| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 21.98 | Udo Beyer | GDR | 9Aug1955 | 1 | OT | Erfurt | 18May1980 | 195/140 | SP | ||
| 2 | 2 | 21.82 | Brian Oldfield | USA | 1Jun1945 | 1 | TAC | Walnut CA | 15Jun1980 | 196/125 | SP | ||
| 3 | 21.76 | Udo Beyer | 1 | OT | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 25May1980 | SP | ||||||
| 4 | 21.75 | Udo Beyer | 1 | OD | Est Berlin | 28May1980 | SP | ||||||
| 5 | 21.71 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | Houston TX | 3May1980 | SP | |||||||
| 6 | 21.70 | Udo Beyer | 1 | Celje | 2May1980 | SP | |||||||
| 7 | 21.70 | Udo Beyer | 1 | Est Berlin | 9Jul1980 | SP | |||||||
| 3 | 8 | 21.68 | Geoffrey Capes | GBR | 23Aug1949 | 1 | vsHUN,NED | Cwmbran | 18May1980 | 197/139 | NR | SP | |
| 9 | 21.63 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | Berkeley CA | 1Jun1980 | SP | |||||||
| 10 | 21.61 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 17May1980 | SP | ||||||
| 11 | 21.54 | Udo Beyer | 1 | NC | Cottbus | 16Jul1980 | SP | ||||||
| 4 | 12 | 21.51 | Ralf Reichenbach | FRG | 31Jul1950 | 1 | ISTAF | West Berlin | 8Aug1980 | 198/137 | PB | SP | |
| 13 | 21.50 | Geoffrey Capes | 1 | Belfast | 24May1980 | SP | |||||||
| 14 | 21.49 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | Pepsi | Westwood CA | 11May1980 | SP | ||||||
| 5 | 15 | 21.48 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | URS | 11Nov1948 | 1 | Moskva | 12Jul1980 | 198/130 | SP | |||
| 16 | 21.47 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | TFA/USA | Wichita KS | 30May1980 | SP | ||||||
| 17 | 21.45 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | Los Gatos CA | 6Jan1980 | SP | |||||||
| 18 | 21.44 | Udo Beyer | 1 | Split | 29Apr1980 | SP | |||||||
| 19 | 21.35 | Geoffrey Capes | 1 | Loughborough | 5Jun1980 | SP | |||||||
| 6 | 20 | 21.35 | Vladimir Kiselyov I | URS | 1Jan1957 | 1 | OG | Moskva | 30Jul1980 | 186/125 | SP | ||
| 7 | 21 | 21.25 | Hans-Jürgen Jacobi | GDR | 26Jul1950 | 2 | NC | Cottbus | 16Jul1980 | 197/140 | PB | SP | |
| 22 | 21.25 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | AAA | London (CP) | 6Sep1980 | SP | ||||||
| 8 | 23 | 21.23 | Reijo Ståhlberg | FIN | 21Sep1952 | 1 | Salo | 25May1980 | 194/130 | SP | |||
| 24 | 21.23 | Ralf Reichenbach | 1 | Stuttgart | 12Jul1980 | SP | |||||||
| 25 | 21.20 | Hans-Jürgen Jacobi | 2 | OD | Est Berlin | 28May1980 | SP | ||||||
| 26 | 21.15 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | Buenos Aires | 12Oct1980 | SP | |||||||
| 9 | 27 | 21.14 | Vladimir Milic | YUG | 23Oct1955 | 1 | Beograd | 12Feb1980 | 190/105 | SP | |||
| 28 | 21.13 | Ralf Reichenbach | 1 | vsPOL | Warszawa | 9Jun1980 | SP | ||||||
| 29 | 21.13 | Vladimir Kiselyov I | 1 | NC | Moskva | 21Jun1980 | SP | ||||||
| 30 | 21.13 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | Santiago de Chile | 19Oct1980 | SP | |||||||
| 31 | 21.12 | Geoffrey Capes | 1 | Hull | 18Jun1980 | SP | |||||||
| 10 | 32 | 21.10 | David Laut | USA | 21Dec1956 | 2 | Berkeley CA | 1Jun1980 | 193/114 | SP | |||
| 33 | 21.09 | David Laut | 1 | Long Beach CA | 24May1980 | SP | |||||||
| 11 | 34 | 21.08 | Colin Anderson | USA | 20Nov1951 | 2 | TAC | Walnut CA | 15Jun1980 | 188/117 | PB | SP | |
| 35 | 21.08 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | 2 | OG | Moskva | 30Jul1980 | SP | ||||||
| 36 | 21.07 | Hans-Jürgen Jacobi | 1 | OT | Potsdam | 1Jun1980 | SP | ||||||
| 37 | 21.06 | Udo Beyer | 3 | OG | Moskva | 30Jul1980 | SP | ||||||
| 38 | 21.05 | Udo Beyer | 1 | OT | Potsdam | 11May1980 | SP | ||||||
| 39 | 21.03 | Geoffrey Capes | 1 | Birmingham | 26May1980 | SP | |||||||
| 40 | 21.02 | Reijo Ståhlberg | 1 | Karjaa | 1Jun1980 | SP | |||||||
| 41 | 20.99 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | San José CA | 12Apr1980 | SP | |||||||
| 42 | 20.98 | Geoffrey Capes | 1 | London (CP) | 27Jun1980 | SP | |||||||
| 43 | 20.97 | Geoffrey Capes | 1 | London (CP) | 5Jul1980 | SP | |||||||
| 12 | 44 | 20.95 | Anatoliy Yarosh | URS | 22Oct1952 | 1 | Znam | Moskva | 6Jul1980 | 191/130 | PB | SP | |
| 45 | 20.94 | Hans-Jürgen Jacobi | 2 | OT | Erfurt | 18May1980 | SP | ||||||
| 46 | 20.93 | Vladimir Kiselyov I | 1 | Prav | Moskva | 12Jun1980 | SP | ||||||
| 47 | 20.91 | Geoffrey Capes | 1 | Isleworth | 28May1980 | SP | |||||||
| 48 | 20.89 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | Santa Cruz CA | 27Apr1980 | SP | |||||||
| 49 | 20.88 | Anatoliy Yarosh | 2 | Prav | Moskva | 12Jun1980 | SP | ||||||
| 50 | 20.87 | Colin Anderson | 2 | TFA/USA | Wichita KS | 30May1980 | SP | ||||||
| 51 | 20.85 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | Pomona CA | 2Feb1980 | SP | |||||||
| 52 | 20.85 | Hans-Jürgen Jacobi | 2 | Split | 29Apr1980 | SP | |||||||
| 53 | 20.85 | Ralf Reichenbach | 1 | Lage | 4Jul1980 | SP | |||||||
| 13 | 20.84 | Jeff Stover | USA | 22May1958 | 1 | Eugene OR | 26Apr1980 | 196/112 | PB | SP | |||
| 14 | 20.83 | Peter Shmock | USA | 29Apr1950 | 1 | FOT | Eugene OR | 27Jun1980 | 182/118 | SP | |||
| 15 | 20.82 | Allan Feuerbach | USA | 14Jan1948 | 2 | FOT | Eugene OR | 27Jun1980 | 186/120 | SP | |||
| 16 | 20.77 | Steve Summers | USA | 21Jun1957 | 1 | MtSAC R | Walnut CA | 19Apr1980 | 191/114 | PB | SP | ||
| 17 | 20.76 | Wolfgang Schmidt | GDR | 16Jan1954 | 3 | OT | Erfurt | 18May1980 | 197/115 | SP | |||
| 18 | 20.72 | Valcho Stoev Khristov | BUL | 20Jan1952 | 1 | Sofia | 5Jul1980 | 186/115 | PB | SP | |||
| 19 | 20.69 | Valeriy Voykin | URS | 14Oct1945 | 2 | NC | Moskva | 21Jun1980 | 192/118 | SP | |||
| 20 | 20.67 | Matthias Schmidt | GDR | 22Nov1956 | 1 | Potsdam | 13Jul1980 | 188/106 | SP | ||||
| 21 | 20.62 | Jesse Stuart | USA | 18Mar1951 | 4 | TAC | Walnut CA | 15Jun1980 | 190/120 | SP | |||
| 22 | 20.61 | i | Michael Carter | USA | 29Oct1960 | 1 | NCAA | Detroit MI | 14Mar1980 | 189/127 | SP | ||
| 23 | 20.57 | i | Zlatan Saracevic | YUG | 27Jul1956 | 1 | Budapest | 1Feb1980 | 196/145 | SP | |||
| 24 | 20.57 | Aleksandr Nosyenko | URS | 4Apr1952 | 1 | Sochi | 23May1980 | 194/135 | SP | ||||
| 25 | 20.56 | Hreinn Halldórsson | ISL | 3Mar1949 | 1 | Tuscaloosa AL | 9May1980 | 192/113 | SP | ||||
| 26 | 20.55 | Knut Hjeltnes | NOR | 8Dec1951 | 1 | NC | Bodø | 5Jul1980 | 195/125 | PB | SP | ||
| 27 | 20.53 | Yevgeniy Mironov | URS | 1Nov1949 | 2 | Sochi | 23May1980 | 193/130 | SP | ||||
| 28 | 20.53 | Jaromír Vlk | CZE | 4Mar1949 | 1 | Praha | 24May1980 | 198/120 | PB | SP | |||
| 29 | 20.50 | Sam Walker | USA | 15Aug1950 | 4 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 17May1980 | 185/113 | PB | SP | ||
| 30 | 20.48 | Bruno Pauletto | CAN | 21Jan1954 | 1 | Porsgrunn | 29Jun1980 | 184/114 | SP | ||||
| 31 | 20.47 | Yussuf Nagui Asaad | EGY | 12Sep1945 | 1 | AFRvsBALKvsPOL | Athína | 8Aug1980 | 193/113 | SP | |||
| 32 | 20.46 | Jovan Lazarevic | YUG | 3May1952 | 1 | Sarajevo | 21Jun1980 | 194/114 | SP | ||||
| 33 | 20.44 | i | Nikolay Khristov | BUL | 14Feb1952 | 1 | Sofia | 27Jan1980 | 184/125 | PB | SP | ||
| 34 | 20.44 | Ivan Ivancic | YUG | 6Dec1937 | 1 | Beograd | 5Jul1980 | 194/128 | SP | ||||
| 35 | 20.40 | Ben Plucknett | USA | 13Apr1954 | 1 | 8-N2 | Beijing | 27Sep1980 | 201/124 | PB | SP | ||
| 36 | 20.36 | Ian Pyka | USA | 24Mar1956 | 5 | FOT | Eugene OR | 27Jun1980 | 186/109 | PB | SP | ||
| 37 | 20.35 | Bishop Dolegiewicz | CAN | 8Jul1953 | 5 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 17May1980 | 190/145 | SP | |||
| 38 | 20.25 | i | Peter Block | GDR | 28May1955 | 1 | Schwerin | 21Dec1980 | 200/120 | SP | |||
| 39 | 20.21 | Oskar Jakobsson | ISL | 29Jan1955 | 2 | NCAA | Austin TX | 7Jun1980 | 196/114 | SP | |||
| 40 | 20.08 | Frank Siegmund | GDR | 7Feb1958 | 4 | OT | Potsdam | 11May1980 | 192/120 | PB | SP | ||
| 41 | 20.05 | Jaroslav Brabec | CZE | 27Jul1949 | 2 | Praha | 5Jul1980 | 190/125 | SP | ||||
| 42 | 20.03 | Sergey Donskikh | URS | 25Jan1956 | 2 | NC | Donyetsk | 9Sep1980 | 197/128 | SP | |||
| 43 | 20.02 | Janis Bojars | URS | 12May1956 | 1 | Koknese | 24Aug1980 | 185/127 | SP | ||||
| 44 | 19.98 | i | Mikhail Gusyev | URS | 16Sep1957 | 4 | Moskva | 8Feb1980 | 205/118 | SP | |||
| 45 | 19.97 | Wladyslaw Komar | POL | 11Apr1940 | 1 | Warszawa | 6Sep1980 | 195/130 | SP | ||||
| 46 | 19.96 | Tim Scott | USA | 13Aug1958 | 1 | Laredo TX | 1Mar1980 | 188/109 | SP | ||||
| 47 | 19.94 | George Woods | USA | 11Feb1943 | 6 | Houston TX | 3May1980 | 188/136 | SP | ||||
| 48 | 19.92 | Wolfgang Warnemünde | GDR | 8May1953 | 5 | OT | Erfurt | 18May1980 | 202/112 | PB | SP | ||
| 49 | 19.90 | Mikhail Kyoshev | BUL | 15Mar1951 | 1 | Hanz | Zagreb | 5Jun1980 | 180/112 | PB | SP | ||
| 50 | 19.90 | Luigi De Santis | ITA | 12Aug1957 | 2 | vFIN | Palermo | 6Sep1980 | 190/103 | SP | |||
| 51 | 19.89 | Richard Bilder | USA | 8Oct1951 | Q | FOT | Eugene OR | 25Jun1980 | 193/122 | PB | SP | ||
| 52 | 19.86 | Angelo Groppelli | ITA | 12Jul1946 | 1 | Milano | 11May1980 | 191/100 | SP | ||||
| 53 | 19.86 | Marco Montelatici | ITA | 25Aug1953 | 1 | Bologna | 10Sep1980 | 188/125 | SP | ||||
| 54 | 19.85 | Enn Rohula | URS | 9Oct1953 | 1 | Tallinn | 15Sep1980 | 180/104 | PB | SP | |||
| 55 | 19.84 | Gennadiy Mikhailov | URS | 9Jun1956 | 1 | Leningrad | 18Aug1980 | 189/124 | PB | SP | |||
| 56 | 19.84 | István Kácsor | HUN | 27Mar1956 | 1 | NC | Budapest | 28Aug1980 | 189/105 | PB | SP | ||
| 57 | 19.80 | Edward Sarul | POL | 16Nov1958 | 2 | GS | Ostrava | 3Jun1980 | 195/112 | SP | |||
| 58 | 19.79 | Jean-Pierre Egger | SUI | 30Jul1943 | 1 | Bern | 19Jul1980 | 192/112 | SP | ||||
| 59 | 19.77 | John Dupuis | USA | 22Mar1954 | 1 | Pembroke | 7Jun1980 | 188/117 | SP | ||||
| 60 | 19.73 | Heino Sild | URS | 10Apr1944 | 1 | Tallinn | 1Oct1980 | 196/120 | SP | ||||
| 61 | 19.72 | Marcus Gordien | USA | 20Apr1955 | q | TAC | Walnut CA | 14Jun1980 | 194/100 | SP | |||
| 62 | 19.70 | Detlef Mortag | GDR | 13Jun1959 | 7 | OT | Erfurt | 18May1980 | 194/118 | SP | |||
| 63 | 19.70 | Dalibor Vasícek | CZE | 6May1954 | 1 | vsHUN | Budapest | 9Sep1980 | 190/116 | PB | SP | ||
| 64 | 19.67 | Yuriy Mityushkin | URS | 21Jul1952 | 1 | Smolyensk | 5May1980 | 194/105 | PB | SP | |||
| 65 | 19.67 | Luc Viudès | FRA | 31Jan1956 | 1 | OT | Colombes | 8Jun1980 | 190/123 | SP | |||
| 66 | 19.65 | Hans-Joachim Krug | FRG | 14Jul1953 | 1 | Leverkusen | 26Jul1980 | 198/115 | PB | SP | |||
| 67 | 19.64 | Vladimir Kiselyov II | URS | 24Apr1957 | Moskva | 13Jun1980 | 188/112 | SP | |||||
| 68 | 19.61 | i | Terrence Albritton | USA | 14Jan1955 | 1 | Honolulu | 27Apr1980 | 194/115 | SP | |||
| 69 | 19.58 | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | 3Jan1959 | 2 | Firenze | 4Jun1980 | 191/118 | SP | ||||
| 70 | 19.58 | Mieczyslaw Kropelnicki | POL | 2Jan1951 | 1 | Sopot | 6Sep1980 | 190/115 | SP | ||||
| 71 | 19.54 | Mikhail Domorosov | URS | 5Mar1955 | 1 | Jurmala | 31May1980 | 178/107 | SP | ||||
| 72 | 19.52 | Maurice "Mac" Wilkins | USA | 15Nov1950 | 8 | WK | Zürich | 13Aug1980 | 193/114 | SP | |||
| 73 | 19.50 | George Tyms | USA | 12Oct1950 | 1 | Champaign IL | 19Apr1980 | 178/116 | SP | ||||
| 74 | 19.48 | Hans Almström | SWE | 1Aug1950 | 1 | Nyköping | 26Jun1980 | 193/125 | SP | ||||
| 75 | 19.47 | Gerhard Steines | FRG | 17Aug1947 | 4 | Fürth | 26May1980 | 195/108 | SP | ||||
| 76 | 19.46 | Luigi Sintoni | ITA | 11Jun1955 | 1 | Schio | 24Jul1980 | 189/98 | SP | ||||
| 77 | 19.46 | Per Nilsson | SWE | 1Mar1953 | 2 | vsFIN | Helsinki | 30Aug1980 | 190/120 | SP | |||
| 78 | 19.45 | Markku Tuokko | FIN | 24Jun1951 | 2 | Nurmi G | Turku | 1Jul1980 | 196/118 | SP | |||
| 79 | 19.44 | i | Mark Baughman | USA | 8Mar1957 | 4 | NCAA | Detroit MI | 14Mar1980 | 190/107 | SP | ||
| 80 | 19.43 | Joe Maciejczyk | USA | 29Dec1958 | 3 | Austin TX | 24May1980 | 193/133 | SP | ||||
| 81 | 19.41 | Bruce Heide | USA | 30Jun1957 | 1 | PennR | Philadelphia PA | 26Apr1980 | 196/130 | SP | |||
| 82 | 19.38 | Michael Mercer | CAN | 28Apr1947 | 1 | Scarborough | 19Jun1980 | PB | SP | ||||
| 83 | 19.37A | Anders Skärvstrand [Jönsson] | SWE | 24Jul1960 | 1 | Provo UT | 12Apr1980 | 190/118 | SP | ||||
| 84 | 19.33 | Arnjolt Beer | FRA | 19Jun1946 | 1 | Saint-Maur | 11Jun1980 | 192/110 | SP | ||||
| 85 | 19.33 | Andrey Shurepov | URS | 2Feb1952 | 1 | Kharkov | 5Aug1980 | 196/126 | PB | SP | |||
| 86 | 19.31 | Olyeg Cherepanov | URS | 27Feb1954 | 1 | Chelyabinsk | 28Jun1980 | 193/117 | PB | SP | |||
| 87 | 19.31 | Janusz Gassowski | POL | 1Mar1958 | 2 | NC | Lódz | 30Aug1980 | 189/110 | SP | |||
| 88 | 19.29 | Nikolay Valakhanovich | URS | 19May1957 | 1 | Gomel | 21May1980 | 187/103 | SP | ||||
| 89 | 19.25 | i | Grigoriy Skorikov | URS | 10Feb1954 | q | NC-i | Moskva | 15Feb1980 | 196/96 | SP | ||
| 90 | 19.24 | Gary England | USA | 18Nov1954 | 2 | Champaign IL | 19Apr1980 | 191/107 | SP | ||||
| 91 | 19.23 | Remigius Machura | CZE | 3Jul1960 | 3 | Praha | 17May1980 | 187/118 | SP | ||||
| 92 | 19.22 | Aleksandr Boreyko | URS | 10Mar1956 | 1 | Zaporozhye | 28Jun1980 | 185/96 | SP | ||||
| 93 | 19.22 | Donatas Stukonis | URS | 19Nov1957 | 1 | Vilnius | 16Aug1980 | 192/108 | SP | ||||
| 94 | 19.21 | i | Dietmar Krumm | GDR | 19Jan1958 | 3 | NC-i | Senftenberg | 26Jan1980 | 198/115 | SP | ||
| 95 | 19.21 | Vince Goldsmith | USA | 20Jul1959 | 2 | Eugene OR | 26Apr1980 | 180/105 | SP | ||||
| 96 | 19.18 | Sergey Pavlyuk | URS | 8Jan1957 | 1 | Kharkov | 24May1980 | 183/112 | PB | SP | |||
| 97 | 19.18 | Udo Hermann Gelhausen | FRG | 5Jul1956 | 2 | Leverkusen | 26Jul1980 | 188/115 | SP | ||||
| 98 | 19.17 | i | LeBaron Caruthers | USA | 20Apr1954 | 6 | Houston TX | 16Feb1980 | 186/116 | SP | |||
| 99 | 19.16 | Josef Forst | FRG | 2Nov1946 | 2 | Rhede | 30Jul1980 | 190/105 | SP | ||||
| 100 | 19.15 | Sergey Korobeynikov | URS | 1956 | Pyatigorsk | 30Aug1980 | 186/100 | SP |