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USA Top 10 Lists - 1970
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1970
Track
Field
100 y
1
Willie McGee
USA
9.1
2
Harrington Jackson
USA
9.2
A
2
Melvin Gray
USA
9.2
2
John Carlos
USA
9.2
2
Robert Taylor
USA
9.2
2
Earl Harris
USA
9.2
2
Ivory Crockett
USA
9.2
2
James Green
USA
9.2
2
Douglas Hawken
USA
9.2
10
Gerald Tinker
USA
9.3
100 m
1
Ben Vaughan
USA
10.1
1
Charlie Greene
USA
10.1
3
Kirk Clayton
USA
10.2
3
Willie Turner
USA
10.2
3
Clarence Ray
USA
10.2
3
Eddie Hart
USA
10.2
3
Russ Hodge
USA
10.2
8
Fred Kuller
USA
10.3
8
Edesel Garrison
USA
10.3
8
Thomas Randolph
USA
10.3
200 m
1
John Carlos
USA
20.2
*
2
Melvin Gray
USA
20.3
*
2
Willie Turner
USA
20.3
*
4
Al Coffee
USA
20.4
*
4
Reggie Robinson
USA
20.4
*
4
Fred Newhouse
USA
20.4
*
4
Eddie Hart
USA
20.4
*
4
Larry Black
USA
20.4
*
4
Ben Vaughan
USA
20.4
4
Curtis Mills
USA
20.4
400 m
1
Wayne Collett
USA
44.9
2
John Smith
USA
45.0
3
Fred Newhouse
USA
45.2
3
Curtis Mills
USA
45.2
*
3
Larry James
USA
45.2
*
6
Tom Ulan
USA
45.4
*
7
Lee Evans
USA
45.5
*
7
Tommie Turner
USA
45.5
*
9
Dave Morton
USA
45.7
*
9
Edesel Garrison
USA
45.7
*
800 m
1
Ken Swenson
USA
1.44.8
2
Mark Winzenried
USA
1.45.6
3
Pat Collins
USA
1.45.8
*
4
Art Sandison
USA
1.46.3
*
5
David Wottle
USA
1.47.1
*
6
Thomas von Ruden
USA
1.47.2
7
Lowell Paul
USA
1.47.5
*
7
Keith Colburn
USA
1.47.5
*
7
John Perry
USA
1.47.5
*
10
John Lilly
USA
1.47.7
*
1500 m
1
Martin Liquori
USA
3.39.9
2
Roscoe Divine
USA
3.41.2
*
3
Jere van Dyke
USA
3.41.4
4
Howell Michael
USA
3.43.1
5
Steve Prefontaine
USA
3.44.9
6
John Lawson
USA
3.45.0
7
John Mason
USA
3.46.4
7
Rick Riley
USA
3.46.4
9
Bill Reilly
USA
3.47.0
10
Thomas von Ruden
USA
3.47.2
1 Mile
1
Roscoe Divine
USA
3.56.3
2
Chuck LaBenz
USA
3.56.9
3
Steve Prefontaine
USA
3.57.4
4
Thomas von Ruden
USA
3.57.6
5
Dave Wilbourn
USA
3.58.2
6
John Mason
USA
3.58.4
7
Martin Liquori
USA
3.58.5
8
Howell Michael
USA
3.59.0
8
David Wottle
USA
3.59.0
10
Rick Riley
USA
3.59.2
5000 m
1
Steve Prefontaine
USA
13.39.6
2
Frank Shorter
USA
13.42.4
3
Jack Bacheler
USA
13.46.2
4
Ken Moore
USA
13.46.4
5
Eamon O'Reilly
USA
13.47.0
6
Richard Buerkle
USA
13.47.8
7
Bill Reilly
USA
13.49.4
8
John Kennedy
USA
13.57.0
9
Gerry Lindgren
USA
13.58.4
10
Tarry Harrison
USA
13.58.8
10000 m
1
Frank Shorter
USA
28.22.8
2
Ken Moore
USA
28.47.6
3
Gerry Lindgren
USA
28.50.4
4
Rick Riley
USA
29.33.8
5
Mike Mittelstaedt
USA
29.39.0
6
Charles Messenger
USA
29.41.2
7
Eamon O'Reilly
USA
29.41.6
8
John Loeschorn
USA
29.44.2
9
Larry Blanchett
USA
29.51.6
10
Richard Buerkle
USA
30.14.2
Marathon (42.195 km.)
1
Eamon O'Reilly
USA
2.11.12
2
Ken Moore
USA
2.11.36
3
Bill Clark
USA
2.20.39
4
Herb Lorenz
USA
2.20.41
5
Byron Lowry
USA
2.21.08
6
Jack Bacheler
USA
2.22.00
7
Mike Mahler
USA
2.22.25
8
Jeff Galloway
USA
2.23.08
9
William Scobey
USA
2.23.23
10
Victor Nelson
USA
2.23.38
110 m Hurdles
1
Thomas Hill
USA
13.2
*
2
Marcus Walker
USA
13.4
*
2
Willie Davenport
USA
13.4
*
4
Rod Milburn
USA
13.5
4
Herman Franklin
USA
13.5
*
4
George Carty
USA
13.5
*
7
Leon Coleman
USA
13.6
7
Gary Power
USA
13.6
7
Tommy Lee White
USA
13.6
*
7
Ronald Draper
USA
13.6
*
400 m Hurdles
1
Ralph Mann
USA
48.5
*
2
Wayne Collett
USA
48.9
*
3
Ron Whitney
USA
49.9
*
4
Wesley Williams
USA
50.0
*
5
Lee Evans
USA
50.2
5
Larry James
USA
50.2
7
Donald Kellar
USA
50.3
7
Jim Wharton
USA
50.3
*
9
Ron Rondeau
USA
50.4
*
10
Dick Bruggeman
USA
50.6
*
3000 m Steeplechase
1
Bill Reilly
USA
8.32.4
2
Robert Price
USA
8.36.4
3
Steve Savage
USA
8.38.6
4
Sid Sink
USA
8.41.0
5
Jerome Liebenberg
USA
8.44.4
6
Ken Silvious
USA
8.44.8
7
Barry Brown
USA
8.47.6
7
Jim Johnson
USA
8.47.6
7
Bill Norris
USA
8.47.6
10
Don Timm
USA
8.48.2