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1978
Track
Field
100 m
1
Clancy Edwards
USA
10.07
1
Eddie Hart
USA
10.07
A
1
Steve Williams
USA
10.07
4
Silvio Leonard
CUB
10.08
5
Mel Lattany
USA
10.09
A
6
Curtis Dickey
USA
10.11
6
Osvaldo Lara
CUB
10.11
A
6
Don Coleman
USA
10.11
A
6
Mike Roberson
USA
10.11
A
10
Harvey Glance
USA
10.15
200 m
1
Clancy Edwards
USA
20.03
2
Silvio Leonard
CUB
20.06
3
James Gilkes
GUY
20.14
4
Pietro Mennea
ITA
20.16
5
James Sanford
USA
20.24
6
Steve Williams
USA
20.26
7
William Snoddy
USA
20.27
A
8
Donald Quarrie
JAM
20.35
9
Greg Foster
USA
20.40
10
Larry Myricks
USA
20.44
400 m
1
Alberto Juantorena
CUB
44.27
A
2
Willie Smith
USA
44.73
3
William Mullins
USA
45.03
4
Harald Schmid
FRG
45.06
5
Darrol Gatson
USA
45.12
6
Maxie Parks
USA
45.15
7
Adrian Rodgers
USA
45.21
8
Maurice Peoples
USA
45.22
9
Hassan El Kashief
SUD
45.23
10
Stan Vinson
USA
45.37
800 m
1
Olaf Beyer
GDR
1.43.84
2
Sebastian Coe
GBR
1.43.97
3
Steve Ovett
GBR
1.44.09
4
Alberto Juantorena
CUB
1.44.38
5
Michael Boit
KEN
1.44.94
6
Willi Wülbeck
FRG
1.45.12
7
Andreas Busse
GDR
1.45.45
8
James Robinson
USA
1.45.47
9
Peter Lemashon
KEN
1.45.68
10
Abderrahmane Morceli
ALG
1.45.7
1500 m
1
David Moorcroft
GBR
3.35.48
2
Filbert Bayi
TAN
3.35.59
2
Steve Ovett
GBR
3.35.59
4
John Robson
GBR
3.35.60
5
Frank Clement
GBR
3.35.66
6
Steve Scott
USA
3.36.0
7
Jürgen Straub
GDR
3.36.14
8
Wilson Waigwa
KEN
3.36.48
9
Eamonn Coghlan
IRL
3.36.57
10
Francis Gonzalez
FRA
3.37.0
1 Mile
1
Thomas Wessinghage
FRG
3.52.50
2
Jozef Plachy
TCH
3.52.59
3
Steve Ovett
GBR
3.52.8
4
Steve Scott
USA
3.52.93
5
Wilson Waigwa
KEN
3.53.2
6
Filbert Bayi
TAN
3.53.5
7
Frank Clement
GBR
3.54.2
8
John Robson
GBR
3.54.3
9
David Moorcroft
GBR
3.55.3
10
Graham Williamson
GBR
3.55.82
5000 m
1
Henry Rono
KEN
13.08.4
2
Ilie Floroiu
ROU
13.15.0
3
Martin Liquori
USA
13.16.21
4
Rodney Dixon
NZL
13.17.37
5
Fernando Mamede
POR
13.17.76
6
Frank Zimmermann
FRG
13.18.20
7
Markus Ryffel
SUI
13.19.97
8
Venanzio Ortis
ITA
13.20.72
9
Gerard Tebroke
NED
13.21.68
10
Jos Hermens
NED
13.21.9
10000 m
1
Henry Rono
KEN
27.22.47
2
Brendan Foster
GBR
27.30.30
3
Martti Vainio
FIN
27.30.99
4
Venanzio Ortis
ITA
27.31.48
5
Aleksandr Antipov
URS
27.31.50
6
David Black
GBR
27.36.27
7
Gerard Tebroke
NED
27.36.64
8
Ilie Floroiu
ROU
27.40.06
9
Enn Sellik
URS
27.40.61
10
Knut Kvalheim
NOR
27.41.26
Marathon (42.195 km.)
1
Shigeru Soh
JPN
2.09.06
2
Bill Rodgers
USA
2.10.14
3
Jeff Wells
USA
2.10.16
4
Toshihiko Seko
JPN
2.10.21
5
Hideki Kita
JPN
2.11.05
6
Esa Tikkanen
FIN
2.11.16
7
Jack Fultz
USA
2.11.18
8
Randy Thomas
USA
2.11.26
9
Kevin Ryan
NZL
2.11.44
10
Leonid Moseyev
URS
2.11.58
110 m Hurdles
1
Greg Foster
USA
13.22
2
Renaldo Nehemiah
USA
13.23
3
Dedy Cooper
USA
13.43
4
Kerry Bethel
USA
13.45
A
5
James Owens
USA
13.46
6
Viktor Myasnikov
URS
13.47
7
Thomas Munkelt
GDR
13.50
8
Alejandro Casanas
CUB
13.55
8
Jan Pusty
POL
13.55
10
Arto Bryggare
FIN
13.56
400 m Hurdles
1
Edwin Moses
USA
47.94
2
Harald Schmid
FRG
48.43
3
James Walker
USA
48.91
3
Quentin Wheeler
USA
48.91
5
Sam Turner
USA
49.04
6
Vasiliy Arkhipenko
URS
49.09
7
Daniel Kimaiyo
KEN
49.20
8
Rick Graybehl
USA
49.31
9
Bart Williams
USA
49.32
A
10
John Akii-Bua
UGA
49.55
3000 m Steeplechase
1
Henry Rono
KEN
8.05.4
2
Bronislaw Malinowski
POL
8.11.63
3
Patriz Ilg
FRG
8.16.92
4
Ismo Toukonen
FIN
8.18.29
5
Michael Karst
FRG
8.19.01
6
Douglas Brown
USA
8.19.29
7
Krzystof Wesolowsky
POL
8.19.53
8
Paul Copu
ROU
8.20.41
9
George Malley
USA
8.21.72
10
Henry Marsh
USA
8.22.5