| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 17.29 | i | Gennadiy Valyukevich | URS | 1Jun1958 | 1 | NC-i | Minsk | 12Feb1979 | 181/74 | TJ | |
| 2 | 2 | 17.27 | João Carlos de Oliveira | BRA | 28May1954 | 1 | PAG | San Juan | 9Jul1979 | 186/76 | TJ | ||
| 3 | 17.24 | João Carlos de Oliveira | 1 | Tr Br | São Paulo | 27May1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 3 | 4 | 17.23A | Willie Banks | USA | 11Mar1956 | 1 | WUG | Ciudad de México | 11Sep1979 | 190/77 | TJ | ||
| 5 | 17.21 | Gennadiy Valyukevich | 1 | Spart | Moskva | 22Jul1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 4 | 6 | 17.20A | Jaak Uudmäe | URS | 3Sep1954 | 2 | WUG | Ciudad de México | 11Sep1979 | 190/73 | TJ | ||
| 7 | 17.18 | i | Gennadiy Valyukevich | q | NC-i | Minsk | 11Feb1979 | TJ | |||||
| 5 | 8 | 17.12 | Tommy Haynes | USA | 14Jul1952 | 1 | WMilG | Al Jazair | 6Jul1979 | 177/75 | TJ | ||
| 9 | 17.10 | i | Jaak Uudmäe | 2 | NC-i | Minsk | 12Feb1979 | TJ | |||||
| 6 | 10 | 17.10 | Nate Cooper | USA | 14Feb1957 | 1 | NCAA | Champaign IL | 2Jun1979 | 188/82 | PB | TJ | |
| 11 | 17.10A | Tommy Haynes | 2 | USOC SF | Colorado Springs CO | 30Jul1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 12 | 17.06 | Willie Banks | 1 | Etobicoke | 5Jul1979 | TJ | |||||||
| 7 | 13 | 17.06 | Ron Livers | USA | 20Jul1955 | 1 | Tokyo | 23Sep1979 | 175/66 | TJ | |||
| 14 | 17.02 | i | Gennadiy Valyukevich | 1 | EC-i | Wien | 25Feb1979 | TJ | |||||
| 8 | 15 | 17.02 | 0.9 | Zou Zhenxian | CHN | 10Nov1955 | 1 | AsiC | Tokyo | 2Jun1979 | 184/72 | TJ | |
| 16 | 17.02 | João Carlos de Oliveira | 1 | WCp | Montréal | 25Aug1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 9 | 17 | 17.00 | i | Anatoliy Piskulin | URS | 1Dec1952 | 3 | NC-i | Minsk | 12Feb1979 | 176/73 | TJ | |
| 10 | 18 | 17.00 | Viktor Saneyev | URS | 3Oct1945 | 1 | Tbilisi | 30May1979 | 188/79 | TJ | |||
| 19 | 16.99A | Gennadiy Valyukevich | 1q2 | WUG | Ciudad de México | 10Sep1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 20 | 16.97 | i | Anatoliy Piskulin | 2 | EC-i | Wien | 25Feb1979 | TJ | |||||
| 11 | 21 | 16.95 | Aleksandr Yakovlyev | URS | 8Sep1957 | 1 | Kharkov | 17May1979 | 181/69 | TJ | |||
| 12 | 22 | 16.95 | Ian Campbell | AUS | 18Apr1957 | 1 | Adelaide | 22Dec1979 | 183/74 | TJ | |||
| 13 | 23 | 16.94 | 0.7 | Bernard Lamitié | FRA | 27Jun1946 | 1 | ECp | Torino | 5Aug1979 | 180/76 | PB | TJ |
| 24 | 16.94 | Gennadiy Valyukevich | 2 | WCp | Montréal | 25Aug1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 25 | 16.93 | Ian Campbell | 1 | Sydney | 30Dec1979 | TJ | |||||||
| 14 | 26 | 16.92 | 2.0 | Roberto Mazzucato | ITA | 13Mar1954 | 2 | ECp | Torino | 5Aug1979 | 182/75 | PB | TJ |
| 27 | 16.91 | i | Jaak Uudmäe | 3 | EC-i | Wien | 25Feb1979 | TJ | |||||
| 28 | 16.91 | Anatoliy Piskulin | 3 | ECp | Torino | 5Aug1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 29 | 16.90 | Jaak Uudmäe | 1 | Prav | Sochi | 9Jun1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 30 | 16.90 | Gennadiy Valyukevich | 2 | Prav | Sochi | 9Jun1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 31 | 16.90 | Bernard Lamitié | 1 | Med. Games | Split | 25Sep1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 15 | 32 | 16.90 | 1.3 | Béla Bakosi | HUN | 18Jun1957 | 1 | Nyíregyháza | 30Sep1979 | 180/67 | TJ | ||
| 33 | 16.88 | Willie Banks | 2 | PAG | San Juan | 9Jul1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 34 | 16.87A | Roberto Mazzucato | 3 | WUG | Ciudad de México | 11Sep1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 35 | 16.86 | Ian Campbell | 1 | Melbourne | 24Feb1979 | TJ | |||||||
| 36 | 16.86 | Willie Banks | -1 | Pepsi | Westwood CA | 6May1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 37 | 16.85 | Jaak Uudmäe | 1 | ECp/sf | Malmö | 1Jul1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 16 | 38 | 16.84 | Dennis Ivory | USA | 2Jul1956 | 2 | NCAA | Champaign IL | 2Jun1979 | 178/70 | PB | TJ | |
| 39 | 16.84 | Jaak Uudmäe | 2 | Spart | Moskva | 22Jul1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 40 | 16.84 | Anatoliy Piskulin | 1 | Potsdam | 1Sep1979 | TJ | |||||||
| 41 | 16.84 | Ron Livers | 1 | Taipeh | Oct1979 | TJ | |||||||
| 17 | 42 | 16.83 | 0.8 | Aleksandr Beskrovniy | URS | 5Apr1960 | q | EC-j | Bydgoszcz | 18Aug1979 | 189/83 | TJ | |
| 18 | 43 | 16.83 | Kenneth Lorraway | AUS | 6Feb1956 | 1 | Canberra | 17Nov1979 | 180/72 | TJ | |||
| 44 | 16.82 | Viktor Saneyev | 1 | GS | Ostrava | 6Jun1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 45 | 16.82 | Willie Banks | 1 | Brooks | Berkeley CA | 9Jun1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 46 | 16.81A | Willie Banks | 1q1 | WUG | Ciudad de México | 10Sep1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 19 | 47 | 16.80 | Christian Valétudie | FRA | 27May1952 | 1 | Rovereto | 16Sep1979 | 193/89 | PB | TJ | ||
| 48 | 16.80 | Ian Campbell | 1 | Brisbane | 24Nov1979 | TJ | |||||||
| 49 | 16.79 | Willie Banks | 3 | Mt SAC R | Walnut CA | 21Apr1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 50 | 16.78 | Ian Campbell | 1 | Auckland | 27Jan1979 | TJ | |||||||
| 51 | 16.78 | Tommy Haynes | 4 | AAU | Walnut CA | 17Jun1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 52 | 16.77 | Ron Livers | 1 | Lite | Durham NC | 19May1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 53 | 16.77 | Ron Livers | -1 | AAU | Walnut CA | 17Jun1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 54 | 16.77 | Ron Livers | 1 | Tokyo | 29Sep1979 | TJ | |||||||
| 55 | 16.76 | Roberto Mazzucato | 1 | universitari | Salsomaggiore Terme | 18May1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 56 | 16.76 | Anatoliy Piskulin | 3 | Spart | Moskva | 22Jul1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 20 | 57 | 16.76 | 0.0 | Lothar Gora | GDR | 22Sep1954 | 4 | ECp | Torino | 5Aug1979 | 185/70 | PB | TJ |
| 58 | 16.76 | Ian Campbell | 3 | WCp | Montréal | 25Aug1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 21 | 59 | 16.75 | James Butts | USA | 9May1950 | -3 | AAU | Walnut CA | 17Jun1979 | 188/82 | TJ | ||
| 60 | 16.74 | Anatoliy Piskulin | 1 | vsGDR | Leipzig | 24Jun1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 22 | 16.73 | Carmelo Martínez | CUB | 4Aug1956 | 1 | Barrientos | La Habana | 19May1979 | 184/82 | PB | TJ | ||
| 23 | 16.70 | i | Gennadiy Kovtunov | URS | 10Jan1956 | 2 | Vilnius | 4Feb1979 | 184/75 | TJ | |||
| 24 | 16.70 | i | Aleksandr Lisichonok | URS | 22Dec1958 | 4 | NC-i | Minsk | 12Feb1979 | 178/80 | TJ | ||
| 25 | 16.69 | i | Caleb Abdul [Milan] Rahman [Tiff] | USA | 5Jul1949 | 3 | vsURS | Fort Worth TX | 3Mar1979 | 183/72 | TJ | ||
| 26 | 16.69 | Paul Jordan | USA | 17Jun1956 | 1 | Bloomington IN | 21Apr1979 | 185/80 | TJ | ||||
| 27 | 16.68 | i | Vyacheslav Shekhovtsev | URS | 20Feb1952 | 5 | NC-i | Minsk | 12Feb1979 | 180/75 | TJ | ||
| 28 | 16.68 | Armando Herrera | CUB | 25May1955 | La Habana | 18Feb1979 | 194/87 | TJ | |||||
| 29 | 16.68 | Ramón Cid | ESP | 15Aug1954 | 1 | Madrid | 19May1979 | 181/72 | TJ | ||||
| 30 | 16.67 | i | Robert Cannon | USA | 9Jul1958 | 1 | NCAA | Detroit MI | 9Mar1979 | 185/76 | TJ | ||
| 31 | 16.67 | Milan Spasojevic | YUG | 15Mar1950 | 5 | ECp | Torino | 5Aug1979 | 183/74 | TJ | |||
| 32 | 16.66 | 2.0 | Ioánnis Afthinos | GRE | 13Apr1959 | 1 | Balkan C | Athína | 12Aug1979 | 185/80 | PB | TJ | |
| 33 | 16.63 | Mike Marlow | USA | 31Jul1956 | -2 | Mt SAC R | Walnut CA | 21Apr1979 | 183/78 | TJ | |||
| 34 | 16.60 | Alejandro Herrera | CUB | 21Apr1958 | 2 | Barrientos | La Habana | 19May1979 | 196/90 | TJ | |||
| 35 | 16.60 | Aston Moore | GBR | 8Feb1956 | 6 | ECp | Torino | 5Aug1979 | 180/83 | TJ | |||
| 36 | 16.58 | Juan Velázquez | CUB | 2Feb1952 | 1 | La Habana | 3Feb1979 | 174/74 | TJ | ||||
| 37 | 16.58A | James Washington | USA | 24Feb1953 | - | USOC SF | Colorado Springs CO | 30Jul1979 | 185/72 | PB | TJ | ||
| 38 | 16.57 | Ajayi Agbebaku | NGR | 6Dec1955 | 2 | Formia | 11Aug1979 | 185/80 | TJ | ||||
| 39 | 16.57A | Milos Srejovic | YUG | 12Apr1956 | 5 | WUG | Ciudad de México | 11Sep1979 | 191/81 | TJ | |||
| 40 | 16.56 | Pavel Lobanov | URS | 3Dec1955 | 4 | Spart | Moskva | 22Jul1979 | 181/69 | PB | TJ | ||
| 41 | 16.55 | Heiko Fermumm | GDR | 10Aug1957 | 4 | vsURS | Leipzig | 24Jun1979 | 189/90 | TJ | |||
| 42 | 16.54 | i | Mikhail Syegal | URS | 13Mar1952 | 6 | NC-i | Minsk | 12Feb1979 | 168/69 | TJ | ||
| 43 | 16.54 | i | Gábor Katona | HUN | 1Oct1952 | 4 | EC-i | Wien | 25Feb1979 | 186/81 | TJ | ||
| 44 | 16.54 | Paolo Piapan | ITA | 31Aug1956 | 2 | universitari | Salsomaggiore Terme | 18May1979 | 191/78 | PB | TJ | ||
| 45 | 16.53 | Eugeniusz Biskupski | POL | 17Dec1947 | 7 | ECp | Torino | 5Aug1979 | 188/83 | TJ | |||
| 46 | 16.52 | Vladimir Perevalov | URS | 10Jun1956 | 1 | Almaty | 18Jun1979 | 193/86 | TJ | ||||
| 47 | 16.49 | Jubobosaye [Joshua] Kio | NGR | 7Sep1957 | 1 | Lagos | 2Jun1979 | 176/72 | TJ | ||||
| 48 | 16.48 | i | Keith Connor | GBR | 16Sep1957 | 3 | NCAA | Detroit MI | 9Mar1979 | 185/77 | TJ | ||
| 49 | 16.48 | Yevgeniy Anikin | URS | 13Mar1958 | 4 | Prav | Sochi | 9Jun1979 | 188/73 | TJ | |||
| 50 | 16.47 | John DoDoo | GHA | 15Nov1954 | 1 | Cookeville | 15May1979 | 185/75 | PB | TJ | |||
| 51 | 16.46 | Viktor Gerasimyenya | URS | 30Jan1960 | 1 | vsGDR-j | Chernigov | 11Jun1979 | 187/78 | TJ | |||
| 52 | 16.45 | i | Aleksey Roganin | URS | 26Mar1959 | 1 | Leningrad | 29Dec1979 | 181/67 | TJ | |||
| 53 | 16.44 | Gustavo Platt | CUB | 29Jul1954 | 2 | La Habana | 10Aug1979 | 180/70 | TJ | ||||
| 54 | 16.44 | Carol Corbu | ROM | 8Feb1946 | 3 | Balkan C | Athína | 12Aug1979 | 197/85 | TJ | |||
| 55 | 16.43 | Boris Khokhlov | URS | 20Dec1958 | 1 | Temirtau | 14Aug1979 | 180/69 | TJ | ||||
| 56 | 16.42 | Atanas Chochev | BUL | 17Jan1957 | 1 | Sofia | 26May1979 | 180/74 | TJ | ||||
| 57 | 16.42 | Zdzislaw Sobora | POL | 2Oct1952 | 1 | Mich | Warszawa | 28Jul1979 | 179/74 | TJ | |||
| 58 | 16.41 | José Salazar | VEN | 9Dec1957 | 1 | Caracas | 7Oct1979 | 182/77 | TJ | ||||
| 59 | 16.40 | Douglas Henderson | FRG | 26Dec1956 | 8 | ECp | Torino | 5Aug1979 | 183/80 | TJ | |||
| 60 | 16.39 | i | Hannu Puhakka | FIN | 30Aug1959 | 1 | NC-i | Otaniemi | 10Feb1979 | 188/74 | PB | TJ | |
| 61 | 16.39 | Leonid Levchenko | URS | 6Jan1958 | 3 | Donyetsk | 23Jun1979 | 183/74 | TJ | ||||
| 62 | 16.38 | Shamil Abbyasov | URS | 16Apr1957 | 1e2 | Spart | Moskva | 22Jul1979 | 185/74 | TJ | |||
| 63 | 16.37 | Zdzislaw Hoffmann | POL | 27Aug1959 | 1 | Stargard | 23Aug1979 | 191/87 | TJ | ||||
| 64 | 16.37A | Bedros Bedrosian | ROM | 21May1955 | 2 | Ciudad de México | 4Sep1979 | 176/64 | TJ | ||||
| 65 | 16.36 | Doug Garner | USA | 8Jun1954 | 1 | WCR | Fresno CA | 4May1979 | 183/75 | TJ | |||
| 66 | 16.36 | Aleksandr Katkov | URS | 11Sep1959 | 1 | Almaty | 13May1979 | 183/77 | PB | TJ | |||
| 67 | 16.36 | Dave Mobley | USA | 1959 | 2 | Cookeville | 15May1979 | PB | TJ | ||||
| 68 | 16.35 | Nikolay Musiyenko | URS | 16Dec1959 | 1 | Yalta | 8Apr1979 | 183/79 | TJ | ||||
| 69 | 16.35 | Sergey Abramov | URS | 6May1958 | 1 | Tbilisi | 10Sep1979 | 183/70 | TJ | ||||
| 70 | 16.35 | Vasiliy Grishchenkov | URS | 23Jan1958 | 1 | Tbilisi | 23Sep1979 | 181/78 | TJ | ||||
| 71 | 16.35 | José Luis Rodríguez | ESP | 9Nov1957 | 6 | Med. Games | Split | 25Sep1979 | 184/78 | TJ | |||
| 72 | 16.34 | Chip Benson | USA | 30Apr1959 | 1 | Pac 10 | Tempe AZ | 20May1979 | 183/76 | TJ | |||
| 73 | 16.34 | Vladimir Usankov | URS | 26Aug1953 | 1 | Minsk | 4Jun1979 | 181/80 | TJ | ||||
| 74 | 16.31 | Sanya Owolabi | USA | 7Aug1960 | 2 | vsURS-j | Bakersfield CA | 29Jun1979 | 185/77 | TJ | |||
| 75 | 16.31 | Viktor Parshenkov | URS | 1954 | 2 | vsGBR | London (CP) | 23Sep1979 | TJ | ||||
| 76 | 16.30 | i | Sergey Lyubyanskiy | URS | 24Mar1952 | q | NC-i | Minsk | 11Feb1979 | 177/74 | PB | TJ | |
| 77 | 16.30 | Masami Nakanishi | JPN | 18Dec1958 | 1 | AsiC | Tokyo | 2Jun1979 | 178/69 | TJ | |||
| 78 | 16.30 | Adrian Ghioroaie | ROM | 30Apr1954 | 3 | NC | Bucuresti | 12Jul1979 | 184/78 | TJ | |||
| 79 | 16.28 | Igor Mironyenko | URS | 5May1951 | 1 | Moskva | 24Jun1979 | 184/72 | TJ | ||||
| 80 | 16.27 | Abdoulaye Samba Diallo | SEN | 1946 | 3 | Paris (Charléty) | 6Jul1979 | 190/78 | TJ | ||||
| 81 | 16.25 | Masanobu Tsudo | JPN | 1May1956 | 1 | Tokyo | 27Oct1979 | 175/65 | TJ | ||||
| 82 | 16.24 | Aleksandr Ogandzhanov | URS | 21Apr1954 | 2 | Dnyepropetrovsk | 22Sep1979 | TJ | |||||
| 83 | 16.23 | Valeriy Zvezdkin | URS | 1953 | Adler | 18Apr1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 84 | 16.23 | Greg Caldwell | USA | 28Jul1957 | 2 | Pasadena TX | 22Sep1979 | 186/82 | TJ | ||||
| 85 | 16.22 | i | Klaus Hufnagel | GDR | 16Jun1955 | 1 | NC-i | Senftenberg | 18Feb1979 | 179/72 | TJ | ||
| 86 | 16.22 | Maxwell Peters | ANT | 22Sep1955 | 5 | NCAA | Champaign IL | 2Jun1979 | 175/71 | TJ | |||
| 87 | 16.22 | Zbigniew Wojciechowski | POL | 10Mar1955 | 2 | Poznan | 2Jul1979 | 179/72 | TJ | ||||
| 88 | 16.21 | i | Karel Hradil | CZE | 27Nov1953 | 1 | Jablonec | 20Jan1979 | 175/72 | TJ | |||
| 89 | 16.20 | Cary Tyler | USA | 19Sep1959 | 1 | Orange | 11Feb1979 | 177/76 | TJ | ||||
| 90 | 16.18 | Rayfield Dupree | USA | 2Apr1953 | 2 | Irvine CA | 18Mar1979 | 186/80 | TJ | ||||
| 91 | 16.18 | Aleksandr Orlov | URS | 21Apr1958 | 1e2 | Prav | Sochi | 9Jun1979 | 185/70 | TJ | |||
| 92 | 16.17 | Mike Howard | USA | 1 | Clarksville | 19Apr1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 93 | 16.16A | Ken McClendon | USA | 23Jul1956 | 2 | El Paso TX | 21Apr1979 | 175/67 | TJ | ||||
| 94 | 16.15 | Mihai Ene | ROM | 24Jul1960 | 3 | EC-j | Bydgoszcz | 19Aug1979 | 183/69 | TJ | |||
| 95 | 16.15 | Francisco Carlos de Oliveira | BRA | 29Mar1957 | 2 | SAmC | Bucaramanga | Nov1979 | 189/77 | TJ | |||
| 96 | 16.14 | Mamadou Diallo | SEN | 16Nov1954 | 1 | Dakar | 19Apr1979 | 183/63 | TJ | ||||
| 97 | 16.14 | Glenn Davis | USA | 1 | Long Beach CA | 29Apr1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 98 | 16.14 | Gennadiy Zelepyukhin | URS | 1957 | Moskva | 24Jun1979 | TJ | ||||||
| 99 | 16.14 | Stefan von Gerich | FIN | 26Sep1951 | 3 | ECp/sf | Genève | 1Jul1979 | 186/78 | TJ | |||
| 100 | 16.14 | Vladimir Brigadniy | URS | 22Apr1955 | q | Spart | Moskva | 21Jul1979 | 171/65 | TJ | |||
| 101 | 16.13 | i | Vincent Parrette | USA | 1957 | 1 | Oklahoma City OK | 10Feb1979 | 188/81 | TJ | |||
| 102 | 16.13 | Yasushi Ueta | JPN | 13Nov1955 | Tokyo | 6May1979 | 180/69 | TJ | |||||
| 103 | 16.13 | Olli Pousi | FIN | 23Jul1959 | 1 | NC | Helsinki | 13Aug1979 | 200/80 | TJ | |||
| 104 | 16.13 | Ludwig Franz | FRG | 26Jul1953 | 1 | Lappeenranta | 20Aug1979 | 184/79 | TJ |