Track and Field Statistics
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Men
1953
Track
Field
High Jump
1
Walter Davis
USA
2.124
2
Kenneth Wiesner
USA
2.102
i
3
Herman Wyatt
USA
2.080
4
Ernest Shelton
USA
2.08
5
Charles Holding
USA
2.076
6
Calvin Clark
USA
2.061
7
J.Lewis Hall
USA
2.041
7
Barney Dyer
USA
2.041
9
Victor Fritts
USA
2.038
i
9
Arnold Betton
USA
2.038
i
Pole Vault
1
Robert Richards
USA
4.68
i
2
Donald Laz
USA
4.62
i
3
Fred Barnes
USA
4.47
3
George Mattos
USA
4.47
5
Robert Smith
USA
4.37
6
James Harrington
USA
4.35
i
7
Richard Shivers
USA
4.34
8
Ray Kring
USA
4.31
8
Len Eilers
USA
4.31
8
Dave Kenly
USA
4.31
Long Jump
1
George Brown
USA
7.89
2
John Bennett
USA
7.72
3
F.Morgan Taylor Jr.
USA
7.63
4
Meredith Gourdine
USA
7.55
i
5
Jerome Biffle
USA
7.50
i
6
Robert Clark
USA
7.43
6
Ron Soble
USA
7.43
8
Robert Holland
USA
7.40
9
Robert Jones
USA
7.39
10
Robert Ragsdale
USA
7.38
Triple Jump
1
James Gerhardt
USA
14.65
2
George Shaw
USA
14.53
3
Glenn Beerline
USA
14.39
4
Moses Hunter
USA
14.22
5
Robert Cook
USA
14.21
6
John Parker
USA
14.20
7
Joe Johnson
USA
13.92
8
Erkki Koutonen
USA
13.91
9
Arnold Webb
USA
13.79
10
Rosario McLurkin
USA
13.71
Shot Put
1
Parry O'Brien
USA
18.04
2
Darrow Hooper
USA
17.17
3
Tom Jones
USA
16.95
4
Bernard Mayer
USA
16.79
i
5
Howard Hertz
USA
16.69
6
James Fuchs
USA
16.58
i
7
Otis Chandler
USA
16.41
8
Mason Benner
USA
16.33
9
Albert Thompson
USA
16.28
i
9
Virgil Elwess
USA
16.28
Discus Throw
1
Fortune Gordien
USA
59.28
2
Simeon Iness
USA
57.93
3
Jack Ellis
USA
54.61
4
Parry O'Brien
USA
53.45
5
Darrow Hooper
USA
51.43
6
Leon Patterson
USA
50.88
7
Desmond Koch
USA
50.86
8
Robert Mathias
USA
50.57
9
Charles Renfro
USA
50.43
10
James Cooke
USA
50.36
Hammer Throw
1
Martin Engel
USA
59.55
2
Samuel Felton
USA
55.74
3
Steve Dillon
USA
54.76
4
Robert Backus
USA
54.48
ex
5
Clifford Blair
USA
54.30
6
Harold Connolly
USA
54.17
7
Stanley Citron
USA
53.96
8
Gilbert Borjeson
USA
52.61
9
Richard Fitts
USA
52.08
10
Donald Seifert
USA
50.76
Javelin Throw
1
Franklin Held
USA
80.41
2
Cyrus Young
USA
78.13
3
William Miller
USA
70.77
4
Larry Goins
USA
67.13
5
Ralph Roylance
USA
66.44
6
Richard Genther
USA
66.08
7
Samuel Adams
USA
65.33
8
Seymour Steve Cohen
USA
64.98
9
George Roseme
USA
64.91
10
Albert Cantello
USA
64.55
Decathlon
1
Milton Campbell
USA
7743
2
Robert Richards
USA
7388
3
William Miller
USA
6919
4
James Cooke
USA
6894
5
Orin Allen
USA
6733
6
Joel Shankle
USA
6660
7
Jesse Mashburn
USA
6655
8
Doug Maijala
USA
6544
9
Aubrey Lewis
USA
6422