| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 20.06 | 0.4 | Donald Quarrie | JAM | 25Feb1951 | 1r1 | WK | Zürich | 16Aug1974 | 173/70 | 200 | |
| 2 | 20.2my | Donald Quarrie | 1 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 25May1974 | 200 | ||||||
| 3 | 20.1m+ | 1.9 | Donald Quarrie | 1 | Bakersfield CA | 18May1974 | 200 | ||||||
| 2 | 4 | 20.42 | 1.8 | Hans-Joachim Zenk | GDR | 3Jun1952 | 1r2 | Potsdam | 13Jun1974 | 174/71 | PB | 200 | |
| 3 | 5 | 20.42 | 1.8 | Silvio Leonard | CUB | 20Sep1955 | 2r2 | Potsdam | 13Jun1974 | 173/64 | 200 | ||
| 6 | 20.2m | 0.8 | Silvio Leonard | 1 | Milano | 2Jul1974 | 200 | ||||||
| 7 | 20.2m | 0.8 | Donald Quarrie | 2 | Milano | 2Jul1974 | 200 | ||||||
| 4 | 8 | 20.2m | 0.0 | Steve Williams | USA | 13Nov1953 | 1 | Viareggio | 7Aug1974 | 192/79 | 200 | ||
| 5 | 9 | 20.53 | -0.46 | Pietro Mennea | ITA | 28Jun1952 | 1 | NC | Roma (SO) | 31Jul1974 | 178/68 | 200 | |
| 6 | 10 | 20.3mA | John Carlos | USA | 5Jun1945 | 1 | ITA | El Paso TX | 27Apr1974 | 193/85 | 200 | ||
| 7 | 11 | 20.57 | 0.8 | Manfred Ommer | FRG | 13Sep1950 | 1 | NC | Hannover | 28Jul1974 | 177/72 | 200 | |
| 8 | 12 | 20.58 | 0.4 | Bruno Cherrier | FRA | 31Aug1953 | 2r1 | WK | Zürich | 16Aug1974 | 173/65 | PB | 200 |
| 9 | 13 | 20.60 | 1.8 | Jörg Pfeifer | GDR | 19Mar1952 | 3r2 | Potsdam | 13Jun1974 | 177/67 | PB | 200 | |
| 14 | 20.60 | -0.86 | Pietro Mennea | 1 | EC | Roma (SO) | 6Sep1974 | 200 | |||||
| 10 | 15 | 20.5my | Larry Burton | USA | 15Dec1951 | 1 | Champaign IL | 4May1974 | 188/86 | 200 | |||
| 11 | 16 | 20.5my | James Gilkes | GUY | 21Sep1952 | 1 | Nashville TN | 18May1974 | 188/73 | 200 | |||
| 12 | 17 | 20.5my | Charles Joseph | TRI | 25Mar1952 | 1 | IC4A | Pittsburgh PA | 25May1974 | 172/70 | PB | 200 | |
| 18 | 20.5my | Steve Williams | 2 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 25May1974 | 200 | ||||||
| 19 | 20.4m | 1.2 | Pietro Mennea | 1 | Formia | 25Aug1974 | 200 | ||||||
| 20 | 20.67 | Silvio Leonard | 1sf2 | CAC | Santo Domingo | 6Mar1974 | 200 | ||||||
| 13 | 21 | 20.70 | 0.8 | Franz-Peter Hofmeister | FRG | 5Aug1951 | 2 | NC | Hannover | 28Jul1974 | 185/71 | 200 | |
| 14 | 22 | 20.6my | Clancy Edwards | USA | 9Aug1955 | 1 | San José CA | 4May1974 | 175/76 | 200 | |||
| 15 | 23 | 20.6myA | Larry Brown | USA | 23Mar1951 | 1 | Albuquerque NM | 10May1974 | 180/75 | 200 | |||
| 16 | 24 | 20.6my | Willie Smith | USA | 28Feb1956 | 1 | Hartford CT | 18May1974 | 173/73 | PB | 200 | ||
| 25 | 20.6my | James Gilkes | 1 | NAIA | Arkadelphia | 25May1974 | 200 | ||||||
| 26 | 20.73 | -0.6 | Donald Quarrie | 1 | BCG | Christchurch | 29Jan1974 | 200 | |||||
| 27 | 20.73 | 0.4 | Manfred Ommer | 1 | URS-FRG-FRA | Stuttgart | 11Aug1974 | 200 | |||||
| 28 | 20.5m | Silvio Leonard | 1 | Ciudad Panamá | 3Feb1974 | 200 | |||||||
| 29 | 20.5m | 0.77 | Franz-Peter Hofmeister | 1 | Bonn | 19May1974 | 200 | ||||||
| 30 | 20.74 | Silvio Leonard | 1h1 | Potsdam | 13Jun1974 | 200 | |||||||
| 31 | 20.5m | Donald Quarrie | 1 | AAU | Westwood CA | 22Jun1974 | 200 | ||||||
| 17 | 32 | 20.5m | Antti Rajamäki | FIN | 14Jul1952 | 1 | vsURS | Helsinki | 15Jul1974 | 183/74 | 200 | ||
| 33 | 20.5m | 0.0 | Pietro Mennea | 2 | Viareggio | 7Aug1974 | 200 | ||||||
| 34 | 20.5m | Donald Quarrie | 1 | ISTAF | West Berlin | 21Aug1974 | 200 | ||||||
| 18 | 35 | 20.5m | 1.2 | David Jenkins | GBR | 25May1952 | 2 | Formia | 25Aug1974 | 190/83 | 200 | ||
| 36 | 20.5m | 0.0 | Pietro Mennea | 1 | Rieti | 15Sep1974 | 200 | ||||||
| 37 | 20.75 | Franz-Peter Hofmeister | 1 | vsPOL | Augsburg | 14Jul1974 | 200 | ||||||
| 38 | 20.76 | Hans-Joachim Zenk | 1h2 | Potsdam | 13Jun1974 | 200 | |||||||
| 39 | 20.76 | 0.4 | Franz-Peter Hofmeister | 2 | URS-FRG-FRA | Stuttgart | 11Aug1974 | 200 | |||||
| 40 | 20.76 | -0.86 | Manfred Ommer | 2 | EC | Roma (SO) | 6Sep1974 | 200 | |||||
| 19 | 41 | 20.78 | 0.6 | Hans-Jürgen Bombach | GDR | 11Aug1945 | 1 | NC | Leipzig | 5Jul1974 | 183/75 | 200 | |
| 42 | 20.79 | Antti Rajamäki | 1 | vsSWE | Helsinki | 18Aug1974 | 200 | ||||||
| 20 | 43 | 20.81 | 1.8 | Alejandro Casañas | CUB | 29Jan1954 | 4r2 | Potsdam | 13Jun1974 | 188/79 | PB | 200 | |
| 44 | 20.81 | -1.60 | Hans-Jürgen Bombach | 1sf1 | EC | Roma (SO) | 6Sep1974 | 200 | |||||
| 21 | 45 | 20.7my | Rudy Reid | TRI | 13Nov1952 | 1 | Tucson AZ | 6Apr1974 | 200 | ||||
| 22 | 46 | 20.7my | Reggie Jones | USA | 30Dec1953 | 1 | Knoxville TN | 13Apr1974 | 189/86 | 200 | |||
| 23 | 47 | 20.7myA | Brent Webster | USA | 1952 | 2 | Salt Lake City | 15Apr1974 | PB | 200 | |||
| 24 | 48 | 20.7myA | Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa | MAD | 30Apr1943 | 2 | ITA | El Paso TX | 27Apr1974 | 168/65 | NR | 200 | |
| 25 | 49 | 20.7my | Vince Breddell | USA | 22Feb1952 | 2 | San José CA | 4May1974 | 177/73 | PB | 200 | ||
| 26 | 50 | 20.7my | Larry Black | USA | 20Jul1951 | 1 | Orangeburg SC | 5May1974 | 185/80 | 200 | |||
| 27 | 51 | 20.7my | Michael Sands | BAH | 1Jul1953 | 1h3 | IC4A | Pittsburgh PA | 24May1974 | 183/84 | PB | 200 | |
| 28 | 52 | 20.7my | Mark Lutz | USA | 23Dec1951 | 3 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 25May1974 | 178/68 | 200 | ||
| 53 | 20.83 | Silvio Leonard | 1 | vsCZE,HUN | Praha | 29Jun1974 | 200 | ||||||
| 54 | 20.83 | 0.50 | Pietro Mennea | 1sf2 | EC | Roma (SO) | 6Sep1974 | 200 | |||||
| 55 | 20.83 | -0.86 | Hans-Jürgen Bombach | 3 | EC | Roma (SO) | 6Sep1974 | 200 | |||||
| 29 | 20.6mA | Peter Greeff | RSA | 2Jun1955 | 1 | Pretoria | 2Mar1974 | PB | 200 | ||||
| 30 | 20.6mA | André van Heerden | RSA | 1Oct1948 | 1 | Pretoria | 30Mar1974 | 200 | |||||
| 31 | 20.6mA | Dale Connolly | USA | 17Mar1955 | 1 | Salt Lake City | 15Apr1974 | PB | 200 | ||||
| 32 | 20.6m | Jan Werner | POL | 25Apr1946 | 1 | Split | 11May1974 | 190/84 | 200 | ||||
| 33 | 20.6m | -0.8 | Luigi Benedetti | ITA | 19May1951 | 1 | CUSI | Torino | 2Jun1974 | 180/70 | PB | 200 | |
| 34 | 20.6m | 0.57 | Jürgen Pfennig | GDR | 29Sep1952 | 2r1 | Erfurt | 2Jun1974 | 187/82 | PB | 200 | ||
| 35 | 20.6m | -0.7 | Klaus Ehl | FRG | 16Aug1949 | 1 | Waiblingen | 21Jun1974 | 188/77 | PB | 200 | ||
| 36 | 20.6m | Michael Droese | GDR | 9Aug1952 | 1 | Dresden | 26Jun1974 | 178/76 | 200 | ||||
| 37 | 20.6m | 1.5 | Luis Javier Sarría | ESP | 8May1949 | 1h5 | NC | Madrid | 20Jul1974 | 183/75 | PB | 200 | |
| 38 | 20.87 | -0.86 | Joseph Arame | FRA | 29Aug1948 | 4 | EC | Roma (SO) | 6Sep1974 | 190/87 | 200 | ||
| 39 | 20.88 | 1.6 | Christopher Monk | GBR | 29Sep1951 | 1h5 | BCG | Christchurch | 27Jan1974 | 173/62 | 200 | ||
| 40 | 20.90 | 0.4 | Peter Muster | SUI | 28May1952 | 4r1 | WK | Zürich | 16Aug1974 | 167/67 | 200 | ||
| 41 | 20.90 | 0.0 | Karl Honz | FRG | 28Jan1951 | 1 | HB | München | 12Sep1974 | 185/80 | 200 | ||
| 42 | 20.92 | 0.9 | George Daniels | GHA | 8Mar1950 | 1h1 | BCG | Christchurch | 27Jan1974 | 170/73 | 200 | ||
| 43 | 20.8my | Mike Farmer | USA | 19Sep1956 | 1 | San Francisco CA | 28Mar1974 | 173/64 | 200 | ||||
| 44 | 20.8my | Steve Riddick | USA | 18Sep1951 | 1 | Winston-Salem NC | 4May1974 | 190/77 | 200 | ||||
| 45 | 20.8my | Joe Pouncy | USA | 4Nov1950 | 1 | Houston TX | 11May1974 | 183/81 | 200 | ||||
| 46 | 20.8my | Ainsley Armstrong | TRI | 27Dec1952 | 1 | Baton Rouge LA | 11May1974 | 178/68 | 200 | ||||
| 47 | 20.8my | Cuthbert Jacobs | ANT | 5Jan1952 | 1 | Murray KY | 18May1974 | 183/72 | 200 | ||||
| 48 | 20.8my | Reynaud Robinson | USA | 1Apr1952 | 1 | Tallahassee FL | 18May1974 | 185/68 | 200 | ||||
| 49 | 20.8my | Donald Merrick | USA | 26Nov1955 | 1 | Pasadena TX | 25May1974 | 178/64 | 200 | ||||
| 50 | 20.7m | Greg Lewis | AUS | 9Dec1946 | 1 | Melbourne | 9Jan1974 | 177/76 | 200 | ||||
| 51 | 20.7m | Toma Petrescu | ROM | 16Jan1951 | 1 | Bucuresti | 19May1974 | 184/74 | 200 | ||||
| 52 | 20.7m | Aleksandr Zhidkikh | URS | 23Jan1951 | 1 | Minsk | 30May1974 | 180/75 | 200 | ||||
| 53 | 20.7m | 0.57 | Siegfried Schenke | GDR | 6May1943 | 4r1 | Erfurt | 2Jun1974 | 180/68 | 200 | |||
| 54 | 20.7m | Alfons Brijdenbach | BEL | 12Oct1954 | 1 | NC | Bruxelles | 4Aug1974 | 185/77 | 200 | |||
| 55 | 20.7m | Petar Petrov | BUL | 17Feb1955 | 1 | Varna | 11Aug1974 | 180/78 | 200 | ||||
| 56 | 20.95 | -0.46 | Norberto Oliosi | ITA | 1Dec1945 | 2 | NC | Roma (SO) | 31Jul1974 | 180/74 | 200 | ||
| 57 | 20.96 | 0.5 | Philippe Leroux | FRA | 2Nov1951 | 1r2 | WK | Zürich | 16Aug1974 | 186/74 | 200 | ||
| 58 | 20.97 | 1.4 | John Mwebi | KEN | 18Jan1950 | 2sf1 | BCG | Christchurch | 29Jan1974 | 170/63 | 200 | ||
| 59 | 21.00 | Pablo Bandomo | CUB | 22Jun1952 | 1h3 | CAC | Santo Domingo | 7Mar1974 | 168/69 | 200 | |||
| 60 | 21.01 | Ainsley Bennett | GBR | 22Jul1954 | 1 | GBR-SWE | Stockholm | 31Jul1974 | 168/62 | 200 | |||
| 61 | 20.9my | Wardell Gilbreath | USA | 29Aug1954 | 1 | Tucson AZ | 23Feb1974 | 190/76 | 200 | ||||
| 62 | 20.9my | Tom Reid | USA | 31Mar1954 | 1 | Charleston SC | 23Mar1974 | 200 | |||||
| 63 | 20.9my | Keith Davidson | USA | 1 | Abilene TX | 30Mar1974 | 200 | ||||||
| 64 | 20.9my | Willie Johnson | USA | 1953 | 1 | Abilene TX | 30Mar1974 | 200 | |||||
| 65 | 20.9my | Barney Cobb | USA | 1954 | 1 | Baton Rouge LA | 30Mar1974 | 200 | |||||
| 66 | 20.9my | John Pettus | USA | 1948 | 1 | San Francisco CA | 13Apr1974 | 200 | |||||
| 67 | 20.9my | Glen Galbaugh | USA | 1952 | 1 | Greeley CO | 17Apr1974 | 200 | |||||
| 68 | 20.9my | Marvin Robinson | USA | 1953 | 1h | Baton Rouge LA | 10May1974 | 200 | |||||
| 69 | 20.9my | Ernest Pough | USA | 17May1952 | 2 | Baton Rouge LA | 11May1974 | 180/80 | 200 | ||||
| 70 | 20.9my | Darwyn Bond | USA | 17Aug1951 | 2 | Gainesville FL | 18May1974 | 175/66 | 200 | ||||
| 71 | 20.9my | Kofi Okyir | GHA | 1951 | 1h5 | Naia | Arkadelphia | 23May1974 | 200 | ||||
| 72 | 20.9my | Mike McFarland | USA | 31Jan1955 | 1 | Chicago IL | 25May1974 | 200 | |||||
| 73 | 20.9my | Herman Frazier | USA | 29Oct1954 | 1 | Pottstown | 11Jun1974 | 186/69 | 200 | ||||
| 74 | 21.02 | 1.8 | Zenon Nowosz | POL | 6Feb1944 | 5r2 | Potsdam | 13Jun1974 | 183/72 | 200 | |||
| 75 | 20.8mA | Erich Essmann | RSA | 13Apr1951 | 2 | Pretoria | 30Mar1974 | 183/80 | 200 | ||||
| 76 | 20.8m | Bernd Herrmann | FRG | 22Nov1951 | 2 | Bonn | 19May1974 | 191/79 | 200 | ||||
| 77 | 20.8m | Klaus-Dieter Bieler | FRG | 5Jan1949 | 1 | Lüdenscheid | 26May1974 | 184/77 | 200 | ||||
| 78 | 20.8m | 0.94 | Eugen Ray | GDR | 26Jul1957 | 1r2 | Erfurt | 2Jun1974 | 183/89 | 200 | |||
| 79 | 20.8m | Markku Kukkoaho | FIN | 11Nov1946 | 1 | Oulu | 12Jun1974 | 189/82 | 200 | ||||
| 80 | 20.8m | Lucien Sainte-Rose | FRA | 29May1953 | 1 | Fort-de-France | 22Jun1974 | 180/69 | 200 | ||||
| 81 | 20.8m | Ossi Karttunen | FIN | 17Mar1948 | 1 | Oulu | 3Jul1974 | 183/78 | 200 | ||||
| 82 | 20.8m | Hugh Fraser | CAN | 10Jul1952 | 1 | NC | Scarborough | 10Aug1974 | 185/75 | 200 | |||
| 83 | 20.8m | Robert Martin | CAN | 23Jul1950 | 1 | NC | Winnipeg | 28Aug1974 | 179/72 | 200 | |||
| 84 | 20.8m | Peter Fitzgerald | AUS | 27Oct1953 | 1 | Melbourne | 24Sep1974 | 181/75 | 200 | ||||
| 85 | 20.8m | Bevan Smith | NZL | 18Jul1950 | 1 | Wellington | 21Dec1974 | 193/83 | 200 | ||||
| 86 | 21.08 | -0.2 | Steve Green | GBR | 13Oct1955 | 1 | vsGDR | London (CP) | 20Jun1974 | 175/70 | 200 | ||
| 87 | 21.09 | -4.0 | Anat Ratanapol | THA | 13Sep1947 | 1 | Asian G | Teheran | 15Sep1974 | 159/49 | 200 | ||
| 88 | 21.11 | 0.4 | Beat Schweingrubber | SUI | 1950 | 6r1 | WK | Zürich | 16Aug1974 | 200 | |||
| 89 | 21.12 | 1.4 | Graham Haskell | AUS | 3Aug1948 | 4sf1 | BCG | Christchurch | 29Jan1974 | 176/74 | 200 | ||
| 90 | 21.0my | Willie Turner | USA | 14Oct1948 | 1 | Westwood CA | 17Mar1974 | 183/77 | 200 | ||||
| 91 | 21.0my | Mike Shavers | USA | 1954 | 1 | Westwood CA | 6Apr1974 | 200 | |||||
| 92 | 21.0my | Benny Brown | USA | 27Sep1953 | 1 | Westwood CA | 13Apr1974 | 188/74 | 200 | ||||
| 93 | 21.0my | Sammy Burns | USA | 1953 | 1 | Palo Alto (Stanford) CA | 20Apr1974 | 200 | |||||
| 94 | 21.0my | Vesco Bradley | USA | 22May1953 | 1 | Gainesville FL | 4May1974 | 183/66 | 200 | ||||
| 95 | 21.0my | Yaw Atuahene | GHA | 4Dec1953 | 1 | Eugene OR | 4May1974 | 200 | |||||
| 96 | 21.0my | Beaufort Brown | USA | 19May1953 | 2 | Gainesville FL | 4May1974 | 180/72 | 200 | ||||
| 97 | 21.0my | Bertram Lovell | TRI | 1948 | 1sf | Baton Rouge LA | 10May1974 | 200 | |||||
| 98 | 21.0my | Carl Lawson | JAM | 27Oct1947 | 1 | Ogden UT | 11May1974 | 178/70 | 200 | ||||
| 99 | 21.0my | Gene Pouncy | USA | 4Nov1950 | 2 | Houston TX | 11May1974 | 200 | |||||
| 100 | 21.0my | Ivory Crockett | USA | 24Aug1948 | 1 | Carbondale IL | 17May1974 | 170/66 | 200 | ||||
| 101 | 21.0my | Doug Brodhead | USA | 24Aug1953 | 2 | Houston TX | 18May1974 | 190/81 | 200 | ||||
| 102 | 21.0my | William Collins | USA | 20Nov1950 | 3 | Houston TX | 18May1974 | 183/67 | 200 | ||||
| 103 | 21.0my | Tim Bates | USA | 1952 | 3 | Gainesville FL | 18May1974 | 200 | |||||
| 104 | 21.0my | Michael Seitz | USA | 1955 | 1h4 | IC4A | Pittsburgh PA | 25May1974 | 200 | ||||
| 105 | 21.0my | Wayne Johnson | USA | 1950 | 3 | USTFF | Wichita KS | 31May1974 | 200 | ||||
| 106 | 21.12 | Jaroslav Matousek | CZE | 7Apr1951 | 2 | vsCUB,HUN | Praha | 29Jun1974 | 182/70 | 200 | |||
| 108 | 21.0my | Harvey Glance | USA | 28Mar1957 | 1974 | 173/67 | 200 | ||||||
| 107 | 21.0my | Fred Brown | USA | 1953 | 1 | 1974 | 200 | ||||||
| 109 | 20.9m | Pablo Montes | CUB | 11Nov1944 | 1sf3 | La Habana | 19Jan1974 | 180/81 | 200 | ||||
| 110 | 20.9m | Millard Hampton | USA | 8Jul1956 | 1 | San José CA | 13Apr1974 | 180/77 | 200 | ||||
| 111 | 20.9m | Alain Sarteur | FRA | 17Jun1946 | 1 | Colombes | 19May1974 | 178/74 | 200 | ||||
| 112 | 20.9m | Eric Bigon | FRA | 10Sep1950 | 1 | Paris (Charléty) | 3Jun1974 | 174/64 | 200 | ||||
| 113 | 20.9m | Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske | FRG | 1Jan1946 | 3 | Napoli | 16Jun1974 | 178/67 | 200 | ||||
| 114 | 20.9m | Raymond Heerenveen | NED | 9Nov1948 | 1 | Århus | 23Jun1974 | 176/65 | 200 | ||||
| 115 | 20.9m | Ulrich Haupt | FRG | 20Nov1952 | 2 | Bonn | 29Jun1974 | 177/65 | 200 | ||||
| 116 | 20.9m | Robert Tempel | FRG | 26Jan1956 | 3 | Bonn | 29Jun1974 | 183/76 | 200 | ||||
| 117 | 20.9m | Boris Lutarevich | URS | 15Feb1952 | 1 | Donyetsk | 12Jul1974 | 180/77 | 200 | ||||
| 118 | 21.14 | Thorsten Johansson | SWE | 9Oct1950 | 3 | GBR-SWE | Stockholm | 31Jul1974 | 185/75 | 200 | |||
| 119 | 20.9m | Marvin Nash | CAN | 7Dec1953 | 1 | Scarborough | 17Aug1974 | 180/70 | 200 | ||||
| 120 | 20.9m | Marian Kralik | CZE | 17Mar1951 | 1 | Praha | 18Aug1974 | 182/72 | 200 | ||||
| 121 | 20.9m | Steven Longden-Gee | AUS | 23Feb1953 | 1 | Sydney | 16Nov1974 | 200 |