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1939
Track
Field
100 y
1
Wilbur Greer
USA
9.5
1
Mack Robinson
USA
9.5
1
Earl Witcher
USA
9.5
A
1
Mozel Ellerbe
USA
9.5
1
Fred Wolcott
USA
9.5
6
Brian Dunn
AUS
9.6
6
Wilbur Miller
USA
9.6
6
Bryant Allen
USA
9.6
6
Hovis Bess
USA
9.6
6
Clyde Jeffrey
USA
9.6
100 m
1
Karl Neckermann
GER
10.3
1
Jakob Scheuring
GER
10.3
3
Stanley Nairn
JAM
10.4
3
Orazio Mariani
ITA
10.4
3
Clyde Jeffrey
USA
10.4
3
Haakon Tranberg
NOR
10.4
7
Nemesio de Guzman
PHI
10.5
7
Jose C. Ferraz
BRA
10.5
7
Martinus Osendarp
NED
10.5
7
Erich Borchmeyer
GER
10.5
200 m
1
Jakob Scheuring
GER
21.0
1
Norwood Ewell
USA
21.0
3
Perrin Walker
USA
21.1
3
Clyde Jeffrey
USA
21.1
e
5
Robert Lewis
USA
21.2
*str
5
Karl Neckermann
GER
21.2
5
Orazio Mariani
ITA
21.2
5
Lee Orr
CAN
21.2
*
9
Vernon Akins
USA
21.3
*str
9
Curtis Ledford
USA
21.3
*str
400 m
1
Rudolf Harbig
GER
46.0
2
John Woodruff
USA
46.7
*
2
Mario Lanzi
ITA
46.7
4
Charles Belcher
USA
46.8
*
4
Howard Upton
USA
46.8
*
4
Erwin Miller
USA
46.8
*
7
Warren Breidenbach
USA
46.9
*
7
William B. Thompson
USA
46.9
*
7
Donald Watts
USA
46.9
*
10
Frank Church
USA
47.0
*
800 m
1
Rudolf Harbig
GER
1.46.6
2
Mario Lanzi
ITA
1.49.0
3
Hans Brandscheit
GER
1.50.3
4
John Woodruff
USA
1.50.5
*
5
Bill Dale
CAN
1.50.8
*
6
Edward Burrowes
USA
1.51.0
*
7
Charles Beetham
USA
1.51.1
8
Heinz Schumacher
GER
1.51.2
8
Dieter Giesen
GER
1.51.2
10
Austin Littler
GBR
1.51.4
1500 m
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
1 Mile
1
Sydney Wooderson
GBR
4.07.4
2
Joseph Mostert
BEL
4.10.4
3
Glenn Cunningham
USA
4.10.7
4
Blaine Rideout
USA
4.10.9
5
Charles Fenske
USA
4.11.0
6
Louis Zamperini
USA
4.11.2
7
Archie San Romani
USA
4.11.7
e
7
Walter Mehl
USA
4.11.7
9
Denis Pell
GBR
4.12.0
9
Taisto Mäki
FIN
4.12.0
5000 m
1
Taisto Mäki
FIN
14.08.8
2
Kauko Pekuri
FIN
14.16.2
3
Henry Kälarne
SWE
14.18.8
4
Tauno Kurki
FIN
14.21.2
5
llmari Salminen
FIN
14.22.0
6
Janusz Kusocinski
POL
14.24.2
7
Thore Tillman
SWE
14.24.8
8
Lars Nilsson
SWE
14.26.6
9
Hermann Eberlein
GER
14.27.2
10
Friedrich Schaumburg
GER
14.28.4
10000 m
1
Taisto Mäki
FIN
29.52.6
2
Veikko Tuominen
FIN
30.07.6
3
Kauko Pekuri
FIN
30.10.6
3
llmari Salminen
FIN
30.10.6
5
Tauno Kurki
FIN
30.16.0
6
Thore Tillman
SWE
30.37.6
7
András Csaplár
HUN
30.43.4
8
Serafim Znamenskiy
URS
30.44.8
9
Georgiy Znamenskiy
URS
30.45.8
10
Matti Laihoranta
FIN
30.47.4
Marathon (42.195 km.)
1
Ellison Brown
USA
2.28.51
sh
2
Donald Heinicke
USA
2.31.24
sh
3
Toyo Go
JPN
2.31.26
4
Shinzo Koga
JPN
2.31.34
5
Walter Young
CAN
2.32.41
sh
6
Pat Dengis
USA
2.32.54
7
Savino Resta
ITA
2.33.25
8
Manuel Dias
POR
2.33.36
9
Leslie Pawson
USA
2.33.57
sh
10
Shigekazu Kabasawa
JPN
2.34.20
110 m Hurdles
1
Fred Wolcott
USA
14.0
*
2
Marsh Farmer
USA
14.2
2
Joe Batiste
USA
14.2
e
2
Håkan Lidman
SWE
14.2
2
Tom Lavery
RSA
14.2
*A
2
Elmer Gedeon
USA
14.2
*
7
James Humphrey
USA
14.3
*
7
Tom Moore
USA
14.3
*
7
Boyce Gatewood
USA
14.3
*
7
Bill Corpening
USA
14.3
*
400 m Hurdles
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
3000 m Steeplechase
1
Ludwig Kaindl
GER
9.06.8
2
Kauko Pekuri
FIN
9.07.4
3
Volmari Iso-Hollo
FIN
9.08.8
4
Lars Larsson
SWE
9.09.0
5
Alf Lindblad
FIN
9.09.5
6
Rolf Seidenschnur
GER
9.11.6
7
Martti Matilainen
FIN
9.12.2
8
Kaarlo Tuominen
FIN
9.12.6
9
Nils Ollander
SWE
9.16.0
10
Tore Söderström
SWE
9.17.6