Track and Field Statistics
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USA Top 10 Lists - 1978
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Men
Women
1978
Track
Field
High Jump
1
Franklin Jacobs
USA
2.32
i
2
Dwight Stones
USA
2.30
2
Ben Fields
USA
2.30
4
Kyle Arney
USA
2.26
i
4
Gail Olson
USA
2.26
i
4
Tom Woods
USA
2.26
4
Melvin Baker
USA
2.26
8
Jeff Woodard
USA
2.24
8
Rory Kotinek
USA
2.24
8
Bill Hansen
USA
2.24
Pole Vault
1
Mike Tully
USA
5.71
2
Larry Jessee
USA
5.61
3
Jeff Taylor
USA
5.55
4
Ralph Haynie
USA
5.50
4
Earl Bell
USA
5.50
4
Dan Ripley
USA
5.50
4
Robert Pullard
USA
5.50
8
Billy Olson
USA
5.45
9
Steve Oravetz
USA
5.40
10
Mike Cotton
USA
5.39
Long Jump
1
James Lofton
USA
8.23
2
Arnie Robinson
USA
8.21
3
LaMonte King
USA
8.18
4
Tommy Haynes
USA
8.07
i
5
Larry Myricks
USA
8.05
6
Carl Williams
USA
8.02
A
7
Ken Hays
USA
7.99
7
Tommy Haynes
USA
7.99
9
Randy Williams
USA
7.97
10
Bob Calhoun
USA
7.95
i
Triple Jump
1
James Butts
USA
17.24
2
Ron Livers
USA
17.15
3
Willie Banks
USA
17.05
4
Robert Cannon
USA
16.75
5
Caleb Abdul Rahman
USA
16.69
i
6
Paul Jordan
USA
16.68
7
Rayfield Dupree
USA
16.60
7
Nate Cooper
USA
16.60
9
Mike Marlow
USA
16.54
10
Tommy Haynes
USA
16.51
i
Shot Put
1
Al Feuerbach
USA
21.07
2
Mac Wilkins
USA
20.45
i
3
Colin Anderson
USA
20.39
i
4
Dave Laut
USA
20.15
5
Doug Price
USA
20.13
6
Peter Shmock
USA
20.12
7
Richard Marks
USA
20.04
8
Jeff Stover
USA
19.75
9
Samuel Walker
USA
19.64
10
David Voorhees
USA
19.60
Discus Throw
1
Mac Wilkins
USA
70.48
2
Ken Stadel
USA
68.40
3
Jim McGoldrick
USA
64.94
4
David Voorhees
USA
62.94
5
Alfred Oerter
USA
62.62
6
Dan Gardner
USA
62.50
7
Ben Plucknett
USA
62.30
8
Art Swarts
USA
61.78
9
Michael Weeks
USA
61.68
10
Marcus Gordien
USA
61.64
Hammer Throw
1
Emmitt Berry
USA
69.90
2
Boris Djerassi
USA
68.55
3
Rich Perkins
USA
65.53
4
Peter Galle
USA
65.50
5
Larry Satchwell
USA
64.74
6
Dave McKenzie
USA
64.59
7
Dwight Midles
USA
64.49
8
Carl Eklund
USA
63.65
9
Ed Arcaro
USA
62.72
10
Ed Healey
USA
62.68
Javelin Throw
1
Bob Roggy
USA
89.30
2
Rod Ewaliko
USA
86.44
3
Duncan Atwood
USA
85.54
4
William Schmidt
USA
84.36
5
Anthony Hall
USA
83.24
6
Sam Strickland
USA
82.06
7
Jim Kirby
USA
80.94
8
Stu Ralph
USA
80.70
9
Scott Sorchik
USA
80.60
10
Frank Perbeck
USA
80.22
Decathlon
1
Bobby Coffman
USA
8137
mA
2
Fred Dixon
USA
8034
2
Roger George
USA
8034
mA
4
John Warkentin
USA
8011
m
5
Mike Hill
USA
8004
6
Mauricio Bardales
USA
7974
7
Lee Palles
USA
7917
8
John Whitson
USA
7829
m
9
Allen Hamlin
USA
7776
10
Jim Howell
USA
7679