| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 22.45A | Brian Oldfield | USA | 1Jun1945 | 1 | ITA | El Paso TX | 22May1976 | 196/125 | SP | ||
| 2 | 2 | 22.00 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | URS | 11Nov1948 | 1 | vsFRA | Colombes | 10Jul1976 | 198/130 | PB | SP | |
| 3 | 3 | 21.85 | Terrence Albritton | USA | 14Jan1955 | 1 | Honolulu | 21Feb1976 | 194/115 | PB | SP | ||
| 4 | 4 | 21.74 | Allan Feuerbach | USA | 14Jan1948 | 1 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 22May1976 | 186/120 | SP | ||
| 5 | 5 | 21.63 | George Woods | USA | 11Feb1943 | 2 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 22May1976 | 188/136 | SP | ||
| 6 | 21.59 | Terrence Albritton | 1 | Honolulu | 7Feb1976 | SP | |||||||
| 6 | 7 | 21.55 | Geoffrey Capes | GBR | 23Aug1949 | 1 | Gateshead | 28May1976 | 197/139 | SP | |||
| 7 | 8 | 21.53 | Yevgeniy Mironov | URS | 1Nov1949 | 1 | NC | Kyiv | 24Jun1976 | 193/130 | PB | SP | |
| 9 | 21.49 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | 2 | NC | Kyiv | 24Jun1976 | SP | ||||||
| 10 | 21.41 | George Woods | 1 | USTFF | Wichita KS | 28May1976 | SP | ||||||
| 11 | 21.36 | Geoffrey Capes | 1 | London (CP) | 19Jun1976 | SP | |||||||
| 12 | 21.32 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | 1q2 | OG | Montréal | 23Jul1976 | SP | ||||||
| 13 | 21.31 | Allan Feuerbach | 1 | Honolulu | 10Apr1976 | SP | |||||||
| 14 | 21.31 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | 1 | vsGBR | Kyiv | 23May1976 | SP | ||||||
| 15 | 21.28 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | 1 | vsFRG | München | 29May1976 | SP | ||||||
| 16 | 21.26 | Allan Feuerbach | 1 | San José CA | 17Apr1976 | SP | |||||||
| 17 | 21.21 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | 1 | Prav | Sochi | 13May1976 | SP | ||||||
| 18 | 21.20 | Geoffrey Capes | 1 | Gateshead | 22Aug1976 | SP | |||||||
| 19 | 21.18 | Geoffrey Capes | 1 | Grangemouth | 8May1976 | SP | |||||||
| 20 | 21.15 | Geoffrey Capes | 2 | vsURS | Kyiv | 23May1976 | SP | ||||||
| 21 | 21.15 | Terrence Albritton | 1 | AAU | Westwood CA | 12Jun1976 | SP | ||||||
| 22 | 21.15 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | 1 | vsUSA | College Park MD | 7Aug1976 | SP | ||||||
| 8 | 23 | 21.12 | Udo Beyer | GDR | 9Aug1955 | 1 | Plovdiv | 20Apr1976 | 195/140 | SP | |||
| 24 | 21.12 | Yevgeniy Mironov | 3 | vsGBR | Kyiv | 23May1976 | SP | ||||||
| 9 | 25 | 21.12 | Hans-Peter Gies | GDR | 9May1947 | 1 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 30May1976 | 194/115 | SP | |||
| 26 | 21.12 | Allan Feuerbach | 1 | FOT | Eugene OR | 20Jun1976 | SP | ||||||
| 10 | 27 | 21.12 | Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg | GDR | 9Apr1944 | 1 | Est Berlin | 10Jul1976 | 185/122 | SP | |||
| 11 | 28 | 21.10 | Peter Shmock | USA | 29Apr1950 | 1 | Pre | Eugene OR | 5Jun1976 | 182/118 | PB | SP | |
| 29 | 21.10 | George Woods | 2 | FOT | Eugene OR | 20Jun1976 | SP | ||||||
| 30 | 21.09 | Allan Feuerbach | 2 | AAU | Westwood CA | 12Jun1976 | SP | ||||||
| 31 | 21.07 | Terrence Albritton | 1 | Honolulu | 27Mar1976 | SP | |||||||
| 32 | 21.07 | Udo Beyer | 1 | Eisenhüttenstadt | 24Apr1976 | SP | |||||||
| 33 | 21.06 | Udo Beyer | 2 | Est Berlin | 10Jul1976 | SP | |||||||
| 34 | 21.05 | Udo Beyer | 1 | OG | Montréal | 24Jul1976 | SP | ||||||
| 12 | 20.91 | Anatoliy Yarosh | URS | 22Oct1952 | 1 | Voroshilovgrad | 17Jul1976 | 191/130 | SP | ||||
| 13 | 20.84 | i | Maurice "Mac" Wilkins | USA | 15Nov1950 | 1 | Inglewood CA | 6Feb1976 | 193/114 | SP | |||
| 14 | 20.84 | Matti Yrjölä | FIN | 26Mar1938 | 1 | Kokemäki | 6Jul1976 | 192/120 | PB | SP | |||
| 15 | 20.62 | Aleksandr Nosyenko | URS | 4Apr1952 | 4 | NC | Kyiv | 24Jun1976 | 194/135 | PB | SP | ||
| 16 | 20.61 | Valeriy Voykin | URS | 14Oct1945 | 5 | NC | Kyiv | 24Jun1976 | 192/118 | SP | |||
| 17 | 20.58 | Jaroslav Brabec | CZE | 27Jul1949 | 1 | GS | Ostrava | 5Jun1976 | 190/125 | SP | |||
| 18 | 20.57 | Reijo Ståhlberg | FIN | 21Sep1952 | 1 | vsSWE | Helsinki | 4Sep1976 | 194/130 | SP | |||
| 19 | 20.51 | Jesse Stuart | USA | 18Mar1951 | 2 | San José CA | 1May1976 | 190/120 | SP | ||||
| 20 | 20.47 | Hans Höglund | SWE | 23Jul1952 | 1 | Stockholm | 14Jun1976 | 193/130 | SP | ||||
| 21 | 20.44 | Ralf Reichenbach | FRG | 31Jul1950 | 1 | Zürich | 10Jul1976 | 198/137 | SP | ||||
| 22 | 20.43 | Dana LeDuc | USA | 22Mar1953 | 3 | USTFF | Wichita KS | 28May1976 | 191/129 | PB | SP | ||
| 23 | 20.40 | Colin Anderson | USA | 20Nov1951 | 5 | FOT | Eugene OR | 20Jun1976 | 188/117 | SP | |||
| 24 | 20.36 | Hans Almström | SWE | 1Aug1950 | 2 | vsFIN | Helsinki | 4Sep1976 | 193/125 | PB | SP | ||
| 25 | 20.34 | Sam Walker | USA | 15Aug1950 | 1 | Houston TX | 8May1976 | 185/113 | SP | ||||
| 26 | 20.29 | i | Gerd Lochmann | GDR | 3Apr1948 | 2 | EC-i | München | 22Feb1976 | 191/110 | SP | ||
| 27 | 20.24 | Hreinn Halldórsson | ISL | 3Mar1949 | 1 | Reykjavik | 14Jul1976 | 192/113 | SP | ||||
| 28 | 20.21 | Heino Sild | URS | 10Apr1944 | 1 | Tallinn | 30Jul1976 | 196/120 | SP | ||||
| 29 | 20.10 | i | Norbert Jahl | GDR | 7Feb1954 | 1 | Leipzig | Jan1976 | 190/103 | SP | |||
| 30 | 20.08 | i | Rimantas Plunge | URS | 22Mar1944 | 1 | Vilnius | 28Oct1976 | 189/119 | SP | |||
| 31 | 20.04 | Ron Semkiw | USA | 28Mar1954 | 2 | Irvine CA | 28Mar1976 | 180/105 | SP | ||||
| 32 | 20.03 | i | Bishop Dolegiewicz | CAN | 8Jul1953 | 2 | Winnipeg | 14Feb1976 | 190/145 | SP | |||
| 33 | 20.02 | Valcho Stoev Khristov | BUL | 20Jan1952 | 1 | Sofia | 8May1976 | 186/115 | SP | ||||
| 34 | 20.00 | Jaromír Vlk | CZE | 4Mar1949 | 1 | Marianske Lazne | 16Jun1976 | 198/120 | SP | ||||
| 35 | 19.87 | Richard Marks | USA | 16Apr1944 | 3 | San José CA | 17Apr1976 | 187/122 | SP | ||||
| 36 | 19.86 | Ivan Ivancic | YUG | 6Dec1937 | 3 | vsGBR,GDR | Split | 1May1976 | 194/128 | SP | |||
| 37 | 19.84 | George Tyms | USA | 12Oct1950 | 1 | Champaign IL | 8May1976 | 178/116 | PB | SP | |||
| 38 | 19.82 | Yves Brouzet | FRA | 5Sep1948 | 1 | Aix-les-Bains | 22May1976 | 198/150 | SP | ||||
| 39 | 19.81 | Miroslav Janousek | CZE | 2Feb1945 | 1 | Ros | Praha | 15Jun1976 | 182/125 | SP | |||
| 40 | 19.77 | Knut Hjeltnes | NOR | 8Dec1951 | 1 | Oslo | 22Jul1976 | 195/125 | SP | ||||
| 41 | 19.73 | Doug Price | USA | 17Feb1950 | 1 | Durham NC | 10Apr1976 | 186/128 | SP | ||||
| 42 | 19.73 | Mikhail Kyoshev | BUL | 15Mar1951 | 2 | Sofia | 22May1976 | 180/112 | SP | ||||
| 43 | 19.71 | Vladimir Kiselyov I | URS | 1Jan1957 | 1 | Yalta | 16May1976 | 186/125 | SP | ||||
| 44 | 19.71 | Jean-Pierre Egger | SUI | 30Jul1943 | 2 | Zürich | 10Jul1976 | 192/112 | SP | ||||
| 45 | 19.68 | Bob Medlin | USA | 15Mar1955 | 2 | Durham NC | 9Apr1976 | 191/102 | SP | ||||
| 46 | 19.66 | Nikolay Khristov | BUL | 14Feb1952 | 3 | Sofia | 22May1976 | 184/125 | SP | ||||
| 47 | 19.63 | i | Bruce Pirnie | CAN | 20Sep1942 | 2 | Montréal | 5Mar1976 | 200/141 | SP | |||
| 48 | 19.63 | i | Jim Neidhart | USA | 8Feb1955 | 1976 | 180/114 | SP | |||||
| 49 | 19.62 | Gerhard Steines | FRG | 17Aug1947 | 2 | Dortmund | 6Jun1976 | 195/108 | SP | ||||
| 50 | 19.61 | Russ Vincent | USA | 6Jul1955 | 1 | Pullman WA | 1May1976 | 188/111 | PB | SP | |||
| 51 | 19.56 | Richard Bilder | USA | 8Oct1951 | 1 | Chicago IL | 5Jun1976 | 193/122 | SP | ||||
| 52 | 19.53 | Yuriy Mityushkin | URS | 21Jul1952 | 3 | Yerevan | 29Aug1976 | 194/105 | SP | ||||
| 53 | 19.52 | Hans-Jürgen Jacobi | GDR | 26Jul1950 | 2 | Jena | 13Aug1976 | 197/140 | SP | ||||
| 54 | 19.46 | Wolfgang Schmidt | GDR | 16Jan1954 | Berlin | 19Jun1976 | 197/115 | SP | |||||
| 55 | 19.43 | Mike Weeks | USA | 6Feb1954 | 2 | Westwood CA | 13Mar1976 | 196/125 | SP | ||||
| 56 | 19.42 | i | James Randle "Randy" Matson | USA | 5Mar1945 | 2 | ITA | Dallas TX | 27Mar1976 | 200/122 | SP | ||
| 57 | 19.41 | Aleksandr Tammert | URS | 28Apr1947 | 1 | Oryol | 25May1976 | 189/115 | PB | SP | |||
| 58 | 19.35 | Mike Budincich | USA | 3Nov1954 | 3 | Westwood CA | 1May1976 | 191/120 | SP | ||||
| 59 | 19.34 | Georges Schroeder | BEL | 17Feb1950 | 1 | Bruxelles | 30May1976 | 197/118 | NR | SP | |||
| 60 | 19.29 | Arnjolt Beer | FRA | 19Jun1946 | 3 | vsURS | Colombes | 10Jul1976 | 192/110 | SP | |||
| 61 | 19.26 | Markku Tuokko | FIN | 24Jun1951 | 1 | Tampere | 25Aug1976 | 196/118 | SP | ||||
| 62 | 19.23 | Eugenijus Skapas | URS | 23Feb1943 | 2 | Riga | 4Apr1976 | 190/118 | SP | ||||
| 63 | 19.21 | Marco Montelatici | ITA | 25Aug1953 | 1 | Firenze | 11Jul1976 | 188/125 | SP | ||||
| 64 | 19.19 | Michael Winch | GBR | 20Jul1948 | 1 | London | 8Sep1976 | 182/101 | SP | ||||
| 65 | 19.18 | Loucas Louca | GRE | 15May1945 | 1 | Limassol | 25Mar1976 | 180/120 | SP | ||||
| 66 | 19.17 | János Faragó | HUN | 8Jul1946 | 1 | Veszprém | 14Aug1976 | 186/114 | SP | ||||
| 67 | 19.12 | i | Ferdinand Schladen | FRG | 24May1939 | 1 | Dortmund | 7Feb1976 | 203/125 | SP | |||
| 68 | 19.11 | Karl Salb | USA | 19May1949 | 3 | ITA | Atlanta GA | 25Apr1976 | 190/129 | SP | |||
| 69 | 19.09 | Mieczyslaw Kropelnicki | POL | 2Jan1951 | 1 | Kusoc | Bydgoszcz | 22Jun1976 | 190/115 | SP | |||
| 70 | 19.09 | Konstantin Zhernov | URS | 1952 | 1 | Kursk | 18Jul1976 | 186/100 | SP | ||||
| 71 | 19.07 | Jean-Marie Ali Djébaili | ALG | 23Nov1947 | 2 | Saint-Maur | 2Jun1976 | 195/130 | SP | ||||
| 72 | 19.03 | Wladyslaw Komar | POL | 11Apr1940 | 1 | Warszawa | 11Jun1976 | 195/130 | SP | ||||
| 73 | 19.02 | Eero Jouppila | FIN | 9Dec1938 | 1 | Ruovesi | 25May1976 | 187/144 | SP | ||||
| 74 | 19.02 | John Dupuis | USA | 22Mar1954 | 1976 | 188/117 | SP | ||||||
| 75 | 19.01 | Viktor Gutor | URS | 8Jul1951 | 1 | Grodno | 9Jun1976 | 183/102 | SP | ||||
| 76 | 19.00 | i | Josef Forst | FRG | 2Nov1946 | 1 | Madrid | 31Jan1976 | 190/105 | SP | |||
| 77 | 18.96 | Don Allshouse | USA | 10Nov1954 | 1 | Athens GA | 15May1976 | SP | |||||
| 78 | 18.95 | Dave Voorhees | USA | 16Apr1955 | 1 | Eugene OR | 17Apr1976 | 196/102 | SP | ||||
| 79 | 18.94 | Robert Dale | GBR | 24Jun1948 | 2 | London (CP) | 12Jun1976 | 198/120 | SP | ||||
| 80 | 18.90 | Christian Petit | FRA | 30Dec1944 | 1 | Aix-les-Bains | 10Apr1976 | 185/108 | SP | ||||
| 81 | 18.86 | LeBaron Caruthers | USA | 20Apr1954 | 2 | Raleigh NC | 1May1976 | 186/116 | SP | ||||
| 82 | 18.85 | Gerald Bergmann | GDR | 3Sep1956 | 3 | Est Berlin | 10Jul1976 | 187/100 | SP | ||||
| 83 | 18.85 | Rickard Bruch | SWE | 2Jul1946 | 1 | Malmö | 14Jul1976 | 199/130 | SP | ||||
| 84 | 18.83 | i | Roland Höhne | GDR | 19Sep1956 | 4 | Berlin | 18Jan1976 | 197/118 | SP | |||
| 85 | 18.82 | Edmund Antczak | POL | 20Jul1946 | 1 | Otwock | 30May1976 | 186/109 | SP | ||||
| 86 | 18.74 | Leonid Smelash | URS | 22Sep1944 | 4 | Bratislava | 7Jun1976 | 191/117 | SP | ||||
| 87 | 18.71 | Carl Wallin | USA | 4Oct1941 | 1 | Pembroke | 15Aug1976 | 193/126 | SP | ||||
| 88 | 18.70 | Viktor Kalabin | URS | 29May1947 | 1976 | 188/108 | SP | ||||||
| 89 | 18.69 | Jorma Lempinen | FIN | 18Apr1954 | 3 | Turku | 12Aug1976 | 189/112 | SP | ||||
| 90 | 18.68 | Steve Stone | USA | 1954 | 1 | Lincoln NE | 15May1976 | 193/127 | SP | ||||
| 91 | 18.66 | Bahadur Singh | IND | 8Feb1946 | 1 | Patiala | 30May1976 | 188/112 | SP | ||||
| 92 | 18.66 | Kazikmir Laypanov | URS | 8Jun1947 | 1976 | 183/115 | SP | ||||||
| 93 | 18.65 | Thomas Andersson | FIN | 22Jun1951 | 2 | Porvoo | 5Aug1976 | SP | |||||
| 94 | 18.64 | i | Gary Buchanan | USA | 11Sep1956 | 4 | Oklahoma City OK | 14Feb1976 | 193/107 | SP | |||
| 95 | 18.63A | i | Anders Arrhenius | SWE | 16Jul1947 | 1 | Provo UT | 14Feb1976 | 198/124 | SP | |||
| 96 | 18.63 | Leszek Gajdzinski | POL | 25Sep1946 | 1 | Poznan | 20Jun1976 | 188/124 | SP | ||||
| 97 | 18.57 | Kent Pagel | USA | 2Aug1952 | 4 | MtSAC R | Walnut CA | 24Apr1976 | 200/126 | SP | |||
| 98 | 18.57 | Enn Rohula | URS | 9Oct1953 | 1 | Moskva | 29May1976 | 180/104 | SP | ||||
| 99 | 18.56 | Anatoliy Tyapkin | URS | 2Mar1947 | 1976 | 192/116 | SP | ||||||
| 100 | 18.54 | Aleksandr Belyayev | URS | 1949 | 1976 | SP |