| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 20.20 | 1.4 | James Sanford | USA | 27Dec1957 | 1 | Pepsi | Westwood CA | 10May1981 | 178/75 | 200 | |
| 2 | 2 | 20.21 | 0.1 | Melvin Lattany | USA | 10Aug1959 | 1 | WCp | Roma | 6Sep1981 | 175/72 | 200 | |
| 3 | 3 | 20.26 | 1.9 | Allan Wells | GBR | 3May1952 | 1 | VD | Bruxelles | 28Aug1981 | 183/83 | 200 | |
| 4 | 20.27 | 1.9 | Melvin Lattany | 2 | VD | Bruxelles | 28Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 5 | 20.28 | 1.3 | Melvin Lattany | 1 | Athens GA | 11Apr1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 6 | 20.28 | -0.4 | Melvin Lattany | 1 | SEC | Gainesville FL | 16May1981 | 200 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 20.33 | -0.5 | Frank Emmelmann | GDR | 15Sep1961 | 1 | NC | Jena | 9Aug1981 | 185/76 | 200 | |
| 8 | 20.33 | 0.3 | Frank Emmelmann | 1 | ECp | Zagreb | 16Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 5 | 9 | 20.34 | 1.4 | Dwayne Evans | USA | 13Oct1958 | 2 | Pepsi | Westwood CA | 10May1981 | 186/66 | 200 | |
| 10 | 20.35 | 0.3 | Allan Wells | 2 | ECp | Zagreb | 16Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 6 | 11 | 20.36 | -1.4 | LaMonte King | USA | 18Dec1959 | 1 | Pac 10 | Palo Alto (Stanford) CA | 23May1981 | 175/68 | 200 | |
| 7 | 12 | 20.36 | -1.2 | Jeff Phillips | USA | 16May1957 | 1 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 21Jun1981 | 188/91 | 200 | |
| 13 | 20.36 | 0.0 | James Sanford | 1 | Oslo | 11Jul1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 8 | 14 | 20.38 | -1.4 | Eric Brown | USA | 12Jan1960 | 2 | Pac 10 | Palo Alto (Stanford) CA | 23May1981 | 180/82 | PB | 200 |
| 15 | 20.38 | -1.2 | Eric Brown | 2 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 21Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 16 | 20.39 | 1.3 | Eric Brown | 1 | Westwood CA | 2May1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 17 | 20.40 | -1.4 | Dwayne Evans | 3 | Pac 10 | Palo Alto (Stanford) CA | 23May1981 | 200 | |||||
| 9 | 18 | 20.41 | 0.0 | Stanley Floyd | USA | 23Jun1961 | 1 | BGP | Budapest | 29Jul1981 | 178/74 | PB | 200 |
| 10 | 19 | 20.46 | 1.4 | LaNoris Marshall | USA | 6Oct1960 | 3 | Pepsi | Westwood CA | 10May1981 | 183/82 | PB | 200 |
| 20 | 20.46 | 0.3 | Dwayne Evans | 1 | Bislett | Oslo | 26Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 21 | 20.46 | -1.4 | Dwayne Evans | 1r2 | WK | Zürich | 19Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 11 | 22 | 20.47 | 1.4 | Donald Quarrie | JAM | 25Feb1951 | 4 | Pepsi | Westwood CA | 10May1981 | 173/70 | 200 | |
| 23 | 20.47 | -1.4 | Stanley Floyd | 2r2 | WK | Zürich | 19Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 24 | 20.48 | Frank Emmelmann | 1 | vsURS | Tbilisi | 27Jun1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 25 | 20.48 | -1.4 | Jeff Phillips | 3r2 | WK | Zürich | 19Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 26 | 20.48 | -0.8 | Melvin Lattany | 1 | Coke | London (CP) | 11Sep1981 | 200 | |||||
| 27 | 20.49 | -3.5 | Dwayne Evans | 1 | Tempe AZ | 11Apr1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 28 | 20.49 | -0.7 | Stanley Floyd | 1 | ASV | Köln | 23Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 29 | 20.50 | 0.5 | Dwayne Evans | 1 | Tempe AZ | 7Mar1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 30 | 20.50 | 0.5 | Jeff Phillips | 1 | vsURS | Leningrad | 11Jul1981 | 200 | |||||
| 31 | 20.50 | 0.4 | Dwayne Evans | 1 | Athletissima | Lausanne | 14Jul1981 | 200 | |||||
| 12 | 32 | 20.51 | -0.2 | Fred Taylor | USA | 5Nov1957 | 1 | Les Abymes | 17May1981 | 183/69 | 200 | ||
| 33 | 20.51 | -1.2 | Stanley Floyd | 1 | AAA | London (CP) | 8Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 13 | 34 | 20.52 | 1.9 | Mike Roberson | USA | 25Mar1956 | 1 | Mt SAC R | Walnut CA | 26Apr1981 | 175/66 | 200 | |
| 14 | 35 | 20.52 | Larry White | USA | 7Jul1959 | 1 | Houston TX | 2May1981 | 186/77 | PB | 200 | ||
| 36 | 20.52 | 0.0 | Jeff Phillips | 1 | TB CI | Knoxville TN | 23May1981 | 200 | |||||
| 37 | 20.52 | 0.0 | Dwayne Evans | 2 | Oslo | 11Jul1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 38 | 20.53 | 1.8 | Dwayne Evans | 1 | Berkeley CA | 18Apr1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 15 | 39 | 20.53 | 1.3 | Bill Green | USA | 10May1961 | 2 | Westwood CA | 2May1981 | 178/73 | PB | 200 | |
| 40 | 20.53 | -1.2 | James Sanford | 3 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 21Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 16 | 41 | 20.53 | Vladimir Muravyov | URS | 30Sep1959 | 2 | vsGDR | Tbilisi | 27Jun1981 | 178/75 | 200 | ||
| 42 | 20.53 | Dwayne Evans | 1 | USOC SF | Syracuse NY | 27Jul1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 43 | 20.53 | 0.1 | Allan Wells | 2 | WCp | Roma | 6Sep1981 | 200 | |||||
| 44 | 20.54 | 1.4 | Eric Brown | 1 | Westwood CA | 22Mar1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 45 | 20.54 | 1.4 | Eric Brown | 5 | Pepsi | Westwood CA | 10May1981 | 200 | |||||
| 17 | 46 | 20.55 | -0.3 | Terron Wright | USA | 28Jun1958 | 1 | Tallahassee FL | 16May1981 | 183/68 | 200 | ||
| 18 | 47 | 20.55 | 1.4 | Marian Woronin | POL | 13Aug1956 | 1 | ECp/sf | Warszawa | 5Jul1981 | 186/74 | 200 | |
| 48 | 20.57 | 1.1 | James Sanford | 1 | Los Angeles CA | 31Mar1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 49 | 20.57 | 0.5 | Fred Taylor | 1 | Fort-de-France | 20May1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 50 | 20.57 | 0.0 | Allan Wells | 2 | BGP | Budapest | 29Jul1981 | 200 | |||||
| 51 | 20.57 | 0.1 | Frank Emmelmann | 3 | WCp | Roma | 6Sep1981 | 200 | |||||
| 19 | 52 | 20.58 | Donald Winey | USA | 22Mar1961 | 2 | Houston TX | 2May1981 | 183/79 | PB | 200 | ||
| 53 | 20.58 | -0.3 | Donald Quarrie | 1 | Paris (Charléty) | 24Jun1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 54 | 20.59 | 0.0 | Melvin Lattany | 1h1 | Gainesville FL | 15May1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 20 | 55 | 20.60 | -0.3 | Desai Williams | CAN | 12Jun1959 | 2 | Paris (Charléty) | 24Jun1981 | 175/66 | 200 | ||
| 21 | 56 | 20.60 | 0.3 | Patrick Barré | FRA | 12Apr1959 | 3 | ECp | Zagreb | 16Aug1981 | 175/69 | PB | 200 |
| 57 | 20.61 | Melvin Lattany | 1 | Athens GA | 9May1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 58 | 20.61 | -1.3 | Dwayne Evans | 1sf2 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 21Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 59 | 20.61 | Eric Brown | 2 | USOC SF | Syracuse NY | 27Jul1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 22 | 60 | 20.61 | 0.3 | Erwin Skamrahl | FRG | 8Mar1958 | 4 | ECp | Zagreb | 16Aug1981 | 178/67 | 200 | |
| 61 | 20.61 | Donald Quarrie | 1 | Rieti | 9Sep1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 23 | 62 | 20.62 | 1.5 | Kevin Hollins | USA | 1 | Sacramento CA | 1May1981 | PB | 200 | |||
| 24 | 63 | 20.62 | Charles Pickens | USA | 2Jan1960 | 3 | Houston TX | 2May1981 | 180/80 | PB | 200 | ||
| 64 | 20.62 | -0.4 | Jeff Phillips | 2 | SEC | Gainesville FL | 16May1981 | 200 | |||||
| 25 | 65 | 20.62 | 1.9 | Herkie Walls | USA | 18Jul1961 | 1r2 | Austin TX | 22May1981 | 175/68 | PB | 200 | |
| 66 | 20.62 | 1.4 | Erwin Skamrahl | 2 | ECp/sf | Warszawa | 5Jul1981 | 200 | |||||
| 67 | 20.62 | -0.7 | Jeff Phillips | 2 | ASV | Köln | 23Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 26 | 68 | 20.63 | 0.7 | Bruce Frayne | AUS | 24Jan1958 | 1 | Auckland | 24Jan1981 | 179/67 | 200 | ||
| 69 | 20.63 | Allan Wells | 1 | Sydney | 7Feb1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 70 | 20.63 | 0.0 | Fred Taylor | 3 | Oslo | 11Jul1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 27 | 71 | 20.64 | 0.0 | Howard Henley | USA | 14Aug1961 | 1 | Tucson AZ | 9May1981 | 178/75 | 200 | ||
| 72 | 20.64 | 0.5 | Marian Woronin | 1r1 | R-W | Koblenz | 26Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 73 | 20.64 | 1.9 | Stanley Floyd | 3r1 | VD | Bruxelles | 28Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 74 | 20.65 | 0.2 | Desai Williams | 1r1 | NC | Fürth | 30May1981 | 200 | |||||
| 75 | 20.65 | 0.0 | Donald Quarrie | 1 | WPT | Ciudad Bolívar | 15Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 28 | 76 | 20.66 | 0.7 | Peter Gandy | AUS | 2Sep1961 | 2 | Auckland | 24Jan1981 | 182/70 | PB | 200 | |
| 29 | 77 | 20.66A | Wessel Oosthuizen | RSA | 23Feb1961 | 1 | NC | Pretoria | 10Apr1981 | 188/70 | 200 | ||
| 78 | 20.66 | 0.1 | Donald Quarrie | 4 | WCp | Roma | 6Sep1981 | 200 | |||||
| 30 | 79 | 20.67 | 1.5 | Roy Mosley | USA | 12Jul1960 | 2 | Sacramento CA | 1May1981 | 174/77 | 200 | ||
| 31 | 80 | 20.67 | 0.0 | Peter Okodogbe | NGR | 27May1958 | 2 | Tucson AZ | 9May1981 | 178/65 | 200 | ||
| 81 | 20.67 | -1.2 | Fred Taylor | 4 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 21Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 82 | 20.67 | Fred Taylor | 1 | Notturna | Milano | 8Jul1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 32 | 83 | 20.67 | -1.4 | Steve Williams | USA | 13Nov1953 | 4r2 | WK | Zürich | 19Aug1981 | 192/79 | 200 | |
| 84 | 20.67 | 1.9 | Marian Woronin | 4r1 | VD | Bruxelles | 28Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 85 | 20.68 | Howard Henley | 1 | Tempe AZ | 21Mar1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 33 | 86 | 20.68 | -0.2 | William Collins | USA | 20Nov1950 | 2 | Les Abymes | 17May1981 | 183/67 | 200 | ||
| 87 | 20.68 | -0.8 | Jeff Phillips | 1sf3 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 21Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 88 | 20.68 | -0.7 | Stanley Floyd | 1 | Viareggio | 5Aug1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 89 | 20.69 | 1.1 | Steve Williams | 1 | San José CA | 11Apr1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 90 | 20.69 | -0.1 | LaMonte King | 1h3 | Pac 10 | Palo Alto (Stanford) CA | 22May1981 | 200 | |||||
| 34 | 91 | 20.69 | 0.3 | Yuriy Naumyenko | URS | 14Feb1956 | 5 | ECp | Zagreb | 16Aug1981 | 188/82 | PB | 200 |
| 35 | 92 | 20.69 | 2.0 | Thomas Schröder | GDR | 23Aug1962 | 1 | EC-j | Utrecht | 23Aug1981 | 177/76 | 200 | |
| 36 | 93 | 20.70A | Herman Venske | RSA | 28Jan1960 | 2 | NC | Pretoria | 10Apr1981 | 183/75 | PB | 200 | |
| 37 | 94 | 20.70 | Jeff Fisher | USA | 23Jul1960 | 1h2 | Brownwood TX | 27Apr1981 | 178/75 | PB | 200 | ||
| 95 | 20.70 | Melvin Lattany | 1 | Auburn AL | 2May1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 96 | 20.70 | -1.5 | Fred Taylor | 1 | London (CP) | 3Jun1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 97 | 20.70 | Yuriy Naumyenko | 3 | vsGDR | Tbilisi | 27Jun1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 98 | 20.71 | Bruce Frayne | 1 | NC | Adelaide | 21Mar1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 38 | 99 | 20.71 | Rocky Cunningham | USA | 30Jun1958 | 1 | Tallahassee FL | 18Apr1981 | 183/77 | PB | 200 | ||
| 39 | 100 | 20.71 | -0.2 | Tony Darden | USA | 2Sep1957 | 3 | Les Abymes | 17May1981 | 180/72 | 200 | ||
| 101 | 20.71 | -1.2 | Howard Henley | 1h2 | Pac 10 | Palo Alto (Stanford) CA | 22May1981 | 200 | |||||
| 102 | 20.71 | -1.0 | Melvin Lattany | 1h3 | NCAA | Baton Rouge LA | 4Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 103 | 20.72 | Mike Roberson | 2 | Athens GA | 9May1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 104 | 20.72 | -1.3 | Fred Taylor | 2sf2 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 21Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 40 | 105 | 20.72 | Bernhard Hoff | GDR | 10Jan1959 | 4 | vsURS | Tbilisi | 27Jun1981 | 176/70 | 200 | ||
| 41 | 106 | 20.72 | 1.9 | Colin Bradford | JAM | 30May1955 | 5r1 | VD | Bruxelles | 28Aug1981 | 188/80 | 200 | |
| 42 | 107 | 20.73 | 0.1 | Carl Lewis | USA | 1Jul1961 | 1r1 | SWC | Dallas TX | 16May1981 | 188/80 | 200 | |
| 109 | 20.73 | -0.1 | Peter Okodogbe | 2h3 | Pac 10 | Palo Alto (Stanford) CA | 22May1981 | 200 | |||||
| 108 | 20.73 | -1.2 | Eric Brown | 2h2 | Pac 10 | Palo Alto (Stanford) CA | 22May1981 | 200 | |||||
| 110 | 20.73 | -0.8 | Eric Brown | 2sf3 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 21Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 111 | 20.74 | Peter Gandy | 2 | NC | Adelaide | 21Mar1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 112 | 20.74 | 0.5 | Mike Roberson | 1 | Tallahassee FL | 22Mar1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 43 | 113 | 20.74 | Michael Paul | TRI | 28Mar1957 | 1 | Villanova PA | 3May1981 | 185/77 | PB | 200 | ||
| 114 | 20.74 | -1.4 | LaNoris Marshall | 4 | Pac 10 | Palo Alto (Stanford) CA | 23May1981 | 200 | |||||
| 115 | 20.74 | Dwayne Evans | 1 | Göteborg | 11Aug1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 44 | 116 | 20.74 | 0.8 | István Nagy | HUN | 28Apr1959 | 1 | vFIN,BUL | Budapest | 3Sep1981 | 176/70 | 200 | |
| 117 | 20.75 | 0.8 | Peter Okodogbe | 1 | Tucson AZ | 11Apr1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 118 | 20.75 | 0.0 | István Nagy | 3 | BGP | Budapest | 29Jul1981 | 200 | |||||
| 45 | 119 | 20.75 | 0.0 | Juan Núñez | DOM | 19Nov1959 | 2 | WPT | Ciudad Bolívar | 15Aug1981 | 180/73 | 200 | |
| 120 | 20.76 | Bill Green | 1 | Walnut CA | 19Jan1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 121 | 20.76 | 0.0 | Eric Brown | 1 | Berkeley CA | 4Apr1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 122 | 20.76 | -1.2 | Fred Taylor | 2 | AAA | London (CP) | 8Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 46 | 123 | 20.76 | 0.0 | Zeljko Knapic | YUG | 26Mar1957 | 1 | Balkan C | Sarajevo | 20Sep1981 | 178/74 | PB | 200 |
| 124 | 20.77 | Bill Green | 1 | Los Angeles CA | 21Feb1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 125 | 20.77 | Jeff Fisher | 1 | Brownwood TX | 28Apr1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 47 | 126 | 20.77 | 1.9 | Zeke Jefferson | USA | 25Jul1961 | 2r2 | Austin TX | 22May1981 | 185/75 | PB | 200 | |
| 127 | 20.77 | -1.4 | Howard Henley | 5 | Pac 10 | Palo Alto (Stanford) CA | 23May1981 | 200 | |||||
| 48 | 128 | 20.77 | -1.4 | Leszek Dunecki | POL | 2Oct1956 | 1 | vGBR,SUI | London (CP) | 31Aug1981 | 180/72 | 200 | |
| 129 | 20.78 | Jeff Phillips | 1 | Houston TX | 19Mar1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 49 | 130 | 20.78 | Lester Washington | USA | 5Sep1955 | 1 | Arnsberg | 7Jul1981 | 178/73 | 200 | |||
| 131 | 20.78 | 0.5 | Stanley Floyd | 2r1 | R-W | Koblenz | 26Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 132 | 20.79 | 1.2 | Bruce Frayne | 1r1 | Hamilton | 21Jan1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 50 | 133 | 20.79 | Larry Jackson | USA | 30Jun1953 | 1 | Cleveland MS | 22Apr1981 | 180/68 | 200 | |||
| 134 | 20.79 | 0.0 | Jeff Phillips | 1h3 | Gainesville FL | 15May1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 135 | 20.79 | 0.0 | Terron Wright | 1h2 | NCAA | Baton Rouge LA | 4Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 136 | 20.79 | -3.4 | James Sanford | 1sf1 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 21Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 137 | 20.79 | 0.4 | Yuriy Naumyenko | 1 | WUG | Bucuresti | 25Jul1981 | 200 | |||||
| 51 | 138 | 20.79 | 2.0 | Sergey Sokolov | URS | 29Mar1962 | 2 | EC-j | Utrecht | 23Aug1981 | 186/80 | 200 | |
| 52 | 139 | 20.80 | 0.8 | Mauro Zuliani | ITA | 23Jul1959 | 1 | vsGRE,ESP,URS | Roma | 24May1981 | 175/62 | 200 | |
| 140 | 20.80 | 0.4 | István Nagy | 2 | Athletissima | Lausanne | 14Jul1981 | 200 | |||||
| 141 | 20.80 | -0.2 | István Nagy | 1 | Nikaia | Nice | 23Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 142 | 20.80 | -0.7 | Erwin Skamrahl | 3 | ASV | Köln | 23Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 53 | 143 | 20.81 | 0.7 | Ronnie Taylor | USA | 7Apr1959 | 1 | Tallahassee FL | 2May1981 | 183/77 | 200 | ||
| 54 | 144 | 20.81 | 1.9 | Phillip Epps | USA | 11Nov1959 | 3r2 | Austin TX | 22May1981 | 178/75 | 200 | ||
| 55 | 145 | 20.81 | 0.0 | Kevin Willhite | USA | 4May1963 | 1h3 | Norwalk CA | 5Jun1981 | 183/85 | PB | 200 | |
| 146 | 20.81 | -0.2 | Kevin Willhite | 1 | Norwalk CA | 6Jun1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 147 | 20.81 | 0.5 | István Nagy | 1 | vsCZE | Praha | 24Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 148 | 20.81 | -0.3 | Allan Wells | 1 | ECp/sf | Helsinki | 5Jul1981 | 200 | |||||
| 149 | 20.81 | 1.4 | István Nagy | 1sf2 | WUG | Bucuresti | 24Jul1981 | 200 | |||||
| 150 | 20.81 | -0.7 | Colin Bradford | 4 | ASV | Köln | 23Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 56 | 151 | 20.82 | -2.1 | Fabian Whymns | BAH | 11Jun1961 | 1 | Norwalk CA | 30May1981 | 173/68 | 200 | ||
| 152 | 20.82 | Juan Núñez | 1 | CAC G | Santo Domingo | 12Jul1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 57 | 153 | 20.82 | -0.19 | Giovanni Bongiorni | ITA | 8Jul1956 | 1 | NC | Torino | 15Jul1981 | 178/63 | PB | 200 |
| 154 | 20.82 | -0.2 | Leszek Dunecki | 2 | Nikaia | Nice | 23Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 155 | 20.82 | 0.7 | Lester Washington | 1r2 | R-W | Koblenz | 26Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 58 | 156 | 20.83 | 1.5 | Nathan Williams | USA | 22Apr1961 | 3 | Sacramento CA | 1May1981 | 190/82 | PB | 200 | |
| 59 | 157 | 20.83 | -1.3 | Rudy Levarity | BAH | 12Dec1958 | 1 | Dallas TX | 2May1981 | 190/81 | 200 | ||
| 158 | 20.83 | -0.4 | Dwayne Evans | 1h1 | NCAA | Baton Rouge LA | 4Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 159 | 20.83 | -0.8 | Bernhard Hoff | 1 | Potsdam | 11Jun1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 160 | 20.83 | -3.4 | James Sanford | 1h3 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 19Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 60 | 161 | 20.83 | -1.3 | Elliott Quow | ISV | 3Mar1962 | 3sf2 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 21Jun1981 | 183/77 | 200 | |
| 162 | 20.83 | 0.3 | Allan Wells | 2 | Bislett | Oslo | 26Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 163 | 20.83 | 0.4 | István Nagy | 2 | WUG | Bucuresti | 25Jul1981 | 200 | |||||
| 61 | 164 | 20.83 | 1.6 | Claude Moseley | GBR | 30Aug1961 | 1h1 | Birmingham | 23Aug1981 | 188/77 | PB | 200 | |
| 62 | 165 | 20.83 | 2.0 | Kimmo Saaristo | FIN | 18Aug1962 | 3 | EC-j | Utrecht | 23Aug1981 | 182/69 | 200 | |
| 63 | 166 | 20.84 | Darrell Green | USA | 15Feb1960 | 2 | Brownwood TX | 28Apr1981 | 178/77 | 200 | |||
| 64 | 167 | 20.84 | 0.9 | Earl Tulloch | GBR | 13Sep1957 | 1 | NC | Antrim | 25May1981 | 172/71 | PB | 200 |
| 168 | 20.85 | 0.1 | Dwayne Evans | 1 | Tempe AZ | 28Mar1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 65 | 169 | 20.85 | Barry Samples | USA | 26Jan1961 | 1h3 | Brownwood TX | 27Apr1981 | PB | 200 | |||
| 66 | 170 | 20.85 | 1.5 | Ray Threatt | USA | 7Jan1961 | 1 | Tucson AZ | 2May1981 | 180/74 | 200 | ||
| 171 | 20.85 | 1.4 | István Nagy | 3 | ECp/sf | Warszawa | 5Jul1981 | 200 | |||||
| 67 | 172 | 20.85 | 0.4 | Ferenc Kiss | HUN | 10Nov1955 | 3 | Athletissima | Lausanne | 14Jul1981 | 180/69 | PB | 200 |
| 173 | 20.85 | 0.0 | Claude Moseley | 1 | Birmingham | 23Aug1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 174 | 20.85 | 1.9 | Donald Quarrie | 6 | VD | Bruxelles | 28Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 68 | 175 | 20.86 | Nathaniel Sloan | USA | 13Oct1962 | 4 | Houston TX | 2May1981 | 183/68 | 200 | |||
| 176 | 20.86 | -1.0 | Jeff Phillips | 2h3 | NCAA | Baton Rouge LA | 4Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 69 | 177 | 20.86 | 0.7 | Zenon Licznerski | POL | 27Nov1954 | 1 | Kusoc | Warszawa | 18Jun1981 | 180/70 | 200 | |
| 178 | 20.86 | -0.8 | Terron Wright | 3sf3 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 19Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 179 | 20.86 | -1.0 | Erwin Skamrahl | 1 | Hannover | 28Jun1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 180 | 20.86 | 0.0 | Howard Henley | 4 | Oslo | 11Jul1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 181 | 20.86 | 0.0 | Fred Taylor | 4 | BGP | Budapest | 29Jul1981 | 200 | |||||
| 70 | 182 | 20.86 | 0.0 | Attila Kovács | HUN | 2Sep1960 | 5 | BGP | Budapest | 29Jul1981 | 182/72 | 200 | |
| 183 | 20.86 | -0.5 | Bernhard Hoff | 2 | NC | Jena | 9Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 184 | 20.87 | Barry Samples | 3 | Brownwood TX | 28Apr1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 71 | 185 | 20.87 | 1.8 | Sidney Appling | USA | 1sf2 | Arlington TX | 1May1981 | 185/74 | 200 | |||
| 186 | 20.87 | 1.5 | Colin Bradford | 1 | Westwood CA | 17May1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 72 | 187 | 20.87 | -1.7 | Greg Moore | USA | 8Nov1959 | 3h2 | Pac 10 | Palo Alto (Stanford) CA | 22May1981 | 175/69 | 200 | |
| 188 | 20.87 | -0.1 | LaNoris Marshall | 3h3 | Pac 10 | Palo Alto (Stanford) CA | 22May1981 | 200 | |||||
| 189 | 20.87 | -0.5 | Mauro Zuliani | 1 | Udine | 14Jun1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 73 | 190 | 20.87 | -0.19 | Stefano Curini | ITA | 5Apr1953 | 2 | NC | Torino | 15Jul1981 | 176/74 | 200 | |
| 191 | 20.87 | Fred Taylor | 3 | USOC SF | Syracuse NY | 27Jul1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 192 | 20.87 | -0.7 | Mauro Zuliani | 2 | Viareggio | 5Aug1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 193 | 20.87 | 0.3 | Giovanni Bongiorni | 6 | ECp | Zagreb | 16Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 74 | 194 | 20.88 | Mike Sanford | USA | 6Mar1960 | 2 | Los Angeles CA | 21Feb1981 | 178/75 | 200 | |||
| 75 | 195 | 20.88 | William Snoddy | USA | 6Dec1957 | 1 | Annapolis MD | 4Jun1981 | 180/77 | 200 | |||
| 76 | 196 | 20.88 | 2.0 | Jean-Jacques Boussemart | FRA | 11Apr1963 | 4 | EC-j | Utrecht | 23Aug1981 | 180/68 | 200 | |
| 197 | 20.88 | 0.5 | Donald Quarrie | 3r1 | R-W | Koblenz | 26Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 198 | 20.89 | Peter Gandy | 1 | Christchurch | 1Feb1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 199 | 20.89 | 1.9 | Eric Brown | 2 | Mt SAC R | Walnut CA | 26Apr1981 | 200 | |||||
| 77 | 200 | 20.89 | 1.0 | Derrick Peynado | JAM | 30Jan1960 | 1 | University Park PA | 15May1981 | 183/73 | 200 | ||
| 201 | 20.89 | Ronnie Taylor | 2 | Tallahassee FL | 16May1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 202 | 20.89 | 0.0 | Fred Taylor | 2 | TB CI | Knoxville TN | 23May1981 | 200 | |||||
| 203 | 20.89 | Frank Emmelmann | 1r1 | Cottbus | 31May1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 204 | 20.89 | -0.8 | Frank Emmelmann | 2 | Potsdam | 11Jun1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 78 | 205 | 20.89 | 0.5 | Wallace Spearmon | USA | 3Sep1962 | 1 | Naperville IL | 20Jun1981 | 188/77 | 200 | ||
| 206 | 20.90 | -3.5 | Howard Henley | 2 | Tempe AZ | 11Apr1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 79 | 207 | 20.90A | Robin McLean | RSA | 5Jul1959 | 3 | NC | Pretoria | 11Apr1981 | 170/68 | 200 | ||
| 80 | 208 | 20.90A | David Russell | USA | 10Nov1958 | 1 | Provo UT | 9May1981 | 173/69 | 200 | |||
| 209 | 20.90 | -2.6 | Stanley Floyd | 1h2 | Les Abymes | 17May1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 81 | 210 | 20.90 | Hubert Blue | BAR | 20Dec1959 | 1 | Macomb IL | 30May1981 | 200 | ||||
| 211 | 20.90 | Bernhard Hoff | 1r2 | Cottbus | 31May1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 212 | 20.90 | -3.0 | Dwayne Evans | 1h4 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 19Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 213 | 20.90 | 0.3 | Marian Woronin | 3 | Bislett | Oslo | 26Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 82 | 214 | 20.90 | 1.4 | Boubacar Diallo | SEN | 22Nov1960 | 2sf2 | WUG | Bucuresti | 24Jul1981 | 174/65 | 200 | |
| 215 | 20.90 | -0.7 | Steve Williams | 3 | Viareggio | 5Aug1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 216 | 20.90 | 1.9 | Erwin Skamrahl | 7 | VD | Bruxelles | 28Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 217 | 20.91 | 0.5 | Greg Moore | 2 | Tempe AZ | 7Mar1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 83 | 218 | 20.91 | Bernard Petitbois | FRA | 19Jul1954 | 1 | Colombes | 10May1981 | 180/66 | 200 | |||
| 219 | 20.91 | 0.0 | Desai Williams | 1 | GS | Ostrava | 3Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 221 | 20.91 | -0.6 | LaMonte King | 1h4 | NCAA | Baton Rouge LA | 4Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 220 | 20.91 | -0.4 | Larry White | 2h1 | NCAA | Baton Rouge LA | 4Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 222 | 20.91 | Lester Washington | 1 | Sindelfingen | 11Jul1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 84 | 223 | 20.91 | 0.9 | Georges Kablan Degnan | CIV | 23Apr1953 | 1sf1 | WUG | Bucuresti | 24Jul1981 | 185/75 | 200 | |
| 224 | 20.91 | István Nagy | 1 | EP/B | Athína | 2Aug1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 225 | 20.91 | 0.3 | Leszek Dunecki | 7 | ECp | Zagreb | 16Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 85 | 226 | 20.91 | Ivan Babenko | URS | 1956 | 1 | Kyiv | 27Aug1981 | 200 | ||||
| 227 | 20.92 | 1.5 | Mike Roberson | 1h4 | Barrientos | La Habana | 8Mar1981 | 200 | |||||
| 228 | 20.92 | Peter Gandy | 1 | Sydney | 8Mar1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 86 | 229 | 20.92 | Eric Decatur | USA | 17Jan1962 | 1 | Sacramento CA | Apr1981 | 200 | ||||
| 230 | 20.92 | Herman Venske | 1 | Durban | 25Apr1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 231 | 20.92 | 0.57 | Bernhard Hoff | 1 | ECp/sf | Villeneuve d'Ascq | 5Jul1981 | 200 | |||||
| 87 | 232 | 20.92 | -1.2 | Michael McFarlane | GBR | 2May1960 | 3 | AAA | London (CP) | 8Aug1981 | 178/76 | 200 | |
| 88 | 233 | 20.92 | -1.1 | Leandro Peñalver | CUB | 23May1961 | 1 | Budapest | 19Aug1981 | 175/71 | 200 | ||
| 234 | 20.92 | Marian Woronin | 1 | Bydgoszcz | 13Sep1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 89 | 235 | 20.93 | 0.1 | James Butler | USA | 21Jun1960 | 1 | TFA | Wichita KS | 29May1981 | 175/66 | 200 | |
| 90 | 236 | 20.93 | 1.3 | Marty Krulee | USA | 4Nov1956 | 1 | San Diego CA | 13Jun1981 | 170/68 | 200 | ||
| 91 | 237 | 20.93 | 1.3 | Chris Blaylock | USA | 3Jun1960 | 1 | San Diego CA | 13Jun1981 | 188/84 | 200 | ||
| 92 | 238 | 20.93 | 0.5 | Mike Morris | USA | 7May1963 | 2 | Naperville IL | 20Jun1981 | 178/75 | 200 | ||
| 239 | 20.93 | Donald Quarrie | 2 | CAC G | Santo Domingo | 12Jul1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 240 | 20.93 | Mike Roberson | 4 | USOC SF | Syracuse NY | 27Jul1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 93 | 241 | 20.93 | 0.0 | Karl-Heinz Weisenseel | FRG | 23Jan1954 | 1r1 | WK | Zürich | 19Aug1981 | 180/62 | 200 | |
| 94 | 242 | 20.94 | Neville Hodge | SKN | 8Dec1955 | 1 | FlaR | Gainesville FL | 28Mar1981 | 172/64 | 200 | ||
| 95 | 243 | 20.94 | -0.9 | Efrem Coley | USA | 21May1959 | 1 | Baton Rouge LA | 28Mar1981 | 180/81 | 200 | ||
| 96 | 244 | 20.94 | 0.8 | Rod Barksdale | USA | 8Sep1962 | 2 | Tucson AZ | 11Apr1981 | 185/81 | 200 | ||
| 97 | 245 | 20.94 | Jim Wilson | USA | 1961 | 1 | Walnut CA | 5May1981 | 200 | ||||
| 247 | 20.94 | -0.6 | Ronnie Taylor | 2h4 | NCAA | Baton Rouge LA | 4Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 246 | 20.94 | 0.0 | Darrell Green | 2h2 | NCAA | Baton Rouge LA | 4Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 248 | 20.94 | 2.0 | Georges Kablan Degnan | 1h5 | WUG | Bucuresti | 23Jul1981 | 200 | |||||
| 98 | 249 | 20.94 | 0.7 | Andreas Knebel | GDR | 21Jun1960 | 1 | Erfurt | 2Aug1981 | 182/75 | 200 | ||
| 250 | 20.94 | Marty Krulee | 1 | Malmö | 13Aug1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 99 | 251 | 20.95 | 1.5 | Lyle Jackson | USA | 4 | Sacramento CA | 1May1981 | 200 | ||||
| 252 | 20.95 | -1.3 | Fred Taylor | 1h3 | Les Abymes | 17May1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 253 | 20.95 | -0.6 | Donald Winey | 3h4 | NCAA | Baton Rouge LA | 4Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 254 | 20.95 | 0.5 | Attila Kovács | 2 | vsCZE | Praha | 24Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 255 | 20.95 | Mauro Zuliani | 1r3 | Grosseto | 27Aug1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 256 | 20.96 | 0.8 | Efrem Coley | 3 | Tucson AZ | 11Apr1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 100 | 257 | 20.96 | 1.9 | Eddie Carey | USA | 11May1960 | 3 | Mt SAC R | Walnut CA | 26Apr1981 | 180/75 | 200 | |
| 101 | 258 | 20.96 | Mike Miller | USA | 29Dec1959 | 1 | Knoxville TN | 2May1981 | 180/76 | 200 | |||
| 102 | 259 | 20.96 | Joe Delaney | USA | 30Oct1958 | 1 | Houston TX | 9May1981 | 180/83 | 200 | |||
| 260 | 20.96A | Herman Venske | 1 | Windhoek | 9May1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 103 | 261 | 20.96 | 0.0 | Tony Gaston | USA | 22Apr1962 | 3 | Tucson AZ | 9May1981 | 175/61 | 200 | ||
| 262 | 20.96 | -1.4 | Peter Okodogbe | 6 | Pac 10 | Palo Alto (Stanford) CA | 23May1981 | 200 | |||||
| 104 | 263 | 20.96 | Héctor Daley | PAN | 22Nov1961 | 3 | CAC G | Santo Domingo | 12Jul1981 | 183/70 | 200 | ||
| 105 | 264 | 20.96 | 0.0 | Paulo Roberto Correia | BRA | 14Feb1960 | 3 | WPT | Ciudad Bolívar | 15Aug1981 | 178/72 | 200 | |
| 265 | 20.96 | 0.0 | Marty Krulee | 1 | Edinburgh | 22Aug1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 106 | 266 | 20.96 | 1.3 | Hartmut Weber | FRG | 17Oct1960 | 1 | NC-j | Koblenz | 30Aug1981 | 186/70 | 200 | |
| 267 | 20.96 | -1.4 | Claude Moseley | 2 | London (CP) | 31Aug1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 268 | 20.97 | Andreas Knebel | 2r1 | Cottbus | 31May1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 107 | 269 | 20.97 | 0.0 | Frantisek Brecka | CZE | 21Jun1958 | 2 | GS | Ostrava | 3Jun1981 | 178/68 | 200 | |
| 108 | 270 | 20.97 | -0.4 | Cornell Garrett | USA | 31Oct1949 | 3h1 | NCAA | Baton Rouge LA | 4Jun1981 | 200 | ||
| 271 | 20.97 | 0.57 | Mauro Zuliani | 2 | ECp/sf | Villeneuve d'Ascq | 5Jul1981 | 200 | |||||
| 272 | 20.97 | Vladimir Muravyov | 2 | Moskva | 11Jul1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 273 | 20.97 | 0.4 | Georges Kablan Degnan | 3 | WUG | Bucuresti | 25Jul1981 | 200 | |||||
| 109 | 274 | 20.97 | 0.0 | Dragan Zaric | YUG | 5Jan1956 | 2 | Balkan C | Sarajevo | 20Sep1981 | 178/70 | 200 | |
| 275 | 20.98 | Rocky Cunningham | 2 | FlaR | Gainesville FL | 28Mar1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 110 | 276 | 20.98 | Floyd Brown | JAM | 8Sep1957 | 1 | Gainesville FL | 18Apr1981 | 190/76 | 200 | |||
| 111 | 277 | 20.98 | Chris Whitlock | USA | 18May1959 | 1 | Pullman WA | 18Apr1981 | 190/84 | 200 | |||
| 278 | 20.98 | 0.7 | Floyd Brown | 2 | Tallahassee FL | 2May1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 112 | 279 | 20.98 | Rickey Moxey | BAH | 3Nov1959 | 5 | Houston TX | 2May1981 | 200 | ||||
| 113 | 280 | 20.98 | 0.8 | Jeff Hill | USA | 7Aug1961 | 1sf1 | Austin TX | 24May1981 | 170/63 | 200 | ||
| 281 | 20.98 | -0.6 | James Butler | 4h4 | NCAA | Baton Rouge LA | 5Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 114 | 282 | 20.98 | -0.2 | James Gilkes | GUY | 21Sep1952 | 3 | Nikaia | Nice | 23Aug1981 | 188/73 | 200 | |
| 115 | 283 | 20.98 | 1.3 | Rolf Kistner | FRG | 4Oct1962 | 2 | NC-j | Koblenz | 30Aug1981 | 179/72 | 200 | |
| 116 | 284 | 20.99 | -0.9 | Andrew Bruce | TRI | 7Dec1958 | 2 | Baton Rouge LA | 28Mar1981 | 182/75 | 200 | ||
| 117 | 285 | 20.99 | 0.0 | Larry Goldston | USA | 21Mar1959 | 2 | Berkeley CA | 4Apr1981 | 183/82 | 200 | ||
| 286 | 21.11y | Rocky Cunningham | 1 | Orangeburg SC | 11Apr1981 | 200 | |||||||
| 118 | 287 | 20.99 | Frederick Johnson | USA | 10May1962 | 6 | Houston TX | 2May1981 | 168/55 | 200 | |||
| 288 | 20.99 | -2.1 | Roy Mosley | 2 | Norwalk CA | 30May1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 119 | 289 | 20.99 | 0.0 | Toshio Toyota | JPN | 19Jul1956 | 1 | Asian C | Tokyo | 5Jun1981 | 172/62 | 200 | |
| 290 | 20.99 | -1.4 | Patrick Barré | 1 | NC | Mulhouse | 19Jul1981 | 200 | |||||
| 292 | 20.99 | Yuriy Naumyenko | 1sf3 | WUG | Bucuresti | 24Jul1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 291 | 20.99 | 1.4 | Paulo Roberto Correia | 3sf2 | WUG | Bucuresti | 24Jul1981 | 200 | |||||
| 293 | 20.99 | 0.5 | Mauro Zuliani | 1 | Caorle | 23Aug1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 120 | 294 | 20.99 | 0.7 | Pascal Bangueret | SUI | 5Aug1958 | 1 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 26Aug1981 | 200 | |||
| 295 | 20.99 | 1.5 | Hartmut Weber | 1sf1 | NC-j | Koblenz | 30Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 121 | 296 | 20.99 | 1.3 | Joachim Piasetzki | FRG | 27Feb1961 | 3 | NC-j | Koblenz | 30Aug1981 | 186/72 | 200 | |
| 297 | 20.99 | -1.4 | Earl Tulloch | 3 | London (CP) | 31Aug1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 122 | 298 | 20.99 | 0.0 | Ivaylo Karanyotov | BUL | 26Feb1958 | 3 | Balkan C | Sarajevo | 20Sep1981 | 178/64 | 200 | |
| 299 | 21.00 | 0.5 | Eric Brown | 3 | Tempe AZ | 7Mar1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 123 | 300 | 21.00 | Creighton Blahak | USA | 2 | Gainesville FL | 18Apr1981 | 200 | |||||
| 301 | 21.00 | 1.8 | Greg Moore | 2 | Berkeley CA | 18Apr1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 124 | 302 | 21.00 | -0.4 | Calvin Smith | USA | 8Jan1961 | 3 | SEC | Gainesville FL | 16May1981 | 178/69 | 200 | |
| 125 | 303 | 21.00 | Butch Woolfolk | USA | 1Mar1960 | 1h3 | East Lansing MI | 22May1981 | 186/86 | 200 | |||
| 126 | 304 | 21.00 | Joe Varn | USA | 1 | San Angelo TX | 23May1981 | 200 | |||||
| 305 | 21.00 | 1.5 | Roy Mosley | 1 | Modesto CA | 23May1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 306 | 21.00 | 0.0 | Neville Hodge | 3 | TB CI | Knoxville TN | 23May1981 | 200 | |||||
| 127 | 307 | 21.00 | -0.8 | Jens Hübler | GDR | 28Aug1961 | 3 | Potsdam | 11Jun1981 | 176/71 | 200 | ||
| 308 | 21.00 | 0.0 | Elliott Quow | 1 | TAC-j | Knoxville TN | 13Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 309 | 21.00 | -3.0 | Fred Taylor | 2h4 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 19Jun1981 | 200 | |||||
| 310 | 21.00 | -2.4 | Allan Wells | 1 | PTG | London (CP) | 31Jul1981 | 200 | |||||
| 311 | 21.00 | Patrick Barré | 2 | EP/B | Athína | 2Aug1981 | 200 | ||||||
| 312 | 21.00 | -1.2 | Earl Tulloch | 4 | AAA | London (CP) | 8Aug1981 | 200 | |||||
| 128 | 313 | 21.00 | -0.3 | Olaf Prenzler | GDR | 24Aug1958 | 3 | NC | Jena | 9Aug1981 | 178/78 | 200 | |
| 129 | 314 | 21.00 | -1.1 | Tomás González | CUB | 11Jun1959 | 2 | Budapest | 19Aug1981 | 178/75 | 200 | ||
| 315 | 21.00 | Leszek Dunecki | 2 | Rieti | 9Sep1981 | 200 |