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1937
1
Miklos Szabo
HUN
3.48.6
2
Archie San Romani
USA
3.50.3
2
Sydney Wooderson
GBR
3.50.3
*
4
Henry Kälarne
SWE
3.51.4
5
Glenn Cunningham
USA
3.51.8
6
Mihaly Igloi
HUN
3.52.2
7
Donald Lash
USA
3.52.3
*
8
Åke Spångert
SWE
3.52.4
9
Lennart Nilsson
SWE
3.52.8
10
Friedrich Schaumburg
GER
3.53.2
1938
1
Sydney Wooderson
GBR
3.48.7
2
Charles Fenske
USA
3.49.4
3
Joseph Mostert
BEL
3.50.0
4
Archie San Romani
USA
3.50.9
*
5
Glenn Cunningham
USA
3.51.0
*
6
Niilo Hartikka
FIN
3.52.0
7
Toivo Sarkama
FIN
3.52.2
7
Henry Kälarne
SWE
3.52.2
9
Kauko Pekuri
FIN
3.52.5
10
Luigi Beccali
ITA
3.52.8
1939
1
Arne Andersson
SWE
3.48.8
2
Åke Spångert
SWE
3.49.2
3
Niilo Hartikka
FIN
3.50.0
4
Ludwig Kaindl
GER
3.50.2
4
Denis Pell
GBR
3.50.2
6
Sydney Wooderson
GBR
3.51.1
*
7
Blaine Rideout
USA
3.51.5
8
Toivo Sarkama
FIN
3.51.9
9
Charles Fenske
USA
3.52.0
9
Herbert Jacob
GER
3.52.0
1940
1
Walter Mehl
USA
3.47.9
2
Glenn Cunningham
USA
3.48.2
3
Paul Moore
USA
3.48.7
3
Henry Kälarne
SWE
3.48.7
5
Gunder Hägg
SWE
3.48.8
6
Åke Spångert
SWE
3.49.0
7
Arne Andersson
SWE
3.51.0
8
Toivo Sarkama
FIN
3.51.2
9
Lennart Nilsson
SWE
3.52.8
9
Miklos Szabo
HUN
3.52.8
1941
1
Gunder Hägg
SWE
3.47.6
2
Arne Andersson
SWE
3.48.6
3
Henry Kälarne
SWE
3.49.2
4
Arne Ahlsén
SWE
3.50.4
5
Bror Hellström
SWE
3.51.0
6
Leslie MacMitchell
USA
3.51.4
7
Åke Spångert
SWE
3.51.8
8
John Isberg
SWE
3.52.2
9
Miklos Szabo
HUN
3.52.6
9
Olle Åkerberg
SWE
3.52.6
1942
1
Gunder Hägg
SWE
3.45.8
2
Arne Andersson
SWE
3.49.0
3
Arne Ahlsén
SWE
3.49.4
4
Gilbert Dodds
USA
3.50.2
5
Åke Spångert
SWE
3.50.6
6
Leroy Weed
USA
3.51.4
6
Rolf Seidenschnur
GER
3.51.4
8
Leslie MacMitchell
USA
3.52.5
9
Ingvar Haglund
SWE
3.52.6
10
Edward Culp
USA
3.53.2
1943
1
Arne Andersson
SWE
3.44.9
2
Gunder Hägg
SWE
3.47.8
*
2
Arne Ahlsén
SWE
3.47.8
4
Rune Gustafsson
SWE
3.48.4
*
5
Gilbert Dodds
USA
3.48.5
*
6
Aage Poulsen
DEN
3.51.0
7
Bertil Andersson
SWE
3.51.4
8
Åke Spångert
SWE
3.51.6
9
Hans Liljekvist
SWE
3.51.8
10
Åke Durkfeldt
SWE
3.52.0
1944
1
Gunder Hägg
SWE
3.43.0
2
Arne Andersson
SWE
3.44.0
3
Rune Gustafsson
SWE
3.47.4
*
4
Rune Persson
SWE
3.47.6
*
5
Bertil Andersson
SWE
3.50.0
6
Ingvar Bengtsson
SWE
3.50.6
7
Sven Malmberg
SWE
3.50.8
8
Erik Ahldén
SWE
3.51.8
9
Aleksandr Pugachevskiy
URS
3.53.2
9
Roland Sundin
SWE
3.53.2
1945
1
Arne Andersson
SWE
3.45.0
2
Gunder Hägg
SWE
3.45.4
*
3
Rune Persson
SWE
3.46.2
*
4
Lennart Strand
SWE
3.47.0
5
Erik Ahldén
SWE
3.48.2
6
Sydney Wooderson
GBR
3.48.4
*
7
Rune Gustafsson
SWE
3.49.2
8
Sven Malmberg
SWE
3.49.4
8
Marcel Hansenne
FRA
3.49.4
10
Henry Eriksson
SWE
3.49.8
1946
1
Lennart Strand
SWE
3.48.0
2
Henry Eriksson
SWE
3.48.2
3
Marcel Hansenne
FRA
3.48.5
4
Rune Gustafsson
SWE
3.49.8
5
Thorild Ringwall
SWE
3.50.0
6
Erik Ahldén
SWE
3.50.4
6
Willem Slijkhuis
NED
3.50.4
8
Rune Persson
SWE
3.51.0
9
Bertil Albertsson
SWE
3.51.4
10
Lars-Emil Georgsson
SWE
3.51.6
1947
1
Lennart Strand
SWE
3.43.0
2
Henry Eriksson
SWE
3.44.4
3
Gösta Bergkvist
SWE
3.46.6
4
Marcel Hansenne
FRA
3.47.9
5
Gaston Reiff
BEL
3.48.4
6
Olle Åberg
SWE
3.50.2
7
Václav Cevona
TCH
3.50.6
7
Sven Gottfridsson
SWE
3.50.6
9
Joseph Barthel
LUX
3.51.0
10
Rune Persson
SWE
3.51.2
1948
1
Lennart Strand
SWE
3.47.6
2
Henry Eriksson
SWE
3.47.8
3
Gösta Bergkvist
SWE
3.48.0
4
Marcel Hansenne
FRA
3.48.2
5
Václav Cevona
TCH
3.49.4
5
Rune Persson
SWE
3.49.4
7
Willem Slijkhuis
NED
3.49.6
7
Denis Johansson
FIN
3.49.6
9
Ingvar Eriksson
SWE
3.50.2
10
Erik Jørgensen
DEN
3.50.4