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1953-1956
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All Years
1953
1
Malvin Whitfield
USA
1.47.9
2
Wesley Santee
USA
1.48.4
3
Stanislav Jungwirth
TCH
1.48.6
4
Lang Stanley
USA
1.48.7
*
5
Roger Moens
BEL
1.48.8
6
Audun Boysen
NOR
1.48.9
7
Tage Ekfeldt
SWE
1.49.0
8
Olle Åberg
SWE
1.49.3
9
Henry Cryer
USA
1.49.4
10
Gunnar Nielsen
DEN
1.49.6
1954
1
Lajos Szentgali
HUN
1.47.1
2
Lucien DeMuynck
BEL
1.47.3
3
Audun Boysen
NOR
1.47.4
3
Derek Johnson
GBR
1.47.4
5
Roger Moens
BEL
1.47.5
6
Gunnar Nielsen
DEN
1.47.9
7
Malvin Whitfield
USA
1.49.1
*
8
Bob Seaman
USA
1.49.2
*
9
Oleg Agejev
URS
1.49.4
10
Wesley Santee
USA
1.49.5
1955
1
Roger Moens
BEL
1.45.7
2
Audun Boysen
NOR
1.45.9
3
Lonnie Spurrier
USA
1.46.8
*
3
Tom Courtney
USA
1.46.8
5
Arnold Sowell
USA
1.46.9
*
6
Bill Tidwell
USA
1.47.4
*
7
Gunnar Nielsen
DEN
1.47.5
*
8
Lang Stanley
USA
1.47.6
9
Wesley Santee
USA
1.47.8
9
Brian Hewson
GBR
1.47.8
1956
1
Tom Courtney
USA
1.46.4
1
Audun Boysen
NOR
1.46.4
3
Arnold Sowell
USA
1.46.7
4
Roger Moens
BEL
1.47.2
5
Brian Hewson
GBR
1.47.5
6
Lonnie Spurrier
USA
1.47.6
7
Derek Johnson
GBR
1.47.7
8
Lajos Szentgali
HUN
1.47.8
9
Lang Stanley
USA
1.47.9
10
Gunnar Nielsen
DEN
1.48.0