The finish of the California Relays 100y 1962 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 Bob Hayes USA 20 Dec 42 183/86 1 9,2 -2.0 (1) Coral Gables 17-Feb Harry Jerome CAN 30 Sep 40 178/77 2 9.2 1,4 (1) Vancouver 25-Aug Jerome 9.2 1,0 (1) Toronto 3-Sep Hayes 9.3 (1) Tallahassee 24-Mar Jerome 9.3 (1) Corvallis 31-Mar Jerome 9.3 (1) Eugene 5-May Hayes 9.3 (1)h Atlanta 11-May Hayes 9.3 (1)s Atlanta 11-May Stone Johnson USA 26 Apr 40 188/79 9.3 (1)h Houston 11-May Hayes 9.3 (1) Atlanta 12-May (10) Frank Budd USA 20 Jul 39 178/76 4 9.3 (1) Villanova 12-May Joe Thornton USA 03 Mar 39 178/73 9.3 (1) Petersburg, VA 19-May Hayes 9.3 (1)h Cal R Modesto 26-May Hayes # 9.3 (1) Cal R Modesto 26-May Jerome # 9.3 (2) Cal R Modesto 26-May Budd 9.3 0.9 (1)h2 NCAA Eugene 15-Jun Budd 9.3 (1)h1 AAU Walnut 22-Jun Hayes 9.3 (1) AAU Walnut 22-Jun 9.35 Jerome 9.3 (1) Vancouver 21-Jul Seraphino Antao KEN 30 Oct 37 180/65 3 9.3 A (1) Nairobi 22-Sep (20) Antao A 9.3 (1) Kampala 6-Oct Bob Paramore USA 05 Dec 39 180/86 9.4 -2,0 (2) Coral Gables 17-Feb Peter Vassella AUS 04 Jan 41 175/69 9.4 (1) Woolongong, NSW 4-Mar David Ejoke NGR 08 Nov 39 177/72 9.4 (1) Port Harcourt 17-Mar Hayes 9.4 (1) Coral Gables 17-Mar Hayes 9.4 (1) Hollywood, FL 24-Mar Homer Jones USA 18 Feb 41 188/98 9.4 (1)h Houston 24-Mar Forrest Beaty USA 05 Sep 44 183/84 9.4 (1) Glendale, CA 30-Mar S.Johnson 9.4 (1) Prairie View 14-Apr Dennis Richardson USA 25 Oct 40 183/75 9.4 1.8 (1) Abilene 14-Apr (30) Tom Munsey USA 14 Mar 41 175/64 9.4 (1) Athens, WV 19-Apr Hayes 9.4 (1)h Drake R Des Moines 27-Apr Leroy Jackson USA 08 Dec 39 183/82 9.4 (1) Macomb, IL 2-May Anthony Watson USA 05 Feb 41 193/86 9.4 (1) Stillwater 3-May Henry Carr USA 27 Nov 42 190/84 6 9.4 (1) Tempe 5-May John Dale Lewis USA 26 Feb 40 175/64 9.4 (1)h Stephenville, TX 11-May H.Jones 9.4 (1)h Houston 11-May Gerald Ashworth USA 01 May 42 180/76 9.4 (1) Hanover, NH 12-May H.Jones 9.4 (1) Houston 12-May Ray Knaub USA 06 Jul 40 183/75 9.4 (1) Lincoln 12-May (40) George Smartt USA 25 May 39 178/73 9.4 (1) Petersburg, VA 19-May Carr 9.4 (1)h Cal R Modesto 26-May Dennis Johnson JAM 06 May 39 180/73 9.4 (3) Cal R Modesto 26-May Bob Poynter USA 05 Dec 37 179/77 9.4 (4) Cal R Modesto 26-May Budd 9.4 (1) Compton 2-Jun H.Jones 9.4 (1) Houston 8-Jun Steve Haas USA 27 Mar 41 178/75 9.4 (1) Los Angeles 8-Jun Poynter 9.4 (2)h1 AAU Walnut 22-Jun Scott Tyler USA 15 Dec 39 178/73 9.4 (3)h1 AAU Walnut 22-Jun Hayes 9.4 (1)h2 AAU Walnut 22-Jun (50) H.Jones 9.4 (2)h2 AAU Walnut 22-Jun Jerome 9.4 (2) AAU Walnut 22-Jun 9.41 Roger Sayers USA 16 Apr 42 173/70 5 9.4 (3) AAU Walnut 22-Jun 9.45 Jack Higgins USA 14 Apr 39 183/77 9.4 (1) West Seattle, WA 17-Jul Jerome 9.4 (1) East York 4-Aug (55 performances by 26 performers) Eric Bigby AUS 06 Mar 40 185/80 9.5 (1) Toowomba 28-Jan Herman Harville USA 19 Oct 43 178/77 9.5 (1) Los Angeles 2-Mar Michael Ahey GHA 22 Nov 39 195/72 9.5 (1) Accra 10-Mar George Anderson USA 23 Dec 42 180/75 9.5 (1) Baton Rouge 14-Mar (30) Jimmy Omagbemi NGR 26 Nov 30 178/68 9.5 (1) San Jose 17-Mar Hubie Watson USA 20 Jul 41 173/64 9.5 (1) Tempe 20-Mar Larry Sapp USA 31 Mar 44 175/64 9.5 (1) Pomona 27-Mar Tim Russell USA 30 Mar 43 175/64 9.5 (1) Long Beach 30-Mar Richard Stebbins USA 14 Jun 45 180/68 9.5 (1) Los Angeles 30-Mar Ed Smith USA 44 9.5 (2) Los Angeles 6-Apr Bonner Mends GHA 05 Aug 38 174/73 9.5 (1) Accra 7-Apr Bruce Munn USA 09 Oct 40 175/66 9.5 (2) Los Angeles 7-Apr Doug Smith USA 02 Aug 39 188/79 9.5 (1) Long Beach 7-Apr Jim Richardson USA 16 Aug 40 187/73 9.5 (2) Long Beach 7-Apr (40) Adrian Armah NGR 39 9.5 (1) Zaria 9-Apr Ira Murchison USA 06 Feb 33 163/64 9.5 (1) Carbondale, IL 13-Apr William Earle AUS 04 Mar 41 174/65 9.5 (1) Palmerston 14-Apr David Styron USA 18 Mar 40 178/68 9.5 (1) Lafayette, LA 14-Apr Bobby Sher USA 29 Feb 40 175/64 9.5 (1) Coral Gables 14-Apr Billy Foster USA 26 Nov 43 178/64 9.5 (1) College Station 19-Apr Zeak Williams USA 15 Jul 44 185/73 9.5 (1)h Andrews, TX 20-Apr Doug Ealy USA 17 Aug 43 9.5 (1) New Orleans 21-Apr Jacques Malan RSA 22 Aug 42 9.5 (1) Queenstown 21-Apr Jerry Williams USA 07 Jun 45 185/82 9.5 (1)h El Cerrito, CA 28-Apr (50) Kent Russ USA 40 9.5 (1) Nashville 28-Apr Stephen Leddy USA 44 9.5 (1) San Antonio 28-Apr Mike Okantey GHA 30 Oct 39 175/66 9.5 (1)s Accra Don Korte USA 15 Apr 42 178/68 9.5 (1) Macomb, IL 2-May Mark Sullivan USA 40 178/70 9.5 (1) Stillwater 3-May Charles Strong USA 11 Dec 40 178/68 9.5 (1) Stillwater 3-May Larry Dunn USA 25 May 40 170/68 9.5 (1) Tempe 5-May John Moon USA 19 Feb 38 188/89 9.5 (1) Fort Campbell, KY 5-May T.J. Bell USA 28 Nov 42 188/70 9.5 (1)h Houston 11-May Overton Williams USA 18 Aug 40 180/82 9.5 (1)h Houston 11-May (60) Bill Miller USA 27 Aug 41 180/68 9.5 (2) Stephenville, TX 11-May Bill Argo USA 25 Mar 41 173/64 9.5 (1) Wichita 12-May Dale Alexander USA 28 Apr 40 183/82 9.5 (2) Lincoln 12-May Bob Harris USA 21 Feb 41 178/68 9.5 (2) Atlanta 12-May Alfred Austin USA 11 Jan 41 9.5 (3) Atlanta 12-May Paul Drayton USA 08 May 39 183/73 9.5 (2) Villanova 12-May Joe Almaguer USA 41 175/64 9.5 (2) Hanover, NH 12-May John Gilbert USA 16 Dec 42 163/64 9.5 (2) Los Angeles 18-May Elliott Shale RSA 36 A 9.5 (1) 19-May Dave Morris USA 24 May 42 178/71 9.5 (1) Norwalk, CA 19-May (70) Buddy Fowlkes USA 18 Jan 28 190/82 9.5 (1) Atlanta 19-May Chris Shea USA 03 Aug 45 175/64 9.5 (1) Dorchester, MA 19-May Wilton Jackson TRI 15 Nov 35 170/70 9.5 (1) Baltimore 20-May Paul Winder USA 30 Nov 37 172/73 9.5 (1) Baltimore 26-May Roscoe Cook USA 02 Mar 39 175/68 9.5 (2) Compton 2-Jun Nate Adams USA 09 Nov 41 183/76 9.5 (1) Notre Dame 2-Jun Ray Etherly USA 09 Jan 42 178/66 9.5 (1) Albuquerque 2-Jun Jerry Krumeich USA 25 Jan 44 183/77 A 9.5 (1) Clifton, NJ 10-Jun Ed Collymore USA 05 Jan 38 186/78 9.5 (4)h1 AAU Walnut 22-Jun Herb Carper USA 26 May 36 173/64 9.5 (5)h1 AAU Walnut 22-Jun (80) Charles White USA 17 Jan 43 9.5 (1) Houston 10-Jul Otis Davis USA 12 Jul 32 186/74 9.5 (1) Eugene Aug Amos Omolo UGA 09 Mar 37 178/74 A 9.5 (1) Kampala 3-Aug Peter Radford GBR 20 Sep 39 180/61 9.5 (1) Blackpool 22-Sep Tom Robinson BAH 16 Mar 38 183/84 9.5 -2.4 (2)s1 Comm G Perth 24-Nov David Jones GBR 11 Mar 40 179/76 9.5 (2)hc Kalgoorlie 4-Dec Mike Cleary AUS 30 Apr 40 183/86 9.5 (1) Sydney 6-Dec Bob Lay AUS 20 Mar 44 170/65 9.5 (1) Sydney 6-Dec Larry Questad USA 10 Jul 43 188/85 9.5 ( ) (89 performers) # = The official result of the California Relays declared that Jerome beat Hayes, but photographic evidence showed that this was clearly not the case.