The Top Ranked Track & Field Athletes of All-Time by Rookie Year-1920

 

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Ranking Explanation

 

The Top Ranked Track & Field Athletes of All-Time by Rookie Year-1920

 

Rnk Athlete Nation Overall Rank
1 Paavo Nurmi Finland 3
2 Ugo Frigerio Italy 40
3 Eero Lehtonen Finland 54
4 Albert Hill Great Britain 64
5 Charley Paddock USA 88
6 Ville Porhola Finland 109
7 Jackson Scholz USA 111
8 Joseph Guillemot France 146
9 Ville Tuulos Finland 158
10 Bevil Rudd South Africa 187
11 Harold Abrahams Great Britain 211
12 Helge Lovland Norway 278
13 Allen Woodring USA 355
14 Dick Landon USA 390
15 Frank Foss USA 400
16 Frank Loomis USA 401
17 Paddy Ryan Ireland 460
18 Percy Hodge Great Britain 462
19 Tommy Thomson Canada 490
20 William Petersson Sweden 501
21 Edvin Wide Sweden 537
22 Guy Butler Great Britain 560
23 Paul Martin Switzerland 579
24 Erkka Wilen Finland 591
25 Brutus Hamilton USA 631
26 Gunnar Lindstrom Sweden 646
27 Juri Lossman Suriname 673
28 Henry Petersen Denmark 702
29 Folke Janson Sweden 708
30 Morris Kirksey USA 729
31 Carl Johnson USA 818
32 Earl Eby USA 836
33 Everett Bradley USA 844
34 George Parker Australia 855
35 Hal Barron USA 866
36 Harold Muller USA 868
37 John Norton USA 890
38 Pat Flynn Ireland 934
39 Harry Edward Germany 1000
40 Aleksander Klumberg Estonia 1016
41 Hugo Lahtinen Finland 1037
42 Pierre Lewden France 1067
43 Ernesto Ambrosini Italy 1079
44 Paavo Johansson Finland 1086
45 Nils Engdahl Sweden 1111
46 Bob LeGendre USA 1137
47 Cecil McMaster South Africa 1139
48 Gus Pope USA 1143
49 Bertil Ohlson Sweden 1178
50 Eric Backman Sweden 1204
51 Basil Bennett USA 1266
52 Bo Ekelund Sweden 1271
53 Ed Myers USA 1298
54 Erik Abrahamsson Sweden 1303
55 Fred Murray USA 1315
56 Gus Desch USA 1330
57 Harry Liversedge USA 1333
58 James Wilson Great Britain 1352
59 Larry Shields USA 1379
60 Richard Remer USA 1408
61 Valerio Arri Italy 1441
62 Carl-Axel Christiernsson Sweden 1487
63 Loren Murchison USA 1489
64 Ivar Sahlin Sweden 1504
65 Donato Pavesi Italy 1630
66 Edgar Mountain Great Britain 1660
67 Auguste Broos Belgium 1666
68 Augusto Maccario Italy 1670
69 Dink Templeton USA 1735
70 Edward Knourek USA 1741
71 Frank Shea USA 1753
72 Gustaf Mattsson Sweden 1762
73 Harry Wilson New Zealand 1767
74 Malcolm Svensson Sweden 1814
75 Oscar Zallhagen Sweden 1832
76 Teodor Koskenniemi Finland 1857
77 Vaclav Vohralik Czech Republic 1865
78 Walter Whalen USA 1870
79 Evert Nilsson Sweden 1913
80 Sven Emil Lundgren Sweden 1939
81 Joie Ray USA 1942
82 Erling Aastad Norway 1956
83 Mike Devaney USA 2032
84 George Davidson New Zealand 2069
85 Joe Blewitt Great Britain 2111
86 Don Scott USA 2204
87 Emile Ali Khan France 2210
88 Ernfrid Rydberg Sweden 2214
89 James Hatton Great Britain 2251
90 John Ainsworth-Davis Great Britain 2259
91 John Murphy USA 2263
92 Juho Tuomikoski Finland 2269
93 Kenneth Bartlett USA 2277
94 Sherman Landers USA 2328
95 Thomas Maroney USA 2341
96 Walker Smith USA 2356
97 Lucien Duquesne France 2381
98 Josef Imbach Switzerland 2419
99 Charles Clibbon Great Britain 2423
100 Erik Blomqvist Sweden 2424
101 Jean-Baptiste Manhes France 2443
102 Jack Oosterlaak South Africa 2481
103 James McEachern Canada 2494
104 Ernst Gerspach Switzerland 2504
105 Harald Tammer Estonia 2525
106 Henry Dafel South Africa 2551
107 Albert Hulsebosch USA 2614
108 Albert Sprott USA 2615
109 Allan Eriksson Sweden 2623
110 Andre Audinet France 2626
111 Charles Daggs USA 2647
112 Charles Dowson Great Britain 2648
113 Dan Ahearn Ireland 2655
114 Laurits Jorgensen Denmark 2748
115 Rolf Franksson Sweden 2788
116 Sofus Rose Denmark 2799
117 William Seagrove Great Britain 2821
118 Paul Brochart Belgium 2832
119 Adje Paulen Netherlands 2834
120 Henri Thorsen Denmark 2871
121 Gosta Bladin Sweden 2951
122 George Gray Great Britain 2973
123 Ossian Nylund Finland 2988
124 Pierre Guilloux France 2998
125 Alex Ponton Canada 3034
126 Arturo Porro Italy 3053
127 Edward Wheller Great Britain 3137
128 Einar Thulin Sweden 3139
129 Eldon Jenne USA 3140
130 Gene Vidal USA 3156
131 George Bihlman USA 3157
132 Heikki Liimatainen Finland 3170
133 Joseph Organ USA 3204
134 Lars Hedwall Sweden 3212
135 Milton Angier USA 3234
136 Robert Emery USA 3261
137 Sol Butler USA 3270
138 Valther Jensen Denmark 3283
139 William Hehir Great Britain 3293
140 Gustav Kinn Sweden 3354
141 Axel-Erik Gyllenstolpe Sweden 3377
142 Bertil Jansson Sweden 3378
143 Einar Raeder Norway 3403
144 Earl Johnson USA 3452
145 Alfred Nichols Great Britain 3496
146 Fred Faller Germany 3553
147 Georg Hogstrom Sweden 3560
148 Howard Cann USA 3582
149 Paul Esparbes France 3643
150 Rudolf Hansen Denmark 3652
151 William Roelker USA 3679
152 Cyril Coaffee Canada 3700
153 William Hill Great Britain 3715
154 Felix Mendizabal Spain 3716
155 William Hunter (GB) Great Britain 3726
156 Clarence Oldfield South Africa 3736
157 Jack Merchant USA 3792
158 Wilfred Kent-Hughes Australia 3848
159 Leon Fourneau Belgium 3853
160 Archie McDiarmid Canada 3950
161 George Schiller USA 4004
162 Hans Jagenburg Sweden 4017
163 James Lincoln USA 4032
164 Jean Seghers Belgium 4037
165 Johan Mattsson Sweden 4046
166 Julien Van Campenhout Belgium 4064
167 Kaare Bache Norway 4067
168 Olavi Rissanen Finland 4114
169 Oscar Garin Switzerland 4120
170 Rene Labat France 4136
171 Thorvig Svahn Sweden 4174
172 Tom Campbell USA 4175
173 Urho Tallgren Finland 4181
174 William Yount USA 4194
175 Ridder Oscar van Rappard Netherlands 4217
176 Constant Bucher Switzerland 4221
177 Hugo Lillier Sweden 4271
178 Jean Henault Belgium 4272
179 Maurice de Coninck France 4276
180 Nils Bergstrom Sweden 4290
181 Alfred Gaschen Switzerland 4294
182 Ilmari Vesamaa Finland 4295
183 Anatole Bolin Sweden 4318
184 Albert Andersen Denmark 4370
185 Andre Francquenelle France 4376
186 Charles Gunn Great Britain 4393
187 Edmond Brossard France 4408
188 Johan Johansen Norway 4456
189 Kenneth Wilson USA 4467
190 Rene Leray France 4516
191 Robert Geyer France 4518
192 Sven Runstrom Sweden 4541
193 Rene Joannes-Powell Belgium 4570
194 Georg Lindstrom Sweden 4623
195 Eversleigh Freeman Canada 4642
196 Rene Tirard France 4655
197 Gaston Fery France 4672
198 Oluf Petersen Denmark 4676
199 Rene Lorain France 4710
200 Willie Bukes South Africa 4711
201 Axel Jensen Denmark 4744
202 Arthur Tuck USA 4781
203 Carl Linder Finland 4793
204 Carl-Enock Svensson Sweden 4794
205 Duncan McPhee Great Britain 4817
206 Eric Sundblad Sweden 4829
207 Erling Juul Norway 4831
208 Eugene Coulon France 4836
209 Frantisek Kiehlmann Czech Republic 4845
210 Goran Hultin Sweden 4859
211 James Connolly USA 4896
212 Johan Pettersson Finland 4908
213 Paul Lagarde France 4964
214 Rene Caste France 4975
215 Rudolf Falk Sweden 4990
216 Chuck Mellor USA 5118
217 Gensabulo Noguchi Japan 5216
218 Herbert Irwin Great Britain 5233
219 Jack Mahan USA 5242
220 John Cameron Canada 5254
221 Jussi Ruoho Finland 5259
222 Kaufman Geist USA 5263
223 James Andromedas Greece 5369
224 Willi Moser Switzerland 5404
225 Mario-Giuseppe Bonini Italy 5418
226 Jules Migeot Belgium 5424
227 Francois Morren Belgium 5460
228 Miguel Garcia Spain 5466
229 Eric Dunbar Great Britain 5492
230 Frantisek Stejskal Czech Republic 5515
231 Henri Pleger Luxembourg 5544
232 Henri Bernard France 5579
233 Eduard Hasek Czech Republic 5620
234 Apostolos Nikolaidis Greece 5652
235 August Schotte Netherlands 5658
236 Bill Kennedy Canada 5666
237 Carlo Butti Italy 5679
238 Elof Lindstrom Sweden 5708
239 Emanuel Lundstrom Sweden 5709
240 Everett Ellis USA 5719
241 Fernand Bauduin France 5723
242 Frantisek Hoplicek Czech Republic 5726
243 Frederic Langrenay France 5727
244 Georges Henrion Belgium 5741
245 Harold Jeppe South Africa 5760
246 Harry Goelitz USA 5762
247 James Dellow Canada 5781
248 Jean Mahy Belgium 5786
249 Paul Verlaeckt Belgium 5899
250 Robert Dunne USA 5924
251 Robert Goullieux France 5925
252 Robert Lindsay Great Britain 5926
253 Charles Lively Great Britain 6084
254 Bobby Mills Great Britain 6108
255 Armand Burtin France 6144
256 Clifford Furnas USA 6156
257 Emile Ecuyer France 6166
258 Fritz Kiolling Sweden 6175
259 Georges Guillon France 6178
260 Giuseppe Tugnoli Italy 6184
261 Hal Brown USA 6189
262 Ivan Dresser USA 6199
263 Marcel Orfidan France 6229
264 Ole Reistad Norway 6243
265 Pierre Grany France 6252
266 Dimitrios Karabatis Greece 6284
267 Edmond Medecin Monaco 6296
268 Daniel Pierre France 6297
269 Carlo Martinenghi Italy 6317
270 Harry Marek Czech Republic 6348
271 Albert Lucas France 6422
272 Art Scholes Canada 6437
273 Arthur Picard France 6439
274 Clarence Jaquith USA 6458
275 Etienne Gajan France 6476
276 Hans Kindler Switzerland 6496
277 Henri Dozolme France 6502
278 Josef Holsner Sweden 6526
279 Omer Smet Belgium 6569
280 August Sorensen Denmark 6674
281 William Hunt Australia 6678
282 Edward Lawrence Canada 6683
283 Sven Krokstrom Sweden 6720
284 Arthur Delaender Belgium 6733
285 Vojtech Plzak Czech Republic 6766
286 Nils Sandstrom Sweden 6779
287 Arturo Medina Chile 6811
288 Charles Wiggers Belgium 6827
289 Etienne Proux France 6857
290 Kleber Argouac'h France 6934
291 Konstantinos Roumbesis Greece 6936
292 Lars Erik Tiren Sweden 6938
293 Marinus Sorensen Denmark 6954
294 Verner Magnusson Sweden 7046
295 Alexandros Kranis Greece 7067
296 Hec Phillips Canada 7103
297 Ignacio Izaguirre Spain 7163
298 Andre Chilo France 7262
299 Charles Courtin France 7301
300 Charles Hunter USA 7303
301 Cor Gubbels Netherlands 7313
302 Gunnar Rasmussen Denmark 7363
303 Hans Granfelt Sweden 7366
304 Hedges Worthington-Eyre Great Britain 7369
305 Joe Pearman USA 7396
306 Josef Slehofer Czech Republic 7407
307 Omer Corteyn Belgium 7472
308 Oprando Bottura Italy 7473
309 Stanislas Anselmetti Switzerland 7524
310 Leonce Oleffe Belgium 7639
311 Adolf Reich Czech Republic 7665
312 Adolphe Hauman Belgium 7666
313 Albert Moche France 7667
314 Antony Jarrety France 7676
315 Attie van Heerden South Africa 7678
316 Eivind Rasmussen Norway 7700
317 Gustave Wuyts Belgium 7713
318 Henri De Bruyne Belgium 7719
319 Hiroshi Masuda Japan 7720
320 Menelaos Ponireas Greece 7772
321 Paul Hammer Luxembourg 7826
322 Phadeppa Chaugule India 7921
323 Diodoro Pons Spain 7926
324 Gustave Remouet France 8052
325 James Doig South Africa 8075
326 Luigi Antognini Switzerland 8115
327 Frantisek Sretr Czech Republic 8266
328 Zensaku Motegi Japan 8278
329 Emile Muller Belgium 8332
330 Leon Pottier Belgium 8377
331 Karel Pribyl Czech Republic 8449
332 Agide Simonazzi Italy 8463
333 Cor Wezepoel Netherlands 8464
334 Agne Holmstrom Sweden 8482
335 Albert Heijnneman Netherlands 8483
336 Juan Muguerza Spain 8500
337 Saburo Hasumi Japan 8501
338 Joseph Van Der Wee Belgium 8520
339 Karel Frankenstein Czech Republic 8521
340 Tommy Town Canada 8527
341 Vittorio Zucca Italy 8529
342 Mario Riccoboni Italy 8530
343 Jean Proess Luxembourg 8533
344 Reinhold Saulmann Estonia 8551
345 Alex Servais Luxembourg 8559
346 Elis Johansson Sweden 8663
347 Eugene Bayon France 8668
348 Giuseppe Bernardoni Italy 8684
349 Jaroslav Prochazka Czech Republic 8728
350 Kenzo Yashima Japan 8756
351 Maurice Delvart France 8788
352 Max Houben Belgium 8789
353 Tomeichi Ohura Japan 8863
354 Jean Lefevre Belgium 8898
355 Konosuke Sano Japan 8916
356 Norman General Canada 9118
357 Pierre Devaux Belgium 9131
358 Rudolf Wahlin Sweden 9381
359 Yahei Miura Japan 9442
360 Otakar Vydra Czech Republic 9559
361 Diego Ordonez Spain 9605
362 Frank Irvine South Africa 9619
363 Marcel Gustin Belgium 9663
364 Julien Lehouck Belgium 9725
365 Rolf Stenersen Norway 9733
366 Sven Malm Sweden 9763
367 Giovanni-Battista Orlandi Italy 9773
368 Aime Proot Belgium 9786
369 Carlos Botin Spain 9824
370 Carlos Pajaron Spain 9825
371 Erik Lindvall Sweden 9859
372 Francois Vyncke Belgium 9878
373 George Cornetta USA 9891
374 Giorgio Croci Italy 9897
375 Henri Teyssendou France 9913
376 Jean-Rene Seurin France 9934
377 Jon Jonsson Denmark 9945
378 Leonard Dixon South Africa 9982
379 Theophile Roeckaert Belgium 10103
380 Johannes Villemson Estonia 10161
381 Edward Curtis USA 10261
382 Hendricus Wessel Netherlands 10282
383 Henri Godin Belgium 10283
384 Lucien Bangels Belgium 10311
385 Sinton Hewitt Australia 10416
386 Charles Guezille France 10456
387 Charles Melis Belgium 10457
388 Constantino Lussana Italy 10463
389 Karel Pacak Czech Republic 10854
390 George Piper Great Britain 10957
391 Henri Smets Belgium 10969
392 Nicolas Kannive Luxembourg 11030
393 Ahmed Abbas Khairy Egypt 11251
394 Ettore Blasi Italy 11287
395 Purma Bannerjee India 11311
396 Abdul Ali Maghoub Egypt 11339
397 Amisoli Patasoni USA 11351
398 Einar Mangset Norway 11406
399 Emile Barral Monaco 11410
400 Gerardus van der Wel Netherlands 11427
401 Giovanni Tosi Italy 11431
402 Jose Garcia (ESP) Spain 11461
403 Jose Luis Grasset Spain 11462
404 Josef Teply Czech Republic 11466
405 Julius Ebert Denmark 11468
406 Leslie Housden Great Britain 11489
407 Artur Nielsen Denmark 11806
408 Juan Bascunan Chile 11887
409 Panagiotis Retelas Greece 11925
410 Pierre Trullemans Belgium 11933
411 Oscar Blansaer Belgium 12093
412 Jan de Vries Netherlands 12150
413 Eric Robertson Great Britain 12194
414 Amedee Trichard France 12345
415 Antonio Persico Italy 12348
416 Art Smoke Canada 12351
417 Arthur Roth USA 12352
418 Christiaan Huijgens Netherlands 12362
419 Desire Van Remortel Belgium 12369
420 Hans Schuster Sweden 12385
421 Louis Ichard France 12419
422 Peter Trivoulidis Greece 12449
423 Sadashir Datar India 12461
424 August Waibel Switzerland 12498
425 Ichiro Kaga Japan 12504
426 Ridder Harry van Rappard Netherlands 12506
427 Shinichi Yamaoka Japan 12507
428 Bjarne Guldager Norway 12528
429 Fritiof Normann Andersen Denmark 12606
430 Jean Colbach Luxembourg 12633
431 Johan Johnsen Norway 12640
432 Odolf Larsen Norway 12794
433 Jean Delarge Belgium 12935
434 Federico Reparaz Spain 13483
435 Asle Baekkedal Norway 13774
436 Jaime Camps Spain 13798

 


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