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The Top Ranked Track & Field Athletes of the 1940s

 

Rnk Athlete Nation
1 Arthur Wint Jamaica
2 Emil Zatopek Czechoslovakia
3 Mal Whitfield USA
4 Mel Patton USA
5 Arne Ahman Sweden
6 Adolfo Consolini Italy
7 Bill Porter USA
8 Bob Mathias USA
9 Delfo Cabrera Argentina
10 Gaston Reiff Belgium
11 Guinn Smith USA
12 Harrison Dillard USA
13 Henry Eriksson Sweden
14 Imre Nemeth Hungary
15 Jack Winter Australia
16 John Ljunggren Sweden
17 John Mikaelsson Sweden
18 Roy Cochran USA
19 Tapio Rautavaara Finland
20 Tore Sjostrand Sweden
21 Wilbur Thompson USA
22 Willie Steele USA
23 Barney Ewell USA
24 Herb McKenley Jamaica
25 Alain Mimoun France
26 Duncan White Sri Lanka
27 Bjorn Paulson Norway
28 Clyde Scott USA
29 Erik Elmsater Sweden
30 Erkki Kataja Finland
31 Gaston Godel Switzerland
32 George Avery Australia
33 Giuseppe Tosi Italy
34 Ignace Heinrich France
35 Ingemar Johansson Sweden
36 Ivan Gubijan Yugoslavia
37 Jim Delaney USA
38 Lennart Strand Sweden
39 Steve Seymour USA
40 Theodore Bruce Australia
41 Tom Richards Great Britain
42 Lloyd LaBeach Panama
43 Wim Slijkhuis Netherlands
44 Bertil Albertsson Sweden
45 Marcel Hansenne France
46 Rune Larsson Sweden
47 Bob Bennett USA
48 Bob Richards USA
49 Craig Dixon USA
50 Etienne Gailly Belgium
51 Floyd Simmons USA
52 Fortune Gordien USA
53 Fritz Schwab Switzerland
54 George Stanich USA
55 Gote Hagstrom Sweden
56 Herb Douglas USA
57 Jim Fuchs USA
58 Jozsef Varszegi Hungary
59 Ruhi Sarialp Turkey
60 Tebbs Lloyd Johnson Great Britain
61 Alastair McCorquodale Great Britain
62 Enrique Kistenmacher Argentina
63 Martin Stokken Norway
64 Alberto Triulzi Argentina
65 Alexis Guyodo France
66 Charles Morris Great Britain
67 Dave Bolen USA
68 Dick Ault USA
69 Dike Eddleman USA
70 Edgar Bruun Norway
71 Erik Ahlden Sweden
72 Erling Kaas Norway
73 Herb Barten USA
74 Ivar Ramstad Norway
75 Johannes Coleman South Africa
76 Lorenzo Wright USA
77 Mieczyslaw Lomowski Poland
78 Pauli Vesterinen Finland
79 Preben Larsen Denmark
80 Sam Felton USA
81 Vaclav Cevona Czechoslovakia
82 Georges Damitio France
83 Morris Curotta Australia
84 Eusebio Guinez Argentina
85 Prince Adedoyin Adegboyega Great Britain
86 Bert Martineau Great Britain
87 Cliff Bourland USA
88 Erik Andersson Sweden
89 Ferenc Klics Hungary
90 Geraldo de Oliveira Brazil
91 Gosta Arvidsson Sweden
92 Gosta Bergkvist Sweden
93 Harry Churcher Great Britain
94 Ingvar Bengtsson Sweden
95 Lauri Tamminen Finland
96 Odd Maehlum Norway
97 Pentti Siltaloppi Finland
98 Peter Gardner Australia
99 Ragnar Lundberg Sweden
100 Severt Dennolf Sweden
101 Yves Cros France
102 Les Laing Jamaica
103 Abdullah Ben Said France
104 Art Jackes Canada
105 Bill Nankeville Great Britain
106 Bo Ericsson Sweden
107 Bob Chambers USA
108 Boo Morcom USA
109 Curt Stone USA
110 Emile Maggi France
111 George Guida USA
112 Hakan Lidman Sweden
113 Martin Biles USA
114 McDonald Bailey Great Britain
115 Ottavio Missoni Italy
116 Petar Segedin Yugoslavia
117 Peter Mullins Australia
118 Rune Bjurstrom Sweden
119 Syd Luyt South Africa
120 Valle Rautio Finland
121 Veikko Nyqvist Finland
122 Yrjo Lehtila Finland
123 Harry Whittle Great Britain
124 John Treloar Australia
125 John Bartram Australia
126 Aroldo da Silva Brazil
127 Dennis Shore South Africa
128 Pol Braekman Belgium
129 Alan Paterson Great Britain
130 Browning Ross USA
131 Don Gehrmann USA
132 George Rhoden Jamaica
133 Gustav Ostling Sweden
134 Hans Wahli Switzerland
135 Hugo Gollors Sweden
136 Jaakko Jouppila Finland
137 Jean-Claude Arifon France
138 Jim Vickers India
139 Les McKeand Australia
140 Mirko Vujacic Yugoslavia
141 Nikolaos Syllas Greece
142 Per Eriksson Sweden
143 Pierre Mazille France
144 Richard West Great Britain
145 Robert Chef d'Hotel France
146 Stan Cox Great Britain
147 Teseo Taddia Italy
148 Vaino Koskela Finland
149 Valto Olenius Finland
150 Constantino Miranda Spain
151 Felix Wurth Austria
152 Adhemar da Silva Brazil
153 Bob Likins USA
154 Cestmir Kalina Czechoslovakia
155 Claude Hubert France
156 Einar Soderqvist Sweden
157 Erik Jorgensen Denmark
158 Gianni Corsaro Italy
159 Irving Mondschein USA
160 Jim Peters Great Britain
161 John Parlett Great Britain
162 John Systad Norway
163 Stein Johnson Norway
164 Vaino Makela Finland
165 Edward Adamczyk Poland
166 Rafael Fortun Cuba
167 Rosalvo Ramos Brazil
168 Robert Everaert Belgium
169 Juan Lopez Uruguay
170 Abram van Heerden South Africa
171 Ake Hallgren Sweden
172 Alberto Sensini Argentina
173 Alfredo Jadresic Chile
174 Arvo Huutoniemi Finland
175 Bebbe Storskrubb Finland
176 Enrique Villaplana Spain
177 Goran Widenfelt Sweden
178 Gunnar Petersson Sweden
179 Harry Askew Great Britain
180 Henry Dreyer USA
181 Jeff Kirk USA
182 Jimmy Reardon Ireland
183 Jose Barbosa Puerto Rico
184 Jose Vicente Puerto Rico
185 Konstantinos Giataganas Greece
186 Marcel Vandewattyne Belgium
187 Niels Holst-Sorensen Denmark
188 Olivier Bernard Switzerland
189 Pierre Lacaze France
190 Pino Dordoni Italy
191 Ray Weinberg Australia
192 Salomon Kononen Finland
193 Sandor Garay Hungary
194 Victor Sillon France
195 Jack Hutchins Canada
196 Josy Barthel Luxembourg
197 Witold Gerutto Poland
198 Aarne Kainlauri Finland
199 Bill Albans USA
200 Eddie O'Toole USA
201 Gaston Mayordome France
202 Godtfred Holmvang Norway
203 Henning Larsen Denmark
204 Olle Ljunggren Sweden
205 Per-Arne Berglund Sweden
206 Svend Aage Frederiksen Denmark
207 Tage Jonsson Sweden
208 Uno Fransson Sweden
209 Werner Hardmo Sweden
210 Viljo Heino Finland
211 Helio da Silva Brazil
212 Bob McFarlane Canada
213 Denis Johansson Finland
214 Duncan Clark Great Britain
215 Fred Wilt USA
216 Helge Perala Finland
217 Henri Caron France
218 Hermann Tunner Austria
219 Hugues Frayer France
220 Jacques Andre France
221 John Giles Great Britain
222 John Holland New Zealand
223 Kaare Hammer Norway
224 Ken Jones Great Britain
225 Louis Courron France
226 Lumir Kiesewetter Czechoslovakia
227 Paul Valle Great Britain
228 Per Stavem Norway
229 Roger Chesneau France
230 Luo Wenao China
231 Gregorio Rojo Spain
232 Harry Nelson New Zealand
233 Kim Won-Gwon South Korea
234 Jef Lataster Netherlands
235 Manny Ramjohn Trinidad and Tobago
236 Baldev Singh India
237 Eduardo Julve Peru
238 Orn Clausen Iceland
239 Allan Lindberg Sweden
240 Anders Melin Sweden
241 Andre Marie France
242 Andre Paris France
243 Bill Roberts Great Britain
244 Ernie Crosbie USA
245 Evert Nyberg Sweden
246 Hans Houtzager Netherlands
247 Jakob Kjersem Norway
248 Kurt Lundquist Sweden
249 Les Lewis Great Britain
250 Raphael Pujazon France
251 Ricardo Bralo Argentina
252 Sigfus Sigurdsson Iceland
253 Soini Nikkinen Finland
254 Steve McCooke Great Britain
255 Cahit Onel Turkey
256 Ivan Hausen Brazil
257 Frits de Ruijter Netherlands
258 Gerardo Bonnhoff Argentina
259 Emilio Malchiodi Argentina
260 Eric Coy Canada
261 Mario Recordon Chile
262 Roger Verhaes Belgium
263 Georgie Lewis Trinidad and Tobago
264 Ahmed Zahur Khan Pakistan
265 Nazar Muhammad Khan Malik Pakistan
266 Kemal Horulu Turkey
267 Bill Ramsay Australia
268 Alf Olesen Denmark
269 Alf Westman Sweden
270 Bill Burton USA
271 Birger Leirud Norway
272 Borje Rendin Sweden
273 David Guiney Ireland
274 Dorde Stefanovic Yugoslavia
275 George Knott Australia
276 Georges Breitman France
277 Gilbert Omnes France
278 Gin Gang-Hwan South Korea
279 Harold Moody Great Britain
280 Hermenegildo Alberti Argentina
281 Jacques Vernier France
282 Jan Lammers Netherlands
283 Jean Studer Switzerland
284 Jean Vernier France
285 Jerry Thompson USA
286 John Fairgrieve Great Britain
287 Joseph Brys Belgium
288 Juan Kahnert Argentina
289 Julio Sabater Puerto Rico
290 Jussi Kurikkala Finland
291 Lennart Moberg Sweden
292 Leonello Patino Peru
293 Manuel Suarez Spain
294 Maurice Pouzieux France
295 Rene Valmy France
296 Ricardo Heber Argentina
297 Roland Nilsson Sweden
298 Roland Sink USA
299 Ron Unsworth Great Britain
300 Sandor Laszlo Hungary
301 Sydney Foster Jamaica
302 Tom White Great Britain
303 Vilhjalmur Vilmundarson Iceland
304 Werner Christen Switzerland
305 Willy Senn Switzerland
306 Yrjo Makela Finland
307 Sadhu Singh India
308 Hercules Azcune Uruguay
309 Pierre Sprecher France
310 Finnbjorn Dorvaldsson Iceland
311 Ernest Weber USA
312 Felix Erauzquin Spain
313 Fred Sharaga USA
314 Henry Laskau USA
315 Henry Rebello India
316 Kallie Reyneke South Africa
317 Lloyd Valberg Singapore
318 Louis Chevalier France
319 Raymond Tissot France
320 Reino Kuivamaki Finland
321 Salvatore Cascino Italy
322 Ted Vogel USA
323 Theodosios Balafas Greece
324 Torfi Bryngeirsson Iceland
325 Maximo Reyes Peru
326 Dusan Vujacic Yugoslavia
327 Enrique Inostroza Chile
328 Giorgio Oberweger Italy
329 Jaroslav Fikejz Czechoslovakia
330 John Deni USA
331 Kjell Tannander Sweden
332 Poul Cederquist Denmark
333 Bjorn Vade Norway
334 Adolf Weinacker USA
335 Alvaro Dias Portugal
336 Danilo Zerjal Yugoslavia
337 Derek Pugh Great Britain
338 Erik Koutonen USA
339 Ewan Douglas Great Britain
340 Francois Schewetta France
341 John Doms Belgium
342 Lloyd Evans Canada
343 Lucien Theys Belgium
344 Luis Ganoza Peru
345 Nico Lutkeveld Netherlands
346 Vaclav Winter Czechoslovakia
347 Vern McGrew USA
348 Waclaw Kuzmicki Poland
349 Whitey Overton USA
350 Zvonko Sabolovic Yugoslavia
351 Ted Haggis Canada
352 Mario Fayos Uruguay
353 Santiago Ferrando Peru
354 Bela Goldovanyi Hungary
355 Charles Bouvet France
356 Dick Webster Great Britain
357 Doug Wilson Great Britain
358 Francesco Pretti Italy
359 Gerard Cote Canada
360 Gerhard Winther Norway
361 Hannes Sonck Finland
362 Jaime Piqueras Peru
363 Joao Vieira (Triple Jump) Portugal
364 Joel Sigurosson Iceland
365 Julien Lebas France
366 Kaare Vefling Norway
367 Kuuno Honkonen Finland
368 Kyros Marinis Greece
369 Manuel Consiglieri Peru
370 Melchor Palmeiro Argentina
371 Norman Drake Great Britain
372 Olavi Luoto Finland
373 Per Olav Baarnaas Norway
374 Rex Whitlock Great Britain
375 Sixto Ibanez Argentina
376 Valentino Bertolini Italy
377 Davorin Marcelja Yugoslavia
378 Gurnam Singh India
379 Pedro Apellaniz Spain
380 Pierre Legrain France
381 Robert Bobin France
382 Stylianos Kyriakidis Greece
383 Mustafa Ozcan Turkey
384 Jaime Aparicio Colombia
385 Charles Thompson Guyana
386 Alec Olney Great Britain
387 Bill Larochelle Canada
388 Bill Lucas Great Britain
389 Bjorn Gundersen Norway
390 Bob Beckus USA
391 Dan Coyle Ireland
392 Hernan Alzamora Peru
393 Huang Liangzheng China
394 James Nesbitt Great Britain
395 Jan Zwaan Netherlands
396 Joe Birrell Great Britain
397 Jozsef Kiss Hungary
398 Michael Pope Great Britain
399 Mohsin Nazar Khan Pakistan
400 Morville Chote Great Britain
401 Nils Nicklen Finland
402 Peter Curry Great Britain
403 Ray Barkway Great Britain
404 Raymond Rosier Belgium
405 Rene Howell Great Britain
406 Sergio Guzman Chile
407 Jorge Aguirre Mexico
408 Charles Epalle France
409 Folke Alnevik Sweden
410 Hernan Figueroa Chile
411 Jacques Lunis France
412 Juan Fuse Argentina
413 Leo Roininen Canada
414 Marko Racic Yugoslavia
415 Sevki Koru Turkey
416 Vic Frank USA
417 Antonio Morais Portugal
418 Haukur Clausen Iceland
419 Oskar Jonsson Iceland
420 G.D. Peiris Sri Lanka
421 John De Saram Sri Lanka
422 Muhammad Sharif Butt Pakistan
423 Arnulf Pilhatsch Austria
424 Benjamin Casado Puerto Rico
425 Claude Benard France
426 Clem Eischen USA
427 Doug Harris New Zealand
428 Edmundo Zuniga Chile
429 Eric Prabhakar India
430 Hans Streuli Switzerland
431 Harry Tarraway Great Britain
432 Henri Klein France
433 Ioannis Lambrou Greece
434 Isidoor Van De Wiele Belgium
435 Jack Brewer Great Britain
436 Johnny A. Kelley USA
437 Karl Volkmer Switzerland
438 Malcolm Dalrymple Great Britain
439 Pedro Listur Uruguay
440 Richard Morris Great Britain
441 Bob McMillen USA
442 Cummin Clancy Ireland
443 Halil Ziraman Turkey
444 Jack Braughton Great Britain
445 Jacques Cretaine France
446 Jaroslav Knotek Czechoslovakia
447 Kaspar Schiesser Switzerland
448 Luis Garcia (POR) Portugal
449 Martin Alarcon Mexico
450 Paavo Toivari Finland
451 Paul Frieden Luxembourg
452 Carlos Vera Chile
453 Evert Heinstrom Finland
454 Fritz Nussbaum Switzerland
455 Herman Goffberg USA
456 Herman Kunnen Belgium
457 Nat Singh Somnath India
458 Paddy Fahy Ireland
459 Walter Fedorick Canada
460 Allan Lindsay Great Britain
461 Charles Green Australia
462 Erdal Barkay Turkey
463 Francisco Gonzalez Mexico
464 Mazar Ul-Haq Khan Pakistan
465 Ollie Manninen USA
466 Petros Krosfilit-Omiros Greece
467 Angel Garcia Cuba
468 Basil McKenzie Jamaica
469 Raul Mazorra Cuba
470 Vasilios Mavrapostolos Greece
471 Vasilios Mavroidis Greece
472 Riza Maksut Isman Turkey
473 Cliff Salmond Canada
474 Mario Rosas Colombia
475 Walter Perez Uruguay
476 Peter Bloch Norway
477 Stylianos Stratakos Greece
478 Bernabe Lovina Philippines
479 Rasit Ostas Turkey
480 Adan Torres Argentina
481 Alberto Labarthe Chile
482 Don Pettie Canada
483 Ernst Gunther Switzerland
484 Ezra Henniger Canada
485 Fernand Bourgaux Belgium
486 Frank Mahoney Bermuda
487 Gabe Scholten Netherlands
488 Geoffrey Tudor Great Britain
489 Guillermo Avalos Argentina
490 Guillermo Geary Argentina
491 Gyorgy Csanyi Hungary
492 Hong Jong-O South Korea
493 Ingvard Nielsen Denmark
494 Jan Meijer Netherlands
495 Jim O'Brien Canada
496 Laszlo Bartha Hungary
497 Laurence Reavell-Carter Great Britain
498 Lionel Fournier Canada
499 Sidney Cross Great Britain
500 Albert Dayer Belgium
501 Paddy Mulvihill Ireland
502 Robert Hawkey Great Britain
503 Hazzard Dill Bermuda
504 Antonio Pocovi Argentina
505 Carlos Monges Mexico
506 Chen Yinglang China
507 Don McFarlane Canada
508 Ernie McCullough Canada
509 Ferenc Banhalmi Hungary
510 Gustavo Ehlers Chile
511 Oskar Gerber Switzerland
512 Oskar Hardmeier Switzerland
513 Raymond Crapet France
514 Reynir Sigurdsson Iceland
515 Ron Pavitt Great Britain
516 Seo Yun-Bok South Korea
517 Sayed Moukhtar Egypt
518 An Yeong-Han South Korea
519 Don Finlay Great Britain
520 Sim Bok-Seok South Korea
521 Sven Hakansson Sweden
522 John Joe Barry Ireland
523 Juan Adarraga Spain
524 Armin Scheurer Switzerland
525 Gebhard Buchel Liechtenstein
526 Jakob Jutz Switzerland
527 Josef Seger Liechtenstein
528 Karl-Heinz Hubler Switzerland
529 Oto Rebula Yugoslavia
530 Rene Kremer Luxembourg
531 Aage Poulsen Denmark
532 Clarence Robison USA
533 Stan Jones Great Britain
534 Lee Yun-Seok South Korea
535 Antero Mongrut Peru
536 Bill Parnell Canada
537 Wilfred Tull Trinidad and Tobago
538 Arsne Piesset France
539 Athanasios Ragazos Greece
540 Chhota Singh India
541 Choi Yun-Chil South Korea
542 Hans Frischknecht Switzerland
543 Jack Holden Great Britain
544 Mikko Hietanen Finland
545 Pierre Cousin France
546 Rene Josset France
547 Salvatore Constantino Italy
548 Georgios Karageorgos Greece
549 Rashid Khadr Egypt
550 Seydi Dincturk Turkey
551 Stefanos Petrakis Greece
552 Kemal Aksur Turkey
553 Maung Sein Pe Myanmar
554 Stanley Lines Bermuda
555 Etienne Bally France
556 Perry Johnson Bermuda
557 Carlos Isaac Argentina
558 Carlos Silva (CHI) Chile
559 Fernand Linssen Belgium
560 Fernando Lapuente Argentina
561 Jaime Itlmann Chile
562 Jan Kleyn Netherlands
563 Olavi Talja Finland
564 Tauno Suvanto Finland
565 Walter Keller Switzerland
566 Herluf Christensen Denmark
567 Guillermo Rodriguez Mexico
568 Dogan Acarbay Turkey
569 Guillermo Evans Argentina
570 Joseph Stephan France
571 L. Hasso Iraq
572 Max Trepp Switzerland
573 Runar Holmberg Finland
574 Hector Gosset Belgium
575 Jo Zwaan Netherlands
576 Nestor Jacona Malta
577 Ali Salman Iraq

 


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