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All Years
1969
1
Vyacheslav Skomorokhov
URS
49.1
2
Nick Lee
USA
49.2
3
Ralph Mann
USA
49.3
*
4
Wesley Williams
USA
49.4
*
5
Carl Wood
USA
49.7
*
5
Rainer Schubert
FRG
49.7
7
Mike Kelly
USA
49.9
*
7
Gerhard Hennige
FRG
49.9
7
John Sherwood
GBR
49.9
7
Andy Todd
GBR
49.9
1970
1
Ralph Mann
USA
48.5
*
2
Jean-Claude Nallet
FRA
48.6
3
Wayne Collett
USA
48.9
*
4
Rainer Schubert
FRG
49.8
5
Ron Whitney
USA
49.9
*
5
Ari Salin
FIN
49.9
7
Wesley Williams
USA
50.0
*
7
John Sherwood
GBR
50.0
7
Werner Reibert
FRG
50.0
7
Charles K. Yego
KEN
50.0
A
1971
1
Ralph Mann
USA
48.9
2
Wesley Williams
USA
49.0
*
2
John Akii-Bua
UGA
49.0
4
Jean-Claude Nallet
FRA
49.2
5
Christian Rudolph
GDR
49.3
6
Yevgeniy Gavrilenko
URS
49.4
7
Ari Salin
FIN
49.6
7
Dieter Büttner
FRG
49.6
9
Jim Seymour
USA
49.7
*
10
Vyacheslav Skomorokhov
URS
49.8
1972
1
John Akii-Bua
UGA
47.82
2
Ralph Mann
USA
48.4
3
David Hemery
GBR
48.52
4
Dick Bruggeman
USA
48.6
5
Jim Seymour
USA
48.64
6
William Koskei
KEN
49.0
A
7
Bruce Collins
USA
49.1
8
Yevgeniy Gavrilenko
URS
49.2
9
Dieter Büttner
FRG
49.21
10
Gary Knoke
AUS
49.3