1978 WORLD MEN LIST Developed by Pino Mappa with assistance of: Richard Hymans, Børre Lilloe, Gabriele Manfredini, Enzo Rivis 100 METRES Clancy Edwards USA 09 Aug 55 175/78 10.07 1.7 1 NCAA Eugene, OR 02 Jun Eddie Hart USA 24 Apr 49 178/70 A 10.07 1.8 1 r2 USOC SF Colorado Springs 30 Jul Steve Williams USA 13 Nov 53 192/80 10.07 -0.1 1 WK Zürich 16 Aug Silvio Leonard CUB 20 Sep 55 180/65 10.08 0.3 1 r1 Kusoc Warszawa 19 Jun Mel Lattany USA 10 Aug 59 175/79 A 10.09 1.8 2 r2 USOC SF Colorado Springs 30 Jul Silvio Leonard (2) A 10.10 1 CAC G Medellin 16 Jul Steve Williams (2) 10.10 0.1 1 h3 WK Zürich 16 Aug Curtis Dickey USA 27 Nov 56 186/93 10.11 1.7 2 NCAA Eugene, OR 02 Jun Osvaldo Lara CUB 13 Jul 55 171/72 A 10.11 2 CAC G Medellin 16 Jul Don Coleman USA 24 Oct 51 190/83 A 10.11 1.8 3 r2 USOC SF Colorado Springs 30 Jul (10) Mike Roberson USA 25 Mar 56 175/66 A 10.11 1.8 4 r2 USOC SF Colorado Springs 30 Jul Harvey Glance USA 28 Mar 57 171/67 10.15 1 h2 SEC Knoxville, TN 12 May Allan Wells GBR 03 May 52 183/83 10.15 1.3 1 NCh Edinburgh 15 Jul Osvaldo Lara (2) A 10.15 1 h2 CAC G Medellin 15 Jul Guy Abrahams PAN 07 Mar 53 175/75 10.16 1.3 1 s1 AAU Westwood, CA 08 Jun Peter Okodogbe NGR 27 May 58 178/65 10.16 1 Lagos 16 Jun Harvey Glance (2) 10.17 1 Tuscaloosa, AL 15 Apr Clancy Edwards (2) 10.18 0.2 1 Westwood, CA 29 Apr Silvio Leonard (3) 10.19 0.2 1 Kingston 12 May Harvey Glance (3) 10.19 1.7 3 NCAA Eugene, OR 02 Jun (20) Guy Abrahams (2) A 10.19 1 h3 CAC G Medellin 15 Jul Petar Petrov BUL 17 Feb 55 180/80 10.19 1 v GDR Sofia 19 Aug Pietro Mennea ITA 28 Jun 52 178/68 10.19 0.0 1 h2 ECh Praha 29 Aug James Gilkes GUY 21 Sep 52 188/73 10.19 0.8 1 Ingelheim 12 Sep Guy Abrahams (3) A 10.20 3 CAC G Medellin 16 Jul Eddie Hart (2) 10.21 1.9 1 r1 WCR Fresno, CA 06 May Steve Williams (3) 10.21 1.3 2 s1 AAU Westwood, CA 08 Jun Guy Abrahams (4) A 10.21 1 s1 CAC G Medellin 16 Jul Silvio Leonard (4) 10.21 1 La Habana 01 Aug Steve Williams (4) 10.21 0.2 1 ISTAF Berlin 18 Aug (30) Curtis Dickey (2) 10.22 2.0 1 r1 Tex R Austin, TX 08 Apr Andrew Banks USA 28 Dec 52 186/78 10.22 1 Eugene, OR 29 Apr Silvio Leonard (5) 10.22 0.6 1 PTS Bratislava 09 Jun Steve Williams (5) 10.22 1 h1 Nott Milano 01 Jul Don Quarrie JAM 25 Feb 51 175/70 10.22 1 Nott Milano 01 Jul Steve Williams (6) 10.22 2 Nott Milano 01 Jul Clancy Edwards (3) 10.22 3 Nott Milano 01 Jul Steve Williams (7) 10.22 0.4 1 r1 Düsseldorf 06 Jul Steve Riddick USA 18 Sep 51 190/77 10.22 -0.1 2 WK Zürich 16 Aug Silvio Leonard (6) 10.23 1 Barr Santiago de Cuba 20 May (40) Silvio Leonard (7) 10.23 -0.1 1 ASV Köln 22 Jun Houston McTear USA 12 Feb 57 170/74 10.23 4 Nott Milano 01 Jul Pietro Mennea (2) 10.23 5 Nott Milano 01 Jul Houston McTear (2) 10.24 -0.1 2 ASV Köln 22 Jun Osvaldo Lara (3) A 10.24 1 s2 CAC G Medellin 16 Jul Hasley Crawford TRI 16 Aug 50 190/87 10.24 -0.7 1 R-W Koblenz 07 Sep Marian Woronin POL 13 Aug 56 186/90 10.25 1.3 1 Warszawa 28 May Pietro Mennea (3) 10.25 0.5 1 Roma 27 Jun Harvey Glance (4) 10.26 1 Auburn, AL 08 Apr Don Quarrie (2) 10.26 0.2 2 Kingston 12 May (50) Clancy Edwards (4) 10.26 1.3 3 s1 AAU Westwood, CA 08 Jun Harvey Glance (5) 10.26 6 Nott Milano 01 Jul Silvio Leonard (8) 10.26 1.5 1 London 23 Aug Hasley Crawford (2) 10.26 1.5 2 London 23 Aug Pietro Mennea (4) 10.26 0.0 1 s1 ECh Praha 30 Aug Silvio Leonard (9) A 10.27 1 h1 CAC G Medellin 15 Jul Silvio Leonard (10) A 10.27 2 s1 CAC G Medellin 16 Jul Pietro Mennea (5) 10.27 0.0 1 ECh Praha 30 Aug Bill Collins USA 20 Nov 50 183/67 10.28 2.0 2 r1 Tex R Austin, TX 08 Apr Don Merrick USA 26 Nov 55 178/64 10.28 1 Tallahassee, FL 21 May (60) Guy Abrahams (5) 10.28 0.0 1 h2 AAU Westwood, CA 08 Jun Don Coleman (2) 10.28 1.7 1 s2 AAU Westwood, CA 08 Jun Steve Williams (8) 10.28 1 Celje 20 Jul Clancy Edwards (5) 10.28 -0.1 3 WK Zürich 16 Aug James Gilkes (2) 10.29 0.2 3 Kingston 12 May Houston McTear (3) 10.29 0.2 4 Kingston 12 May Eddie Hart (3) 10.29 1.3 4 s1 AAU Westwood, CA 08 Jun Eugen Ray † GDR 26 Jul 57 183/89 10.29 -0.6 1 OD Berlin 14 Jun Houston McTear (4) 10.29 0.0 1 h2 ASV Köln 22 Jun Guy Abrahams (6) 10.29 -0.1 3 ASV Köln 22 Jun (70) Clancy Edwards (6) 10.29 -0.1 4 ASV Köln 22 Jun Eugen Ray (2) 10.29 0.5 1 NCh Leipzig 30 Jun Allan Wells (2) 10.29 0.5 1 Gateshead 09 Jul Steve Riddick (2) 10.29 -0.2 1 h1 WK Zürich 16 Aug Steve Williams (9) 10.29 0.0 1 Stuttgart 22 Aug Ernest Obeng GBR 08 Apr 56 167/60 10.29 1.5 3 London 23 Aug Marian Woronin (2) 10.29 1.8 1 Bydgoszcz 08 Sep James Gilkes (3) 10.30 1 h1 Kingston 12 May James Gilkes (4) 10.30 1.7 2 s2 AAU Westwood, CA 08 Jun Reynaud Robinson USA 01 Apr 52 185/68 10.30 1.7 3 s2 AAU Westwood, CA 08 Jun (80) Steve Riddick (3) 10.30 1 Budapest 12 Jun Harvey Glance (6) 10.30 1 Athl Lausanne 13 Jul Pietro Mennea (6) 10.30 0.0 1 NCh Roma 25 Jul Eugen Ray (3) 10.30 0.0 1 h3 ECh Praha 29 Aug Eugen Ray (4) 10.30 -0.8 1 s2 ECh Praha 29 Aug Hasley Crawford (3) 10.30 1 Frankfurt 05 Sep Steve Riddick (4) 10.31 0.2 5 Kingston 12 May Eugen Ray (5) 10.31 -0.2 1 s1 NCh Leipzig 30 Jun Steve Riddick (5) 10.31 2 Athl Lausanne 13 Jul Allan Wells (3) 10.31 -0.3 1 s1 Comm G Edmonton 07 Aug (90) Desai Williams CAN 12 Jun 59 175/72 10.31 1 Aarau 16 Aug Leszek Dunecki POL 02 Oct 56 180/72 10.31 0.0 2 h2 ECh Praha 29 Aug Vladimir Ignatenko URS 17 Apr 55 175/73 10.31 1 NCh Tbilisi 15 Sep Waylon Minter USA 14 Jul 58 10.32 1.8 1 Natchitoches, LA 22 Apr Houston McTear (5) 10.32 1 Bakersfield, CA 27 May Don Quarrie (3) 10.32 0.1 1 s3 AAU Westwood, CA 08 Jun Nikolay Kolesnikov URS 08 Sep 53 175/74 10.32 1 Prav Tbilisi 16 Jun Pietro Mennea (7) 10.32 2 h1 Nott Milano 01 Jul Ephraim Serrette TRI 06 Oct 57 180/76 A 10.32 1 h4 CAC G Medellin 15 Jul Mike McFarlane GBR 02 May 60 178/75 10.32 1.5 1 q2 Comm G Edmonton 06 Aug (100) Allan Wells (4) 10.32 1.4 1 q3 Comm G Edmonton 06 Aug Houston McTear (6) 10.32 0.1 1 h2 WK Zürich 16 Aug Guy Abrahams (7) 10.32 0.1 2 h2 WK Zürich 16 Aug Clancy Edwards (7) 10.32 0.2 2 ISTAF Berlin 18 Aug Andrew Banks (2) 10.33 1 Eugene, OR 18 Mar LaNoris Marshall USA 06 Oct 60 183/82 10.33 1 Irvine, CA 25 Mar Greg Foster USA 04 Aug 58 190/84 10.33 0.2 2 Westwood, CA 29 Apr Mike Farmer USA 19 Sep 56 183/73 10.33 1.9 2 r1 WCR Fresno, CA 06 May Silvio Leonard (11) 10.33 2 h1 Kingston 12 May Houston McTear (7) 10.33 1.3 5 s1 AAU Westwood, CA 08 Jun (110) Steve Riddick (6) 10.33 0.1 2 s3 AAU Westwood, CA 08 Jun Steve Williams (10) 10.33 -0.1 5 ASV Köln 22 Jun Hasley Crawford (4) 10.33 1.5 2 q2 Comm G Edmonton 06 Aug Houston McTear (8) 10.33 -0.1 4 WK Zürich 16 Aug Allan Wells (5) 10.33 1.5 4 London 23 Aug Clancy Edwards (8) 10.34 1 Tempe, AZ 18 Mar Kevin Williams USA 07 Jan 58 175/70 10.34 0.2 3 Westwood, CA 29 Apr Houston McTear (9) 10.34 3 h1 Kingston 12 May Clancy Edwards (9) 10.34 0.0 1 Pac 8 Corvallis, OR 20 May Clancy Edwards (10) 10.34 1 DNG Stockholm 03 Jul (120) Pietro Mennea (8) 10.34 1 Viareggio 09 Aug Steve Riddick (7) 10.34 0.0 2 Stuttgart 22 Aug Steve Riddick (8) 10.34 2 Frankfurt 05 Sep Joel Andrews USA 17 Oct 56 183/95 10.35 1.9 3 r1 WCR Fresno, CA 06 May Mike Roberson (2) 10.35 1 Tallahassee, FL 13 May Mike Kee USA 12 Jun 57 170/61 10.35 1 Macomb, IL 20 May Mike Kee (2) 10.35 1.7 4 NCAA Eugene, OR 02 Jun Eugen Ray (6) 10.35 0.3 1 v GBR London 10 Jun Aleksandr Aksinin URS 04 Nov 54 173/67 10.35 1 h1 Prav Tbilisi 16 Jun Hermann Panzo † FRA 08 Feb 58 180/76 10.35 1.6 1 v GBR Colombes 01 Jul (130) Charlie Wells USA 10 Aug 53 168/70 10.35 3 Athl Lausanne 13 Jul Rickey Moxey BAH 03 Nov 59 173/75 A 10.35 2 h4 CAC G Medellin 15 Jul Amadou Meité CIV 28 Nov 49 171/66 10.35 1 AFR G El Djezair 22 Jul Paul Narracott AUS 08 Oct 59 182/72 10.35 1.5 3 q2 Comm G Edmonton 06 Aug Hasley Crawford (5) 10.35 -0.2 1 VD Bruxelles 18 Aug Allan Wells (6) 10.35 -1.2 1 Cwmbran 23 Sep James Mallard USA 29 Nov 57 189/84 10.36 1 Tuscaloosa, AL 08 Apr Mike Finley USA 14 Jun 56 170/66 10.36 1 JUCO Champaign, IL 19 May Jesse Forbes USA 10 Mar 54 177/73 10.36 1.7 5 NCAA Eugene, OR 02 Jun Vladimir Ignatenko (2) 10.36 1 h3 Torino 04 Jun (140) Reynaud Robinson (2) 10.36 1.4 1 h1 AAU Westwood, CA 08 Jun Harvey Glance (7) 10.36 1.7 4 s2 AAU Westwood, CA 08 Jun Vladimir Ignatenko (3) 10.36 2 Prav Tbilisi 16 Jun Karl-Heinz Weisenseel FRG 23 Jan 54 180/62 10.36 1.3 1 r2 Kusoc Warszawa 19 Jun Don Quarrie (4) 10.36 0.4 2 r1 Düsseldorf 06 Jul Don Quarrie (5) 10.36 -1.3 1 q4 Comm G Edmonton 06 Aug Steve Williams (11) 10.36 2 Viareggio 09 Aug Clancy Edwards (11) 10.36 -0.3 1 Mich Warszawa 13 Aug Silvio Leonard (12) 10.36 0.1 3 h2 WK Zürich 16 Aug James Gilkes (5) 10.36 0.2 3 ISTAF Berlin 18 Aug (150) Eugen Ray (7) 10.36 0.0 2 ECh Praha 30 Aug Larry Myricks USA 10 Mar 56 186/82 10.37 1 Jacksonville, FL 29 Apr Steve Riddick (9) 10.37 0.3 1 h4 AAU Westwood, CA 08 Jun Marian Woronin (3) 10.37 0.3 2 r1 Kusoc Warszawa 19 Jun Steve Riddick (10) 10.37 0.0 1 v URS Berkeley, CA 07 Jul James Gilkes (6) 10.37 0.5 2 Gateshead 09 Jul Gerardo Suero DOM 24 Aug 57 177/65 A 10.37 3 s1 CAC G Medellin 16 Jul Peter Okodogbe (2) 10.37 1 q1 AFR G El Djezair 20 Jul Clancy Edwards (12) 10.37 -0.2 2 h1 WK Zürich 16 Aug Silvio Leonard (13) 10.37 -0.1 5 WK Zürich 16 Aug (160) Silvio Leonard (14) 10.37 -0.2 2 VD Bruxelles 18 Aug James Gilkes (7) 10.37 0.0 3 Stuttgart 22 Aug Desai Williams (2) 10.37 1.0 1 Konstanz 27 Aug Vladimir Ignatenko (4) 10.37 0.0 3 ECh Praha 30 Aug James Gilkes (8) 10.37 -0.7 2 R-W Koblenz 07 Sep Aleksandr Aksinin (2) 10.37 1 s2 NCh Tbilisi 15 Sep Aleksandr Aksinin (3) 10.37 2 NCh Tbilisi 15 Sep Willie Turner USA 16 Jan 59 183/82 10.38 2.0 3 r1 Tex R Austin, TX 08 Apr Mike Roberson (3) 10.38 1 Drake R Des Moines, IA