Andersson and Heino Viljo Heino [timed by Paavo Nurmi] running in London, August 1945 1945 WORLD MEN LIST Compiled by Richard Hymans Updated to 24 April 2020 Graphic processing by Pino Mappa QP = World rankings by RH/DJ based on Quercetani/Potts world ranking system. p = professional 100 YARDS (91.44 metres) + = Time during 100m QP Perry SAMUELS USA 18 Dec 26 175/68 9.6 1h Austin 5-May SAMUELS 9.6 1 SAMUELS 9.7 1h Ft Worth 16-Mar George LEWIS TRI 09 May 16 173/64 9.7 1 Port-of-Spain 25-Mar Jumal AFZAL USA 27 183/82 9.7 1 Cleveland Apr Zane MOON USA 23 Jun 28 9.7 1 Rawlins, WY 19-May Grover KLEMMER USA 16 Mar 21 188/77 9.7 1 Great Lakes, IL 26-May Charles BEAUDRY USA 04 Sep 18 178/75 9.7e 2 Great Lakes, IL 26-May Glenn WILLIS USA 30 Dec 23 9.7 1 Pasadena 8-Jun SAMUELS 9.7 1 San Antonio 17-Jun Denis SHORE RSA 24 May 15 189/80 9.7 1 Johannesburg 29-Sep John TRELOAR AUS 19 Jan 28 192/84 9.7 1 Sydney 6-Oct (12 performances by 9 performers) Everald KING TRI 12 Dec 23 9.8 1 San Fernando 20-Feb Ron AGATE NZL 24 Jan 21 9.8 1 24-Feb Charles THOMPSON BGU 24?190/77 9.8 1 Cairo Andy SHURR USA 16 May 27 175/61 9.8 1 Austin 16-Apr George WALMSLEY USA 02 Nov 26 173/70 9.8 1 Houston 22-Apr Jim BODIFORD USA 26 9.8e 2 Austin 5-May Hubert BAY USA 03 Nov 27 9.8 1 Norman May Bob CROWSON USA 15 Aug 23 178/66 9.8 1 Columbia, MO 13-May Emmanuel MCDONALD BAILEY GBR-TRI 08 Dec 20 180/61 9.8 1 Bath 19-May ? Tom DICKEY USA 23 May 24 178/75 9.8 1 SEC Birmingham 19-May Hal FRANCE USA 24 174/68 9.8e 2 SEC Birmingham 19-May Ted JACKSON USA 27 183/79 9.8 1h Cleveland 25-May ORCHARD USA 9.8 1 San Antonio John VAN VELZER USA 15 Feb 23 173/68 9.8 1 West Point 26-May Edward BRENT USA 27 175/70 9.8 1 Los Angeles 26-May George GUIDA USA 29 Aug 24 175/73 9.8 1 Philadelphia 30-May Bob McFARLANE CAN 28 May 27 178/75 9.8 1 London, ON 2-Jun Fred JOHNSON USA 27 180/75 9.8 1 Columbus 2-Jun Charles PETERS USA 23 May 27 183/77 9.8 1 Chicago 23-Jun Ed GREENIDGE USA 16 Mar 23 178/100 9.8 1 Honolulu 23-Jun Noel CUMMING RHO 23 A 9,8 1 Bulawayo 30-Jun Allen LAWLER USA 23 Jun 22 175/66 9.8 1 Barney EWELL USA 25 Feb 18 180/72 9.8 1 Buffalo 26-Aug Graham McLACHLAN AUS 02 Jul 22 9.9 1 Brisbane 4-Feb Eulace PEACOCK USA 27 Aug 14 183/84 9.9e 2 Penn R Philadelphia 28-Apr Don LAWRENCE USA 9.9 1 Fairfax, CA 4-May Guy STEELE USA 20 Oct 25 9.9 1 St Louis 12-May Jim FUCHS USA 06 Dec 27 187/93 9.9 1 Chicago 18-May Dave DAY USA 20 Sep 23 173/64 9.9e 2 Big 6 Lincoln 19-May George WALKER USA 16 Feb 26 186/73 9.9 1 Champaign 26-May Bob SWAIN USA 27 9.9 1h East Lansing 26-May Cyril HOLMES GBR 11 Jan 15 180/75 9.9 1 London 6-Aug Brian DUNN AUS 31 Jul 21 9.9 1 Sydney 4-Dec (42 performers) UNCONFIRMED MARK Hal DAVIS USA 05 Jan 21 178/86 9.5 - Brisbane Nov WIND ASSISTED Perry SAMUELS USA 18 Dec 26 175/68 9.5 1 San Antonio 19-Mar Zane MOON USA 23 Jun 28 9.6 1h Rawlins, WY 18-May Brian DUNN AUS 31 Jul 21 9.6 1 Sydney Bob SWAIN USA 27 9.7 1 Detroit ? 19-May 100 METRES (109.36 yards) Barney EWELL USA 25 Feb 18 180/72 10.3 1 NC New York 30-Jun Gerardo BÖNNHOFF ARG 24 Jun 26 169/58 10.3 1 Buenos Aires 1-Dec Dave DAY USA 20 Sep 23 173/64 10.4 1 Oklahoma City 26-May Charles EDWARDS USA 19 Feb 22 10.4 1 Reims 20-Jul Adelio MÁRQUEZ ARG 23 Mar 24 174/64 10.4 1 Buenos Aires 24-Nov BÖNNHOFF 10.4 2 Buenos Aires 24-Nov MÁRQUEZ 10.4 2 Buenos Aires 1-Dec MÁRQUEZ 10.5 1 Buenos Aires 10-Mar José BENTO De ASSIS BRA 27 Aug 15 173/62 10.5 1h2 SAmC Montevideo 15-Apr BENTO De ASSIS 10.5 1 SAmC Montevideo 16-Apr MÁRQUEZ 10.5 1 Buenos Aires 19-May Hubert BAY USA 03 Nov 27 10.5 1h Oklahoma City 26-May Perry SAMUELS USA 18 Dec 26 175/68 10.5 1 NC-j New York 29-Jun EWELL 10.5 1h1 NC New York 30-Jun MÁRQUEZ 10.5 1 Buenos Aires 6-Oct BÖNNHOFF 10.5 1 Buenos Aires 14-Oct George LEWIS TRI 09 May 16 173/64 10.5 1 Willemstad 4-Nov Carlos ISAACK ARG 09 Jun 24 171/64 10.5 3 Buenos Aires 1-Dec (18 performances by 10 performers) Ernesto GÓMEZ PER 10.6 1 Lima 21-Mar Walter PÉREZ URU 01 Nov 24 173/64 10.6 Montevideo Federico SCHUSTER ARG 10.6 1h La Plata 24-Jun Stig HÅKANSSON SWE 19 Oct 18 178/68 10.6 1 Göteborg 4-Jul Pol BRAEKMAN BEL 22 Nov 19 185/75 10.6 1 Bern 22-Jul Horace MAMALA USA 23 May 23 10.6 1h London 24-Jul Bill MULLINS USA 04 May 23 10.6 1h Nürnberg 1-Aug Al ROGERS USA 10.6 1 Luxembourg Aug Harrison DILLARD USA 08 Jul 23 178/70 10.6 1 Milano 16-Sep George BAKER TRI 10.6 2 Willemstad 4-Nov Guillermo GEARY ARG 10.6 4 Buenos Aires 1-Dec Lucio FLORO ARG 30 May 27 10.7 1 Buenos Aires 10-Mar Rodolfo CARRERA ARG 26 10.7 2 Buenos Aires 10-Mar Brian DUNN AUS 31 Jul 21 10.7 1 Sydney 18-Mar Tomas BARRENADA ARG 10.7 1 Rosario 3-May John MYLES USA 19 Jun 24 10.7 1 Genova 9-Jun Marcelo SANNI ARG 22 10.7 1 La Plata 24-Jun Rudy NEDD USA 23 Oct 22 10.7 2 NC-j New York 29-Jun Bill MATHIS USA 02 Sep 27 173/66 10.7 1s1 NC New York 30-Jun Olle LAESSKER SWE 02 Apr 22 10.7 1 Karlstad 1-Jul Eugen LUPSA ROU 25 10.7 1 Cluj Jul Lennart STRANDBERG SWE 26 Mar 15 187/75 10.7 1 NC Stockholm 12-Aug Nikolay KARAKULOV URS-RUS 10 Aug 18 175/70 10.7 Juan LÉPEZ TETSA URU 14 Feb 26 10.7 1 Montevido 20-Oct Tom WHITE GBR 16 Nov 17 10.8 1 Al Qahirah 17-Feb Dimitrios EVLOGIMENOS GRE 23 10.8 1 Al Iskandariya Carlo MONTI ITA 04 Mar 20 10.8 1h Basel 23-Jun Manuel NUNCIO POR 25 10.8 1 Lisboa 23-Jun Ivar NILSSON SWE 03 Dec 16 10.8 1 Vinslöv 26-Jun Robert HYLTON USA 10 Feb 26 168/61 10.8 1h3 NC-j New York 29-Jun Ted JACKSON USA 27 10.8 3h6 NC-j New York 29-Jun Eulace PEACOCK USA 27 Aug 14 183/84 10.8 2h2 NC New York 30-Jun Elmore HARRIS USA 06 Mar 22 183/80 10.8e 2s1 NC New York 30-Jun Dieudonné GUTHY BEL 24 Dec 11 10.8 1 Roux 8-Jul Leopold LÁZNIČKA TCH-CZE 07 Aug 20 184/72 10.8 1 Praha 15-Jul René VALMY FRA 24 Dec 21 180/78 10.8 2 Bern 22-Jul Willy BÜRGISSER SUI 16 Apr 21 10.8 3 Bern 22-Jul Jan GABRIELSSON SWE 24 Jun 23 10.8 2 Skene 5-Aug Åke PERSSON SWE 28 Mar 22 10.8 3 Skene 5-Aug Georges FOUSSARD FRA 13 Feb 21 10.8 1 Strasbourg 12-Aug [50] Mario NAI OLEARI ITA 04 Mar 22 10.8 1 Milano 26-Aug Aldo SANTON ITA 09 Oct 24 10.8 1 Padova 29-Aug Vanes MONTANARI ITA 03 Jan 26 10.8 1 Bologna 9-Sep Pyotr GOLOVKIN URS-RUS 22 Oct 14 10.8 2 NC Kyiv 10-Sep Werner GYGER SUI 07 Apr 19 10.8 1 Zofingen 15-Sep Cezmi OR TUR 21 10.8 1 Istanbul 23-Sep Etienne BALLY FRA 14 Apr 23 173/62 10.8 1 Colombes 30-Sep Pritam SINGH IND 10.8 Luis SCOFIER CHI 10.8 (59 performers) 93 at 9.9y/10.8 WIND ASSISTED Eduardo Di PIETRO BRA 20 10.6 1 São Paulo 6-May UNCONFIRMED MARK Ion MOINA ROU 10 May 21 176/64 10.4 DOWNHILL MARK Samba FALL SEN/FRA 10.6 1 Bamako 25-Jul 200 METRES (218.72 yards) * = 220 yards time less 0.1 seconds + = 500m track Denis SHORE RSA 24 May 15 189/80 A 21.1* 1 Elmore HARRIS USA 06 Mar 22 183/80 21.2* 1 hcp New Yrok 9-Jun José BENTO De ASSIS BRA 27 Aug 15 173/62 21.3 1 SAmC Montevideo 19-Apr Adelio MÁRQUEZ ARG 23 Mar 24 174/64 21.4 1h3 SAmC Montevideo 18-Apr MÁRQUEZ 21.4 2 SAmC Montevideo 19-Apr Charles EDWARDS USA 19 Feb 22 21.4 1 Gerardo BÖNNHOFF ARG 24 Jun 26 169/58 21.5 1 Buenos Aires ? 2-Feb BENTO De ASSIS 21.5 1h2 SAmC Montevideo 18-Apr Bob CROWSON USA 15 Aug 23 178/66 21.5* 1 Big 6 Lincoln 19-May SHORE A 21.5* 1 Pretoria 17-Oct MÁRQUEZ 21.5 1 Buenos Aires 25-Nov BÖNNHOFF 21.5 1 Buenos Aires 2-Dec SHORE A 21.6* 1 Pretoria 24-Mar MÁRQUEZ 21.6 1 Buenos Aires 20-May John TRELOAR AUS 19 Jan 28 192/84 21.6* 1 Sydney 6-Oct George LEWIS TRI 09 May 16 173/64 21.7* 1h1 Port of Spain 29-Mar Albert MCLEAN TRI 15 Jun 22 184/75 21.7* 1 Port-of-Spain 31-May Lennart STRANDBERG SWE 26 Mar 15 187/75 21.7 1 NC Stockholm 10-Aug STRANDBERG 21.7 1 Malmö 2-Sep Robert NASH AUS 21.7*e 2 Sydney 6-Oct (20 performances by 12 performers) Earl COLLINS USA 19 Jun 23 185/77 21.8* 1 San Antonio 19-May George BAKER TRI 21.8* 1 Tabaquite 20-May Olle LAESSKER SWE 02 Apr 22 21.8 1 Uppsala 31-Jul Noel ULLMAN AUS 21.8* 1 Brisbane 29-Sep Arthur TUCK AUS 26 21.9* 1 Sydney 17-Feb Ken MANSTON AUS 06 Dec 27 21.9* 2 Sydney 17-Feb Ron AGATE NZL 24 Jan 21 21.9* 1 Wellington 10-Mar Jack PARRY CAN 18 JUN 22 21.9* 1 London, ON 19-Jun René VALMY FRA 24 Dec 21 180/78 21.9 2 Bern 22-Jul Harrison DILLARD USA 08 Jul 23 178/70 21.9 1 Frankfurt 26-Aug Pyotr GOLOVKIN URS-RUS 22 Oct 14 21.9 1 NC Kyiv 14-Sep Nikolay KARAKULOV URS-RUS 10 Aug 18 175/70 21.9 2 NC Kyiv 14-Sep Guillermo GEARY ARG 21.9 1 Rosario 4-Nov CAMERON AUS 22.0* 1 Sale Jan Ted JACKSON USA 27 183/79 22.0* 1 Akron 1-Jun Miroslav HORČIC TCH-CZE 03 Aug 21 173/74 22,0 1 Praha 15-Jul Leopold LÁZNIČKA TCH-CZE 07 Aug 20 184/72 22,0 1 Praha 19-Aug Georges FOUSSARD FRA 13 Feb 21 22,0 1 FRA-GBR Colombes 2-Sep Aleksandr YARKO URS-UKR 22,0 3 NC Kyiv 14-Sep Alberto TRIULZI ARG 06 Jan 28 191/72 22,0 1 Buenos Aires 7-Oct Percy WILSON TRI 19 22,0 1 Willemstad 18-Nov Rajamicka PHILLIPS IND 23 Feb 25 22,0 Murray PAINE AUS 22.0* 1 Melbourne 24-Nov Doug HARRIS NZL 15 Jun 19 182/76 22.1* 1 Christchurch 2-Jan Graham McLACHLAN AUS 02 Jul 22 22.1* 1 Brisbane 11-Feb Walter PÉREZ URU 01 Nov 24 173/64 22.1 1h1 SAmC Montevideo 18-Apr Rodolfo CARRERA ARG 26 22.1 2h1 SAmC Montevideo 18-Apr Cyril HOLMES GBR 11 Jan 15 180/75 22.1* 1 London 6-Aug Sten OHLSSON SWE 12 Jun 22 22.1 2 Malmö 2-Sep (41 performers) 220 YARDS - Straight Track [201.17 metres] (* = 200 metres plus 0.1 seconds) George WALMSLEY USA 02 Nov 26 173/70 20.9 1 Houston 22-Apr Andy SHURR USA 16 May 27 175/61 21.1 1 SHURR 21.1 1 SHURR 21.2 1 Austin 5-May Elton CORREA USA 18 Jun 28 21.3 1 New Orleans ? John VAN VELZER USA 15 Feb 23 173/68 21.3 1 West Point 26-May Bob CROWSON USA 15 Aug 23 178/66 21.3* 1 NC-j New York 29-Jun CROWSON 21.4 1 Columbia, MO 21-Apr Perry SAMUELS USA 18 Dec 26 175/68 21.5 1 San Antonio ? Apr Earl COLLINS USA 19