| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 21.54 | Hartmut Briesenick | GDR | 17Mar1949 | 1 | Potsdam | 25Aug1972 | 191/118 | SP | |||
| 2 | 2 | 21.52 | Allan Feuerbach | USA | 14Jan1948 | 1 | Long Beach CA | 6Aug1972 | 186/120 | SP | |||
| 3 | 21.42 | Allan Feuerbach | 1 | Westwood CA | 15Apr1972 | SP | |||||||
| 3 | 4 | 21.38 | George Woods | USA | 11Feb1943 | 1 | Los Angeles CA | 4Jun1972 | 188/136 | SP | |||
| 5 | 21.38 | George Woods | 1 | PO | München | 23Aug1972 | SP | ||||||
| 6 | 21.37 | George Woods | 1 | FOT | Eugene OR | 8Jul1972 | SP | ||||||
| 7 | 21.35 | Allan Feuerbach | 1 | Walnut CA | 11Mar1972 | SP | |||||||
| 8 | 21.34 | George Woods | 1 | Los Angeles CA | 9Jun1972 | SP | |||||||
| 4 | 9 | 21.32 | Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg | GDR | 9Apr1944 | 1 | Potsdam | 3Jun1972 | 185/122 | PB | SP | ||
| 5 | 10 | 21.31 | Hans-Peter Gies | GDR | 9May1947 | 2 | Potsdam | 25Aug1972 | 194/115 | PB | SP | ||
| 11 | 21.27 | Hans-Peter Gies | 1 | vsBUL | Potsdam | 10Jun1972 | SP | ||||||
| 12 | 21.26 | George Woods | 1 | USTFF | Wichita KS | 26May1972 | SP | ||||||
| 13 | 21.24 | Allan Feuerbach | 1e1 | San José CA | 6May1972 | SP | |||||||
| 14 | 21.21 | Hans-Peter Gies | 1 | NC | Erfurt | 25Jun1972 | SP | ||||||
| 15 | 21.19 | Allan Feuerbach | 1 | Drake R | Des Moines IA | 28Apr1972 | SP | ||||||
| 6 | 16 | 21.19 | James Randle "Randy" Matson | USA | 5Mar1945 | 2 | Los Angeles CA | 9Jun1972 | 200/122 | SP | |||
| 17 | 21.19 | James Randle "Randy" Matson | 1 | AAU | Seattle WA | 16Jun1972 | SP | ||||||
| 7 | 18 | 21.18 | Wladyslaw Komar | POL | 11Apr1940 | 1 | OG | München | 9Sep1972 | 195/130 | SP | ||
| 19 | 21.17 | George Woods | 2 | OG | München | 9Sep1972 | SP | ||||||
| 20 | 21.16 | Allan Feuerbach | 1e2 | San José CA | 6May1972 | SP | |||||||
| 21 | 21.16 | George Woods | 1 | München | 15Aug1972 | SP | |||||||
| 22 | 21.15A | i | Allan Feuerbach | 1 | Pocatello ID | 5Feb1972 | SP | ||||||
| 23 | 21.14 | Hartmut Briesenick | 3 | OG | München | 9Sep1972 | SP | ||||||
| 24 | 21.14 | Hans-Peter Gies | 4 | OG | München | 9Sep1972 | SP | ||||||
| 25 | 21.13 | Hartmut Briesenick | 1 | OD | Est Berlin | 14Jun1972 | SP | ||||||
| 26 | 21.12 | Allan Feuerbach | 3 | Los Angeles CA | 9Jun1972 | SP | |||||||
| 27 | 21.09 | James Randle "Randy" Matson | 1 | TexasR | Austin TX | 8Apr1972 | SP | ||||||
| 28 | 21.07 | Hans-Peter Gies | 2 | Potsdam | 3Jun1972 | SP | |||||||
| 29 | 21.05 | Allan Feuerbach | 1 | Kans R | Lawrence KS | 22Apr1972 | SP | ||||||
| 30 | 21.04 | i | Allan Feuerbach | 1 | Inglewood CA | 11Feb1972 | SP | ||||||
| 31 | 21.04 | George Woods | 1 | Berkeley CA | 10Jun1972 | SP | |||||||
| 32 | 21.04 | James Randle "Randy" Matson | q | FOT | Eugene OR | 7Jul1972 | SP | ||||||
| 8 | 20.97 | Brian Oldfield | USA | 1Jun1945 | q | FOT | Eugene OR | 7Jul1972 | 196/125 | SP | |||
| 9 | 20.97 | Jaroslav Brabec | CZE | 27Jul1949 | 1 | Praha | 17Sep1972 | 190/125 | SP | ||||
| 10 | 20.92A | Fred DeBernardi | USA | 2Mar1949 | 1 | El Paso TX | 20May1972 | 196/135 | SP | ||||
| 11 | 20.71 | Yussuf Nagui Asaad | EGY | 12Sep1945 | 1 | Rosicky Mem. | Praha | 21Jun1972 | 193/113 | PB | SP | ||
| 12 | 20.54 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | URS | 11Nov1948 | 1 | Urs-Frg | Augsburg | 24Jun1972 | 198/130 | SP | |||
| 13 | 20.50 | Uwe Grabe | GDR | 15Oct1942 | 1 | Cottbus | 17May1972 | 193/116 | PB | SP | |||
| 14 | 20.45 | Lahcen Sam-Sam Akka | MAR | 14Jun1942 | 2 | San José CA | 6May1972 | 197/120 | NR | SP | |||
| 15 | 20.40 | Doug Lane | USA | 31Dec1949 | 1 | Palo Alto (Stanford) CA | 20May1972 | 190/130 | PB | SP | |||
| 16 | 20.40 | Ferdinand Schladen | FRG | 24May1939 | 1 | Aachen | 5Aug1972 | 203/125 | PB | SP | |||
| 17 | 20.39 | Dieter Hoffmann | GDR | 27Aug1942 | 1 | Potsdam | 10May1972 | 187/118 | SP | ||||
| 18 | 20.38 | Matti Yrjölä | FIN | 26Mar1938 | 1 | Tampere | 15Sep1972 | 192/120 | SP | ||||
| 19 | 20.37 | Heinfried Ernst Birlenbach | FRG | 7Dec1940 | 7 | OG | München | 9Sep1972 | 204/125 | PB | SP | ||
| 20 | 20.31 | Jaromír Vlk | CZE | 4Mar1949 | 2 | Praha | 17Sep1972 | 198/120 | SP | ||||
| 21 | 20.24 | Peter Shmock | USA | 29Apr1950 | 1 | Eugene OR | 6May1972 | 182/118 | SP | ||||
| 22 | 20.24 | Hans-Dieter Prollius | GDR | 1Jun1944 | 4 | Potsdam | 3Jun1972 | 196/126 | PB | SP | |||
| 23 | 20.24 | Rimantas Plunge | URS | 22Mar1944 | 1 | Moskva | 17Aug1972 | 189/119 | PB | SP | |||
| 24 | 20.18 | Geoffrey Capes | GBR | 23Aug1949 | 1 | vsFIN,ESP | Helsinki | 26Jul1972 | 197/139 | SP | |||
| 25 | 20.18 | Gerd Lochmann | GDR | 3Apr1948 | 1 | Est Berlin | 23Aug1972 | 191/110 | SP | ||||
| 26 | 20.17 | Vilmos Varjú | HUN | 10Jun1937 | 1 | Budapest | 1Jul1972 | 189/140 | SP | ||||
| 27 | 20.17 | Jesse Stuart | USA | 18Mar1951 | 1 | Louisville KY | 2Aug1972 | 190/120 | SP | ||||
| 28 | 20.15 | Steve Wilhelm | USA | 9Aug1949 | q | FOT | Eugene OR | 7Jul1972 | 190/122 | SP | |||
| 29 | 20.15 | Seppo Simola | FIN | 27Jul1936 | 1 | Turku | 19Jul1972 | 191/130 | PB | SP | |||
| 30 | 20.15 | Ralf Reichenbach | FRG | 31Jul1950 | 1 | NC | München | 23Jul1972 | 198/137 | SP | |||
| 31 | 20.13 | i | Valeriy Voykin | URS | 14Oct1945 | 1 | Donyetsk | 6Feb1972 | 192/118 | SP | |||
| 32 | 20.12 | Bruce Wilhelm | USA | 13Jul1945 | 5 | FOT | Eugene OR | 8Jul1972 | 191/120 | PB | SP | ||
| 33 | 20.10 | Ken Patera | USA | 6Nov1943 | 2 | Westwood CA | 15Apr1972 | 184/134 | PB | SP | |||
| 34 | 20.09 | Bo Grahn | FIN | 6Oct1947 | 1 | Helsinki | 3Aug1972 | 196/133 | PB | SP | |||
| 35 | 20.08 | Miroslav Janousek | CZE | 2Feb1945 | 2 | Praha | 12May1972 | 182/125 | SP | ||||
| 36 | 20.08 | Karl Salb | USA | 19May1949 | 6 | FOT | Eugene OR | 8Jul1972 | 190/129 | SP | |||
| 37 | 19.99 | Yves Brouzet | FRA | 5Sep1948 | 2 | Warszawa | 10Aug1972 | 198/150 | SP | ||||
| 38 | 19.96 | Sam Walker | USA | 15Aug1950 | 1 | Fayetteville AR | 22May1972 | 185/113 | SP | ||||
| 39 | 19.83 | Richard Marks | USA | 16Apr1944 | 3 | Westwood CA | 15Apr1972 | 187/122 | SP | ||||
| 40 | 19.81 | i | John Stuart | USA | 1950 | 2 | West Point | 25Feb1972 | PB | SP | |||
| 41 | 19.77 | Ivan Ivancic | YUG | 6Dec1937 | 1 | Balkan G | Izmir | 5Aug1972 | 194/128 | SP | |||
| 42 | 19.73 | Traugott Glöckler | FRG | 12Jan1944 | 3 | NC | München | 23Jul1972 | 193/94 | SP | |||
| 43 | 19.73 | Arnjolt Beer | FRA | 19Jun1946 | 3 | Warszawa | 10Aug1972 | 192/110 | SP | ||||
| 44 | 19.72 | Rickard Bruch | SWE | 2Jul1946 | 1 | Malmö | 18Sep1972 | 199/130 | SP | ||||
| 45 | 19.62 | Anders Arrhenius | SWE | 16Jul1947 | 1 | Tempe AZ | 18Mar1972 | 198/124 | SP | ||||
| 46 | 19.53A | Hans Höglund | SWE | 23Jul1952 | 3 | WAC | El Paso TX | 13May1972 | 193/130 | SP | |||
| 47 | 19.51 | Tapio Rauhala | FIN | 14Dec1943 | 1 | Orivesi | 16Jul1972 | 190/120 | PB | SP | |||
| 48 | 19.44 | Mihály Teveli | HUN | 12Jan1947 | 2 | Budapest | 24Jun1972 | 197/125 | PB | SP | |||
| 49 | 19.39 | Rolf Engels | FRG | 7Mar1948 | 4 | Urs-Frg | Augsburg | 24Jun1972 | 197/130 | PB | SP | ||
| 50 | 19.39 | Hans-Dieter Möser | FRG | 11Mar1949 | 2 | Koblenz | 5Jul1972 | 196/110 | PB | SP | |||
| 51 | 19.37 | Pekka Ahnger | FIN | 3Jul1943 | 3 | vsSWE | Helsinki | 19Aug1972 | 197/130 | PB | SP | ||
| 52 | 19.35 | Reijo Ståhlberg | FIN | 21Sep1952 | 1 | Keuruu | 22Jul1972 | 194/130 | SP | ||||
| 53 | 19.29 | Bjørn Bang Andersen | NOR | 14Nov1937 | 1 | Stavanger | 12Aug1972 | 185/107 | PB | SP | |||
| 54 | 19.28 | Edmund Antczak | POL | 20Jul1946 | 1 | Gdansk | 31May1972 | 186/109 | SP | ||||
| 55 | 19.28 | Bruce Pirnie | CAN | 20Sep1942 | 1 | Scarborough | 22Jul1972 | 200/141 | SP | ||||
| 56 | 19.26 | Hans Almström | SWE | 1Aug1950 | 2 | Umeå | 5Aug1972 | 193/125 | SP | ||||
| 57 | 19.26 | Peter Hlawatschke | GDR | 11Apr1950 | 1 | Rostock | 17Aug1972 | 202/132 | SP | ||||
| 58 | 19.21 | Leslie Mills | NZL | 1Nov1934 | 1 | Auckland | 26Dec1972 | 189/120 | SP | ||||
| 59 | 19.14 | Valcho Stoev Khristov | BUL | 20Jan1952 | 1 | Sofia | 29Jul1972 | 186/115 | SP | ||||
| 60 | 19.13 | Eduard Gushchin | URS | 22Jul1940 | 5 | Moskva | 7Jun1972 | 192/121 | SP | ||||
| 61 | 19.13 | Arunas Vitkiavicus | URS | 8Jul1950 | 1 | Vilnius | 10Jun1972 | 186/115 | SP | ||||
| 62 | 19.12 | Josef Forst | FRG | 2Nov1946 | 1 | Ahlen | 29Sep1972 | 190/105 | SP | ||||
| 63 | 19.10 | Jussi Jouppila | FIN | 5Mar1945 | 1 | Vaasa | 31Jul1972 | 196/130 | SP | ||||
| 64 | 19.05 | William Tancred | GBR | 6Aug1942 | 1 | Loughborough | 15Jun1972 | 193/105 | SP | ||||
| 65 | 19.02 | Bengt Christiansson | SWE | 9Feb1944 | 3 | Borås | 15Jun1972 | 192/112 | SP | ||||
| 66 | 19.01 | Manfred Kaiser | GDR | 20Jul1951 | 1 | Eisenach | 18Jun1972 | 186/125 | SP | ||||
| 67 | 19.01 | Loucas Louca | GRE | 15May1945 | 1 | Athína | 17Aug1972 | 180/120 | SP | ||||
| 68 | 19.00 | Gerhard Steines | FRG | 17Aug1947 | 1 | Haiger | 14Sep1972 | 195/108 | SP | ||||
| 69 | 18.97 | Nikolay Karasyov | URS | 29Nov1939 | 4 | Moskva | 18Jul1972 | 182/110 | SP | ||||
| 70 | 18.94 | Colin Anderson | USA | 20Nov1951 | 6 | NCAA | Eugene OR | 2Jun1972 | 188/117 | SP | |||
| 71 | 18.94 | Eugenijus Skapas | URS | 23Feb1943 | 1 | Vilnius | 14Jul1972 | 190/118 | SP | ||||
| 72 | 18.89 | Wolfgang Barthel | FRG | 1Jan1951 | 1 | Kiel | 15Jun1972 | 196/105 | SP | ||||
| 73 | 18.86A | Brian Caulfield | CAN | 13Jul1948 | 1 | Provo UT | 8Jul1972 | SP | |||||
| 74 | 18.84A | Tom Brosius | USA | 16Dec1949 | 1 | Boulder CO | 20May1972 | 190/128 | SP | ||||
| 75 | 18.84 | Jeff Teale | GBR | 20Dec1939 | 2 | AAA | London (CP) | 15Jul1972 | 187/118 | SP | |||
| 76 | 18.76 | Patrick Chala | FRA | 8Feb1948 | 2 | Saint-Denis | 18Jun1972 | 185/112 | SP | ||||
| 77 | 18.76 | Mikhail Kyoshev | BUL | 15Mar1951 | 3 | Balkan G | Izmir | 5Aug1972 | 180/112 | SP | |||
| 78 | 18.75 | Jay Silvester | USA | 27Aug1937 | 1 | Svelvik | 6Aug1972 | 189/109 | SP | ||||
| 79 | 18.74 | Sándor Holub | HUN | 26Jan1943 | 1 | Budapest | 4Jun1972 | 187/115 | SP | ||||
| 80 | 18.72 | John Hannah | USA | 4Apr1951 | 1 | Lafayette LA | 15Apr1972 | 188/120 | SP | ||||
| 81 | 18.72 | György Nagy | HUN | 2Apr1942 | 2 | Budapest | 20May1972 | 186/102 | SP | ||||
| 82 | 18.70 | i | Tadeusz Sadza | POL | 27May1946 | 1 | Warszawa | 26Feb1972 | 190/108 | SP | |||
| 83 | 18.69 | i | Leszek Gajdzinski | POL | 25Sep1946 | 2 | Warszawa | 12Feb1972 | 188/124 | SP | |||
| 84 | 18.69 | Ernie Cathcart | USA | 8Jun1948 | 1 | Seattle WA | 18Mar1972 | SP | |||||
| 85 | 18.66 | Leonid Smelash | URS | 22Sep1944 | 6 | Moskva | 18Jul1972 | 191/117 | SP | ||||
| 86 | 18.66 | i | Michael Winch | GBR | 20Jul1948 | 2 | Cosford | 9Dec1972 | 182/101 | SP | |||
| 87 | 18.64 | Milija Jocovic | YUG | 21Sep1937 | 4 | Balkan G | Izmir | 5Aug1972 | 191/104 | SP | |||
| 88 | 18.63 | Spike Walker | USA | 24Nov1950 | 2 | Corvallis OR | 13May1972 | 180/109 | SP | ||||
| 89 | 18.62 | Eero Jouppila | FIN | 9Dec1938 | 1 | Ilmajoki | 6Jun1972 | 187/144 | SP | ||||
| 90 | 18.61 | János Faragó | HUN | 8Jul1946 | 1 | Kaposvár | 6May1972 | 186/114 | SP | ||||
| 91 | 18.59 | i | Steve Adams | USA | 1952 | 1 | Ann Arbor MI | 8Apr1972 | 200/122 | SP | |||
| 92 | 18.58 | Rudy Guevara | USA | 15Apr1952 | 1 | West Long Branch | 10Jun1972 | 180/96 | SP | ||||
| 93 | 18.56 | i | Greg Cortina | USA | 15Feb1953 | 6 | Detroit MI | 10Mar1972 | 186/116 | SP | |||
| 94 | 18.56 | Thord Carlsson | SWE | 22Jan1943 | 2 | Karlskrona | 30Jul1972 | 190/120 | SP | ||||
| 95 | 18.51 | Greg Born | USA | 20Apr1950 | 5 | San José CA | 6May1972 | 185/109 | SP | ||||
| 96 | 18.51 | Reinhard Vogt | FRG | 21Jun1947 | 1 | Tönning | 17Jun1972 | 190/110 | SP | ||||
| 97 | 18.49 | Don Tollefson | USA | 12Jan1945 | 2 | Corvallis OR | 29Apr1972 | 190/123 | SP | ||||
| 98 | 18.47 | Ernie Hearon | USA | 16Oct1945 | 1 | College Park MD | 23Apr1972 | SP | |||||
| 99 | 18.46 | i | David Davis | USA | 20Aug1937 | 2 | Madison WI | 5Feb1972 | 192/122 | SP | |||
| 100 | 18.46 | Richard Bilder | USA | 8Oct1951 | 1 | Muncie IN | 19May1972 | 193/122 | SP |