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USA Top 10 Lists - 1968
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Men
Women
1968
Track
Field
High Jump
1
Dick Fosbury
USA
2.24
2
Ed Caruthers
USA
2.22
3
Reynaldo Brown
USA
2.21
A
4
Mike Bowers
USA
2.19
5
John Hartfield
USA
2.185
A
6
Ed Hanks
USA
2.17
ex
7
Otis Hailey
USA
2.165
8
Clarence Johnson
USA
2.16
8
Karl Kremser
USA
2.16
10
Ron Jourdan
USA
2.15
Pole Vault
1
Robert Seagren
USA
5.41
A
2
John Pennel
USA
5.35
3
Jonathan Vaughn
USA
5.31
4
Dick Railsback
USA
5.21
5
Dennis Phillips
USA
5.20
i
6
Chuck Rogers
USA
5.19
6
Jeff Chase
USA
5.19
8
Casey Carrigan
USA
5.18
A
9
Paul Wilson
USA
5.08
i
10
Vince Bizzarro
USA
5.07
i
Long Jump
1
Bob Beamon
USA
8.90
A
2
Ralph Boston
USA
8.27
A
3
Phil Shinnick
USA
8.16
4
Gayle Hopkins
USA
8.07
5
Jerry Proctor
USA
8.02
6
John Johnson
USA
7.93
7
Henlon Hewitt
USA
7.89
8
Bill Toomey
USA
7.87
A
9
Charlie Mays
USA
7.85
A
10
Stan Whitley
USA
7.83
Triple Jump
1
Art Walker
USA
16.81
2
Charles Craig
USA
16.50
i
3
Aaron Hopkins
USA
16.29
4
Dave Smith
USA
16.24
5
Norm Tate
USA
16.15
6
Ken Gaines
USA
15.99
7
Henry Jackson
USA
15.89
8
Darrell Horn
USA
15.87
A
9
Cal Hill
USA
15.67
9
Eric Klein
USA
15.67
Shot Put
1
Randy Matson
USA
21.30
2
George Woods
USA
20.82
ex
3
Dave Maggard
USA
20.53
4
Karl Salb
USA
19.99
5
Neal Steinhauer
USA
19.90
6
Ken Patera
USA
19.68
7
Jay Silvester
USA
19.63
8
Roger Orrell
USA
19.33
9
Steve Marcus
USA
19.28
10
Jon Cole
USA
19.16
Discus Throw
1
Jay Silvester
USA
68.40
2
Alfred Oerter
USA
64.78
3
Gary Carlsen
USA
64.14
4
Rink Babka
USA
63.93
5
Bill Neville
USA
62.41
6
Tim Vollmer
USA
62.23
7
Tim Hall
USA
61.57
8
Jon Cole
USA
61.29
9
Larry Kennedy
USA
59.92
10
Curt Harper
USA
59.08
Hammer Throw
1
Ed Burke
USA
69.72
2
George Frenn
USA
69.04
3
Harold Connolly
USA
68.48
4
Tom Gage
USA
68.25
5
Albert Hall
USA
67.18
6
Jim Pryde
USA
64.11
7
Wayne Pangburn
USA
63.98
8
Bob Narcessian
USA
63.83
9
Augie Zilincar
USA
63.12
10
John Fiore
USA
62.15
Javelin Throw
1
Frank Covelli
USA
86.77
2
Mark Murro
USA
83.21
3
Larry Stuart
USA
82.98
4
Milt Sonsky
USA
80.98
5
Gary Stenlund
USA
80.85
6
Carl O'Donnell
USA
78.92
7
Tom Colby
USA
78.74
8
Foss Miller
USA
78.69
9
Lesley Tipton
USA
78.62
10
Jim Stevenson
USA
77.47
Decathlon
1
Bill Toomey
USA
8222
A
2
Rick Sloan
USA
7800
A
3
Tom Waddell
USA
7720
A
4
Jeff Bannister
USA
7650
A
5
Jeff Bennett
USA
7468
6
Dave Buck
USA
7417
A
7
Vince Bizzarro
USA
7380
8
John Warkentin
USA
7370
9
Norman Johnston
USA
7346
10
Dick Emberger
USA
7263