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USA Top 10 Lists - 1956
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Men
1956
Track
Field
100 y
1
Leamon King
USA
9.3
1
David Sime
USA
9.3
3
Bobby Morrow
USA
9.4
3
Edward Waters
USA
9.4
3
Kenneth Kave
USA
9.4
6
Alexander Burl
USA
9.5
6
George Sydnor
USA
9.5
6
Robert Whilden
USA
9.5
6
Ken Christensen
USA
9.5
6
Hodges Broussard
USA
9.5
100 m
1
Willie Williams
USA
10.1
1
Ira Murchison
USA
10.1
1
Leamon King
USA
10.1
4
Bobby Morrow
USA
10.2
4
Thane Baker
USA
10.2
4
David Sime
USA
10.2
7
Lester Carney
USA
10.3
7
John Haines
USA
10.3
7
Rodney Richard
USA
10.3
10
Orlando Hazley
USA
10.4
200 m
1
David Sime
USA
20.4
*str
2
Thane Baker
USA
20.6
*
2
Bobby Morrow
USA
20.6
2
Andrew Stanfield
USA
20.6
5
Arthur Pollard
USA
20.8
*str
6
Theodius Bush
USA
20.9
7
James Lea
USA
21.0
*str
7
Dick Blair
USA
21.0
7
Rodney Richard
USA
21.0
10
Jack Davis
USA
21.1
*
400 m
1
Louis Jones
USA
45.2
2
James Lea
USA
45.5
*
3
Tom Courtney
USA
45.8
4
Jesse Mashburn
USA
45.9
*
5
Charles Jenkins
USA
46.1
6
John Haines
USA
46.3
*
7
Jerry White
USA
46.4
*
8
Edward Southern
USA
46.7
*
8
Mike Larrabee
USA
46.7
*
8
Lang Stanley
USA
46.7
*
800 m
1
Tom Courtney
USA
1.46.4
2
Arnold Sowell
USA
1.46.7
3
Lonnie Spurrier
USA
1.47.6
4
Lang Stanley
USA
1.47.9
5
Eugene Maynard
USA
1.48.1
*
6
Malvin Whitfield
USA
1.48.2
7
Richard Foerster
USA
1.48.5
*
7
Jim Terrill
USA
1.48.5
*
7
Bill Tidwell
USA
1.48.5
10
Wesley Santee
USA
1.49.5
1500 m
1
Bob Seaman
USA
3.45.0
*
2
Fred Dwyer
USA
3.45.2
*
2
Bill Tidwell
USA
3.45.2
4
Don Bowden
USA
3.46.6
5
Wesley Santee
USA
3.47.3
6
Jerome Walters
USA
3.47.6
7
Ted Wheeler
USA
3.48.0
8
Joe Villareal
USA
3.49.2
9
Art Dalzell
USA
3.49.5
10
Sid Wing
USA
3.49.8
1 Mile
1
Fred Dwyer
USA
4.00.8
2
Bob Seaman
USA
4.01.4
3
Ted Wheeler
USA
4.04.7
4
William Dellinger
USA
4.07.5
5
Wesley Santee
USA
4.08.0
6
Don Bowden
USA
4.08.2
7
Jerome Walters
USA
4.08.8
8
Danny Schweikart
USA
4.09.3
9
Lonnie Spurrier
USA
4.09.4
9
Jim Beatty
USA
4.09.4
5000 m
1
William Dellinger
USA
14.16.2
2
Max Truex
USA
14.16.7
3
Richard Hart
USA
14.28.4
4
Curtis Stone
USA
14.29.0
5
Mal Robertson
USA
14.49.8
6
Joseph W. Tyler
USA
14.40.4
7
Jim Beatty
USA
14.51.1
8
Hal Higdon
USA
14.54.1
9
Maury Graves
USA
14.54.3
10
Bob Sbarra
USA
14.56.2
10000 m
1
Joseph W. Tyler
USA
30.31.9
2
Gordon McKenzie
USA
30.34.3
e
3
Max Truex
USA
30.52.0
4
Richard Hart
USA
31.06.3
5
Jerry Smart
USA
31.14.0
6
Mal Robertson
USA
31.26.5
7
Bob House
USA
31.46.0
8
Fred Wilt
USA
32.07.7
9
Jack Blackburn
USA
32.24.2
10
Luther Burdell
USA
32.36.5
Marathon (42.195 km.)
1
John J. Kelley
USA
2.14.33
sh
2
Nicholas Costes
USA
2.18.01
sh
3
Dean Thackwray
USA
2.20.24
sh
4
Ted Corbitt
USA
2.28.06
sh
5
Joseph W. Tyler
USA
2.29.17
sh
6
Robert Cons
USA
2.29.24
sh
7
Fred Wilt
USA
2.29.27
sh
8
Thomas Ryan
USA
2.29.35
sh
9
James A. Daley
USA
2.31.25
sh
10
Browning Ross
USA
2.31.38
sh
110 m Hurdles
1
Jack Davis
USA
13.3
*
2
Lee Calhoun
USA
13.5
3
Milton Campbell
USA
13.6
*
4
Joel Shankle
USA
13.7
*
5
Charles Pratt
USA
13.8
5
Rafer Johnson
USA
13.8
5
Elias Gilbert
USA
13.8
*
8
Bill Curtis
USA
13.9
9
Lee Loewen
USA
14.0
10
Willard Thomson
USA
14.1
400 m Hurdles
1
Glenn Davis
USA
49.5
2
Edward Southern
USA
49.7
3
Joshua Culbreath
USA
50.6
4
Aubrey Lewis
USA
50.9
5
Willie Atterberry
USA
51.2
6
Robert Rittenberg
USA
51.6
7
Roy Thompson
USA
51.8
8
Paul Thrash
USA
51.9
*
9
Gene O'Connor
USA
52.2
9
Bruce Sweeney
USA
52.2
3000 m Steeplechase
1
Charles Jones
USA
8.47.4
2
Horace Ashenfelter
USA
8.51.0
3
Philip Coleman
USA
9.00.3
4
William Ashenfelter
USA
9.11.7
5
Hal Higdon
USA
9.14.0
6
George King
USA
9.14.4
7
Ken Reiser
USA
9.15.1
8
Ike Matza
USA
9.17.2
9
Jerry Smart
USA
9.21.4
10
William Collins
USA
9.22.0
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