| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 17.38 | João Carlos de Oliveira | BRA | 28May1954 | 1 | WMilG | Rio de Janeiro | 26Aug1976 | 186/76 | TJ | ||
| 2 | 2 | 17.29 | 0.0 | Viktor Saneyev | URS | 3Oct1945 | 1 | OG | Montréal | 30Jul1976 | 188/79 | TJ | |
| 3 | 3 | 17.18 | 0.0 | James Butts | USA | 9May1950 | 2 | OG | Montréal | 30Jul1976 | 188/82 | TJ | |
| 4 | 17.16 | i | Viktor Saneyev | 1 | NC-i | Moskva | 2Feb1976 | TJ | |||||
| 5 | 17.10 | i | Viktor Saneyev | 1 | EC-i | München | 21Feb1976 | TJ | |||||
| 6 | 17.02 | Viktor Saneyev | 1 | vsUSA | College Park MD | 6Aug1976 | TJ | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 16.90 | i | Tommy Haynes | USA | 14Jul1952 | 1 | New York | 27Feb1976 | 177/75 | TJ | ||
| 8 | 16.90 | Viktor Saneyev | 1 | vsFRG | München | 29May1976 | TJ | ||||||
| 9 | 16.90 | 0.0 | João Carlos de Oliveira | 3 | OG | Montréal | 30Jul1976 | TJ | |||||
| 10 | 16.90 | Tommy Haynes | 2 | WMilG | Rio de Janeiro | 26Aug1976 | TJ | ||||||
| 5 | 11 | 16.87 | Jirí Vycichlo | CZE | 17May1946 | 1 | Praha | 16May1976 | 184/76 | PB | TJ | ||
| 12 | 16.86 | Tommy Haynes | 1 | Sacramento CA | 5Jun1976 | TJ | |||||||
| 6 | 13 | 16.86 | Michal Joachimowski | POL | 26Sep1950 | 1 | NC | Bydgoszcz | 27Jun1976 | 185/76 | TJ | ||
| 14 | 16.83 | James Butts | -2 | AAU | Westwood CA | 12Jun1976 | TJ | ||||||
| 7 | 15 | 16.81 | Andrzej Sontag | POL | 26Apr1951 | 2 | NC | Bydgoszcz | 27Jun1976 | 184/76 | TJ | ||
| 16 | 16.81 | 0.0 | João Carlos de Oliveira | 1q1 | OG | Montréal | 29Jul1976 | TJ | |||||
| 8 | 17 | 16.81 | 0.0 | Pedro Pérez Dueñas | CUB | 23Feb1952 | 4 | OG | Montréal | 30Jul1976 | 179/67 | TJ | |
| 9 | 18 | 16.80 | Bernard Lamitié | FRA | 27Jun1946 | 1 | NC | Villeneuve d'Ascq | 27Jun1976 | 180/76 | TJ | ||
| 19 | 16.78 | Tommy Haynes | 1 | Knoxville TN | 10Apr1976 | TJ | |||||||
| 20 | 16.78 | 0.0 | Tommy Haynes | 5 | OG | Montréal | 30Jul1976 | TJ | |||||
| 10 | 21 | 16.77 | Armando Herrera | CUB | 25May1955 | 1 | La Habana | 1May1976 | 194/87 | TJ | |||
| 22 | 16.77 | 0.8 | Viktor Saneyev | 2q1 | OG | Montréal | 29Jul1976 | TJ | |||||
| 11 | 23 | 16.76 | 1.9 | Rayfield Dupree | USA | 2Apr1953 | q | FOT | Eugene OR | 25Jun1976 | 186/80 | PB | TJ |
| 12 | 24 | 16.75 | i | Carol Corbu | ROM | 8Feb1946 | 2 | EC-i | München | 21Feb1976 | 197/85 | TJ | |
| 25 | 16.75 | Viktor Saneyev | 1 | PTS | Bratislava | 2Jun1976 | TJ | ||||||
| 13 | 26 | 16.74 | Ron Livers | USA | 20Jul1955 | 1 | MtSAC R | Walnut CA | 24Apr1976 | 175/66 | TJ | ||
| 14 | 27 | 16.73 | Eugeniusz Biskupski | POL | 17Dec1947 | 1 | Kusoc | Bydgoszcz | 22Jun1976 | 188/83 | TJ | ||
| 15 | 28 | 16.72 | Phil Robbins | BAH | 12Oct1955 | q | NCAA | Philadelphia PA | 4Jun1976 | 185/71 | PB | TJ | |
| 29 | 16.72 | Viktor Saneyev | 1 | vsFRA | Colombes | 9Jul1976 | TJ | ||||||
| 30 | 16.72 | James Butts | 2 | vsURS | College Park MD | 6Aug1976 | TJ | ||||||
| 16 | 16.71 | Anatoliy Piskulin | URS | 1Dec1952 | 1 | Leningrad | 12Sep1976 | 176/73 | TJ | ||||
| 17 | 16.69 | i | Christian Valétudie | FRA | 27May1952 | 1 | NC-i | Milano | 11Feb1976 | 193/89 | TJ | ||
| 18 | 16.69 | Bedros Bedrosian | ROM | 21May1955 | 1 | Bucuresti | 2Oct1976 | 176/64 | TJ | ||||
| 19 | 16.68 | 0.3 | Wolfgang Kolmsee | FRG | 25Sep1954 | 1q2 | OG | Montréal | 29Jul1976 | 193/76 | PB | TJ | |
| 20 | 16.67 | i | Jörg Drehmel | GDR | 3May1945 | 1 | Est Berlin | 24Jan1976 | 187/83 | TJ | |||
| 21 | 16.66 | i | Valentin Shevchenko | URS | 11Oct1948 | 2 | Moskva | 25Jan1976 | 187/77 | TJ | |||
| 22 | 16.66 | Willie Banks | USA | 11Mar1956 | 3 | AAU | Westwood CA | 12Jun1976 | 190/77 | TJ | |||
| 23 | 16.65 | Caleb Abdul [Milan] Rahman [Tiff] | USA | 5Jul1949 | 2 | MtSAC R | Walnut CA | 24Apr1976 | 183/72 | TJ | |||
| 24 | 16.65 | 1.7 | Ed Lennex | USA | 20May1954 | 7 | FOT | Eugene OR | 26Jun1976 | 190/74 | PB | TJ | |
| 25 | 16.61 | John Craft | USA | 24Mar1947 | -6 | FOT | Eugene OR | 26Jun1976 | 183/74 | TJ | |||
| 26 | 16.61 | Apostolos Kathiniotis | GRE | 16Mar1952 | 1 | Tsiklitiria | Athína | 1Jul1976 | 177/66 | PB | TJ | ||
| 27 | 16.60 | Don Commons | AUS | 5May1952 | 1 | NC | Melbourne | 18Mar1976 | PB | TJ | |||
| 28 | 16.60 | Aleksandr Yakovlyev | URS | 8Sep1957 | 1 | Zaporozhye | 22Aug1976 | 181/69 | TJ | ||||
| 29 | 16.60 | Zou Zhenxian | CHN | 10Nov1955 | Beijing | 6Oct1976 | 184/72 | TJ | |||||
| 30 | 16.55A | i | Arnold Grimes | USA | 19Jun1953 | 1 | Albuquerque NM | 31Jan1976 | 185/77 | TJ | |||
| 31 | 16.54 | Nikolay Sinichkin | URS | 10Jan1948 | 1 | Moskva | 2Jun1976 | 178/78 | TJ | ||||
| 32 | 16.54 | 1.1 | János Hegedis | YUG | 28May1955 | 1 | NCp | Celje | 6Jun1976 | 184/79 | TJ | ||
| 33 | 16.54 | 1.2 | Robert Le Goupil | FRA | 8Jun1951 | 1 | Paris (Charléty) | 7Jun1976 | 180/75 | PB | TJ | ||
| 34 | 16.54 | Zdzislaw Sobora | POL | 2Oct1952 | 1 | Warszawa | 29Aug1976 | 179/74 | TJ | ||||
| 35 | 16.54 | Jaak Uudmäe | URS | 3Sep1954 | 1 | Sukhumi | 5Sep1976 | 190/73 | TJ | ||||
| 36 | 16.52 | Aston Moore | GBR | 8Feb1956 | 1 | London (CP) | 11Jun1976 | 180/83 | TJ | ||||
| 37 | 16.52 | Gennadiy Byessonov | URS | 9Dec1944 | 3 | NC | Kyiv | 23Jun1976 | 176/67 | TJ | |||
| 38 | 16.50 | 1.8 | Milan Spasojevic | YUG | 15Mar1950 | 2 | NCp | Celje | 6Jun1976 | 183/74 | TJ | ||
| 39 | 16.49 | Pentti Kuukasjärvi | FIN | 28Nov1946 | 2 | vsFRA | Blois | 12Sep1976 | 178/72 | TJ | |||
| 40 | 16.48 | Igor Mironyenko | URS | 5May1951 | 1 | Kyiv | 30May1976 | 184/72 | PB | TJ | |||
| 41 | 16.47 | i | Lothar Gora | GDR | 22Sep1954 | 2 | Est Berlin | 24Jan1976 | 185/70 | TJ | |||
| 42 | 16.47 | Sergey Sidoryenko | URS | 13Jun1947 | 2 | Znam | Sochi | 25Apr1976 | 181/74 | TJ | |||
| 43 | 16.44 | Toshiaki Inoue | JPN | 3Jan1951 | 1 | Nagoya | 25Apr1976 | 173/63 | TJ | ||||
| 44 | 16.41 | Anthony Terry | USA | 14Jan1953 | - | Cal R | Modesto CA | 22May1976 | 183/77 | TJ | |||
| 45 | 16.41 | Tom Cochee | USA | 3Sep1953 | 2 | NCAA | Philadelphia PA | 5Jun1976 | 191/78 | TJ | |||
| 46 | 16.41 | Stanislav Penyayev | URS | 23Sep1948 | 1976 | 183/75 | TJ | ||||||
| 47 | 16.40 | Ramón Cid | ESP | 15Aug1954 | 1 | Madrid | 4Jul1976 | 181/72 | TJ | ||||
| 48 | 16.40 | Sergey Makhnyev | URS | 4Oct1953 | 1976 | TJ | |||||||
| 49 | 16.39 | Ryszard Garnys | POL | 8Mar1947 | 2 | Kusoc | Bydgoszcz | 22Jun1976 | 185/74 | TJ | |||
| 50 | 16.39 | Vladimir Brigadniy | URS | 22Apr1955 | 2 | Baku | 26Sep1976 | 171/65 | TJ | ||||
| 51 | 16.36 | i | Pavel Sasín | CZE | 27Mar1950 | 6 | EC-i | München | 21Feb1976 | 188/80 | PB | TJ | |
| 52 | 16.34 | Robert Reader | USA | 9Mar1946 | 4 | WCR | Fresno CA | 8Mar1976 | 183/77 | TJ | |||
| 53 | 16.34 | Nikolay Solovyev | URS | 19Dec1952 | 2 | Moskva | 2Jun1976 | 182/74 | TJ | ||||
| 54 | 16.33 | Luc Carlier | BEL | 1May1949 | 1 | Arnhem | 9Jun1976 | 186/80 | PB | TJ | |||
| 55 | 16.31 | Václav Fiser | CZE | 9Jul1947 | 2 | Trinec | 29May1976 | 180/81 | TJ | ||||
| 56 | 16.30 | Vyacheslav Shekhovtsev | URS | 20Feb1952 | 4 | Znam | Sochi | 25Apr1976 | 180/75 | TJ | |||
| 57 | 16.30 | Clarence Taylor | USA | 22Mar1952 | 1 | Irvine CA | 15May1976 | 193/80 | TJ | ||||
| 58 | 16.30 | Aleksandr Kolyesnichenko | URS | 18Nov1948 | 1976 | 177/68 | TJ | ||||||
| 59 | 16.29 | Luis Azevedo | POR | 16May1954 | 2 | Madrid | 29Jun1976 | 180/70 | TJ | ||||
| 60 | 16.29 | Mikhail Bariban | URS | 25Feb1949 | 1976 | 180/72 | TJ | ||||||
| 61 | 16.28 | Ray Kimble | USA | 19Apr1953 | 2 | Berkeley CA | 15May1976 | 183/75 | TJ | ||||
| 62 | 16.27 | James Washington | USA | 24Feb1953 | q | NCAA | Philadelphia PA | 4Jun1976 | 185/72 | TJ | |||
| 63 | 16.27 | Joachim Kugler | FRG | 19Sep1947 | 2 | NC | Frankfurt | 14Aug1976 | 182/72 | TJ | |||
| 64 | 16.27 | Ian Campbell | AUS | 18Apr1957 | 1976 | 183/74 | TJ | ||||||
| 65 | 16.26 | Anatoliy Boyko | URS | 9Apr1947 | 1976 | 179/77 | TJ | ||||||
| 66 | 16.25 | Jan Simonovic | CZE | 21Aug1950 | 1 | Trinec | 16May1976 | 184/71 | TJ | ||||
| 67 | 16.25 | Adrian Ghioroaie | ROM | 30Apr1954 | 1 | Bucuresti | 14Aug1976 | 184/78 | TJ | ||||
| 68 | 16.25A | David Giralt | CUB | 28Jun1959 | 1 | Xalapa | 29Aug1976 | 178/68 | TJ | ||||
| 69 | 16.23A | Pierre Reyneke | RSA | 14Dec1956 | 1 | Bloemfontein | 20Oct1976 | TJ | |||||
| 70 | 16.22 | Phil May | AUS | 20Sep1945 | 2 | NC | Melbourne | 21Mar1976 | 196/82 | TJ | |||
| 71 | 16.22 | 0.0 | Nelson Prudêncio | BRA | 4Apr1944 | 10q1 | OG | Montréal | 29Jul1976 | 182/71 | TJ | ||
| 72 | 16.22 | Stefan von Gerich | FIN | 26Sep1951 | 4 | vsFRA | Blois | 12Sep1976 | 186/78 | TJ | |||
| 73 | 16.22 | Gennadiy Kovtunov | URS | 10Jan1956 | 1 | Poiana Brašov | 19Sep1976 | 184/75 | TJ | ||||
| 74 | 16.21 | Steve Martin | USA | 25Aug1957 | 1 | vsFRG-j | Lüdenscheid | 8Jul1976 | 183/75 | TJ | |||
| 75 | 16.21 | Patrick Butel | FRA | 5Jan1955 | 1 | Steinbach | 24Jul1976 | 188/71 | TJ | ||||
| 76 | 16.21 | Valentin Kozyritskiy | URS | 1953 | 1976 | TJ | |||||||
| 77 | 16.20 | Adam Adamek | POL | 22May1947 | 4 | Fürth | 13Jun1976 | 180/69 | TJ | ||||
| 78 | 16.20 | Paolo Piapan | ITA | 31Aug1956 | 1 | NC | Torino | 8Jul1976 | 191/78 | TJ | |||
| 79 | 16.20 | Sergey Gorshkov | URS | 19Jan1955 | 1976 | 183/69 | TJ | ||||||
| 80 | 16.18 | Susresh Babu | IND | 10Feb1953 | 1 | Palai | 15Jan1976 | 187/72 | TJ | ||||
| 81 | 16.18 | Thomas Thoma | GRE | 30Jan1951 | 3 | Athína | 8May1976 | 181/73 | TJ | ||||
| 82 | 16.18 | Mikhail Fridman | URS | 29Apr1948 | 1976 | 183/73 | TJ | ||||||
| 83 | 16.18 | Leonid Prokopchuk | URS | 3Mar1952 | 1976 | TJ | |||||||
| 84 | 16.18 | Aleksandr Epstein | URS | 1953 | 1976 | TJ | |||||||
| 85 | 16.17 | Paul Jordan | USA | 17Jun1956 | 2 | Knoxville TN | 10Apr1976 | 185/80 | TJ | ||||
| 86 | 16.16 | i | Keith Witherspoon | USA | 2Jan1953 | 2 | Detroit MI | 12Mar1976 | 178/68 | TJ | |||
| 87 | 16.16 | 2.0 | Pierre Royer | FRA | 27Oct1951 | 1 | Villeneuve d'Ascq | 29May1976 | 185/70 | TJ | |||
| 88 | 16.16 | Vladimir Bor | URS | 22Jan1947 | 1976 | 180/74 | TJ | ||||||
| 89 | 16.15 | Kenneth Lorraway | AUS | 6Feb1956 | 1976 | 180/72 | TJ | ||||||
| 90 | 16.14 | Lutz Dombrowski | GDR | 25Jun1959 | 1 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 30May1976 | 187/87 | TJ | ||||
| 91 | 16.13 | Mohinder Singh Gill | IND | 12Apr1947 | 2 | Irvine CA | 15May1976 | 181/70 | TJ | ||||
| 92 | 16.13 | Mikhail Syegal | URS | 13Mar1952 | 7 | NC | Kyiv | 23Jun1976 | 168/69 | TJ | |||
| 93 | 16.13 | Klaus Hufnagel | GDR | 16Jun1955 | 1 | NC | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 6Aug1976 | 179/72 | TJ | |||
| 94 | 16.13 | Gennadiy Tsvyetkov | URS | 1955 | 1 | Dnyepropetrovsk | 12Sep1976 | TJ | |||||
| 95 | 16.13 | 0.9 | Yannick Talon | FRA | 4Nov1958 | 1 | Nouméa | 23Oct1976 | 180/76 | TJ | |||
| 96 | 16.13 | Leonid Burkov | URS | 1946 | 1976 | TJ | |||||||
| 97 | 16.13 | Viktor Zykov | URS | 1949 | 1976 | TJ | |||||||
| 98 | 16.12 | Maurizio Siega | ITA | 19Sep1954 | 1 | societari | Roma | 27May1976 | 178/62 | TJ | |||
| 99 | 16.12 | Igor Kovtun | URS | 13Mar1948 | 2 | Dnyepropetrovsk | 12Sep1976 | TJ | |||||
| 100 | 16.11 | Richard Kick | FRG | 2May1947 | 1 | Fürth | 16May1976 | 174/67 | TJ | ||||
| 101 | 16.11 | Hans-Dieter Haberland | GDR | 28Jan1953 | 2 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 30May1976 | TJ | |||||
| 102 | 16.10 | Ken McBryde | USA | 4Mar1953 | 3 | King | Atlanta GA | 22May1976 | 178/63 | TJ |