Track and Field Statistics
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USA Top 10 Lists - 1955
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Men
1955
Track
Field
High Jump
1
Ernest Shelton
USA
2.115
2
Herman Wyatt
USA
2.09
i
3
Charles Dumas
USA
2.089
4
Barney Dyer
USA
2.051
ex
4
Charles Holding
USA
2.051
4
Jay Lewis Hall
USA
2.051
i
7
Floyd Smith
USA
2.048
8
Robert Barksdale
USA
2.038
9
LaVern Smith
USA
2.032
i
9
Victor Fritts
USA
2.032
i
Pole Vault
1
Robert Richards
USA
4.70
i
2
Donald Bragg
USA
4.59
3
Donald Laz
USA
4.57
i
4
Robert Smith
USA
4.54
5
Earl Poucher
USA
4.52
i
5
Jerry Welbourn
USA
4.52
i
7
Ron Morris
USA
4.51
7
Walt Levack
USA
4.51
9
Robert Gutowski
USA
4.42
9
Fred Barnes
USA
4.42
Long Jump
1
Rosslyn Range
USA
8.03
A
2
John Bennett
USA
8.01
A
3
Gregory Bell
USA
7.94
A
4
James Gamble
USA
7.69
5
Malachi Andrews
USA
7.64
6
Monte Upshaw
USA
7.56
7
Louis Watkins
USA
7.55
8
Joel Shankle
USA
7.51
8
Leon Moore
USA
7.51
10
Rafer Johnson
USA
7.49
Triple Jump
1
James Gamble
USA
15.21
2
Willie Hollie
USA
15.11
3
William Sharpe
USA
15.06
4
George Shaw
USA
15.03
5
Erwin Cook
USA
14.97
6
Kent Floerke
USA
14.94
7
Glenn Beerline
USA
14.74
8
Salvatore Mazzocca
USA
14.40
9
Jack Findlay
USA
14.25
10
John Parker
USA
14.18
Shot Put
1
Parry O'Brien
USA
18.12
i
2
Tom Jones
USA
18.00
3
William Nieder
USA
17.66
4
Don Vick
USA
17.58
ex
5
Ray Martin
USA
17.53
6
Tom Meyer
USA
17.43
7
Roosevelt Grier
USA
17.15
8
Wilfred Bangert
USA
16.88
9
Kenneth Bentum
USA
16.73
10
William Wright
USA
16.70
Discus Throw
1
Fortune Gordien
USA
55.14
2
Simeon Iness
USA
54.74
3
Parry O'Brien
USA
53.90
4
Desmond Koch
USA
53.65
5
Carl Vereen
USA
52.70
6
Woody Linn
USA
52.19
7
Roosevelt Grier
USA
51.97
8
Palmer Rezlaff
USA
51.81
9
Ron Drummond
USA
51.56
10
Don Vick
USA
51.44
Hammer Throw
1
Harold Connolly
USA
63.88
2
Martin Engel
USA
58.98
3
Robert Backus
USA
58.63
4
Donald Seifert
USA
56.94
5
Albert Hall
USA
56.75
6
Nat Baker
USA
56.27
7
Bill McWilliams
USA
55.71
8
Steve Dillon
USA
55.22
9
Robert Taylor
USA
55.05
10
Thomas Henderson
USA
55.01
Javelin Throw
1
Franklin Held
USA
81.76
2
William Miller
USA
78.65
3
Cyrus Young
USA
78.33
4
Les Bitner
USA
75.00
5
Albert Cantello
USA
74.76
6
Leo Long
USA
73.97
7
Sid Kiwitt
USA
73.17
8
Jerry Church
USA
72.13
9
Richard Righter
USA
72.10
10
Charles Higgins
USA
70.84
Decathlon
1
Rafer Johnson
USA
7985
2
Robert Lawson
USA
7063
3
Robert Richards
USA
7043
4
Brayton Norton
USA
6829
5
Ernest Shelton
USA
6462
6
Joel Shankle
USA
6455
7
James Podoley
USA
6346
8
Ed Roberts
USA
6119
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Joe Savoldi
USA
5895
10
Philip Mulkey
USA
5872