| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 17.44 | João Carlos de Oliveira | BRA | 28May1954 | 1 | PTS | Bratislava | 10Jun1978 | 186/76 | TJ | ||
| 2 | 2 | 17.24 | 0.8 | James Butts | USA | 9May1950 | 1 | WG | Helsinki | 29Jun1978 | 188/82 | PB | TJ |
| 3 | 17.21 | 1.9 | James Butts | 1 | Pepsi | Westwood CA | 7May1978 | TJ | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 17.15 | Ron Livers | USA | 20Jul1955 | 1 | NCAA | Eugene OR | 3Jun1978 | 175/66 | TJ | ||
| 4 | 5 | 17.07 | Anatoliy Piskulin | URS | 1Dec1952 | 1 | vsGDR,POL | Vilnius | 24Jun1978 | 176/73 | PB | TJ | |
| 5 | 6 | 17.05 | Willie Banks | USA | 11Mar1956 | 2 | Pepsi | Westwood CA | 7May1978 | 190/77 | TJ | ||
| 6 | 7 | 17.03 | Viktor Saneyev | URS | 3Oct1945 | 1 | NC | Tbilisi | 16Sep1978 | 188/79 | TJ | ||
| 7 | 8 | 17.02 | Gennadiy Valyukevich | URS | 1Jun1958 | 1 | Znam | Vilnius | 20Jul1978 | 181/74 | TJ | ||
| 9 | 17.02 | Viktor Saneyev | 1 | 8Nat | Tokyo | 25Sep1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 8 | 10 | 17.00 | Aleksandr Lisichonok | URS | 22Dec1958 | 1 | Kishinyov | 18Aug1978 | 178/80 | TJ | |||
| 11 | 16.98 | Viktor Saneyev | 2 | Kishinyov | 18Aug1978 | TJ | |||||||
| 9 | 12 | 16.97 | i | Ian Campbell | AUS | 18Apr1957 | 1 | NCAA | Detroit MI | 10Mar1978 | 183/74 | TJ | |
| 13 | 16.97 | Anatoliy Piskulin | 2 | Znam | Vilnius | 20Jul1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 14 | 16.95 | i | Anatoliy Piskulin | 1 | EURvsUSA | Milano | 14Mar1978 | TJ | |||||
| 10 | 15 | 16.94 | Gennadiy Kovtunov | URS | 10Jan1956 | 3 | Kishinyov | 18Aug1978 | 184/75 | PB | TJ | ||
| 16 | 16.94 | Gennadiy Valyukevich | 4 | Kishinyov | 18Aug1978 | TJ | |||||||
| 11 | 17 | 16.94 | 0.0 | Milos Srejovic | YUG | 12Apr1956 | 1 | EC | Praha | 3Sep1978 | 191/81 | TJ | |
| 18 | 16.94 | Gennadiy Valyukevich | 2 | NC | Tbilisi | 16Sep1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 19 | 16.93 | 0.9 | Viktor Saneyev | 2 | EC | Praha | 3Sep1978 | TJ | |||||
| 12 | 20 | 16.92 | Bernard Lamitié | FRA | 27Jun1946 | 1 | Fort-de-France | 6May1978 | 180/76 | TJ | |||
| 21 | 16.90 | James Butts | 1 | AAU | Westwood CA | 10Jun1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 13 | 22 | 16.90 | Zou Zhenxian | CHN | 10Nov1955 | 1 | vsJPN | Tokyo | 10Sep1978 | 184/72 | TJ | ||
| 14 | 23 | 16.89 | Aleksandr Yakovlyev | URS | 8Sep1957 | 1 | Univ | Torino | 4Jun1978 | 181/69 | TJ | ||
| 24 | 16.88 | i | Ron Livers | 2 | EURvsUSA | Milano | 14Mar1978 | TJ | |||||
| 25 | 16.87 | Gennadiy Kovtunov | 1 | Prav | Tbilisi | 16Jun1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 26 | 16.87 | 0.4 | Anatoliy Piskulin | 3 | EC | Praha | 3Sep1978 | TJ | |||||
| 27 | 16.87 | 0.1 | Bernard Lamitié | 4 | EC | Praha | 3Sep1978 | TJ | |||||
| 28 | 16.86 | i | Anatoliy Piskulin | 1 | Moskva | 23Feb1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 29 | 16.86 | Anatoliy Piskulin | 1 | vsUSA | Berkeley CA | 7Jul1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 15 | 30 | 16.86 | Jaak Uudmäe | URS | 3Sep1954 | 3 | NC | Tbilisi | 16Sep1978 | 190/73 | TJ | ||
| 31 | 16.85 | i | Ron Livers | 1 | AAU | New York | 24Feb1978 | TJ | |||||
| 32 | 16.84 | Willie Banks | 2 | NCAA | Eugene OR | 3Jun1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 33 | 16.84 | Gennadiy Valyukevich | 2 | Prav | Tbilisi | 16Jun1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 34 | 16.83 | Viktor Saneyev | 3 | Znam | Vilnius | 20Jul1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 35 | 16.82 | i | Anatoliy Piskulin | 1 | EC-i | Milano | 12Mar1978 | TJ | |||||
| 36 | 16.82 | Anatoliy Piskulin | 3 | Prav | Tbilisi | 16Jun1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 37 | 16.81 | i | Anatoliy Piskulin | 1 | NC-i | Moskva | 3Mar1978 | TJ | |||||
| 38 | 16.79 | James Butts | 1 | WCR | Fresno CA | 7May1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 39 | 16.76 | Gennadiy Kovtunov | 2 | vsGDR,POL | Vilnius | 24Jun1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 16 | 40 | 16.76 | 0.0 | Keith Connor | GBR | 16Sep1957 | -1 | BCG | Edmonton | 12Aug1978 | 185/77 | TJ | |
| 41 | 16.75 | Anatoliy Piskulin | 1 | Sochi | 28May1978 | TJ | |||||||
| 17 | 42 | 16.75 | Robert Cannon | USA | 9Jul1958 | q | NCAA | Eugene OR | 2Jun1978 | 185/76 | TJ | ||
| 43 | 16.75 | Milos Srejovic | 1 | Balkan C | Thessaloníki | 13Aug1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 44 | 16.74 | i | Anatoliy Piskulin | 1 | Leningrad | 18Feb1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 45 | 16.74 | Willie Banks | 1 | Pac 8 | Corvallis OR | 20May1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 46 | 16.74 | Ian Campbell | 1 | Pullman WA | 23Jul1978 | TJ | |||||||
| 18 | 47 | 16.74 | Vyacheslav Shekhovtsev | URS | 20Feb1952 | 6 | Kishinyov | 18Aug1978 | 180/75 | PB | TJ | ||
| 48 | 16.72 | i | Aleksandr Yakovlyev | 2 | NC-i | Moskva | 3Mar1978 | TJ | |||||
| 49 | 16.72 | James Butts | 1 | Formia | 18Jun1978 | TJ | |||||||
| 19 | 50 | 16.69 | i | Caleb Abdul [Milan] Rahman [Tiff] | USA | 5Jul1949 | 1 | Los Angeles CA | 21Jan1978 | 183/72 | TJ | ||
| 51 | 16.69 | i | Gennadiy Kovtunov | 1 | Kharkov | 10Feb1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 52 | 16.69 | i | James Butts | 1 | San Diego CA | 17Feb1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 20 | 53 | 16.69 | Gustavo Platt | CUB | 29Jul1954 | 1 | La Habana | 11Mar1978 | 180/70 | TJ | |||
| 21 | 54 | 16.69 | -0.6 | Aston Moore | GBR | 8Feb1956 | 3 | BCG | Edmonton | 12Aug1978 | 180/83 | TJ | |
| 55 | 16.68 | i | Ian Campbell | 1 | Portland OR | 28Jan1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 22 | 56 | 16.68 | Paul Jordan | USA | 17Jun1956 | q | AAU | Westwood CA | 9Jun1978 | 185/80 | TJ | ||
| 57 | 16.68 | Aston Moore | 1 | AAA | London (CP) | 23Jun1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 58 | 16.68 | James Butts | 2 | vsURS | Berkeley CA | 7Jul1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 59 | 16.68 | Jaak Uudmäe | 4 | Znam | Vilnius | 20Jul1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 60 | 16.68 | Aston Moore | - | 8Nat | Tokyo | 25Sep1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 61 | 16.67 | i | Caleb Abdul [Milan] Rahman [Tiff] | 2 | AAU | New York | 24Feb1978 | TJ | |||||
| 62 | 16.67 | Ian Campbell | 1 | San José CA | 25Mar1978 | TJ | |||||||
| 23 | 63 | 16.67 | Mikhail Syegal | URS | 13Mar1952 | 2 | Sochi | 28May1978 | 168/69 | TJ | |||
| 64 | 16.67 | James Butts | q | AAU | Westwood CA | 9Jun1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 24 | 65 | 16.67 | Vladimir Perevalov | URS | 10Jun1956 | 5 | Znam | Vilnius | 20Jul1978 | 193/86 | PB | TJ | |
| 66 | 16.67 | Anatoliy Piskulin | 4 | NC | Tbilisi | 16Sep1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 67 | 16.66 | i | Anatoliy Piskulin | q | Moskva | 2Mar1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 68 | 16.66 | Bernard Lamitié | 2 | WG | Helsinki | 29Jun1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 25 | 16.65A | i | Steve Hanna | BAH | 30Oct1958 | 1 | Albuquerque NM | 4Feb1978 | 180/68 | TJ | |||
| 26 | 16.64 | Michal Joachimowski | POL | 26Sep1950 | 1 | NC | Warszawa | 9Jul1978 | 185/76 | TJ | |||
| 27 | 16.64 | Eugeniusz Biskupski | POL | 17Dec1947 | 1 | Bydgoszcz | 10Sep1978 | 188/83 | TJ | ||||
| 28 | 16.62 | 0.0 | Milan Spasojevic | YUG | 15Mar1950 | 7 | EC | Praha | 3Sep1978 | 183/74 | TJ | ||
| 29 | 16.60 | i | Ajayi Agbebaku | NGR | 6Dec1955 | 2 | NCAA | Detroit MI | 10Mar1978 | 185/80 | TJ | ||
| 30 | 16.60 | Rayfield Dupree | USA | 2Apr1953 | 2 | WCR | Fresno CA | 6May1978 | 186/80 | TJ | |||
| 31 | 16.60 | Nate Cooper | USA | 14Feb1957 | q | NCAA | Eugene OR | 2Jun1978 | 188/82 | TJ | |||
| 32 | 16.60 | Lothar Gora | GDR | 22Sep1954 | 1 | vsBUL | Sofia | 20Aug1978 | 185/70 | TJ | |||
| 33 | 16.59 | Carol Corbu | ROM | 8Feb1946 | 1 | NC | Bucuresti | 22Jul1978 | 197/85 | TJ | |||
| 34 | 16.59 | Gábor Katona | HUN | 1Oct1952 | 1 | Budapest | 4Oct1978 | 186/81 | PB | TJ | |||
| 35 | 16.57 | David Giralt | CUB | 28Jun1959 | 1 | Hanz | Zagreb | 4Jun1978 | 178/68 | PB | TJ | ||
| 36 | 16.56 | Juan Velázquez | CUB | 2Feb1952 | 3 | PTS | Bratislava | 10Jun1978 | 174/74 | TJ | |||
| 37 | 16.56 | Bedros Bedrosian | ROM | 21May1955 | 1 | Bucuresti | 27Sep1978 | 176/64 | TJ | ||||
| 38 | 16.56 | Masami Nakanishi | JPN | 18Dec1958 | 1 | Asian G | Bangkok | 18Dec1978 | 178/69 | TJ | |||
| 39 | 16.54 | Mike Marlow | USA | 31Jul1956 | q | NCAA | Eugene OR | 2Jun1978 | 183/78 | TJ | |||
| 40 | 16.54 | Adrian Ghioroaie | ROM | 30Apr1954 | 1 | Bucuresti | 3Jun1978 | 184/78 | TJ | ||||
| 41 | 16.51 | i | Tommy Haynes | USA | 14Jul1952 | 3 | AAU | New York | 24Feb1978 | 177/75 | TJ | ||
| 42 | 16.51A | Charlton Ehizuelen | NGR | 30Nov1953 | q | AfG | Al Jazair | 21Jul1978 | 180/68 | TJ | |||
| 43 | 16.51 | János Hegedis | YUG | 28May1955 | 1 | Warszawa | 6Aug1978 | 184/79 | TJ | ||||
| 44 | 16.50 | Kenneth Lorraway | AUS | 6Feb1956 | 1 | Macomb IL | 20May1978 | 180/72 | TJ | ||||
| 45 | 16.50 | Vasiliy Grishchenkov | URS | 23Jan1958 | 7 | NC | Tbilisi | 16Sep1978 | 181/78 | TJ | |||
| 46 | 16.50 | i | Steve Martin | USA | 25Aug1957 | 1 | Norman OK | 17Dec1978 | 183/75 | PB | TJ | ||
| 47 | 16.49 | Jerome Hutchins | USA | 17Feb1956 | q | NCAA | Eugene OR | 2Jun1978 | 193/77 | PB | TJ | ||
| 48 | 16.49 | Maxwell Peters | ANT | 22Sep1955 | 5 | NCAA | Eugene OR | 3Jun1978 | 175/71 | PB | TJ | ||
| 49 | 16.49 | Yasushi Ueta | JPN | 13Nov1955 | 3 | Tokyo | 28Jul1978 | 180/69 | TJ | ||||
| 50 | 16.46 | Shamil Abbyasov | URS | 16Apr1957 | 1 | Frunze | 12Apr1978 | 185/74 | TJ | ||||
| 51 | 16.46 | Viktor Parshenkov | URS | 1954 | 3 | Sochi | 28May1978 | TJ | |||||
| 52 | 16.46 | Armando Herrera | CUB | 25May1955 | 1 | YF | La Habana | 1Aug1978 | 194/87 | TJ | |||
| 53 | 16.46 | Zhou Jianguo | CHN | 13Jan1956 | 3 | vsJPN | Tokyo | 10Sep1978 | 181/68 | PB | TJ | ||
| 54 | 16.45 | Béla Bakosi | HUN | 18Jun1957 | 1 | Budapest | 2Jul1978 | 180/67 | TJ | ||||
| 55 | 16.42 | Atanas Chochev | BUL | 17Jan1957 | 3 | Balkan C | Thessaloníki | 13Aug1978 | 180/74 | TJ | |||
| 56 | 16.41 | Dennis Ivory | USA | 2Jul1956 | 4 | AAU | Westwood CA | 10Jun1978 | 178/70 | TJ | |||
| 57 | 16.40 | Don Commons | AUS | 5May1952 | 1 | Sydney | 15Jan1978 | TJ | |||||
| 58 | 16.40 | i | Valentin Shevchenko | URS | 11Oct1948 | 1 | Bryansk | 14Mar1978 | 187/77 | TJ | |||
| 59 | 16.40 | Pavel Lobanov | URS | 3Dec1955 | 1 | Rostov Na Donu | 29Jul1978 | 181/69 | TJ | ||||
| 60 | 16.39 | Gennadiy Byessonov | URS | 9Dec1944 | 1 | Sochi | 26Apr1978 | 176/67 | TJ | ||||
| 61 | 16.36 | Keith Taylor | USA | 11Nov1956 | 2 | Fresno CA | 12May1978 | 180/73 | PB | TJ | |||
| 62 | 16.36 | Zbigniew Wojciechowski | POL | 10Mar1955 | 1 | Walcz | 10Sep1978 | 179/72 | PB | TJ | |||
| 63 | 16.36 | Karel Hradil | CZE | 27Nov1953 | 2 | vsHUN | Budapest | 13Sep1978 | 175/72 | PB | TJ | ||
| 64 | 16.35 | Pedro Pérez Dueñas | CUB | 23Feb1952 | 3 | La Habana | 14Mar1978 | 179/67 | TJ | ||||
| 65 | 16.34 | i | Igor Mironyenko | URS | 5May1951 | 1 | Moskva | 5Feb1978 | 184/72 | TJ | |||
| 66 | 16.34 | Zhen Shenchang | CHN | 2 | Univ | Torino | 4Jun1978 | PB | TJ | ||||
| 67 | 16.34 | Vladimir Usankov | URS | 26Aug1953 | 1 | Kyiv | 7Jul1978 | 181/80 | PB | TJ | |||
| 68 | 16.33 | Sergey Makhnyev | URS | 4Oct1953 | 1 | Pyatigorsk | 30May1978 | TJ | |||||
| 69 | 16.33 | Apostolos Kathiniotis | GRE | 16Mar1952 | 2 | Athína | 27Jun1978 | 177/66 | TJ | ||||
| 70 | 16.33 | Vladimir Shuklin | URS | 1957 | 1 | Kaliningrad | 3Sep1978 | PB | TJ | ||||
| 71 | 16.32 | Adam Adamek | POL | 22May1947 | 1 | Walbrzych | 1May1978 | 180/69 | TJ | ||||
| 72 | 16.32 | Vyachelsav Sladinov | URS | 21Jan1959 | q | NC | Tbilisi | 16Sep1978 | 180/73 | TJ | |||
| 73 | 16.30 | Keith Witherspoon | USA | 2Jan1953 | 6 | AAU | Westwood CA | 10Jun1978 | 178/68 | PB | TJ | ||
| 74 | 16.30 | Ioánnis Afthinos | GRE | 13Apr1959 | 1 | Ankara | 2Jul1978 | 185/80 | TJ | ||||
| 75 | 16.30 | Georgi Georgiev | BUL | 1Jun1953 | 2 | vsGDR | Sofia | 20Aug1978 | 187/80 | PB | TJ | ||
| 76 | 16.29 | i | David Johnson | GBR | 18May1953 | 1 | vsESP | Cosford | 1Mar1978 | 188/80 | TJ | ||
| 77 | 16.29 | Abdoulaye Samba Diallo | SEN | 1946 | 2 | AfG | Al Jazair | 22Jul1978 | 190/78 | TJ | |||
| 78 | 16.28 | Jirí Vycichlo | CZE | 17May1946 | 1 | Banská Býstrica | 6Aug1978 | 184/76 | TJ | ||||
| 79 | 16.27 | i | Colm Cronin | IRL | 14Jun1957 | 4 | NCAA | Detroit MI | 10Mar1978 | 193/100 | TJ | ||
| 80 | 16.27 | Chris DeFrance | USA | 13Sep1957 | 2 | Tempe AZ | 25Mar1978 | 188/91 | TJ | ||||
| 81 | 16.27 | Stanislav Timofeyev | URS | 1Dec1956 | 2 | Bryansk | 3Jul1978 | 177/72 | TJ | ||||
| 82 | 16.26 | Aleksey Roganin | URS | 26Mar1959 | 1 | Dnyepropetrovsk | 2Jun1978 | 181/67 | TJ | ||||
| 83 | 16.26 | Jonathan Laniyan | NGR | 1957 | 1 | Lagos | 16Jun1978 | TJ | |||||
| 84 | 16.26 | Sanya Owolabi | USA | 7Aug1960 | 1 | vsURS-j | Donyetsk | 4Jul1978 | 185/77 | TJ | |||
| 85 | 16.26 | Vladimir Bor | URS | 22Jan1947 | 1 | Leningrad | 14Aug1978 | 180/74 | TJ | ||||
| 86 | 16.26 | Viktor Gerasimyenya | URS | 30Jan1960 | 1 | Donyetsk | 28Aug1978 | 187/78 | TJ | ||||
| 87 | 16.25 | i | Paolo Piapan | ITA | 31Aug1956 | 5 | EC-i | Milano | 12Mar1978 | 191/78 | TJ | ||
| 88 | 16.25 | Gennadiy Zelepyukhin | URS | 1957 | 1 | Moskva | 4Jun1978 | TJ | |||||
| 89 | 16.24 | 1.3 | Michael Nipinak | CAN | 3May1953 | 5 | BCG | Edmonton | 12Aug1978 | TJ | |||
| 90 | 16.23 | Vasiliy Isayev | URS | 1Feb1959 | 1 | Riga | 30Jul1978 | 188/78 | TJ | ||||
| 91 | 16.23 | Georgios Kaperonis | GRE | 24Jul1954 | 1 | Athína | 7Sep1978 | 182/70 | TJ | ||||
| 92 | 16.22 | Phil Wood | AUS | 29Dec1953 | 1 | Edmonton | 2Aug1978 | TJ | |||||
| 93 | 16.22 | Aivars Berzins | URS | 11Mar1956 | Riga | 20Aug1978 | 182/80 | TJ | |||||
| 94 | 16.21 | Aleksandr Katkov | URS | 11Sep1959 | 2 | Riga | 30Jul1978 | 183/77 | TJ | ||||
| 95 | 16.20 | i | Ramón Cid | ESP | 15Aug1954 | 6 | EC-i | Milano | 12Mar1978 | 181/72 | TJ | ||
| 96 | 16.20 | Larry Lowe | USA | 20Mar1958 | 1 | Tuscaloosa AL | 8Apr1978 | 191/70 | TJ | ||||
| 97 | 16.19 | Asad Aliyev | URS | 12Sep1955 | Kharkov | 2Jul1978 | 178/72 | TJ | |||||
| 98 | 16.19 | Vladimir Chernikov | URS | 3Aug1959 | 1 | Donyetsk | 9Jul1978 | 188/74 | TJ | ||||
| 99 | 16.19 | Valeriy Shishkov | URS | 1956 | Kaliningrad | 3Sep1978 | TJ | ||||||
| 100 | 16.18 | Stefan von Gerich | FIN | 26Sep1951 | 1 | vsSWE | Helsinki | 13Aug1978 | 186/78 | TJ | |||
| 101 | 16.17 | Vincent Parrette | USA | 1957 | 1 | Norman OK | 20May1978 | 188/81 | TJ | ||||
| 102 | 16.17 | Klaus Kübler | FRG | 17Apr1959 | - | Poznan | 20Aug1978 | 185/76 | TJ |