........................Odette Ducas (France) 9................. Meta Antenen (Switzerland) 10. Burghild Wieczorek (East Germany) 1971 1............ Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) 2.......Heide Rosendahl (West Germany) 3................. Meta Antenen (Switzerland) 4.......... Sheila Sherwood (Great Britain) 5..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 6..............Margrit Olfert (East Germany) 7..........Viorica Viscopoleanu (Romania) 8..........................Odette Ducas (France) 9............Heidi Schüller (West Germany) 10........Christa Striezel (West Germany) 1972 1.......Heide Rosendahl (West Germany) 2......................Diana Yorgova (Bulgaria) 3.......... Eva Šuranová (Czechoslovakia) 4...........................Marcia Garbey (Cuba) 5......... Brigitte Roesen (West Germany) 6..........Viorica Viscopoleanu (Romania) 7............Heidi Schüller (West Germany) 8..............Margrit Olfert (East Germany) 9..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 10........ Sheila Sherwood (Great Britain) 1973 1............... Angela Voigt (East Germany) 2.............................. Martha Watson (US) 3.................Ilona Bruzsenyák (Hungary) 4..........Viorica Viscopoleanu (Romania) 5........Kristina Albertus (East Germany) 6..............Margrit Olfert (East Germany) 7.......Margarita Butkiene (Soviet Union) 8......................Diana Yorgova (Bulgaria) 9.........Kapitolina Lotova (Soviet Union) 10................... Tuula Rautanen (Finland) 1974 1.................Ilona Bruzsenyák (Hungary) 2.......... Eva Šuranová (Czechoslovakia) 3............... Angela Voigt (East Germany) 4.............................. Martha Watson (US) 5.....................Pirkko Helenius (Finland) 6.......Marianne Voelzke (East Germany) 7...............Lidia Alfeyeva (Soviet Union) 8......Tatyana Timokhova (Soviet Union) 9........................Ildikó Erdélyi (Hungary) 10............... Meta Antenen (Switzerland) 1975 1...............Lidia Alfeyeva (Soviet Union) 2.............................. Martha Watson (US) 3..............................Kathy McMillan (US) 4..Jarmila Nygrýnová (Czechoslovakia) 5.................. Isabelle Lusti (Switzerland) 6............... Angela Voigt (East Germany) 7........................Ildikó Erdélyi (Hungary) 8................Dorina Catineanu (Romania) 9...........................Ana Alexander (Cuba) 10........Christa Striezel (West Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Long Jump 1976 1............... Angela Voigt (East Germany) 2..............................Kathy McMillan (US) 3...............Lidia Alfeyeva (Soviet Union) 4..............Siegrun Siegl (East Germany) 5..Jarmila Nygrýnová (Czechoslovakia) 6........................Ildikó Erdélyi (Hungary) 7..............Heide Wycisk (East Germany) 8.....................Sue Reeve (Great Britain) 9..........Lyudmila Borsuk (Soviet Union) 10.....Marianne Voelzke (East Germany) 1977 1..Jarmila Nygrýnová (Czechoslovakia) 2.............Brigitte Wujak (East Germany) 3..............Heide Wycisk (East Germany) 4........................Ildikó Erdélyi (Hungary) 5........................Lyn Jacenko (Australia) 6........................... Jacky Curtet (France) 7...............................Jodi Anderson (US) 8..................Alina Gheorghiu (Romania) 9.....................Sue Reeve (Great Britain) 10...Vilma Bardauskienė (Soviet Union) 1978 1.....Vilma Bardauskienė (Soviet Union) 2............... Angela Voigt (East Germany) 3..Jarmila Nygrýnová (Czechoslovakia) 4.............Brigitte Wujak (East Germany) 5..........................Gina Panait (Romania) 6.....................Sue Reeve (Great Britain) 7..............Heide Wycisk (East Germany) 8........................... Jacky Curtet (France) 9...............................Jodi Anderson (US) 10..............Karin Hanel (West Germany) 1979 1...............Anita Stukane (Soviet Union) 2.............Brigitte Wujak (East Germany) 3............... Angela Voigt (East Germany) 4..............................Kathy McMillan (US) 5...............................Jodi Anderson (US) 6..........Tatyana Skachko (Soviet Union) 7..............Siegrun Siegl (East Germany) 8.....................Sue Reeve (Great Britain) 9........................ Doina Anton (Romania) 10.. Jarmila Nygrýnová (Czechoslovakia) 1980 1.......Tatyana Kolpakova (Soviet Union) 2.............Brigitte Wujak (East Germany) 3..........Tatyana Skachko (Soviet Union) 4...................Anna Włodarczyk (Poland) 5..............Siegrun Siegl (East Germany) 6............Sigrid Ulbricht (East Germany) 7................ Anke Weigt (West Germany) 8..Jarmila Nygrýnová (Czechoslovakia) 9...............................Jodi Anderson (US) 10.............Lidia Alfeyeva (Soviet Union) 1981 1............Sigrid Ulbricht (East Germany) 2........ Ramona Neubert (East Germany) 3...............................Jodi Anderson (US) 4..........Tatyana Skachko (Soviet Union) 5.................Anişoara Cuşmir (Romania) 6..........Heike Drechsler (East Germany) 7.......Margarita Butkiene (Soviet Union) 8.........................Vali Ionescu (Romania) 9...................Anna Włodarczyk (Poland) 10.....Tatyana Kolpakova (Soviet Union) 1982 1.........................Vali Ionescu (Romania) 2.................Anişoara Cuşmir (Romania) 3........ Ramona Neubert (East Germany) 4................................... Carol Lewis (US) 5..........Heike Drechsler (East Germany) 6...... Yelena Sinchukova (Soviet Union) 7............Sabine Everts (West Germany) 8....... Christine Schima (East Germany) 9................Karin Hanel (West Germany) 10.................Anna Włodarczyk (Poland) 1983 1..........Heike Drechsler (East Germany) 2.................Anişoara Cuşmir (Romania) 3................................... Carol Lewis (US) 4. Tatyana Proskuryakova (Soviet Union) 5............ Svetlana Zorina (Soviet Union) 6............Eva Murková (Czechoslovakia) 7..................... Bev Kinch (Great Britain) 8.....................Zsuzsa Vanyek (Hungary) 9................. Robyn Lorraway (Australia) 10.......................Vali Ionescu (Romania) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Long Jump 1984 1..........Heike Drechsler (East Germany) 2.................Anişoara Cuşmir (Romania) 3......Galina Chistyakova (Soviet Union) 4..............Helga Radtke (East Germany) 5.........................Vali Ionescu (Romania) 6........Niole Medvedyeva (Soviet Union) 7............Eva Murková (Czechoslovakia) 8.....Yelena Khlopotnova (Soviet Union) 9........... Tatyana Proskuryakova (Soviet Union) 10.................Anna Włodarczyk (Poland) 1985 1..........Heike Drechsler (East Germany) 2...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 3......Galina Chistyakova (Soviet Union) 4..............Helga Radtke (East Germany) 5.....Yelena Khlopotnova (Soviet Union) 6..........Irina Valyukevich (Soviet Union) 7................................... Carol Lewis (US) 8...............Yelena Yatsuk (Soviet Union) 9.......Yelena Belevskaya (Soviet Union) 10..........Eva Murková (Czechoslovakia) 1986 1..........Heike Drechsler (East Germany) 2......Galina Chistyakova (Soviet Union) 3.......Yelena Belevskaya (Soviet Union) 4..............Helga Radtke (East Germany) 5.........................Vali Ionescu (Romania) 6...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 7..........Irina Valyukevich (Soviet Union) 8................................... Carol Lewis (US) 9...................Ljudmila Ninova (Bulgaria) 10................. Silvia Khristova (Bulgaria) 1987 1...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 2..........Heike Drechsler (East Germany) 3.......Yelena Belevskaya (Soviet Union) 4..............Helga Radtke (East Germany) 5......Galina Chistyakova (Soviet Union) 6..........Irina Valyukevich (Soviet Union) 7.........................Vali Ionescu (Romania) 8........Niole Medvedyeva (Soviet Union) 9...... Yelena Sinchukova (Soviet Union) 10.................Ljudmila Ninova (Bulgaria) 1988 1...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 2..........Heike Drechsler (East Germany) 3......Galina Chistyakova (Soviet Union) 4.......Yelena Belevskaya (Soviet Union) 5.........................Vali Ionescu (Romania) 6..............Inessa Kravets (Soviet Union) 7........Niole Medvedyeva (Soviet Union) 8....... Larisa Berezhnaya (Soviet Union) 9.....Yelena Khlopotnova (Soviet Union) 10............... Nicole Boegman (Australia) 1989 1......Galina Chistyakova (Soviet Union) 2..............Helga Radtke (East Germany) 3..........................Marieta Ilcu (Romania) 4....... Larisa Berezhnaya (Soviet Union) 5.........................Vali Ionescu (Romania) 6............... Yolanda Chen (Soviet Union) 7................. Nicole Boegman (Australia) 8..................... Fiona May (Great Britain) 9............................Ringa Ropo (Finland) 10......Niole Medvedyeva (Soviet Union) 1990 1..........Heike Drechsler (East Germany) 2......Galina Chistyakova (Soviet Union) 3..............Inessa Kravets (Soviet Union) 4..........................Marieta Ilcu (Romania) 5....... Larisa Berezhnaya (Soviet Union) 6..............Helga Radtke (East Germany) 7...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 8............... Yolanda Chen (Soviet Union) 9..................... Fiona May (Great Britain) 10......Niole Medvedyeva (Soviet Union) 1991 1.................. Heike Drechsler (Germany) 2...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 3....... Larisa Berezhnaya (Soviet Union) 4...... Yelena Sinchukova (Soviet Union) 5..............Inessa Kravets (Soviet Union) 6.....................Susen Tiedtke (Germany) 7..........................Marieta Ilcu (Romania) 8.....Yelena Khlopotnova (Soviet Union) 9.......Yelena Belevskaya (Soviet Union) 10...................Ljudmila Ninova (Austria) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Long Jump 1992 1.................. Heike Drechsler (Germany) 2...................... Inessa Kravets (Ukraine) 3...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 4...................Mirela Dulgheru (Romania) 5.....................Ljudmila Ninova (Austria) 6.....................Irina Mushailova (Russia) 7.................Yelena Sinchukova (Russia) 8............. Yelena Khlopotnova (Ukraine) 9................Larisa Berezhnaya (Ukraine) 10..........................Ringa Ropo (Finland) 1993 1.................. Heike Drechsler (Germany) 2...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 3.....................Irina Mushailova (Russia) 4................Larisa Berezhnaya (Ukraine) 5....................Renata Nielsen (Denmark) 6............. Yelena Khlopotnova (Ukraine) 7................... Lyudmila Galkina (Russia) 8.....................Ljudmila Ninova (Austria) 9...................... Inessa Kravets (Ukraine) 10...................Susen Tiedtke (Germany) 1994 1...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 2.................. Heike Drechsler (Germany) 3...................... Inessa Kravets (Ukraine) 4.....................Ljudmila Ninova (Austria) 5....................................Fiona May (Italy) 6....................Renata Nielsen (Denmark) 7..................Agata Karczmarek (Poland) 8.....................Irina Mushailova (Russia) 9................. Nicole Boegman (Australia) 10..............Larisa Berezhnaya (Ukraine) 1995 1.................. Heike Drechsler (Germany) 2....................................Fiona May (Italy) 3........................Niurka Montalvo (Cuba) 4...................... Inessa Kravets (Ukraine) 5........................Olga Rublyova (Russia) 6.....................Irina Mushailova (Russia) 7................... Valentina Uccheddu (Italy) 8...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 9.................... Iva Prandzheva (Bulgaria) 10............. Viktoria Vershinina (Ukraine) 1996 1...................... Inessa Kravets (Ukraine) 2......................Chioma Ajunwa (Nigeria) 3....................................Fiona May (Italy) 4...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 5.................. Heike Drechsler (Germany) 6.....................Ljudmila Ninova (Austria) 7...........................Níki Xánthou (Greece) 8...........Yelena Shekhovtsova (Ukraine) 9..................Agata Karczmarek (Poland) 10............... Nicole Boegman (Australia) 1997 1...........................Níki Xánthou (Greece) 2....................................Fiona May (Italy) 3................... Lyudmila Galkina (Russia) 4.................. Heike Drechsler (Germany) 5.....................Susen Tiedtke (Germany) 6......................Chioma Ajunwa (Nigeria) 7...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 8...........Yelena Shekhovtsova (Ukraine) 9............... Viktoria Vershinina (Ukraine) 10................Agata Karczmarek (Poland) 1998 1................................ Marion Jones (US) 2.................. Heike Drechsler (Germany) 3....................................Fiona May (Italy) 4.................... Iva Prandzheva (Bulgaria) 5........................Niurka Montalvo (Cuba) 6...........................Yingnan Guan (China) 7............................. Shana Williams (US) 8................... Lyudmila Galkina (Russia) 9................................. Dawn Burrell (US) 10...................Susen Tiedtke (Germany) 1999 1....................... Niurka Montalvo (Spain) 2....................................Fiona May (Italy) 3................................ Marion Jones (US) 4.........................Eunice Barber (France) 5................... Lyudmila Galkina (Russia) 6................. Joanne Wise (Great Britain) 7...................... Tatyana Kotova (Russia) 8.................. Heike Drechsler (Germany) 9............................. Shana Williams (US) 10............................... Dawn Burrell (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Long Jump 2000 1.................. Heike Drechsler (Germany) 2....................................Fiona May (Italy) 3...................... Tatyana Kotova (Russia) 4................................. Dawn Burrell (US) 5....................... Niurka Montalvo (Spain) 6...................Erica Johansson (Sweden) 7........................Olga Rublyova (Russia) 8.....................Susen Tiedtke (Germany) 9................... Lyudmila Galkina (Russia) 10....................... Maurren Maggi (Brazil) 2001 1...................... Tatyana Kotova (Russia) 2....................................Fiona May (Italy) 3....................... Niurka Montalvo (Spain) 4................................. Dawn Burrell (US) 5.........................Eunice Barber (France) 6......................... Maurren Maggi (Brazil) 7................... Lyudmila Galkina (Russia) 8................. Valentīna Gotovska (Latvia) 9.................. Heike Drechsler (Germany) 10....................... Tünde Vaszi (Hungary) 2002 1...................... Tatyana Kotova (Russia) 2......................... Maurren Maggi (Brazil) 3......................... Tünde Vaszi (Hungary) 4...............Jade Johnson (Great Britain) 5........................Olga Rublyova (Russia) 6............. Concepción Montaner (Spain) 7..................Elva Goulbourne (Jamaica) 8.................. Heike Drechsler (Germany) 9...........Bronwyn Thompson (Australia) 10....... Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan (Russia) 2003 1.........................Eunice Barber (France) 2...................... Tatyana Kotova (Russia) 3........................Olga Rublyova (Russia) 4...................Anju Bobby George (India) 5...............................Grace Upshaw (US) 6..................Elva Goulbourne (Jamaica) 7...................... Inessa Kravets (Ukraine) 8...............Jade Johnson (Great Britain) 9......................... Tünde Vaszi (Hungary) 10.........................Níki Xánthou (Greece) 2004 1.................. Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) 2.......................Irina Meleshina (Russia) 3...................... Tatyana Kotova (Russia) 4...........Bronwyn Thompson (Australia) 5...................Anju Bobby George (India) 6........................Carolina Klüft (Sweden) 7...............Jade Johnson (Great Britain) 8...............................Grace Upshaw (US) 9....................................Fiona May (Italy) 10............... Valentīna Gotovska (Latvia) 2005 1...................... Tatyana Kotova (Russia) 2.......................... Tianna Bartoletta (US) 3.........................Eunice Barber (France) 4...............................Grace Upshaw (US) 5...................Anju Bobby George (India) 6....................... Yargelis Savigne (Cuba) 7................ Oksana Udmurtova (Russia) 8.......................Irina Meleshina (Russia) 9..................Elva Goulbourne (Jamaica) 10......................Carolina Klüft (Sweden) 2006 1............ Lyudmila Kolchanova (Russia) 2.................. Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) 3................ Oksana Udmurtova (Russia) 4....................... Naide Gomes (Portugal) 5...........Bronwyn Thompson (Australia) 6...................... Tatyana Kotova (Russia) 7................... Viktoria Rybalko (Ukraine) 8.................. Natalya Lebusova (Russia) 9............................ Piyí Devetzí (Greece) 10.......................... Rose Richmond (US) 2007 1.................. Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) 2............ Lyudmila Kolchanova (Russia) 3...................... Tatyana Kotova (Russia) 4....................... Naide Gomes (Portugal) 5.......................Irina Meleshina (Russia) 6........................Carolina Klüft (Sweden) 7......................... Maurren Maggi (Brazil) 8................... Bianca Kappler (Germany) 9.................. Natalya Lebusova (Russia) 10.............. Oksana Udmurtova (Russia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Long Jump 2008 1......................... Maurren Maggi (Brazil) 2....................... Naide Gomes (Portugal) 3.................. Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) 4.............................. Brittney Reese (US) 5.......................Irina Meleshina (Russia) 6................ Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) 7.............. Chelsea Hammond (Jamaica) 8...............................Grace Upshaw (US) 9................ Oksana Udmurtova (Russia) 10.......... Lyudmila Kolchanova (Russia) 2009 1.............................. Brittney Reese (US) 2.................. Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) 3....................... Naide Gomes (Portugal) 4................... Olga Kucherenko (Russia) 5...................... Karin Melis Mey (Turkey) 6......................... Maurren Maggi (Brazil) 7......................... Ksenija Balta (Estonia) 8.....................Yelena Sokolova (Russia) 9................................. Funmi Jimoh (US) 10............................. Keila Costa (Brazil) 2010 1.............................. Brittney Reese (US) 2....................... Naide Gomes (Portugal) 3........................Darya Klishina (Russia) 4............ Lyudmila Kolchanova (Russia) 5......................... Ineta Radēviča (Latvia) 6................... Olga Kucherenko (Russia) 7...................... Tatyana Kotova (Russia) 8.............Yuliya Tarasova (Uzbekhistan) 9....................... Yargelis Savigne (Cuba) 10....Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova (Belarus) 2011 1.............................. Brittney Reese (US) 2........................Darya Klishina (Russia) 3................... Olga Kucherenko (Russia) 4 ..Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova (Belarus) 5............................. Janay DeLoach (US) 6......................... Ineta Radēviča (Latvia) 7........................Carolina Klüft (Sweden) 8................................. Funmi Jimoh (US) 9.........................Olga Zaytseva (Russia) 10.................... Éloyse Lesueur (France) 2012 1.............................. Brittney Reese (US) 2.....................Yelena Sokolova (Russia) 3............................. Janay DeLoach (US) 4............... Shara Proctor (Great Britain) 5..Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova (Belarus) 6................... Olga Kucherenko (Russia) 7................ Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) 8......................... Ineta Radēviča (Latvia) 9....................... Anna Nazarova (Russia) 10.......... Lyudmila Kolchanova (Russia) 2013 1............................. Brittney Reese (US) 2............... Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) 3.............. Shara Proctor (Great Britain) 4....................... Ivana Španović (Serbia) 5.................. Olga Kucherenko (Russia) 6....................... Darya Klishina (Russia) 7............................ Janay DeLoach (US) 8..................... Éloyse Lesueur (France) 9.................... Volha Sudareva (Belarus) 10.................. Yelena Sokolova (Russia) 2014 1...................... Éloyse Lesueur (France) 2........................Ivana Španović (Serbia) 3.......................... Tianna Bartoletta (US) 4.............................. Brittney Reese (US) 5........................Darya Klishina (Russia) 6 ..........Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GB) 7............... Shara Proctor (Great Britain) 8................Malaika Mihambo (Germany) 9.......................... Erica Jarder (Sweden) 10...................... Alina Rotaru (Romania) 2015 1.......................... Tianna Bartoletta (US) 2.................................Shara Proctor (GB 3........................Ivana Španović (Serbia) 4.................. Christabel Nettey (Canada) 5...............Lorraine Ugen (Great Britain) 6............................. Janay DeLoach (US) 7.............................. Brittney Reese (US) 8........................Darya Klishina (Russia) 9...Sosthene Taroum Moguenara (Germany) 10..............Malaika Mihambo (Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Long Jump 2016 1.............................. Brittney Reese (US) 2........................Ivana Španović (Serbia) 3.......................... Tianna Bartoletta (US) 4......................... Ksenija Balta (Estonia) 5...............Lorraine Ugen (Great Britain) 6................Malaika Mihambo (Germany) 7.................. Brooke Stratton (Australia) 8........................Darya Klishina (Russia) 9.................. Christabel Nettey (Canada) 10............................Ese Brume (Nigeria) 2017 1.............................. Brittney Reese (US) 2........................Ivana Španović (Serbia) 3.......................... Tianna Bartoletta (US) 4........................Darya Klishina (Russia) 5...............Lorraine Ugen (Great Britain) 6..................... Sha’Keela Saunders (US) 7.................. Brooke Stratton (Australia) 8......... Claudia Salman-Rath (Germany) 9............... Shara Proctor (Great Britain) 10.....Chantel Malone (British Virgin Isl)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s Triple Jump 1956–1990 (no rankings done) (1991 & 1992 only 5 deep) 1991 1 ................Inessa Kravets (Soviet Union) 2 ....................................Huirong Li (China) 3 ....................Sofia Bozhanova (Bulgaria) 4 ...............Yelena Semiraz (Soviet Union) 5 ............ Inna Lasovskaya (Soviet Union) jean-pierre durand/photo run 1992 1 ....................................Huirong Li (China) 2 .................. Galina Chistyakova (Russia) 3 .........................Inessa Kravets (Ukraine) 4 .....................Natalya Kayukova (Russia) 5 ................................. Sheila Hudson (US) Colombia’s Caterine Ibargüen won 4 straight, 2013–16 © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s Triple Jump 1993 1 ........................Anna Biryukova (Russia) 2 ............................Yolanda Chen (Russia) 3 .......................Inna Lasovskaya (Russia) 4 ....................... Irina Mushailova (Russia) 5 .........................Inessa Kravets (Ukraine) 6 .................. Galina Chistyakova (Russia) 7 .........................Helga Radtke (Germany) 8 ........................Antonella Capriotti (Italy) 9 .......................... Niurka Montalvo (Cuba) 10 ...Šárka Kašpárková (Czech Republic) 1993 1 ........................Anna Biryukova (Russia) 2 ............................Yolanda Chen (Russia) 3 .......................Inna Lasovskaya (Russia) 4 ....................... Irina Mushailova (Russia) 5 .........................Inessa Kravets (Ukraine) 6 .................. Galina Chistyakova (Russia) 7 .........................Helga Radtke (Germany) 8 ........................Antonella Capriotti (Italy) 9 .......................... Niurka Montalvo (Cuba) 10 ...Šárka Kašpárková (Czech Republic) 1994 1 .......................Inna Lasovskaya (Russia) 2 ........................Anna Biryukova (Russia) 3 .........................Inessa Kravets (Ukraine) 4 ............................Yolanda Chen (Russia) 5 ................................. Sheila Hudson (US) 6 ...................Rodica Mateescu (Romania) 7 .....Šárka Kašpárková (Czech Republic) 8 .........................Helga Radtke (Germany) 9 .................. Galina Chistyakova (Russia) 10 ..................Lyudmila Dubkova (Russia) 1995 1 ........................Anna Biryukova (Russia) 2 .........................Inessa Kravets (Ukraine) 3 .......................Iva Prandzheva (Bulgaria) 4 .......................Inna Lasovskaya (Russia) 5 .................. Galina Chistyakova (Russia) 6 ............................Yolanda Chen (Russia) 7 ...................Rodica Mateescu (Romania) 8 ..................Ashia Hansen (Great Britain) 9 ................................ Ruiping Ren (China) 10 ...Šárka Kašpárková (Czech Republic) 1996 1 .......................Inna Lasovskaya (Russia) 2 .........................Inessa Kravets (Ukraine) 3 .....Šárka Kašpárková (Czech Republic) 4 ..................Ashia Hansen (Great Britain) 5 .............................Ólga Vasdéki (Greece) 6 ................................ Ruiping Ren (China) 7 ...................Rodica Mateescu (Romania) 8 .....................Yelena Govorova (Ukraine) 9 ........................ Jelena Blaževica (Latvia) 10 ............................... Sheila Hudson (US) 1997 1 .....Šárka Kašpárková (Czech Republic) 2 ...................Rodica Mateescu (Romania) 3 ..................Ashia Hansen (Great Britain) 4 .......................Inna Lasovskaya (Russia) 5 .....................Yelena Govorova (Ukraine) 6 .............................Ólga Vasdéki (Greece) 7 .....................Tereza Marinova (Bulgaria) 8 ...................... Petra Lobinger (Germany) 9 ...................................Betty Lise (France) 10 ............. Galina Chistyakova (Slovakia) 1998 1 .....Šárka Kašpárková (Czech Republic) 2 .............................Ólga Vasdéki (Greece) 3 ...................Rodica Mateescu (Romania) 4 ..................Ashia Hansen (Great Britain) 5 .....................Tereza Marinova (Bulgaria) 6 .......................................Fiona May (Italy) 7 .....................Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) 8 .....................Yelena Govorova (Ukraine) 9 .......................Iva Prandzheva (Bulgaria) 10 ...........................Yamilé Aldama (Cuba) 1999 1 ...................Paraskeví Tsiamíta (Greece) 2 ..................Ashia Hansen (Great Britain) 3 .....................Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) 4 .............................Yamilé Aldama (Cuba) 5 .......................Iva Prandzheva (Bulgaria) 6 .....Šárka Kašpárková (Czech Republic) 7 .....................Yelena Govorova (Ukraine) 8 .....................Tereza Marinova (Bulgaria) 9 .............................Ólga Vasdéki (Greece) 10 ...................Cristina Nicolau (Romania) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s Triple Jump 2000 1 .....................Tereza Marinova (Bulgaria) 2 .....................Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) 3 .....................Yelena Govorova (Ukraine) 4 .............................Yamilé Aldama (Cuba) 5 .....................Cristina Nicolau (Romania) 6 ............................ Baya Rahouli (Algeria) 7 .............................Ólga Vasdéki (Greece) 8 ........................ Oksana Rogova (Russia) 9 ............................. Anja Valant (Slovenia) 10 ....................Adelina Gavrilă (Romania) 2001 1 .....................Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) 2 .....................Tereza Marinova (Bulgaria) 3 ............. Françoise Mbango (Cameroon) 4 .........................Magdelín Martínez (Italy) 5 ...................Natalya Safronova (Belarus) 6 ....................Yelena Oleynikova (Russia) 7 .....................Cristina Nicolau (Romania) 8 ........................ Oksana Rogova (Russia) 9 .....................Yelena Govorova (Ukraine) 10 ............................Heli Koivula (Finland) 2002 1 ..................Ashia Hansen (Great Britain) 2 ............. Françoise Mbango (Cameroon) 3 .....................Tereza Marinova (Bulgaria) 4 ....................Yelena Oleynikova (Russia) 5 .........................Magdelín Martínez (Italy) 6 ..............................Heli Koivula (Finland) 7 ............................Anna Pyatykh (Russia) 8 ........................ Oksana Rogova (Russia) 9 ...................Nadezhda Alekhina (Russia) 10 ...........................Qiuyan Huang (China) 2003 1 .....................Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) 2 .............................Yamilé Aldama (Cuba) 3 ............. Françoise Mbango (Cameroon) 4 .........................Magdelín Martínez (Italy) 5 ............................Anna Pyatykh (Russia) 6 ..................Ashia Hansen (Great Britain) 7 .............................Kéné Ndoye (Senegal) 8 .....................Yelena Govorova (Ukraine) 9 ......................Adelina Gavrilă (Romania) 10 ............................. Piyí Devetzí (Greece) 2004 1 ............. Françoise Mbango (Cameroon) 2 .....................Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) 3 ...........................Yamilé Aldama (Sudan) 4 ............................... Piyí Devetzí (Greece) 5 .........................Magdelín Martínez (Italy) 6 ............................Trecia Smith (Jamaica) 7 ............................Anna Pyatykh (Russia) 8 ............................ Baya Rahouli (Algeria) 9 .....................Yelena Govorova (Ukraine) 10 ...........................Kéné Ndoye (Senegal) 2005 1 .....................Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) 2 ............................Trecia Smith (Jamaica) 3 ..........................Yargelis Savigne (Cuba) 4 ............................... Piyí Devetzí (Greece) 5 ............................Anna Pyatykh (Russia) 6 ...........................Yamilé Aldama (Sudan) 7 .........................Magdelín Martínez (Italy) 8 ............................ Baya Rahouli (Algeria) 9 .............................Kéné Ndoye (Senegal) 10 .............Viktoriya Valyukevich (Russia) 2006 1 .....................Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) 2 ............................... Piyí Devetzí (Greece) 3 ............................Anna Pyatykh (Russia) 4 ...........................Yamilé Aldama (Sudan) 5 ............................Trecia Smith (Jamaica) 6 ..........................Yargelis Savigne (Cuba) 7 ..........................Marija Šestak (Slovenia) 8 .......................Olha Saladukha (Ukraine) 9 .....................Tereza Marinova (Bulgaria) 10 .Anastasiya Zhuravlyeva (Uzbekistan) 2007 1 ..........................Yargelis Savigne (Cuba) 2 .....................Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) 3 ............................... Piyí Devetzí (Greece) 4 ............................Anna Pyatykh (Russia) 5 ..........................Marija Šestak (Slovenia) 6 .........................Magdelín Martínez (Italy) 7 .......................Olha Saladukha (Ukraine) 8 .................................. Keila Costa (Brazil) 9 ...........................Yamilé Aldama (Sudan) 10 ....................................Limei Xie (China) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Women’s Triple Jump 2008 1 .....................Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) 2 ............. Françoise Mbango (Cameroon) 3 ..........................Yargelis Savigne (Cuba) 4 ............................... Piyí Devetzí (Greece) 5 ............................Anna Pyatykh (Russia) 6 ................... Olga Rypakova (Kazakstan) 7 ..........................Marija Šestak (Slovenia) 8 .................. Oksana Udmurtova (Russia) 9 .......................Olha Saladukha (Ukraine) 10 .............Viktoriya Valyukevich (Russia) 2009 1 ..........................Yargelis Savigne (Cuba) 2 .....................................Mabel Gay (Cuba) 3 .............................. Biljana Topić (Serbia) 4 .....................Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) 5 ............................Anna Pyatykh (Russia) 6 ...........................Yamilé Aldama (Sudan) 7 .................... Dana Veld’áková (Slovakia) 8 ............................Trecia Smith (Jamaica) 9 ...................Nadezhda Alekhina (Russia) 10 ........................Marija Šestak (Slovenia) 2010 1 ................... Olga Rypakova (Kazakstan) 2 ..........................Yargelis Savigne (Cuba) 3 .......................Olha Saladukha (Ukraine) 4 ...................Nadezhda Alekhina (Russia) 5 ............................Anna Pyatykh (Russia) 6 ..........................Simona La Mantia (Italy) 7 .................... Dana Veld’aková (Slovakia) 8 .............Svetlana Bolshakova (Belgium) 9 .......................Snezana Rodič (Slovenia) 10.. Anastasiya Taranova-Potapova (Russia) 2011 1 .......................Olha Saladukha (Ukraine) 2 ..........................Yargelis Savigne (Cuba) 3 ................... Olga Rypakova (Kazakstan) 4 ................ Caterine Ibargüen (Colombia) 5 .....................................Mabel Gay (Cuba) 6 ................Yamilé Aldama (Great Britain) 7 ..........................Simona La Mantia (Italy) 8 .................... Dana Veld’áková (Slovakia) 9 ............................ Anna Krylova (Russia) 10 .......................... Baya Rahouli (Algeria) 2012 1 ................... Olga Rypakova (Kazakstan) 2 ................ Caterine Ibargüen (Colombia) 3 .......................Olha Saladukha (Ukraine) 4 ................Yamilé Aldama (Great Britain) 5 ...........................Kim Williams (Jamaica) 6 ....................... Hanna Minenko (Ukraine) 7 ..........................Yargelis Savigne (Cuba) 8 ...............Viktoriya Valyukevich (Russia) 9 ............................Trecia Smith (Jamaica) 10 ...................Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) 2013 1 ............... Caterine Ibargüen (Colombia) 3 ................... Yekaterina Koneva (Russia) 2 ...................... Olha Saladukha (Ukraine) 4 .......................... Kim Williams (Jamaica) 5 .......................... Hanna Minenko (Israel) 6 ........................... Anna Pyatykh (Russia) 7 ....................... Irina Gumenyuk (Russia) 8 .................................... Mabel Gay (Cuba) 9 ................... Dana Veld’áková (Slovakia) 10 .................... Snežana Rodić (Slovenia) 2014 1 ................ Caterine Ibargüen (Colombia) 2 ................... Yekaterina Koneva (Russia) 3 .......................Olha Saladukha (Ukraine) 4 ...........................Kim Williams (Jamaica) 5 .....................Yorsiris Urrutia (Colombia) 6 .....................................Mabel Gay (Cuba) 7 ....................Patrícia Mamona (Portugal) 8 ............................Anna Pyatykh (Russia) 9 ........................ Irina Gumenyuk (Russia) 10 ................. Olga Rypakova (Kazakstan) 2015 1. ............... Caterine Ibargüen (Colombia) 2. .......................... Hanna Minenko (Israel) 3. .................. Yekaterina Koneva (Russia) 4. .................. Olga Rypakova (Kazakstan) 5. ................... Gabriela Petrova (Bulgaria) 6. ..........................Kim Williams (Jamaica) 7. ......................Olha Saladukha (Ukraine) 8. ....................Kristin Gierisch (Germany) 9. .............Jeanine Assani Issouf (France) 10. ............................... Keila Costa (Brazil) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Women’s Triple Jump 2016 1 ................ Caterine Ibargüen (Colombia) 2 ......................Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela) 3 .................Olga Rypakova (Kazakhstan) 4 ....................Patrícia Mamona (Portugal) 5 ......................................Keturah Orji (US) 6 ........................... Hanna Minenko (Israel) 7 ...........................Kim Williams (Jamaica) 8 ............ Paraskeví Papahrístou (Greece) 9 .......................Olha Saladukha (Ukraine) 10 .......................Susana Costa (Portugal) 2017 1 ......................Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela) 2 ................ Caterine Ibargüen (Colombia) 3 .................Olga Rypakova (Kazakhstan) 4 ...........................Kim Williams (Jamaica) 5 .....................Kristin Gierisch (Germany) 6 ........................... Hanna Minenko (Israel) 7 .................. Shanieka Ricketts (Jamaica) 8 ....................Patrícia Mamona (Portugal) 9 ........Anna Jagaciak Michalska (Poland) 10 .......... Paraskeví Papahrístou (Greece)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s Shot 1957 1...... Tamara Tyshkevich (Soviet Union) 2............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 3......................Val Young (New Zealand) 4....... Zinaida Doynikova (Soviet Union) 5........ Maria Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 6................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 7.......Marianne Werner (West Germany) 8..Antonina Vashchenko (Soviet Union) 9..... Lyudmila Zhdanova (Soviet Union) 10.......Johanna Hübner (East Germany) 1956 1...... Tamara Tyshkevich (Soviet Union) 2............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 3....... Zinaida Doynikova (Soviet Union) 4.......Marianne Werner (West Germany) 5........ Maria Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 6......................Val Young (New Zealand) 7...............................Earlene Brown (US) 8.........Johanna Hübner (East Germany) 9................. Nada Kotlušek (Yugoslavia) 10..Wilfriede Hoffmann (East Germany) © victor sailer/photo run Michelle Carter is one of only two Americans ever to reach No. 1 © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s Shot 1958 1...............................Earlene Brown (US) 2............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 3................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 4...... Tamara Tyshkevich (Soviet Union) 5.......Marianne Werner (West Germany) 6......................Val Young (New Zealand) 7....... Zinaida Doynikova (Soviet Union) 8..... Lyudmila Zhdanova (Soviet Union) 9........ Maria Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 10.......Johanna Hübner (East Germany) 1959 1................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 2.........Johanna Hübner (East Germany) 3..... Lyudmila Zhdanova (Soviet Union) 4......................Val Young (New Zealand) 5...............................Earlene Brown (US) 6........ Maria Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 7...........Lyubov Sivtsova (Soviet Union) 8...................... Ana Sălăgean (Romania) 9.......Marianne Werner (West Germany) 10 ....Antonina Vashchenko (Soviet Union) 1960 1................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 2.........Johanna Hübner (East Germany) 3...............................Earlene Brown (US) 4......................Val Young (New Zealand) 5............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 6....... Zinaida Doynikova (Soviet Union) 7.................Renate Boy (East Germany) 8....Wilfriede Hoffmann (East Germany) 9...... Tamara Tyshkevich (Soviet Union) 10... Lyudmila Zhdanova (Soviet Union) 1961 1.................Renate Boy (East Germany) 2................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 3............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 4......................Val Young (New Zealand) 5....Wilfriede Hoffmann (East Germany) 6....... Zinaida Doynikova (Soviet Union) 7...................... Ana Sălăgean (Romania) 8.................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 9........ Maria Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 10.........Sigrun Grabert (West Germany) 1962 1................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 2.................Renate Boy (East Germany) 3............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 4....Wilfriede Hoffmann (East Germany) 5.........Johanna Hübner (East Germany) 6......................Val Young (New Zealand) 7....... Zinaida Doynikova (Soviet Union) 8........Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 9..... Lyudmila Zhdanova (Soviet Union) 10...... Maria Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 1963 1................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 2.................Renate Boy (East Germany) 3.........Johanna Hübner (East Germany) 4........Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 5............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 6........................ Judit Bognár (Hungary) 7.... Lyudmilla Zhdanova (Soviet Union) 8....... Zinaida Doynikova (Soviet Union) 9......................Val Young (New Zealand) 10.................... Ana Sălăgean (Romania) 1964 1................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 2.................Renate Boy (East Germany) 3............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 4......................Val Young (New Zealand) 5........Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 6.................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 7...... Valentina Nazarova (Soviet Union) 8...................... Ana Sălăgean (Romania) 9....................Nancy McCredie (Canada) 10.......Johanna Hübner (East Germany) 1965 1................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 2....... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 3............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 4.................Renate Boy (East Germany) 5...... Valentina Nazarova (Soviet Union) 6........Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 7...............Marita Lange (East Germany) 8...................... Ana Sălăgean (Romania) 9...........Marlene Fuchs (West Germany) 10.................. Hsiehyung Chung (China) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s Shot 1966 1................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 2....... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 3........Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 4...............Marita Lange (East Germany) 5............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 6......................Val Young (New Zealand) 7................... Maria Chorbova (Bulgaria) 8.................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 9.........Gertrud Schäfer (West Germany) 10.................. Hsiehyung Chung (China) 1967 1....... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 2........Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 3.................Renate Boy (East Germany) 4...............Marita Lange (East Germany) 5..................Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 6............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 7........................ Judit Bognár (Hungary) 8................... Maria Chorbova (Bulgaria) 9...........Marlene Fuchs (West Germany) 10.........Irina Solontsova (Soviet Union) 1968 1........Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 2...............Marita Lange (East Germany) 3....... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 4........................ Judit Bognár (Hungary) 5.................Renate Boy (East Germany) 6..................Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 7...........Marlene Fuchs (West Germany) 8................. Els van Noorduyn (Holland) 9...........Irina Solontsova (Soviet Union) 10...........Inge Friedrich (East Germany) 1969 1....... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 2........Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 3...............Marita Lange (East Germany) 4..................Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 5.................Renate Boy (East Germany) 6...........Irina Solontsova (Soviet Union) 7.............Inge Friedrich (East Germany) 8................. Els van Noorduyn (Holland) 9.......Galina Nyekrasova (Soviet Union) 10....... Antonina Ivanova (Soviet Union) 1970 1....... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 2......... Antonina Ivanova (Soviet Union) 3........Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 4...... Hannelore Friedel (East Germany) 5...........Irina Solontsova (Soviet Union) 6...............Marita Lange (East Germany) 7....... Yelena Korablyeva (Soviet Union) 8..................Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 9.............Inge Friedrich (East Germany) 10.....Galina Nyekrasova (Soviet Union) 1971 1....... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 2........Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 3...............Marita Lange (East Germany) 4......... Antonina Ivanova (Soviet Union) 5...... Hannelore Friedel (East Germany) 6.......Galina Nyekrasova (Soviet Union) 7....... Yelena Korablyeva (Soviet Union) 8.......... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 9..................Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 10............... Faina Melnik (Soviet Union) 1972 1....... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 2........Margitta Gummel (East Germany) 3..................Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 4 ...Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 5......... Antonina Ivanova (Soviet Union) 6.......... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 7.Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 8...............Marita Lange (East Germany) 9....... Yelena Korablyeva (Soviet Union) 10.............Raisa Taranda (Soviet Union) 1973 1....... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 2 ...Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 3 ...Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 4..................Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 5...............Marita Lange (East Germany) 6......... Antonina Ivanova (Soviet Union) 7..................Elena Stoyanova (Bulgaria) 8................. Faina Melnik (Soviet Union) 9.......... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 10.............Ludwika Chewińska (Poland) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Women’s Shot 1974 1....... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 2 ...Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 3.......... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 4..................Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 5...............Marita Lange (East Germany) 6................. Faina Melnik (Soviet Union) 7...............Ludwika Chewińska (Poland) 8..................Elena Stoyanova (Bulgaria) 9 ...Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 10....... Antonina Ivanova (Soviet Union) 1975 1.......... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 2.Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 3 ...Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 4..................Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 5..........Brunhild Loewe (East Germany) 6..................Elena Stoyanova (Bulgaria) 7................. Faina Melnik (Soviet Union) 8..............Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 9......... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 10....... Birgit Haarnagel (East Germany) 1976 1..................Ivanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 2 ...Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 3.......... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 4....... Nadezhda Chizova (Soviet Union) 5......... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 6 ...Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 7..............Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 8..................Eva Wilms (West Germany) 9......... Natalia Nosyenko (Soviet Union) 10................Elena Stoyanova (Bulgaria) 1977 1.Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 2......... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 3..................Eva Wilms (West Germany) 4..............Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 5 ...Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 6.......... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 7..................Elena Stoyanova (Bulgaria) 8.... Helma Knorscheidt (East Germany) 9.........Vera Tsapkalenko (Soviet Union) 10........ Tamara Bufetova (Soviet Union) 1978 1......... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 2.. Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 3..............Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 4.... Helma Knorscheidt (East Germany) 5.......... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 6 ...Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 7..................Eva Wilms (West Germany) 8..................Elena Stoyanova (Bulgaria) 9..................... Ivanka Petrova (Bulgaria) 10........ Tamara Bufetova (Soviet Union) 1979 1......... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 2.......... Marianne Adam (East Germany) 3..............Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 4.Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 5...........Nunu Abashidze (Soviet Union) 6..................... Ivanka Petrova (Bulgaria) 7.... Helma Knorscheidt (East Germany) 8 ...Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 9..................Ines Müller (East Germany) 10......... Verzhinia Veselinova (Bulgaria) 1980 1......... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 2 ...Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 3 ...Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 4..............Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 5...........Nunu Abashidze (Soviet Union) 6........... Verzhinia Veselinova (Bulgaria) 7..................Ines Müller (East Germany) 8..................Elena Stoyanova (Bulgaria) 9.....Natalya Akhrimenko (Soviet Union) 10........ Marianne Adam (East Germany) 1981 1......... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 2.Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 3........... Verzhinia Veselinova (Bulgaria) 4.... Helma Knorscheidt (East Germany) 5..............Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 6..................Ines Müller (East Germany) 7.........Cordula Schulze (East Germany) 8............................... Maria Sarria (Cuba) 9 ...Svetlana Krachevskaya (Soviet Union) 10.......Vera Tsapkalenko (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Women’s Shot 1982 1......... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 2 ...Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 3...........Nunu Abashidze (Soviet Union) 4........... Verzhinia Veselinova (Bulgaria) 5........... Liane Schmuhl (East Germany) 6..................Elena Stoyanova (Bulgaria) 7..................Ines Müller (East Germany) 8.... Helma Knorscheidt (East Germany) 9..............Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 10..................Mihaela Loghin (Romania) 1983 1 ...Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 2......... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 3.... Helma Knorscheidt (East Germany) 4......Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union) 5...........Nunu Abashidze (Soviet Union) 6....................Mihaela Loghin (Romania) 7........... Liane Schmuhl (East Germany) 8.........Cordula Schulze (East Germany) 9........... Claudia Losch (West Germany) 10............................. Maria Sarria (Cuba) 1984 1......... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 2......Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union) 3 ...Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 4...........Nunu Abashidze (Soviet Union) 5..................Ines Müller (East Germany) 6.... Helma Knorscheidt (East Germany) 7..............Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 8.........Cordula Schulze (East Germany) 9............................... Maria Sarria (Cuba) 10......... Claudia Losch (West Germany) 1985 1......Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union) 2 ...Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 3....................Mihaela Loghin (Romania) 4..................Ines Müller (East Germany) 5.............Heike Hartwig (East Germany) 6...........Nunu Abashidze (Soviet Union) 7.............. Heidi Krieger (East Germany) 8........... Claudia Losch (West Germany) 9.........Cordula Schulze (East Germany) 10.. Helma Knorscheidt (East Germany) 1986 1......Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union) 2..................Ines Müller (East Germany) 3.............. Heidi Krieger (East Germany) 4.....Natalya Akhrimenko (Soviet Union) 5........... Claudia Losch (West Germany) 6.............Heike Hartwig (East Germany) 7...........Nunu Abashidze (Soviet Union) 8....................Mihaela Loghin (Romania) 9 ...Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 10...........Iris Plotzitzka (West Germany) 1987 1......Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union) 2.......... Kathrin Neimke (East Germany) 3..................Ines Müller (East Germany) 4........... Claudia Losch (West Germany) 5.....Natalya Akhrimenko (Soviet Union) 6.............Heike Hartwig (East Germany) 7......... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 8.................................... Meisu Li (China) 9 ...Helena Fibingerová (Czechoslovakia) 10.............Grit Hammer (East Germany) 1988 1......Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union) 2.......... Kathrin Neimke (East Germany) 3.................................... Meisu Li (China) 4..................Ines Müller (East Germany) 5........... Claudia Losch (West Germany) 6.............Heike Hartwig (East Germany) 7.....Natalya Akhrimenko (Soviet Union) 8....... Larisa Peleshenko (Soviet Union) 9.. Valentina Fedyushina (Soviet Union) 10....... Ilona Briesenick (East Germany) 1989 1........................ Zhihong Huang (China) 2.............Heike Hartwig (East Germany) 3........... Claudia Losch (West Germany) 4......Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union) 5....Astrid Kumbernuss (East Germany) 6...............Grit Hammer (East Germany) 7.............. Heidi Krieger (East Germany) 8........ Stephanie Storp (West Germany) 9............. Christa Wiese (East Germany) 10...........Iris Plotzitzka (West Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Women’s Shot 1990 1....Astrid Kumbernuss (East Germany) 2......Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union) 3................................ Xinmei Sui (China) 4........................ Zhihong Huang (China) 5.......... Kathrin Neimke (East Germany) 6........... Claudia Losch (West Germany) 7.............Heike Hartwig (East Germany) 8.............Iris Plotzitzka (West Germany) 9........ Stephanie Storp (West Germany) 10.............Grit Hammer (East Germany) 1991 1........................ Zhihong Huang (China) 2......Natalya Lisovskaya (Soviet Union) 3.....Svetlana Krivelyova (Soviet Union) 4.....................Claudia Losch (Germany) 5............ Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 6..................Stephanie Storp (Germany) 7........................... Tianhua Zhou (China) 8..........Marina Antonyuk (Soviet Union) 9................................. Belsy Laza (Cuba) 10.................Kathrin Neimke (Germany) 1992 1............... Svetlana Krivelyova (Russia) 2........................ Zhihong Huang (China) 3................................. Belsy Laza (Cuba) 4...................Kathrin Neimke (Germany) 5..................... Svetla Mitkova (Bulgaria) 6........................... Tianhua Zhou (China) 7..................Stephanie Storp (Germany) 8................Natalya Lisovskaya (Russia) 9.....................Anna Romanova (Russia) 10.........Valentina Fedyushina (Ukraine) 1993 1........................ Zhihong Huang (China) 2............... Svetlana Krivelyova (Russia) 3............ Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 4..................Stephanie Storp (Germany) 5...................Kathrin Neimke (Germany) 6...........Valentina Fedyushina (Ukraine) 7................. Larisa Peleshenko (Russia) 8.....................Anna Romanova (Russia) 9................................ Xinmei Sui (China) 10..........................Yuzhen Cong (China) 1994 1................................ Xinmei Sui (China) 2........................ Zhihong Huang (China) 3.........................Liuhong Zhang (China) 4............ Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 5.......................... Vita Pavlysh (Ukraine) 6..................... Svetla Mitkova (Bulgaria) 7..................Stephanie Storp (Germany) 8................. Larisa Peleshenko (Russia) 9...................Kathrin Neimke (Germany) 10.........Valentina Fedyushina (Ukraine) 1995 1............ Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 2...................Kathrin Neimke (Germany) 3........................ Zhihong Huang (China) 4................................ Xinmei Sui (China) 5..................... Svetla Mitkova (Bulgaria) 6.......................Connie Price-Smith (US) 7.........................Liuhong Zhang (China) 8...........Valentina Fedyushina (Ukraine) 9.......................... Vita Pavlysh (Ukraine) 10.............................Ramona Pagel (US) 1996 1............ Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 2................................ Xinmei Sui (China) 3.............. Irina Khudoroshkina (Russia) 4.......................... Vita Pavlysh (Ukraine) 5.......................Connie Price-Smith (US) 6...................Kathrin Neimke (Germany) 7..................Stephanie Storp (Germany) 8..................Irina Korzhanenko (Russia) 9.....................Anna Romanova (Russia) 10.........Valentina Fedyushina (Ukraine) 1997 1............ Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 2.......................... Vita Pavlysh (Ukraine) 3........................ Zhihong Huang (China) 4..................Stephanie Storp (Germany) 5..................Irina Korzhanenko (Russia) 6.......................Connie Price-Smith (US) 7.................................... Meisu Li (China) 8...................Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 9............... Krystyna Zabawska (Poland) 10.................Judy Oakes (Great Britain) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Women’s Shot 1998 1.......................... Vita Pavlysh (Ukraine) 2..................Irina Korzhanenko (Russia) 3.......................Connie Price-Smith (US) 4............... Svetlana Krivelyova (Russia) 5.Yanina Pravalinskaya-Karolchyk (Belarus) 6..................... Corrie de Bruin (Holland) 7............... Krystyna Zabawska (Poland) 8...........Valentina Fedyushina (Ukraine) 9...............Katarzyna Żakowicz (Poland) 10.....................Yumileidi Cumbá (Cuba) 1999 1............ Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 2...................Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 3............... Svetlana Krivelyova (Russia) 4............... Krystyna Zabawska (Poland) 5.Yanina Pravalinskaya-Karolchyk (Belarus) 6............Valentina Fedyushina (Austria) 7.......................Connie Price-Smith (US) 8....................................... Teri Steer (US) 9.......................Yumileidi Cumbá (Cuba) 10.......................Xiaoyan Cheng (China) 2000 1................. Larisa Peleshenko (Russia) 2............ Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 3.Yanina Pravalinskaya-Karolchyk (Belarus) 4............... Svetlana Krivelyova (Russia) 5............... Krystyna Zabawska (Poland) 6...................Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 7.......................Yumileidi Cumbá (Cuba) 8..............Nadzeya Ostapchuk (Belarus) 9.................... Kalliopi Ouzoúni (Greece) 10..........................Lieja Tunks (Holland) 2001 1................. Larisa Peleshenko (Russia) 2.Yanina Pravalinskaya-Karolchyk (Belarus) 3............ Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 4..............Nadzeya Ostapchuk (Belarus) 5...................Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 6............... Svetlana Krivelyova (Russia) 7.......................... Vita Pavlysh (Ukraine) 8..................Irina Korzhanenko (Russia) 9....................Lyudmila Sechko (Russia) 10.....................Yumileidi Cumbá (Cuba) 2002 1..................Irina Korzhanenko (Russia) 2.......................... Vita Pavlysh (Ukraine) 3............... Svetlana Krivelyova (Russia) 4............ Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 5.......................Yumileidi Cumbá (Cuba) 6..............Nadzeya Ostapchuk (Belarus) 7....................................... Teri Steer (US) 8...................Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 9..................................... Meiju Li (China) 10............. Krystyna Zabawska (Poland) 2003 1............... Svetlana Krivelyova (Russia) 2..............Nadzeya Ostapchuk (Belarus) 3.......................... Vita Pavlysh (Ukraine) 4..................Irina Korzhanenko (Russia) 5............ Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 6...................Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 7.............. Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 8............... Krystyna Zabawska (Poland) 9.......................Yumileidi Cumbá (Cuba) 10....Yanina Pravalinskaya-Karolchyk (Belarus) 2004 1.......................Yumileidi Cumbá (Cuba) 2...................Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 3..............Nadzeya Ostapchuk (Belarus) 4............... Krystyna Zabawska (Poland) 5.............. Natallia Mikhnevich (Belarus) 6...................Misleydis González (Cuba) 7..................................... Meiju Li (China) 8............................Lieja Tunks (Holland) 9.................... Cleopatra Borel (Trinidad) 10............ Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 2005 1.............. Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 2.....................Olga Ryabinkina (Russia) 3...................Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 4.............. Natallia Mikhnevich (Belarus) 5.......................Yumileidi Cumbá (Cuba) 6.................... Petra Lammert (Germany) 7..................................... Meiju Li (China) 8............ Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) 9........... Christina Schwanitz (Germany) 10............. Krystyna Zabawska (Poland) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Women’s Shot 2006 1.............. Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 2.............. Natallia Mikhnevich (Belarus) 3.....................Olga Ryabinkina (Russia) 4.......................Yumileidi Cumbá (Cuba) 5.................... Petra Lammert (Germany) 6...................Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 7...................... Assunta Legnante (Italy) 8.................Jill Camarena-Williams (US) 9.......................................Ling Li (China) 10............ Irina Khudoroshkina (Russia) 2007 1.............. Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 2..............Nadzeya Ostapchuk (Belarus) 3...................Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 4.................... Petra Lammert (Germany) 5.......................................Ling Li (China) 6..................................... Meiju Li (China) 7...............................Lijiao Gong (China) 8....................... Anna Omarova (Russia) 9................................ Chiara Rosa (Italy) 10.................... Assunta Legnante (Italy) 2008 1.............. Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 2..............Nadzeya Ostapchuk (Belarus) 3.............. Natallia Mikhnevich (Belarus) 4...................Misleydis González (Cuba) 5...................Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 6...............................Lijiao Gong (China) 7....................... Anna Omarova (Russia) 8..................................... Meiju Li (China) 9........... Christina Schwanitz (Germany) 10.........................Olga Ivanova (Russia) 2009 1.............. Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 2...................Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 3...............................Lijiao Gong (China) 4.............. Natallia Mikhnevich (Belarus) 5..............Nadzeya Ostapchuk (Belarus) 6.......................Anna Avdeyeva (Russia) 7..............................Michelle Carter (US) 8...................Misleydis González (Cuba) 9.................. Denise Hinrichs (Germany) 10................................... Meiju Li (China) 2010 1..............Nadzeya Ostapchuk (Belarus) 2.............. Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 3.............. Natallia Mikhnevich (Belarus) 4.......................Anna Avdeyeva (Russia) 5...................Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 6...............................Lijiao Gong (China) 7.................Jill Camarena-Williams (US) 8...................Misleydis González (Cuba) 9.Yanina Pravalinskaya-Karolchyk (Belarus) 10.................. Petra Lammert (Germany) 2011 1.............. Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 2..............Nadzeya Ostapchuk (Belarus) 3.................Jill Camarena-Williams (US) 4...............................Lijiao Gong (China) 5.................... Cleopatra Borel (Trinidad) 6................ Yevgeniya Kolodko (Russia) 7.......................................Ling Li (China) 8...................Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 9..............................Michelle Carter (US) 10.....................Anna Avdeyeva (Russia) 2012 1.............. Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 2................ Yevgeniya Kolodko (Russia) 3................................Lijao Gong (China) 4.............. Jill Camarena-Williams (USA) 5........................... Michelle Carter (USA) 6.......................................Ling Li (China) 7.............. Natallia Mikhnevich (Belarus) 8...................Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 9...........................Xiangrong Liu (China) 10.......................Irina Tarasova (Russia) 2013 1............. Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 2.......... Christina Schwanitz (Germany) 3.............................. Lijiao Gong (China) 4............................. Michelle Carter (US) 5............... Yevgeniya Kolodko (Russia) 6........................ Irina Tarasova (Russia) 7.................................... Tia Brooks (US) 8.......................... Xiangrong Liu (China) 9...................................... Ling Li (China) 10.............. Alena Abramchuk (Belarus) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Women’s Shot 2014 1.............. Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 2........... Christina Schwanitz (Germany) 3...............................Lijiao Gong (China) 4..............................Michelle Carter (US) 5................ Yevgeniya Kolodko (Russia) 6.................... Cleopatra Borel (Trinidad) 7........................ Anita Márton (Hungary) 8..................... Yulia Leantsiuk (Belarus) 9........................... Felisha Johnson (US) 10............ Halyna Obleshchuk (Belarus) 2015 1........... Christina Schwanitz (Germany) 2...............................Lijiao Gong (China) 3..............................Michelle Carter (US) 4........................ Anita Márton (Hungary) 5.................... Cleopatra Borel (Trinidad) 6.............. Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 7............................... Brittany Smith (US) 8..................................... Tia Brooks (US) 9..................................Yang Gao (China) 10.............. Aliona Dubitskaya (Belarus) 2016 1..............................Michelle Carter (US) 2.............. Valerie Adams (New Zealand) 3........................ Anita Márton (Hungary) 4...............................Lijiao Gong (China) 5........... Christina Schwanitz (Germany) 6..................................... Tia Brooks (US) 7............................Raven Saunders (US) 8.................... Cleopatra Borel (Trinidad) 9............................... Brittany Smith (US) 10......................... Felisha Johnson (US) 2017 1...............................Lijiao Gong (China) 2........................ Anita Márton (Hungary) 3..............................Michelle Carter (US) 4..................... Yulia Leantsiuk (Belarus) 5....................................Dani Bunch (US) 6.........Danniel Thomas-Dodd (Jamaica) 7............................Raven Saunders (US) 8................ Aliona Dubitskaya (Belarus) 9........................ Brittany Crew (Canada) 10................................Yang Gao (China)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s Discus 1956 1.......Nina Ponomaryeva (Soviet Union) 2..........Olga Connolly (Czechoslovakia) 3.......... Irina Beglyakova (Soviet Union) 4...............Albina Yelkina (Soviet Union) 5...............................Earlene Brown (US) 6... Štěpánka Mertová (Czechoslovakia) 7............................... Paochu Shi (China) 8..Anne-Chatrine Lafrenz (West Germany) 9................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 10..... Jiřina Němcová (Czechoslovakia) 1957 1.......Nina Ponomaryeva (Soviet Union) 2... Štěpánka Mertová (Czechoslovakia) 3......... Antonina Popova (Soviet Union) 4................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 5.......... Irina Beglyakova (Soviet Union) 6...............Doris Lorenz (East Germany) 7....... Jiřina Němcová (Czechoslovakia) 8..Anne-Chatrine Lafrenz (West Germany) 9.....Marie Simánková (Czechoslovakia) 10.............Albina Yelkina (Soviet Union) © victor sailer/photo run Stephanie Brown Trafton’s Beijing win made her the only U.S. No. 1 ever © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s Discus 1958 1.......Nina Ponomaryeva (Soviet Union) 2................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 3... Štěpánka Mertová (Czechoslovakia) 4.... Kriemhild Limberg (West Germany) 5...............Doris Lorenz (East Germany) 6......... Antonina Popova (Soviet Union) 7.......... Irina Beglyakova (Soviet Union) 8.............. Irene Schuch (East Germany) 9.. Yevgenia Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 10............................. Olga Connolly (US) 1959 1.......Nina Ponomaryeva (Soviet Union) 2.... Kriemhild Limberg (West Germany) 3................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 4.............. Irene Schuch (East Germany) 5...............Doris Lorenz (East Germany) 6........... Lamara Tugushi (Soviet Union) 7.. Yevgenia Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 8......... Antonina Popova (Soviet Union) 9............. Kazimiera Rykowska (Poland) 10. Štěpánka Mertová (Czechoslovakia) 1960 1.......Nina Ponomaryeva (Soviet Union) 2................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 3.. Yevgenia Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 4....... Jiřina Němcová (Czechoslovakia) 5...............Doris Lorenz (East Germany) 6..........................Lia Manoliu (Romania) 7.... Kriemhild Limberg (West Germany) 8...............................Earlene Brown (US) 9.............. Irene Schuch (East Germany) 10......... Lamara Tugushi (Soviet Union) 1961 1................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 2......... Antonina Popova (Soviet Union) 3...............Doris Lorenz (East Germany) 4.......Nina Ponomaryeva (Soviet Union) 5........................Jolán Kleiber (Hungary) 6..........................Lia Manoliu (Romania) 7............. Kazimiera Rykowska (Poland) 8.............. Irene Schuch (East Germany) 9.... 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Yevgenia Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 10........................Lia Manoliu (Romania) 1964 1................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 2.................. Ingrid Lotz (East Germany) 3........... Verzhinia Mikhailova (Bulgaria) 4..........................Lia Manoliu (Romania) 5.. Yevgenia Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 6........................Jolán Kleiber (Hungary) 7....... Jiřina Němcová (Czechoslovakia) 8.... Kriemhild Limberg (West Germany) 9...............Doris Lorenz (East Germany) 10............. Olimpia Cataramă (Romania) 1965 1........................Jolán Kleiber (Hungary) 2................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 3......................Judit Anahazy (Hungary) 4................... Anita Otto (East Germany) 5....... Jiřina Němcová (Czechoslovakia) 6........... Verzhinia Mikhailova (Bulgaria) 7.................. Ingrid Lotz (East Germany) 8.. Yevgenia Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 9.... Kriemhild Limberg (West Germany) 10.... Lyudmila Khemelevskaya (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s Discus 1966 1....Christine Spielberg (East Germany) 2... Liesel Westermann (West Germany) 3................... Anita Otto (East Germany) 4................Tamara Press (Soviet Union) 5........................Jolán Kleiber (Hungary) 6........... Verzhinia Mikhailova (Bulgaria) 7.... Kriemhild Limberg (West Germany) 8.................. Ingrid Lotz (East Germany) 9....... Jiřina Němcová (Czechoslovakia) 10..............................Tehtsui Liu (China) 1967 1... Liesel Westermann (West Germany) 2................. Karin Illgen (East Germany) 3........................Jolán Kleiber (Hungary) 4....Lyudmila Muravyeva (Soviet Union) 5................... Anita Otto (East Germany) 6....Christine Spielberg (East Germany) 7......................Judit Anahazy (Hungary) 8... Lyudmila Khemelevskaya (Soviet Union) 9....Brigitte Berendonk (West Germany) 10...................... Judit Bognár (Hungary) 1968 1..........................Lia Manoliu (Romania) 2... Liesel Westermann (West Germany) 3................. Karin Illgen (East Germany) 4........................Jolán Kleiber (Hungary) 5................... Anita Otto (East Germany) 6......... Antonina Popova (Soviet Union) 7....Christine Spielberg (East Germany) 8............................... Olga Connolly (US) 9....Lyudmila Muravyeva (Soviet Union) 10....................Judit Anahazy (Hungary) 1969 1... Liesel Westermann (West Germany) 2.......... Tamara Danilova (Soviet Union) 3................. Karin Illgen (East Germany) 4....Lyudmila Muravyeva (Soviet Union) 5..........................Lia Manoliu (Romania) 6......... Antonina Popova (Soviet Union) 7... Gabrielle Hinzmann (East Germany) 8............... Olimpia Cataramă (Romania) 9................... Anita Otto (East Germany) 10....................Judit Anahazy (Hungary) 1970 1................. Karin Illgen (East Germany) 2................. Faina Melnik (Soviet Union) 3... Liesel Westermann (West Germany) 4.............. Anna Mickler (East Germany) 5.......... Tamara Danilova (Soviet Union) 6............. Irina Solotsova (Soviet Union) 7... Gabrielle Hinzmann (East Germany) 8....Christine Spielberg (East Germany) 9..........................Lia Manoliu (Romania) 10..Lyudmila Muravyeva (Soviet Union) 1971 1................. Faina Melnik (Soviet Union) 2... Liesel Westermann (West Germany) 3....Lyudmila Muravyeva (Soviet Union) 4.......... Tamara Danilova (Soviet Union) 5..................Argentina Menis (Romania) 6................. Karin Illgen (East Germany) 7............... Olimpia Cataramă (Romania) 8..........................Lia Manoliu (Romania) 9....Christine Spielberg (East Germany) 10............ Anna Mickler (East Germany) 1972 1................. Faina Melnik (Soviet Union) 2..................Argentina Menis (Romania) 3... Liesel Westermann (West Germany) 4................... Vasilka Stoyeva (Bulgaria) 5.......... Tamara Danilova (Soviet Union) 6... Gabrielle Hinzmann (East Germany) 7..................Carmen Ionescu (Romania) 8..........................Lia Manoliu (Romania) 9....Lyudmila Muravyeva (Soviet Union) 10............. Olimpia Cataramă (Romania) 1973 1................. Faina Melnik (Soviet Union) 2..................Argentina Menis (Romania) 3... Gabrielle Hinzmann (East Germany) 4... Liesel Westermann (West Germany) 5... Nadezhda Sergeyeva (Soviet Union) 6..................Svetla Bozhkova (Bulgaria) 7............... Olimpia Cataramă (Romania) 8................... Vasilka Stoyeva (Bulgaria) 9...................... Maria Petkova (Bulgaria) 10........ Tamara Danilova (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Women’s Discus 1974 1................. Faina Melnik (Soviet Union) 2..................Argentina Menis (Romania) 3... Gabrielle Hinzmann (East Germany) 4...................... Maria Petkova (Bulgaria) 5............. Karin Höldtke (East Germany) 6............... Olimpia Cataramă (Romania) 7... Liesel Westermann (West Germany) 8................... Vasilka Stoyeva (Bulgaria) 9............ Annelie Braun (East Germany) 10. Helena Vyhnalová (Czechoslovakia) 1975 1................. Faina Melnik (Soviet Union) 2...................... Maria Petkova (Bulgaria) 3... Gabrielle Hinzmann (East Germany) 4..................Argentina Menis (Romania) 5.............. Sabine Engel (East Germany) 6........................Carmen Romero (Cuba) 7..................Evelin Jahl (East Germany) 8.......... Olga Andrianova (Soviet Union) 9... Helena Vyhnalová (Czechoslovakia) 10..... Nadezhda Yerokha (Soviet Union) 1976 1................. Faina Melnik (Soviet Union) 2..................Evelin Jahl (East Germany) 3...................... Maria Petkova (Bulgaria) 4... Gabrielle Hinzmann (East Germany) 5.............. Sabine Engel (East Germany) 6..................Argentina Menis (Romania) 7...................... Maria Betancourt (Cuba) 8.... Natalya Gorbachova (Soviet Union) 9........................Carmen Romero (Cuba) 10........ Olga Andrianova (Soviet Union) 1977 1................. Faina Melnik (Soviet Union) 2...................... Maria Petkova (Bulgaria) 3.............. Sabine Engel (East Germany) 4..................Argentina Menis (Romania) 5..................Svetla Bozhkova (Bulgaria) 6.... Natalya Gorbachova (Soviet Union) 7..............Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 8.....Tatyana Berezhnaya (Soviet Union) 9.........Jitka Prouzová (Czechoslovakia) 10....... Lyudmila Isayeva (Soviet Union) 1978 1..................Evelin Jahl (East Germany) 2................. Faina Melnik (Soviet Union) 3..............Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 4.... Natalya Gorbachova (Soviet Union) 5.............. Sabine Engel (East Germany) 6..........Svetlana Petrova (Soviet Union) 7..................Svetla Bozhkova (Bulgaria) 8......... Lyudmila Isayeva (Soviet Union) 9.....Tatyana Berezhnaya (Soviet Union) 10.......Jitka Prouzová (Czechoslovakia) 1979 1..................Evelin Jahl (East Germany) 2......Svetlana Melnikova (Soviet Union) 3..............Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 4............Brigitte Michel (East Germany) 5................. Faina Melnik (Soviet Union) 6..................Svetla Bozhkova (Bulgaria) 7......... Lyudmila Isayeva (Soviet Union) 8.... Natalya Gorbachova (Soviet Union) 9......... Florenţa Crăciunescu (Romania) 10......................Carmen Romero (Cuba) 1980 1..................Evelin Jahl (East Germany) 2...................... Maria Petkova (Bulgaria) 3................. Faina Melnik (Soviet Union) 4...............Gisela Beyer (East Germany) 5........ Galina Yermakova (Soviet Union) 6........ Tatyana Lesovaya (Soviet Union) 7..............Margitta Pufe (East Germany) 8......... Florenţa Crăciunescu (Romania) 9........ Galina Murashova (Soviet Union) 10................Svetla Bozhkova (Bulgaria) 1981 1..................Evelin Jahl (East Germany) 2...................... Maria Petkova (Bulgaria) 3........ Galina Yermakova (Soviet Union) 4...............Gisela Beyer (East Germany) 5......... Florenţa Crăciunescu (Romania) 6..Valentina Kharchenko (Soviet Union) 7.......... Irina Meszynski (East Germany) 8........Zdenka Silhavá (Czechoslovakia) 9...........Petra Sziegaud (East Germany) 10............... Faina Melnik (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Women’s Discus 1982 1............Tsvetanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 2...................... Maria Petkova (Bulgaria) 3........ Galina Yermakova (Soviet Union) 4.......... Irina Meszynski (East Germany) 5...............Gisela Beyer (East Germany) 6........ Galina Murashova (Soviet Union) 7.......... Silvia Madetzky (East Germany) 8......... Florenţa Crăciunescu (Romania) 9........ Tatyana Lesovaya (Soviet Union) 10.........Petra Sziegaud (East Germany) 1983 1.......Martina Hellmann (East Germany) 2........ Galina Murashova (Soviet Union) 3...............Gisela Beyer (East Germany) 4...................... Maria Petkova (Bulgaria) 5............Tsvetanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 6........Zdenka Silhavá (Czechoslovakia) 7........ Galina Yermakova (Soviet Union) 8..................... Svetla Mitkova (Bulgaria) 9..................Svetla Bozhkova (Bulgaria) 10.........................Ria Stalman (Holland) 1984 1...............Gisela Beyer (East Germany) 2.......... Irina Meszynski (East Germany) 3........Zdenka Silhavá (Czechoslovakia) 4........ Galina Murashova (Soviet Union) 5..........Lyubov Zverkova (Soviet Union) 6........ Galina Yermakova (Soviet Union) 7.......Martina Hellmann (East Germany) 8...................... Maria Petkova (Bulgaria) 9...............Ellina Zvereva (Soviet Union) 10..........Tsvetanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 1985 1........ Galina Yermakova (Soviet Union) 2.......Martina Hellmann (East Germany) 3........Zdenka Silhavá (Czechoslovakia) 4...........................Maritza Martén (Cuba) 5......... Florenţa Crăciunescu (Romania) 6.......... Irina Meszynski (East Germany) 7............Tsvetanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 8..........Lyubov Zverkova (Soviet Union) 9...................Daniela Costian (Romania) 10............................Hilda Ramos (Cuba) 1986 1............Tsvetanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 2............. Diana Gansky (East Germany) 3.......Martina Hellmann (East Germany) 4.......... Irina Meszynski (East Germany) 5...............Ellina Zvereva (Soviet Union) 6.......... Silvia Madetzky (East Germany) 7..................... Svetla Mitkova (Bulgaria) 8........ Galina Yermakova (Soviet Union) 9...................Daniela Costian (Romania) 10....... Florenţa Crăciunescu (Romania) 1987 1.......Martina Hellmann (East Germany) 2............. Diana Gansky (East Germany) 3............Tsvetanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 4...............Ilke Wyludda (East Germany) 5..................... Svetla Mitkova (Bulgaria) 6........Zdenka Silhavá (Czechoslovakia) 7.......... Irina Meszynski (East Germany) 8.......... Silvia Madetzky (East Germany) 9....Larisa Mikhalchenko (Soviet Union) 10.........................Maritza Martén (Cuba) 1988 1.......Martina Hellmann (East Germany) 2....... Gabriele Reinsch (East Germany) 3............. Diana Gansky (East Germany) 4...............Ilke Wyludda (East Germany) 5...................Daniela Costian (Romania) 6............Tsvetanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 7...............Ellina Zvereva (Soviet Union) 8........Zdenka Silhavá (Czechoslovakia) 9..................... Svetla Mitkova (Bulgaria) 10..Larisa Mikhalchenko (Soviet Union) 1989 1...............Ilke Wyludda (East Germany) 2..............................Xuemei Hou (China) 3....... Gabriele Reinsch (East Germany) 4...........................Maritza Martén (Cuba) 5.......... Irina Meszynski (East Germany) 6......... Franka Dietzsch (East Germany) 7............Tsvetanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 8....Olga Chernyavskaya (Soviet Union) 9...........Antonina Patoka (Soviet Union) 10.................Barbara Echevarría (Cuba) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Women’s Discus 1990 1...............Ilke Wyludda (East Germany) 2....Olga Chernyavskaya (Soviet Union) 3.......Martina Hellmann (East Germany) 4....... Gabriele Reinsch (East Germany) 5............ Irina Yatchenko (Soviet Union) 6...............Ellina Zvereva (Soviet Union) 7.................... Irina Khval (Soviet Union) 8....Larisa Mikhalchenko (Soviet Union) 9......... Franka Dietzsch (East Germany) 10............................Hilda Ramos (Cuba) 1991 1....................... Ilke Wyludda (Germany) 2............Tsvetanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 3....Larisa Mikhalchenko (Soviet Union) 4............... Martina Hellmann (Germany) 5.................. Daniela Costian (Australia) 6...........................Chunfeng Min (China) 7............ Irina Yatchenko (Soviet Union) 8..........................Yonghua Zhao (China) 9...............Ellina Zvereva (Soviet Union) 10............................Hilda Ramos (Cuba) 1992 1...........................Maritza Martén (Cuba) 2....................... Ilke Wyludda (Germany) 3............... Larisa Korotkevich (Belarus) 4..................... Irina Yatchenko (Belarus) 5............Tsvetanka Khristova (Bulgaria) 6..............Olga Chernyavskaya (Russia) 7.................. Daniela Costian (Australia) 8............ Larisa Mikhalchenko (Ukraine) 9..............................Hilda Ramos (Cuba) 10.................Stefania Simova (Bulgaria) 1993 1..............Olga Chernyavskaya (Russia) 2.................. Daniela Costian (Australia) 3...........................Maritza Martén (Cuba) 4...........................Chunfeng Min (China) 5....................... Ilke Wyludda (Germany) 6............... Larisa Korotkevich (Belarus) 7.................Anja Möllenbeck (Germany) 8...................Barbara Echevarría (Cuba) 9.................... Nicoleta Grasu (Romania) 10..................... Ellina Zvereva (Belarus) 1994 1....................... Ilke Wyludda (Germany) 2....................... Ellina Zvereva (Belarus) 3.................. Daniela Costian (Australia) 4....................Mette Bergmann (Norway) 5...................Barbara Echevarría (Cuba) 6.................... Nicoleta Grasu (Romania) 7..............Olga Chernyavskaya (Russia) 8.................... Renata Katewicz (Poland) 9........................ Jana Lauren (Germany) 10................Franka Dietzsch (Germany) 1995 1....................... Ilke Wyludda (Germany) 2....................... Ellina Zvereva (Belarus) 3....................Mette Bergmann (Norway) 4..............Olga Chernyavskaya (Russia) 5...................... Natalya Sadova (Russia) 6...........................Maritza Martén (Cuba) 7..................Franka Dietzsch (Germany) 8..................... Irina Yatchenko (Belarus) 9............ Lyudmila Filimonova (Belarus) 10.................Barbara Echevarría (Cuba) 1996 1....................... Ilke Wyludda (Germany) 2....................... Ellina Zvereva (Belarus) 3..................Franka Dietzsch (Germany) 4...................... Natalya Sadova (Russia) 5.................... Nicoleta Grasu (Romania) 6..............Olga Chernyavskaya (Russia) 7....................Mette Bergmann (Norway) 8............................. Yanling Xiao (China) 9............Lisa-Marie Vizaniari (Australia) 10................ Daniela Costian (Australia) 1997 1.......Beatrice Faumuiná (New Zealand) 2....................... Ellina Zvereva (Belarus) 3...................... Natalya Sadova (Russia) 4.................Larisa Korotkevich (Russia) 5..................... Irina Yatchenko (Belarus) 6..................Franka Dietzsch (Germany) 7.................. Teresa Machado (Portugal) 8..............Anastasía Kelesídou (Greece) 9.................... Stilianí Tsikoúna (Greece) 10.................. Nicoleta Grasu (Romania) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Women’s Discus 1998 1..................Franka Dietzsch (Germany) 2...................... Natalya Sadova (Russia) 3.................... Nicoleta Grasu (Romania) 4.......Beatrice Faumuiná (New Zealand) 5....................... Ellina Zvereva (Belarus) 6..............Anastasía Kelesídou (Greece) 7................... Ekateríni Vóggoli (Greece) 8....................... Ilke Wyludda (Germany) 9..................... Irina Yatchenko (Belarus) 10..........Lisa-Marie Vizaniari (Australia) 1999 1..................Franka Dietzsch (Germany) 2...................... Natalya Sadova (Russia) 3.................... Nicoleta Grasu (Romania) 4..............Anastasía Kelesídou (Greece) 5.......Beatrice Faumuiná (New Zealand) 6.....................................Seilala Sua (US) 7..................... Irina Yatchenko (Belarus) 8....................... Ellina Zvereva (Belarus) 9.................... Olena Antonova (Ukraine) 10................. Ekateríni Vóggoli (Greece) 2000 1..................Franka Dietzsch (Germany) 2....................... Ellina Zvereva (Belarus) 3..............Anastasía Kelesídou (Greece) 4...................... Natalya Sadova (Russia) 5..................... Irina Yatchenko (Belarus) 6.................... Nicoleta Grasu (Romania) 7.................... Stilianí Tsikoúna (Greece) 8....................... Ilke Wyludda (Germany) 9............Lisa-Marie Vizaniari (Australia) 10.....Beatrice Faumuiná (New Zealand) 2001 1.................... Nicoleta Grasu (Romania) 2....................... Ellina Zvereva (Belarus) 3...................... Natalya Sadova (Russia) 4..................Franka Dietzsch (Germany) 5..............Anastasía Kelesídou (Greece) 6.....................................Seilala Sua (US) 7......................................Kris Kuehl (US) 8...................................Suzy Powell (US) 9.. Vladimíra Racková (Czech Republic) 10....... Vĕra Cechlová (Czech Republic) 2002 1...................... Natalya Sadova (Russia) 2................... Ekateríni Vóggoli (Greece) 3....................... Ellina Zvereva (Belarus) 4......... Vĕra Cechlová (Czech Republic) 5.......Beatrice Faumuiná (New Zealand) 6.................... Nicoleta Grasu (Romania) 7......................................Kris Kuehl (US) 8..................... Irina Yatchenko (Belarus) 9...................................Suzy Powell (US) 10........................Aretha Thurmond (US) 2003 1......... Vĕra Cechlová (Czech Republic) 2..................... Irina Yatchenko (Belarus) 3................... Ekateríni Vóggoli (Greece) 4..............Anastasía Kelesídou (Greece) 5.................... Olena Antonova (Ukraine) 6...................... Natalya Sadova (Russia) 7..................Franka Dietzsch (Germany) 8..........................Aretha Thurmond (US) 9...............................Aimin Song (China) 10.................................Suzy Powell (US) 2004 1...................... Natalya Sadova (Russia) 2..............Anastasía Kelesídou (Greece) 3......... Vĕra Cechlová (Czech Republic) 4.................... Olena Antonova (Ukraine) 5.......Beatrice Faumuiná (New Zealand) 6..........................Aretha Thurmond (US) 7..................Franka Dietzsch (Germany) 8.................... Nicoleta Grasu (Romania) 9................... Ekateríni Vóggoli (Greece) 10.............................. Yanfeng Li (China) 2005 1..................Franka Dietzsch (Germany) 2...................... Natalya Sadova (Russia) 3......... Vĕra Cechlová (Czech Republic) 4.................... Nicoleta Grasu (Romania) 5.......Beatrice Faumuiná (New Zealand) 6.................... Olena Antonova (Ukraine) 7..........................Aretha Thurmond (US) 8...............................Aimin Song (China) 9....................................Shuli Ma (China) 10.......Dragana Tomašević (Yugoslavia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Women’s Discus 2006 1..................Franka Dietzsch (Germany) 2............Darya Pishchalnikova (Russia) 3.................... Nicoleta Grasu (Romania) 4......................Wioletta Potepa (Poland) 5....................... Ellina Zvereva (Belarus) 6..........................Aretha Thurmond (US) 7......... Vĕra Cechlová (Czech Republic) 8...............................Aimin Song (China) 9................... Anna Söderberg (Sweden) 10................. Kateryna Karsak (Ukraine) 2007 1..................Franka Dietzsch (Germany) 2.................... Nicoleta Grasu (Romania) 3...........................Yarelis Barrios (Cuba) 4......... Vĕra Cechlová (Czech Republic) 5........................... Yania Ferrales (Cuba) 6.............................. Taifeng Sun (China) 7..................... Irina Yatchenko (Belarus) 8.................... Olena Antonova (Ukraine) 9...............Nataliya Semenova (Ukraine) 10............. Joanna Wiśniewska (Poland) 2008 1............. Stephanie Brown Trafton (US) 2...........................Yarelis Barrios (Cuba) 3.................... Nicoleta Grasu (Romania) 4...............Nataliya Semenova (Ukraine) 5...............................Aimin Song (China) 6......... Vĕra Cechlová (Czech Republic) 7.................... Olena Antonova (Ukraine) 8................................ Yanfeng Li (China) 9.......................Dani Stevens (Australia) 10........................Aretha Thurmond (US) 2009 1...........................Yarelis Barrios (Cuba) 2.......................Dani Stevens (Australia) 3.................... Nicoleta Grasu (Romania) 4.......................... Żaneta Glanc (Poland) 5...............................Aimin Song (China) 6...............Nataliya Semenova (Ukraine) 7............Mélina Robert-Michon (France) 8......................Nadine Müller (Germany) 9...................... Natalya Sadova (Russia) 10.................. Sandra Perković (Croatia) 2010 1...........................Yarelis Barrios (Cuba) 2.................... Sandra Perković (Croatia) 3................................ Yanfeng Li (China) 4.......................Dani Stevens (Australia) 5.................... Nicoleta Grasu (Romania) 6......................Nadine Müller (Germany) 7...............................Becky Breisch (US) 8..........................Aretha Thurmond (US) 9............... Joanna Wiśniewska (Poland) 10........................ Żaneta Glanc (Poland) 2011 1................................ Yanfeng Li (China) 2......................Nadine Müller (Germany) 3...........................Yarelis Barrios (Cuba) 4.......................... Żaneta Glanc (Poland) 5............. Stephanie Brown Trafton (US) 6.................................... Jian Tan (China) 7..........................Aretha Thurmond (US) 8.......................Dani Stevens (Australia) 9............Darya Pishchalnikova (Russia) 10............. Dragana Tomašević (Serbia) 2012 1.................... Sandra Perković (Croatia) 2...........................Yarelis Barrios (Cuba) 3......................Nadine Müller (Germany) 4................................ Yanfeng Li (China) 5...........Stephanie Brown Trafton (USA) 6.......................... Żaneta Glanc (Poland) 7...............Zinaida Sendrīutė (Lithuania) 8............Mélina Robert-Michon (France) 9..........................Krishna Poonia (India) 10.....................Dani Stevens (Australia) 2013 1................... Sandra Perković (Croatia) 2.......................... Yarelis Barrios (Cuba) 3.................. Gia Lewis-Smallwood (US) 4........... Mélina Robert-Michon (France) 5..................... Nadine Müller (Germany) 6.............. Zinaida Sendriūtė (Lithuania) 7......................... Żaneta Glanc (Poland) 8................................... Jian Tan (China) 9........................... Anna Rüh (Germany) 10.................... Dani Stevens (Australia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Women’s Discus 2014 1.................... Sandra Perković (Croatia) 2...................Gia Lewis-Smallwood (US) 3.......................Dani Stevens (Australia) 4............Mélina Robert-Michon (France) 5......................Shanice Craft (Germany) 6.........................Denia Caballero (Cuba) 7...............................Yaimé Pérez (Cuba) 8......................Nadine Müller (Germany) 9....................... Julia Harting (Germany) 10.......................... Anna Rüh (Germany) 2015 1.................... Sandra Perković (Croatia) 2.........................Denia Caballero (Cuba) 3......................Nadine Müller (Germany) 4...............................Yaimé Pérez (Cuba) 5.......................Dani Stevens (Australia) 6....................... Julia Harting (Germany) 7............Mélina Robert-Michon (France) 8......................Shanice Craft (Germany) 9............................ Anna Rüh (Germany) 10.................Gia Lewis-Smallwood (US) 2016 1.................... Sandra Perković (Croatia) 2............Mélina Robert-Michon (France) 3.........................Denia Caballero (Cuba) 4.......................Dani Stevens (Australia) 5....................... Julia Harting (Germany) 6......................Nadine Müller (Germany) 7................................. Xinyue Su (China) 8......................Shanice Craft (Germany) 9...............................Yaimé Pérez (Cuba) 10.............................. Yang Chen (China) 2017 1.................... Sandra Perković (Croatia) 2.......................Dani Stevens (Australia) 3...............................Yaimé Pérez (Cuba) 4.........................Denia Caballero (Cuba) 5......................Nadine Müller (Germany) 6............Mélina Robert-Michon (France) 7................................. Xinyue Su (China) 8............................. Whitney Ashley (US) 9................................... Bin Feng (China) 10..................... Julia Harting (Germany)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s Hammer 1956–1993 (no rankings done) (1994–1997 rankings done 5-deep) 1994 1..................... Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 2................... Mihaela Melinte (Romania) 3.....................Svetlana Sudak (Belarus) 4............. Debbie Sosimenko (Australia) 5.................. Marina Rezakova (Ukraine) 1995 1..................... Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 2.....................Svetlana Sudak (Belarus) 3................... Mihaela Melinte (Romania) 4............. Debbie Sosimenko (Australia) 5.............. Lorraine Shaw (Great Britain) 1996 1................... Mihaela Melinte (Romania) 2........................ Alla Davydova (Russia) 3..................... Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 4.................Lyudmila Gubkina (Belarus) 5.....................Svetlana Sudak (Belarus) 1997 1................... Mihaela Melinte (Romania) 2..................... Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 3............. Debbie Sosimenko (Australia) 4.................Lyudmila Gubkina (Belarus) 5.....................Svetlana Sudak (Belarus) 1998 1................... Mihaela Melinte (Romania) 2..................... Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 3............. Debbie Sosimenko (Australia) 4...................................Amy Palmer (US) 5.................Lyudmila Gubkina (Belarus) 6............... Kirsten Münchow (Germany) 7...................Simone Mathes (Germany) 8............ Tatyana Kostantinova (Russia) 9........................ Alla Davydova (Russia) 10...... Lisa Misipeka (American Samoa) Poland’s WR holder Anita Włodarczyk has been No. 1 for 5 years in a row now © victor sailer/photo run © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s Hammer 1999 1................... Mihaela Melinte (Romania) 2..................... Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 3........ Lisa Misipeka (American Samoa) 4....................... Katalin Divós (Hungary) 5.................Lyudmila Gubkina (Belarus) 6............. Debbie Sosimenko (Australia) 7................................. Dawn Ellerbe (US) 8...................Simone Mathes (Germany) 9............... Kirsten Münchow (Germany) 10...................Svetlana Sudak (Belarus) 2000 1..................... Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 2............. Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 3............... Kirsten Münchow (Germany) 4............................. Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 5............. Debbie Sosimenko (Australia) 6.................Lyudmila Gubkina (Belarus) 7................................. Dawn Ellerbe (US) 8...................................Amy Palmer (US) 9.............. Lorraine Shaw (Great Britain) 10..................... Katalin Divós (Hungary) 2001 1..................... Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 2............................. Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 3............. Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 4................. Bronwyn Eagles (Australia) 5............... Manuèla Montebrun (France) 6.............. Lorraine Shaw (Great Britain) 7................................. Dawn Ellerbe (US) 8.........................Olga Tsander (Belarus) 9............... Kirsten Münchow (Germany) 10.......................Florence Ezeh (France) 2002 1..................... Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 2............... Manuèla Montebrun (France) 3............. Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 4....................................Yuan Gu (China) 5............................. Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 6.................................. Anna Mahon (US) 7..................... Yunaika Crawford (Cuba) 8................. Bronwyn Eagles (Australia) 9.........................Olga Tsander (Belarus) 10.......................Florence Ezeh (France) 2003 1............................. Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 2..................... Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 3............... Manuèla Montebrun (France) 4................... Mihaela Melinte (Romania) 5.......................Susanne Keil (Germany) 6....................................Yuan Gu (China) 7.................................. Anna Mahon (US) 8............. Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 9............................Ester Balassini (Italy) 10................... Yunaika Crawford (Cuba) 2004 1............................. Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 2..................... Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 3.........................Olga Tsander (Belarus) 4................... Iryna Sekachova (Ukraine) 5................ Yelena Konevtsova (Russia) 6..................... Yunaika Crawford (Cuba) 7.......................Betty Heidler (Germany) 8............... Manuèla Montebrun (France) 9..............Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (Russia) 10........... Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 2005 1............................. Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 2..................... Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 3.................... Tatyana Lysenko (Russia) 4............... Manuèla Montebrun (France) 5............. Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 6.......................... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 7.......................Betty Heidler (Germany) 8............................Ester Balassini (Italy) 9.......... Yekaterina Khoroshikh (Russia) 10................................Erin Gilreath (US) 2006 1.................... Tatyana Lysenko (Russia) 2.......................Betty Heidler (Germany) 3............. Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 4............................. Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 5..............Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (Russia) 6.......... Yekaterina Khoroshikh (Russia) 7................ Yelena Konevtsova (Russia) 8.......................... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 9............ Marina Smolyachova (Belarus) 10........................ Clarissa Claretti (Italy) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s Hammer 2007 1............................. Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 2.......................Betty Heidler (Germany) 3.......................... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 4....................... Ivana Brkljačić (Croatia) 5............. Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 6................ Yelena Konevtsova (Russia) 7.......................... Clarissa Claretti (Italy) 8............... Manuèla Montebrun (France) 9........................Eileen O’Keefe (Ireland) 10.....................Arasay Thondike (Cuba) 2008 1..................Aksana Miankova (Belarus) 2............................. Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 3.......................... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 4................ Martina Hrašnová (Slovakia) 5.....................Daryia Pchelnik (Belarus) 6...................Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) 7............... Manuèla Montebrun (France) 8.......................Betty Heidler (Germany) 9............. Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 10..................... Ivana Brkljačić (Croatia) 2009 1...................Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) 2.......................Betty Heidler (Germany) 3................ Martina Hrašnová (Slovakia) 4...................... Kathrin Klaas (Germany) 5.................... Tatyana Lysenko (Russia) 6.......................... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 7.......................... Clarissa Claretti (Italy) 8................... Stéphanie Falzon (France) 9..................Jessica Cosby Toruga (US) 10....................Darya Pchelnik (Belarus) 2010 1.......................Betty Heidler (Germany) 2...................Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) 3.................... Tatyana Lysenko (Russia) 4...................... Kathrin Klaas (Germany) 5.......................... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 6............................. Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 7....................... Sultana Frizell (Canada) 8................. Zalina Marghieva (Moldova) 9........................Bianca Perie (Romania) 10...................Daryia Pchelnik (Belarus) 2011 1.......................Betty Heidler (Germany) 2.................... Tatyana Lysenko (Russia) 3.......................... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 4............................. Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 5...................... Kathrin Klaas (Germany) 6...................Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) 7................. Zalina Marghieva (Moldova) 8................. Jenny Dahlgren (Argentina) 9........................Bianca Perie (Romania) 10................Jessica Cosby Toruga (US) 2012 1.......................Betty Heidler (Germany) 2...................Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) 3.................... Tatyana Lysenko (Russia) 4.......................... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 5............................. Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 6...................... Kathrin Klaas (Germany) 7..................Aksana Miankova (Belarus) 8................. Zalina Marghieva (Moldova) 9................... Joanna Fiodorow (Poland) 10............Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (Russia) 2013 1.................. Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) 2................... Tatyana Lysenko (Russia) 3...................... Betty Heidler (Germany) 4......................... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 5.................... Anna Bulgakova (Russia) 6............................ Zheng Wang (China) 7............................ Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 8............ Oksana Kondratyeva (Russia) 9............................ Jeneva Stevens (US) 10......................... Éva Orbán (Hungary) 2014 1...................Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) 2.......................Betty Heidler (Germany) 3...................... Kathrin Klaas (Germany) 4............................. Zheng Wang (China) 5................ Martina Hrašnová (Slovakia) 6................... Joanna Fiodorow (Poland) 7....................... Sultana Frizell (Canada) 8.......................... Amanda Bingson (US) 9............................ Éva Orbán (Hungary) 10......................... Amber Campbell (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Women’s Hammer 2015 1...................Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) 2.......................... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 3.......................Betty Heidler (Germany) 4................Alexandra Tavernier (France 5............................. Zheng Wang (China) 6.............Sophie Hitchon (Great Britain) 7...................... Kathrin Klaas (Germany) 8.......................... Amanda Bingson (US) 9................ Rosa Rodríguez (Venezuela) 10......................... Amber Campbell (US) 2016 1...................Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) 2.......................Betty Heidler (Germany) 3.......................... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 4.............Sophie Hitchon (Great Britain) 5................. Zalina Marghieva (Moldova) 6........................... Amber Campbell (US) 7............................. Zheng Wang (China) 8..................Hanna Skydan (Azerbaijan) 9.................... Hanna Malyshik (Belarus) 10.............................. DeAnna Price (US) 2017 1...................Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) 2............................. Zheng Wang (China) 3..................... Malwina Kopron (Poland) 4..................Hanna Skydan (Azerbaijan) 5................... Joanna Fiodorow (Poland) 6.......................... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 7.............Sophie Hitchon (Great Britain) 8.................... Hanna Malyshik (Belarus) 9................................... Gwen Berry (US) 10.............................. DeAnna Price (US)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s Javelin 1956 1............Ineze Jaunzeme (Soviet Union) 2...................... Erszébet Vigh (Hungary) 3......... Almut Brömmel (West Germany) 4.. Nadezhda Konyayeva (Soviet Union) 5...... Dana Zátopková (Czechoslovakia) 6.... Aleksandra Chudina (Soviet Union) 7....................... Urszula Figwer (Poland) 8......................... Marlene Ahrens (Chile) 9.....................Ingrid Almquist (Sweden) 10............................. Karen Oldham (US) © jiro mochizuki/photo run WR holder Barbora Špotáková is at 9 No. 1s and counting 1957 1...... Dana Zátopková (Czechoslovakia) 2............... Maria Diaconescu (Romania) 3............Ineze Jaunzeme (Soviet Union) 4......... Almut Brömmel (West Germany) 5....................... Urszula Figwer (Poland) 6............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 7..... Eleanora Bogunova (Soviet Union) 8............ Maya Makarova (Soviet Union) 9...............Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 10...................Ingrid Almquist (Sweden) © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s Javelin 1958 1...... Dana Zátopková (Czechoslovakia) 2...........Birutė Kaledienė (Soviet Union) 3..........Jutta Neumann (West Germany) 4........................Anna Pazera (Australia) 5............... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 6......... Almut Brömmel (West Germany) 7..... Eleanora Bogunova (Soviet Union) 8................... Maria Grabowska (Poland) 9....................... Urszula Figwer (Poland) 10.... Yelena Dyemonova (Soviet Union) 1959 1........Alevtina Shastitko (Soviet Union) 2...........Birutė Kaledienė (Soviet Union) 3...............Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 4...... Dana Zátopková (Czechoslovakia) 5............Inge Schwalbe (East Germany) 6....................... Urszula Figwer (Poland) 7..................Olga Zuyeva (Soviet Union) 8................... Maria Grabowska (Poland) 9........Vlasta Pešková (Czechoslovakia) 10....Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 1960 1...............Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 2...... Dana Zátopková (Czechoslovakia) 3........Vlasta Pešková (Czechoslovakia) 4........Alevtina Shastitko (Soviet Union) 5...........Birutė Kaledienė (Soviet Union) 6....................... Urszula Figwer (Poland) 7............Inge Schwalbe (East Germany) 8......Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 9........................Anna Pazera (Australia) 10...... Tamara Tsvetkova (Soviet Union) 1961 1...............Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 2........Alevtina Shastitko (Soviet Union) 3......Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 4............... Maria Diaconescu (Romania) 5...... Dana Zátopková (Czechoslovakia) 6.............Christa Ranke (East Germany) 7.. Anneliese Gerhards (West Germany) 8.. Lyudmila Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 9.......................... Tereza Tubek (Poland) 10......................Sue Platt (Great Britain) 1962 1...............Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 2............... Maria Diaconescu (Romania) 3........Alevtina Shastitko (Soviet Union) 4.. Anneliese Gerhards (West Germany) 5............Inge Schwalbe (East Germany) 6......Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 7.........................Márta Rudas (Hungary) 8.............. Virve Polsdam (Soviet Union) 9........................ Erika Strasser (Austria) 10............ Galina Bykova (Soviet Union) 1963 1.. Anneliese Gerhards (West Germany) 2...............Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 3............. Marion Lüttge (East Germany) 4......Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 5............Inge Schwalbe (East Germany) 6........Alevtina Shastitko (Soviet Union) 7............... Maria Diaconescu (Romania) 8....... Galina Vysotskaya (Soviet Union) 9.............................. Hiroko Sato (Japan) 10........Aldona Stančiūtė (Soviet Union) 1964 1.....................Mihaela Peneş (Romania) 2.........................Márta Rudas (Hungary) 3......Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 4.. Anneliese Gerhards (West Germany) 5............Inge Schwalbe (East Germany) 6...............Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 7...........Birutė Kaledienė (Soviet Union) 8......... Valentina Popova (Soviet Union) 9............... Maria Diaconescu (Romania) 10............................ Hiroko Sato (Japan) 1965 1.....................Mihaela Peneş (Romania) 2.........................Márta Rudas (Hungary) 3......Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 4......... Valentina Popova (Soviet Union) 5.................................... RaNae Bair (US) 6.. Anneliese Gerhards (West Germany) 7...... Maya Dubograyeva (Soviet Union) 8........................Sue Platt (Great Britain) 9....... Galina Vysotskaya (Soviet Union) 10..................... Michele Demys (France) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s Javelin 1966 1............. Marion Lüttge (East Germany) 2.....................Mihaela Peneş (Romania) 3...............Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 4.................................... RaNae Bair (US) 5......... Valentina Popova (Soviet Union) 6......Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 7.........................Márta Rudas (Hungary) 8...............Nina Marakina (Soviet Union) 9........... Ameli Koloska (West Germany) 10........................Barbara Friedrich (US) 1967 1...................Daniela Jaworska (Poland) 2..........................Barbara Friedrich (US) 3.................................... RaNae Bair (US) 4........ Maria Moskalenko (Soviet Union) 5.....................Mihaela Peneş (Romania) 6........... Ameli Koloska (West Germany) 7.................Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 8...............Nina Marakina (Soviet Union) 9......Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 10.......... Helga Schulze (East Germany) 1968 1...................... Angéla Ránky (Hungary) 2.....................Mihaela Peneş (Romania) 3...................Daniela Jaworska (Poland) 4.............................. Eva Janko (Austria) 5.........................Márta Rudas (Hungary) 6........... Ameli Koloska (West Germany) 7..............Nataša Urbančič (Yugoslavia) 8........................Kaisa Launela (Finland) 9..........................Barbara Friedrich (US) 10.......... Helga Schulze (East Germany) 1969 1...................... Angéla Ránky (Hungary) 2...................Daniela Jaworska (Poland) 3........... Ameli Koloska (West Germany) 4...................Magdolna Vidos (Hungary) 5............. Valentina Evert (Soviet Union) 6..............Nataša Urbančič (Yugoslavia) 7...............Nina Marakina (Soviet Union) 8.........................Márta Rudas (Hungary) 9..............Vera Komissar (Soviet Union) 10............ Helga Börner (East Germany) 1970 1...................Daniela Jaworska (Poland) 2.................Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 3........................Ewa Gryziecka (Poland) 4........................ Petra Rivers (Australia) 5..................Mara Saulite (Soviet Union) 6........ Maria Moskalenko (Soviet Union) 7............. Valentina Evert (Soviet Union) 8...................Magdolna Vidos (Hungary) 9.............................. Eva Janko (Austria) 10............Vera Komissar (Soviet Union) 1971 1...................Daniela Jaworska (Poland) 2.................Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 3........... Ameli Koloska (West Germany) 4...................... Angéla Ránky (Hungary) 5........................Ewa Gryziecka (Poland) 6...............Nina Marakina (Soviet Union) 7.. Anneliese Gerhards (West Germany) 8..............Nataša Urbančič (Yugoslavia) 9............. Valentina Evert (Soviet Union) 10.........................Mária Vágó (Hungary) 1972 1.................Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 2......... Jacqueline Hein (East Germany) 3.................................Kate Schmidt (US) 4........................Ewa Gryziecka (Poland) 5................... Lutvian Mollova (Bulgaria) 6..............Nataša Urbančič (Yugoslavia) 7..............Vera Komissar (Soviet Union) 8........... Svetlana Babich (Soviet Union) 9........... Ameli Koloska (West Germany) 10............................ Eva Janko (Austria) 1973 1.................Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 2..............Nataša Urbančič (Yugoslavia) 3.................................Kate Schmidt (US) 4......... Jacqueline Hein (East Germany) 5...................Daniela Jaworska (Poland) 6.............................. Eva Janko (Austria) 7...............Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 8........... Svetlana Babich (Soviet Union) 9................... Lutvian Mollova (Bulgaria) 10......Tatyana Zhigalova (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Women’s Javelin 1974 1.................Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 2......... Jacqueline Hein (East Germany) 3................... Lutvian Mollova (Bulgaria) 4..............Nataša Urbančič (Yugoslavia) 5.................................Kate Schmidt (US) 6...........................Mária Vágó (Hungary) 7...... Sabine Sebrowski (East Germany) 8........... Svetlana Babich (Soviet Union) 9......................... Felicja Kinder (Poland) 10......... Marion Becker (West Germany) 1975 1.................Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 2.................................Kate Schmidt (US) 3......... Jacqueline Hein (East Germany) 4........Leolita Blodnietse (Soviet Union) 5........... Svetlana Babich (Soviet Union) 6................... Lutvian Mollova (Bulgaria) 7. Nadezhda Yakubovich (Soviet Union) 8.............................. Eva Janko (Austria) 9......................... Felicja Kinder (Poland) 10............Ute Hommola (East Germany) 1976 1.................Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 2.................................Kate Schmidt (US) 3........... Marion Becker (West Germany) 4......... Jacqueline Hein (East Germany) 5...... Sabine Sebrowski (East Germany) 6........... Svetlana Babich (Soviet Union) 7. Nadezhda Yakubovich (Soviet Union) 8................................... Karin Smith (US) 9..............Ute Hommola (East Germany) 10.............Nina Marakina (Soviet Union) 1977 1.................Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 2..........Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 3.................................Kate Schmidt (US) 4. Nadezhda Yakubovich (Soviet Union) 5..................Ivanka Vancheva (Bulgaria) 6........... Marion Becker (West Germany) 7.............................. Eva Janko (Austria) 8........... Svetlana Babich (Soviet Union) 9.......................... Eva Raduly (Romania) 10....Eva Helmschmidt (West Germany) 1978 1.................Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 2..........Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 3..............Ute Hommola (East Germany) 4................. Ute Richter (East Germany) 5............................... María Colón (Cuba) 6.......................... Eva Raduly (Romania) 7......Eva Helmschmidt (West Germany) 8...............................Sherry Calvert (US) 9.................................Kate Schmidt (US) 10........ Ingrid Thyssen (West Germany) 1979 1.................Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 2.......................... Eva Raduly (Romania) 3............................... María Colón (Cuba) 4..........Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 5.................................Kate Schmidt (US) 6..............Ute Hommola (East Germany) 7......Eva Helmschmidt (West Germany) 8.................Saida Gunba (Soviet Union) 9..............Bernadetta Blechacz (Poland) 10................Ivanka Vancheva (Bulgaria) 1980 1............................... María Colón (Cuba) 2.......................... Eva Raduly (Romania) 3.................Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 4.................Saida Gunba (Soviet Union) 5..............Ute Hommola (East Germany) 6................. Ute Richter (East Germany) 7......... Tatyana Biryulina (Soviet Union) 8..........Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 9..................Ivanka Vancheva (Bulgaria) 10......Leolita Blodnietse (Soviet Union) 1981 1............ Antoaneta Selenska (Bulgaria) 2..........Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 3.......Petra Meier-Felke (East Germany) 4................................... Karin Smith (US) 5.......... Ingrid Thyssen (West Germany) 6..............Ute Hommola (East Germany) 7........................ Petra Rivers (Australia) 8..................................Mayra Vila (Cuba) 9............................. Tiina Lillak (Finland) 10.......Fatima Whitbread (Great Britain) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Women’s Javelin 1982 1........................Sofía Sakoráfa (Greece) 2...........................Anna Verouli (Greece) 3...............Antje Kempe (East Germany) 4............................. Tiina Lillak (Finland) 5................. Ute Richter (East Germany) 6.......... Ingrid Thyssen (West Germany) 7.......Petra Meier-Felke (East Germany) 8......Eva Helmschmidt (West Germany) 9.......................Sue Howland (Australia) 10...................... Petra Rivers (Australia) 1983 1............................. Tiina Lillak (Finland) 2........................Sofía Sakoráfa (Greece) 3.........Fatima Whitbread (Great Britain) 4...........................Anna Verouli (Greece) 5..........Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 6...............Antje Kempe (East Germany) 7.......................... Eva Raduly (Romania) 8...................... Tuula Laaksalo (Finland) 9.......Petra Meier-Felke (East Germany) 10............ Beate Peters (West Germany) 1984 1.......Petra Meier-Felke (East Germany) 2...............Antje Kempe (East Germany) 3..........Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 4.........Fatima Whitbread (Great Britain) 5............................. Tiina Lillak (Finland) 6............................... María Colón (Cuba) 7............ Antoaneta Selenska (Bulgaria) 8..................................Mayra Vila (Cuba) 9......Elena Burgárová (Czechoslovakia) 10.................... Tuula Laaksalo (Finland) 1985 1.......Petra Meier-Felke (East Germany) 2.........Fatima Whitbread (Great Britain) 3............................... María Colón (Cuba) 4....Natalya Yermolovich (Soviet Union) 5............................. Tiina Lillak (Finland) 6......................Trine Hattestad (Norway) 7..................................Mayra Vila (Cuba) 8..........Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 9..............Olga Gavrilova (Soviet Union) 10..............................Ivonne Leal (Cuba) 1986 1.........Fatima Whitbread (Great Britain) 2.......Petra Meier-Felke (East Germany) 3..........Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 4............................. Tiina Lillak (Finland) 5............................... María Colón (Cuba) 6.............. Beate Peters (West Germany) 7.......... Ingrid Thyssen (West Germany) 8.......................Sue Howland (Australia) 9......................Trine Hattestad (Norway) 10..Natalya Yermolovich (Soviet Union) 1987 1.........Fatima Whitbread (Great Britain) 2.......Petra Meier-Felke (East Germany) 3.............. Beate Peters (West Germany) 4.......................Sue Howland (Australia) 5..........Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 6............ Susanne Jung (East Germany) 7............................. Tiina Lillak (Finland) 8....Natalya Yermolovich (Soviet Union) 9................................Ivonne Leal (Cuba) 10....................Trine Hattestad (Norway) 1988 1.......Petra Meier-Felke (East Germany) 2.........Fatima Whitbread (Great Britain) 3.................. Silke Renk (East Germany) 4.................Beate Koch (East Germany) 5..Irina Kostyuchenkova (Soviet Union) 6..........Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 7....Natalya Yermolovich (Soviet Union) 8............................. Tiina Lillak (Finland) 9............ Susanne Jung (East Germany) 10..............................Ivonne Leal (Cuba) 1989 1.......Petra Meier-Felke (East Germany) 2......................Trine Hattestad (Norway) 3.................Beate Koch (East Germany) 4...............Karen Forkel (East Germany) 5.................. Silke Renk (East Germany) 6..........Brigitte Graune (West Germany) 7...... Natalya Shikolenko (Soviet Union) 8....................................Li Zhang (China) 9........................Laverne Eve (Bahamas) 10............................Dulce García (Cuba) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Women’s Javelin 1990 1.......Petra Meier-Felke (East Germany) 2...............Karen Forkel (East Germany) 3.......................Päivi Alafrantti (Finland) 4.................. Silke Renk (East Germany) 5..............................Dulce García (Cuba) 6.......................Katalin Hartai (Hungary) 7............................. Tiina Lillak (Finland) 8..........Brigitte Graune (West Germany) 9....................................Li Zhang (China) 10................................ Demei Xu (China) 1991 1................Petra Meier-Felke (Germany) 2....................... Karen Forkel (Germany) 3......................Trine Hattestad (Norway) 4...........................Silke Renk (Germany) 5.......................Päivi Alafrantti (Finland) 6.................................. Demei Xu (China) 7....Natalya Cherniyenko (Soviet Union) 8...... Natalya Shikolenko (Soviet Union) 9..............................Dulce García (Cuba) 10......................Heli Rantanen (Finland) 1992 1...............Natalya Shikolenko (Belarus) 2......................Trine Hattestad (Norway) 3...........................Silke Renk (Germany) 4....................... Karen Forkel (Germany) 5................Petra Meier-Felke (Germany) 6..........Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 7........................Heli Rantanen (Finland) 8..............................Dulce García (Cuba) 9.......................Päivi Alafrantti (Finland) 10........ Irina Kostyuchenkova (Ukraine) 1993 1......................Trine Hattestad (Norway) 2...............Natalya Shikolenko (Belarus) 3....................... Karen Forkel (Germany) 4..................Yekaterina Ivakina (Russia) 5.............. Tatyana Shikolenko (Belarus) 6...........................Silke Renk (Germany) 7.................Felicia Moldovan (Romania) 8........................Steffi Nerius (Germany) 9.......................Päivi Alafrantti (Finland) 10.....................Claudia Isaila (Romania) 1994 1......................Trine Hattestad (Norway) 2...............Natalya Shikolenko (Belarus) 3....................... Karen Forkel (Germany) 4.................Felicia Moldovan (Romania) 5.......................Claudia Isaila (Romania) 6..................... Louise Currey (Australia) 7..................Yekaterina Ivakina (Russia) 8.............. Tatyana Shikolenko (Belarus) 9................... Tanja Damaske (Germany) 10................. Jette Jeppesen (Denmark) 1995 1...............Natalya Shikolenko (Belarus) 2......................Trine Hattestad (Norway) 3.................Felicia Moldovan (Romania) 4.....................Mikaela Ingberg (Finland) 5......................Joanna Stone (Australia) 6................... Tanja Damaske (Germany) 7........................Heli Rantanen (Finland) 8........................Steffi Nerius (Germany) 9...........................Silke Renk (Germany) 10................Yekaterina Ivakina (Russia) 1996 1........................Heli Rantanen (Finland) 2......................Trine Hattestad (Norway) 3........................Steffi Nerius (Germany) 4...................Oksana Makarova (Russia) 5................... Tanja Damaske (Germany) 6..................... Louise Currey (Australia) 7....................... Karen Forkel (Germany) 8.................Felicia Moldovan (Romania) 9.................................. Isel López (Cuba) 10....................... Xiomara Rivero (Cuba) 1997 1......................Trine Hattestad (Norway) 2......................Joanna Stone (Australia) 3................... Tanja Damaske (Germany) 4.....................Mikaela Ingberg (Finland) 5.................Felicia Moldovan (Romania) 6.............................. Sonia Bisset (Cuba) 7...................Oksana Makarova (Russia) 8........................Heli Rantanen (Finland) 9................Tatyana Shikolenko (Russia) 10.................Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Women’s Javelin 1998 1................... Tanja Damaske (Germany) 2......................Trine Hattestad (Norway) 3................Tatyana Shikolenko (Russia) 4......................Joanna Stone (Australia) 5.....................Mikaela Ingberg (Finland) 6.............................. Sonia Bisset (Cuba) 7...................Oksana Makarova (Russia) 8...................Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) 9........................Steffi Nerius (Germany) 10......................Heli Rantanen (Finland) 1999 1........................Miréla Manjani (Greece) 2...................Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) 3................... Tanja Damaske (Germany) 4................Tatyana Shikolenko (Russia) 5......................Trine Hattestad (Norway) 6..................... Louise Currey (Australia) 7....................... Karen Forkel (Germany) 8...................Oksana Makarova (Russia) 9....................... Taina Kolkkala (Finland) 10................Yekaterina Ivakina (Russia) 2000 1......................Trine Hattestad (Norway) 2...................Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) 3................Tatyana Shikolenko (Russia) 4........................Miréla Manjani (Greece) 5................... Tanja Damaske (Germany) 6.............................. Sonia Bisset (Cuba) 7........................Steffi Nerius (Germany) 8..... Nikola Brejchová (Czech Republic) 9.....................Mikaela Ingberg (Finland) 10................Yekaterina Ivakina (Russia) 2001 1...................Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) 2........................Miréla Manjani (Greece) 3.............................. Sonia Bisset (Cuba) 4..... Nikola Brejchová (Czech Republic) 5........................Steffi Nerius (Germany) 6.....................Mikaela Ingberg (Finland) 7................Tatyana Shikolenko (Russia) 8......................... Xiomara Rivero (Cuba) 9...................... Claudia Coslovich (Italy) 10............Aggelikí Tsiolakoúdi (Greece) 2002 1...................Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) 2................Tatyana Shikolenko (Russia) 3........................Steffi Nerius (Germany) 4.....................Mikaela Ingberg (Finland) 5........................Miréla Manjani (Greece) 6.................Felicia Moldovan (Romania) 7..................... Nikolett Szabó (Hungary) 8.............................. Sonia Bisset (Cuba) 9....................... Taina Kolkkala (Finland) 10................................Nora Bicet (Cuba) 2003 1........................Miréla Manjani (Greece) 2................Tatyana Shikolenko (Russia) 3........................Steffi Nerius (Germany) 4.....................Mikaela Ingberg (Finland) 5........................Laverne Eve (Bahamas) 6...................Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) 7..................... Nikolett Szabó (Hungary) 8.............. Valeriya Zabruskova (Russia) 9.............................. Sonia Bisset (Cuba) 10.................... Claudia Coslovich (Italy) 2004 1...................Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) 2........................Steffi Nerius (Germany) 3..... Nikola Brejchová (Czech Republic) 4........................Miréla Manjani (Greece) 5.............................. Sonia Bisset (Cuba) 6..................................Nora Bicet (Cuba) 7........................Laverne Eve (Bahamas) 8....................... Taina Kolkkala (Finland) 9..............Tatyana Lyakhovich (Ukraine) 10............................Sávva Líka (Greece) 2005 1...................Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) 2........................Steffi Nerius (Germany) 3.............Christina Obergföll (Germany) 4.............................. Sonia Bisset (Cuba) 5.............Christina Scherwin (Denmark) 6...Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 7...................................Zahra Bani (Italy) 8.....................Paula Tarvainen (Finland) 9..............Aggelikí Tsiolakoúdi (Greece) 10......................Laverne Eve (Bahamas) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Women’s Javelin 2006 1........................Steffi Nerius (Germany) 2...Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 3.............................. Sonia Bisset (Cuba) 4.............Christina Obergföll (Germany) 5...................Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) 6.............Christina Scherwin (Denmark) 7........................Mercedes Chilla (Spain) 8.........Justine Robbeson (South Africa) 9................ Barbara Madejczyk (Poland) 10...... Rumyana Karapetrova (Bulgaria) 2007 1...Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 2.............Christina Obergföll (Germany) 3........................Steffi Nerius (Germany) 4..... Nikola Brejchová (Czech Republic) 5.............................. Sonia Bisset (Cuba) 6................ Mariya Abakumova (Russia) 7..............................Sávva Líka (Greece) 8................ Barbara Madejczyk (Poland) 9..........................Linda Stahl (Germany) 10............. Goldie Sayers (Great Britain) 2008 1...Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 2................ Mariya Abakumova (Russia) 3.............Christina Obergföll (Germany) 4........................Steffi Nerius (Germany) 5............... Goldie Sayers (Great Britain) 6...................Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) 7..........................Linda Stahl (Germany) 8................ Barbara Madejczyk (Poland) 9................Katharina Molitor (Germany) 10......................Mercedes Chilla (Spain) 2009 1...Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 2........................Steffi Nerius (Germany) 3................ Mariya Abakumova (Russia) 4.............Christina Obergföll (Germany) 5...................Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) 6..................... Monica Stoian (Romania) 7..........................Linda Stahl (Germany) 8..............Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) 9..............................Sávva Líka (Greece) 10...........................Vira Rebrik (Ukraine) 2010 1...Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 2.............Christina Obergföll (Germany) 3................ Mariya Abakumova (Russia) 4..........................Linda Stahl (Germany) 5..............Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) 6.................................. Kara Winger (US) 7....................... Martina Ratej (Slovenia) 8................Katharina Molitor (Germany) 9................... Madara Palameika (Latvia) 10......................Mercedes Chilla (Spain) 2011 1.............Christina Obergföll (Germany) 2................ Mariya Abakumova (Russia) 3...Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 4..............Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) 5................Katharina Molitor (Germany) 6............... Goldie Sayers (Great Britain) 7....................... Martina Ratej (Slovenia) 8...........................Kim Mickle (Australia) 9................... Madara Palameika (Latvia) 10.Jarmila Klimešová (Czech Republic) 2012 1...Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 2..............Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) 3.............Christina Obergföll (Germany) 4................ Mariya Abakumova (Russia) 5..........................Linda Stahl (Germany) 6.............................Vira Rebrik (Ukraine) 7............... Goldie Sayers (Great Britain) 8.................................. Huihui Lu (China) 9................Katharina Molitor (Germany) 10................. Madara Palameika (Latvia) 2013 1............ Christina Obergföll (Germany) 2............... Mariya Abakumova (Russia) 3.......................... Kim Mickle (Australia) 4......................... Linda Stahl (Germany) 5............. Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) 6................ Kathryn Mitchell (Australia) 7.................. Madara Palameika (Latvia) 8........ Viktoriya Sudarushkina (Russia) 9...................... Martina Ratej (Slovenia) 10............................ Sofi Flink (Sweden) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Women’s Javelin 2014 1. Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 2....................... Martina Ratej (Slovenia) 3...........................Kim Mickle (Australia) 4..............Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) 5..........................Linda Stahl (Germany) 6................. Kathryn Mitchell (Australia) 7.............................Liz Gleadle (Canada) 8................... Madera Palameika (Latvia) 9......................... Tatjana Jelača (Serbia) 10....Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova (Ukraine) 2015 1. Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 2................Katharina Molitor (Germany) 3..............Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) 4.................................. Huihui Lu (China) 5.............................Liz Gleadle (Canada) 6................... Madara Palameika (Latvia) 7.............Christina Obergföll (Germany) 8............... Christin Hussong (Germany) 9...........................Kim Mickle (Australia) 10........................Linda Stahl (Germany) 2016 1. Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 2........... Tatsiana Khaladovich (Belarus) 3................... Madara Palameika (Latvia) 4..............Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) 5................. Kathryn Mitchell (Australia) 6..............................Sara Kolak (Croatia) 7.............................Vera Rebrik (Russia) 8.................................. Huihui Lu (China) 9.............Christina Obergföll (Germany) 10........................Linda Stahl (Germany) 2017 1 .. Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 2..............................Sara Kolak (Croatia) 3........... Tatsiana Khaladovich (Belarus) 4.................................Lingwei Li (China) 5.................................. Huihui Lu (China) 6............................. Eda Tuǧsuz (Turkey) 7............................... Shiying Liu (China) 8....................... Martina Ratej (Slovenia) 9............Kelsey-Lee Roberts (Australia) 10...........................Liz Gleadle (Canada)

© Track & Field News 2018 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s Heptathlon 6 different Pent/Hept versions 1956–60: Day 1 was SP, HJ, 200 Day 2 was 80H, LJ 1961–68: Day 1 was 80H, SP, HJ Day 2 was LJ, 200 1969–76: Day 1 was 100H, SP, HJ Day 2 was LJ, 200 1976–80: Day 1 was 100H, SP, HJ Day 2 was LJ, 800 1981: Day 1 was 100H, SP, HJ, 200 Day 2 was LJ, JT, 800 1982–present: Day 1 is 100H, HJ, SP, 200 Day 2 is LJ, JT, 800 © victor sailer/photo run Carolina Klüft was No. 1 for 6 straight years, then unexpectedly became a long jumper in ’08, never tackling the multi again 1956 1.........Nina Vinogradova (Soviet Union) 2.... Aleksandra Chudina (Soviet Union) 3................ Nilia Kulkova (Soviet Union) 4............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 5......... Sofia Burdulenko (Soviet Union) 6............... Maria Sturm (West Germany) 7........Klara Nikitinskaya (Soviet Union) 8.....Galina Nozdracheva (Soviet Union) 9.......Yevgenia Gurevich (Soviet Union) 10.......... Galina Akimova (Soviet Union) © victor sailer/photo run © Track & Field News 2018 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s Heptathlon 1957 1............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 2............Lidia Shmakova (Soviet Union) 3...... Edeltraud Eiberle (West Germany) 4.... Aleksandra Chudina (Soviet Union) 5..............Vilve Maremäe (Soviet Union) 6.......Zinaida Burenkova (Soviet Union) 7.........Nina Vinogradova (Soviet Union) 8........Christa Buchner (West Germany) 9............ Galina Akimova (Soviet Union) 10.. Larisa Slobozhanina (Soviet Union) 1958 1............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 2.........Nina Vinogradova (Soviet Union) 3...... Edeltraud Eiberle (West Germany) 4............Lidia Shmakova (Soviet Union) 5............ Galina Grinvald (Soviet Union) 6......................... Dinie Hobers (Holland) 7......... Olga Davidová (Czechoslovakia) 8.......Zinaida Burenkova (Soviet Union) 9...Anneliese Seonbuchner (West Germany) 10.................. Irina Press (Soviet Union) 1959 1.................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 2.....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 3................ Jutta Heine (West Germany) 4............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 5............ Galina Grinvald (Soviet Union) 6........... Maria Sizyakova (Soviet Union) 7............Lidia Shmakova (Soviet Union) 8............. Lidia Vasilyeva (Soviet Union) 9......Gertrud Hantschk (West Germany) 10..Margarita Golubyeva (Soviet Union) 1960 1.................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 2............Lidia Shmakova (Soviet Union) 3.......... Galina Golunova (Soviet Union) 4.....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 5................ Jutta Heine (West Germany) 6............... Elżbieta Krzesińska (Poland) 7..............Alla Lazaryeva (Soviet Union) 8........ Tamara Buyanova (Soviet Union) 9...............Tatyana Sobol (Soviet Union) 10....... Christa Gutsche (East Germany) 1961 1.................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 2............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 3...Tatyana Shchelkanova (Soviet Union) 4............Lidia Shmakova (Soviet Union) 5........... Maria Sizyakova (Soviet Union) 6........ Helga Hoffmann (West Germany) 7................Olga Kardash (Soviet Union) 8................ Nilia Kulkova (Soviet Union) 9... Antonina Kartasheva (Soviet Union) 10.............Gundula Diel (East Germany) 1962 1.................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 2............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 3................ Jutta Heine (West Germany) 4..................... Denise Guenard (France) 5........ Helga Hoffmann (West Germany) 6............ Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) 7............Lidia Shmakova (Soviet Union) 8................Raisa Lipsnis (Soviet Union) 9........Tatyana Talysheva (Soviet Union) 10.................Mary Peters (Great Britain) 1963 1...Tatyana Shchelkanova (Soviet Union) 2.....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 3................ Jutta Heine (West Germany) 4................Olga Kardash (Soviet Union) 5...................Maria Piątkowska (Poland) 6............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 7........ Helga Hoffmann (West Germany) 8........... Maria Sizyakova (Soviet Union) 9..................... Denise Guenard (France) 10..............Karin Balzer (East Germany) 1964 1.................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 2.....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 3............Galina Bystrova (Soviet Union) 4...................Mary Peters (Great Britain) 5.............. Draga Stamejčič (Yugoslavia) 6........ Helga Hoffmann (West Germany) 7.................................. Pat Winslow (US) 8............ Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) 9........... Maria Sizyakova (Soviet Union) 10..............Karin Balzer (East Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s Heptathlon 1965 1.................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 2.....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 3...Tatyana Shchelkanova (Soviet Union) 4 ...Valentina Tikhomirova (Soviet Union) 5.................. Inge Bauer (East Germany) 6..................... Irena Szewińska (Poland) 7.........Galina Mitrokhina (Soviet Union) 8........... Maria Sizyakova (Soviet Union) 9.......................... Helen Frith (Australia) 10....................Fengyung Cheng (China) 1966 1.................... Irina Press (Soviet Union) 2... Valentina Tikhomirova (Soviet Union) 3 .. Tatyana Shchelkanova (Soviet Union) 4.......Heide Rosendahl (West Germany) 5........ Gerda Uhlemann (East Germany) 6.................. Inge Bauer (East Germany) 7.....................Mary Rand (Great Britain) 8................... Ann Wilson (Great Britain) 9.......................... Helen Frith (Australia) 10.................Annámaria Tóth (Hungary) 1967 1...................Annámaria Tóth (Hungary) 2.. Valentina Tikhomirova (Soviet Union) 3.................................. Pat Winslow (US) 4........... Maria Sizyakova (Soviet Union) 5............ Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) 6.............Snezhana Yurukova (Bulgaria) 7...............Sashka Varbanova (Bulgaria) 8........... Bärbel Lohnert (East Germany) 9...... Valentina Shapkina (Soviet Union) 10............... Meta Antenen (Switzerland) 1968 1.......Heide Rosendahl (West Germany) 2............ Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) 3..........................Liese Prokop (Austria) 4...................Annámaria Tóth (Hungary) 5.. Valentina Tikhomirova (Soviet Union) 6...... Manon Bornholdt (West Germany) 7.................................. Pat Winslow (US) 8.................. Inge Bauer (East Germany) 9................Galina Sofina (Soviet Union) 10............... Meta Antenen (Switzerland) 1969 1..........................Liese Prokop (Austria) 2.......Heide Rosendahl (West Germany) 3................. Meta Antenen (Switzerland) 4........... Maria Sizyakova (Soviet Union) 5.. Valentina Tikhomirova (Soviet Union) 6.... Elisabeth Waldburger (Switzerland) 7................Karen Mack (West Germany) 8................Marian Ackermans (Holland) 9..............Nedyalka Angelova (Bulgaria) 10.................... Sue Scott (Great Britain) 1970 1........ Burglinde Pollak (East Germany) 2.......Heide Rosendahl (West Germany) 3...................Mary Peters (Great Britain) 4.. Valentina Tikhomirova (Soviet Union) 5............ Ingrid Mickler (West Germany) 6..............Margrit Olfert (East Germany) 7.... Tatyana Vorokhobko (Soviet Union) 8..............Nedyalka Angelova (Bulgaria) 9............................Mieke Sterk (Holland) 10................. Ann Wilson (Great Britain) 1971 1.......Heide Rosendahl (West Germany) 2........ Burglinde Pollak (East Germany) 3..............Margrit Olfert (East Germany) 4.. Valentina Tikhomirova (Soviet Union) 5................Karen Mack (West Germany) 6...........Christine Laser (East Germany) 7........... Monika Peikert (East Germany) 8............Debbie van Kiekebelt (Canada) 9..........................Odette Ducas (France) 10.. Tatyana Vorokhobko (Soviet Union) 1972 1...................Mary Peters (Great Britain) 2.......Heide Rosendahl (West Germany) 3........ Burglinde Pollak (East Germany) 4...........Christine Laser (East Germany) 5.. Valentina Tikhomirova (Soviet Union) 6.. Nadezhda Tkachenko (Soviet Union) 7..............Nedyalka Angelova (Bulgaria) 8................Karen Mack (West Germany) 9.................Ilona Bruzsenyák (Hungary) 10......... Monika Peikert (East Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 4 — World Rankings — Women’s Heptathlon 1973 1........ Burglinde Pollak (East Germany) 2.. Nadezhda Tkachenko (Soviet Union) 3............... Angela Voigt (East Germany) 4..............Margrit Olfert (East Germany) 5.... Tatyana Vorokhobko (Soviet Union) 6.................Ilona Bruzsenyák (Hungary) 7............. Christel Voss (West Germany) 8..........................Liese Prokop (Austria) 9..............Nedyalka Angelova (Bulgaria) 10............Bärbel Müller (East Germany) 1974 1.. Nadezhda Tkachenko (Soviet Union) 2........ Burglinde Pollak (East Germany) 3...Zoya Spasovkhodskaya (Soviet Union) 4..Lyudmila Popovskaya (Soviet Union) 5..............Margrit Olfert (East Germany) 6................Sigrun Siegl (East Germany) 7.... Tatyana Vorokhobko (Soviet Union) 8.................Ilona Bruzsenyák (Hungary) 9..............Bärbel Müller (East Germany) 10........... Christel Voss (West Germany) 1975 1........ Burglinde Pollak (East Germany) 2.. Nadezhda Tkachenko (Soviet Union) 3................Sigrun Siegl (East Germany) 4.............................. Jane Frederick (US) 5.................Diane Konihowski (Canada) 6...........Christine Laser (East Germany) 7..Lyudmila Popovskaya (Soviet Union) 8..........................Liese Prokop (Austria) 9..............Bärbel Müller (East Germany) 10.Zoya Spasovkhodskaya (Soviet Union) 1976 1................Sigrun Siegl (East Germany) 2...........Christine Laser (East Germany) 3..Lyudmila Popovskaya (Soviet Union) 4........ Burglinde Pollak (East Germany) 5.. Nadezhda Tkachenko (Soviet Union) 6..................Eva Wilms (West Germany) 7.................Diane Konihowski (Canada) 8.............................. Jane Frederick (US) 9..........................Margit Papp (Hungary) 10.. Tatyana Vorokhobko (Soviet Union) 1977 1.. Nadezhda Tkachenko (Soviet Union) 2..................Eva Wilms (West Germany) 3.................Diane Konihowski (Canada) 4...Zoya Spasovkhodskaya (Soviet Union) 5............. Valentina Dimitrova (Bulgaria) 6....Yekaterina Smirnova (Soviet Union) 7.............................. Jane Frederick (US) 8.........Natalya Gracheva (Soviet Union) 9.............. Liesel Albert (West Germany) 10..Nadezhda Karyakina (Soviet Union) 1978 1.. Nadezhda Tkachenko (Soviet Union) 2.............................. Jane Frederick (US) 3.................Diane Konihowski (Canada) 4..........................Margit Papp (Hungary) 5........ Burglinde Pollak (East Germany) 6........Kristine Nitzsche (East Germany) 7....Yekaterina Smirnova (Soviet Union) 8..Yekaterina Gordiyenko (Soviet Union) 9...............Trixie Phillip (West Germany) 10...... Ramona Neubert (East Germany) 1979 1....Yekaterina Smirnova (Soviet Union) 2....Nadezhda Karyakina (Soviet Union) 3........Kristine Nitzsche (East Germany) 4........ Ramona Neubert (East Germany) 5.............................. Jane Frederick (US) 6............... Sabine John (East Germany) 7..........................Margit Papp (Hungary) 8...........Cornelia Sulek (West Germany) 9.................Diane Konihowski (Canada) 10.......... Sabine Everts (West Germany) 1980 1.. Nadezhda Tkachenko (Soviet Union) 2.............. Olga Kuragina (Soviet Union) 3...Olga Rukavishnikova (Soviet Union) 4....Yekaterina Smirnova (Soviet Union) 5...........Christine Laser (East Germany) 6........ Ramona Neubert (East Germany) 7............Sabine Everts (West Germany) 8........ Natalya Alyoshina (Soviet Union) 9.................Diane Konihowski (Canada) 10...... Burglinde Pollak (East Germany) © Track & Field News 2018 — 5 — World Rankings — Women’s Heptathlon 1981 1........ Ramona Neubert (East Germany) 2............Sabine Everts (West Germany) 3..................Małgorzata Nowak (Poland) 4.............................. Jane Frederick (US) 5..............Anke Behmer (East Germany) 6............... Sabine John (East Germany) 7...Yekaterina Gordiyenko (Soviet Union) 8 . Nadezhda Vinogradova (Soviet Union) 9........ Heidrun Geissler (East Germany) 10........ Marion Reichelt (East Germany) 1982 1........ Ramona Neubert (East Germany) 2............... Sabine John (East Germany) 3.........Natalya Gracheva (Soviet Union) 4............Sabine Everts (West Germany) 5.............................. Jane Frederick (US) 6..............Anke Behmer (East Germany) 7....Natalya Shubenkova (Soviet Union) 8..... Lyudmila Kolyadina (Soviet Union) 9............. Valentina Dimitrova (Bulgaria) 10...Valentina Kurochkina (Soviet Union) 1983 1........ Ramona Neubert (East Germany) 2............... Sabine John (East Germany) 3..............Anke Behmer (East Germany) 4....Yekaterina Smirnova (Soviet Union) 5....Natalya Shubenkova (Soviet Union) 6............. Valentina Dimitrova (Bulgaria) 7............Sabine Everts (West Germany) 8..............Sibylle Thiele (East Germany) 9.............................. Jane Frederick (US) 10......Kristine Nitzsche (East Germany) 1984 1............... Sabine John (East Germany) 2........ Ramona Neubert (East Germany) 3..............Anke Behmer (East Germany) 4....Natalya Shubenkova (Soviet Union) 5.............................. Jane Frederick (US) 6.........Natalya Gracheva (Soviet Union) 7..Nadezhda Vinogradova (Soviet Union) 8........................ Glynis Nunn (Australia) 9...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 10... Lyudmila Kolyadina (Soviet Union) 1985 1.............................. Jane Frederick (US) 2............... Sabine John (East Germany) 3...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 4..................Małgorzata Nowak (Poland) 5....Natalya Shubenkova (Soviet Union) 6..............Sibylle Thiele (East Germany) 7............Sabine Everts (West Germany) 8.........Natalya Gracheva (Soviet Union) 9.............Sabine Braun (West Germany) 10..Yekaterina Smirnova (Soviet Union) 1986 1...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 2..............Anke Behmer (East Germany) 3....Natalya Shubenkova (Soviet Union) 4..............Sibylle Thiele (East Germany) 5...............Judy Simpson (Great Britain) 6............ Birgit Dressel (West Germany) 7.............Sabine Braun (West Germany) 8 ...Marianna Maslennikova (Soviet Union) 9............... Sabine John (East Germany) 10................Małgorzata Nowak (Poland) 1987 1...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 2.....Larisa Turchinskaya (Soviet Union) 3.............................. Jane Frederick (US) 4..............Anke Behmer (East Germany) 5................... Liliana Nastase (Romania) 6.......... Marion Reichelt (East Germany) 7 ...Marianna Maslennikova (Soviet Union) 8...........Svetlana Buraga (Soviet Union) 9.................Chantal Beaugeant (France) 10................. Jane Flemming (Australia) 1988 1...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 2............... Sabine John (East Germany) 3..............Anke Behmer (East Germany) 4.................Chantal Beaugeant (France) 5....Natalya Shubenkova (Soviet Union) 6..Remigija Nazarovienė (Soviet Union) 7.................Ines Schulz (East Germany) 8............ Heike Tischler (East Germany) 9..............Sibylle Thiele (East Germany) 10................. Jane Flemming (Australia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 6 — World Rankings — Women’s Heptathlon 1989 1.....Larisa Turchinskaya (Soviet Union) 2..............Anke Behmer (East Germany) 3..Remigija Nazarovienė (Soviet Union) 4....Natalya Shubenkova (Soviet Union) 5...... Cornelia Heinrich (West Germany) 6.............Sabine Braun (West Germany) 7................... Liliana Nastase (Romania) 8........ Birgit Gautzsche (East Germany) 9............ Heike Tischler (East Germany) 10................. Jane Flemming (Australia) 1990 1...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 2.............Sabine Braun (West Germany) 3................... Jane Flemming (Australia) 4............ Heike Tischler (East Germany) 5.................Peggy Beer (East Germany) 6.................. Irina Belova (Soviet Union) 7................... Liliana Nastase (Romania) 8...... Christiane Scharf (West Germany) 9..Remigija Nazarovienė (Soviet Union) 10........... Birgit Clarius (West Germany) 1991 1......................Sabine Braun (Germany) 2...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 3................... Liliana Nastase (Romania) 4...............Urszula Włodarczyk (Poland) 5......................... Peggy Beer (Germany) 6.................. Irina Belova (Soviet Union) 7.................Satu Ruotsalainen (Finland) 8....Tatyana Zhuravlyova (Soviet Union) 9....................... Yasmina Azzizi (Algeria) 10...................Heike Tischler (Germany) 1992 1...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 2............................ Irina Belova (Russia) 3......................Sabine Braun (Germany) 4................... Liliana Nastase (Romania) 5.................. Svetla Dimitrova (Bulgaria) 6......................... Peggy Beer (Germany) 7.......................Birgit Clarius (Germany) 8.................Satu Ruotsalainen (Finland) 9...............Urszula Włodarczyk (Poland) 10........................ Irina Tyukhay (Russia) 1993 1...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 2......................Sabine Braun (Germany) 3................... Svetlana Buraga (Belarus) 4.................. Svetla Dimitrova (Bulgaria) 5....................Tatyana Blokhina (Russia) 6...............Urszula Włodarczyk (Poland) 7................... Jane Flemming (Australia) 8.................................... Kym Carter (US) 9.......................Birgit Clarius (Germany) 10............Tatyana Zhuravlyova (Russia) 1994 1......................Sabine Braun (Germany) 2.................. Heike Drechsler (Germany) 3...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 4..........................Rita Ináncsi (Hungary) 5...............Larisa Turchinskaya (Russia) 6...............Urszula Włodarczyk (Poland) 7................Svetlana Moskalets (Russia) 8........................Nathalie Teppe (France) 9......................... Peggy Beer (Germany) 10.........................Ghada Shouaa (Syria) 1995 1...........................Ghada Shouaa (Syria) 2................Svetlana Moskalets (Russia) 3..........................Rita Ináncsi (Hungary) 4......................Sabine Braun (Germany) 5.......................... Irina Tyukhay (Russia) 6....................Tatyana Blokhina (Russia) 7.......Diane Guthrie-Gresham (Jamaica) 8.................. Heike Drechsler (Germany) 9.................................... Kym Carter (US) 10.............Eunice Barber (Sierra Leone) 1996 1...........................Ghada Shouaa (Syria) 2.............. Natalya Sazanovich (Belarus) 3................ Denise Lewis (Great Britain) 4...............Urszula Włodarczyk (Poland) 5......................Sabine Braun (Germany) 6...............Eunice Barber (Sierra Leone) 7........Remigija Nazarovienė (Lithuania) 8.....................Mona Steigauf (Germany) 9..........................Rita Ináncsi (Hungary) 10.................. Kelly Blair-LaBounty (US) © Track & Field News 2018 — 7 — World Rankings — Women’s Heptathlon 1997 1......................Sabine Braun (Germany) 2................ Denise Lewis (Great Britain) 3........Remigija Nazarovienė (Lithuania) 4.............. Natalya Sazanovich (Belarus) 5.....................Mona Steigauf (Germany) 6...............Urszula Włodarczyk (Poland) 7...................... Irina Vostrikova (Russia) 8................Svetlana Moskalets (Russia) 9.................... Kelly Blair-LaBounty (US) 10............................. DeDee Nathan (US) 1998 1................ Denise Lewis (Great Britain) 2...................Jackie Joyner-Kersee (US) 3...............Urszula Włodarczyk (Poland) 4........Remigija Nazarovienė (Lithuania) 5............................ Irina Belova (Russia) 6.............. Natalya Sazanovich (Belarus) 7.................... Kelly Blair-LaBounty (US) 8............................... DeDee Nathan (US) 9......................... Peggy Beer (Germany) 10....................Sabine Braun (Germany) 1999 1.........................Eunice Barber (France) 2................ Denise Lewis (Great Britain) 3......................Sabine Braun (Germany) 4...........................Ghada Shouaa (Syria) 5............................... DeDee Nathan (US) 6............................ Irina Belova (Russia) 7.............................Karin Ertl (Germany) 8...............Urszula Włodarczyk (Poland) 9...................... Irina Vostrikova (Russia) 10..........................Tiia Hautala (Finland) 2000 1................ Denise Lewis (Great Britain) 2.................Yelena Prokhorova (Russia) 3.........................Eunice Barber (France) 4...........Natalya Roshchupkina (Russia) 5.............. Natalya Sazanovich (Belarus) 6...............Urszula Włodarczyk (Poland) 7......................Sabine Braun (Germany) 8.............................Karin Ertl (Germany) 9...................... Astrid Retzke (Germany) 10.............. Tatyana Gordeyeva (Russia) 2001 1.................Yelena Prokhorova (Russia) 2.........................Eunice Barber (France) 3.............. Natalya Sazanovich (Belarus) 4................................ Shelia Burrell (US) 5...........Natalya Roshchupkina (Russia) 6.............................Karin Ertl (Germany) 7............................ Irina Belova (Russia) 8............................. Līga Klaviņa (Latvia) 9................. Svetlana Sokolova (Russia) 10..................Austra Skujytė (Lithuania) 2002 1........................Carolina Klüft (Sweden) 2......................Sabine Braun (Germany) 3................................ Shelia Burrell (US) 4.............. Natalya Sazanovich (Belarus) 5....................Austra Skujytė (Lithuania) 6................ Kathleen Gutjahr (Germany) 7........ Sonja Kesselschläger (Germany) 8................ Larisa Netšeporuk (Estonia) 9................. Svetlana Sokolova (Russia) 10..................... Naide Gomes (Portugal) 2003 1........................Carolina Klüft (Sweden) 2.........................Eunice Barber (France) 3.............. Natalya Sazanovich (Belarus) 4.................Yelena Prokhorova (Russia) 5................ Denise Lewis (Great Britain) 6................ Larisa Netšeporuk (Estonia) 7........ Sonja Kesselschläger (Germany) 8........................... Gertrud Bacher (Italy) 9....................Austra Skujytė (Lithuania) 10.........Natalya Roshchupkina (Russia) 2004 1........................Carolina Klüft (Sweden) 2.............Kelly Sotherton (Great Britain) 3....................Austra Skujytė (Lithuania) 4.............. Nataliya Dobrynska (Ukraine) 5................................ Shelia Burrell (US) 6.................Yelena Prokhorova (Russia) 7................. Svetlana Sokolova (Russia) 8.................... Marie Collonvillé (France) 9........ Sonja Kesselschläger (Germany) 10................ Margaret Simpson (Ghana) © Track & Field News 2018 — 8 — World Rankings — Women’s Heptathlon 2005 1........................Carolina Klüft (Sweden) 2.........................Eunice Barber (France) 3.............Kelly Sotherton (Great Britain) 4.................. Margaret Simpson (Ghana) 5....................Austra Skujytė (Lithuania) 6................ Lyudmyla Blonska (Ukraine) 7............................Hyleas Fountain (US) 8.................... Karin Ruckstuhl (Holland) 9.............. Nataliya Dobrynska (Ukraine) 10.................. Marie Collonvillé (France) 2006 1........................Carolina Klüft (Sweden) 2................ Lyudmyla Blonska (Ukraine) 3................Lilli Schwarzkopf (Germany) 4.................... Karin Ruckstuhl (Holland) 5.............. Nataliya Dobrynska (Ukraine) 6.................... Jennifer Oeser (Germany) 7.............Kelly Sotherton (Great Britain) 8................. Karolina Tymińska (Poland) 9.......................Claudia Tonn (Germany) 10................... Jessica Zelinka (Canada) 2007 1........................Carolina Klüft (Sweden) 2................ Lyudmyla Blonska (Ukraine) 3.........Jessica Ennis-Hill (Great Britain) 4.............Kelly Sotherton (Great Britain) 5.................. Tatyana Chernova (Russia) 6................Lilli Schwarzkopf (Germany) 7....................Austra Skujytė (Lithuania) 8.................... Jennifer Oeser (Germany) 9.............. Nataliya Dobrynska (Ukraine) 10................... Jessica Zelinka (Canada) 2008 1.............. Nataliya Dobrynska (Ukraine) 2............................Hyleas Fountain (US) 3.................. Tatyana Chernova (Russia) 4.............Kelly Sotherton (Great Britain) 5....................Anna Bogdanova (Russia) 6................. Karolina Tymińska (Poland) 7................Lilli Schwarzkopf (Germany) 8..................... Jessica Zelinka (Canada) 9.................... Jennifer Oeser (Germany) 10......................... Olga Kurban (Russia) 2009 1............... Jessica Ennis (Great Britain) 2.............. Nataliya Dobrynska (Ukraine) 3........... Lyudmyla Yosypenko (Ukraine) 4.................... Jennifer Oeser (Germany) 5.................Hanna Kasyanova (Ukraine) 6...................... Kamila Chudzik (Poland) 7.................. Tatyana Chernova (Russia) 8................Lilli Schwarzkopf (Germany) 9...................... Julia Mächtig (Germany) 10...... Antoinette Nana Djimou (France) 2010 1.........Jessica Ennis-Hill (Great Britain) 2.............. Nataliya Dobrynska (Ukraine) 3.................... Jennifer Oeser (Germany) 4.................. Tatyana Chernova (Russia) 5............................Hyleas Fountain (US) 6............ Lyudmila Yosypenko (Ukraine) 7......Eliška Klučinová (Czech Republic) 8................. Karolina Tymińska (Poland) 9................Lilli Schwarzkopf (Germany) 10..............Marina Goncharova (Russia) 2011 1.................. Tatyana Chernova (Russia) 2.........Jessica Ennis-Hill (Great Britain) 3.................... Jennifer Oeser (Germany) 4................. Karolina Tymińska (Poland) 5.............. Nataliya Dobrynska (Ukraine) 6........ Antoinette Nana Djimou (France) 7................Lilli Schwarzkopf (Germany) 8..................... Jessica Zelinka (Canada) 9....................Austra Skujytė (Lithuania) 10........................Aiga Grabuste (Latvia) 2012 1.........Jessica Ennis-Hill (Great Britain) 2.................. Tatyana Chernova (Russia) 3................Lilli Schwarzkopf (Germany) 4........... Lyudmyla Yosypenko (Ukraine) 5....................Austra Skujytė (Lithuania) 6........ Antoinette Nana Djimou (France) 7..................... Jessica Zelinka (Canada) 8................ Kristina Savitskaya (Russia) 9.........Brianne Theisen-Eaton (Canada) 10.....Laura Ikauniece-Admijiņa (Latvia) © Track & Field News 2018 — 9 — World Rankings — Women’s Heptathlon 2013 1................ Hanna Kasyanova (Ukraine) 2........ Brianne Theisen-Eaton (Canada) 3.................. Dafne Schippers (Holland) 4................. Tatyana Chernova (Russia) 5........ Claudia Salman-Rath (Germany) 6..................... Sharon Day-Monroe (US) 7..... Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GB) 8................ Karolina Tymińska (Poland) 9.................. Nadine Broersen (Holland) 10... Eliška Klučinová (Czech Republic) 2014 1......Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GB) 2.........Brianne Theisen-Eaton (Canada) 3...................Nadine Broersen (Holland) 4........ Antoinette Nana Djimou (France) 5................... Dafne Schippers (Holland) 6............................ Nafi Thiam (Belgium) 7...................Carolin Schäfer (Germany) 8................Lilli Schwarzkopf (Germany) 9......................Sharon Day-Monroe (US) 10.....Laura Ikauniece-Admijiņa (Latvia) 2015 1.........Jessica Ennis-Hill (Great Britain) 2.........Brianne Theisen-Eaton (Canada) 3...................Nadine Broersen (Holland) 4.....Laura Ikauniece- Admidiņa (Latvia) 5......... Claudia Salman-Rath (Germany) 6...................Carolin Schäfer (Germany) 7....Györgi Zsivoczky-Farkas (Hungary) 8........................Nadine Visser (Holland) 9......................... Anouk Vetter (Holland) 10........ Anastasiya Mokhnyuk (Ukraine) 2016 1............................ Nafi Thiam (Belgium) 2.........Jessica Ennis-Hill (Great Britain) 3.........Brianne Theisen-Eaton (Canada) 4.....Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa (Latvia) 5...................Carolin Schäfer (Germany) 6...Katarina Johnson-Thompson (G Britain) 7......................... Anouk Vetter (Holland) 8................... Yorgelis Rodríguez (Cuba) 9..............................Barbara Nwaba (US) 10.. Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas (Hungary) 2017 1............................ Nafi Thiam (Belgium) 2...................Carolin Schäfer (Germany) 3......................... Anouk Vetter (Holland) 4....Katarina Johnson-Thompson (G Britain) 5......Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa (Latvia) 6................... Yorgelis Rodríguez (Cuba) 7......... Claudia Salman-Rath (Germany) 8........................Nadine Visser (Holland) 9.......................Xénia Krizsán (Hungary) 10.......................... Ivona Dadic (Austria)