World Rankings — Men’s Javelin World Record holder Jan Železný was a 7-time No. 1 © VICTOR SAILER/PHOTO RUN 1947 1949 1 ..............................Steve Seymour (US) 1 .................. Tapio Rautavaara (Finland) 2 ....................Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 2 ....................Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 3 ................ Gunnar Petersson (Sweden) 3 ....................... Sven Daleflod (Sweden) 4 .................. Tapio Rautavaara (Finland) 4 ............... Per-Arne Berglund (Sweden) 5 ......Janis Stendzenieks (Soviet Union) 5 .....................Ragnar Ericzon (Sweden) 6 ............................. Erik Ollars (Sweden) 6 ........................................Bud Held (US) 7 .......... Viktor Alekseyev (Soviet Union) 7 .................................... Marty Biles (US) 8 .................................... Marty Biles (US) 8 ................................Delfs Pickarts (US) 9 .................. Lennart Atterwall (Sweden) 9 ............................. Stig Oldén (Sweden) 10 .................. Pauli Vesterinen (Finland) 10 .............. Gunnar Petersson (Sweden) 1948 1950 1 ....................... Sven Daleflod (Sweden) 1 ....................Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 2 ..............................Steve Seymour (US) 2 ............... Per-Arne Berglund (Sweden) 3 .................. Tapio Rautavaara (Finland) 3 .....................Ragnar Ericzon (Sweden) 4 ................ Gunnar Petersson (Sweden) 4 .................. Tapio Rautavaara (Finland) 5 ...Lumír Kiesewetter (Czechoslovakia) 5 ....................Hans Moks (Soviet Union) 6 ....................Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 6 .............Harry Vallmann (Soviet Union) 7 .................... Pauli Vesterinen (Finland) 7 ....................... Sven Daleflod (Sweden) 8 .................................... Marty Biles (US) 8 ........................................Bud Held (US) 9 ............... Per-Arne Berglund (Sweden) 9 ................ Gunnar Petersson (Sweden) 10 ...................Ragnar Ericzon (Sweden) 10 ............................Steve Seymour (US) © Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s Javelin 1951 1955 1 ........................................Bud Held (US) 1 ........................................Bud Held (US) 2 ....................... Soini Nikkinen (Finland) 2 ...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 3 ....................Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 3 ....................... Soini Nikkinen (Finland) 4 ............... Per-Arne Berglund (Sweden) 4 ....................................... Bill Miller (US) 5 ....................................... Bill Miller (US) 5 ....................................... Cy Young (US) 6 ....................Hans Moks (Soviet Union) 6 ..................Sándor Krasznai (Hungary) 7 .......Yuriy Shcherbakov (Soviet Union) 7 .....................Olavi Kauhanen (Finland) 8 ....................................... Cy Young (US) 8 .................... Pauli Vesterinen (Finland) 9 ..............................Steve Seymour (US) 9 ................. Heiner Will (West Germany) 10 ...................Ragnar Ericzon (Sweden) 10 ..................... Egil Danielsen (Norway) 1952 1956 1 ....................................... Cy Young (US) 1 ....................... Egil Danielsen (Norway) 2 ....................Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 2 ...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 3 ....................................... Bill Miller (US) 3 ........................................Bud Held (US) 4 ....................... Soini Nikkinen (Finland) 4 ......... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 5 ......... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 5 ............................. Jan Kopyto (Poland) 6 ........................................Bud Held (US) 6 ................. Heiner Will (West Germany) 7 .....................Ragnar Ericzon (Sweden) 7 ...................... Michel Macquet (France) 8 ............ Branko Dangubić (Yugoslavia) 8 ....................... Soini Nikkinen (Finland) 9 ....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 9 ....................................... Cy Young (US) 10 ............. Per-Arne Berglund (Sweden) 10 ..Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 1953 1957 1 ........................................Bud Held (US) 1 ...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 2 ....................Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 2 ....................... Egil Danielsen (Norway) 3 ....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 3 ....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 4 ....................................... Cy Young (US) 4 ......... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 5 ...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 5 ............................. Jan Kopyto (Poland) 6 ....................... Soini Nikkinen (Finland) 6 .................Klaus Frost (East Germany) 7 ......... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 7 ........................................Bud Held (US) 8 .................... Pauli Vesterinen (Finland) 8 .................. Erkki Ahvenniemi (Finland) 9 ....................................... Bill Miller (US) 9 ................. Heiner Will (West Germany) 10 ...................... Väinö Kuisma (Finland) 10 .................... Michel Macquet (France) 1954 1958 1 ...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 1 ...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 2 ....................... Soini Nikkinen (Finland) 2 ....................... Egil Danielsen (Norway) 3 ....................................... Bill Miller (US) 3 ....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 4 ....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 4 ...................... Michel Macquet (France) 5 ....................Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 5 ..................Knut Fredriksson (Sweden) 6 ......... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 6 ........................ Giovanni Lievore (Italy) 7 ................. Heiner Will (West Germany) 7 .................. Erkki Ahvenniemi (Finland) 8 .................... Otto Bengtsson (Sweden) 8 ..................................John Fromm (US) 9 .....................Olavi Kauhanen (Finland) 9 ......... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 10 ................Knut Fredriksson (Sweden) 10 .................Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) © Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s Javelin 1959 1963 1 ...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 1 ................... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 2 ...................... Michel Macquet (France) 2 ...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 3 ..................Knut Fredriksson (Sweden) 3 ...........................Pauli Nevala (Finland) 4 .....................................Al Cantello (US) 4 ...................... Terje Pedersen (Norway) 5 ........................................ Bill Alley (US) 5 .... Hermann Salomon (West Germany) 6 .............................. Carlo Lievore (Italy) 6 ...................Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) 7 .....................Olavi Kauhanen (Finland) 7 ................................. Frank Covelli (US) 8 ......... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 8 ....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 9 ....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 9 ...................Mart Paama (Soviet Union) 10 ...............Klaus Frost (East Germany) 10 ................ Willy Rasmussen (Norway) 1960 1964 1 ...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 1 ...................Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) 2 ...................... Michel Macquet (France) 2 ...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 3 ......... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 3 ...................... Terje Pedersen (Norway) 4 .....................................Al Cantello (US) 4 ...........................Pauli Nevala (Finland) 5 .............................. Carlo Lievore (Italy) 5 ................... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 6 ........................................ Bill Alley (US) 6 ....................Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) 7 ............ Walter Krüger (West Germany) 7 ................Władysław Nikiciuk (Poland) 8 ...................Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) 8 ....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 9 .................. Willy Rasmussen (Norway) 9 .................. Willy Rasmussen (Norway) 10 ................Knut Fredriksson (Sweden) 10 .........Urs von Wartburg (Switzerland) 1961 1965 1 ...................... Michel Macquet (France) 1 ................... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 2 ....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 2 ....................Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) 3 ...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 3 ...................Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) 4 .............................. Carlo Lievore (Italy) 4 ...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 5 .................. Willy Rasmussen (Norway) 5 ...................Mart Paama (Soviet Union) 6 .................Marian Machowina (Poland) 6 ........................ Väinö Kuisma (Finland) 7 ......... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 7 ............Manfred Stolle (East Germany) 8 ...........................Pauli Nevala (Finland) 8 ...........Urs von Wartburg (Switzerland) 9 ........................ Väinö Kuisma (Finland) 9 ...................... Terje Pedersen (Norway) 10 ............ Rolf Herings (West Germany) 10 ............................... Frank Covelli (US) 1962 1966 1 ................... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 1 ................... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 2 ......... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 2 ...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 3 .............................. Carlo Lievore (Italy) 3 ................Władysław Nikiciuk (Poland) 4 ...........................Janusz Sidło (Poland) 4 ....................Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) 5 ....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 5 ...........................Pauli