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USA Top 10 Lists - 1972
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Men
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1972
Track
Field
100 y
1
Harold Porter
USA
9.2
1
Herb Washington
USA
9.2
1
Ivory Crockett
USA
9.2
1
Joseph Sincere
USA
9.2
5
Steve Williams
USA
9.3
A
5
Gus Brisco
USA
9.3
5
William Holloway
USA
9.3
5
Reggie Robinson
USA
9.3
5
Cliff Branch
USA
9.3
5
William Lide
USA
9.3
100 m
1
Eddie Hart
USA
9.9
1
Reggie Robinson
USA
9.9
3
Warren Edmonson
USA
10.0
3
Steve Riddick
USA
10.0
3
Cliff Branch
USA
10.0
3
Henry Jackson
USA
10.0
3
Robert Taylor
USA
10.0
8
Willie Deckard
USA
10.1
8
Lennox Miller
USA
10.1
8
Dennis Walker
USA
10.1
200 m
1
Larry Black
USA
20.0
2
Steve Williams
USA
20.2
*A
2
Larry Burton
USA
20.2
*
2
Ivory Crockett
USA
20.2
*
5
Dennis Schultz
USA
20.3
*A
6
Eddie Hart
USA
20.4
*
6
Chuck Smith
USA
20.4
8
Warren Edmonson
USA
20.5
*
8
Wayne Collett
USA
20.5
*
8
Harold Williams
USA
20.5
*A
400 m
1
Wayne Collett
USA
44.1
2
Fred Newhouse
USA
44.2
3
John Smith
USA
44.3
4
Lee Evans
USA
44.6
*
5
Vince Matthews
USA
44.66
6
Steve Williams
USA
44.9
*A
7
Edesel Garrison
USA
45.1
*
7
Larance Jones
USA
45.1
9
Tommie Turner
USA
45.2
9
Curtis Mills
USA
45.2
800 m
1
David Wottle
USA
1.44.3
2
Rick Wohlhuter
USA
1.45.0
3
Ken Swenson
USA
1.45.1
4
Jim Ryun
USA
1.45.2
5
Ron Phillips
USA
1.45.3
6
Rick Brown
USA
1.45.4
7
Mark Winzenried
USA
1.46.6
8
Bob Smith
USA
1.46.9
*
8
Willie Thomas
USA
1.46.9
*
8
Juris Luzins
USA
1.46.9
1500 m
1
Jerome Howe
USA
3.38.2
2
Howell Michael
USA
3.38.3
3
Robert Wheeler
USA
3.38.8
4
Steve Prefontaine
USA
3.39.4
5
David Wottle
USA
3.39.7
6
Bruce Fischer
USA
3.40.0
7
James Crawford
USA
3.40.3
8
Jere van Dyke
USA
3.40.4
9
Joe Savage
USA
3.40.6
10
Duncan MacDonald
USA
3.40.9
1 Mile
1
Jim Ryun
USA
3.52.8
2
Steve Prefontaine
USA
3.56.7
3
Leonard Hilton
USA
3.57.6
4
Thomas von Ruden
USA
3.57.8
5
Juris Luzins
USA
3.58.2
5
David Wottle
USA
3.58.2
7
Duncan MacDonald
USA
3.58.4
8
Howell Michael
USA
3.58.5
9
Robert Wheeler
USA
3.59.2
10
Mark Winzenried
USA
3.59.5
5000 m
1
Steve Prefontaine
USA
13.22.8
2
George Young
USA
13.29.4
3
Gregory Fredericks
USA
13.34.0
4
Jim Ryun
USA
13.38.2
5
Tracy Smith
USA
13.39.0
6
Leonard Hilton
USA
13.40.2
7
Jack Bacheler
USA
13.40.4
8
Frank Shorter
USA
13.42.4
9
Sid Sink
USA
13.43.8
10
Jeff Galloway
USA
13.44.0
10000 m
1
Frank Shorter
USA
27.51.4
2
Gregory Fredericks
USA
28.08.0
3
Tom Laris
USA
28.12.6
4
Jack Bacheler
USA
28.13.4
5
Jeff Galloway
USA
28.30.0
6
Jon Anderson
USA
28.34.2
7
Greg Brock
USA
28.53.6
8
Richard Reid
USA
29.02.6
9
Don Kardong
USA
29.03.8
10
Bill Clark
USA
29.15.4
Marathon (42.195 km.)
1
Frank Shorter
USA
2.10.30
2
Ken Moore
USA
2.15.40
3
David White
USA
2.17.15
4
Jack Bacheler
USA
2.17.38
5
Douglas Schmenk
USA
2.17.45
6
Don Kardong
USA
2.18.06
7
Ken Misner
USA
2.18.39
8
John Vitale
USA
2.19.01
9
Scott Bringhurst
USA
2.19.24
10
Jeff Galloway
USA
2.19.35
110 m Hurdles
1
Rod Milburn
USA
13.24
2
Thomas Hill
USA
13.3
3
Jerry Wilson
USA
13.4
4
Willie Davenport
USA
13.50
5
Paul Gibson
USA
13.5
A
5
Charles Rich
USA
13.5
5
Ricky Stubbs
USA
13.5
5
Tommy Lee White
USA
13.5
9
Jeffrey Howser
USA
13.6
9
Randy Lightfoot
USA
13.6
*
400 m Hurdles
1
Ralph Mann
USA
48.4
2
Dick Bruggeman
USA
48.6
3
Jim Seymour
USA
48.64
4
Bruce Collins
USA
49.1
5
Jim Bolding
USA
49.5
*A
5
Bob Cassleman
USA
49.5
7
Efren Gipson
USA
49.6
*
8
Wesley Williams
USA
49.7
9
Boyd Gittins
USA
49.9
9
Ron Whitney
USA
49.9
*
3000 m Steeplechase
1
Michael Manley
USA
8.29.8
1
Steve Savage
USA
8.29.8
3
Joe Lucas
USA
8.30.1
4
Douglas Brown
USA
8.31.8
5
Jim Johnson
USA
8.32.4
6
Jim Dare
USA
8.33.6
7
Mark Larson
USA
8.35.0
8
Cliff Clark
USA
8.36.4
9
Sid Sink
USA
8.37.0
10
Robert Price
USA
8.37.4