| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 17.20 | 0.1 | Mikhail Bariban | URS | 25Feb1949 | 1 | WUG | Moskva | 19Aug1973 | 180/72 | PB | TJ |
| 2 | 2 | 17.12 | Viktor Saneyev | URS | 3Oct1945 | 1 | Sukhumi | 17Oct1973 | 188/79 | TJ | |||
| 3 | 3 | 17.06 | 1.6 | Michal Joachimowski | POL | 26Sep1950 | 1 | Warszawa | 2Jun1973 | 185/76 | PB | TJ | |
| 4 | 17.06 | Viktor Saneyev | 1 | Sofia | 7Oct1973 | TJ | |||||||
| 5 | 17.03 | Viktor Saneyev | 1 | URS-GDR-FIN | Helsinki | 16Sep1973 | TJ | ||||||
| 6 | 17.01 | Michal Joachimowski | 2 | Sukhumi | 17Oct1973 | TJ | |||||||
| 4 | 7 | 17.00 | Gustavo Platt | CUB | 29Jul1954 | 1 | La Habana | 5May1973 | 180/70 | PB | TJ | ||
| 8 | 17.00 | Viktor Saneyev | 2 | WUG | Moskva | 19Aug1973 | TJ | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 16.98 | 1.2 | John Craft | USA | 24Mar1947 | 1 | AAU | Bakersfield CA | 16Jun1973 | 183/74 | PB | TJ |
| 10 | 16.94 | Viktor Saneyev | 1 | Est Berlin | 31Jul1973 | TJ | |||||||
| 6 | 11 | 16.91 | i | Carol Corbu | ROM | 8Feb1946 | 1 | Bucuresti | 10Feb1973 | 197/85 | TJ | ||
| 12 | 16.90 | Mikhail Bariban | 1 | Moskva | 5Jun1973 | TJ | |||||||
| 13 | 16.89 | Michal Joachimowski | 1 | Warszawa | 19May1973 | TJ | |||||||
| 14 | 16.89 | Michal Joachimowski | 1 | Warszawa | 10Aug1973 | TJ | |||||||
| 15 | 16.89 | Michal Joachimowski | 1 | Baku | 1Oct1973 | TJ | |||||||
| 16 | 16.86 | Viktor Saneyev | 1 | NC | Moskva | 12Jul1973 | TJ | ||||||
| 7 | 17 | 16.84 | Andrzej Sontag | POL | 26Apr1951 | 2 | Warszawa | 10Aug1973 | 184/76 | TJ | |||
| 18 | 16.82 | Viktor Saneyev | 1 | vsURS | Minsk | 23Jul1973 | TJ | ||||||
| 19 | 16.80 | i | Carol Corbu | 1 | EC-i | Rotterdam | 10Mar1973 | TJ | |||||
| 8 | 20 | 16.79 | Heinz-Günter Schenk | GDR | 16Jan1942 | 1 | NC | Dresden | 21Jul1973 | 181/76 | TJ | ||
| 21 | 16.78 | Viktor Saneyev | -1 | ECp | Edinburgh | 9Sep1973 | TJ | ||||||
| 22 | 16.77 | i | Viktor Saneyev | 1 | Minsk | 4Mar1973 | TJ | ||||||
| 9 | 23 | 16.76 | Jörg Drehmel | GDR | 3May1945 | 3 | WUG | Moskva | 19Aug1973 | 187/83 | TJ | ||
| 24 | 16.76 | Michal Joachimowski | 1 | Warszawa | 22Sep1973 | TJ | |||||||
| 10 | 25 | 16.76 | Nikolay Sinichkin | URS | 10Jan1948 | 2 | Baku | 30Sep1973 | 178/78 | TJ | |||
| 26 | 16.75 | i | Michal Joachimowski | 2 | EC-i | Rotterdam | 10Mar1973 | TJ | |||||
| 27 | 16.73 | Viktor Saneyev | 1 | Varna | 29Sep1973 | TJ | |||||||
| 11 | 28 | 16.70 | Mikhail Syegal | URS | 13Mar1952 | 3 | Sukhumi | 17Oct1973 | 168/69 | TJ | |||
| 29 | 16.67 | i | John Craft | 1 | AAU | New York | 23Feb1973 | TJ | |||||
| 12 | 30 | 16.67 | Stanislav Penyayev | URS | 23Sep1948 | 1 | Alushta | 28Sep1973 | 183/75 | TJ | |||
| 13 | 31 | 16.65 | Bernard Lamitié | FRA | 27Jun1946 | 1 | Colombes | 22Jul1973 | 180/76 | TJ | |||
| 14 | 32 | 16.64 | Eugeniusz Biskupski | POL | 17Dec1947 | 1 | Warszawa | 1Jul1973 | 188/83 | TJ | |||
| 33 | 16.63 | i | John Craft | 1 | Richmond KY | 16Mar1973 | TJ | ||||||
| 34 | 16.63 | Mikhail Bariban | 2 | vsURS | Minsk | 23Jul1973 | TJ | ||||||
| 15 | 16.57 | Barry McClure | USA | 3Dec1951 | 2 | AAU | Bakersfield CA | 16Jun1973 | 180/75 | PB | TJ | ||
| 16 | 16.56 | Caleb Abdul [Milan] Rahman [Tiff] | USA | 5Jul1949 | 1 | vsITA | Torino | 18Jul1973 | 183/72 | TJ | |||
| 17 | 16.53 | Mansour Dia | SEN | 27Dec1940 | 1 | AfCh | Lagos | 17Jan1973 | 192/85 | TJ | |||
| 18 | 16.52 | Anatoliy Boyko | URS | 9Apr1947 | 1 | vsFRG | Leningrad | 16Jun1973 | 179/77 | TJ | |||
| 19 | 16.51 | James Butts | USA | 9May1950 | 1 | Usa-Afr | Dakar | 5Aug1973 | 188/82 | TJ | |||
| 20 | 16.50 | Armando Herrera | CUB | 25May1955 | 2 | La Habana | 5May1973 | 194/87 | TJ | ||||
| 21 | 16.50 | Gennadiy Byessonov | URS | 9Dec1944 | 3 | NC | Moskva | 12Jul1973 | 176/67 | TJ | |||
| 22 | 16.48 | Dave Tucker | USA | 11Dec1951 | 2 | Fresno CA | 11May1973 | 186/82 | PB | TJ | |||
| 23 | 16.46 | Pentti Kuukasjärvi | FIN | 28Nov1946 | 1 | vsITA,KEN | Helsinki | 18Jun1973 | 178/72 | TJ | |||
| 24 | 16.46 | Serban Ciochina | ROM | 30Nov1939 | 1 | Ecp-Q | Athína | 1Jul1973 | 178/65 | TJ | |||
| 25 | 16.43 | Mike McGrath | AUS | 28Nov1947 | 1 | Sydney | 28Oct1973 | 175/70 | TJ | ||||
| 26 | 16.39 | Esa Rinne | FIN | 3May1943 | 1 | Stockholm | 2Sep1973 | 179/65 | TJ | ||||
| 27 | 16.39 | Lothar Gora | GDR | 22Sep1954 | 2 | URS-GDR-FIN | Helsinki | 16Sep1973 | 185/70 | TJ | |||
| 28 | 16.38 | Apostolos Kathiniotis | GRE | 16Mar1952 | 1 | Balkan G | Athína | 26Aug1973 | 177/66 | TJ | |||
| 29 | 16.38 | Aleksandr Kolyesnichenko | URS | 18Nov1948 | 2 | Alushta | 28Sep1973 | 177/68 | PB | TJ | |||
| 30 | 16.37 | i | André Rota | FRA | 30Apr1952 | 2 | Lyon | 25Feb1973 | 181/70 | PB | TJ | ||
| 31 | 16.36 | Ryszard Garnys | POL | 8Mar1947 | 3 | Warszawa | 21Jun1973 | 185/74 | TJ | ||||
| 32 | 16.36 | Václav Fiser | CZE | 9Jul1947 | 3 | Praha | 6Sep1973 | 180/81 | TJ | ||||
| 33 | 16.35 | Juan Velázquez | CUB | 2Feb1952 | 3 | La Habana | 5May1973 | 174/74 | TJ | ||||
| 34 | 16.35 | Christian Valétudie | FRA | 27May1952 | 1 | Kassel | 18Aug1973 | 193/89 | TJ | ||||
| 35 | 16.32 | Anatoliy Piskulin | URS | 1Dec1952 | 1 | Leningrad | 13May1973 | 176/73 | TJ | ||||
| 36 | 16.30 | Jan Broda | CZE | 24Apr1940 | 2 | ECp/sf | Nice | 5Aug1973 | 178/70 | TJ | |||
| 37 | 16.27 | Don Commons | AUS | 5May1952 | 1 | Melbourne | 3Feb1973 | TJ | |||||
| 38 | 16.27 | Richard Kick | FRG | 2May1947 | 1 | München | 9Jun1973 | 174/67 | TJ | ||||
| 39 | 16.26 | Abraham Munabi | UGA | 19Dec1940 | 2 | AfCh | Lagos | 17Jan1973 | 180/70 | TJ | |||
| 40 | 16.26 | i | Valentin Shevchenko | URS | 11Oct1948 | 3 | Moskva | 18Feb1973 | 187/77 | TJ | |||
| 41 | 16.24 | Vladimir Bor | URS | 22Jan1947 | 1 | Kyiv | 8Aug1973 | 180/74 | TJ | ||||
| 42 | 16.24 | Jerzy Miedzialek | POL | 12Sep1951 | q | Warszawa | 10Aug1973 | 185/80 | TJ | ||||
| 43 | 16.22 | i | Joachim Kugler | FRG | 19Sep1947 | 1 | NC-i | Berlin | 23Feb1973 | 182/72 | TJ | ||
| 44 | 16.22 | Harry Freeman | USA | 11Jun1951 | 1 | Westwood CA | 5May1973 | 189/83 | TJ | ||||
| 45 | 16.21 | Milan Spasojevic | YUG | 15Mar1950 | 1 | Zagreb | 22Jul1973 | 183/74 | TJ | ||||
| 46 | 16.20 | Phil May | AUS | 20Sep1945 | 1 | NC | Sydney | 25Mar1973 | 196/82 | TJ | |||
| 47 | 16.20 | Vassilios Valsamidis | GRE | 16Jan1952 | 1 | Sofia | 26May1973 | 180/72 | TJ | ||||
| 48 | 16.19 | Ludwig Franz | FRG | 26Jul1953 | 2 | München | 9Jun1973 | 184/79 | TJ | ||||
| 49 | 16.18 | Ken McBryde | USA | 4Mar1953 | 5 | AAU | Bakersfield CA | 16Jun1973 | 178/63 | TJ | |||
| 50 | 16.17 | Sergey Sidoryenko | URS | 13Jun1947 | 2 | Leningrad | 13May1973 | 181/74 | TJ | ||||
| 51 | 16.16 | Igor Mironyenko | URS | 5May1951 | 1 | Baku | 11Aug1973 | 184/72 | TJ | ||||
| 52 | 16.15 | i | Robert Reader | USA | 9Mar1946 | 1 | Portland OR | 27Jan1973 | 183/77 | TJ | |||
| 53 | 16.15 | Joshua Owusu | GHA | 2Oct1948 | 1 | Arkadelphia | 25May1973 | 195/76 | TJ | ||||
| 54 | 16.15 | Koshei Gushiken | JPN | 10Jun1942 | -1 | Chiba | 2Jun1973 | 172/62 | TJ | ||||
| 55 | 16.15 | Robert Le Goupil | FRA | 8Jun1951 | 2 | Praha | 26Aug1973 | 180/75 | TJ | ||||
| 56 | 16.14 | i | Kristen Fløgstad | NOR | 11Apr1947 | 5 | EC-i | Rotterdam | 10Mar1973 | 181/70 | TJ | ||
| 57 | 16.13 | Mikhail Fridman | URS | 29Apr1948 | 1 | Podolsk | 24Jun1973 | 183/73 | TJ | ||||
| 58 | 16.12 | Yevgeniy Yakimenko | URS | 11Jul1952 | 1 | Fergana | 7Sep1973 | 180/72 | TJ | ||||
| 59 | 16.11 | Sigurd Langeland | NOR | 23Apr1951 | 1 | Tucson AZ | 21Apr1973 | 183/75 | TJ | ||||
| 60 | 16.11 | Vladimir Brigadniy | URS | 22Apr1955 | 1 | Odessa Ukr | 28Jul1973 | 171/65 | TJ | ||||
| 61 | 16.11 | Viktor Mazhukin | URS | 12Feb1950 | 2 | Krasnodar | 23Aug1973 | 175/76 | TJ | ||||
| 62 | 16.11 | Sun Ching-ming | CHN | 1948 | 1 | Changsha | 1Oct1973 | TJ | |||||
| 63 | 16.10 | Adam Adamek | POL | 22May1947 | 1 | Walbrzych | 29Jul1973 | 180/69 | TJ | ||||
| 64 | 16.10 | Jirí Vycichlo | CZE | 17May1946 | 1 | Banská Býstrica | 2Sep1973 | 184/76 | TJ | ||||
| 65 | 16.10 | Gábor Katona | HUN | 1Oct1952 | 5 | Praha | 6Sep1973 | 186/81 | TJ | ||||
| 66 | 16.09 | Moses Pomaney | GHA | 22Mar1945 | 3 | AfCh | Lagos | 17Jan1973 | 183/72 | TJ | |||
| 67 | 16.09A | i | James Nyumutei | GHA | 26May1952 | 1 | Pocatello ID | 20Jan1973 | 178/61 | TJ | |||
| 68 | 16.09 | i | Nikolay Dudkin | URS | 5Jun1947 | 6 | EC-i | Rotterdam | 10Mar1973 | 178/78 | TJ | ||
| 69 | 16.09 | Juhani Mäki-Maunus | FIN | 5Jun1949 | 1 | Hyvinkää | 12Aug1973 | 186/74 | TJ | ||||
| 70 | 16.08 | Henrik Kalocsai | HUN | 28Nov1940 | 1 | Budapest | 22Jul1973 | 191/84 | TJ | ||||
| 72 | 16.08 | Toshiaki Inoue | JPN | 3Jan1951 | Gifu | 16Sep1973 | 173/63 | TJ | |||||
| 71 | 16.08 | Valeriy Podluzhny | URS | 22Aug1952 | 5 | URS-GDR-FIN | Helsinki | 16Sep1973 | 175/62 | TJ | |||
| 73 | 16.07 | i | Gennadiy Savlyevich | URS | 1May1947 | q | Moskva | 4Mar1973 | 179/74 | TJ | |||
| 74 | 16.06 | Tony Wadhams | GBR | 16May1944 | 1 | Warley | 28May1973 | 191/80 | TJ | ||||
| 75 | 16.06 | 2.0 | Bernd Siegmeier | GDR | 24Jun1951 | 3 | Berlin | 13Jun1973 | TJ | ||||
| 76 | 16.06 | -1.1 | Ramón Cid | ESP | 15Aug1954 | 2 | EC-j | Duisburg | 25Aug1973 | 181/72 | TJ | ||
| 77 | 16.06 | Andris Kozlovskis | URS | 23Nov1945 | 1 | Kyiv | 28Sep1973 | 179/70 | TJ | ||||
| 78 | 16.05 | Nikolay Solovyev | URS | 19Dec1952 | 1 | Odessa Ukr | 27May1973 | 182/74 | TJ | ||||
| 79 | 16.05 | Valeriy Rabochev | URS | 29Sep1946 | 4 | Moskva | 5Jun1973 | 183/80 | TJ | ||||
| 80 | 16.05 | Hans-Dieter Haberland | GDR | 28Jan1953 | 4 | NC | Dresden | 21Jul1973 | TJ | ||||
| 81 | 16.05 | Vasile Dumitrescu | ROM | 13Jan1945 | 3 | Sofia | 7Oct1973 | 190/82 | TJ | ||||
| 82 | 16.04 | Al Lanier | USA | 20Jul1950 | 3 | vsITA | Torino | 18Jul1973 | 185/75 | TJ | |||
| 83 | 16.04 | Aleksandr Ogandzhanov | URS | 21Apr1954 | 2 | Odessa Ukr | 28Jul1973 | TJ | |||||
| 84 | 16.04 | Andrzej Lasocki | POL | 5Oct1945 | 1 | Warszawa | 9Sep1973 | 183/73 | TJ | ||||
| 85 | 16.03 | i | Zoltán Cziffra | HUN | 10Nov1942 | 1 | Budapest | 18Feb1973 | 186/81 | TJ | |||
| 86 | 16.03 | Ed Lennex | USA | 20May1954 | 3 | Odessa Ukr | 28Jul1973 | 190/74 | TJ | ||||
| 87 | 16.02 | Mariano Pérez Crespo | ESP | 26Oct1952 | 1 | Madrid | 7Apr1973 | 176/64 | TJ | ||||
| 88 | 16.02 | Luiz Carlos de Souza | BRA | 11Mar1952 | 1 | São Paulo | 16Jun1973 | 182/76 | TJ | ||||
| 89 | 16.02 | Jean-Hervé Stiévenart | FRA | 15Oct1954 | 1 | Bourges | 11Aug1973 | 180/79 | TJ | ||||
| 90 | 16.02 | Igor Kovtun | URS | 13Mar1948 | 3 | Alushta | 28Sep1973 | TJ | |||||
| 91 | 16.00 | Serge Firca | FRA | 11Mar1948 | 4 | Colombes | 22Jul1973 | 176/73 | TJ | ||||
| 92 | 16.00 | Jaan Pelmas | URS | 16Oct1947 | 2 | Kyiv | 8Aug1973 | 185/76 | TJ | ||||
| 93 | 16.00 | Piotr Blaziak | POL | 13Feb1948 | 5 | Warszawa | 10Aug1973 | 182/76 | TJ | ||||
| 94 | 16.00 | Marek Radtke | POL | 12Jan1955 | 1 | Bielefeld | 8Sep1973 | 188/79 | TJ | ||||
| 95 | 16.00 | Vladimir Stabrovskiy | URS | 1948 | 1 | Oryol | 9Sep1973 | TJ | |||||
| 96 | 15.99 | i | Larry Gray | USA | 16Jan1953 | 2 | Detroit MI | 9Mar1973 | 183/67 | TJ | |||
| 97 | 15.99 | Toni Teuber | SUI | 20Apr1947 | 3 | vsUSA,FRG | München | 12Jul1973 | 174/72 | TJ | |||
| 98 | 15.99 | Miklós Balogh | HUN | 6Mar1950 | 1 | Budapest | 3Oct1973 | 182/75 | TJ | ||||
| 99 | 15.97 | Pedro Pérez Dueñas | CUB | 23Feb1952 | q | WUG | Moskva | 17Aug1973 | 179/67 | TJ | |||
| 100 | 15.96 | Keith Witherspoon | USA | 2Jan1953 | 3 | Durham NC | 11May1973 | 178/68 | TJ | ||||
| 101 | 15.96 | Clarence Taylor | USA | 22Mar1952 | 6 | AAU | Bakersfield CA | 16Jun1973 | 193/80 | TJ | |||
| 102 | 15.96 | Phil Wood | AUS | 29Dec1953 | 3 | Sydney | 28Oct1973 | TJ |