TRACK 20

MEN'S ATHLETICS

1960-2007

TRACK EVENTS TOP 20

ANNUAL LISTS:1st-10p,2nd-9p...10th-1p

OLYMPIC GAMES & WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS:1st-15p,2nd-13p,3rd-11p...8th-1p

WORLD RECORDS:15p;10p(=)

100 metres

	OVERALL					ANNUAL LISTS
1.	Carl Lewis	USA	219	*239	1.	Carl Lewis	USA	105
2.	Maurice Greene	USA	160		2.	Linford Christie	GBR	81
3.	Linford Christie	GBR	149		3.	Maurice Greene	USA	74
4.	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	124		4.	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	68
5.	Ato Boldon	TRI	112		5.	Calvin Smith	USA	60
6.	Asafa Powell	JAM	106		6.	Ato Boldon	TRI	59
7.	Leroy Burrell	USA	105		7.	Leroy Burrell	USA	55
8.	Calvin Smith	USA	99		8.	Enrique Figuerola	CUB	54
	Dennis Mitchell	USA	99		9.	Silvio Leonard	CUB	51
10.	Steve Williams	USA	91			Steve Williams	USA	51
	Donovan Bailey	CAN	91	*96	11.	Harvey Glance	USA	49
12.	Enrique Figuerola	CUB	86		12.	Dennis Mitchell	USA	48
13.	Bruny Surin	CAN	84		13.	Hermes Ramirez	CUB	47
14.	Harvey Glance	USA	78		14.	Valeriy Borzov	URS	45
15.	Justin Gatlin	USA	76			Mel Lattany	USA	45
16.	Jim Hines	USA	75		16.	Asafa Powell	JAM	38
17.	Silvio Leonard	CUB	74		17.	Jon Drummond	USA	37
18.	Valeriy Borzov	URS	71		18.	Bruny Surin	CAN	36
19.	Charlie Greene	USA	60	*75		Justin Gatlin	USA	36
20.	Kim Collins	STK	59		20.	Don Quarrie	JAM	34

200 metres

	OVERALL					ANNUAL LISTS
1.	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	183		1.	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	91
2.	Michael Johnson	USA	162		2.	Michael Johnson	USA	87
3.	Pietro Mennea	ITA	145		3.	Pietro Mennea	ITA	81
4.	Don Quarrie	JAM	118		4.	Don Quarrie	JAM	72
5.	Carl Lewis	USA	94		5.	Steve Williams	USA	58
6.	Ato Boldon	TRI	88		6.	Carl Lewis	USA	55
7.	Robson C. da Silva	BRA	87		7.	Ato Boldon	TRI	51
8.	Tommie Smith	USA	86	*101	8.	John Regis	GBR	45
9.	John Regis	GBR	77		9.	Tommie Smith	USA	41
10.	Henry Carr	USA	65	*80		John Carlos	USA	41
	Calvin Smith	USA	65			Floyd Heard	USA	41
12.	Shawn Crawford	USA	62		12.	Robson C. da Silva	BRA	40
13.	Edwin Roberts	TRI	58		13.	Edwin Roberts	TRI	38
	Steve Williams	USA	58			Silvio Leonard	CUB	38
15.	Tyson Gay	USA	56		15.	Shawn Crawford	USA	36
16.	Livio Berruti	ITA	55		16.	Calvin Smith	USA	35
17.	Mike Marsh	USA	54		17.	Usain Bolt	JAM	34
18.	John Carlos	USA	52	*67	18.	Tyson Gay	USA	32
19.	Paul Drayton	USA	51		19.	Bernard Williams	USA	31
20.	Wallace Spearmon	USA	50		20.	James Sanford	USA	30

400 metres

	OVERALL					ANNUAL LISTS
1.	Michael Johnson	USA	211		1.	Michael Johnson	USA	106
2.	Butch Reynolds	USA	129	*136	2.	Antonio Pettigrew	USA	68
3.	Antonio Pettigrew	USA	107		2.	Butch Reynolds	USA	64	*71
4.	Jeremy Wariner	USA	85		4.	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	60
5.	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	84		5.	Danny Everett	USA	49
6.	Lee Evans	USA	71	*86	6.	Ulis Williams	USA	45
	Danny Everett	USA	71		7.	Steve Lewis	USA	42
8.	Steve Lewis	USA	70		8.	Lee Evans	USA	41
9.	Gregory Haughton	JAM	67			Fred Newhouse	USA	41
10.	Bert Cameron	JAM	61			Bert Cameron	JAM	41
	Roberto Hernandez	CUB	61	*62	11.	John Smith	USA	40
	Tyree Washington	USA	61			Jeremy Wariner	USA	40
	Samson Kitur	KEN	61		13.	Tyree Washington	USA	37
14.	Fred Newhouse	USA	54		14.	Wayne Collett	USA	36
	Roger Black	GBR	54			Roberto Hernandez	CUB	36	*37
16.	Ulis Williams	USA	52		16.	Samson Kitur	KEN	30
	Vince Matthews	USA	52		17.	Willie Smith	USA	28
18.	Innocent Egbunike	NGR	50		18.	Innocent Egbunike	NGR	27
19.	Otis Davis	USA	49		19.	Gabriel Tiacoh	CIV	26
	Wayne Collett	USA	49		20.	Darren Clark	AUS	25
						Roger Black	GBR	25
						Alvin Harrison	USA	25

800 metres

	OVERALL					ANNUAL LISTS
1.	Wilson Kipketer	KEN/DEN	204		1.	Johnny Gray	USA	98
2.	Sebastian Coe	GBR	147		2.	Sebastian Coe	GBR	91
3.	Johnny Gray	USA	127		3.	Wilson Kipketer	KEN/DEN	86
4.	Wilfred Bungei	KEN	94		4.	Wilfred Bungei	KEN	58
5.	Hezekiel Sepeng	RSA	91		5.	Mike Boit	KEN	54
6.	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	RUS	89		6.	Steve Cram	GBR	46
7.	Peter Snell	NZL	86		7.	Rick Wohluter	USA	43
8.	Joaquim C. Cruz	BRA	79		8.	Willi Wülbeck	FRG	42
9.	José Luiz Barbosa	BRA	78		9.	Peter Snell	NZL	41
10.	Billy Konchellah	KEN	74			Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	RSA	41
11.	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	RSA	73		11.	Hezekiel Sepeng	RSA	40
12.	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	72		12.	Joaquim C. Cruz	BRA	39
13.	Willi Wülbeck	FRG	66		13.	José Luiz Barbosa	BRA	38
14.	Mike Boit	KEN	65			Japhet Kimutai	KEN	38
15.	Peter Elliott	GBR	63		15.	George Kerr	JAM	32
16.	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	ALG	62			Peter Elliott	GBR	32
17.	Rick Wohluter	USA	54	*84		Nixon Kiprotich	KEN	32
18.	Paul Ereng	KEN	53			Yuriy Borzakovskiy	RUS	32
19.	George Kerr	JAM	52		19.	James Robinson	USA	31
	Vebjørn Rodal	NOR	52			Youssef Saad Kamel	BRN	31

1500 metres

	OVERALL				ANNUAL LISTS
1.	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	219	1.	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	103
2.	Noureddine Morceli	ALG	181	2.	Noureddine Morceli	ALG	79
3.	Steve Cram	GBR	122	3.	Kip Keino	KEN	71
	Bernard Lagat	KEN/USA	122	4.	Bernard Lagat	KEN/USA	70
5.	Steve Ovett	GBR	109	5.	Steve Cram	GBR	66
	Fermin Cacho	ESP	109	6.	Steve Scott	USA	60
7.	Kip Keino	KEN	99		Said Aouita	MAR	60
8.	Sebastian Coe	GBR	97	8.	Steve Ovett	GBR	59
9.	Said Aouita	MAR	86	9.	John Walker	NZL	54
10.	Steve Scott	USA	80	10.	Thomas Wessinghage	FRG	53
11.	John Walker	NZL	69	11.	Sebastian Coe	GBR	52
	Abdi Bile	SOM	69	12.	Michel Jazy	FRA	49
13.	Jim Ryun	USA	62	13.	Filbert Bayi	TAN	46
	Michel Jazy	FRA	62		Sydney Maree	USA	46
15.	Filbert Bayi	TAN	61	15.	Fermin Cacho	ESP	38
	Sydney Maree	USA	61		Abdi Bile	SOM	38
17.	Jens-Peter Herold	GDR/GER	58	17.	Jean Wadoux	FRA	35
18.	Rui Silva	POR	55		José Luis Gonzalez	ESP	35
19.	Thomas Wessinghage	FRG	53	19.	Jim Ryun	USA	34
	Noah Ngeny	KEN	53		Vénuste Niyongabo	BUR	34

5000 metres

	OVERALL					ANNUAL LISTS
1.	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	150		1.	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	77
2.	Ron Clarke	AUS	126		2.	Ron Clarke	AUS	59
3.	Said Aouita	MAR	109		3.	Salah Hissou	MAR	51
4.	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	87		4.	Said Aouita	MAR	49
5.	Eliud Kipchoge	KEN	83		5.	Yobes Ondieki	KEN	48
6.	Daniel Komen	KEN	81	*82		Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	48
7.	Dieter Baumann	GER	80		7.	Daniel Komen	KEN	44	*45
8.	Kip Keino	KEN	76		8.	Kip Keino	KEN	41
9.	Yobes Ondieki	KEN	70		9.	Murray Halberg	NZL	39
10.	Salah Hissou	MAR	66			Emiel Puttemans	BEL	39
11.	Lasse Viren	FIN	64		11.	Eliud Kipchoge	KEN	35
12.	Emiel Puttemans	BEL	61		12.	Sammy Kipketer	KEN	34
	Henry Rono	KEN	61		13.	Paul Tergat	KEN	32
14.	Dick Quax	NZL	59		14.	Dick Quax	NZL	31
	Fita Bayissa	ETH	59			Henry Rono	KEN	31
16.	Benjamin Limo	KEN	57			Markus Ryffel	SUI	31
17.	Murray Halberg	NZL	54		17.	Salvatore Antibo	ITA	30
18.	Markus Ryffel	SUI	51		18.	Steve Prefontaine	USA	29
19.	Khalid Boulami	MAR	49			Rod Dixon	NZL	29
20.	Brahim Lahlafi	MAR	48			Khalid Skah	MAR	29
						Benjamin Limo	KEN	29

10000 metres

	OVERALL				ANNUAL LISTS
1.	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	241	1.	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	75
2.	Paul Tergat	KEN	137	2.	Ron Clarke	AUS	66
3.	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	127	3.	Paul Tergat	KEN	59
4.	Ron Clarke	AUS	112	4.	Fernando Mamede	POR	53
5.	Richard Chelimo	KEN	80	5.	David Bedford	GBR	41
6.	Sileshi Sihine	ETH	77	6.	Gaston Roelants	BEL	40
7.	Salah Hissou	MAR	75		Brendan Foster	GBR	40
8.	Pyotr Bolotnikov	URS	74	8.	Henry Rono	KEN	39
	Arturo Barrios	MEX	74		Salvatore Antibo	ITA	39
10.	Lasse Viren	FIN	72	10.	Jürgen Haase	GDR	38
11.	Salvatore Antibo	ITA	70	11.	Carlos Lopes	POR	37
12.	Fernando Mamede	POR	68		Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	37
	Khalid Skah	MAR	68	13.	Arturo Barrios	MEX	36
14.	Assefa Mezgebu	ETH	67	14.	Hansjörg Kunze	GDR	33
15.	David Bedford	GBR	61	15.	David Black	GBR	31
16.	Hansjörg Kunze	GDR	60	16.	Mark Nenow	USA	30
17.	Carlos Lopes	POR	55		Paul Koech	KEN	30
18.	Henry Rono	KEN	54	18.	Pyotr Bolotnikov	URS	29
19.	Brendan Foster	GBR	51		Salah Hissou	MAR	29
20.	Miruts Yifter	ETH	44	20.	Richard Chelimo	KEN	28
	Francesco Panetta	ITA	44
	Paul Koech	KEN	44

Marathon

	OVERALL					ANNUAL LISTS
1.	Rob de Castella	AUS	93		1.	Rob de Castella	AUS	55
2.	Abebe Bikila	ETH	87		2.	Bill Rodgers	USA	52
3.	Khalid Kannouchi	MAR/USA	78		3.	Khalid Kannouchi	MAR/USA	48
4.	Derek Clayton	AUS	71		4.	Ron Hill	GBR	47	*48
5.	Frank Shorter	USA	69		5.	Toshihiko Seko	JPN	44	*46
6.	Ahmed Salah	DJI	58	*59	6.	Toru Terasawa	JPN	41
	Martin Fiz	ESP	58			Frank Shorter	USA	41
8	Carlos Lopes	POR	57		8.	Derek Clayton	AUS	38
9.	Toru Terasawa	JPN	56		9.	Juma Ikangaa	TAN	36	*38
10.	Steve Moneghetti	AUS	55			Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	36
11.	Ron Hill	GBR	52	*53	11.	Akio Usami	JPN	31	*28
	Bill Rodgers	USA	52			Takeyuki Nakayama	JPN	31	*34
13.	Waldemar Cierpinski	GDR	51			António Pinto	POR	31
	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	51		14.	Felix Limo	KEN	30
15.	Juma Ikangaa	TAN	49	*51	15.	John Farrington	AUS	29	*21
	Takeyuki Nakayama	JPN	49	*52		Takayuki Nakao	JPN	29
17.	Kenji Kimihara	JPN	47		17.	Josephat Kiprono	KEN	28
18.	Karel Lismont	BEL	46			Dionicio Cerón	MEX	28
19.	Toshihiko Seko	JPN	44	*46		Gert Thys	RSA	28
	Leonard Edelen	USA	44		20.	Carlos Lopes	POR	27
						Abebe Bikila	ETH	27

110 metres hurdles

	OVERALL					ANNUAL LISTS
1.	Colin Jackson	GBR	220		1.	Greg Foster	USA	127
2.	Allen Johnson	USA	213		2.	Colin Jackson	GBR	119
3.	Greg Foster	USA	185		3.	Allen Johnson	USA	118
4.	Willie Davenport	USA	137	*154	4.	Willie Davenport	USA	92	*94
5.	Liu Xiang	CHN	130		5.	Mark McKoy	CAN	73
6.	Roger Kingdom	USA	122		6.	Mark Crear	USA	68
7.	Mark McKoy	CAN	121		7.	Roger Kingdom	USA	66
8.	Terence Trammell	USA	109		8.	Alejandro Casañas	CUB	65
9.	Rod Milburn	USA	107		9.	Tonie Campbell	USA	62
10.	Alejandro Casañas	CUB	106		10.	Guy Drut	FRA	60
11.	Renaldo Nehemiah	USA	102		11.	Renaldo Nehemiah	USA	57
	Anier Garcia	CUB	102		12.	Rod Milburn	USA	52
13.	Tony Jarrett	GBR	101		13.	Liu Xiang	CHN	51
14.	Jack Pierce	USA	100		14.	Tony Jarrett	GBR	50
15.	Guy Drut	FRA	98			Anier Garcia	CUB	50
16.	Mark Crear	USA	95			Terence Trammell	USA	50
17.	Florian Schwarthoff	GER	87		17.	Hayes Jones	USA	47
18.	Tonie Campbell	USA	80			Jack Pierce	USA	47
19.	Hayes Jones	USA	73		19.	Thomas Munkelt	GDR	44
	Thomas Munkelt	GDR	73		20.	Florian Schwarthoff	GER	42

400 metres hurdles

	OVERALL				ANNUAL LISTS
1.	Edwin Moses	USA	239	1.	Edwin Moses	USA	108
2.	Sam Matete	ZAM	151	2.	Harald Schmid	FRG	94
3.	Harald Schmid	FRG	132	3.	Sam Matete	ZAM	90
4.	Stéphane Diagana	FRA	120	4.	Danny Harris	USA	80
5.	Kevin Young	USA	117	5.	Andre Phillips	USA	67
6.	Danny Harris	USA	113	6.	Stéphane Diagana	FRA	63
7.	Felix Sanchez	DOM	109	7.	Winthrop Graham	JAM	62
8.	Winthrop Graham	JAM	106	8.	Ralph Mann	USA	60
9.	Andre Phillips	USA	89	9.	Kevin Young	USA	54
10.	James Carter	USA	85	10.	David Patrick	USA	51
11.	Derrick Adkins	USA	79		Felix Sanchez	DOM	51
12.	Warren Cawley	USA	77	12.	Warren Cawley	USA	47
	Fabrizio Mori	ITA	77	13.	James Carter	USA	45
14.	John Akii-Bua	UGA	74	14.	John Akii-Bua	UGA	44
15.	Ralph Mann	USA	73	15.	Ron Whitney	USA	41
16.	Sven Nylander	SWE	69		Derrick Adkins	USA	41
17.	Amadou Dia-Ba	SEN	61	17.	Roberto Frinolli	ITA	38
	Llewellyn Herbert	RSA	61	18.	Bershawn Jackson	USA	37
19.	David Hemery	GBR	59	19.	Jim Bolding	USA	36
20.	Kriss Akabusi	GBR	57		Llewellyn Herbert	RSA	36

3000 metres steeplechase

	OVERALL				ANNUAL LISTS
1.	Moses Kiptanui	KEN	178	1.	Bronislaw Malinowski	POL	80
2.	Gaston Roelants	BEL	127	2.	Moses Kiptanui	KEN	77
3.	Anders Gärderud	SWE	124	3.	Gaston Roelants	BEL	70
4.	Bronislaw Malinowski	POL	117		Patrick Sang	KEN	70
5.	Patrick Sang	KEN	113	5.	Henry Marsh	USA	64
6.	Bernard Barmasai	KEN	107	6.	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	KEN/QAT	57
7.	Wilson Boit Kipketer	KEN	105	7.	Bernard Barmasai	KEN	54
8.	Saif Saaeed Shaheen	KEN/QAT	102	8.	Paul Kipsiele Koech	KEN	53
9.	Ezekiel Kemboi	KEN	89	9.	Anders Gärderud	SWE	49
10.	Henry Marsh	USA	84		Wilson Boit Kipketer	KEN	49
11.	Brahim Boulami	MAR	74	11.	Boguslaw Maminski	POL	45
12.	Peter Koech	KEN	71	12.	Brahim Boulami	MAR	44
13.	Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak	POL	69	13.	Michael Karst	FRG	42
	Brimin Kipruto	KEN	69	14.	Peter Koech	KEN	40
15.	Ben Jipcho	KEN	68	15.	Kerry O'Brien	AUS	38
16.	Paul Kipsiele Koech	KEN	67	16.	Julius Kariuki	KEN	37
17.	Julius Kariuki	KEN	64	17.	Viktor Kudinskiy	URS	36
18.	Boguslaw Maminski	POL	62	18.	Ezekiel Kemboi	KEN	35
	Kerry O'Brien	AUS	62	19.	Joseph Mahmoud	FRA	33
20.	Alessandro Lambruschini	ITA	61	20.	Patriz Ilg	FRG	32