1960 WORLD MEN LIST Compiled by Richard Hymans Updated to 24 April 2020 Graphic processing by Pino Mappa QP = Quercetani/Potts world ranking as shown in "Track and Field News" 100 YARDS (91.44 metres) QP Ray Norton USA 22 Sep 37 188/84 9.3 (1) San Jose 2-Apr Bob Poynter USA 05 Dec 37 179/77 9.4 (1) San Jose 12-Mar Stone Johnson USA 26 Apr 40 188/79 9.4 (1) Baton Rouge 19-Mar Poynter 9.4 (2) San Jose 2-Apr Charles Tidwell USA 30 Mar 37 185/75 9.4 (1) Abilene 16-Apr Gene White USA 24 Dec 37 185/89 9.4 (1) Tallahassee 30-Apr Johnson 9.4 (1) Baton Rouge 7-May Larry Dunn USA 25 May 40 170/68 9.4 (1) Tempe 7-May Ralph Alspaugh USA 17 Apr 39 178/70 9.4 (1) Fort Worth 14-May Doug Smith USA 02 Aug 39 188/79 9.4 (1) WCR Fresno 14-May (10) Norton 9.4 (2) WCR Fresno 14-May Peter Radford GBR 20 Sep 39 180/61 9.4 1.7 (1)h Wolverhampton 28-May Fred McCoy USA 25 Dec 37 178/73 A 9.4 (1) Fort Collins 28-May Harry Jerome CAN 30 Sep 40 178/77 9.4 (1) Cal R Modesto 28-May Norton 9.4 (2) Cal R Modesto 28-May Jerome 9.4 (1) Eugene 30-May (16 performances by 11 performers) Bevyn Baker AUS 08 Aug 37 175/70 9.5 1.4 (1)h2 Melbourne 20-Feb Bobby Morrow USA 15 Oct 35 187/78 9.5 (1) Fort Worth 12-Mar Sid Garton USA 24 Mar 39 175/70 9.5 (1) Odessa 19-Mar Dave Styron USA 18 Mar 40 178/67 9.5 (1) Gainesville 26-Mar Ray Etherly USA 09 Jan 42 180/79 A 9.5 (1) Albuquerque 1-Apr Willie Williams USA 24 Dec 40 177/75 9.5 (3) San Jose 2-Apr Dave Sime USA 25 Jul 36 190/84 9.5 (1) 5-Apr Hubie Watson USA 20 Jul 41 173/64 9.5 (1) Los Angeles 7-Apr Billy Hollis USA 13 May 38 9.5 (1) Houston 14-Apr (20) George Peterson USA 28 Mar 37 175/68 9.5 (2) Abilene 16-Apr Dennis Johnson JAM 06 May 39 180/73 9.5 (1) Santa Barbara 16-Apr Dave Segal GBR 20 Mar 37 179/72 9.5 (1) Johnson City 29-Apr Bob Saunders USA 15 Sep 38 183/79 9.5 (1) Seattle 30-Apr Willie White USA 24 Jul 38 178/78 9.5 (1) Berkeley 30-Apr Amos Marsh USA 07 May 39 184/95 9.5 (2) Berkeley 30-Apr Aggrey Awori UGA 23 Feb 39 188/77 9.5 (1) Seraphino Antao KEN 30 Oct 37 180/65 9.5 (1) Nakuru 7-May Paul Winder USA 30 Nov 37 172/73 9.5 (1) Baltimore 14-May Vance Robinson USA 19 Apr 36 178/72 9.5 (2) Baltimore 14-May (30) Bill Kemp USA 11 Feb 41 186/73 9.5 (1) Fort Worth 14-May Ray Knaub USA 06 Jul 40 183/75 9.5 (1) Fort Worth 14-May Hayes Jones USA 04 Aug 38 178/73 9.5 (1) Ypsilanti 18-May Jerry McCullough USA 01 Sep 38 9.5 (1) Fort Campbell, KY 21-May Buddy Fowlkes USA 18 Jan 28 9.5 (1) Atlanta 28-May Bill Woodhouse USA 11 Dec 36 173/68 9.5 (3)h Cal R Modesto 28-May Jimmy Omagbemi NGR 26 Nov 30 178/68 9.5 (4) Cal R Modesto 28-May Jack Higgins USA 14 Apr 39 183/77 9.5 (1) Spokane 28-May Lynn Eves CAN 12 Mar 42 180/75 9.5 (2) Eugene 30-May Edward Jeffreys RSA 07 Feb 36 180/82 A 9.5 (1) Germiston 24-Sep (40) Erasmus Amukun UGA 27 Nov 40 169/64 9.5 (1) Jinja 16-Jul Dennis Tipping AUS 20 Sep 39 183/64 9.6 (1) Sydney 6-Feb Shettu D. Akinbiyi NGR 9.6 (1) Lagos 25-Feb Ollan Cassell USA 05 Oct 37 186/77 9.6 (1) 30-May Graham Davy NZL 04 Oct 36 185/74 9.6 1.9 (1) NC Invercargill 5-Mar Jimmy Weaver USA 04 May 36 173/66 9.6 (1) Fort Worth 12-Mar Bruce Land USA 12 Nov 36 186/77 9.6 (1) Odessa 19-Mar John Moon USA 19 Feb 38 190/86 9.6 (1) Tallahassee 26-Mar Tom Robinson BAH 16 Mar 38 183/84 9.6 (1) Abilene 26-Mar Bruce Reed USA 07 Dec 38 9.6 (1) Beaumont 26-Mar (50) Ray Green USA 20 Oct 39 9.6 (1) Los Angeles Mar Pat Moore USA 41 9.6 (1) Walnut 1-Apr Roger Beumer USA 11 Jun 40 9.6 (1) Baton Rouge 2-Apr Ralph Fabian USA 23 Aug 38 9.6 (1) Baton Rouge 2-Apr Monroe Stewart USA 20 Feb 39 9.6 (1) Lorman, MS 2-Apr James Bates USA 16 May 40 188/93 9.6 (1) Berkeley 2-Apr Henk Visser NED 23 Mar 32 189/75 9.6 (1) San Luis Obispo 2-Apr Vic Hall USA 20 Sep 37 188/84 9.6 (1) San Luis Obispo 2-Apr Keith Thomassen USA 22 Nov 36 188/79 9.6 (4) San Jose 2-Apr John Peters USA 42 9.6 (1) Los Angeles 7-Apr (60) Jonas Spiegel USA 30 Jul 39 9.6 (1) Durham 14-Apr John Luxon RSA 27 Aug 38 A 9.6 (1) Bloemfontein 16-Apr Dennis Richardson USA 25 Oct 40 183/75 9.6 (1) Abilene 16-Apr John Lacey USA 08 May 42 9.6 (1) 20-Apr Peter Vassella AUS 04 Jan 41 175/69 9.6 (1) Sydney 23-Apr Paul Williams USA 03 May 35 175/70 9.6 (1)h Drake R Des Moines 29-Apr Dick Strunk USA 14 Dec 37 9.6 (1) Reno 29-Apr Jimmy Puckett USA 21 Dec 39 9.6 (1) Eugene 30-Apr Perry Harper USA 39 173/68 9.6 (1) Eugene 30-Apr Mike Gaechter USA 09 Jan 40 183/82 9.6 (1) Eugene 30-Apr (70) Jerry Miller USA 05 Aug 41 183/73 9.6 (1) Lubbock 30-Apr Chris Knott USA 26 Mar 39 183/84 9.6 (1) Seattle 30-Apr Bob Maimburg USA 42 9.6 (1) La Habra, CA 6-May Charles Mannings USA 42 9.6 (1) Taft, CA 6-May Charles Patton USA 25 Oct 42 9.6 (1) Oakland 6-May Bobby Simpson USA 14 Feb 43 9.6 (2) Oakland 6-May Bobby Sher USA 29 Feb 40 175/64 9.6 (1) Tallahassee 7-May Jim Tate USA 05 Jun 38 9.6 (1) Tempe 7-May Don Adams USA 07 May 41 9.6 (1) Fort Worth 14-May Bill Cowings USA 12 Apr 42 175/66 9.6 (1) Fresno 14-May (80) Walt Fillman USA 13 Nov 36 178/70 9.6 (1) Annaplois 21-May Barry Townsend USA 42 178/73 9.6 (1) Greenville, NY 25-May Paul Drayton USA 08 May 39 183/73 9.6 (1) Villanova 27-May Frank Budd USA 20 Jul 39 178/76 9.6 (1) Villanova 27-May Henry Carr USA 27 Nov 42 190/84 9.6 (1) Detroit 28-May Clinton Skinner USA 28 May 41 9.6 (1) Kosad, NE 30-May Roscoe Cook USA 02 Mar 39 175/68 9.6 (1) Eugene 30-May George Greene USA 03 May 38 173/78 9.6 (1)h Abilene 3-Jun Leonard White USA 04 Jan 34 9.6 (1) Abilene 3-Jun Leamon King USA 13 Feb 36 183/64 9.6 (1) Coaling, CA 11-Jun (90) Billy Palmer USA 20 Mar 41 9.6 (1) Berkeley 11-Jun Al Phillips JAM 9.6 (1) Kingston 15-Jun Nate Adams USA 09 Nov 41 183/76 9.6 (1) Toronto 8-Jul David Jones GBR 11 Mar 40 179/76 9.6 (1) Belfast 9-Aug Roger Gourley RSA 09 Jun 37 9.6 (1) Durban 15-Oct M Cleary AUS 9.6 ( ) Sydney 12-Nov (96 performers) 100 YARDS - WIND ASSISTED Bruce Land USA 12 Nov 36 178/70 9.2 (1) Abilene 13-Apr John Lewis USA 26 Feb 40 175/64 ## 9.3 (2) Abilene 13-Apr R.L. Lasater USA 17 Sep 41 178/68 9.3 (1) Graham, TX 14-May Peter Radford GBR 20 Sep 39 180/61 9.3 2.4 (1) Wolverhampton 28-May Don Bursill AUS 28 Aug 40 174/70 9.3 (1) Sydney 13-Nov Chris Knott USA 26 Mar 39 9.4 (1) Los Angeles 2-Apr D.Smith 9.4 (2) Los Angeles 2-Apr C.Tidwell 9.4 (1) Kans R Lawrence 23-Apr Billy Hollis USA 13 May 38 9.4 (1) Waco 5-May Dennis Duncan USA 24 Jan 43 9.4 (2) Graham, TX 14-May (10) Dennis Johnson BWI-JAM 06 May 39 180/73 9.4 2.3 (1)h-jcWCR Fresno 14-May R.Norton 9.4 (1)h1 WCR Fresno 14-May D.Smith 9.4 (1)h2 WCR Fresno 14-May Tom Robinson BAH 16 Mar 38 183/84 9.4 (1) East Lansing 21-May H.Jerome 9.4 (1)h Cal R Modesto 28-May Seraphino Antao KEN 30 Oct 37 180/65 9.4 (1) Cardiff 17-Sep Edward Jeffreys RSA 07 Feb 36 180/82 9.4 (1) Krugersdorp 8-Oct (17 performances by 16 performers) Dennis Tipping AUS 20 Sep 39 183/62 9.5 (1) Geraldton 9-Mar James Guy USA 12 Jun 42 173/68 9.5 (1) Dallas 22-Mar Ray Green USA 20 Oct 39 9.5 (1) Los Angeles Apr Tony Sepp USA 18 Jul 38 178/64 9.5 (1) Charlottesville, VA 13-Apr (20) Duane McIntire USA 08 Sep 37 185/91 9.5 (1) Fayetteville 15-Apr Jerry Barber USA 15 Sep 39 188/79 9.5 (1) College Station 23-Apr Curt Newbury USA 08 Jun 42 178/70 9.5 (1) Dallas 23-Apr Jim Douglas USA 04 Oct 42 9.5 (1) Fort Lauderdale 6-May Jim Baird USA 20 Apr 37 178/68 9.5 (1) Nacogdoches 14-May Bob Brooks USA 14 Jan 35 175/68 9.5 (3)h1 WCR Fresno 14-May Jimmy Weaver USA 04 May 36 178/68 9.5 (2)h2 WCR Fresno 14-May Leonard White USA 04 Jan 34 9.5 (3)h2 WCR Fresno 14-May Larry McCue USA 41 9.5 (1) Big Spring 21-May Eddie Miles USA 25 Mar 39 180/75 9.5 (2) East Lansing 21-May (30) Rod Lambert USA 42 9.5 (1) Newark, DE 28-May Roscoe Cook USA 02 Mar 39 175/68 9.5 (4)h Cal R Modesto 28-May Bob Klobbie RSA 9.6 (2) Durban 13-Feb Hugh Small AUS 9.6 (1) Sydney 27-Feb Dave Prince AUS 20 Sep 41 185/75 9.6 (2) Sydney 27-Feb Lowell Ackers USA 42 9.6 (1) Phoenix 16-Mar John Howard USA 11 Nov 41 176/64 9.6 (1) Fullerton, CA 18-Mar Wayne Kozan USA 05 Mar 39 9.6 (1) Hammond, LA 19-Mar Harvey Smith USA 31 Mar 41 9.6 (2) Dallas 22-Mar Taylor Jones USA 10 Aug 39 9.6 (1) Dallas 8-Apr (40) Al Kellogg USA 16 Aug 37 175/68 9.6 (1) 9-Apr Jimmy Maroney USA 42 9.6 (1) Snyder, TX 9-Apr Billy Foster USA 26 Nov 43 178/64 9.6 (1) Dallas 15-Apr Hiram Carroll USA 43 175/66 9.6 (2) Amarillo 20-Apr Rod Richard USA 08 Mar 32 175/70 9.6 (1) Long Beach 30-Apr Bob Wilson USA 07 Oct 41 9.6 (2) Long Beach 30-Apr Steve Rogers USA 41 9.6 (1)h Costa Mesa, CA 3-May William Earle AUS 4 Mar 41 174/65 9.6 (1) Melbourne 4-May Ed Williams USA 41 9.6 (1) Austin 5-May George Ekstrom USA 17 Apr 39 9.6 (1) Ithaca, NY 7-May [50] Dan Miller USA 39 178/77 9.6 (1) Princess Anne, MD 7-May Jack Henderson USA 05 Mar 37 9.6 (1) Austin 7-May Gene Givens USA 24 Mar 38 178/64 9.6 (1)s Cambridge, MA 21-May Billy Hill USA 11 Aug 42 175/68 9.6 (1) Brian Anson GBR 10 Dec 39 175/73 9.6 (1) Leicester 4-Jun (55 performers) ## - Photographic evidence suggets that Lewis won this race! DOUBTFUL TIMING Radford 9.4 (1) Berwick 25-Jul 100 METRES (109.36 yards) Auto Armin Hary GER-FRG 22 Mar 37 182/71 1 10,0 0.9 (1)r2 Zürich 21-Jun 10.25 Harry Jerome CAN 30 Sep 40 178/77 6 10,0 1.8 (1) Saskatoon 15-Jul Charles Tidwell USA 30 Mar 37 185/75 3 10.1 0.5 (1) Houston 10-Jun Dave Sime USA 25 Jul 36 190/84 4 10.1 1.3 (1) Walnut 12-Aug Edward Jeffreys RSA 07 Feb 36 180/82 A 10.2 (1) Benoni 20-Feb Bobby Morrow USA 15 Oct 35 187/78 10.2 (1)r1 Lafayette 9-Apr David Styron USA 18 Mar 40 178/68 10.2 (2)r1 Lafayette 9-Apr Sime 10.2 (3)r1 Lafayette 9-Apr Bill Woodhouse USA 11 Dec 36 173/68 10.2 (1) Abilene 16-Apr Jimmy Weaver USA 04 May 36 173/66 10.2 (2) Abilene