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All Years
1977
1
Mac Wilkins
USA
69.20
2
Wolfgang Schmidt
GDR
68.26
3
Hein-Direck Neu
FRG
68.08
4
John Powell
USA
67.98
5
Ken Stadel
USA
67.90
6
Ferenc Tegla
HUN
67.38
7
Alwin Josef Wagner
FRG
66.52
8
Art Swarts
USA
66.48
9
Knut Hjeltnes
NOR
66.28
10
Jim McGoldrick
USA
65.58
1978
1
Wolfgang Schmidt
GDR
71.16
2
Mac Wilkins
USA
70.48
3
Ken Stadel
USA
68.40
4
Velko Velev
BUL
67.82
5
Imrich Bugar
TCH
65.96
6
Aleksandr Klimenko
URS
65.78
7
Knut Hjeltnes
NOR
65.44
8
Aleksandr Nazhimov
URS
64.98
9
Jim McGoldrick
USA
64.94
10
Markku Tuokko
FIN
64.92
1979
1
Mac Wilkins
USA
70.66
2
Knut Hjeltnes
NOR
69.50
3
Art Swarts
USA
69.40
4
Ken Stadel
USA
69.26
5
Wolfgang Schmidt
GDR
69.08
6
Markku Tuokko
FIN
68.12
7
Alfred Oerter
USA
67.46
8
John Powell
USA
67.34
9
Velko Velev
BUL
67.26
10
Luis Mariano Delis
CUB
66.52
1980
1
Mac Wilkins
USA
70.98
2
Alfred Oerter
USA
69.46
3
Art Swarts
USA
69.22
4
Wolfgang Schmidt
GDR
68.48
5
John Powell
USA
68.20
6
Ben Plucknett
USA
68.18
7
Yuriy Dumchev
URS
68.16
8
Luis Mariano Delis
CUB
68.04
9
Dmitriy Kovtsun
URS
67.84
10
Knut Hjeltnes
NOR
67.68