| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 22.02 | Brian Oldfield | USA | 1Jun1945 | 1 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 16May1981 | 196/125 | SP | ||
| 2 | 21.75 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | Ventura | 11Apr1981 | SP | |||||||
| 2 | 3 | 21.69 | Udo Beyer | GDR | 9Aug1955 | 1 | Potsdam | 29Aug1981 | 195/140 | SP | |||
| 4 | 21.64A | i | Brian Oldfield | 1 | Albuquerque NM | 24Jan1981 | SP | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 21.60 | David Laut | USA | 21Dec1956 | 1 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 21Jun1981 | 193/114 | SP | ||
| 6 | 21.59 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | Zork | Maribor | 2Jun1981 | SP | ||||||
| 7 | 21.53 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | Tempe AZ | 4Apr1981 | SP | |||||||
| 8 | 21.44 | Udo Beyer | 1 | NC | Jena | 9Aug1981 | SP | ||||||
| 9 | 21.42A | Brian Oldfield | 1 | El Paso TX | 18Apr1981 | SP | |||||||
| 10 | 21.42 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | PTS | Bratislava | 6Jun1981 | SP | ||||||
| 11 | 21.41 | Udo Beyer | 1 | ECp | Zagreb | 15Aug1981 | SP | ||||||
| 12 | 21.40 | Udo Beyer | 1 | WCp | Roma | 4Sep1981 | SP | ||||||
| 13 | 21.37 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | NC | Fürth | 30May1981 | SP | ||||||
| 14 | 21.33 | Udo Beyer | 1 | Potsdam | 27Jun1981 | SP | |||||||
| 15 | 21.32A | i | Brian Oldfield | 1 | Boulder CO | 7Mar1981 | SP | ||||||
| 16 | 21.31 | i | Brian Oldfield | 1 | Milano | 4Feb1981 | SP | ||||||
| 17 | 21.29 | i | Brian Oldfield | 1 | JpnNC-i | Tokyo | 21Mar1981 | SP | |||||
| 18 | 21.28 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | San José CA | 2May1981 | SP | |||||||
| 4 | 19 | 21.25 | i | Michael Carter | USA | 29Oct1960 | 1 | NCAA | Detroit MI | 13Mar1981 | 189/127 | SP | |
| 20 | 21.20 | Michael Carter | 2 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 21Jun1981 | SP | ||||||
| 21 | 21.19 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | WG | Helsinki | 15Jun1981 | SP | ||||||
| 22 | 21.18 | Brian Oldfield | 3 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 21Jun1981 | SP | ||||||
| 23 | 21.18 | Michael Carter | 1 | vsURS | Leningrad | 10Jul1981 | SP | ||||||
| 24 | 21.16 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | Mt SAC R | Walnut CA | 26Apr1981 | SP | ||||||
| 25 | 21.13 | i | Brian Oldfield | 1 | TAC-i | New York | 27Feb1981 | SP | |||||
| 26 | 21.13 | Udo Beyer | 1 | Potsdam | 11Jun1981 | SP | |||||||
| 27 | 21.12 | Udo Beyer | 1 | Budapest | 18Aug1981 | SP | |||||||
| 5 | 28 | 21.11 | Yevgeniy Mironov | URS | 1Nov1949 | 1 | Znam | Leningrad | 24Jul1981 | 193/130 | SP | ||
| 29 | 21.04 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | Pepsi | Westwood CA | 10May1981 | SP | ||||||
| 30 | 21.04 | Michael Carter | 1 | Berkeley CA | 13Jun1981 | SP | |||||||
| 31 | 21.00 | Michael Carter | 1 | NCAA | Baton Rouge LA | 5Jun1981 | SP | ||||||
| 32 | 20.99 | Brian Oldfield | q | TAC | Sacramento CA | 20Jun1981 | SP | ||||||
| 33 | 20.95 | Michael Carter | 2 | Pepsi | Westwood CA | 10May1981 | SP | ||||||
| 6 | 34 | 20.92 | Matthias Schmidt | GDR | 22Nov1956 | 1 | vsURS | Tbilisi | 26Jun1981 | 188/106 | PB | SP | |
| 35 | 20.86 | Matthias Schmidt | 1 | vsGBR | Dresden | 14Jun1981 | SP | ||||||
| 36 | 20.85 | Udo Beyer | 2 | vsGBR | Dresden | 14Jun1981 | SP | ||||||
| 37 | 20.85 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | USOC SF | Syracuse NY | 25Jul1981 | SP | ||||||
| 38 | 20.82 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | Karlovac | 4Jun1981 | SP | |||||||
| 39 | 20.75 | David Laut | 2 | Berkeley CA | 13Jun1981 | SP | |||||||
| 40 | 20.72 | Matthias Schmidt | 1 | Kusoc | Warszawa | 18Jun1981 | SP | ||||||
| 41 | 20.72 | David Laut | q | TAC | Sacramento CA | 20Jun1981 | SP | ||||||
| 42 | 20.70 | Michael Carter | 1 | TexR | Austin TX | 4Apr1981 | SP | ||||||
| 7 | 43 | 20.70 | Jesse Stuart | USA | 18Mar1951 | 4 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 21Jun1981 | 190/120 | SP | ||
| 44 | 20.62 | Yevgeniy Mironov | 2 | vsUSA | Leningrad | 10Jul1981 | SP | ||||||
| 8 | 45 | 20.61 | Hans-Jürgen Jacobi | GDR | 26Jul1950 | 1 | Leipzig | 6Jun1981 | 197/140 | SP | |||
| 9 | 46 | 20.61 | Mikhail Gusyev | URS | 16Sep1957 | 3 | vsUSA | Leningrad | 10Jul1981 | 205/118 | PB | SP | |
| 10 | 47 | 20.60 | Bishop Dolegiewicz | CAN | 8Jul1953 | 1 | TFA | Wichita KS | 29May1981 | 190/145 | SP | ||
| 11 | 48 | 20.60 | Colin Anderson | USA | 20Nov1951 | 5 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 21Jun1981 | 188/117 | SP | ||
| 49 | 20.60 | Brian Oldfield | 4 | vsURS | Leningrad | 10Jul1981 | SP | ||||||
| 12 | 50 | 20.59 | Wolfgang Schmidt | GDR | 16Jan1954 | 1 | Erfurt | 1Aug1981 | 197/115 | SP | |||
| 51 | 20.58 | Bishop Dolegiewicz | 1 | 1981 | SP | ||||||||
| 52 | 20.57 | Michael Carter | 1 | Dallas TX | 28Mar1981 | SP | |||||||
| 53 | 20.56 | Brian Oldfield | 1 | San José CA | 7Feb1981 | SP | |||||||
| 54 | 20.56 | Mikhail Gusyev | 2 | Budapest | 18Aug1981 | SP | |||||||
| 55 | 20.55 | Matthias Schmidt | 1 | GS | Ostrava | 3Jun1981 | SP | ||||||
| 56 | 20.55 | Yevgeniy Mironov | 1 | Skok | Celje | 18Aug1981 | SP | ||||||
| 13 | 20.53 | i | Peter Block | GDR | 28May1955 | 1 | Senftenberg | 1Feb1981 | 200/120 | SP | |||
| 14 | 20.53 | i | Mike Lehmann | USA | 11Mar1960 | 1 | Columbus OH | 7Mar1981 | 185/122 | SP | |||
| 15 | 20.49 | Jovan Lazarevic | YUG | 3May1952 | 2 | Skok | Celje | 18Aug1981 | 194/114 | SP | |||
| 16 | 20.43 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | URS | 11Nov1948 | 4 | vsGDR | Tbilisi | 26Jun1981 | 198/130 | SP | |||
| 17 | 20.40 | Nikolay Khristov | BUL | 14Feb1952 | 3 | Budapest | 18Aug1981 | 184/125 | SP | ||||
| 18 | 20.36 | Janis Bojars | URS | 12May1956 | 1 | Valmiera | 20Jun1981 | 185/127 | SP | ||||
| 19 | 20.33 | Allan Feuerbach | USA | 14Jan1948 | 1 | ISTAF | West Berlin | 21Aug1981 | 186/120 | SP | |||
| 20 | 20.32 | Mike Weeks | USA | 6Feb1954 | 1 | Mesa AZ | 3Apr1981 | 196/125 | PB | SP | |||
| 21 | 20.29 | Reijo Ståhlberg | FIN | 21Sep1952 | 1 | Huittinen | 7Jun1981 | 194/130 | SP | ||||
| 22 | 20.27 | Ralf Reichenbach | FRG | 31Jul1950 | 1 | GBR-FRG-POL | London (CP) | 23Jun1981 | 198/137 | SP | |||
| 23 | 20.21 | Yussuf Nagui Asaad | EGY | 12Sep1945 | 2 | Nikaia | Nice | 23Aug1981 | 193/113 | SP | |||
| 24 | 20.19 | Dave Porath | USA | 12Aug1960 | 1 | Pac 10 | Palo Alto (Stanford) CA | 22May1981 | 193/111 | PB | SP | ||
| 25 | 20.16 | Grigoriy Skorikov | URS | 10Feb1954 | 1 | Volgograd | 27Jun1981 | 196/96 | SP | ||||
| 26 | 20.14 | Zlatan Saracevic | YUG | 27Jul1956 | 1 | NC | Subotica | 18Jul1981 | 196/145 | SP | |||
| 27 | 20.12 | i | Joe Maciejczyk | USA | 29Dec1958 | 1 | Baton Rouge LA | 27Feb1981 | 193/133 | PB | SP | ||
| 28 | 20.11 | i | Bob Urey | USA | 20Jul1958 | 1 | Ashland | 14Feb1981 | 185/112 | PB | SP | ||
| 29 | 20.08 | i | Kevin Akins | USA | 27Jan1960 | 1 | Columbus OH | 14Feb1981 | 196/132 | SP | |||
| 30 | 20.07 | Ivan Ivancic | YUG | 6Dec1937 | 2 | NC | Subotica | 18Jul1981 | 194/128 | SP | |||
| 31 | 20.06 | Vladimir Milic | YUG | 23Oct1955 | 3 | Skok | Celje | 18Aug1981 | 190/115 | SP | |||
| 32 | 20.04 | Jaroslav Brabec | CZE | 27Jul1949 | 1 | Nitra | 6Sep1981 | 190/125 | SP | ||||
| 33 | 20.04 | Aleksandr Nosyenko | URS | 4Apr1952 | 1 | Odessa Ukr | 10Sep1981 | 194/135 | SP | ||||
| 34 | 20.03 | Bruno Pauletto | CAN | 21Jan1954 | 2 | TB CI | Knoxville TN | 22May1981 | 184/114 | SP | |||
| 35 | 20.02 | Hreinn Halldórsson | ISL | 3Mar1949 | 1 | Reykjavik | 17Jun1981 | 192/113 | SP | ||||
| 36 | 20.02 | Jeff Braun | USA | 2Jun1957 | 1 | Rehlingen | 15Aug1981 | 190/130 | SP | ||||
| 37 | 20.01 | Tim Scott | USA | 13Aug1958 | 1 | Houston TX | 14Mar1981 | 188/109 | PB | SP | |||
| 38 | 19.99 | Stefan Fernholm | SWE | 2Jul1959 | 2 | Tempe AZ | 4Apr1981 | 186/118 | PB | SP | |||
| 39 | 19.99 | Sergey Gavryushin | URS | 27Jun1959 | 2 | Riga | 13Jun1981 | 192/125 | SP | ||||
| 40 | 19.99 | Detlef Mortag | GDR | 13Jun1959 | 1 | vsURS-j | Cottbus | 24Jun1981 | 194/118 | PB | SP | ||
| 41 | 19.96 | John Scheetz | USA | 28Dec1958 | 1 | Ames IA | 16May1981 | 185/111 | PB | SP | |||
| 42 | 19.95 | Anatoliy Yarosh | URS | 22Oct1952 | 1 | Kyiv | 1Oct1981 | 191/130 | SP | ||||
| 43 | 19.92 | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | 3Jan1959 | 1 | Sorgane | 28May1981 | 191/118 | SP | ||||
| 44 | 19.92 | Jeff Stover | USA | 22May1958 | 4 | Berkeley CA | 13Jun1981 | 196/112 | SP | ||||
| 45 | 19.92 | Ants Savest | URS | 11Jan1951 | 1 | Tallinn | 15Aug1981 | 191/97 | PB | SP | |||
| 46 | 19.92 | Vladimir Yeliseyev | URS | 5Jan1953 | 1 | Kyiv | 2Sep1981 | 187/126 | SP | ||||
| 47 | 19.91 | Luigi De Santis | ITA | 12Aug1957 | 1 | vsESP,GRE,URS | Roma | 24May1981 | 190/103 | SP | |||
| 48 | 19.89 | Valeriy Voykin | URS | 14Oct1945 | 3 | Znam | Leningrad | 24Jul1981 | 192/118 | SP | |||
| 49 | 19.88 | Joe Staub | USA | 8Nov1959 | Q | NCAA | Baton Rouge LA | 4Jun1981 | 183/100 | PB | SP | ||
| 50 | 19.82 | i | Ray Bradley | USA | 17Sep1958 | 1 | Lincoln NE | 28Feb1981 | 201/136 | PB | SP | ||
| 51 | 19.82 | Ian Pyka | USA | 24Mar1956 | 1 | College Park MD | 17May1981 | 186/109 | SP | ||||
| 52 | 19.77 | Marco Montelatici | ITA | 25Aug1953 | 2 | Sorgane | 28May1981 | 188/125 | SP | ||||
| 53 | 19.77 | Mieczyslaw Kropelnicki | POL | 2Jan1951 | 2 | GBR-FRG-POL | London (CP) | 23Jun1981 | 190/115 | SP | |||
| 54 | 19.76 | Mike Smith | USA | 4Jun1958 | 1 | WCR | Fresno CA | 9May1981 | 180/111 | SP | |||
| 55 | 19.74 | Andreas Horn | GDR | 31Jan1962 | 2 | vsURS-j | Cottbus | 24Jun1981 | 195/120 | SP | |||
| 56 | 19.72 | Aleksandr Stepankov | URS | 13May1958 | 1 | Pyatigorsk | 22Aug1981 | 188/124 | SP | ||||
| 57 | 19.70 | i | Sergey Donskikh | URS | 25Jan1956 | 1 | Leningrad | 22Feb1981 | 197/128 | SP | |||
| 58 | 19.68 | Frank Siegmund | GDR | 7Feb1958 | 2 | Potsdam | 27Jun1981 | 192/120 | SP | ||||
| 59 | 19.67 | Bruce Heide | USA | 30Jun1957 | 5 | Tempe AZ | 4Apr1981 | 196/130 | PB | SP | |||
| 60 | 19.65 | Mitch Crouser | USA | 30Dec1957 | 1 | Corvallis OR | 28May1981 | 192/118 | SP | ||||
| 61 | 19.65 | Wincenty Dybalski | POL | 29Jan1956 | 1 | Bydgoszcz | 20Aug1981 | 190/119 | PB | SP | |||
| 62 | 19.63 | Dalibor Vasícek | CZE | 6May1954 | 1 | vsHUN | Praha | 23Jun1981 | 190/116 | SP | |||
| 63 | 19.62 | Donatas Stukonis | URS | 19Nov1957 | 1 | Vilnius | 19Aug1981 | 192/108 | SP | ||||
| 64 | 19.62 | Heino Sild | URS | 10Apr1944 | 2 | Tallinn | 29Aug1981 | 196/120 | SP | ||||
| 65 | 19.61 | Aleksandr Boreyko | URS | 10Mar1956 | 2 | Kyiv | 1Oct1981 | 185/96 | SP | ||||
| 66 | 19.60 | i | Oskar Jakobsson | ISL | 29Jan1955 | 1 | Reykjavik | Feb1981 | 196/114 | SP | |||
| 67 | 19.59 | Udo Hermann Gelhausen | FRG | 5Jul1956 | 1 | Remscheid | 28Jun1981 | 188/115 | SP | ||||
| 68 | 19.58 | Janusz Gassowski | POL | 1Mar1958 | 1 | Bydgoszcz | 26May1981 | 189/110 | SP | ||||
| 69 | 19.56 | Mikhail Domorosov | URS | 5Mar1955 | 3 | NC | Moskva | 17Sep1981 | 178/107 | SP | |||
| 70 | 19.55 | i | Gennadiy Mikhailov | URS | 9Jun1956 | 1 | Leningrad | 14Jan1981 | 189/124 | SP | |||
| 71 | 19.55 | Luc Viudès | FRA | 31Jan1956 | 6 | Nikaia | Nice | 23Aug1981 | 190/123 | SP | |||
| 72 | 19.54 | Luis Mariano Delís | CUB | 6Dec1957 | 1 | Barrientos | La Habana | 8Mar1981 | 185/105 | SP | |||
| 73 | 19.54 | Edmund Wenta | POL | 26Dec1953 | 1 | Poznan | 26Sep1981 | 200/118 | SP | ||||
| 74 | 19.51 | Per Nilsson | SWE | 1Mar1953 | 2 | FIN-SWE | Stockholm | 29Aug1981 | 190/120 | PB | SP | ||
| 75 | 19.50 | Luigi Sintoni | ITA | 11Jun1955 | 1 | Udine | 19Sep1981 | 189/98 | SP | ||||
| 76 | 19.46 | Vince Goldsmith | USA | 20Jul1959 | 1 | Eugene OR | 4Apr1981 | 180/105 | PB | SP | |||
| 77 | 19.38 | Sergey Solomko | URS | 28May1958 | Donyetsk | 27Jun1981 | 192/110 | SP | |||||
| 78 | 19.36 | Markku Tuokko | FIN | 24Jun1951 | 2 | Keuruu | 19Jun1981 | 196/118 | SP | ||||
| 79 | 19.35 | Doug Lane | USA | 31Dec1949 | q | TAC | Sacramento CA | 20Jun1981 | 190/130 | SP | |||
| 80 | 19.33 | Kelly Brooks | USA | 30Sep1958 | 2 | SWC | Dallas TX | 16May1981 | 183/111 | SP | |||
| 81 | 19.30 | László Szabó | HUN | 6Jan1955 | 1 | ECp/sf | Warszawa | 4Jul1981 | 192/120 | SP | |||
| 82 | 19.29 | Joe Zelezniak | USA | 29Aug1951 | 1 | New York | 31May1981 | 190/120 | SP | ||||
| 83 | 19.28 | i | Detlef Last | GDR | 7Jun1960 | 3 | NC-i | Senftenberg | 14Feb1981 | 192/110 | SP | ||
| 84 | 19.24 | Anders Skärvstrand [Jönsson] | SWE | 24Jul1960 | 1 | Järvsö | 20Jun1981 | 190/118 | SP | ||||
| 85 | 19.24 | Mikhail Kyoshev | BUL | 15Mar1951 | 6 | Budapest | 18Aug1981 | 180/112 | SP | ||||
| 86 | 19.22 | i | Remigius Machura | CZE | 3Jul1960 | 5 | EC-i | Grenoble | 22Feb1981 | 187/118 | SP | ||
| 87 | 19.22 | Armin Lemme | GDR | 28Oct1955 | 2 | Potsdam | 29Aug1981 | 199/115 | SP | ||||
| 88 | 19.19 | Loucas Louca | GRE | 15May1945 | 2 | EP/B | Athína | 1Aug1981 | 180/120 | SP | |||
| 89 | 19.18 | Aulis Toivonen | FIN | 2May1956 | 1 | Kuusankoski | 3Aug1981 | 186/122 | SP | ||||
| 90 | 19.18 | Arnjolt Beer | FRA | 19Jun1946 | 1 | vsBEL | Saint Ouen-l'Aumône | 16Aug1981 | 192/110 | SP | |||
| 91 | 19.16 | Enn Rohula | URS | 9Oct1953 | 1 | Kotka/Karhu. | 21Aug1981 | 180/104 | SP | ||||
| 92 | 19.16 | Aulis Akonniemi | FIN | 16Dec1958 | 1 | Jalasjärvi | 30Aug1981 | 184/95 | SP | ||||
| 93 | 19.14 | Angelo Groppelli | ITA | 12Jul1946 | 1 | Milano | 9May1981 | 191/100 | SP | ||||
| 94 | 19.13 | i | Sergey Akimov | URS | 27Aug1955 | 1 | Donyetsk | 13Jan1981 | 187/120 | SP | |||
| 95 | 19.13 | Aleksandr Sladek | URS | 1956 | 1 | Kyiv | 4Jul1981 | SP | |||||
| 96 | 19.09 | Ferdinand Schladen | FRG | 24May1939 | 1 | Höhr-Grenzhausen | 6Sep1981 | 203/125 | SP | ||||
| 97 | 19.08 | i | Luby Chambul | CAN | 29Oct1958 | 7 | NCAA | Detroit MI | 13Mar1981 | 185/111 | SP | ||
| 98 | 19.08 | Yuriy Vereshchagin | URS | 1958 | 1 | Smolyensk | 11Jul1981 | SP | |||||
| 99 | 19.06 | August Wolf | USA | 3Sep1961 | 1 | Princeton NJ | 16May1981 | 201/122 | SP | ||||
| 100 | 19.06 | Knut Hjeltnes | NOR | 8Dec1951 | 5 | ECp/sf | Helsinki | 4Jul1981 | 195/125 | SP |