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U.S. Rankings — Men’s 100 Places for 1947–62 reflect only those Americans who had made the World Rankings back-to-back No. 1s with his ’04 Olympic 1947 and ’05 World 1...... Champs golds. 2...... 3...... 1951 4...... Ed Conwell 1...... 5...... Tom Carey 2...... 6...... 3...... 1948 4...... Bob Work 5...... Jim Ford 1...... Harrison Dillard 2...... Barney Ewell 1952 3...... Mel Patton 1...... 4...... Ed Conwell 2...... Jim Golliday 5...... Don Campbell 3...... Andy Stanfield 1949 4...... Art Bragg 5...... 1...... Mel Patton 6...... James Gathers 2...... Andy Stanfield 3...... Bob Work 1953 4...... Charlie Peters 1...... Willie Williams 5...... Harrison Dillard 2...... Art Bragg 6...... Paul Bienz 3...... 1950 4...... Andy Stanfield © JIRO MOCHIZUKI/PHOTO 5...... Jim Golliday 1...... Andy Stanfield 2...... Bob Boyd 1954 1955 3...... Art Bragg 1...... Art Bragg 1...... Jim Golliday 4...... Donnie Anderson 2...... Jim Golliday 2...... 5...... Paul Bienz 3...... Willie Williams 3...... 6...... Bob Tyler 4...... Dean Smith 4...... Dean Smith 5...... Andy Stanfield 5...... John Haines 6...... Carl Cager 6...... Harry Nash 7...... James Jackson 7......

© Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s 100 1956 1960 1964 1...... Bobby Morrow 1...... 1...... 2...... 2...... Charlie Tidwell 2...... Trenton Jackson 3...... Leamon King 3...... Dave Sime 3...... 4...... Thane Baker 4...... 4...... Gerry Ashworth 5...... 5...... Paul Winder 5...... Darel Newman 6...... Willie Williams 6...... 1961 7...... Charlie Greene 1957 1...... Frank Budd 8...... 1...... Bobby Morrow 2...... Bob Hayes 9...... Travis Williams 2...... Leamon King 3...... Dave James 10...... Dave Morris 3...... Willie White 1962 4...... Dave Sime 1965 1...... Bob Hayes 5...... Ira Murchison 1...... George Anderson 2...... Frank Budd 6...... Orlando Hazley 2...... Darel Newman 3...... Roger Sayers 3...... Charlie Greene 1958 4...... Henry Carr 4...... Fred Kuller 1...... Bobby Morrow 5...... Dave James 5...... Richard Stebbins 2...... Ira Murchison 1963 6...... 3...... Ray Norton 1...... Bob Hayes 7...... 4...... Dave Sime 2...... Henry Carr 8...... Mel Pender 5...... Willie White 3...... John Gilbert 9...... 1959 4...... Larry Questad 10...... Bernie Rivers 1...... Ray Norton 5...... Nate Adams 1966 2...... Charlie Tidwell 6...... 1...... Charlie Greene 3...... Bobby Poynter 7...... Willie Williams 2...... Jim Hines 4...... Bobby Morrow 8...... John Moon 3...... George Anderson 5...... Ira Murchison 9...... Paul Winder 4...... 6...... Roscoe Cook 10...... Bobby Poynter 5...... Hal Busby 7...... 6...... Bill Gaines 7...... Jim Freeman 8...... Rene Matison 9...... Jim Lee 10...... Norm Jackson

© Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s 100 1967 1970 1973 1...... Jim Hines 1...... John Carlos 1...... Steve Williams 2...... Charlie Greene 2...... Ben Vaughan 2...... 3...... 3...... Charlie Greene 3...... 4...... John Carlos 4...... 4...... Ed Hammonds 5...... 5...... Ivory Crockett 5...... 6...... Bob Rovere 6...... Robert Taylor 6...... 7...... George Anderson 7...... Isaac Curtis 7...... 8...... Bill Gaines 8...... Jim Green 8...... 9...... Mel Pender 9...... Willie Turner 9...... Willie Deckard 10...... Tommie Smith 10...... Mel Gray 10......

1968 1971 1974 1...... Jim Hines 1...... Jim Green 1...... Steve Williams 2...... Charlie Greene 2...... Del Meriwether 2...... 3...... Mel Pender 3...... Willie McGee 3...... Ivory Crockett 4...... 4...... Charlie Greene 4...... Steve Riddick 5...... Clyde Glosson 5...... Eddie Hart 5...... Clifford Outlin 6...... Kirk Clayton 6...... Harrington Jackson 6...... 7...... Bill Hurd 7...... Willie Deckard 7...... 8...... Tom Randolph 8...... Warren Edmonson 8...... Del Meriwether 9...... John Carlos 9...... Ivory Crockett 9...... Harold Williams 10...... Oliver Ford 10...... Bobby Turner 10......

1969 1972 1975 1...... John Carlos 1...... Robert Taylor 1...... Steve Williams 2...... Ivory Crockett 2...... Eddie Hart 2...... Steve Riddick 3...... Charlie Greene 3...... 3...... McTear 4...... Mel Gray 4...... Gerald Tinker 4...... Clifford Outlin 5...... Robert Taylor 5...... Warren Edmonson 5...... Reggie Jones 6...... Ronnie Ray Smith 6...... Herb Washington 6...... Ed Preston 7...... Oliver Ford 7...... Ivory Crockett 7...... Charlie Wells 8...... Eddie Hart 8...... Marshall Dill 8...... Clancy Edwards 9...... Doug Hawken 9...... Isaac Curtis 9...... Bill Collins 10...... Ben Vaughan 10...... Jon Young 10...... Don Merrick

© Track & Field News 2020 — 3 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s 100 1976 1979 1982 1...... 1...... 1...... 2...... Steve Williams 2...... Harvey Glance 2...... 3...... Steve Riddick 3...... Houston McTear 3...... 4...... Reggie Jones 4...... Jerome Deal 4...... 5...... Johnny Jones 5...... 5...... Jeff Phillips 6...... Houston McTear 6...... Steve Riddick 6...... Mike Miller 7...... Ed Preston 7...... Eddie Hart 7...... Emmit King 8...... Rey Robinson 8...... Mel Lattany 8...... 9...... 9...... Eric Brown 9...... Mark McNeil 10...... Bill Collins 10...... Steve Williams 10...... Darwin Cook

1977 1980 1983 1...... Houston McTear 1...... Stanley Floyd 1...... Carl Lewis 2...... Steve Williams 2...... James Sanford 2...... Calvin Smith 3...... Clancy Edwards 3...... Mel Lattany 3...... Mel Lattany 4...... Johnny Jones 4...... Harvey Glance 4...... Emmit King 5...... Steve Riddick 5...... Carl Lewis 5...... Ron Brown 6...... Harvey Glance 6...... 6...... Willie Gault 7...... Mike Kee 7...... Calvin Smith 7...... 8...... 8...... Steve Williams 8...... 9...... Mike Roberson 9...... Houston McTear 9...... Rod Richardson 10...... Tony Easley 10...... Willie Gault 10...... Al Miller

1978 1981 1984 1...... Clancy Edwards 1...... Carl Lewis 1...... Carl Lewis 2...... Steve Williams 2...... Mel Lattany 2...... Sam Graddy 3...... 3...... James Sanford 3...... 4...... Steve Riddick 4...... Stanley Floyd 4...... Ron Brown 5...... Harvey Glance 5...... Jeff Phillips 5...... Calvin Smith 6...... Houston McTear 6...... 6...... Harvey Glance 7...... Eddie Hart 7...... Eric Brown 7...... Emmit King 8...... James Sanford 8...... Ron Brown 8...... Mel Lattany 9...... Don Coleman 9...... Calvin Smith 9...... Elliston Stinson 10...... Mike Kee 10...... Willie Gault 10...... Albert Robinson

© Track & Field News 2020 — 4 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s 100 1985 1988 1991 1...... Carl Lewis 1...... Carl Lewis 1...... 2...... Kirk Baptiste 2...... Calvin Smith 2...... Carl Lewis 3...... Calvin Smith 3...... 3...... Dennis Mitchell 4...... Terry Scott 4...... Joe DeLoach 4...... 5...... Lee McNeill 5...... 5...... 6...... Mike Morris 6...... Albert Robinson 6...... Mike Marsh 7...... Darwin Cook 7...... Mike Marsh 7...... 8...... Harvey Simon 8...... Emmit King 8...... Michael Bates 9...... Thomas Jefferson 9...... Lee McNeill 9...... 10...... Joe DeLoach 10...... Mark Witherspoon 10......

1986 1989 1992 1...... Carl Lewis 1...... Carl Lewis 1...... Dennis Mitchell 2...... Calvin Smith 2...... Dennis Mitchell 2...... Carl Lewis 3...... Harvey Glance 3...... Leroy Burrell 3...... Leroy Burrell 4...... Lee McRae 4...... Andre Cason 4...... Mark Witherspoon 5...... Sam Graddy 5...... Calvin Smith 5...... Mike Marsh 6...... Mike Morris 6...... Mike Marsh 6...... 7...... Floyd Heard 7...... Mark Witherspoon 7...... James Trapp 8...... Lee McNeill 8...... Joe DeLoach 8...... Andre Cason 9...... 9...... Brian Cooper 9...... Jon Drummond 10...... Kirk Baptiste 10...... 10...... Calvin Smith

1987 1990 1993 1...... Carl Lewis 1...... Leroy Burrell 1...... Andre Cason 2...... Calvin Smith 2...... Carl Lewis 2...... Leroy Burrell 3...... Lee McRae 3...... Mark Witherspoon 3...... Dennis Mitchell 4...... Mark Witherspoon 4...... Calvin Smith 4...... Jon Drummond 5...... Stanley Floyd 5...... 5...... Carl Lewis 6...... Harvey Glance 6...... Dennis Mitchell 6...... Mike Marsh 7...... Lee McNeill 7...... Mike Marsh 7...... Calvin Smith 8...... Dennis Mitchell 8...... Andre Cason 8...... Sam Jefferson 9...... Henry Thomas 9...... Henry Neal 9...... 10...... Mike Marsh 10...... 10...... Jeff Laynes

© Track & Field News 2020 — 5 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s 100 1994 1997 2000 1...... Dennis Mitchell 1...... Maurice Greene 1...... Maurice Greene 2...... Jon Drummond 2...... 2...... 3...... Leroy Burrell 3...... Dennis Mitchell 3...... Jon Drummond 4...... Andre Cason 4....Kareem Streete-Thompson 4...... Tim Montgomery 5...... Carl Lewis 5...... Mike Marsh 5...... Kenny Brokenburr 6...... Tim Montgomery 6...... Leroy Burrell 6...... Bernard Williams 7...... Sam Jefferson 7...... Brian Lewis 7...... 8...... Vince Henderson 8...... Jon Drummond 8...... Mike Marsh 9...... 9...... 9...... Curtis Johnson 10...... Mike Marsh 10...... Kenny Brokenburr 10...... Dennis Mitchell

1995 1998 2001 1...... Jon Drummond 1...... Maurice Greene 1...... Maurice Greene 2...... Mike Marsh 2...... Jon Drummond 2...... Bernard Williams 3...... Dennis Mitchell 3...... Tim Harden 3...... Curtis Johnson 4...... Maurice Greene 4...... Brian Lewis 4...... Jon Drummond 5...... Tim Harden 5...... Tim Montgomery 5...... Dennis Mitchell 6...... Leroy Burrell 6....Kareem Streete-Thompson 6...... Brian Lewis 7...... Carl Lewis 7...... Vincent Henderson 7...... 8...... Tony McCall 8...... Tony McCall 8...... Justin Gatlin 9...... Terry Bowen 9...... Jonathan Carter 9...... 10...... Jeff Williams 10...... Bernard Williams 10...... J.J. Johnson

1996 1999 2002 1...... Dennis Mitchell 1...... Maurice Greene 1...... Maurice Greene 2...... Mike Marsh 2...... Tim Harden 2...... Bernard Williams 3...... Jon Drummond 3...... Tim Montgomery 3...... Coby Miller 4...... Carl Lewis 4...... Brian Lewis 4...... Jon Drummond 5...... Tim Harden 5...... Jon Drummond 5...... J.J. Johnson 6...... Leroy Burrell 6...... Bernard Williams 6...... Shawn Crawford 7...... Jeff Williams 7...... Coby Miller 7...... Doc Patton 8...... Jeff Laynes 8...... 8...... 9...... Terry Bowen 9...... Tony McCall 9...... 10...... Maurice Greene 10...... Curtis Johnson 10......

© Track & Field News 2020 — 6 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s 100 2003 2006 2009 1...... John Capel 1...... 1...... Tyson Gay 2...... Bernard Williams 2...... Leonard Scott 2...... Doc Patton 3...... Justin Gatlin 3...... Marcus Brunson 3...... 4...... Maurice Greene 4...... Shawn Crawford 4...... 5...... J.J. Johnson 5...... Jason Smoots 5...... Rae Edwards 6...... Jon Drummond 6...... Jordan Vaden 6...... 7...... Coby Miller 7...... Kaaron Conwright 7...... 8...... Mickey Grimes 8...... 8...... Leroy Dixon 9...... Doc Patton 9...... Bernard Williams 9...... 10...... 10...... Mardy Scales 10......

2004 2007 2010 1...... Justin Gatlin 1...... Tyson Gay 1...... Tyson Gay 2...... Maurice Greene 2...... Wallace Spearmon II 2...... Mike Rodgers 3...... Shawn Crawford 3...... Walter Dix 3...... Walter Dix 4...... John Capel 4...... Trindon Holliday 4...... 5...... Leonard Scott 5...... Mark Jelks 5...... 6...... Coby Miller 6...... Leroy Dixon 6...... Ivory Williams 7...... Doc Patton 7...... Doc Patton 7...... 8...... Bernard Williams 8...... Leonard Scott 8...... J-Mee Samuels 9...... Tyson Gay 9...... J-Mee Samuels 9...... Wallace Spearmon II 10...... J.J. Johnson 10...... Shawn Crawford 10...... Leroy Dixon

2005 2008 2011 1...... Justin Gatlin 1...... Walter Dix 1...... Walter Dix 2...... Leonard Scott 2...... Tyson Gay 2...... Mike Rodgers 3...... Shawn Crawford 3...... Doc Patton 3...... Justin Gatlin 4...... Walter Dix 4...... Travis Padgett 4...... Trell Kimmons 5...... Mark Jelks 5...... 5...... Doc Patton 6...... John Capel 6...... Mike Rodgers 6...... Tyson Gay 7...... Maurice Greene 7...... Leroy Dixon 7...... Jeff Demps 8...... Rae Edwards 8...... Xavier Carter 8...... Travis Padgett 9...... Coby Miller 9...... Ivory Williams 9...... Rae Edwards 10...... Jason Smoots 10...... Trindon Holliday 10...... Mookie Salaam

© Track & Field News 2020 — 7 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s 100 2012 2015 2018 1...... Justin Gatlin 1...... Justin Gatlin 1...... 2...... Tyson Gay 2...... Tyson Gay 2...... 3...... Ryan Bailey 3...... 3...... 4...... Mike Rodgers 4...... Mike Rodgers 4...... Mike Rodgers 5...... Doc Patton 5...... 5...... Isiah Young 6...... Trell Kimmons 6...... Remontay McClain 6...... 7...... Jeff Demps 7...... Beejay Lee 7...... 8...... Walter Dix 8...... Diondre Batson 8...... Jeff Demps 9...... Harry Adams 9...... 9...... Justin Gatlin 10...... 10...... Ronnie Baker 10...... Jaylen Bacon

2013 2016 2019 1...... Justin Gatlin 1...... Justin Gatlin 1...... Christian Coleman 2...... Mike Rodgers 2...... Trayvon Bromell 2...... Noah Lyles 3...... Charles Silmon 3...... Marvin Bracy 3...... Justin Gatlin 4...... Dentarius Locke 4...... Mike Rodgers 4...... Mike Rodgers 5...... Ryan Bailey 5...... Tyson Gay 5...... 6...... Mookie Salaam 6...... 6...... 7...... Isiah Young 7...... Christian Coleman 7...... Isiah Young 8...... Diondre Batson 8...... 8...... Matthew Boling 9...... Walter Dix 9...... Dentarius Locke 9...... Bryand Rincher 10...... Calesio Newman 10...... Isiah Young 10...... Demek Kemp

2014 2017 1...... Justin Gatlin 1...... Justin Gatlin 2...... Mike Rodgers 2...... Christian Coleman 3...... Tyson Gay 3...... Ronnie Baker 4...... Trayvon Bromell 4...... Mike Rodgers 5...... Ryan Bailey 5...... Isiah Young 6...... Maurice Mitchell 6...... Christopher Belcher 7...... Sean McLean 7...... Jaylen Bacon 8...... Charles Silmon 8...... Cameron Burrell 9...... Dentarius Locke 9...... Kyree King 10...... Justin Walker 10...... Beejay Lee

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