1951 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 Auto Tom Williams USA 12 Jan 29 178/68 9.5 (1) San Diego 5-May Rod Richard USA 08 Mar 32 175/70 9.5 1.6 (1) WCR Fresno 12-May Guy Blackburn USA 22 Jun 32 170/61 9.5 (1) Berkeley 2-Jun Joe Preston USA 14 Oct 28 170/61 9.6 (1) Baton Rouge 24-Mar Blackburn 9.6 (1) Berkeley 31-Mar Merv Brock USA 15 May 31 186/75 9.6 (1) Moscow, ID 14-Apr Henry Thresher USA 14 Feb 32 178/68 9.6 (1) Mercersburg, PA 21-Apr Neville Price RSA 01 Jun 29 185/77 9.6 (1) Norman 3-May Fred Guy USA 11 Jan 30 9.6 (1) Atlanta 12-May Bob Work USA 11 Feb 28 173/64 8 9.6 (2) WCR Fresno 12-May (10) Andy Stanfield USA 29 Dec 27 186/78 4 9.6 (1) Col R Los Angeles 18-May Art Bragg USA 03 Dec 30 175/72 6 9.6 (2) Col R Los Angeles 18-May Work 9.6 (1) Cal R Modesto 19-May Herbert "Piney" Field USA 30 175/73 9.6 (1) Raleigh 22-May Bragg 9.6 (1) Baltimore 26-May Joe Walker USA 15 Mar 30 186/75 9.6 (1) Philadelphia 30-May Emmanuel McDonald Bailey GBR 08 Dec 20 180/61 2 9.6 (1) Cambridge 5-Jun Jim Golliday USA 23 Apr 31 175/73 1 9.6 (1) Chicago 9-Jun Jim Ford USA 01 Nov 30 175/66 9 9.6 (1)h1 NCAA Seattle 15-Jun Bragg 9.6 (1)h2 NCAA Seattle 15-Jun (20) Bragg 9.6 (1) NCAA Seattle 16-Jun Jim Caffey USA 29 Jan 32 175/64 9.6 (1) Chicago 27-Jun McDonald Bailey 9.6 (1)s1 AAA London 14-Jul McDonald Bailey 9.6 (1) AAA London 14-Jul McDonald Bailey 9.6 (1)h Birmingham 21-Jul McDonald Bailey 9.6 (1) Birmingham 21-Jul Bill De Gruchy AUS 10 May 30 178/70 7 9.6 (1) Perth 22-Dec (27 performances by 18 performers) John Treloar AUS 19 Jan 28 192/84 9.7 (1) Sydney 27-Jan Herb Turner USA 30 Jan 34 178/70 9.7 (1) Richmond, CA 16-Mar (20) Dave Sandler RSA 14 Aug 26 9.7 (1) NC Pretoria 24-Mar Willem Nel RSA 15 Dec 31 9.7 (2) NC Pretoria 24-Mar Elmer Grundmeyer USA 29 Jul 29 175/64 9.7 (2) Baton Rouge 24-Mar Charles Peters USA 23 May 27 183/77 9.7 (1) San Jose 24-Mar Henry Poss USA 30 Jul 30 173/68 9.7 (1) Tallahassee 28-Mar Joe Childress USA 06 Oct 33 173/70 9.7 (1) Odessa 30-Mar Charles Thomas USA 03 Oct 31 185/84 9.7 (1) Odessa 30-Mar Jackson "Jack" Troxell USA 12 Nov 32 9.7 (1) Fayetteville 14-Apr Glen Christian CAN 06 Dec 28 175/84 9.7 (2) Moscow, ID 14-Apr Merle Wackerbarth USA 27 Feb 29 180/68 9.7 (1) San Diego 20-Apr (30) James Bailey USA 07 Sep 30 178/84 9.7 (1) Oxford, OH 21-Apr Bill Walters USA 32 175/68 9.7 (1) Laredo 21-Apr Garret Gerlich USA 11 Feb 33 9.7 (1) Los Angeles 27-Apr Dole Kelley USA 32 183/73 A 9.7 (1) Boulder 28-Apr Stan Keel USA 08 Aug 27 175/70 9.7 (1) Berea 2-May Arthur Jones USA 16 Aug 29 9.7 (1) Beaver Falls, PA 3-May Scotty Peek USA 05 Jan 27 183/75 9.7 (1)h Gainesville 5-May Ira Murchison USA 06 Feb 33 163/64 9.7 (1)h Wheaton, IL 28-Apr Joe Schatzle USA 10 Sep 31 175/64 9.7 (1) New York 12-May Vince Cino USA 29 Jan 29 180/73 9.7 (1) Philadelphia 12-May (40) Byron LaBeach JAM 11 Oct 30 180/64 9.7 (2) Baltimore 12-May Bill Konrad USA 29 Jul 30 175/70 9.7 (1) Ann Arbor 12-May Gary Green USA 21 Jun 32 186/70 9.7 (1) WCR Fresno 12-May Al Mejia USA 12 Aug 28 180/73 9.7 (2) WCR Fresno 12-May Merlin "Bud" White USA 06 Jun 28 175/70 9.7 (1) Portland 12-May James Ashwell USA 01 Jun 29 175/77 9.7 (1) Richmond, VA 12-May Jim Gathers USA 13 Jun 30 180/70 9.7 (1) Wilbeforce, OH 18-May Jesse Thomas USA 23 May 28 9.7 (1) East Lansing 19-May Eugene Cole USA 18 Dec 28 183/70 9.7 (1) Columbus 19-May Billy Howard USA 28 Jul 30 178/70 9.7 (1) Burlington 26-May (50) Paul Wells USA 22 Dec 29 173/70 9.7 (1) Stillwater 26-May Thane Baker USA 04 Oct 31 183/73 9.7 (1) Kansas City 26-May Bob Cunning USA 13 Jan 34 9.7 (1) Berkeley 26-May Leamon King USA 13 Feb 36 183/64 9.7 (2) Berkeley 26-May Les Laing JAM 19 Feb 24 164/55 9.7 (2) Berkeley 2-Jun Maurice Parsons USA 31 175/68 9.7 (3) Berkeley 2-Jun Charlton Lewis USA 30 Nov 30 185/77 9.7 (1) New Haven 3-Jun Robert Hutchison CAN 02 Jun 31 9.7 (1) Vancouver 21-Jul Ken Wyeth RSA 11 Jan 29 A 9.7 (1) Krugersdorp 17-Nov Brian Butterfield AUS 30 Oct 30 178/68 9.8 (1) Brisbane 8-Feb (60) Bruce Moore AUS 26 May 29 9.8 (1) Melbourne 10-Feb Murray Morris AUS 01 Feb 28 9.8 (2)h3 NC Hobart 3-Mar Floyd Dennis USA 12 Sep 34 9.8 (2) Los Angeles 9-Mar Dean Smith USA 15 Jan 32 180/73 9.8 (1) Fort Worth 17-Mar Horace Goode USA 15 Oct 31 183/73 9.8 (2) Fort Worth 17-Mar Sam McWhirter USA 31 183/80 9.8 (3) Fort Worth 17-Mar André Bester RSA 09 Dec 28 9.8 (3) NC Pretoria 24-Mar Hayden Fields USA 30 173/73 9.8 (1) Odessa 31-Mar Don Brooks USA 22 Oct 28 183/77 9.8 (1) Berkeley 31-Mar Wilbur Taylor USA 12 Apr 30 188/77 9.8 (3) Los Angeles (Ww) 7-Apr (70) Gerald Taylor USA 22 Jan 32 9.8 (1) Los Angeles 13-Apr William Randolph USA 33 9.8 (1) Los Angeles 13-Apr Ron Clinkscale USA 22 Oct 33 180/84 9.8 (1) Fort Worth Apr Ken Leithman USA 28 178/70 9.8 (2) Lafayette, LA 21-Apr Buddy Fowlkes USA 18 Jan 28 190/82 9.8 (1) Atlanta 21-Apr Bruce Vincent USA 28 Jun 31 9.8 (1) Apr Chauncey Wood USA 27 175/64 9.8 (1) Auburn Apr Walt McKibben USA 20 Feb 29 183/73 9.8 (1) Los Angeles 14-Apr Ron Veto USA 24 Oct 33 9.8 (1) Los Angeles 27-Apr William Stalter USA 19 Nov 31 181/77 9.8 (1) Austin 4-May (80) Bobby Lee USA 12 Aug 33 9.8 (1) Albuquerque 5-May Hal Waggoner USA 18 Jan 30 175/77 9.8 (1) Tuscaloosa 5-May John Bullock AUS 21 Sep 25 193/91 9.8 (1) Sydney 7-May Clayton USA 31 May 31 9.8 (1) San Francisco 9-May Harold Horne USA 32 9.8 (1) Oxford, OH 12-May John Navin USA 30 Jul 32 9.8 (1) Newark May Lee Alexander USA 18 Jun 31 174/68 9.8 (1)h2 Big 7 Columbia 18-May Joe Gonzales USA 31 Dec 28 170/64 9.8 (2) East Lansing 19-May Joe Preston USA 25 Oct 28 174/64 9.8 (1) SEC Birmingham 19-May Leonard Sykes USA 30 183/73 9.8 (1) 19-May (90) Tim Keyes USA 25 Sep 29 9.8 (1) Charleston, IL 24-May Dale Newbold USA 17 Jan 31 180/70 A 9.8 (1) Salt Lake City 26-May Mickey Dunn USA 18 Feb 29 178/70 A 9.8 (2) Salt Lake City 26-May Art Pollard USA 28 Mar 34 183/77 9.8 (1) Harrisburg, PA 10-Jun Mark Winfield USA 06 Jun 28 9.8 (3)h2 NCAA Seattle 15-Jun Joe Gordon USA 20 Apr 33 9.8 (1) Los Angeles 30-Mar Jim Plessas USA 06 Oct 31 179/73 9.8 (2) Berkeley 31-Mar Louis Owens USA 33 9.8 (4) Berkeley 26-May Keith Brownsberger USA 01 Apr 33 9.8 (5) Berkeley 26-May Norman Bruck USA 08 Sep 34 9.8 (1) Newark May (100) John Haines USA 07 Sep 32 183/72 9.8 (1) Philadelphia May Dave Jaklitch USA 30 186/77 9.8 (1) Cleveland May John Freeman USA 29 173/73 9.8 (1) Portland May Bob Herndon USA 31 178/75 9.8 (2) Portland May Joe Graffio USA 16 Jun 32 175/64 9.8 (1) May Bill Bowden USA 28 Oct 27 183/75 9.8 (1) Paul Ewing USA 30 9.8 (1) Dick Gregory USA 15 Apr 29 178/78 9.8 (1) Walter Nelms USA 06 Dec 28 183/79 9.8 (1) John Poston USA 30 May 30 183/75 9.8 (1) (110) Dave Willis USA 29 9.8 (1) Dub Carter USA 28 180/70 9.8 (1) Charles Johnson USA 29 Sep 30 178/66 9.8 (1) Joe Venable USA 05 May 29 180/73 9.8 (1) Bailey Woods USA 17 Nov 27 178/75 9.8 (1) Loranzie Williams USA 28 Nov 31 9.8 (1) Al Stevenson USA 05 Oct 32 175/83 9.8 (1) Brian Shenton GBR 15 Mar 27 175/70 9.8 (2) AAA London 14-Jul Ivan de Preez RSA 02 Sep 34 A 9.8 (1) Bloemfontein 8-Dec (119 performers) 100 YARDS (91.44 metres) - WIND ASSISTED Charles Teague USA 31 174/73 9.5 (1) Denton 2-Mar Teague 9.5 (1) Commerce, TX 22-Mar Charles Thomas USA 03 Oct 31 185/84 9.5 (1) College Station 14-Apr Jim Ford USA 01 Nov 30 175/66 9.5 (1) Tulsa 12-May Bailey Woods USA 17 Nov 27 9.6 (2) Denton 2-Mar Carl Otsuki USA 24 Jun 27 177/68 9.6 (2) Commerce, TX 22-Mar Jim Brooks USA 24 Oct 32 9.6 (1) Corpus Christi 24-Mar Don Pitts USA 15 Jun 32 178/68 9.6 (1) Los Angeles 30-Mar Dean Smith USA 15 Jan 32 180/73 9.6 (1) Texas R Austin 7-Apr Bob Courtney USA 30 Apr 30 178/70 9.6 (1) Danville, OH 21-Apr (10) Ira Murchison USA 06 Feb 33 163/64 9.6 (1) Wheaton, IL 28-Apr James Bailey USA 07 Sep 30 178/84 9.6 (1) Oxford, OH 5-May B Work 9.6 (1) Los Angeles 5-May Hayden Fields USA 30 173/73 9.6 (1) Abilene 12-May T Williams 9.6 (1) WCR Fresno 12-May R Richard 9.6 (2) WCR Fresno 12-May Charles Peters USA 23 May 27 183/77 9.6 (3) WCR Fresno 12-May E McDonald Bailey 9.6 (1) Sedgeley 4-Aug (18 performances by 17 performers) Ralph Person USA 13 Feb 31 181/73 9.7 (1) College Station 17-Mar Bob Sloan USA 25 Sep 28 175/70 9.7 (3) Commerce, TX 22-Mar Ron Clinkscale USA 22 Oct 33 180/84 9.7 (1) Dallas 31-Mar Dick Newton USA 09 May 27 180/73 9.7 (1) Moscow, ID 7-Apr Mickey Dunn USA 18 Feb 29 178/70 A 9.7 (1) Greeley, CO 21-Apr Eddie Macon USA 27 Mar 27 183/80 9.7 (1) San Diego Tim Keyes USA 25 Sep 29 9.7 (2) Oxford, OH 5-May (24 performers) 100 METRES (109.36 yards) Auto Emmanuel McDonald Bailey GBR 08 Dec 20 180/61 2 10.2 (1) YUG-GBR Beograd 25-Aug Jim Golliday USA 23 Apr 31 175/73 1 10.3 (1) NC Berkeley 23-Jun Golliday 10.3 (1) Basel 5-Jul Vladimir Sukharyev URS-RUS 10 Jul 24 179/76 3 10.3 (1) ROU IC Bucuresti 23-Sep Dean Smith USA 15 Jan 32 180/73 10.3 (1) New Orleans 30-Dec Rafael Fortún CUB 05 Aug 19 170/68 5 10.4 (1) La Habana 21-Apr Fortún 10.4 (1) CUB-USA La Habana 20-May Heinz Fütterer GER-FRG 14 Oct 31 164/72 10 10.4 (1) Oberhausen 10-Jun Herb McKenley JAM 10 Jul 22 185/72 10.4 (1) Sarpsborg 27-Jul Sukharyev 10.4 (1) Minsk 26-Aug (10) McDonald Bailey 10.4 (1) TUR-GBR Istanbul 26-Aug Angel Kolev BUL 15 Apr 26 184/84 10.4 (2) ROU IC Bucuresti 23-Sep Don Campbell USA 12 Apr 26 178/66 10.5 (1) Santiago 18-Mar Raúl Mazorra Zamora CUB 05 Dec 28 173/68 10.5 (1) La Habana 13-May Levan Sanadze URS-GEO 16 Aug 28 178/72 10.5 (1) Batumi 22-May Hans Geister GER-FRG 28 Sep 28 177/73 10.5 (1) Gütersloh