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1940
Track
Field
100 y
1
Clyde Jeffrey
USA
9.4
2
Harold Davis
USA
9.5
2
Billy Brown
USA
9.5
2
Patrick Haley
CAN
9.5
2
Leo Tarrant
USA
9.5
6
Welby Williams
USA
9.6
6
Bob Baccus
USA
9.6
6
George Koettel
USA
9.6
6
Gene Putnam
USA
9.6
6
Payton Jordan
USA
9.6
100 m
1
Harold Davis
USA
10.3
2
Eddie Morris
USA
10.4
2
Norwood Ewell
USA
10.4
4
Takayoshi Yoshioka
JPN
10.5
4
Ramon Baltar
CUB
10.5
4
Leo Tarrant
USA
10.5
4
Carlo Monti
ITA
10.5
4
Harald Mellerowicz
GER
10.5
4
Orazio Mariani
ITA
10.5
4
Jose C. Ferraz
BRA
10.5
200 m
1
Harold Davis
USA
20.9
str
2
Norwood Ewell
USA
21.0
*
3
Eddie Morris
USA
21.1
*str
3
Frank Ohl
USA
21.1
*str
3
Cyrus Ellsworth
USA
21.1
*Astr
6
George Koettel
USA
21.2
*
6
Clyde Jeffrey
USA
21.2
*
6
Harald Mellerowicz
GER
21.2
9
Lee Orr
CAN
21.3
*str
9
Carlo Monti
ITA
21.3
400 m
1
Charles Belcher
USA
46.4
*
2
Lee Orr
CAN
46.5
3
Grover Klemmer
USA
46.7
*
3
Mario Lanzi
ITA
46.7
5
Warren Breidenbach
USA
46.9
*
5
Clarence Barnes
USA
46.9
*
7
Craig Williamson
USA
47.0
7
Gene Littler
USA
47.0
*
7
Rudolf Harbig
GER
47.0
10
Charles Shaw
USA
47.1
*
800 m
1
Rudolf Harbig
GER
1.47.8
2
John Woodruff
USA
1.48.6
3
Paul Moore
USA
1.49.0
4
Edward Burrowes
USA
1.49.2
5
Mario Lanzi
ITA
1.49.3
6
Campbell Kane
USA
1.49.5
7
James Kehoe
USA
1.50.0
8
Edward Buxton
USA
1.50.8
9
Charles Beetham
USA
1.51.1
10
James Lightbody
USA
1.51.4
*
1500 m
1
Walter Mehl
USA
3.47.9
2
Glenn Cunningham
USA
3.48.2
3
Paul Moore
USA
3.48.7
3
Henry Kälarne
SWE
3.48.7
5
Gunder Hägg
SWE
3.48.8
6
Åke Spångert
SWE
3.49.0
7
Arne Andersson
SWE
3.51.0
8
Toivo Sarkama
FIN
3.51.2
9
Lennart Nilsson
SWE
3.52.8
9
Miklos Szabo
HUN
3.52.8
1 Mile
1
Charles Fenske
USA
4.08.3
2
Blaine Rideout
USA
4.08.7
3
Ake Jansson
SWE
4.09.4
4
Wayne Rideout
USA
4.10.3
e
5
Archie San Romani
USA
4.10.4
e
6
Henry Kälarne
SWE
4.10.6
7
Arne Andersson
SWE
4.10.8
8
John Munski
USA
4.11.0
8
Sydney Wooderson
GBR
4.11.0
10
Niilo Hartikka
FIN
4.11.2
5000 m
1
Bror Hellström
SWE
14.20.6
2
Kauko Pekuri
FIN
14.21.2
3
Veikko Tuominen
FIN
14.22.4
4
János Kelen
HUN
14.23.0
5
Matti A. Järvinen
FIN
14.26.8
6
Taisto Mäki
FIN
14.32.0
7
Greg Rice
USA
14.33.4
8
Max Syring
GER
14.35.1
9
Otto Eitel
GER
14.35.9
10
Serafim Znamenskiy
URS
14.37.0
10000 m
1
Max Syring
GER
30.06.6
2
János Kelen
HUN
30.23.6
3
Giuseppe Beviacqua
ITA
30.27.4
4
Jenö Szilágyi
HUN
30.33.8
5
Raul Ibarra
ARG
30.36.8
6
Veikko Tuominen
FIN
30.37.8
7
Taisto Mäki
FIN
30.39.4
8
Bror Hellström
SWE
30.41.2
9
Evert Heinström
FIN
30.44.6
10
Matti A. Järvinen
FIN
30.44.8
Marathon (42.195 km.)
1
Ellison Brown
USA
2.27.29
sh
2
John A. Kelley
USA
2.28.18
sh
3
Gérard Coté
CAN
2.28.28
sh
4
Donald Heinicke
USA
2.31.39
sh
5
Leslie Pawson
USA
2.32.17
sh
6
Shoichiro Takenaka
JPN
2.33.42
7
Toshio Kawaguchi
JPN
2.33.44
8
Paul Donato
USA
2.34.54
sh
9
Zaiten Kimoto
JPN
2.35.02
10
Erich Puch
GER
2.35.04
110 m Hurdles
1
Fred Wolcott
USA
13.7
*
2
Boyce Gatewood
USA
13.8
*
3
Edward Dugger
USA
13.9
*
4
Håkan Lidman
SWE
14.0
4
Peter Owens
USA
14.0
*
6
Joe Batiste
USA
14.1
7
Marsh Farmer
USA
14.2
8
Robert Wright
USA
14.3
*
9
Tom Lavery
RSA
14.4
*A
9
Frank Fuller
USA
14.4
*
400 m Hurdles
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
3000 m Steeplechase
1
Nils Ollander
SWE
9.05.2
2
Lars Larsson
SWE
9.07.0
3
Erik Arwidsson
SWE
9.11.8
4
Rolf Seidenschnur
GER
9.13.2
5
Kauko Pekuri
FIN
9.15.6
6
Tore Söderström
SWE
9.16.2
7
Joseph McCluskey
USA
9.16.6
8
Kaarlo Tuominen
FIN
9.17.0
9
Ludwig Kaindl
GER
9.20.2
10
Grigoriy Yermolayev
URS
9.20.6