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All Years
1953
1
Parry O'Brien
USA
18.04
2
Jiri Skobla
TCH
17.54
3
Darrow Hooper
USA
17.17
4
Roland Nilsson
SWE
17.00
5
Tom Jones
USA
16.95
6
Otto Grigalka
URS
16.80
7
Bernard Mayer
USA
16.77
8
Howard Hertz
USA
16.69
9
Georgiy Fedorov
URS
16.46
10
Heino Lipp
URS
16.43
1954
1
Parry O'Brien
USA
18.54
2
Stan Lampert
USA
18.13
3
Jiri Skobla
TCH
17.42
4
Wilfred Bangert
USA
17.40
5
Otto Grigalka
URS
17.20
6
Bernard Mayer
USA
17.16
6
Tom Jones
USA
17.16
8
James Fuchs
USA
17.00
9
Roosevelt Grier
USA
16.97
10
Roland Nilsson
SWE
16.87
1955
1
Parry O'Brien
USA
18.09
2
Tom Jones
USA
18.00
3
William Nieder
USA
17.66
4
Ray Martin
USA
17.53
5
Don Vick
USA
17.50
6
Jiri Skobla
TCH
17.46
7
Tom Meyer
USA
17.43
8
Vartan Ovsepyan
URS
17.17
9
Roosevelt Grier
USA
17.15
10
Otto Grigalka
URS
17.05
1956
1
Parry O'Brien
USA
19.25
2
William Nieder
USA
18.38
3
Kenneth Bentum
USA
18.30
4
Jiri Skobla
TCH
17.76
5
Vartan Ovsepyan
URS
17.67
6
Charles Butt
USA
17.60
7
Don Vick
USA
17.50
8
Boris Balyayev
URS
17.44
9
Stan Lampert
USA
17.41
10
David Owen
USA
17.38