U.S. Rankings — Men’s 50K Walk Places for 1970–71 reflect only those Americans who © VICTOR SAILER/PHOTO RUN made the World Rankings

Intermittently, starting in ’97, the Ranks are not 10- deep for the simple reason that there haven’t been that many truly national-class performers

1947–69 (no World Rankings)

1971 1...... Larry Young

1972 1...... Larry Young 2...... Bill Weigle 3...... Bob Kitchen 4...... Steve Hayden 5...... John Knifton 6...... Goetz Klopfer 7...... Ron Kulik 8...... Gary Westerfield 9...... Todd Scully 10...... Bob Bowman After a long 1973 sequence of 1...... John Knifton successes in the 2...... Bill Weigle 20K, John Nunn 3...... Floyd Godwin became No. 1 4...... Bob Kitchen in the 50 in just 5...... Ron Laird his second year 6...... Jerry Brown in the Rankings, 7...... Bob Henderson then added 4 8...... Dan O’Connor more 9...... Augie Hirt 10...... Bob Bowman

© Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s 50K Walk 1974 1978 1981 1...... Larry Young 1...... 1...... Marco Evoniuk 2...... John Knifton 2...... Augie Hirt 2...... Vince O’Sullivan 3...... Augie Hirt 3...... 3...... 4...... Tom Knatt 4...... Dan O’Connor 4...... Dan O’Connor 5...... Ron Kulik 5...... Tom Dooley 5...... Ray Sharp 6...... Bob Bowman 6...... Vince O’Sullivan 6...... Wayne Glusker 7...... Bob Rosencrantz 7...... Bob Kitchen 7...... Steve Pecinovsky 8...... Dan O’Connor 8...... Martin Kraft 8...... Mike DeWitt 9...... Gary Westerfield 9...... Bob Rosencrantz 9...... Bob Rosencrantz 10...... Roger Duran 10...... Alan Price 10...... Floyd Godwin

1975–76 1979 1982 (event removed from 1...... Marco Evoniuk 1...... Marco Evoniuk international competition, U.S. Ranks not done) 2...... Vince O’Sullivan 2...... Dan O’Connor 3...... Dan O’Connor 3...... Vince O’Sullivan 1977 4...... Jim Heiring 4...... Chris Knotts 1...... Larry Young 5...... Carl Schueler 5...... Randy Mimm 2...... Augie Hirt 6...... Ray Somers 6...... Mike DeWitt 3...... Dan O’Connor 7...... Augie Hirt 7...... Ray Somers 4...... Tom Dooley 8...... Wayne Glusker 8...... Mel McGinnis 5...... Bob Rosencrantz 9...... Karl Johansen 9...... Martin Kraft 6...... Randy Mimm 10...... Ray Sharp 10...... Don Winiecki 7...... Martin Kraft 8...... Wayne Glusker 1980 1983 9...... John Knifton 1...... Carl Schueler 1...... Marco Evoniuk 10...... Tom Knatt 2...... Marco Evoniuk 2...... Jim Heiring 3...... Dan O’Connor 3...... Dan O’Connor 4...... Jim Heiring 4...... Tom Edwards 5...... Vince O’Sullivan 5...... Sam Shick 6...... Wayne Glusker 6...... Wayne Glusker 7...... Tom Dooley 7...... Randy Mimm 8...... John Knifton 8...... Carl Schueler 9...... Martin Kraft 9...... Fabian Knizacky 10...... Alan Price 10...... Mike DeWitt

© Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s 50K Walk 1984 1987 1990 1...... Carl Schueler 1...... Carl Schueler 1...... 2...... Marco Evoniuk 2...... Marco Evoniuk 2...... Marco Evoniuk 3...... Vince O’Sullivan 3...... Jim Heiring 3...... Mark Manning 4...... Tom Edwards 4...... Dan O’Connor 4...... Gene Kitts 5...... Randy Mimm 5...... Randy Mimm 5...... Mark Fenton 6...... Troy Engle 6...... 6...... Dan O’Connor 7...... Dan O’Connor 7...... Mark Fenton 7...... 8...... Wayne Glusker 8...... Mike DeWitt 8...... Dan Pierce 9...... Tim Lewis 9...... Mel McGinnis 9...... Ray Sharp 10...... Mark Fenton 10...... Dan Pierce 10...... Steve Vaitones

1985 1988 1991 1...... Marco Evoniuk 1...... Carl Schueler 1...... Carl Schueler 2...... Carl Schueler 2...... Marco Evoniuk 2...... Marco Evoniuk 3...... Dan O’Connor 3...... Andy Kaestner 3...... 4...... Randy Mimm 4...... Jim Heiring 4...... Gene Kitts 5...... Mel McGinnis 5...... Herm Nelson 5...... Paul Wick 6...... Dan Pierce 6...... Paul Wick 6...... Tim Lewis 7...... Bob Davidson 7...... Gene Kitts 7...... Bob Briggs 8...... Marc Bagan 8...... Mark Fenton 8...... 9...... John Slavonic 9...... Mark Green 9...... Dan O’Connor 10...... Alan Price 10...... Dan Pierce 10...... Jonathan Matthews

1986 1989 1992 1...... Marco Evoniuk 1...... Paul Wick 1...... Carl Schueler 2...... Dan O’Connor 2...... Herm Nelson 2...... Herm Nelson 3...... Gene Kitts 3...... Tim Lewis 3...... Marco Evoniuk 4...... Randy Mimm 4...... Dan O’Connor 4...... Andrzej Chylinski 5...... John Slavonic 5...... Mike DeWitt 5...... Jonathan Matthews 6...... Mark Fenton 6...... Paul Malek 6...... Dan O’Connor 7...... Steve Pecinovsky 7...... Gene Kitts 7...... Dave Marchese 8...... Marc Bagan 8...... Dan Pierce 8...... Paul Malek 9...... Bob Davidson 9...... Mark Green 9...... Paul Wick 10...... Don Lawrence 10...... Steve Vaitones 10...... Mike DeWitt

© Track & Field News 2020 — 3 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s 50K Walk 1993 1996 1999 1...... Jonathan Matthews 1...... 1...... Curt Clausen 2...... Andrzej Chylinski 2...... Andrew Hermann 2...... Al Heppner 3...... Herm Nelson 3...... Andrzej Chylinski 3...... Philip Dunn 4...... Dave Marchese 4...... Marco Evoniuk 4...... Andrew Hermann 5...... Dan O’Connor 5...... Ian Whatley 5...... 6...... Paul Wick 6...... Dave Marchese 6...... Andrzej Chylinski 7...... Rob Cole 7...... Rob Cole 7...... Theron Kissinger 8...... Mark Manning 8...... Herm Nelson 8...... Mark Green 9...... Cliff Mimm 9...... Mark Green 9...... Marco Evoniuk 10...... Steve Vaitones 10...... Curtis Fisher 10...... Steve Pecinovsky

1994 1997 2000 1...... Allen James 1...... Andrew Hermann 1...... Curt Clausen 2...... Jonathan Matthews 2...... Andrzej Chylinski 2...... Philip Dunn 3...... Herm Nelson 3...... Mark Green 3...... Andrew Hermann 4...... Andrzej Chylinski 4...... Marco Evoniuk 4...... Jonathan Matthews 5...... Paul Wick 5...... Carl Schueler 5...... Andrzej Chylinski 6...... Rob Cole 6...... Jonathan Matthews 6...... Gary Morgan 7...... Dave Marchese 7...... Herm Nelson\ 7...... Mark Green 8...... Steve Pecinovsky 8...... none 8...... Theron Kissinger 9...... Paul Malek 9...... none 9...... Will Leggett 10...... Gene Kitts 10...... none 10...... none

1995 1998 2001 1...... Allen James 1...... Curt Clausen 1...... Curt Clausen 2...... Andrzej Chylinski 2...... Tim Seaman 2...... Philip Dunn 3...... Carl Schueler 3...... Andrew Hermann 3...... Tim Seaman 4...... Marco Evoniuk 4...... Al Heppner 4...... Al Heppner 5...... Jonathan Matthews 5...... Philip Dunn 5...... Dave McGovern 6...... Andrew Hermann 6...... Marco Evoniuk 6...... John Soucheck 7...... Rob Cole 7...... Theron Kissinger 7...... Theron Kissinger 8...... Gene Kitts 8...... Mark Green 8...... Dan O’Brien 9...... Mike Rohl 9...... Yariv Pomeranz 9...... Max Walker 10...... Mike DeWitt 10...... Doug Johnson 10...... Rod Craig

© Track & Field News 2020 — 4 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s 50K Walk 2002 2005 2008 1...... Philip Dunn 1...... Curt Clausen 1...... Philip Dunn 2...... Curt Clausen 2...... Philip Dunn 2...... Ben Shorey 3...... Tim Seaman 3...... Ray Sharp 3...... Steve Quirke 4...... Sean Albert 4...... Ed Parrot 4...... Matt Boyles 5...... Al Heppner 5...... Dave McGovern 5...... Ray Sharp 6...... Theron Kissinger 6...... Steve Pecinovsky 6...... Marco Evoniuk 7...... Steve Quirke 7...... Mike Bartholomew 7...... Theron Kissinger 8...... John Soucheck 8...... Chris Rael 8...... John Soucheck 9...... Rod Craig 9...... Bill Vayo 9...... Mark Green 10...... Bill Vayo 10...... Max Walker 10...... Curt Clausen

2003 2006 2009 1...... Philip Dunn 1...... Philip Dunn 1...... Philip Dunn 2...... Curt Clausen 2...... Ray Sharp 2...... Theron Kissinger 3...... Sean Albert 3...... Theron Kissinger 3...... none 4...... Dave McGovern 4...... Mark Green 4...... none 5...... Gary Morgan 5...... Dave McGovern 5...... none 6...... Ben Shorey 6...... none 6...... none 7...... Steve Quirke 7...... none 7...... none 8...... John Soucheck 8...... none 8...... none 9...... Dave Doherty 9...... none 9...... none 10...... Nick Bdera 10...... none 10...... none

2004 2007 2010 1...... Curt Clausen 1...... Kevin Eastler 1...... Steve Quirke 2...... Tim Seaman 2...... Philip Dunn 2...... Jonathan Matthews 3...... Philip Dunn 3...... John Nunn 3...... Allen James 4...... Theron Kissinger 4...... Matt Boyles 4...... Ray Sharp 5...... Dave McGovern 5...... Ray Sharp 5...... Dave McGovern 6...... Sean Albert 6...... Curt Clausen 6...... none 7...... Al Heppner 7...... Mark Green 7...... none 8...... Ben Shorey 8...... Marco Evoniuk 8...... none 9...... Gary Morgan 9...... none 9...... none 10...... Steve Quirke 10...... none 10...... none

© Track & Field News 2020 — 5 — U.S. Rankings — Men’s 50K Walk 2011 2014 2017 1...... Ben Shorey 1...... John Nunn 1...... John Nunn 2...... Tim Seaman 2...... Nick Christie 2...... Michael Mannozzi 3...... Patrick Stroupe 3...... Patrick Stroupe 3...... Matt Forgues 4...... Jonathan Matthews 4...... Mike Mannozzi 4...... Matt DeWitt 5...... Yandy Alvarez 5...... Ian Whatley 5...... Dave Talcott 6...... Mike Mannozzi 6...... Ray Sharp 6...... Ian Whatley 7...... Mark Green 7...... Dave Talcott 7...... Jonathan Matthews 8...... Dave Talcott 8...... none 8...... none 9...... none 9...... none 9...... none 10...... none 10...... none 10...... none

2012 2015 2018 1...... John Nunn 1...... John Nunn 1...... Nick Christie 2...... Tim Seaman 2...... Nick Christie 2...... Matt Forgues 3...... Ben Shorey 3...... Mike Mannozzi 3...... Anthony Gruttadauro 4...... Patrick Stroupe 4...... Ian Whatley 4...... Pablo Gomez 5...... Erich Cordero 5...... Nate Vanderwall 5...... Ian Whatley 6...... Allen James 6...... Dave Talcott 6...... Dave Talcott 7...... Dan Serianni 7...... Matt Forgues 7...... none 8...... Ray Sharp 8...... none 8...... none 9...... Mike Mannozzi 9...... none 9...... none 10...... Ian Whatley 10...... none 10...... none

2013 2016 2019 1...... Patrick Stroupe 1...... John Nunn 1...... Matt Forgues 2...... John Nunn 2...... Nick Christie 2...... Pablo Gomez 3...... Dave Talcott 3...... Steve Washburn 3...... Mike Mannozzi 4...... Ian Whatley 4...... Mike Mannozzi 4...... Ian Whatley 5...... Ray Sharp 5...... Matt Forgues 5...... Anthony Gruttadauro 6...... Mike Mannozzi 6...... Ian Whatley 6...... none 7...... none 7...... none 7...... none 8...... none 8...... none 8...... none 9...... none 9...... none 9...... none 10...... none 10...... none 10...... none

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