1952 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) + = Time during 100 m. QP Charles Johnson USA 29 Sep 30 178/66 9.5 (1) Lafayette, LA 19-Apr Johnson 9.5 (1) Baton Rouge 10-May Alex Burl USA 08 Aug 31 178/84 A 9.5 (1) Denver 24-May Jim Golliday USA 23 Apr 31 175/73 9.5 1.9 (1) Big 10 Ann Arbor 31-May Hec Hogan AUS 11 Jul 31 170/65 9.6 (1) NC Brisbane 26-Jan John Treloar AUS 19 Jan 28 192/84 9.6 (1) Sydney 2-Feb Gideon Van Heerden RSA 12 Sep 30 190/82 9.6 (1) Aliwal North 8-Mar Charles Thomas USA 03 Oct 31 185/84 9.6 (1) Odessa, TX 29-Mar Joe Childress USA 06 Oct 33 173/70 9.6 (1) Odessa, TX 5-Apr Dean Smith USA 15 Jan 32 180/73 9.6 (1) Corpus Christi 12-Apr (10) Eddie Shellman USA 15 Feb 28 9.6 (1) Montgomery 19-Apr Richard Fuenning USA 18 Feb 28 9.6 (1) Provo 19-Apr James Moore USA 23 Feb 32 9.6 (1) Tallahassee 19-Apr Golliday 9.6 (1) Drake R Des Moines 25-Apr Thane Baker USA 04 Oct 31 183/73 9.6 (1) Manhattan, KS 3-May Ray Renfro USA 07 Nov 29 180/73 9.6 (1) Denton 8-May Herb Turner USA 30 Jan 34 178/70 9.6 (1) Berkeley 9-May John Poston USA 30 May 30 183/75 9.6 (1) Tallahassee 10-May Jack Smith USA 08 Jan 30 183/77 9.6 (1) Corvallis 10-May Ollie Matson USA 01 May 30 188/97 9.6 (1)h3 WCR Fresno 10-May (20) Matson USA 9.6 (1) WCR Fresno 10-May Ralph Aldredge USA 29 Jul 32 178/73 9.6 (1) Houston 16-May Harrison Dillard USA 08 Jul 23 178/70 9.6 (1) Cleveland 14-Jun Emmanuel McDonald Bailey GBR 08 Dec 20 180/61 9.6 (1) London (WC) 21-Jun (24 performances by 22 performers) Bill De Gruchy AUS 10 May 30 178/70 9.7 (3) Sydney 2-Feb Bill Job AUS 28 173/64 9.7 (4) Sydney 2-Feb Sam McWhirter USA 31 183/80 9.7 (1) College Station,TX 1-Mar Hayden Fields USA 17 Feb 30 173/73 9.7 (1) Odessa 29-Mar Bob Magee USA 12 May 30 175/68 9.7 (1) Palo Alto 29-Mar John George USA 16 Feb 30 178/73 9.7 (1) Berkeley 5-Apr Bill Rudolph USA 21 Apr 27 9.7 (1) Los Angeles 5-Apr Bill Fell USA 31 Jul 30 180/81 9.7 (1) Salem, OR 5-Apr (30) Rod Richard USA 08 Feb 32 175/70 9.7 (1) Palo Alto 12-Apr Horace Goode USA 15 Oct 31 183/73 9.7 (1) Dallas 18-Apr Floyd Dennis USA 12 Sep 34 9.7 (1) Los Angeles 18-Apr Bob Work USA 11 Feb 28 173/64 A 9.7 (1) Provo 26-Apr Tod Lewis USA 30 Nov 30 185/77 9.7 (1) New Haven 3-May John O'Connell USA 26 Aug 31 9.7 (1) West Point 3-May Joe Schatzle USA 10 Sep 31 175/64 9.7 (2) West Point 3-May Jim Gathers USA 17 Jun 30 180/70 9.7 (1) Columbus, OH 3-May Lindy Remigino USA 03 Jun 31 175/73 9.7 (1) New York 10-May Art Pollard USA 28 Mar 34 183/77 9.7 (1) West Chester, PA 10-May (40) Robert Keegan USA 05 Apr 31 170/68 9.7 (1) Villanova 10-May Paul Wells USA 22 Dec 29 173/70 9.7 (1) Stillwater 10-May Robert Gary USA 16 Aug 32 173/64 9.7 (1) Pullman, WA 10-May Bill Rupp USA 03 Dec 34 9.7 (1) Redwood City, CA 10-May Les Laing JAM 19 Feb 24 164/55 9.7 (1)h1 Cal R Modesto 17-May Ira Murchison USA 06 Feb 33 163/64 9.7 1.9 (2) Big 10 Ann Arbor 31-May James Caffey USA 29 Jan 32 175/64 9.7 (1) May (47 performers) WIND ASSISTED Dean Smith USA 15 Jan 32 180/73 9.5 (1) Laredo 8-Mar Ray Renfro USA 07 Nov 29 180/73 9.5 (1) Denton 25-Mar Thane Baker USA 04 Oct 31 183/73 9.5 (1) Kansas R Lawrence 19-Apr Smith 9.5 (1) Dallas 10-May J.Treloar 9.6 (1) Sydney 5-Jan Bill De Gruchy AUS 10 May 30 178/70 9.6 (1) Perth 16-Feb C.Thomas 9.6 (2) Laredo 8-Mar Sam McWhirter USA 31 9.6 (1)r1 Fort Worth 15-Mar Ron Clinkscale USA 22 Oct 33 180/84 9.6 (1)r2 Fort Worth 15-Mar C.Johnson 9.6 (1) Baton Rouge 22-Mar (10) Baker 9.6 (1) Austin 4-Apr Clinkscale 9.6 (1) Fort Worth 10-Apr Smith 9.6 (1) Kansas R Lawrence 19-Apr Ira Murchison USA 06 Feb 33 163/64 9.6 (1) Iowa City 10-May Jim Gathers USA 17 Jun 30 180/70 9.6 (1) Sacramento 31-May Ed Waters USA 28 Jan 35 175/64 9.6 (1) Baltimore 7-Jun (16 performances by 11 performers) 100 METRES (109.36 yards) Auto Andy Stanfield USA 29 Dec 27 186/78 5 10.3 (1) Zürich 12-Aug Levan Sanadze URS-GEO 16 Aug 28 178/72 10.3 (1) Tbilisi 21-Sep Emmanuel McDonald Bailey GBR 08 Dec 20 180/61 4 10.4 (1) London 24-May Dean Smith USA 15 Jan 32 180/73 7 10.4 (1) San Antonio 31-May Jim Golliday USA 23 Apr 31 175/73 2 10.4 (1)h2 NCAA Berkeley 13-Jun Golliday 10.4 (1)s1 NCAA Berkeley 13-Jun Golliday 10.4 (1) NCAA Berkeley 13-Jun McDonald Bailey 10.4 (1)h3 OG Helsinki 20-Jul 10.65 Lindy Remigino USA 03 Jun 31 175/73 1 10.4 (1)h11OG Helsinki 20-Jul 10.73 Remigino 10.4 (1)q2 OG Helsinki 20-Jul 10.68 (10) Smith 10.4 (1)q3 OG Helsinki 20-Jul 10.69 Herb McKenley JAM 10 Jul 22 185/72 3 10.4 (1)q4 OG Helsinki 20-Jul 10.72 Remigino 10.4 (1) OG Helsinki 21-Jul 10.79 McKenley 10.4 (2) OG Helsinki 21-Jul 10.80 McDonald Bailey 10.4 (3) OG Helsinki 21-Jul 10.83 Smith 10.4 (4) OG Helsinki 21-Jul 10.84 Jim Gathers USA 17 Jun 30 180/70 10 10.4 (1) Tampere 30-Jul Thane Baker USA 04 Oct 31 183/73 10.4 (1) Wien 6-Aug Harrison Dillard USA 08 Jul 23 178/70 10.4 (2) Wien 6-Aug Gathers 10.4 (1) Solingen 8-Aug (20) Jerome Biffle USA 20 Mar 28 187/79 10.4 (2) Zürich 12-Aug Byron LaBeach JAM 11 Oct 30 175/68 10.4 (1) Esklistuna 14-Aug McDonald Bailey 10.4 (1) FRA-GBR Colombes 24-Aug McDonald Bailey 10.4 (1) Krefeld 31-Aug Andrés Fernández ECU 15 Jun 24 10.4 (1) Sep McKenley 10.4 (1) Kingston 25-Dec Alastair Gordon AUS 30 Oct 28 173/64 10.5 (1) Melbourne 9-Feb Muhammad Aslam PAK 08 Feb 22 10.5 (1) Abdul Aziz PAK 10 Nov 24 178/73 10.5 (1) Kakul 6-May Art Bragg USA 03 Dec 30 175/72 6 10.5 (1) Col R Los Angeles 16-May (30) Floyd Dennis USA 12 Sep 34 10.5 (1) San Diego 17-May Joe Childress USA 06 Oct 33 173/70 10.5 (1) San Antonio 31-May Baker 10.5 (1)h1 NCAA Berkeley 13-Jun Smith 10.5 (2)s1 NCAA Berkeley 13-Jun Alex Burl USA 08 Aug 31 178/84 10.5 (3)s1 NCAA Berkeley 13-Jun Bragg 10.5 (2) NCAA Berkeley 13-Jun Asmundur Bjarnason ISL 17 Feb 27 181/71 10.5 (1) Reykjavik 17-Jun Smith 10.5 (1) NC Long Beach 20-Jun Raúl Mazorra Zamora CUB 05 Dec 28 173/68 10.5 (1) La Habana 21-Jun Bragg 10.5 (1)h2 OT Los Angeles 27-Jun (40) Bragg 10.5 (1) OT Los Angeles 27-Jun Don McFarlane CAN 10 Jun 31 173/68 10.5 (1) Hamilton 27-Jun Werner Zandt GER-FRG 20 Oct 27 168/57 10.5 (1)s1 NC Berlin 28-Jun Emil Kiszka POL 05 Dec 26 176/76 10.5 (1) Kraków 28-Jun Titus Erinle NGR 23 Jun 27 175/64 10.5 (1) København 9-Jul Rafael Fortún CUB 05 Aug 19 170/68 10.5 (1)h8 OG Helsinki 20-Jul 10.93 Bragg 10.5 (1)h10OG Helsinki 20-Jul 10.73 McDonald Bailey 10.5 (1)q1 OG Helsinki 20-Jul 10.73 McKenley 10.5 (1)q4 OG Helsinki 20-Jul 10.72 Bragg 10.5 (2)q4 OG Helsinki 20-Jul 10.75 (50) McDonald Bailey 10.5 (1)s1 OG Helsinki 21-Jul 10.74 Remigino 10.5 (2)s2 OG Helsinki 21-Jul 10.74 Vladimir Sukharyev URS-RUS 10 Jul 24 179/76 8 10.5 (5) OG Helsinki 21-Jul 10.88 John Treloar AUS 19 Jan 28 192/84 9 10.5 (6) OG Helsinki 21-Jul 10.91 Hans Geister GER-FRG 28 Sep 28 177/73 10.5 (2) Simrishamn 3-Aug Smith 10.5 (1) Dortmund 7-Aug Geister 10.5 (2) Solingen 8-Aug Stanfield 10.5 (1) ISTAF Berlin 10-Aug György Csányi HUN 07 Mar 22 177/68 10.5 (1) Budapest 16-Aug Geraldo Murgel BRA 27 Apr 29 10.5 (1) Rio de Janeiro 24-Aug (60) René Bonino FRA 14 Jan 30 176/70 10.5 (2) FRA-GBR Colombes 24-Aug Sanadze 10.5 (1) Tbilisi 21-Sep McKenley 10.5 (1) Tokyo 25-Sep McKenley 10.5 (1) Kurayoshi 2-Oct McKenley 10.5 (1) JPN Ch Gifu 5-Oct Sukharyev 10.5 (1) Ashkabad 19-Oct Sanadze 10.5 (1) Tbilisi Oct Brian Butterfield AUS 30 Oct 30 178/68 10.5 (1) Brisbane 22-Nov Hec Hogan AUS 11 Jul 31 170/65 10.5 (2) Brisbane 22-Nov Doug Winston AUS 16 Dec 32 10.5 (3) Brisbane 22-Nov (70) Bill Job AUS 28 173/64 10.5 (1) Sydney 17-Dec (71 performances by 37 performers) Bill De Gruchy AUS 10 May 30 178/70 10.6 (1) Perth 16-Feb Levy Pinto IND 23 Oct 29 10.6 (1) Bombay Mohammed Sharif Butt PAK 01 Jan 26 180/68 10.6 (1) Javier Sousa Diaz MEX 13 Nov 29 10.6 (1) Ciudad México 20-Apr Tomio Hosoda JPN 19 Jan 26 172/65 10.6 (1) Tokyo 27-Apr Gerardo Bönnhoff ARG 24 Jun 26 169/58 10.6 (1) Buenos Aires 3-May Ollie Matson USA 01 May 30 188/97 10.6 (1)h1 Berkeley 30-May Bill Mathis USA 02 Sep 27 173/66 10.6 (1)h2 Berkeley 30-May Muzaffer Selvi TUR 33 10.6 (1) Zonguldak 1-Jun Ira Murchison USA 06 Feb 33 163/64 10.6 (2)h1 NCAA Berkeley 13-Jun Rod Richard USA 08 Feb 32 175/70 10.6 (3)h1 NCAA Berkeley 13-Jun Willie Williams USA 12 Sep 31 173/75 10.6 (2)h2 NCAA Berkeley 13-Jun Carlo Vittori ITA 10 Mar 31 171/64 10.6 (1) Roma 17-Jun (50) David Tabak ISR 05 Aug 27 10.6 (1) Tel Aviv 21-Jun Leonid Grigoryev URS-RUS 17 Aug 26 177/70 10.6 (1) Boris Tokaryev URS-RUS 16 Jun 27 173/64 10.6 (1) Aug Theo Saat NED 13 May 28 185/77 10.6 (2)q2 OG Helsinki 20-Jul 10.93 Erich Fuchs GER-FRG 27 Jun 25 10.6 (2) Simrishamn 3-Aug Felix Würth AUT 11 Aug 23 10.6 (3) Wien 6-Aug Hans Wehrli SUI 19 Mar 27 175/70 10.6 (1) Augsburg 24-Aug Zdenek Pospisil CZE 20 Aug 24 169/67 10.6 (1) Prostejov 31-Aug Franz Happernagl GER-FRG 25 Dec 29 168/62 10.6 (1) Ingolstadt 6-Sep Alain David FRA 25 Jan 32 176/67 10.6 (1) Lyons 12-Oct Miroslav Horčic CZE 03 Aug 21 173/74 10.6 (1) Praha 17-Oct Ted Eden AUS 10 Nov 30 173/64 10.6 (3) Brisbane 22-Nov John Maher AUS 06 Jan 31 10.6 (1)r2 Brisbane 22-Nov Tony Booth AUS 21 Mar 29 175/64 10.6 (2)r2 Brisbane 22-Nov Arturo Flores ECU 10.6 (1) Guayaquil 22-Nov Ary Façanha Da Sa BRA 01 Apr 28 170/52 10.6 (1) Rio de Janeiro 23-Nov Fernando Avellenet PUR 10.7 (1) Mayagüez 14-Mar Asnoldo Devonish VEN 15 Jun 32 187/70 10.7 (1) Caracas 16-Mar José Telles da Conceição BRA 23 May 31 186/74 10.7 (1) São Paulo 5-Apr Rui Moreira Lima BRA 12 Jun 19 10.7 (2) São Paulo 5-Apr Guillermo Terraca PUR 10.7 (1) Mayagüez 26-Apr Gerardo Salazar PER 15 Sep