The Top Ranked Track & Field Athletes of All-Time by Rookie Year-1948

 

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Ranking Explanation

 

The Top Ranked Track & Field Athletes of All-Time by Rookie Year-1948

 

Rnk Athlete Nation Overall Rank
1 Emil Zatopek Czech Republic 4
2 Mal Whitfield USA 37
3 Bob Richards USA 38
4 Adhemar da Silva Brazil 51
5 Bob Mathias USA 66
6 Harrison Dillard USA 73
7 John Mikaelsson Sweden 75
8 Alain Mimoun France 85
9 Arthur Wint Jamaica 89
10 John Ljunggren Sweden 96
11 Adolfo Consolini Italy 118
12 Imre Nemeth Slovakia 197
13 Pino Dordoni Italy 221
14 Josy Barthel Luxembourg 230
15 Arne Ahman Sweden 260
16 Mel Patton USA 282
17 Delfo Cabrera Argentina 290
18 George Rhoden Jamaica 297
19 Gaston Reiff Belgium 328
20 Bill Porter USA 369
21 Guinn Smith USA 410
22 Henry Eriksson Sweden 416
23 Jack Winter Australia 421
24 Roy Cochran USA 472
25 Tapio Rautavaara Finland 481
26 Tore Sjostrand Sweden 492
27 Wilbur Thompson USA 499
28 Willie Steele USA 502
29 Herb McKenley Jamaica 505
30 Barney Ewell USA 525
31 Fortune Gordien USA 554
32 Fritz Schwab Germany 569
33 Giuseppe Tosi Italy 733
34 Ivan Gubijan Croatia 740
35 Erkki Kataja Finland 744
36 Bob McMillen USA 771
37 Ignace Heinrich France 772
38 Duncan White Sri Lanka 788
39 Bjorn Paulson Norway 813
40 Clyde Scott USA 823
41 Erik Elmsater Sweden 841
42 Gaston Godel Switzerland 853
43 George Avery Australia 854
44 Ingemar Johansson Sweden 875
45 Jim Delaney USA 883
46 Lennart Strand Sweden 908
47 Steve Seymour USA 955
48 Theodore Bruce Australia 959
49 Tom Richards Great Britain 962
50 Wim Slijkhuis Netherlands 996
51 Floyd Simmons USA 999
52 Jim Fuchs USA 1001
53 Lloyd LaBeach Panama 1003
54 Bertil Albertsson Sweden 1033
55 McDonald Bailey Trinidad & Tobago 1059
56 Ragnar Lundberg Sweden 1060
57 Rune Larsson Sweden 1114
58 John Holland New Zealand 1210
59 Marcel Hansenne France 1214
60 Bob Bennett USA 1272
61 Craig Dixon USA 1279
62 Etienne Gailly Belgium 1307
63 George Stanich USA 1326
64 Gote Hagstrom Sweden 1328
65 Herb Douglas USA 1337
66 Ruhi Sarialp Turkey 1415
67 Martin Stokken Norway 1473
68 Alastair McCorquodale Great Britain 1601
69 Enrique Kistenmacher Argentina 1618
70 Sam Felton USA 1626
71 Preben Larsen Denmark 1639
72 Vaclav Cevona Slovakia 1640
73 Louis Chevalier France 1645
74 Erling Kaas Norway 1650
75 Rex Whitlock Great Britain 1655
76 Choi Yun-Chil South Korea 1692
77 Alberto Triulzi Argentina 1705
78 Alexis Guyodo France 1708
79 Charles Morris Great Britain 1724
80 Dave Bolen USA 1729
81 Dick Ault USA 1733
82 Dike Eddleman USA 1734
83 Erik Ahlden Sweden 1746
84 Herb Barten USA 1774
85 Ivar Ramstad Norway 1778
86 Lorenzo Wright USA 1813
87 Mieczyslaw Lomowski Poland 1819
88 Pauli Vesterinen Finland 1838
89 Ferenc Klics Hungary 1902
90 Roland Nilsson Sweden 1911
91 Harry Whittle Great Britain 1926
92 Georges Damitio France 1936
93 Morris Curotta Australia 1946
94 Geraldo de Oliveira Brazil 1963
95 Les Laing Jamaica 1964
96 Valto Olenius Finland 2037
97 Eusebio Guinez Argentina 2080
98 Prince Adedoyin Adegboyega Great Britain 2083
99 Lauri Tamminen Finland 2125
100 Ron Pavitt Great Britain 2143
101 Bert Martineau Great Britain 2174
102 Cliff Bourland USA 2192
103 Erik Andersson Germany 2212
104 Gosta Arvidsson Sweden 2227
105 Gosta Bergkvist Sweden 2228
106 Harry Churcher Great Britain 2233
107 Ingvar Bengtsson Sweden 2244
108 Odd Maehlum Norway 2302
109 Pentti Siltaloppi Finland 2305
110 Peter Gardner Australia 2307
111 Severt Dennolf Sweden 2327
112 Yves Cros France 2370
113 John Treloar Australia 2385
114 Curt Stone USA 2399
115 Gerardo Bonnhoff Argentina 2435
116 Emile Maggi France 2476
117 Goran Widenfelt Sweden 2506
118 Ray Weinberg Australia 2508
119 Syd Luyt South Africa 2521
120 Veikko Nyqvist Finland 2530
121 Bill Nankeville Great Britain 2558
122 Valle Rautio Finland 2590
123 Petar Segedin Croatia 2596
124 Abdullah Ben Said France 2612
125 Art Jackes Canada 2633
126 Bo Ericsson Sweden 2637
127 Bob Chambers USA 2638
128 Boo Morcom USA 2641
129 George Guida USA 2687
130 Martin Biles USA 2760
131 Ottavio Missoni Italy 2772
132 Peter Mullins Australia 2778
133 Rune Bjurstrom Sweden 2794
134 Yrjo Lehtila Finland 2827
135 Rafael Fortun Cuba 2838
136 Adolf Weinacker USA 2902
137 Vaino Koskela Finland 2916
138 Teseo Taddia Italy 2969
139 Gustav Ostling Sweden 2984
140 John Bartram Australia 2986
141 Aroldo da Silva Brazil 2990
142 Kjell Tannander Sweden 3011
143 Hans Wahli Switzerland 3019
144 Alan Paterson Great Britain 3045
145 Browning Ross USA 3060
146 Pol Braekman Belgium 3070
147 Stan Cox Great Britain 3077
148 Don Gehrmann USA 3129
149 Hugo Gollors Sweden 3178
150 Jaakko Jouppila Finland 3185
151 Jean-Claude Arifon France 3188
152 Jim Vickers India 3190
153 Les McKeand Australia 3217
154 Mirko Vujacic Montenegro 3235
155 Per Eriksson Sweden 3246
156 Pierre Mazille France 3252
157 Richard West Great Britain 3258
158 Robert Chef d'Hotel France 3260
159 Felix Wurth Austria 3314
160 Per Stavem Norway 3332
161 Evert Nyberg Sweden 3367
162 Constantino Miranda Spain 3395
163 Soini Nikkinen Finland 3398
164 Claude Hubert France 3431
165 Bjorn Gundersen Norway 3440
166 Stein Johnson Norway 3446
167 Gianni Corsaro Italy 3461
168 John Systad Norway 3474
169 Jim Peters Great Britain 3480
170 Bob Likins USA 3519
171 Cestmir Kalina Czech Republic 3527
172 Einar Soderqvist Sweden 3540
173 Erik Jorgensen Denmark 3544
174 Irving Mondschein USA 3589
175 John Parlett Great Britain 3606
176 Vaino Makela Finland 3673
177 Konstantinos Giataganas Greece 3738
178 Victor Sillon France 3745
179 Edward Adamczyk Poland 3789
180 Olivier Bernard Switzerland 3808
181 Rosalvo Ramos Brazil 3861
182 Marcel Vandewattyne Belgium 3864
183 Robert Everaert Belgium 3868
184 Juan Lopez Uruguay 3871
185 Abram van Heerden South Africa 3872
186 Jose Vicente Puerto Rico 3885
187 Arvo Huutoniemi Finland 3889
188 Sandor Garay Hungary 3910
189 Ake Hallgren Sweden 3926
190 Alberto Sensini Argentina 3937
191 Alfredo Jadresic Chile 3941
192 Bebbe Storskrubb Finland 3958
193 Enrique Villaplana Spain 3992
194 Gunnar Petersson Sweden 4013
195 Harry Askew Great Britain 4020
196 Jeff Kirk USA 4039
197 Jimmy Reardon Ireland 4041
198 Jose Barbosa Puerto Rico 4055
199 Niels Holst-Sorensen Denmark 4110
200 Pierre Lacaze France 4133
201 Salomon Kononen Finland 4151
202 Cahit Onel Turkey 4197
203 Jack Hutchins Canada 4208
204 Per-Arne Berglund Sweden 4253
205 Denis Johansson Finland 4255
206 Witold Gerutto Poland 4314
207 Aarne Kainlauri Finland 4362
208 Bill Albans USA 4387
209 Eddie O'Toole USA 4407
210 Gaston Mayordome France 4425
211 Godtfred Holmvang Norway 4433
212 Henning Larsen Denmark 4442
213 Olle Ljunggren Sweden 4499
214 Svend Aage Frederiksen Denmark 4542
215 Tage Jonsson Sweden 4544
216 Werner Hardmo Sweden 4558
217 Hugues Frayer France 4618
218 Kaare Hammer Norway 4644
219 Duncan Clark Great Britain 4665
220 John Giles Great Britain 4674
221 Fred Wilt USA 4685
222 Viljo Heino Finland 4700
223 Helio da Silva Brazil 4746
224 Bob McFarlane Canada 4789
225 Helge Perala Finland 4875
226 Henri Caron France 4877
227 Hermann Tunner Austria 4881
228 Jacques Andre France 4894
229 Ken Jones Great Britain 4918
230 Louis Courron France 4934
231 Lumir Kiesewetter Czech Republic 4937
232 Paul Valle Great Britain 4965
233 Roger Chesneau France 4984
234 Henry Laskau Germany 5036
235 Luo Wenao China 5053
236 Sandor Laszlo Hungary 5076
237 Gregorio Rojo Spain 5082
238 Harry Nelson New Zealand 5083
239 Les Lewis Great Britain 5084
240 Kim Won-Gwon South Korea 5096
241 Andre Paris France 5098
242 Jef Lataster Netherlands 5105
243 Jakob Kjersem Norway 5117
244 Manny Ramjohn Trinidad & Tobago 5126
245 Baldev Singh India 5129
246 Eduardo Julve Peru 5130
247 Orn Clausen Iceland 5149
248 Allan Lindberg Sweden 5169
249 Anders Melin Sweden 5171
250 Andre Marie France 5173
251 Kurt Lundquist Sweden 5269
252 Raphael Pujazon France 5315
253 Ricardo Bralo Argentina 5320
254 Sigfus Sigurdsson Iceland 5329
255 Steve McCooke Great Britain 5332
256 Jaime Aparicio Colombia 5385
257 Etienne Bally France 5389
258 Bela Goldovanyi Hungary 5394
259 Kemal Horulu Turkey 5422
260 Ivan Hausen Brazil 5438
261 Tom White Great Britain 5444
262 Ricardo Heber Argentina 5457
263 Frits de Ruijter Netherlands 5461
264 Birger Leirud Norway 5471
265 Emilio Malchiodi Argentina 5491
266 Lazaros Petropoulakis Greece 5508
267 Georges Breitman France 5534
268 Eric Coy Canada 5541
269 Mario Recordon Chile 5548
270 Roger Verhaes Belgium 5549
271 Georgie Lewis Trinidad & Tobago 5555
272 Jean Vernier France 5560
273 Ahmed Zahur Khan Pakistan 5569
274 Nazar Muhammad Khan Malik Pakistan 5572
275 Bill Ramsay Australia 5616
276 Alf Olesen Denmark 5639
277 Alf Westman Sweden 5640
278 Bill Burton USA 5664
279 Borje Rendin Sweden 5675
280 David Guiney Ireland 5694
281 Dorde Stefanovic Hungary 5702
282 George Knott Australia 5740
283 Gilbert Omnes France 5747
284 Gin Gang-Hwan South Korea 5748
285 Harold Moody Great Britain 5761
286 Hermenegildo Alberti Argentina 5771
287 Jacques Vernier France 5780
288 Jan Lammers Netherlands 5783
289 Jerry Thompson USA 5788
290 John Fairgrieve Great Britain 5802
291 Joseph Brys Belgium 5812
292 Juan Kahnert Argentina 5819
293 Julio Sabater Puerto Rico 5822
294 Jussi Kurikkala Latvia 5823
295 Lennart Moberg Sweden 5840
296 Leonello Patino Peru 5841
297 Manuel Suarez Spain 5855
298 Maurice Pouzieux France 5861
299 Rene Valmy France 5917
300 Roland Sink USA 5932
301 Ron Unsworth Great Britain 5936
302 Sydney Foster Jamaica 5964
303 Vilhjalmur Vilmundarson Iceland 5987
304 Werner Christen Switzerland 5999
305 Willy Senn Switzerland 6003
306 Yrjo Makela Finland 6008
307 Carlos Vera Chile 6034
308 Hercules Azcune Uruguay 6037
309 Reino Kuivamaki Finland 6049
310 Torfi Bryngeirsson Iceland 6050
311 Lucien Theys Belgium 6061
312 Sadhu Singh India 6067
313 Theodosios Balafas Greece 6068
314 Salvatore Cascino Italy 6078
315 Pierre Sprecher France 6088
316 Finnbjorn Dorvaldsson Iceland 6126
317 Ernest Weber Germany 6168
318 Felix Erauzquin Spain 6172
319 Fred Sharaga USA 6174
320 Henry Rebello India 6195
321 Kallie Reyneke South Africa 6212
322 Lloyd Valberg Singapore 6224
323 Raymond Tissot France 6254
324 Ted Vogel USA 6267
325 Poul Cederquist Denmark 6336
326 John Deni USA 6380
327 Oto Rebula Bosnia & Herzegovina 6381
328 Maximo Reyes Peru 6397
329 Dusan Vujacic Montenegro 6469
330 Enrique Inostroza Chile 6472
331 Jaroslav Fikejz Czech Republic 6509
332 Bill Parnell Canada 6639
333 Bjorn Vade Norway 6691
334 Ewan Douglas Great Britain 6746
335 Alvaro Dias Portugal 6799
336 Danilo Zerjal Slovenia 6839
337 Derek Pugh Great Britain 6843
338 Erik Koutonen Finland 6856
339 Francois Schewetta France 6867
340 John Doms Belgium 6915
341 Lloyd Evans Canada 6943
342 Luis Ganoza Peru 6947
343 Nico Lutkeveld Netherlands 6966
344 Vaclav Winter Czech Republic 7042
345 Vern McGrew USA 7045
346 Waclaw Kuzmicki Poland 7051
347 Whitey Overton USA 7052
348 Zvonko Sabolovic Croatia 7064
349 Ted Haggis Canada 7121
350 Hernan Figueroa Chile 7139
351 Gyorgy Csanyi Hungary 7177
352 Gerhard Winther Norway 7191
353 Mikko Hietanen Finland 7209
354 Mario Fayos Uruguay 7238
355 Santiago Ferrando Peru 7239
356 Charles Bouvet France 7300
357 Doug Wilson Great Britain 7320
358 Gerard Cote Canada 7353
359 Hannes Sonck Finland 7364
360 Jaime Piqueras Peru 7380
361 Joao Vieira (Triple Jump) Portugal 7393
362 Joel Sigurosson Iceland 7397
363 Julien Lebas France 7409
364 Kaare Vefling Norway 7413
365 Kuuno Honkonen Finland 7428
366 Kyros Marinis Greece 7429
367 Manuel Consiglieri Peru 7436
368 Melchor Palmeiro Argentina 7445
369 Olavi Luoto Finland 7469
370 Per Olav Baarnaas Norway 7484
371 Sixto Ibanez Argentina 7522
372 Valentino Bertolini Italy 7542
373 Claude Benard France 7604
374 Pierre Legrain France 7611
375 Davorin Marcelja Croatia 7692
376 Gurnam Singh India 7712
377 Pedro Apellaniz Spain 7787
378 Robert Bobin France 7795
379 Angel Garcia Cuba 7829
380 Erdal Barkay Turkey 7893
381 Mustafa Ozcan Turkey 7917
382 Charles Thompson Guyana 7945
383 Alec Olney Great Britain 7959
384 Bill Larochelle Canada 7978
385 Bill Lucas Great Britain 7979
386 Bob Beckus USA 7983
387 Dan Coyle Ireland 7997
388 Hernan Alzamora Peru 8064
389 Huang Liangzheng China 8068
390 James Nesbitt Great Britain 8077
391 Jan Zwaan Netherlands 8079
392 Joe Birrell Great Britain 8088
393 Jozsef Kiss Hungary 8096
394 Michael Pope Great Britain 8128
395 Mohsin Nazar Khan Pakistan 8135
396 Morville Chote Great Britain 8136
397 Nils Nicklen Finland 8143
398 Peter Curry Great Britain 8159
399 Ray Barkway Great Britain 8166
400 Raymond Rosier Belgium 8168
401 Rene Howell Great Britain 8173
402 Sergio Guzman Chile 8192
403 Jorge Aguirre Mexico 8268
404 Charles Epalle France 8314
405 Folke Alnevik Sweden 8338
406 Jacques Lunis France 8355
407 Juan Fuse Argentina 8366
408 Leo Roininen Canada 8376
409 Marko Racic Slovenia 8387
410 Sevki Koru Turkey 8421
411 Vic Frank USA 8430
412 Muhammad Sharif Butt Pakistan 8441
413 Halil Ziraman Turkey 8470
414 Antonio Morais Portugal 8484
415 Haukur Clausen Iceland 8488
416 Oskar Jonsson Iceland 8490
417 G.D. Peiris Sri Lanka 8496
418 John De Saram Sri Lanka 8503
419 Arnulf Pilhatsch Austria 8600
420 Benjamin Casado Puerto Rico 8607
421 Clem Eischen USA 8632
422 Doug Harris New Zealand 8652
423 Edmundo Zuniga Chile 8658
424 Eric Prabhakar India 8666
425 Hans Streuli Switzerland 8695
426 Harry Tarraway Great Britain 8700
427 Henri Klein France 8704
428 Ioannis Lambrou Greece 8717
429 Isidoor Van De Wiele Belgium 8719
430 Jack Brewer Great Britain 8720
431 Karl Volkmer Switzerland 8749
432 Malcolm Dalrymple Great Britain 8776
433 Pedro Listur Uruguay 8822
434 Richard Morris Great Britain 8830
435 Paul Frieden Luxembourg 8940
436 Cummin Clancy Ireland 8992
437 Jack Braughton Great Britain 9048
438 Jacques Cretaine France 9051
439 Kaspar Schiesser Switzerland 9078
440 Luis Garcia (POR) Portugal 9090
441 Martin Alarcon Mexico 9094
442 Paavo Toivari Finland 9124
443 Evert Heinstrom Finland 9289
444 Fritz Nussbaum Switzerland 9294
445 Herman Goffberg USA 9306
446 Herman Kunnen Belgium 9307
447 Nat Singh Somnath India 9350
448 Paddy Fahy Ireland 9359
449 Walter Fedorick Canada 9399
450 Allan Lindsay Great Britain 9466
451 Charles Green Australia 9485
452 Francisco Gonzalez Mexico 9504
453 Mazar Ul-Haq Khan Pakistan 9548
454 Ollie Manninen USA 9557
455 Petros Krosfilit-Omiros Greece 9568
456 Raul Mazorra Cuba 9609
457 Vasilios Mavroidis Greece 9612
458 Don McFarlane Canada 9616
459 Basil McKenzie Jamaica 9655
460 Vasilios Mavrapostolos Greece 9668
461 Riza Maksut Isman Turkey 9696
462 Cliff Salmond Canada 9698
463 Mario Rosas Colombia 9726
464 Olavi Talja Finland 9730
465 Walter Perez Uruguay 9737
466 Peter Bloch Norway 9756
467 Stylianos Stratakos Greece 9757
468 Bernabe Lovina Philippines 9758
469 Rasit Ostas Turkey 9759
470 Hong Jong-O South Korea 9768
471 Adan Torres Argentina 9783
472 Alberto Labarthe Chile 9790
473 Don Pettie Canada 9842
474 Ernst Gunther Switzerland 9861
475 Ezra Henniger Canada 9865
476 Fernand Bourgaux Belgium 9871
477 Frank Mahoney Bermuda 9879
478 Gabe Scholten Netherlands 9887
479 Geoffrey Tudor Great Britain 9890
480 Guillermo Avalos Argentina 9903
481 Guillermo Geary Argentina 9904
482 Ingvard Nielsen Denmark 9921
483 Jan Meijer Netherlands 9930
484 Jim O'Brien Canada 9936
485 Laszlo Bartha Hungary 9977
486 Sidney Cross Great Britain 10083
487 Albert Dayer Belgium 10223
488 Paddy Mulvihill Ireland 10335
489 Robert Hawkey Great Britain 10351
490 Ferenc Banhalmi Hungary 10425
491 Hazzard Dill Bermuda 10432
492 Antonio Pocovi Argentina 10445
493 Carlos Monges Mexico 10453
494 Chen Yinglang China 10459
495 Ernie McCullough Canada 10471
496 Gustavo Ehlers Chile 10489
497 Oskar Gerber Switzerland 10531
498 Oskar Hardmeier Switzerland 10532
499 Raymond Crapet France 10543
500 Reynir Sigurdsson Iceland 10544
501 Seo Yun-Bok South Korea 10554
502 Sayed Moukhtar Egypt 10629
503 An Yeong-Han South Korea 10649
504 Sim Bok-Seok South Korea 10808
505 Sven Hakansson Sweden 10814
506 John Joe Barry Ireland 10857
507 Juan Adarraga Spain 10872
508 Armin Scheurer Switzerland 10910
509 Gebhard Buchel Liechtenstein 10956
510 Jakob Jutz Switzerland 10985
511 Josef Seger Liechtenstein 10997
512 Karl-Heinz Hubler Switzerland 11002
513 Rene Kremer Luxembourg 11050
514 Aage Poulsen Denmark 11124
515 Clarence Robison USA 11147
516 Stan Jones Great Britain 11230
517 Lee Yun-Seok South Korea 11269
518 Antero Mongrut Peru 11281
519 Wilfred Tull Trinidad & Tobago 11284
520 Arsne Piesset France 11365
521 Athanasios Ragazos Greece 11368
522 Chhota Singh India 11382
523 Hans Frischknecht Switzerland 11435
524 Jack Holden Great Britain 11445
525 Pierre Cousin France 11542
526 Rene Josset France 11549
527 Salvatore Constantino Italy 11554
528 Umberto Risi Italy 11571
529 Dogan Acarbay Turkey 11729
530 Georgios Karageorgos Greece 12312
531 Rashid Khadr Egypt 12453
532 Seydi Dincturk Turkey 12464
533 Stefanos Petrakis Greece 12487
534 Fernand Linssen Belgium 12499
535 Kemal Aksur Turkey 12538
536 Maung Sein Pe Myanmar 12555
537 Stanley Lines Bermuda 12556
538 Perry Johnson Bermuda 12557
539 Carlos Isaac Argentina 12585
540 Carlos Silva (CHI) Chile 12587
541 Fernando Lapuente Argentina 12602
542 Jaime Itlmann Chile 12630
543 Jan Kleyn Netherlands 12631
544 Tauno Suvanto Finland 12707
545 Walter Keller Switzerland 12718
546 Herluf Christensen Denmark 13063
547 Guillermo Rodriguez Mexico 13627
548 Guillermo Evans Argentina 13648
549 Joseph Stephan France 13653
550 L. Hasso Iraq 13655
551 Max Trepp Switzerland 13661
552 Runar Holmberg Finland 13667
553 Hector Gosset Belgium 13715
554 Jo Zwaan Netherlands 13721
555 Nestor Jacona Malta 13731
556 Ali Salman Iraq 13939

 


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