| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 17.35 | -0.26 | Jaak Uudmäe | URS | 3Sep1954 | 1 | OG | Moskva | 25Jul1980 | 190/73 | PB | TJ |
| 2 | 2 | 17.24 | -1.42 | Viktor Saneyev | URS | 3Oct1945 | 2 | OG | Moskva | 25Jul1980 | 188/79 | TJ | |
| 3 | 3 | 17.22 | 1.91 | João Carlos de Oliveira | BRA | 28May1954 | 3 | OG | Moskva | 25Jul1980 | 186/76 | TJ | |
| 4 | 4 | 17.16 | 1.7 | Keith Connor | GBR | 16Sep1957 | 1 | Melbourne | 17Jan1980 | 185/77 | TJ | ||
| 5 | 5 | 17.13 | Willie Banks | USA | 11Mar1956 | 1 | Pepsi | Westwood CA | 11May1980 | 190/77 | TJ | ||
| 6 | 17.12 | Willie Banks | 1 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 17May1980 | TJ | ||||||
| 6 | 7 | 17.11 | Ron Livers | USA | 20Jul1955 | 1 | Hiroshima | 29Apr1980 | 175/66 | TJ | |||
| 8 | 17.10 | 0.6 | Willie Banks | 1 | Etobicoke | 3Jul1980 | TJ | ||||||
| 7 | 9 | 17.09 | 0.5 | Ian Campbell | AUS | 18Apr1957 | 2 | Melbourne | 17Jan1980 | 183/74 | PB | TJ | |
| 8 | 10 | 17.09 | Mike Marlow | USA | 31Jul1956 | 2 | San José CA | 12Apr1980 | 183/78 | TJ | |||
| 11 | 17.07A | i | Ron Livers | 1 | Albuquerque NM | 2Feb1980 | TJ | ||||||
| 9 | 12 | 17.07 | 0.5 | Yevgeniy Anikin | URS | 13Mar1958 | 1 | Znam | Moskva | 5Jul1980 | 188/73 | TJ | |
| 13 | 17.07 | 0.2 | Jaak Uudmäe | 2 | Znam | Moskva | 5Jul1980 | TJ | |||||
| 10 | 14 | 17.03 | i | Vincent Parrette | USA | 1957 | 1 | Lincoln NE | 29Feb1980 | 188/81 | PB | TJ | |
| 15 | 17.02 | 0.0 | Ian Campbell | 1q1 | OG | Moskva | 24Jul1980 | TJ | |||||
| 11 | 16 | 17.02 | Vasiliy Grishchenkov | URS | 23Jan1958 | 1 | NC | Donyetsk | 8Sep1980 | 181/78 | TJ | ||
| 17 | 17.00 | i | Ron Livers | 1 | Inglewood CA | 1Feb1980 | TJ | ||||||
| 18 | 16.99 | Vasiliy Grishchenkov | 1 | URSp | Leningrad | 30Aug1980 | TJ | ||||||
| 12 | 19 | 16.98 | -1.7 | Kenneth Lorraway | AUS | 6Feb1956 | 1 | Canberra | 20Dec1980 | 180/72 | TJ | ||
| 20 | 16.96 | Ron Livers | -1 | San José CA | 12Apr1980 | TJ | |||||||
| 21 | 16.96 | Ron Livers | 1 | Kobe | 3May1980 | TJ | |||||||
| 13 | 22 | 16.96 | Aleksandr Beskrovniy | URS | 5Apr1960 | 2 | NC | Donyetsk | 8Sep1980 | 189/83 | TJ | ||
| 23 | 16.93 | 1.6 | Ian Campbell | 2 | NC | Sydney | 22Mar1980 | TJ | |||||
| 24 | 16.93 | João Carlos de Oliveira | 2 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 17May1980 | TJ | ||||||
| 25 | 16.93 | Ian Campbell | 1 | Stuttgart | 12Jul1980 | TJ | |||||||
| 26 | 16.92 | 0.4 | Jaak Uudmäe | 1 | Prav | Moskva | 12Jun1980 | TJ | |||||
| 27 | 16.91 | 0.9 | Willie Banks | -1 | Westwood CA | 23Feb1980 | TJ | ||||||
| 28 | 16.91 | Ron Livers | 1 | Shizuoka | 20Apr1980 | TJ | |||||||
| 14 | 29 | 16.90 | Alejandro Herrera | CUB | 21Apr1958 | 1 | Barrientos | La Habana | 24May1980 | 196/90 | PB | TJ | |
| 15 | 30 | 16.90 | Zou Zhenxian | CHN | 10Nov1955 | 1 | LB | Philadelphia PA | 17Jul1980 | 184/72 | TJ | ||
| 31 | 16.89 | Aleksandr Beskrovniy | 3 | Znam | Moskva | 5Jul1980 | TJ | ||||||
| 32 | 16.89 | Zou Zhenxian | 1 | Tokyo | 6Sep1980 | TJ | |||||||
| 16 | 33 | 16.88 | 0.0 | Béla Bakosi | HUN | 18Jun1957 | 1 | vsWAL,ENG,NED | Cwmbran | 18May1980 | 180/67 | TJ | |
| 34 | 16.88 | Alejandro Herrera | 1 | PTS | Bratislava | 7Jun1980 | TJ | ||||||
| 35 | 16.87 | Mike Marlow | 2 | Pepsi | Westwood CA | 11May1980 | TJ | ||||||
| 36 | 16.87 | Willie Banks | 1 | San Diego CA | 31May1980 | TJ | |||||||
| 37 | 16.87 | -1.22 | Keith Connor | 4 | OG | Moskva | 25Jul1980 | TJ | |||||
| 17 | 38 | 16.86 | Atanas Chochev | BUL | 17Jan1957 | 1 | Sofia | 3May1980 | 180/74 | PB | TJ | ||
| 39 | 16.86 | João Carlos de Oliveira | 1 | Milano | 3Jul1980 | TJ | |||||||
| 18 | 40 | 16.85 | Armando Herrera | CUB | 25May1955 | 1 | La Habana | 16May1980 | 194/87 | PB | TJ | ||
| 41 | 16.84 | Jaak Uudmäe | 1 | Leningrad | 21Jun1980 | TJ | |||||||
| 42 | 16.84 | Béla Bakosi | 1 | NC | Budapest | 31Aug1980 | TJ | ||||||
| 43 | 16.84 | Jaak Uudmäe | 1 | 8Nat | Tokyo | 20Sep1980 | TJ | ||||||
| 44 | 16.82 | Ian Campbell | 1 | Adelaide | 1Feb1980 | TJ | |||||||
| 19 | 45 | 16.82 | 2.0 | Olli Pousi | FIN | 23Jul1959 | 1 | Tampere | 7Jun1980 | 200/80 | PB | TJ | |
| 46 | 16.82 | Jaak Uudmäe | 3 | NC | Donyetsk | 8Sep1980 | TJ | ||||||
| 47 | 16.81 | Béla Bakosi | 1 | Nyíregyháza | 20Sep1980 | TJ | |||||||
| 20 | 48 | 16.81 | Aleksandr Lisichonok | URS | 22Dec1958 | 1 | Kyiv | 21Sep1980 | 178/80 | TJ | |||
| 49 | 16.80 | Willie Banks | 1 | FOT | Eugene OR | 21Jun1980 | TJ | ||||||
| 50 | 16.80 | Kenneth Lorraway | 1q2 | OG | Moskva | 24Jul1980 | TJ | ||||||
| 21 | 51 | 16.80 | -1.3 | Paul Jordan | USA | 17Jun1956 | 1 | London (CP) | 25Aug1980 | 185/80 | TJ | ||
| 52 | 16.80 | Zou Zhenxian | 1 | 8-N2 | Beijing | 26Sep1980 | TJ | ||||||
| 22 | 53 | 16.79 | i | Caleb Abdul [Milan] Rahman [Tiff] | USA | 5Jul1949 | 1 | San Diego CA | 22Feb1980 | 183/72 | TJ | ||
| 54 | 16.79 | Willie Banks | 1 | Los Angeles CA | 1Mar1980 | TJ | |||||||
| 23 | 55 | 16.79A | Juan Velázquez | CUB | 2Feb1952 | 2 | Ciudad de México | 27Apr1980 | 174/74 | TJ | |||
| 56 | 16.79 | Mike Marlow | 3 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 17May1980 | TJ | ||||||
| 24 | 57 | 16.79 | Steve Hanna | BAH | 30Oct1958 | 1 | NCAA | Austin TX | 7Jun1980 | 180/68 | TJ | ||
| 58 | 16.79 | Aleksandr Lisichonok | 3 | Prav | Moskva | 12Jun1980 | TJ | ||||||
| 25 | 16.76 | Bedros Bedrosian | ROM | 21May1955 | 1 | Bucuresti | 17May1980 | 176/64 | TJ | ||||
| 26 | 16.76 | Sanya Owolabi | USA | 7Aug1960 | 2 | NCAA | Austin TX | 7Jun1980 | 185/77 | PB | TJ | ||
| 27 | 16.75 | 0.1 | Greg Caldwell | USA | 28Jul1957 | 2 | LB | Philadelphia PA | 17Jul1980 | 186/82 | TJ | ||
| 28 | 16.73 | 0.8 | Aleksandr Yakovlyev | URS | 8Sep1957 | 5 | Znam | Moskva | 5Jul1980 | 181/69 | TJ | ||
| 29 | 16.72 | 0.4 | Zdzislaw Sobora | POL | 2Oct1952 | 1 | Poznan | 6Jul1980 | 179/74 | PB | TJ | ||
| 30 | 16.71 | Anatoliy Piskulin | URS | 1Dec1952 | 4 | Prav | Moskva | 12Jun1980 | 176/73 | TJ | |||
| 31 | 16.69 | 1.4 | Ramón Cid | ESP | 15Aug1954 | 1 | Madrid | 1Oct1980 | 181/72 | PB | TJ | ||
| 32 | 16.67 | Aleksey Roganin | URS | 26Mar1959 | 4 | NC | Donyetsk | 8Sep1980 | 181/67 | TJ | |||
| 33 | 16.66 | Carmelo Martínez | CUB | 4Aug1956 | 2 | Barrientos | La Habana | 24May1980 | 184/82 | TJ | |||
| 34 | 16.66 | Nikolay Kakhovich | URS | 1959 | 5 | NC | Donyetsk | 8Sep1980 | PB | TJ | |||
| 35 | 16.62 | i | James Butts | USA | 9May1950 | 3 | San Diego CA | 22Feb1980 | 188/82 | TJ | |||
| 36 | 16.61 | Milan Spasojevic | YUG | 15Mar1950 | 1 | Maribor | 3Jun1980 | 183/74 | TJ | ||||
| 37 | 16.61 | Gennadiy Valyukevich | URS | 1Jun1958 | q | Znam | Moskva | 4Jul1980 | 181/74 | TJ | |||
| 38 | 16.57 | i | Tommy Haynes | USA | 14Jul1952 | 2 | TAC | New York | 29Feb1980 | 177/75 | TJ | ||
| 39 | 16.57 | Viktor Gerasimyenya | URS | 30Jan1960 | 1 | Yerevan | 24Sep1980 | 187/78 | TJ | ||||
| 40 | 16.56 | i | Klaus Kübler | FRG | 17Apr1959 | 1 | vsGBR | Cosford | 2Feb1980 | 185/76 | TJ | ||
| 41 | 16.56 | Aleksandr Kostrikov | URS | 29Apr1955 | q | NC | Donyetsk | 7Sep1980 | 176/76 | PB | TJ | ||
| 42 | 16.55 | Sergeiy Chaplygin | URS | 29Nov1956 | 1 | Sochi | 27Apr1980 | 180/74 | PB | TJ | |||
| 43 | 16.55 | 0.4 | Aston Moore | GBR | 8Feb1956 | 1 | Gateshead | 31Aug1980 | 180/83 | TJ | |||
| 44 | 16.54 | i | Shamil Abbyasov | URS | 16Apr1957 | q | NC-i | Moskva | 15Feb1980 | 185/74 | TJ | ||
| 45 | 16.54 | i | Viktor Parshenkov | URS | 1954 | 2 | NC-i | Moskva | 16Feb1980 | PB | TJ | ||
| 46 | 16.54 | 1.4 | Christian Valétudie | FRA | 27May1952 | 1 | vsSWE,SUI | Thonon-les-Bains | 22Jun1980 | 193/89 | TJ | ||
| 47 | 16.53 | Doug Garner | USA | 8Jun1954 | 1 | Las Vegas NV | 8Mar1980 | 183/75 | TJ | ||||
| 48 | 16.52 | 0.2 | Gennadiy Kovtunov | URS | 10Jan1956 | 6 | Znam | Moskva | 5Jul1980 | 184/75 | TJ | ||
| 49 | 16.52 | 1.8 | Bernard Lamitié | FRA | 27Jun1946 | 1 | Paris (Charléty) | 17Jul1980 | 180/76 | TJ | |||
| 50 | 16.51 | 1.8 | Romano Göhring | GDR | 7May1959 | 1 | OT | Potsdam | 1Jun1980 | 180/73 | TJ | ||
| 51 | 16.50 | i | Vasiliy Isayev | URS | 1Feb1959 | 1 | Leningrad | 28Dec1980 | 188/78 | TJ | |||
| 52 | 16.48 | i | Lothar Gora | GDR | 22Sep1954 | 1 | Est Berlin | 20Jan1980 | 185/70 | TJ | |||
| 53 | 16.48A | i | Ajayi Agbebaku | NGR | 6Dec1955 | 3 | Albuquerque NM | 2Feb1980 | 185/80 | TJ | |||
| 54 | 16.48 | Zdzislaw Hoffmann | POL | 27Aug1959 | -1 | vsFRG | Warszawa | 9Jun1980 | 191/87 | TJ | |||
| 55 | 16.48 | Wolfgang Knabe | FRG | 12Jul1959 | 2 | WMilG | São Paulo | 9Nov1980 | 183/75 | TJ | |||
| 56 | 16.47 | i | Robert Cannon | USA | 9Jul1958 | 2 | NCAA | Detroit MI | 14Mar1980 | 185/76 | TJ | ||
| 57 | 16.47 | Dokie Williams | USA | 26Aug1960 | 1 | Westwood CA | 3May1980 | 180/77 | TJ | ||||
| 58 | 16.41 | Stoitsa Iliev | BUL | 16Jan1960 | 1 | Sofia | 12Jul1980 | 184/73 | TJ | ||||
| 59 | 16.40 | Masami Nakanishi | JPN | 18Dec1958 | 2 | Shizuoka | 20Apr1980 | 178/69 | TJ | ||||
| 60 | 16.40 | Stanislav Timofeyev | URS | 1Dec1956 | 1 | Vinnitsa | 9May1980 | 177/72 | TJ | ||||
| 61 | 16.40 | Milos Srejovic | YUG | 12Apr1956 | 3 | Maribor | 3Jun1980 | 191/81 | TJ | ||||
| 62 | 16.39 | Michael Nipinak | CAN | 3May1953 | 1 | NC | Sherbrooke | 15Jun1980 | PB | TJ | |||
| 63 | 16.36 | i | Nate Cooper | USA | 14Feb1957 | 1 | Johnson City TN | 12Jan1980 | 188/82 | TJ | |||
| 64 | 16.36 | i | Wolfgang Kolmsee | FRG | 25Sep1954 | 2 | NC-i | Dortmund | 8Feb1980 | 193/76 | TJ | ||
| 65 | 16.36 | Carol Corbu | ROM | 8Feb1946 | 2 | Bucuresti | 17May1980 | 197/85 | TJ | ||||
| 66 | 16.36 | Douglas Henderson | FRG | 26Dec1956 | 2 | NC | Hannover | 16Aug1980 | 183/80 | TJ | |||
| 67 | 16.36 | Dmitriy Litvinyenko | URS | 12Aug1963 | 1 | Tashkent | 22Sep1980 | 184/72 | TJ | ||||
| 68 | 16.35 | 1.6 | Hannu Puhakka | FIN | 30Aug1959 | 2 | Tampere | 7Jun1980 | 188/74 | TJ | |||
| 69 | 16.35 | Vladimir Chernikov | URS | 3Aug1959 | 8 | Prav | Moskva | 12Jun1980 | 188/74 | TJ | |||
| 70 | 16.35 | Vlastimil Marinec | CZE | 9Jan1957 | 1 | NC | Praha | 13Jul1980 | 184/71 | TJ | |||
| 71 | 16.35 | Sergey Belevskiy | URS | 4Nov1959 | q | NC | Donyetsk | 7Sep1980 | 190/81 | TJ | |||
| 72 | 16.35 | János Hegedis | YUG | 28May1955 | 1 | vsCZE,SUI | Nova Gorica | 7Sep1980 | 184/79 | TJ | |||
| 73 | 16.34 | i | Pavel Lobanov | URS | 3Dec1955 | Kyiv | 25Jan1980 | 181/69 | TJ | ||||
| 74 | 16.34 | Mikhail Syegal | URS | 13Mar1952 | 2 | Sochi | 27Apr1980 | 168/69 | TJ | ||||
| 75 | 16.34 | Leon Hutchins | USA | 23Dec1958 | 4 | NCAA | Austin TX | 7Jun1980 | 183/71 | TJ | |||
| 76 | 16.33 | i | Heiko Fermumm | GDR | 10Aug1957 | 1 | NC-i | Senftenberg | 26Jan1980 | 189/90 | TJ | ||
| 77 | 16.33 | i | Antonio Corgos | ESP | 10Mar1960 | 1 | ItaNC-i | Milano | 20Feb1980 | 183/76 | PB | TJ | |
| 78 | 16.33 | Andris Lauskis | URS | 14Jul1959 | q | Znam | Moskva | 4Jul1980 | 187/84 | TJ | |||
| 79 | 16.32 | 1.8 | Stefan von Gerich | FIN | 26Sep1951 | 2 | NC | Lappeenranta | 6Jul1980 | 186/78 | PB | TJ | |
| 80 | 16.32 | 0.8 | Wojciech Spychalski | POL | 13May1955 | 2 | Poznan | 6Jul1980 | 181/74 | PB | TJ | ||
| 81 | 16.32 | Wolfram Walther | FRG | 31Mar1955 | 3 | NC | Hannover | 16Aug1980 | 192/82 | PB | TJ | ||
| 82 | 16.32 | Mikhail Garshin | URS | 6Nov1959 | Tbilisi | 28Sep1980 | TJ | ||||||
| 83 | 16.30 | i | Vladimir Brigadniy | URS | 22Apr1955 | 5 | NC-i | Moskva | 16Feb1980 | 171/65 | TJ | ||
| 84 | 16.30 | -0.7 | Giovanni Evangelisti | ITA | 11Sep1961 | 1 | vsGBR-j | Perugia | 21Aug1980 | 179/60 | PB | TJ | |
| 85 | 16.29 | Vladimir Perevalov | URS | 10Jun1956 | Vilnius | 17Jun1980 | 193/86 | TJ | |||||
| 86 | 16.28 | James Washington | USA | 24Feb1953 | 5 | Houston TX | 3May1980 | 185/72 | TJ | ||||
| 87 | 16.28 | Arvidas Sabonis | URS | 19Dec1954 | 2 | Kyiv | 25Sep1980 | 180/80 | TJ | ||||
| 88 | 16.27 | Mikhail Davidovskiy | URS | 1952 | Kurgan | 12Sep1980 | TJ | ||||||
| 89 | 16.26 | i | Sergey Abramov | URS | 6May1958 | 3 | Moskva | 9Feb1980 | 183/70 | TJ | |||
| 90 | 16.26 | i | Nikolay Musiyenko | URS | 16Dec1959 | q | NC-i | Moskva | 15Feb1980 | 183/79 | TJ | ||
| 91 | 16.26 | Moujhed Fahid Khalifa | IRQ | 1955 | Baghdad | 14May1980 | 182/81 | TJ | |||||
| 92 | 16.26 | Chip Benson | USA | 30Apr1959 | 5 | NCAA | Austin TX | 7Jun1980 | 183/76 | TJ | |||
| 93 | 16.26 | Karel Hradil | CZE | 27Nov1953 | 2 | NC | Praha | 13Jul1980 | 175/72 | TJ | |||
| 94 | 16.26 | Aleksandr Katkov | URS | 11Sep1959 | Almaty | 15Aug1980 | 183/77 | TJ | |||||
| 95 | 16.25 | Herman McIntyre | USA | 16Jan1957 | 1 | Knoxville TN | 24May1980 | 190/81 | TJ | ||||
| 96 | 16.25 | José Luis Rodríguez | ESP | 9Nov1957 | 1 | vsBEL,GRE | Barcelona | 31Aug1980 | 184/78 | TJ | |||
| 97 | 16.24 | i | Haralambie Trusculescu | ROM | 19Apr1957 | 2 | Bucuresti | 16Feb1980 | 181/75 | TJ | |||
| 98 | 16.24 | i | Igor Usov | URS | 28Mar1961 | 1 | vsGDR-j | Tbilisi | 22Feb1980 | 181/75 | TJ | ||
| 99 | 16.23 | Rayfield Dupree | USA | 2Apr1953 | 4 | MtSAC R | Walnut CA | 19Apr1980 | 186/80 | TJ | |||
| 100 | 16.23 | Ken Hays | USA | 5Oct1956 | 2 | Westwood CA | 3May1980 | 198/84 | TJ | ||||
| 101 | 16.22 | William "Eddie" Lloyd | USA | 31Aug1958 | 5 | Cal R | Modesto CA | 17May1980 | 180/70 | TJ | |||
| 102 | 16.22 | Frank Alston | USA | 18Aug1959 | 1 | IC4A | Philadelphia PA | 25May1980 | 190/84 | TJ | |||
| 103 | 16.22 | 1.6 | Klaus Hufnagel | GDR | 16Jun1955 | 3 | OT | Potsdam | 1Jun1980 | 179/72 | TJ | ||
| 104 | 16.22 | Jussi Paronen | FIN | 4Apr1954 | 1 | vsITA | Palermo | 7Sep1980 | 182/75 | TJ |