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All Years
1937
1
Jack Patterson
USA
52.3
2
James Hamilton Hucker
USA
52.5
e
3
Paul Magee
AUS
53.2
*
4
Friedrich-Wilhelm Hölling
GER
53.3
4
Jozsef Kovacs
HUN
53.3
4
John Park
AUS
53.3
*
7
Hans Scheele
GER
53.6
7
Prudent Joye
FRA
53.6
9
Frank Rushton
RSA
53.7
*A
10
Reinhold Böhm
GER
53.8
1938
1
John Loaring
CAN
52.6
*
2
Jack Patterson
USA
52.7
*
3
Prudent Joye
FRA
53.0
4
Friedrich-Wilhelm Hölling
GER
53.1
5
Robert Lemen
USA
53.2
*
5
Georg Glaw
GER
53.2
7
John Borican
USA
53.3
7
Jozsef Kovacs
HUN
53.3
*
9
Werner Kellerhals
SUI
53.5
10
Kjell Areskoug
SWE
53.6
1939
1
Friedrich-Wilhelm Hölling
GER
51.6
2
Roy Cochran
USA
51.9
3
Robert Simmons
USA
52.0
3
Georg Glaw
GER
52.0
5
John Borican
USA
52.8
6
Robert van Renen
RSA
53.0
*A
7
Erkki Virta
FIN
53.2
8
Bertel Storskrubb
FIN
53.4
9
Frank Rushton
RSA
53.5
*A
10
Sylvio de Magalhaes Padilha
BRA
53.6
1940
1
Carl McBain
USA
51.6
2
Roy Cochran
USA
52.1
3
Harry March
USA
52.2
4
Bertel Storskrubb
FIN
53.2
5
Paul Magee
AUS
53.9
*
5
Erkki Virta
FIN
53.9
5
Sixten Larsson
SWE
53.9
8
Frederico Mandapat
PHI
54.0
9
Basil Benjamin
RSA
54.2
*A
10
Jack Sulzman
USA
54.3
1941
1
Sixten Larsson
SWE
52.9
2
Ottavio Missoni
ITA
53.3
3
Heinz Brand
GER
53.7
4
Werner Christen
SUI
53.8
5
Walter J. Smith
USA
53.9
6
Oris Erwin
USA
54.0
6
Mário Marcio da Cunha
BRA
54.0
8
Akira Kawamura
JPN
54.3
9
Giuseppe Fantone
ITA
54.6
10
József Kiss
HUN
54.7
1942
1
Roy Cochran
USA
51.9
*
2
Walter J. Smith
USA
52.0
3
Bill Cummins
USA
52.2
4
Oris Erwin
USA
52.3
5
Sixten Larsson
SWE
52.8
6
John Loaring
CAN
53.1
*
7
George Spontak
USA
53.6
8
Clarence Doak
USA
53.7
8
Harrison Dillard
USA
53.7
10
Werner Christen
SUI
53.9
1943
1
Sixten Larsson
SWE
52.4
2
Ole-Dorph Jensen
DEN
52.9
3
Oris Erwin
USA
53.1
4
Bruce Miller
USA
53.6
5
Rune Larsson
SWE
53.9
6
Bertel Storskrubb
FIN
54.0
7
József Kiss
HUN
54.2
8
Hugo Bühler
SUI
54.3
8
Alf Westman
SWE
54.3
10
Ödön Hidas
HUN
54.4
1944
1
Sixten Larsson
SWE
53.2
2
Ove Bjelkholm
SWE
53.8
3
Yves Cros
FRA
53.9
4
Oris Erwin
USA
54.0
5
Alf Westman
SWE
54.1
6
Hugo Bühler
SUI
54.3
7
Jacques Maloubier
FRA
54.6
8
Bertel Storskrubb
FIN
54.7
9
Arne Wallander
SWE
54.8
9
Albert Rasmussen
DEN
54.8
1945
1
Bertel Storskrubb
FIN
52.9
2
Sixten Larsson
SWE
53.2
3
Yves Cros
FRA
53.5
4
Ole-Dorph Jensen
DEN
53.6
5
Oris Erwin
USA
53.7
6
Hubert Gates
USA
53.8
7
Alf Westman
SWE
53.9
8
Arne Wallander
SWE
54.2
9
Gustavo Ehlers
CHI
54.4
10
Werner Rugel
SUI
54.5
1946
1
Bertel Storskrubb
FIN
52.2
2
Sixten Larsson
SWE
52.4
3
Rune Larsson
SWE
52.5
4
Yves Cros
FRA
52.6
5
Arne Wallander
SWE
53.6
6
Keith Huskisson
RSA
53.7
*A
7
Sergio Guzmán
CHI
53.9
8
Hércules Azcune
URU
54.0
9
Jacques Maloubier
FRA
54.1
10
Jean-Claude Arifron
FRA
54.2
1947
1
Walter J. Smith
USA
51.8
2
Jean-Claude Arifron
FRA
52.1
3
Bertel Storskrubb
FIN
52.5
3
Rune Larsson
SWE
52.5
5
Bernard Conor
USA
52.7
6
Jeffrey Kirk
USA
53.1
7
Lee Hofacre
USA
53.2
8
John Price
USA
53.6
8
Alf Westman
SWE
53.6
8
Ottavio Missoni
ITA
53.6
1948
1
Roy Cochran
USA
51.1
2
Jean-Claude Arifron
FRA
51.6
3
Dick Ault
USA
51.7
4
Duncan White
SRI
51.8
5
Jeffrey Kirk
USA
51.9
5
George Walker
USA
51.9
5
Rune Larsson
SWE
51.9
8
Lee Hofacre
USA
52.4
*
8
Jared Morrow
USA
52.4
8
Ennis Gray
USA
52.4