| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 17.56 | 0.8 | Willie Banks | USA | 11Mar1956 | 1 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 21Jun1981 | 190/77 | TJ | |
| 2 | 17.55 | -0.5 | Willie Banks | 1 | DNG | Stockholm | 8Jul1981 | TJ | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 17.37 | -0.3 | João Carlos de Oliveira | BRA | 28May1954 | 1 | WCp | Roma | 5Sep1981 | 186/76 | TJ | |
| 3 | 4 | 17.34 | 0.3 | Zou Zhenxian | CHN | 10Nov1955 | 2 | WCp | Roma | 5Sep1981 | 184/72 | NR | TJ |
| 5 | 17.32 | 0.4 | Zou Zhenxian | 1 | WUG | Bucuresti | 22Jul1981 | TJ | |||||
| 4 | 6 | 17.31 | i | Keith Connor | GBR | 16Sep1957 | 1 | NCAA | Detroit MI | 13Mar1981 | 185/77 | TJ | |
| 7 | 17.31 | 1.6 | Willie Banks | 1 | San José CA | 11Apr1981 | TJ | ||||||
| 5 | 8 | 17.30 | i | Shamil Abbyasov | URS | 16Apr1957 | 1 | EC-i | Grenoble | 21Feb1981 | 185/74 | PB | TJ |
| 9 | 17.26 | 1.2 | Willie Banks | 1 | Westwood CA | 15Mar1981 | TJ | ||||||
| 10 | 17.23 | 0.0 | Willie Banks | 1 | Oslo | 11Jul1981 | TJ | ||||||
| 6 | 11 | 17.21 | Aleksandr Beskrovniy | URS | 5Apr1960 | 1 | Moskva | 6Jul1981 | 189/83 | TJ | |||
| 12 | 17.20 | i | Willie Banks | 1 | JpnNC-i | Tokyo | 21Mar1981 | TJ | |||||
| 13 | 17.19 | -1.5 | Willie Banks | 1 | Pepsi | Westwood CA | 10May1981 | TJ | |||||
| 7 | 14 | 17.18 | -0.1 | Gennadiy Valyukevich | URS | 1Jun1958 | 1 | vsUSA | Leningrad | 10Jul1981 | 181/74 | TJ | |
| 8 | 15 | 17.17 | 0.8 | Mike Marlow | USA | 31Jul1956 | 2 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 21Jun1981 | 183/78 | PB | TJ |
| 9 | 16 | 17.16 | 0.0 | Vasiliy Isayev | URS | 1Feb1959 | 1 | Tallinn | 15Jun1981 | 188/78 | TJ | ||
| 17 | 17.14 | Gennadiy Valyukevich | 1 | Kyiv | 5Jul1981 | TJ | |||||||
| 10 | 18 | 17.13 | -1.4 | Béla Bakosi | HUN | 18Jun1957 | 1 | ISTAF | West Berlin | 21Aug1981 | 180/67 | TJ | |
| 11 | 19 | 17.12 | Kenneth Lorraway | AUS | 6Feb1956 | 2 | Auckland | 25Jan1981 | 180/72 | TJ | |||
| 20 | 17.11 | Aleksandr Beskrovniy | 1 | Moskva | 6Sep1981 | TJ | |||||||
| 21 | 17.10 | 0.6 | Willie Banks | 2 | vsURS | Leningrad | 10Jul1981 | TJ | |||||
| 22 | 17.09 | 0.6 | Willie Banks | 1 | WG | Helsinki | 15Jun1981 | TJ | |||||
| 23 | 17.08 | i | Keith Connor | 1 | Dallas TX | 31Jan1981 | TJ | ||||||
| 24 | 17.05 | 0.0 | Zou Zhenxian | 1 | AsiC | Tokyo | 6Jun1981 | TJ | |||||
| 25 | 17.05A | João Carlos de Oliveira | 1 | SAC | La Paz | 5Nov1981 | TJ | ||||||
| 26 | 17.04 | 1.7 | Mike Marlow | -2 | Pepsi | Westwood CA | 10May1981 | TJ | |||||
| 12 | 27 | 17.04 | Steve Hanna | BAH | 30Oct1958 | 1 | NCAA | Baton Rouge LA | 6Jun1981 | 180/68 | PB | TJ | |
| 13 | 28 | 17.04 | 0.4 | Robert Cannon | USA | 9Jul1958 | 3 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 21Jun1981 | 185/76 | TJ | |
| 14 | 29 | 17.04 | Jaak Uudmäe | URS | 3Sep1954 | 1 | Znam | Leningrad | 26Jul1981 | 190/73 | TJ | ||
| 30 | 17.04 | 0.1 | Willie Banks | 3 | WCp | Roma | 5Sep1981 | TJ | |||||
| 15 | 31 | 17.04 | 0.0 | Dimitrios Mihas | GRE | 6Mar1958 | 1 | Balkan C | Sarajevo | 20Sep1981 | 175/71 | PB | TJ |
| 16 | 32 | 17.03 | Greg Caldwell | USA | 28Jul1957 | 3 | Auckland | 25Jan1981 | 186/82 | PB | TJ | ||
| 17 | 33 | 17.03 | Aleksandr Lisichonok | URS | 22Dec1958 | 1 | Kyiv | 1Oct1981 | 178/80 | PB | TJ | ||
| 34 | 17.02 | Keith Connor | 4 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 21Jun1981 | TJ | ||||||
| 18 | 35 | 17.01 | i | Vasiliy Grishchenkov | URS | 23Jan1958 | 1 | NC-i | Minsk | 8Feb1981 | 181/78 | TJ | |
| 19 | 36 | 17.01 | 0.0 | Milos Srejovic | YUG | 12Apr1956 | 2 | Balkan C | Sarajevo | 20Sep1981 | 191/81 | PB | TJ |
| 37 | 17.00 | João Carlos de Oliveira | 1 | São Paulo | 9May1981 | TJ | |||||||
| 38 | 17.00 | Vasiliy Isayev | 1 | Leningrad | 5Jun1981 | TJ | |||||||
| 20 | 39 | 16.98 | 1.6 | Vladimir Chernikov | URS | 3Aug1959 | 2 | Tallinn | 15Jun1981 | 188/74 | TJ | ||
| 21 | 40 | 16.97 | i | Peter Bouschen | FRG | 16May1960 | 1 | NC-i | Sindelfingen | 6Feb1981 | 181/78 | TJ | |
| 41 | 16.97 | Aleksandr Lisichonok | 1 | Sochi | 30May1981 | TJ | |||||||
| 42 | 16.97 | Béla Bakosi | 2 | WUG | Bucuresti | 22Jul1981 | TJ | ||||||
| 43 | 16.97 | Jaak Uudmäe | 1 | ECp | Zagreb | 16Aug1981 | TJ | ||||||
| 44 | 16.96 | i | Mike Marlow | 1 | Daly City | 21Feb1981 | TJ | ||||||
| 22 | 45 | 16.95 | Mikhail Syegal | URS | 13Mar1952 | 1 | Donyetsk | 31Jul1981 | 168/69 | PB | TJ | ||
| 23 | 46 | 16.94 | i | Ron Livers | USA | 20Jul1955 | 2 | Dallas TX | 31Jan1981 | 175/66 | TJ | ||
| 47 | 16.94 | Béla Bakosi | 1 | ECp/sf | Warszawa | 5Jul1981 | TJ | ||||||
| 48 | 16.93 | 1.6 | Vasiliy Grishchenkov | -2 | PTS | Bratislava | 6Jun1981 | TJ | |||||
| 49 | 16.92 | i | Shamil Abbyasov | 1 | Leningrad | 23Jan1981 | TJ | ||||||
| 50 | 16.92 | Vasiliy Isayev | 1 | vsGDR | Tbilisi | 27Jun1981 | TJ | ||||||
| 24 | 51 | 16.91 | Klaus Kübler | FRG | 17Apr1959 | 1 | NC | Fürth | 30May1981 | 185/76 | PB | TJ | |
| 25 | 52 | 16.91 | Nikolay Musiyenko | URS | 16Dec1959 | 2 | Sochi | 30May1981 | 183/79 | TJ | |||
| 53 | 16.91 | Kenneth Lorraway | 1 | London (CP) | 31Aug1981 | TJ | |||||||
| 54 | 16.90 | Gennadiy Valyukevich | 1 | Ros | Praha | 19Jun1981 | TJ | ||||||
| 55 | 16.90 | Béla Bakosi | 1 | Dresden | 30Aug1981 | TJ | |||||||
| 56 | 16.88 | i | Vasiliy Grishchenkov | 1 | Kaunas | 30Jan1981 | TJ | ||||||
| 57 | 16.88 | Keith Connor | 3 | WUG | Bucuresti | 22Jul1981 | TJ | ||||||
| 58 | 16.87 | i | Steve Hanna | 1 | Johnson City TN | 9Jan1981 | TJ | ||||||
| 59 | 16.87 | Aleksandr Beskrovniy | 4 | WUG | Bucuresti | 22Jul1981 | TJ | ||||||
| 60 | 16.87 | João Carlos de Oliveira | 2 | ISTAF | West Berlin | 21Aug1981 | TJ | ||||||
| 61 | 16.86 | Kenneth Lorraway | 1 | NC | Adelaide | 21Mar1981 | TJ | ||||||
| 62 | 16.86 | Mike Marlow | -2 | San José CA | 11Apr1981 | TJ | |||||||
| 63 | 16.86 | 0.0 | Greg Caldwell | 5 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 21Jun1981 | TJ | |||||
| 26 | 64 | 16.86 | 0.0 | Aston Moore | GBR | 8Feb1956 | 2 | ECp | Zagreb | 16Aug1981 | 180/83 | PB | TJ |
| 65 | 16.86 | Aleksandr Lisichonok | 1 | Budapest | 20Aug1981 | TJ | |||||||
| 27 | 16.85 | Aleksey Roganin | URS | 26Mar1959 | 2 | Leningrad | 5Jun1981 | 181/67 | TJ | ||||
| 28 | 16.82 | 0.0 | Paul Jordan | USA | 17Jun1956 | 6 | TAC | Sacramento CA | 21Jun1981 | 185/80 | TJ | ||
| 29 | 16.81 | Armando Herrera | CUB | 25May1955 | 1 | La Habana | 27May1981 | 194/87 | TJ | ||||
| 30 | 16.76 | 1.8 | Masami Nakanishi | JPN | 18Dec1958 | 1 | Hachioji | 29Apr1981 | 178/69 | PB | TJ | ||
| 31 | 16.76 | Mikhail Garshin | URS | 6Nov1959 | 1 | Tula | 5Jun1981 | PB | TJ | ||||
| 32 | 16.76 | 0.0 | Olli Pousi | FIN | 23Jul1959 | 1 | ECp/sf | Helsinki | 5Jul1981 | 200/80 | TJ | ||
| 33 | 16.75 | Romano Göhring | GDR | 7May1959 | 3 | vsURS | Tbilisi | 27Jun1981 | 180/73 | PB | TJ | ||
| 34 | 16.74 | Roberto Mazzucato | ITA | 13Mar1954 | 1 | Roma | 11Oct1981 | 182/75 | TJ | ||||
| 35 | 16.71 | -0.9 | Dokie Williams | USA | 26Aug1960 | 1 | Westwood CA | 22Mar1981 | 180/77 | TJ | |||
| 36 | 16.70 | Yevgeniy Anikin | URS | 13Mar1958 | 1 | vsITA,GRE,ESP | Roma | 24May1981 | 188/73 | TJ | |||
| 37 | 16.69 | Bedros Bedrosian | ROM | 21May1955 | 1 | Bucuresti | 27Jun1981 | 176/64 | TJ | ||||
| 38 | 16.69 | Ian Campbell | AUS | 18Apr1957 | 1 | Adelaide | 20Dec1981 | 183/74 | TJ | ||||
| 39 | 16.68 | Joseph Taiwo | NGR | 24Aug1959 | 2 | NCAA | Baton Rouge LA | 6Jun1981 | 183/74 | TJ | |||
| 40 | 16.68 | 0.1 | Oleg Protsenko | URS | 11Aug1963 | 1 | Druzhba-j | Debrecen | 2Aug1981 | 186/72 | TJ | ||
| 41 | 16.66 | Stanislav Timofeyev | URS | 1Dec1956 | 1 | Sochi | 24Apr1981 | 177/72 | TJ | ||||
| 42 | 16.65 | Vladimir Bereglazov | URS | 8Feb1959 | 1 | Orenburg | 14Jun1981 | 182/79 | TJ | ||||
| 43 | 16.63 | i | Sanya Owolabi | USA | 7Aug1960 | 2 | NCAA | Detroit MI | 13Mar1981 | 185/77 | TJ | ||
| 44 | 16.63 | Aleksandr Yakovlyev | URS | 8Sep1957 | 2 | Kyiv | 26Aug1981 | 181/69 | TJ | ||||
| 45 | 16.63 | Li Mengchun | CHN | 1961 | 1 | Chn Int | Beijing | 23Sep1981 | PB | TJ | |||
| 46 | 16.62 | Gintautas Zhizhis | URS | 10Mar1960 | 1 | Riga | 22Sep1981 | 178/74 | PB | TJ | |||
| 47 | 16.61 | David McFadgen | USA | 22Sep1960 | 1 | USOC SF | Syracuse NY | 27Jul1981 | 188/79 | TJ | |||
| 48 | 16.60 | 2.0 | Vlastimil Marinec | CZE | 9Jan1957 | 3 | PTS | Bratislava | 6Jun1981 | 184/71 | TJ | ||
| 49 | 16.60 | 1.4 | Ramón Cid | ESP | 15Aug1954 | 2 | ECp/sf | Warszawa | 5Jul1981 | 181/72 | TJ | ||
| 50 | 16.59 | Sergey Abramov | URS | 6May1958 | 1 | Krasnodar | 26Jul1981 | 183/70 | TJ | ||||
| 51 | 16.58 | James Moi | KEN | 18Nov1959 | 1 | DrakeR | Des Moines IA | 25Apr1981 | 190/75 | PB | TJ | ||
| 52 | 16.58 | 0.4 | Zdzislaw Hoffmann | POL | 27Aug1959 | 1 | Warszawa | 23May1981 | 191/87 | TJ | |||
| 53 | 16.58 | Viktor Gerasimyenya | URS | 30Jan1960 | 2 | Moskva | 7Aug1981 | 187/78 | TJ | ||||
| 54 | 16.58 | 1.9 | Sergo Akhvlediani | URS | 26Jun1962 | - | EC-j | Utrecht | 23Aug1981 | PB | TJ | ||
| 55 | 16.57 | Paul Bates | USA | 2Oct1959 | 1 | Pac 10 | Palo Alto (Stanford) CA | 23May1981 | 183/75 | PB | TJ | ||
| 56 | 16.57 | Aleksandr Farafonov | URS | 14Oct1958 | 2 | Kyiv | 1Oct1981 | 185/66 | PB | TJ | |||
| 57 | 16.56 | János Hegedis | YUG | 28May1955 | 1 | Nicosia | 3Oct1981 | 184/79 | PB | TJ | |||
| 58 | 16.55 | -0.2 | Adrian Ghioroaie | ROM | 30Apr1954 | 5 | WUG | Bucuresti | 22Jul1981 | 184/78 | TJ | ||
| 59 | 16.54 | Apostolos Kathiniotis | GRE | 16Mar1952 | 1 | NC | Athína | 28Jun1981 | 177/66 | TJ | |||
| 60 | 16.54 | 0.2 | Sergey Belyavskiy | URS | 4Nov1959 | 4 | NC | Moskva | 17Sep1981 | 190/81 | PB | TJ | |
| 61 | 16.53 | i | Ajayi Agbebaku | NGR | 6Dec1955 | 2 | Kansas City MO | 24Jan1981 | 185/80 | TJ | |||
| 62 | 16.53 | i | Boris Khokhlov | URS | 20Dec1958 | 1 | Moskva | 22Mar1981 | 180/69 | TJ | |||
| 63 | 16.53A | 1.9 | Rayfield Dupree | USA | 2Apr1953 | 1 | El Paso TX | 18Apr1981 | 186/80 | TJ | |||
| 64 | 16.53 | 1.6 | Doug Garner | USA | 8Jun1954 | 4 | Pepsi | Westwood CA | 10May1981 | 183/75 | TJ | ||
| 65 | 16.52 | Wolfgang Kolmsee | FRG | 25Sep1954 | 1 | Frg-Ita | Schweinfurt | 8Aug1981 | 193/76 | TJ | |||
| 66 | 16.50 | i | Bernard Lamitié | FRA | 27Jun1946 | 5 | EC-i | Grenoble | 21Feb1981 | 180/76 | TJ | ||
| 67 | 16.50 | Igor Shestopyorov | URS | 1958 | 2 | Moskva | 16Aug1981 | PB | TJ | ||||
| 68 | 16.50 | Sergey Tkachev | URS | 7Oct1958 | Moskva | 6Sep1981 | TJ | ||||||
| 69 | 16.49 | i | Valeriy Kuzmenok | URS | 1959 | 3 | NC-i | Minsk | 8Feb1981 | 172/72 | PB | TJ | |
| 70 | 16.48 | i | Aleksandr Kostrikov | URS | 29Apr1955 | 4 | NC-i | Minsk | 8Feb1981 | 176/76 | TJ | ||
| 71 | 16.46 | i | Douglas Henderson | FRG | 26Dec1956 | 3 | NC-i | Sindelfingen | 6Feb1981 | 183/80 | TJ | ||
| 72 | 16.45 | 2.0 | Masao Ikegami | JPN | 4Sep1957 | 1 | NC | Tokyo | 24Oct1981 | 177/58 | PB | TJ | |
| 73 | 16.44 | Haralambie Trusculescu | ROM | 19Apr1957 | 2 | NC | Bucuresti | 18Jun1981 | 181/69 | PB | TJ | ||
| 74 | 16.44 | 1.9 | Aleksandr Leonov | URS | 7Feb1962 | -2 | EC-j | Utrecht | 23Aug1981 | 177/75 | TJ | ||
| 75 | 16.44 | 0.3 | José Luis Rodríguez | ESP | 9Nov1957 | 1 | Fuenlabrada de M. | 13Sep1981 | 184/78 | PB | TJ | ||
| 76 | 16.43 | Vladimir Brigadniy | URS | 22Apr1955 | 3 | Dnyepropetrovsk | 18Jul1981 | 171/65 | TJ | ||||
| 77 | 16.43 | Vladimir Perevalov | URS | 10Jun1956 | 5 | Kyiv | 1Oct1981 | 193/86 | TJ | ||||
| 78 | 16.40 | Andris Lauskis | URS | 14Jul1959 | 1 | Riga | 31May1981 | 187/84 | TJ | ||||
| 79 | 16.40 | Milan Spasojevic | YUG | 15Mar1950 | 2 | Zork | Maribor | 2Jun1981 | 183/74 | TJ | |||
| 80 | 16.40 | 2.0 | Paolo Piapan | ITA | 31Aug1956 | 1 | Udine | 14Jun1981 | 191/78 | TJ | |||
| 81 | 16.39 | 2.0 | Yasushi Ueta | JPN | 13Nov1955 | 3 | NC | Tokyo | 24Oct1981 | 180/69 | TJ | ||
| 82 | 16.38 | i | Atanas Chochev | BUL | 17Jan1957 | 1 | Kaunas | 24Jan1981 | 180/74 | TJ | |||
| 83 | 16.38 | i | Caleb Abdul [Milan] Rahman [Tiff] | USA | 5Jul1949 | 3 | Inglewood CA | 13Feb1981 | 183/72 | TJ | |||
| 84 | 16.38 | James Washington | USA | 24Feb1953 | 2 | TB CI | Knoxville TN | 23May1981 | 185/72 | TJ | |||
| 85 | 16.38 | Pavel Lobanov | URS | 3Dec1955 | 1981 | 181/69 | TJ | ||||||
| 86 | 16.37 | Deon Mayfield | USA | 28Mar1962 | 1 | Tempe AZ | 21Mar1981 | 185/77 | TJ | ||||
| 87 | 16.37 | Igor Chekmaryov | URS | 1958 | 4 | Sochi | 30May1981 | 193/85 | TJ | ||||
| 88 | 16.36 | 0.0 | Johan Brink | SWE | 20Mar1958 | 3 | Chn Int | Beijing | 23Sep1981 | PB | TJ | ||
| 89 | 16.36 | Nikolay Kakhovich | URS | 1959 | 1 | Kharkov | 29Sep1981 | TJ | |||||
| 90 | 16.35 | i | Wolfgang Knabe | FRG | 12Jul1959 | 4 | NC-i | Sindelfingen | 6Feb1981 | 183/75 | TJ | ||
| 91 | 16.35 | Francisco Carlos de Oliveira | BRA | 29Mar1957 | 2 | São Paulo | 9May1981 | 189/77 | PB | TJ | |||
| 92 | 16.35 | Gennadiy Kovtunov | URS | 10Jan1956 | Znam | Leningrad | 26Jul1981 | 184/75 | TJ | ||||
| 93 | 16.35 | Vadim Kobylyanskiy | URS | 8Aug1961 | 1 | Poltava | 18Aug1981 | 180/73 | TJ | ||||
| 94 | 16.34 | Vyacheslav Bordukov | URS | 1Jan1959 | 2 | Kislovodsk | 19Apr1981 | 182/67 | TJ | ||||
| 95 | 16.33 | -0.2 | Lutz Dombrowski | GDR | 25Jun1959 | 7 | WCp | Roma | 5Sep1981 | 187/87 | TJ | ||
| 96 | 16.32 | Henry Ellard | USA | 21Jul1961 | 1 | Fresno CA | 2May1981 | 180/77 | TJ | ||||
| 97 | 16.32 | 1.5 | Armin Huber | FRG | 22Apr1961 | 1 | Lahr | 17May1981 | 183/79 | PB | TJ | ||
| 98 | 16.32 | Cary Tyler | USA | 19Sep1959 | - | Houston TX | 23May1981 | 177/76 | TJ | ||||
| 99 | 16.31 | Nikolay Glushkov | URS | 1954 | 2 | Sochi | 24Apr1981 | PB | TJ | ||||
| 100 | 16.31 | Marios Hadjiandreou | GRE | 19Sep1962 | 2 | NC | Athína | 28Jun1981 | 180/65 | TJ | |||
| 101 | 16.31 | 0.8 | Zdzislaw Sobora | POL | 2Oct1952 | 3 | ECp/sf | Warszawa | 5Jul1981 | 179/74 | TJ | ||
| 102 | 16.30 | Jerzy Kaduszkiewicz | POL | 24May1952 | 1 | Zabrze | 6Jun1981 | 188/86 | TJ | ||||
| 103 | 16.30 | Vasile Dima | ROM | 30Jan1958 | 1 | Bucuresti | 6Jun1981 | 186/74 | TJ | ||||
| 104 | 16.30 | Andrey Shumilin | URS | 21Sep1959 | 1 | Kishinyov | 28Jun1981 | 183/76 | TJ | ||||
| 105 | 16.30 | 0.0 | Jaroslav Priscák | CZE | 28Aug1956 | 2 | NC | Ostrava | 29Aug1981 | 177/65 | TJ | ||
| 106 | 16.30 | Viktor Panych | URS | 4Mar1960 | 1 | Smolyensk | 8Sep1981 | 178/70 | TJ |