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1981
Track
Field
100 m
1
Carl Lewis
USA
10.00
2
Mel Lattany
USA
10.04
3
James Sanford
USA
10.05
4
Stanley Floyd
USA
10.10
5
Jeff Phillips
USA
10.11
6
Ron Brown
USA
10.15
6
Colin Bradford
JAM
10.15
8
Allan Wells
GBR
10.17
9
Rudy Levarity
BAH
10.18
9
Emmit King
USA
10.18
200 m
1
James Sanford
USA
20.20
2
Mel Lattany
USA
20.21
3
Allan Wells
GBR
20.26
4
Frank Emmelmann
GDR
20.33
5
Dwayne Evans
USA
20.34
6
LaMonte King
USA
20.36
6
Jeff Phillips
USA
20.36
8
Eric Brown
USA
20.38
9
Stanley Floyd
USA
20.41
10
La Noris Marshall
USA
20.46
400 m
1
Bert Cameron
JAM
44.58
2
Cliff Wiley
USA
44.70
3
Zeke Jefferson
USA
44.86
4
Leslie Kerr
USA
44.90
5
Howard Henley
USA
44.92
6
Walter McCoy
USA
44.99
7
Tony Darden
USA
45.01
8
Willie Smith
USA
45.05
9
Bill Green
USA
45.07
10
Harald Schmid
FRG
45.18
800 m
1
Sebastian Coe
GBR
1.41.73
2
Joaquim Cruz
BRA
1.44.3
3
Olaf Beyer
GDR
1.44.31
4
Michael Boit
KEN
1.44.49
5
James Robinson
USA
1.44.63
6
Detlef Wagenknecht
GDR
1.44.81
7
Mark Enyeart
USA
1.44.93
8
Harald Schmid
FRG
1.44.96
9
Nikolay Kirov
URS
1.45.11
10
Mark Handelsman
RSA
1.45.3
1500 m
1
Steve Ovett
GBR
3.31.57
2
Sebastian Coe
GBR
3.31.95
3
Steve Scott
USA
3.31.96
4
Sydney Maree
USA
3.32.30
5
Thomas Wessinghage
FRG
3.33.49
6
Michael Boit
KEN
3.33.67
*
7
Jose Luis Gonzalez
ESP
3.34.41
8
John Walker
NZL
3.34.5
*
9
Steve Cram
GBR
3.34.81
*
10
Omer Khalifa
SUD
3.34.96
1 Mile
1
Sebastian Coe
GBR
3.47.33
2
Steve Ovett
GBR
3.48.40
3
Sydney Maree
USA
3.48.83
4
Michael Boit
KEN
3.49.45
5
Jose Luis Gonzalez
ESP
3.49.67
6
Steve Scott
USA
3.49.68
7
Steve Cram
GBR
3.49.95
8
John Walker
NZL
3.50.12
9
Todd Harbour
USA
3.50.34
10
Thomas Wessinghage
FRG
3.50.91
5000 m
1
Henry Rono
KEN
13.06.20
2
Hansjörg Kunze
GDR
13.10.40
3
Valeriy Abramov
URS
13.11.99
4
Thomas Wessinghage
FRG
13.13.47
5
Julian Goater
GBR
13.15.59
6
Bill McChesney
USA
13.15.77
7
Eamonn Coghlan
IRL
13.19.13
8
Venanzio Ortis
ITA
13.19.19
9
Fernando Mamede
POR
13.19.2
10
Markus Ryffel
SUI
13.19.74
10000 m
1
Fernando Mamede
POR
27.27.7
2
Werner Schildhauer
GDR
27.38.43
3
Mohamed Kedir
ETH
27.39.44
4
Alberto Salazar
USA
27.40.69
5
Henry Rono
KEN
27.40.78
6
Venanzio Ortis
ITA
27.42.70
7
Geoff Smith
GBR
27.43.76
8
Martti Vainio
FIN
27.45.50
9
Bill McChesney
USA
27.47.25
10
Julian Goater
GBR
27.47.54
Marathon (42.195 km.)
1
Alberto Salazar
USA
2.08.13
sh
2
Robert de Castella
AUS
2.08.18
3
Toshihiko Seko
JPN
2.09.27
4
John Graham
GBR
2.09.28
5
Dick Beardsley
USA
2.09.36
6
Kunimitsu Itoh
JPN
2.09.37
7
Shigeru Soh
JPN
2.10.19
8
Craig Virgin
USA
2.10.27
9
Bill Rodgers
USA
2.10.35
10
Jukka Toivola
FIN
2.10.52
sh
110 m Hurdles
1
Renaldo Nehemiah
USA
12.93
2
Greg Foster
USA
13.03
3
Alejandro Casanas
CUB
13.36
4
Sam Turner
USA
13.38
5
Dedy Cooper
USA
13.40
6
Tonie Campbell
USA
13.44
7
Willie Gault
USA
13.52
7
Javier Moracho
ESP
13.52
9
Julius Ivan
TCH
13.55
10
Rod Milburn
USA
13.59
400 m Hurdles
1
Edwin Moses
USA
47.14
2
Andre Phillips
USA
48.10
3
David Lee
USA
48.53
4
Harald Schmid
FRG
48.64
5
Bart Williams
USA
48.81
6
Vasiliy Arkhipenko
URS
48.89
7
Volker Beck
GDR
48.94
8
David Patrick
USA
49.25
9
James King
USA
49.26
10
James Walker
USA
49.33
3000 m Steeplechase
1
Mariano Scartezzini
ITA
8.13.32
2
Boguslaw Maminski
POL
8.16.66
3
Amos Korir
KEN
8.18.57
4
Henry Marsh
USA
8.18.58
5
Domingo Ramon Menargues
ESP
8.21.09
6
Patriz Ilg
FRG
8.21.13
7
John Gregorek
USA
8.21.26
8
Ken Martin
USA
8.21.52
9
Hans Koeleman
NED
8.21.72
10
Tommy Ekblom
FIN
8.21.93