| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 21.74 | Udo Beyer | GDR | 9Aug1955 | 1 | Linz | 29Jul1979 | 195/140 | SP | |||
| 2 | 2 | 21.69 | Reijo Ståhlberg | FIN | 21Sep1952 | 1 | WCR | Fresno CA | 5May1979 | 194/130 | PB | SP | |
| 3 | 21.66 | Udo Beyer | 1 | Plovdiv | 18May1979 | SP | |||||||
| 4 | 21.60 | Udo Beyer | 1 | Göteborg | 7Aug1979 | SP | |||||||
| 5 | 21.36 | Udo Beyer | 1 | GS | Ostrava | 6Jun1979 | SP | ||||||
| 6 | 21.32 | Udo Beyer | 1 | OD | Dresden | 13Jun1979 | SP | ||||||
| 7 | 21.31 | Reijo Ståhlberg | 1 | Otaniemi | 12Jun1979 | SP | |||||||
| 8 | 21.27 | Reijo Ståhlberg | 1 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 12May1979 | SP | ||||||
| 9 | 21.27 | Udo Beyer | 1 | Dresden | 19Jul1979 | SP | |||||||
| 10 | 21.21 | Reijo Ståhlberg | 1 | Pepsi | Westwood CA | 6May1979 | SP | ||||||
| 11 | 21.21 | Udo Beyer | 1 | Leipzig | 3Jun1979 | SP | |||||||
| 12 | 21.21 | Udo Beyer | 1 | ECp/sf | Genève | 30Jun1979 | SP | ||||||
| 13 | 21.14 | Udo Beyer | 1 | vsURS | Leipzig | 24Jun1979 | SP | ||||||
| 14 | 21.13 | Udo Beyer | 1 | ECp | Torino | 4Aug1979 | SP | ||||||
| 15 | 21.12 | Udo Beyer | 1 | NC | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 10Aug1979 | SP | ||||||
| 16 | 21.11 | Reijo Ståhlberg | 1 | Lohja | 10Jun1979 | SP | |||||||
| 3 | 17 | 21.11 | David Laut | USA | 21Dec1956 | 1 | AAU | Walnut CA | 17Jun1979 | 193/114 | SP | ||
| 18 | 21.08 | Reijo Ståhlberg | 1 | Kuopio | 20Jun1979 | SP | |||||||
| 4 | 19 | 21.02 | Brian Oldfield | USA | 1Jun1945 | 1 | Los Gatos CA | 29Dec1979 | 196/125 | SP | |||
| 20 | 20.95 | Udo Beyer | 1 | Ebensee | 28Jul1979 | SP | |||||||
| 21 | 20.93 | Udo Beyer | 1 | PTS | Bratislava | 9Jun1979 | SP | ||||||
| 5 | 22 | 20.90 | Hans-Jürgen Jacobi | GDR | 26Jul1950 | 1 | vsBUL | Erfurt | 18Aug1979 | 197/140 | SP | ||
| 23 | 20.88 | David Laut | 1 | Tempe AZ | 19May1979 | SP | |||||||
| 24 | 20.86 | Reijo Ståhlberg | 1 | Los Gatos CA | 28Apr1979 | SP | |||||||
| 25 | 20.86 | Reijo Ståhlberg | 1 | vsCZE | Mikkeli | 18Aug1979 | SP | ||||||
| 26 | 20.84 | Reijo Ståhlberg | 1 | WG | Helsinki | 19Jun1979 | SP | ||||||
| 27 | 20.81 | Reijo Ståhlberg | 1 | Karjaa | 3Jun1979 | SP | |||||||
| 28 | 20.79 | Reijo Ståhlberg | 1 | Keuruu | 22Jun1979 | SP | |||||||
| 6 | 29 | 20.78 | Valeriy Voykin | URS | 14Oct1945 | 1 | Kharkov | 2Aug1979 | 192/118 | PB | SP | ||
| 7 | 30 | 20.73 | Bishop Dolegiewicz | CAN | 8Jul1953 | 1 | WPT | Québec City | 11Aug1979 | 190/145 | SP | ||
| 8 | 31 | 20.71 | Vladimir Kiselyov I | URS | 1Jan1957 | 1 | Kremenchug | 4Aug1979 | 186/125 | SP | |||
| 9 | 32 | 20.69 | Hreinn Halldórsson | ISL | 3Mar1949 | 1 | Husavik | 14Jul1979 | 192/113 | SP | |||
| 33 | 20.68 | Udo Beyer | 1 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 26May1979 | SP | |||||||
| 10 | 34 | 20.68 | Matthias Schmidt | GDR | 22Nov1956 | 2 | vsURS | Leipzig | 24Jun1979 | 188/106 | SP | ||
| 35 | 20.68 | Reijo Ståhlberg | 2 | ECp/sf | Genève | 30Jun1979 | SP | ||||||
| 36 | 20.68 | Reijo Ståhlberg | 2 | Göteborg | 7Aug1979 | SP | |||||||
| 37 | 20.66 | Reijo Ståhlberg | 1 | Nurmi G | Turku | 25Jul1979 | SP | ||||||
| 11 | 38 | 20.65 | Michael Carter | USA | 29Oct1960 | 1 | vsURS-j | Boston MA | 4Jul1979 | 189/127 | SP | ||
| 39 | 20.65 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | Los Gatos CA | 5Jul1979 | SP | |||||||
| 12 | 40 | 20.64 | Allan Feuerbach | USA | 14Jan1948 | 2 | AAU | Walnut CA | 17Jun1979 | 186/120 | SP | ||
| 13 | 41 | 20.62 | i | Anatoliy Yarosh | URS | 22Oct1952 | 1 | Voroshilovgrad | 11Jan1979 | 191/130 | SP | ||
| 14 | 42 | 20.61 | Aleksandr Nosyenko | URS | 4Apr1952 | 1 | Prav | Sochi | 8Jun1979 | 194/135 | SP | ||
| 43 | 20.58 | Valeriy Voykin | 1 | Spart | Moskva | 27Jul1979 | SP | ||||||
| 15 | 44 | 20.58 | Vladimir Milic | YUG | 23Oct1955 | 1 | Med. Games | Split | 24Sep1979 | 190/115 | SP | ||
| 16 | 45 | 20.57 | i | Colin Anderson | USA | 20Nov1951 | 1 | AAU | New York | 23Feb1979 | 188/117 | SP | |
| 46 | 20.57 | Hreinn Halldórsson | 1 | TexR | Austin TX | 7Apr1979 | SP | ||||||
| 47 | 20.55 | Colin Anderson | 1 | Pre | Eugene OR | 2Jun1979 | SP | ||||||
| 48 | 20.55 | Matthias Schmidt | 2 | GS | Ostrava | 6Jun1979 | SP | ||||||
| 49 | 20.55 | Matthias Schmidt | 2 | Dresden | 11Jun1979 | SP | |||||||
| 50 | 20.54 | i | Reijo Ståhlberg | 1 | Otaniemi | 11Feb1979 | SP | ||||||
| 17 | 51 | 20.53 | Heino Sild | URS | 10Apr1944 | 1 | Budapest | 11Jun1979 | 196/120 | PB | SP | ||
| 52 | 20.50 | Hreinn Halldórsson | 1 | Akureyri | 3Aug1979 | SP | |||||||
| 18 | 20.49 | i | Geoffrey Capes | GBR | 23Aug1949 | 1 | Ottawa | 10Feb1979 | 197/139 | SP | |||
| 19 | 20.42 | Valcho Stoev Khristov | BUL | 20Jan1952 | 1 | Hanz | Zagreb | 3Jun1979 | 186/115 | SP | |||
| 20 | 20.39 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | URS | 11Nov1948 | 3 | Prav | Sochi | 8Jun1979 | 198/130 | SP | |||
| 21 | 20.34 | Peter Shmock | USA | 29Apr1950 | 1 | San Diego CA | 26May1979 | 182/118 | SP | ||||
| 22 | 20.32 | Yussuf Nagui Asaad | EGY | 12Sep1945 | 1 | AfCh | Dakar | 4Aug1979 | 193/113 | SP | |||
| 23 | 20.27 | Ralf Reichenbach | FRG | 31Jul1950 | 2 | ECp | Torino | 4Aug1979 | 198/137 | SP | |||
| 24 | 20.25 | Jean-Pierre Egger | SUI | 30Jul1943 | 1 | Neuchâtel | 9Jun1979 | 192/112 | PB | SP | |||
| 25 | 20.25 | Wolfgang Schmidt | GDR | 16Jan1954 | 1 | WK | Zürich | 15Aug1979 | 197/115 | SP | |||
| 26 | 20.16 | Bruno Pauletto | CAN | 21Jan1954 | 2 | Los Gatos CA | 28Apr1979 | 184/114 | SP | ||||
| 27 | 20.10 | Dietmar Krumm | GDR | 19Jan1958 | 1 | Rostock | 15Aug1979 | 198/115 | PB | SP | |||
| 28 | 20.09 | Steve Summers | USA | 21Jun1957 | 2 | Tempe AZ | 19May1979 | 191/114 | SP | ||||
| 29 | 20.07A | Ian Pyka | USA | 24Mar1956 | 1 | USOC SF | Colorado Springs CO | 30Jul1979 | 186/109 | SP | |||
| 30 | 20.04 | Marcus Gordien | USA | 20Apr1955 | 3 | Tempe AZ | 19May1979 | 194/100 | SP | ||||
| 31 | 20.03 | Angelo Groppelli | ITA | 12Jul1946 | 2 | vsPOL,CAN | Torino | 8Jun1979 | 191/100 | PB | SP | ||
| 32 | 20.03 | Markku Tuokko | FIN | 24Jun1951 | 2 | vsCZE | Mikkeli | 18Aug1979 | 196/118 | PB | SP | ||
| 33 | 19.99 | Nikolay Khristov | BUL | 14Feb1952 | 2 | NC | Sofia | 29Jul1979 | 184/125 | SP | |||
| 34 | 19.96 | Mikhail Gusyev | URS | 16Sep1957 | 2 | Budapest | 5Sep1979 | 205/118 | SP | ||||
| 35 | 19.92 | Jeff Stover | USA | 22May1958 | 2 | Eugene OR | 14Apr1979 | 196/112 | SP | ||||
| 36 | 19.92 | Detlef Mortag | GDR | 13Jun1959 | 1 | Halle | 18Jul1979 | 194/118 | SP | ||||
| 37 | 19.89 | Sergey Donskikh | URS | 25Jan1956 | 1 | Leningrad | 29Jun1979 | 197/128 | SP | ||||
| 38 | 19.87 | i | Gerald Bergmann | GDR | 3Sep1956 | 1 | Berlin | 4Feb1979 | 187/100 | SP | |||
| 39 | 19.80 | Anders Arrhenius | SWE | 16Jul1947 | 1 | Väddö | 14Jul1979 | 198/124 | SP | ||||
| 40 | 19.78 | Hans Almström | SWE | 1Aug1950 | 2 | NCAA | Champaign IL | 1Jun1979 | 193/125 | SP | |||
| 41 | 19.78 | Ben Plucknett | USA | 13Apr1954 | 1 | Los Gatos CA | 15Dec1979 | 201/124 | SP | ||||
| 42 | 19.75 | Peter Block | GDR | 28May1955 | 1 | Potsdam | 23Jun1979 | 200/120 | SP | ||||
| 43 | 19.74 | Edmund Antczak | POL | 20Jul1946 | 1 | Sopot | 22Jul1979 | 186/109 | SP | ||||
| 44 | 19.71 | i | Roland Höhne | GDR | 19Sep1956 | 2 | Berlin | 4Feb1979 | 197/118 | SP | |||
| 45 | 19.71 | Jaroslav Brabec | CZE | 27Jul1949 | 1 | Potsdam | 1Sep1979 | 190/125 | SP | ||||
| 46 | 19.68 | Mikhail Kyoshev | BUL | 15Mar1951 | 1 | Sofia | 29Jun1979 | 180/112 | SP | ||||
| 47 | 19.67 | Luc Viudès | FRA | 31Jan1956 | 1 | Fribourg | 16Jun1979 | 190/123 | SP | ||||
| 48 | 19.66 | i | George Tyms | USA | 12Oct1950 | 2 | Louisville KY | 10Feb1979 | 178/116 | SP | |||
| 49 | 19.66 | Sam Walker | USA | 15Aug1950 | 3 | TexR | Austin TX | 7Apr1979 | 185/113 | SP | |||
| 50 | 19.63 | Edward Sarul | POL | 16Nov1958 | 1 | Zabrze | 9Sep1979 | 195/112 | SP | ||||
| 51 | 19.60 | Zlatan Saracevic | YUG | 27Jul1956 | 1 | Nitra | 8Sep1979 | 196/145 | SP | ||||
| 52 | 19.59 | i | Wolfgang Warnemünde | GDR | 8May1953 | 3 | Berlin | 4Feb1979 | 202/112 | SP | |||
| 53 | 19.58 | LeBaron Caruthers | USA | 20Apr1954 | q | AAU | Walnut CA | 16Apr1979 | 186/116 | PB | SP | ||
| 54 | 19.58 | Gennadiy Mikhailov | URS | 9Jun1956 | 2 | Leningrad | 29Jun1979 | 189/124 | SP | ||||
| 55 | 19.57 | i | Vladimir Byerezhnoy | URS | 3Jul1953 | 1 | Klaipeda | 28Jan1979 | 190/113 | PB | SP | ||
| 56 | 19.56 | Vladimir Kiselyov II | URS | 24Apr1957 | 1 | Moskva | 27May1979 | 188/112 | SP | ||||
| 57 | 19.55 | István Kácsor | HUN | 27Mar1956 | 1 | vsCZE,AUT,ROM | Banská Býstrica | 23Jun1979 | 189/105 | SP | |||
| 58 | 19.55 | Enn Rohula | URS | 9Oct1953 | 1 | Pöltsamaa | 25Aug1979 | 180/104 | SP | ||||
| 59 | 19.53 | Wladyslaw Komar | POL | 11Apr1940 | 1 | EP/sf | Lüdenscheid | 30Jun1979 | 195/130 | SP | |||
| 60 | 19.47 | Mark Baughman | USA | 8Mar1957 | 1 | Santa Barbara CA | 23Mar1979 | 190/107 | PB | SP | |||
| 61 | 19.47 | Knut Hjeltnes | NOR | 8Dec1951 | 1 | vsESP,SUI | Øvre Årdal | 18Aug1979 | 195/125 | SP | |||
| 62 | 19.45 | Richard Bilder | USA | 8Oct1951 | 2 | Chicago IL | 10Jun1979 | 193/122 | SP | ||||
| 63 | 19.42 | Janis Bojars | URS | 12May1956 | 1 | Dobele | 8Jul1979 | 185/127 | SP | ||||
| 64 | 19.40 | Grigoriy Skorikov | URS | 10Feb1954 | 1 | Adler | 27Apr1979 | 196/96 | SP | ||||
| 65 | 19.40 | Mieczyslaw Kropelnicki | POL | 2Jan1951 | 2 | Sopot | 22Jul1979 | 190/115 | SP | ||||
| 66 | 19.39 | i | Roland Krohn | GDR | 4Sep1954 | 4 | NC-i | Senftenberg | 17Feb1979 | 200/133 | SP | ||
| 67 | 19.39 | Luigi De Santis | ITA | 12Aug1957 | 2 | Rieti | 21Jul1979 | 190/103 | SP | ||||
| 68 | 19.35 | Jesse Stuart | USA | 18Mar1951 | 1 | Columbus OH | 21Apr1979 | 190/120 | SP | ||||
| 69 | 19.34 | Claus-Dieter Föhrenbach | FRG | 11May1955 | 2 | Rheinau-Freistett | 29Jul1979 | 187/110 | SP | ||||
| 70 | 19.27 | Oskar Jakobsson | ISL | 29Jan1955 | 2 | Reykjavik | 8Aug1979 | 196/114 | SP | ||||
| 71 | 19.25 | Jeff Braun | USA | 2Jun1957 | 1 | Whitefish Bay | 23Jun1979 | 190/130 | SP | ||||
| 72 | 19.25 | Yuriy Mityushkin | URS | 21Jul1952 | 1 | Tbilisi | 21Sep1979 | 194/105 | SP | ||||
| 73 | 19.25 | Marco Montelatici | ITA | 25Aug1953 | 1 | Firenze | 20Oct1979 | 188/125 | SP | ||||
| 74 | 19.24 | Mikhail Domorosov | URS | 5Mar1955 | 10 | Spart | Moskva | 27Jul1979 | 178/107 | SP | |||
| 75 | 19.23 | Joe Staub | USA | 8Nov1959 | 7 | NCAA | Champaign IL | 1Jun1979 | 183/100 | SP | |||
| 76 | 19.20 | Sergey Solomko | URS | 28May1958 | 3 | Donyetsk | 23Jun1979 | 192/110 | SP | ||||
| 77 | 19.20 | Arnjolt Beer | FRA | 19Jun1946 | 1 | Saint-Maur | 27Jun1979 | 192/110 | SP | ||||
| 78 | 19.19 | Andrey Shurepov | URS | 2Feb1952 | 2 | Alushta | 27Apr1979 | 196/126 | SP | ||||
| 79 | 19.19 | Ivan Ivancic | YUG | 6Dec1937 | 2 | NC | Sarajevo | 7Jul1979 | 194/128 | SP | |||
| 80 | 19.13 | Nikolay Valakhanovich | URS | 19May1957 | 1 | Minsk | 27May1979 | 187/103 | SP | ||||
| 81 | 19.13 | Gary England | USA | 18Nov1954 | 1 | Bloomington IN | 10Jun1979 | 191/107 | SP | ||||
| 82 | 19.12 | i | John Marks | USA | 13Jun1957 | 1 | Normal IL | 17Feb1979 | 188/105 | SP | |||
| 83 | 19.12 | László Szabó | HUN | 6Jan1955 | 1 | Székesfehérvár | 31May1979 | 192/120 | SP | ||||
| 84 | 19.12 | Andrzej Bembnista | POL | 14Jan1953 | 3 | Sopot | 22Jul1979 | 190/114 | SP | ||||
| 85 | 19.11 | György Nagy | HUN | 2Apr1942 | 1 | Budapest | 13Sep1979 | 186/102 | SP | ||||
| 86 | 19.10 | Aleksandr Stepankov | URS | 13May1958 | q | Chelyabinsk | 26Jun1979 | 188/124 | SP | ||||
| 87 | 19.09 | Vince Goldsmith | USA | 20Jul1959 | 4 | Eugene OR | 14Apr1979 | 180/105 | SP | ||||
| 88 | 19.08 | Loucas Louca | GRE | 15May1945 | 4 | Balkan C | Athína | 11Aug1979 | 180/120 | SP | |||
| 89 | 19.06 | Maurice "Mac" Wilkins | USA | 15Nov1950 | 2 | San José CA | 14Apr1979 | 193/114 | SP | ||||
| 90 | 19.04 | Ants Savest | URS | 11Jan1951 | 2 | Tallinn | 20Jun1979 | 191/97 | SP | ||||
| 91 | 19.03 | Carlos Scott | USA | 7Jul1960 | 4 | Austin TX | 18May1979 | 193/125 | SP | ||||
| 92 | 19.03 | Vladas Vancevicius | URS | 18Nov1958 | 1 | Greifswald | Jul1979 | 180/116 | SP | ||||
| 93 | 19.03 | i | Michael Winch | GBR | 20Jul1948 | 1 | Cosford | 8Dec1979 | 182/101 | SP | |||
| 94 | 19.02 | Konstantin Zhernov | URS | 1952 | Chelyabinsk | 27Jun1979 | 186/100 | SP | |||||
| 95 | 19.01 | i | Boris Lyalin | URS | 1954 | 1 | Moskva | 19Jan1979 | SP | ||||
| 96 | 19.00 | Jovan Lazarevic | YUG | 3May1952 | 3 | Beograd | 10Jul1979 | 194/114 | SP | ||||
| 97 | 18.99 | George Woods | USA | 11Feb1943 | 7 | USTFA | Wichita KS | 25May1979 | 188/136 | SP | |||
| 98 | 18.98 | Richard Marks | USA | 16Apr1944 | 8 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 12May1979 | 187/122 | SP | |||
| 99 | 18.98 | Bob Feuerbach | USA | 20Jun1957 | q | AAU | Walnut CA | 16Jun1979 | 188/105 | SP | |||
| 100 | 18.98 | Frank Siegmund | GDR | 7Feb1958 | 1 | Berlin | 1Aug1979 | 192/120 | SP |