The Top Ranked Track & Field Athletes of All-Time by Rookie Year-1936

 

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The Top Ranked Track & Field Athletes of All-Time by Rookie Year-1936

 

Rnk Athlete Nation Overall Rank
1 Jesse Owens USA 23
2 Gerd Stock Germany 194
3 Ilmari Salminen Finland 292
4 Harold Whitlock Great Britain 315
5 Archie Williams USA 360
6 Earle Meadows USA 393
7 Forrest Towns USA 399
8 Glenn Morris USA 408
9 Gunnar Hockert Finland 411
10 Hans Woellke Germany 412
11 John Woodruff USA 430
12 Karl Hein Germany 435
13 Ken Carpenter USA 436
14 Kitei Son Japan 439
15 Bob Clark USA 711
16 Johnny Loaring Canada 717
17 Mario Lanzi Italy 728
18 Luz Long Germany 746
19 Masao Harada Japan 765
20 Arvo Askola Finland 804
21 Dave Albritton USA 828
22 Erwin Blask Poland 843
23 Godfrey Brown India 859
24 Gordon Dunn USA 860
25 Kalle Tuominen Finland 896
26 Mack Robinson USA 915
27 Sulo Barlund Finland 957
28 Yrjo Nikkanen Finland 979
29 Tinus Osendarp Netherlands 1006
30 Jozsef Varszegi Hungary 1107
31 Jack Metcalfe Australia 1213
32 Giorgio Oberweger Italy 1222
33 Ernst Larsen Norway 1227
34 Tebbs Lloyd Johnson Great Britain 1229
35 Miguel White Philippines 1242
36 Adalberts Bubenko Latvia 1251
37 Alfred Dompert Germany 1255
38 Delos Thurber USA 1286
39 Fred Warngard Sweden 1317
40 Fritz Pollard USA 1318
41 Henry Jonsson Sweden 1336
42 Jack Parker (USA) USA 1350
43 Jimmy LuValle USA 1359
44 Kalervo Toivonen Finland 1370
45 Shoryu Nan South Korea 1422
46 Sueo Oe Japan 1425
47 Edgar Bruun Norway 1511
48 Kohei Murakoso Japan 1555
49 Hakan Lidman Sweden 1579
50 Johannes Coleman South Africa 1581
51 Paul Hanni Switzerland 1590
52 Bill Roberts Great Britain 1628
53 Archie San Romani USA 1714
54 Arturo Maffei Italy 1717
55 Bill Sefton USA 1721
56 Erkki Tamila Finland 1747
57 Gustaf Alfons Koutonen Finland 1761
58 Heinz Wollner Germany 1772
59 Jaroslav Stork Czech Republic 1782
60 Joe Patterson USA 1790
61 Kazimierz Kucharski Poland 1798
62 Lennart Atterwall Sweden 1808
63 Reidar Sorlie Norway 1845
64 Sam Francis USA 1851
65 Wilhelm Leichum Germany 1873
66 Jan Brasser Netherlands 2081
67 Jozef Noji Poland 2097
68 Lee Orr Canada 2140
69 Bill Fritz Canada 2176
70 Harold Manning USA 2232
71 Jack Torrance USA 2249
72 John Thornton Great Britain 2264
73 Kimio Yada Japan 2278
74 Vaino Muinonen Finland 2348
75 William Rowe USA 2362
76 Willy Schroder Germany 2365
77 Nikolaos Syllas Greece 2413
78 Wil van Beveren Netherlands 2509
79 Dick Webster Great Britain 2559
80 Bo Ljungberg Sweden 2569
81 Alfred Proksch Austria 2619
82 Alton Terry USA 2624
83 Armin Guhl Switzerland 2632
84 Danilo Innocenti Italy 2657
85 Dimitri Zaitz USA 2666
86 Donald Favor USA 2668
87 Fritz Bleiweiss Germany 2683
88 Gustav Weinkotz Germany 2698
89 Harry Williamson USA 2705
90 Hiroshi Tanaka Japan 2707
91 Jan Korejs Czech Republic 2719
92 Josef Haunzwickel Austria 2731
93 Kiyoshi Adachi Japan 2740
94 Larry O'Connor Canada 2743
95 Lars Larsson Sweden 2746
96 Lauri Kalima Finland 2747
97 Lennart Strandberg Sweden 2750
98 Syl Apps Canada 2802
99 Viktor Zsuffka Hungary 2812
100 Wilhelm Schneider Poland 2818
101 Yoshiro Asakuma Japan 2826
102 Dennis Shore South Africa 2889
103 Gunnar Bergh Sweden 2952
104 Juan Carlos Anderson Argentina 2956
105 Miklos Szabo Hungary 2968
106 Howie McPhee Canada 2975
107 Marthinus Theunissen South Africa 2995
108 Vane Ivanovic Croatia 3002
109 Juul Bosmans Belgium 3048
110 Bernhard Greulich Germany 3097
111 Bob Packard USA 3100
112 Dale Schofield USA 3113
113 Donald Robertson Great Britain 3131
114 Erich Joch Germany 3144
115 Eugeniusz Lokajski Poland 3148
116 John Brooks USA 3194
117 Karl Reiniger Switzerland 3208
118 Max Gebhardt Germany 3226
119 Olle Bexell Sweden 3243
120 Roy Staley USA 3265
121 Umberto Cerati Italy 3281
122 Voldemars Vitols Latvia 3287
123 Don Lash USA 3402
124 Gerald Backhouse Australia 3456
125 Robert Paul France 3458
126 Ake Hedvall Sweden 3488
127 Arnold Viiding Estonia 3506
128 Dudley Wilkins USA 3537
129 Etienne Laisne France 3546
130 Helmut Bonnet Germany 3574
131 Jackie Gibson South Africa 3593
132 Koit Annamaa Estonia 3616
133 Lou Zamperini USA 3622
134 Robert Goix France 3649
135 Henry Dreyer USA 3773
136 Juan Lavenas Argentina 3793
137 Bruce Humber Canada 3838
138 Arthur Sweeney Great Britain 3874
139 Arthur Baumle Germany 3952
140 Brian MacCabe Great Britain 3968
141 Gene Venzke USA 4002
142 Johann Wotapek Austria 4047
143 Jozsef Kovacs Hungary 4062
144 Karl Neckermann Germany 4068
145 Mauno Tarkiainen Finland 4099
146 Odd Rasdal Norway 4112
147 Olavi Suomela Finland 4115
148 Pierre Skawinski France 4134
149 Rolf Hansen Norway 4142
150 Tadashi Murakami Japan 4166
151 Teodor Bieregowoj Poland 4170
152 Willi Heyn Germany 4191
153 Harry Siefert Denmark 4252
154 Edvard Natvig Norway 4328
155 Ake Stenqvist Sweden 4366
156 Aksel Kuuse Estonia 4367
157 Anton Toscani Netherlands 4379
158 Fritz Schaumburg Germany 4423
159 Gunther Gehmert Germany 4435
160 Helge Sivertsen Norway 4441
161 Otto Berg Norway 4500
162 Raymond Petit France 4515
163 Sulo Heino Finland 4539
164 Thore Enochsson Sweden 4547
165 Walter Turczyk Poland 4557
166 Jozsef Sir Hungary 4626
167 Eric Grimbeek South Africa 4658
168 Stylianos Kyriakidis Greece 4669
169 Alan Pennington Great Britain 4701
170 Aulis Reinikka Finland 4715
171 Aleksa Kovacevic Croatia 4766
172 Edward Luckhaus Poland 4822
173 Evald Segerstrom Sweden 4838
174 Giuseppe Beviacqua Italy 4858
175 Gustav Sule Estonia 4863
176 Hans Fritsch Germany 4865
177 Hermann Blazejezak Germany 4880
178 Peter Ward Great Britain 4970
179 Roger Rerolle France 4985
180 Tom Lavery South Africa 5013
181 Willi Kurten Germany 5020
182 Karol Hoffmann Poland 5054
183 Gianni Caldana Italy 5068
184 Hans Houtzager Netherlands 5093
185 Janos Kelen Hungary 5125
186 Ake Odmark Sweden 5160
187 Bertil von Wachenfeldt Sweden 5181
188 Edwin Thacker South Africa 5205
189 Frank Close Great Britain 5213
190 Harry Holmqvist Sweden 5228
191 Joe Haley Canada 5253
192 Lajos Somlo Hungary 5272
193 Mihaly Bodosi Hungary 5290
194 Nouba Khaled France 5296
195 Olle Danielsson Sweden 5299
196 Poul Otto Denmark 5312
197 Rudolf Eggenberg Switzerland 5323
198 Rudolf Klupsch Germany 5324
199 Veikko Perasalo Finland 5346
200 Werner Bottcher Germany 5354
201 Zoltan Zsitva Hungary 5360
202 Ernst Leitner Austria 5436
203 Gyula Gyenes Hungary 5477
204 Jean Studer Switzerland 5479
205 Jim Worrall Canada 5506
206 Jeno Szilagyi Hungary 5561
207 Ab Conway Canada 5630
208 Adrien Courtois France 5633
209 Aki Tammisto Finland 5634
210 Ashleigh Pilbrow Great Britain 5657
211 Bobby Graham Great Britain 5671
212 Ewald Mertens Germany 5720
213 Fritz Dallenbach Switzerland 5729
214 Gerd Hornberger Germany 5744
215 Hans Scheele Germany 5756
216 Henning Sundesson Sweden 5765
217 Henry Palme Sweden 5768
218 Isao Abe Japan 5776
219 James Ginty Great Britain 5782
220 Johann Langmayr Austria 5798
221 Josef Vosolsobe Czech Republic 5811
222 Joseph Mostert Belgium 5814
223 Monta Suzuki Japan 5875
224 Ossi Teileri Finland 5891
225 Oto Jurgis Latvia 5892
226 Pierre Leichtnam France 5905
227 Prudent Joye France 5907
228 Risto Kuntsi Finland 5921
229 Walter Wood USA 5996
230 Wolfgang Dessecker Germany 6004
231 Jean Wagner Luxembourg 6060
232 Sam Richardson Canada 6080
233 Laurence Reavell-Carter Great Britain 6096
234 Oskar Ospelt Liechtenstein 6127
235 Bernard Prendergast Great Britain 6150
236 Bror Hellstrom Sweden 6154
237 Eugen Haugland Norway 6170
238 Evert Linne Sweden 6171
239 Franz Tuschek Austria 6173
240 Gerhard Hilbrecht Germany 6181
241 Giuseppe Gobbato Italy 6183
242 Guo Jie China 6187
243 Harald Andersson Sweden 6191
244 Istvan Horvath Hungary 6198
245 Jim Courtright Canada 6207
246 Ling Peigen China 6223
247 Lyuben Doychev Bulgaria 6227
248 Miroslav Vítek Czech Republic 6237
249 Nikola Kleut Croatia 6241
250 Petre Havalet Romania 6249
251 Ruggero Biancani Italy 6260
252 Valer Barac Slovakia 6273
253 Marten Klasema Netherlands 6340
254 Rudolf Wober Austria 6363
255 Adolf Aebersold Switzerland 6417
256 Aubrey Reeve Great Britain 6441
257 Giovanni Cantagalli Italy 6492
258 Jimmy Bartlett Canada 6515
259 Karel Hoplicek Czech Republic 6532
260 Marcio de Oliveira Brazil 6550
261 Osvaldo Wenzel Chile 6570
262 Franz Eichberger Austria 6711
263 Josef Klein Czech Republic 6725
264 Hideo Tanaka Japan 6751
265 Oscar Van Rumst Belgium 6761
266 Abdul Rahim Afghanistan 6785
267 Ake Jansson Sweden 6788
268 Basil Dickinson Australia 6815
269 Chen Baoqiu China 6828
270 Emile Duval France 6853
271 Georges Henry France 6878
272 Harry Ekman Sweden 6889
273 Herbert Dill Germany 6891
274 Jaap van der Poll Netherlands 6906
275 Jaroslav Vitek Czech Republic 6911
276 Joseph Wirtz France 6920
277 Kenshi Togami Japan 6929
278 Marshall Limon Canada 6956
279 Rene Lecuron France 6993
280 Rene Soulier France 6995
281 Salvatore Mastroienni Italy 7007
282 Shizuo Takada Japan 7017
283 Emile Binet Belgium 7123
284 Norman Drake Great Britain 7126
285 Bedrich Hosek Czech Republic 7131
286 Chia Gwechang China 7166
287 Edward Boyce Great Britain 7167
288 Grigorios Lambrakis Greece 7168
289 Situ Guong China 7171
290 Clarke Scholtz South Africa 7174
291 Ruudi Toomsalu Estonia 7184
292 Hoh Chunde China 7187
293 Francois Mersch Luxembourg 7235
294 Mohammad Khan Afghanistan 7248
295 Andre Prebolin France 7263
296 Andries du Plessis South Africa 7266
297 Anton Barticevic Chile 7272
298 Billy Brown USA 7287
299 Bondoc Ionescu-Crum Romania 7290
300 Carlos de la Guerra Peru 7296
301 Claude Heim France 7307
302 Egon Schein Germany 7328
303 Friedrich Gerdes Germany 7346
304 Fu Baolu China 7348
305 George Traynor Great Britain 7351
306 Henrik Koltai Hungary 7372
307 Ivo Buratovic Croatia 7377
308 Jiri Hoffmann Czech Republic 7391
309 Ludvik Bombik Czech Republic 7433
310 Manuel Dias Portugal 7437
311 Maurice Boulanger Belgium 7443
312 Max Berendson Peru 7444
313 Mihaly Igloi Hungary 7448
314 Miroslav Klasek Czech Republic 7456
315 Mutsuo Taniguchi Japan 7462
316 Niilo Hartikka Finland 7465
317 Nino Ramirez Philippines 7466
318 Pascual Gutierrez Mexico 7479
319 Rudolf Polame Czech Republic 7513
320 Siegfried Schulz Germany 7520
321 Willy Rasmussen (DEN) Denmark 7563
322 Johnny A. Kelley USA 7607
323 Jaroslav Knotek Czech Republic 7608
324 Assis Naban Brazil 7677
325 Chang Singchow China 7685
326 Eiichiro Matsuno Japan 7699
327 Erwin Reimer Chile 7702
328 Franz Sterzl Austria 7706
329 Ibrahim Okasha Egypt 7724
330 Jaroslav Elias Czech Republic 7731
331 Karl Vilmundarson Iceland 7748
332 Khristos Dimitropoulos Greece 7751
333 Leif Dahlgren Sweden 7757
334 Lucien Tostain France 7762
335 Mario Brignoli Italy 7767
336 Milan Stepisnik Slovenia 7775
337 Pedro Goic Croatia 7788
338 Willy Buhrer Switzerland 7819
339 Zoltan Csanyi Hungary 7825
340 Svend Aage Thomsen Denmark 7890
341 Ioannis Skiadas Greece 7896
342 Emil Hubscher Austria 7914
343 Gunnar Christensen Denmark 7938
344 Andre Sicard France 7971
345 Bruno Betti Italy 7987
346 Darcy Guimaraes Brazil 8000
347 Ernst Berndt Czech Republic 8023
348 Ferenc Temesvari Hungary 8026
349 Frank Rushton South Africa 8030
350 Henry Nielsen Denmark 8061
351 Konstantinos Metaxas Greece 8107
352 Lennart Andersson Sweden 8112
353 Masao Ichihara Japan 8121
354 Miloslav Lunak Czech Republic 8132
355 Pat Boot New Zealand 8153
356 Raymond Lefebvre France 8167
357 Rene Desroches France 8172
358 Rene Kunz Switzerland 8175
359 Ryoji Naraoka Japan 8185
360 Tokio Fukuda Japan 8204
361 Umberto Ridi Italy 8211
362 Andre Lonlas France 8300
363 Felix Meskens Belgium 8337
364 Noboru Ueno Japan 8400
365 Rudolf Markusic Croatia 8417
366 Vasile Firea Romania 8428
367 Tomas Beswick Argentina 8494
368 Grigorios Georgakopoulos Greece 8518
369 Pat Dannaher South Africa 8526
370 Albert Mangan USA 8576
371 Andre Glatigny France 8589
372 Carlos Hofmeister Argentina 8625
373 Cyril Holmes Great Britain 8636
374 Jan Takac Slovakia 8726
375 Jovan Mikic Serbia 8745
376 Kichizo Sasaki Japan 8758
377 Kiyoshi Nakamura Japan 8760
378 Lennart Lindgren Sweden 8765
379 Walter Schonrock Germany 8872
380 Jozsef Vadas Hungary 8909
381 Sigurdur Sigurdsson Iceland 8910
382 Jean Verhaert Belgium 8937
383 Cai Tsungyi China 8982
384 Cecil Matthews New Zealand 8984
385 Edmund Stadler Germany 9007
386 Frank Handley Great Britain 9021
387 Harold Smallwood USA 9034
388 Josef Husek Czech Republic 9072
389 Josef Neumann Switzerland 9073
390 Josef Siegers Germany 9074
391 Karl-Heinz Becker Germany 9077
392 Kristján Vattnes Iceland 9083
393 Napoleon Papageorgiou Greece 9110
394 Vaclav Hosek Czech Republic 9169
395 Milton Wallace Canada 9219
396 Albert Steinmetz Germany 9247
397 Alfredo Mendes Brazil 9248
398 Ernest Koehler USA 9288
399 Fritz Flachberger Austria 9293
400 Fusashige Suzuki Japan 9295
401 Gerard Carlier Netherlands 9297
402 Icaro Mello Brazil 9308
403 Karl Kotratschek Austria 9323
404 Ludovic Gal Romania 9335
405 Pierre Bajart Belgium 9372
406 Robert Kennedy Great Britain 9377
407 Stanley Wudyka USA 9393
408 William Eaton (GB) Great Britain 9402
409 Adolfo Schlegel Chile 9461
410 Chao Yuyen China 9484
411 Juan Reccius Chile 9538
412 Pedro del Vecchio Colombia 9564
413 Robert Nevens Belgium 9576
414 Wang Shilin China 9599
415 Emil Gorsek Slovenia 9657
416 Nemesio de Guzman Philippines 9707
417 Pierre Hemmer Luxembourg 9709
418 Antonio Salcedo Philippines 9719
419 Dieudonne Devrindt Belgium 9720
420 George Fahoum Egypt 9721
421 Paul Bronner France 9731
422 Alfred Konig Austria 9742
423 Antonio Fondevilla Argentina 9743
424 Eric Whiteside India 9760
425 Poh Kimseng China 9761
426 Albert Jud Switzerland 9788
427 Andre Crepin France 9805
428 Bernard Marchand Switzerland 9819
429 Chang Chanchiu China 9827
430 Evzen Rosicky Czech Republic 9864
431 Francisc Nemes Romania 9873
432 Gabor Gero Hungary 9888
433 Huang Yingjie China 9915
434 Istvan Simon Hungary 9924
435 John Sheffield Great Britain 9943
436 Kotaro Shimizu Japan 9972
437 Ladislaus Simacek Austria 9975
438 Lin Shaozhou China 9984
439 Louis Gailliard France 9989
440 Ludvik Komanek Czech Republic 9992
441 Manfred Kersch Germany 9996
442 Masao Yazawa Japan 10003
443 Mohamed Ebeid Egypt 10019
444 Palle Virtanen Finland 10034
445 Ragnar Ekholdt Norway 10052
446 Raymond Boisset France 10056
447 Rene Geeraert Belgium 10060
448 Roger Cuzol France 10063
449 Rolf Schonheyder Norway 10064
450 Sven Stromberg Sweden 10094
451 Teodoro Malasig Philippines 10097
452 Tetsuo Imai Japan 10099
453 Tom Deckard USA 10109
454 Toyoyi Aihara Japan 10113
455 William Lindeque South Africa 10129
456 Willie Botha South Africa 10130
457 Evald Aarma Estonia 10267
458 Gabriel Mendoza Peru 10271
459 Jasa Bakov Serbia 10291
460 Pavol Mal'a Slovakia 10339
461 Arnolds Kruklins Latvia 10446
462 Dick Lof Sweden 10465
463 Ejner Bech Denmark 10469
464 Friedrich Prehn Germany 10478
465 Gosta Grandin Sweden 10487
466 Joe Hopkins Great Britain 10507
467 Tommy Lalande South Africa 10567
468 Elias Gutierrez Colombia 10634
469 Hans Raff Germany 10705
470 Raunaq Singh Gill India 10878
471 Borge Larsen Denmark 10921
472 Eduard Braesecke Germany 10945
473 Guillermo Chirichigno Peru 10963
474 Harry Mehlhose Germany 10967
475 Hugh Thompson Canada 10975
476 John Potts Great Britain 10993
477 Rigoberto Perez Mexico 11053
478 August Banscak Serbia 11135
479 Emilio Mori Italy 11156
480 Walter Fritsch Chile 11241
481 Carlos Marcenaro Peru 11379
482 Fernand Le Heurteur France 11418
483 Friedrich Fischer Austria 11420
484 Kumao Aochi Japan 11480
485 Rudi Harbig Germany 11553
486 Toshinao Tomie Japan 11570
487 Yasuharu Furuta Japan 11582
488 Bretislav Kratky Czech Republic 11631
489 Fritz Neuruhrer Austria 11644
490 Hans Martens Germany 11648
491 Hans Mohr Serbia 11649
492 Konstantinos Pantazis Greece 11665
493 Stan West Great Britain 11706
494 Wilhelm Rothmayer Austria 11716
495 Wu Bixian China 11718
496 Zdenek Sobotka Czech Republic 11720
497 Charles Stein Luxembourg 11749
498 Chen Kingkwan China 11750
499 Jack Liddle Canada 11755
500 Gyan Bhalla India 11764
501 Antonio de Carvalho Brazil 11804
502 Bronisław Gancarz Poland 11815
503 Jean Krombach Luxembourg 11875
504 Johann Baptist Gudenus Austria 11882
505 Keiji Imai Japan 11891
506 Mario Minai Hungary 11907
507 Pierre Dondelinger France 11932
508 Raul Munoz Chile 11937
509 Reginald Uba Estonia 11939
510 Tibor Ribenyi Hungary 11962
511 Hernando Navarrete Colombia 12059
512 Ivan Krevs Slovenia 12062
513 Max Beer Switzerland 12080
514 Guillermo Suarez Peru 12213
515 Boris Kharalampiev Bulgaria 12357
516 Francisco Valdez Peru 12500
517 Antonio Sande Argentina 12572
518 Arul Swami India 12576
519 Fritz Seeger Switzerland 12607
520 Jia Lianren China 12638
521 Maurice Carlton France 12664
522 Michel Medinger Sr. Luxembourg 12668
523 Miguel Castro Chile 12669
524 Mohamed Ahmed Abu Sobea Egypt 12672
525 Robert Struckl Austria 12694
526 Stanislav Otahal Czech Republic 12702
527 Toivo Ahjopalo Finland 12711
528 Toivo Sariola Finland 12712
529 Josef Sulc Czech Republic 12780
530 Franz Eha Switzerland 12840
531 Aristidis Sakellariou Greece 12901
532 Xaver Frick Liechtenstein 12909
533 Gottfried Utiger Switzerland 12933
534 Wang Zhenglin China 12972
535 Emilio Torres Colombia 13039
536 Hiroyoshi Kubota Japan 13066
537 Leonard Tay China 13094
538 Stane Sporn Slovenia 13140
539 Stavros Velkopoulos Greece 13141
540 Jose Farias Peru 13222
541 Sydney Wooderson Great Britain 13251
542 Aurelio Genghini Italy 13293
543 Bert Norris Great Britain 13295
544 Billy McMahon USA 13296
545 Franz Barsicke Germany 13311
546 Giannino Bulzoni Italy 13314
547 Harold Webster Canada 13320
548 Jaime Mendes Portugal 13324
549 Juan Acosta Chile 13328
550 Kazimierz Fialka Poland 13332
551 Tamao Shiwaku Japan 13366
552 Tarzan Brown USA 13368
553 Alfred Bencini Malta 13770
554 Antonio Cuba Peru 13773
555 Austin Cassar-Torreggiani Malta 13775
556 Jose Domingo Sanchez Colombia 13803
557 Julije Bauer Serbia 13806
558 Oswaldo Domingues Brazil 13820
559 Sveinn Ingvarsson Iceland 13839

 


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