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1970
Track
Field
100 y
1
Willie McGee
USA
9.1
2
Harrington Jackson
USA
9.2
A
2
Melvin Gray
USA
9.2
2
John Carlos
USA
9.2
2
Robert Taylor
USA
9.2
2
Earl Harris
USA
9.2
2
Ivory Crockett
USA
9.2
2
James Green
USA
9.2
2
Douglas Hawken
USA
9.2
10
Gerald Tinker
USA
9.3
100 m
1
Gert Metz
FRG
10.0
2
Hermes Ramirez
CUB
10.1
2
Norman Chibota
TAN
10.1
2
Ben Vaughan
USA
10.1
2
Charles Greene
USA
10.1
2
Siegfried Schenke
GDR
10.1
2
Franz-Peter Hofmeister
FRG
10.1
2
Manfred Knickenberg
FRG
10.1
2
Klaus Ehl
FRG
10.1
2
Pablo Montes
CUB
10.1
200 m
1
John Carlos
USA
20.2
*
2
Melvin Gray
USA
20.3
*
2
Willie Turner
USA
20.3
*
4
Al Coffee
USA
20.4
*
4
Stanley Allotey
GHA
20.4
*
4
Reggie Robinson
USA
20.4
*
4
Fred Newhouse
USA
20.4
*
4
Eddie Hart
USA
20.4
*
4
Larry Black
USA
20.4
*
4
Ben Vaughan
USA
20.4
400 m
1
Wayne Collett
USA
44.9
2
John Smith
USA
45.0
2
Charles Asati
KEN
45.0
4
Jean-Claude Nallet
FRA
45.1
5
Fred Newhouse
USA
45.2
5
Curtis Mills
USA
45.2
*
5
Larry James
USA
45.2
*
8
Tom Ulan
USA
45.4
*
8
Thomas Jordan
FRG
45.4
10
Lee Evans
USA
45.5
*
800 m
1
Ken Swenson
USA
1.44.8
2
Walter Adams
FRG
1.44.9
3
Franz-Josef Kemper
FRG
1.45.4
4
Yevgeniy Arzhanov
URS
1.45.5
5
Fanie van Zijl
RSA
1.45.6
5
Mark Winzenried
USA
1.45.6
7
Pat Collins
USA
1.45.8
*
8
Dicky Broberg
RSA
1.45.9
8
Jozef Plachy
TCH
1.45.9
10
Art Sandison
USA
1.46.3
*
1500 m
1
Jean Wadoux
FRA
3.34.0
2
Kipchoge Keino
KEN
3.36.6
3
Dick Quax
NZL
3.38.1
4
Francesco Arese
ITA
3.38.7
5
Henryk Szordykowski
POL
3.38.8
6
Andre De Hertoghe
BEL
3.38.9
7
Peter Stewart
GBR
3.39.0
8
Jürgen May
FRG
3.39.2
9
Gianni Del Buono
ITA
3.39.3
10
Arne Kvalheim
NOR
3.39.6
1 Mile
1
Roscoe Divine
USA
3.56.3
2
Chuck LaBenz
USA
3.56.9
3
John Kirkbride
GBR
3.57.0
4
Steve Prefontaine
USA
3.57.4
4
Ian Stewart
GBR
3.57.4
4
Peter Stewart
GBR
3.57.4
7
Thomas von Ruden
USA
3.57.6
8
John Whetton
GBR
3.57.7
8
Lamprechts De Villers
RSA
3.57.7
10
Dick Quax
NZL
3.57.8
5000 m
1
Ian Stewart
GBR
13.22.8
2
Ian McCafferty
GBR
13.23.4
3
Dick Taylor
GBR
13.26.2
4
Kipchoge Keino
KEN
13.27.6
5
Jean Wadoux
FRA
13.28.0
6
Allan Rushmer
GBR
13.29.8
7
Ron Clarke
AUS
13.32.4
8
Harald Norpoth
FRG
13.34.6
9
Mike Baxter
GBR
13.35.2
10
Kerry O'Brien
AUS
13.37.2
10000 m
1
Dave Bedford
GBR
28.06.2
2
Lachie Stewart
GBR
28.11.8
3
Ron Clarke
AUS
28.13.4
4
Dick Taylor
GBR
28.15.4
5
Vladimir Tsyrenov
URS
28.16.2
6
Juha Väätäinen
FIN
28.19.6
7
Roger Matthews
GBR
28.21.4
8
Jürgen Busch
GDR
28.21.8
9
Frank Shorter
USA
28.22.8
10
Lutz Philipp
FRG
28.23.4
Marathon (42.195 km.)
1
Ron Hill
GBR
2.09.28
2
Akio Usami
JPN
2.10.38
3
Eamon O'Reilly
USA
2.11.12
4
Ken Moore
USA
2.11.36
5
James Alder
GBR
2.12.04
6
Yoshiaki Unetani
JPN
2.12.12
7
Jack Foster
NZL
2.12.18
8
Don Faircloth
GBR
2.12.19
9
John Farrington
AUS
2.12.58
10
William Adcocks
GBR
2.13.32
110 m Hurdles
1
Thomas Hill
USA
13.2
*
2
Guy Drut
FRA
13.3
3
Marcus Walker
USA
13.4
*
3
Werner Trzmiel
FRG
13.4
3
David Hemery
GBR
13.4
3
Willie Davenport
USA
13.4
*
7
Rod Milburn
USA
13.5
7
Frank Siebeck
GDR
13.5
7
Herman Franklin
USA
13.5
*
7
George Carty
USA
13.5
*
400 m Hurdles
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
3000 m Steeplechase
1
Kerry O'Brien
AUS
8.22.0
2
Tony Manning
AUS
8.26.2
3
Mikhail Zhelev
BUL
8.29.4
4
Ben Jipcho
KEN
8.29.6
5
Kazimierz Maranda
POL
8.30.4
6
Viktor Kudinskiy
URS
8.30.8
6
Amos Biwott
KEN
8.30.8
8
Ståle Engen
NOR
8.31.4
9
Jean-Paul Villain
FRA
8.31.6
9
Arne Risa
NOR
8.31.6