World Rankings — Men’s Steeple Paul Koech II was able to claim 4 No. 1s despite not winning a major gold © VICTOR SAILER/PHOTO RUN 1947 1949 1 ...................... Tore Sjöstrand (Sweden) 1 .....................Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 2 .....................Pentti Siltaloppi (Finland) 2 ...........................Olle Elvland (Sweden) 3 ...........................Olle Elvland (Sweden) 3 .................. Petar Šegedin (Yugoslavia) 4 ........................ Erik Elmsäter (Sweden) 4 ..................................... Curt Stone (US) 5 ..................... Göte Hagström (Sweden) 5 .............. László Jeszenszky (Hungary) 6 ........................Sten Jönsson (Sweden) 6 .............................André Paris (France) 7 .. Aleksandr Pugachevskiy (Soviet Union) 7 ..................... Göte Hagström (Sweden) 8 .....................Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 8 ...............Pavel Zveryev (Soviet Union) 9 ..............Jan-Erik Andersson© JIRO MOCHIZUKI/PHOTO (Sweden) RUN 9 ..................... Aarne Kainlauri (Finland) 10 ................. Rainer Asbrandt (Sweden) 10 ................. Rainer Asbrandt (Sweden) 1948 1950 1 ...................... Tore Sjöstrand (Sweden) 1 ......Jindřich Roudný (Czechoslovakia) 2 ........................ Erik Elmsäter (Sweden) 2 .................. Petar Šegedin (Yugoslavia) 3 ..................... Göte Hagström (Sweden) 3 ..................................... Curt Stone (US) 4 .. Aleksandr Pugachevskiy (Soviet Union) 4 .....................Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 5 .................... Raphaël Pujazon (France) 5 .........................Erik Blomster (Finland) 6 ...........................Alex Guyodo (France) 6 ...................... Martin Stokken (Norway) 7 .....................Pentti Siltaloppi (Finland) 7 ...........................Alex Guyodo (France) 8 .....Stanislav Przhevalskiy (Soviet Union) 8 ...................... Tore Sjöstrand (Sweden) 9 .....................Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 9 ...... Vladimir Kazantsev (Soviet Union) 10 ................... Aarne Kainlauri (Finland) 10 .........Mikhail Saltykov (Soviet Union) © Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s Steeple 1951 1955 1 ...... Vladimir Kazantsev (Soviet Union) 1 ........................ Jerzy Chromik (Poland) 2 ...........Mikhail Saltykov (Soviet Union) 2 ...................John Disley (Great Britain) 3 .................. Petar Šegedin (Yugoslavia) 3 ................... Eric Shirley (Great Britain) 4 ..............Helmut Gude (West Germany) 4 .................Sándor Rozsnyói (Hungary) 5 .........................Erik Blomster (Finland) 5 .................... Pentti Karvonen (Finland) 6 ........Božidar Đjurašković (Yugoslavia) 6 ............... Chris Brasher (Great Britain) 7 .....................Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 7 ...........Vasiliy Vlasenko (Soviet Union) 8 .................. Gunnar Tjörnebo (Sweden) 8 ..........................Ernst Larsen (Norway) 9 ......... Anatoliy Savenko (Soviet Union) 9 ........ Vlastimil Brlica (Czechoslovakia) 10 ........................József Apró (Hungary) 10 ...........................Sven Laine (Finland) 1952 1956 1 .......................Horace Ashenfelter (US) 1 ............... Chris Brasher (Great Britain) 2 ...... Vladimir Kazantsev (Soviet Union) 2 .................Sándor Rozsnyói (Hungary) 3 ...................John Disley (Great Britain) 3 ..........................Ernst Larsen (Norway) 4 ..............Helmut Gude (West Germany) 4 .............. Heinz Laufer (West Germany) 5 ...................Olavi Rinteenpää (Finland) 5 .....Semyon Rzhishchin (Soviet Union) 6 .....................Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 6 ...................John Disley (Great Britain) 7 ....Günther Hesselmann (West Germany) 7 .............. László Jeszenszky (Hungary) 8 ...........Mikhail Saltykov (Soviet Union) 8 ...................Olavi Rinteenpää (Finland) 9 .................. Gunnar Tjörnebo (Sweden) 9 .... Yevgeniy Kodyaykin (Soviet Union) 10 ........................József Apró (Hungary) 10 .............................Ilkka Auer (Finland) 1953 1957 1 ...................Olavi Rinteenpää (Finland) 1 .....Semyon Rzhishchin (Soviet Union) 2 .................. Petar Šegedin (Yugoslavia) 2 ..........................Ernst Larsen (Norway) 3 ...... Vladimir Kazantsev (Soviet Union) 3 ......... Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 4 ...........Mikhail Saltykov (Soviet Union) 4 .......Bohumír Zháňal (Czechoslovakia) 5 .............Fyodor Marulin (Soviet Union) 5 ........ Vlastimil Brlica (Czechoslovakia) 6 .....................Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 6 .......... Ludvík Veselý (Czechoslovakia) 7 .............. László Jeszenszky (Hungary) 7 ......................... Gyula Varga (Hungary) 8 .... Yevgeniy Kodyaykin (Soviet Union) 8 .............. Heinz Laufer (West Germany) 9 ......... Anatoliy Savenko (Soviet Union) 9 ...................John Disley (Great Britain) 10 ........................József Apró (Hungary) 10 ...Sergey Ponomaryev (Soviet Union) 1954 1958 1 .................Sándor Rozsnyói (Hungary) 1 ........................ Jerzy Chromik (Poland) 2 ...................Olavi Rinteenpää (Finland) 2 .....Semyon Rzhishchin (Soviet Union) 3 .................... Pentti Karvonen (Finland) 3 ......... Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 4 ..........................Ernst Larsen (Norway) 4 ............. Hans Hüneke (West Germany) 5 .............. László Jeszenszky (Hungary) 5 ............ Hermann Buhl (East Germany) 6 ......... Viktor Kurchavov (Soviet Union) 6 .................................Phil Coleman (US) 7 .............Fyodor Marulin (Soviet Union) 7 .....Sergey Ponomaryev (Soviet Union) 8 .... Yevgeniy Kodyaykin (Soviet Union) 8 ......................... Gyula Varga (Hungary) 9 ........ Vlastimil Brlica (Czechoslovakia) 9 ........ Vlastimil Brlica (Czechoslovakia) 10 ...................Curt Söderberg (Sweden) 10 .................. Gerhart Hecker (Hungary) © Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s Steeple 1959 1963 1 .....Semyon Rzhishchin (Soviet Union) 1 .................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 2 ........... Nikolay Sokolov (Soviet Union) 2 ............. Eduard Osipov (Soviet Union) 3 ............ Hermann Buhl (East Germany) 3 ......................József Mácsár (Hungary) 4 .......Bohumír Zháňal (Czechoslovakia) 4 ............Maurice Herriott (Great Britain) 5 ..........Gennadiy Ryepin (Soviet Union) 5 ........... Nikolay Sokolov (Soviet Union) 6 .....Sergey Ponomaryev (Soviet Union) 6 .....................Slavko Špan (Yugoslavia) 7 ... Vladimir Yevdokimov (Soviet Union) 7 ......................Bengt Persson (Sweden) 8 ......... Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 8 ......... Matvey Dmitriyev (Soviet Union) 9 .......... Friedrich Janke (East Germany) 9 ......... Lazar Naroditskiy (Soviet Union) 10 .................. Gerhart Hecker (Hungary) 10 ........ Kestutis Orentas (Soviet Union) 1960 1964 1 ......... Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 1 .................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 2 ........... Nikolay Sokolov (Soviet Union) 2 ............Maurice Herriott (Great Britain) 3 .....Semyon Rzhishchin (Soviet Union) 3 ............... Ivan Belyayev (Soviet Union) 4 ............ Hermann Buhl (East Germany) 4 ... Adolfas Aleksiejunas (Soviet Union) 5 ... Vladimir Yevdokimov (Soviet Union) 5 ...............Manuel de Oliveira (Portugal) 6 .................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 6 ............................... George Young (US) 7 .................. Gunnar Tjörnebo (Sweden) 7 ......................... Guy Texereau (France) 8 ........................ Jerzy Chromik (Poland) 8 ........... Lars-Erik Gustafsson (Sweden) 9 .......... Georgios Papavasiliou (Greece) 9 ......... Lazar Naroditskiy (Soviet Union) 10 ..........Ludwig Müller (West Germany) 10 ...................Slavko Špan (Yugoslavia) 1961 1965 1 ......... Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 1 .................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 2 ............ Hermann Buhl (East Germany) 2 ...........Viktor Kudinskiy (Soviet Union) 3 ........... Nikolay Sokolov (Soviet Union) 3 ... Adolfas Aleksiejunas (Soviet Union) 4 .............. Grigoriy Taran (Soviet Union) 4 ......Aleksandr Morozov (Soviet Union) 5 .................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 5 ............Maurice Herriott (Great Britain) 6 ......................... Attila Simon (Hungary) 6 ...................... Zoltan Vamos (Romania) 7 ......................József Mácsár (Hungary) 7 ......................Bengt Persson (Sweden) 8 ... Vladimir Yevdokimov (Soviet Union) 8 ............... Ivan Belyayev (Soviet Union) 9 ............................... George Young (US) 9 ........................... Jouko Kuha (Finland) 10 ....... Lazar Naroditskiy (Soviet Union) 10 ............... Victor Caramihai (Romania) 1962 1966 1 .................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 1 ...........Viktor Kudinskiy (Soviet Union) 2 ...................... Zoltan Vamos (Romania) 2 .................. Gaston Roelants (Belgium) 3 ........... Nikolay Sokolov (Soviet Union) 3 ........... Anatoliy Kuryan (Soviet Union) 4 ............ Hermann Buhl (East Germany) 4 .................. Peter Welsh (New Zealand) 5 ... Vladimir Yevdokimov (Soviet Union) 5 ......................Kerry O’Brien (Australia) 6 ............. Aleksey Konov (Soviet Union) 6 ......................... Guy Texereau (France) 7 ............................... George Young (US) 7 ..... Manfred Letzerich (West Germany) 8 ............. Eduard Osipov (Soviet Union) 8 .........Dieter Hartmann (East Germany) 9 ......... Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (Poland) 9 ........................Benjamin Kogo (Kenya) 10 .................. Trevor Vincent (Australia) 10 .................... Zoltan