| World men's all-time best shot put |
| 1 | 23.12 | Randy Barnes ¶ | USA | 660616 | 1 | Westwood, Ca | 900520 |
| + | 23.10 |     Randy Barnes ¶ |   |   | 1 | San José | 900526 |
| 2 | 23.06 | Ulf Timmermann | GDR | 621101 | 1 | Khania | 880522 |
| 3 | 22.91 | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | 590103 | 1 | Viareggio | 870812 |
| 4 | 22.86A | Brian Oldfield | USA | 450601 | 1 | El Paso, Tx | 750510 |
| + | 22.82 |     Alessandro Andrei |   |   | - | Viareggio | 870812 |
| 5 | 22.75 | Werner Günthör | SUI | 610711 | 1 | Bern | 880823 |
| + | 22.74 |     Alessandro Andrei |   |   | - | Viareggio | 870812 |
| + | 22.70 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | - | Bern | 880823 |
| 6 | 22.64 | Udo Beyer | GDR | 550809 | 1 | East Berlin | 860820 |
| + | 22.62 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | East Berlin | 850922 |
| + | 22.61 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | Potsdam | 880908 |
| + | 22.60 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | Tallinn | 860621 |
| + | 22.56 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | East Berlin | 880913 |
| 7 | 22.52 | John Brenner | USA | 610104 | 1 | Walnut, Ca | 870426 |
| + | 22.51 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | Erfurt | 860601 |
| + | 22.47 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | Dresden | 860817 |
| + | 22.47 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 1 | Helsinki | 870702 |
| + | 22.47 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | Seoul | 880923 |
| + | 22.45A |     Brian Oldfield |   |   | 1 | El Paso, Tx | 760522 |
| + | 22.43 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 1 | Lüdenscheid | 870618 |
| + | 22.42 |     Randy Barnes ¶ |   |   | 1 | Zürich | 880817 |
| + | 22.40 |     Randy Barnes ¶ |   |   | 1 | Rüdlingen | 960713 |
| + | 22.39 |     Randy Barnes ¶ |   |   | 2 | Seoul | 880923 |
| + | 22.36 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | Athína | 880516 |
| + | 22.31 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | - | Lüdenscheid | 870618 |
| + | 22.31 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 1 | Potsdam | 870820 |
| + | 22.28 |     Brian Oldfield |   |   | 1 | Edinburgh | 750618 |
| + | 22.28 |     Randy Barnes ¶ |   |   | 1 | Walnut, Ca | 900422 |
| + | 22.26 |     John Brenner |   |   | 1 | Westwood, Ca | 870418 |
| + | 22.25 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 1 | Zürich | 870819 |
| 8 | 22.24 | Sergey Smirnov | URS | 600917 | 2 | Tallinn | 860621 |
| + | 22.23 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 1 | Roma | 870829 |
| + | 22.22 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 1 | Los Angeles | 830625 |
| + | 22.22 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 1 | Stuttgart | 860828 |
| + | 22.19 |     Brian Oldfield |   |   | 1 | San José | 840526 |
| + | 22.19 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | East Berlin | 890830 |
| + | 22.18 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 1 | Århus, DEN | 870701 |
| + | 22.18 |     Randy Barnes ¶ |   |   | 1 | Linz | 890814 |
| + | 22.18 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 1 | Bern | 890829 |
| + | 22.17 |     Alessandro Andrei |   |   | 1 | San Giovanni Valdarno | 870516 |
| + | 22.16 |     Sergey Smirnov | URS |   | 1 | Kiev | 860716 |
| + | 22.16 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 1 | St. Gallen | 860920 |
| + | 22.15 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 1 | Göteborg | 780706 |
| + | 22.15 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | East Berlin | 880427 |
| + | 22.14 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 1 | Jena | 860627 |
| + | 22.12 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 1 | Luzern | 870604 |
| 9 | 22.12 | Adam Nelson | USA | 750707 | 1 | Sacramento, Ca | 000715 |
| + | 22.11 |     Randy Barnes ¶ |   |   | 1 | Walnut, Ca | 880424 |
| 10 | 22.10 | Sergey Gavryushin | URS | 590627 | 1 | Moskva | 860831 |
| + | 22.10 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 2 | Potsdam | 880908 |
| 11 | 22.09 | Sergey Kasnauskas | URS | 610404 | 1 | Staiki | 840823 |
| + | 22.09 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 1 | Jena | 870625 |
| + | 22.08 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | Erfurt | 850622 |
| + | 22.06 |     Alessandro Andrei |   |   | 1 | Viareggio | 860806 |
| + | 22.05 |     Sergey Smirnov | URS |   | 1 | Moskva | 850817 |
| + | 22.05 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 3 | Tallinn | 860621 |
| + | 22.05 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 1 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 880612 |
| + | 22.04 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 1 | Rehlingen | 840611 |
| + | 22.03 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | Neubrandenburg | 890722 |
| + | 22.03 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 1 | Oslo | 910706 |
| + | 22.03 |     Randy Barnes ¶ |   |   | 1 | Indianapolis | 970613 |
| + | 22.02 |     Brian Oldfield |   |   | 1 | Modesto, Ca | 810516 |
| 12 | 22.02 | Dave Laut | USA | 561221 | 1 | Koblenz | 820825 |
| 13 | 22.02 | John Godina | USA | 720531 | 1 | Eugene, Or | 990627 |
| + | 22.01 |     Sergey Smirnov | URS |   | 1 | Tokyo | 850921 |
| + | 22.01 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | Praha | 870627 |
| + | 22.01 |     Randy Barnes ¶ |   |   | 1 | San Diego | 880625 |
| 14 | 22.00 | Aleksander Baryshnikov | URS | 481111 | 1 | Colombes | 760710 |
| + | 22.00 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | Canberra | 851005 |
| + | 22.00 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 2 | Jena | 860627 |
| + | 22.00 |     John Godina |   |   | 1 | Knoxville, Tn | 950603 |
| + | 21.99 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 3 | Seoul | 880923 |
| + | 21.98 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 1 | Erfurt | 800518 |
| 15 | 21.98 | Gregg Tafralis ¶ | USA | 580409 | 1 | Los Gatos, Ca | 920613 |
| + | 21.98 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 1 | Linz | 930825 |
| + | 21.97 |     Alessandro Andrei |   |   | 1 | Torino | 870528 |
| + | 21.97 |     Alessandro Andrei |   |   | 1 | Firenze | 870617 |
| + | 21.97 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 1 | Stuttgart | 930821 |
| 16 | 21.97 | Janus Robberts | RSA | 790310 | 1 | Eugene, Or | 010602 |
| 17 | 21.96 | Mikhail Kostin | URS | 590510 | 1 | Vitebsk | 860702 |
| + | 21.96 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 2 | Potsdam | 870820 |
| + | 21.95 |     Alessandro Andrei |   |   | 1 | Roma | 850601 |
| + | 21.95 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 1 | St. Gallen | 890813 |
| + | 21.95 |     John Godina |   |   | 1 | Palo Alto / Stanford, Ca | 010609 |
| + | 21.94 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 1 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 820709 |
| + | 21.94 |     Dave Laut |   |   | 1 | San José | 830528 |
| + | 21.94 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 2 | Athína | 880516 |
| + | 21.94 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 1 | Luzern | 930629 |
| + | 21.94 |     Adam Nelson |   |   | 1cA | Rüdlingen | 000813 |
| 18 | 21.93 | Remigius Machura ¶ | CS | 600703 | 1 | Praha | 870823 |
| + | 21.93 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | Oslo | 890701 |
| + | 21.92 |     John Brenner |   |   | 1 | Eugene, Or | 840602 |
| + | 21.91 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 1 | Basel | 870530 |
| + | 21.91 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 1 | Zug | 880813 |
| + | 21.91 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 1 | Luzern | 920701 |
| + | 21.90 |     Alessandro Andrei |   |   | - | Roma | 850601 |
| + | 21.89 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 1 | Leipzig | 780630 |
| + | 21.88 |     Alessandro Andrei |   |   | 1 | Viareggio | 850807 |
| + | 21.88 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 2 | East Berlin | 850922 |
| + | 21.88 |     Randy Barnes ¶ |   |   | 1 | Waco | 860418 |
| + | 21.88 |     Alessandro Andrei |   |   | 2 | Roma | 870829 |
| + | 21.88 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | Rostock | 880624 |
| + | 21.88 |     Randy Barnes ¶ |   |   | 1 | Indianapolis | 880715 |
| + | 21.88 |     Sergey Smirnov | URS |   | 1 | Vilnius | 880828 |
| + | 21.87 |     Dave Laut |   |   | 2 | Los Angeles | 830625 |
| + | 21.87 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 1 | Rostock | 880529 |
| 21.87 |     John Godina |   |   | 1 | Edmonton, CAN | 010804 |
| + | 21.86 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 1 | Neubrandenburg | 860607 |
| + | 21.86 |     John Brenner |   |   | 1 | Westwood, Ca | 870516 |
| + | 21.86 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | Neubrandenburg | 880710 |
| + | 21.86 |     Randy Barnes ¶ |   |   | 1 | Milano | 900605 |
| 19 | 21.86 | Cottrell J. Hunter ¶ | USA | 681214 | 1 | Raleigh, NC | 000617 |
| 20 | 21.85 | Terry Albritton | USA | 550114 | 1 | Honolulu, Hi | 760221 |
| + | 21.85 |     Sergey Gavryushin |   |   | 2 | Torino | 870528 |
| + | 21.84 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 2 | Stuttgart | 860828 |
| + | 21.84 |     Alessandro Andrei |   |   | 1 | Milano | 870603 |
| + | 21.84 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 2 | East Berlin | 880913 |
| + | 21.84 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | East Berlin | 890705 |
| + | 21.83 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | Plovdiv | 860517 |
| + | 21.83 |     Sergey Smirnov | URS |   | 1 | Moskva | 880904 |
| + | 21.83 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 1 | Zürich | 890816 |
| 21 | 21.82 | Al Feuerbach | USA | 480114 | 1 | San José | 730505 |
| + | 21.82 |     Brian Oldfield |   |   | 1 | Walnut, Ca | 800615 |
| + | 21.82 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 2 | Zürich | 880817 |
| 22 | 21.82 | Andy Bloom | USA | 730811 | 1 | Doha, Qat | 001005 |
| + | 21.81 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | Sydney | 850928 |
| + | 21.81 |     Alessandro Andrei |   |   | 1 | Cittadella | 870510 |
| + | 21.80 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 1 | Potsdam | 780806 |
| + | 21.80 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 2 | Helsinki | 870702 |
| + | 21.80 |     Sergey Smirnov | URS |   | 1 | Sochi | 880531 |
| + | 21.80 |     Randy Barnes ¶ |   |   | 2 | Stuttgart | 930821 |
| + | 21.79 |     Brian Oldfield |   |   | 1 | Boston, Ma | 750613 |
| + | 21.79 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 1 | Bratislava | 780610 |
| + | 21.79 |     Sergey Smirnov | URS |   | 1 | Leningrad | 860607 |
| + | 21.79 |     Sergey Smirnov | URS |   | 1 | Moskva | 860708 |
| + | 21.79 |     Randy Barnes ¶ |   |   | 1 | Rüdlingen | 930724 |
| + | 21.79 |     Cottrell J. Hunter ¶ |   |   | 1 | Sevilla, ESP | 990821 |
| 23 | 21.78 | James Randle Matson | USA | 450305 | 1 | College Station, Tx | 670422 |
| + | 21.78 |     Dave Laut |   |   | 1 | Indianapolis | 820702 |
| + | 21.78 |     John Brenner |   |   | 1 | Walnut, Ca | 860427 |
| + | 21.78 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | Düsseldorf | 880620 |
| 24 | 21.78 | Kevin Toth | USA | 671229 | 2 | Indianapolis | 970613 |
| + | 21.78 |     John Godina |   |   | 1 | Walnut, Ca | 980419 |
| + | 21.77 |     Alessandro Andrei |   |   | 1 | Formia | 860713 |
| + | 21.77 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 1 | Gisingen | 930703 |
| 25 | 21.77 | Dragan Peric | YUG | 640508 | 1 | Bar | 980425 |
| + | 21.76 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 1 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 800525 |
| 26 | 21.76 | Mike Carter | USA | 601029 | 2 | Eugene, Or | 840602 |
| + | 21.76 |     Randy Barnes ¶ |   |   | 1 | College Station | 880416 |
| + | 21.76 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | East Berlin | 890520 |
| + | 21.76 |     John Godina |   |   | 1 | Tucson | 950519 |
| + | 21.75 |     James Randle Matson |   |   | 1 | Berkeley, Ca | 700530 |
| + | 21.75 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 1 | East Berlin | 800528 |
| + | 21.75 |     Brian Oldfield |   |   | 1 | Ventura | 810411 |
| + | 21.75 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | Potsdam | 840721 |
| + | 21.75 |     John Brenner |   |   | 3 | Roma | 870829 |
| + | 21.75 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 1 | Jena | 880603 |
| + | 21.75 |     John Godina |   |   | 1 | London | 970817 |
| + | 21.74 |     Al Feuerbach |   |   | 1 | Modesto, Ca | 760522 |
| + | 21.74 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 1 | Düsseldorf | 770902 |
| + | 21.74 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 1 | Linz | 790729 |
| + | 21.74 |     Remigius Machura ¶ |   |   | 1 | Praha | 820816 |
| 27 | 21.74 | Janis Bojars | URS | 560512 | 1 | Riga | 840714 |
| + | 21.74 |     Sergey Smirnov | URS |   | 1 | Tbilisi | 870517 |
| + | 21.74 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 1 | Barcelona | 910622 |
| + | 21.74 |     Cottrell J. Hunter ¶ |   |   | 1cB | Walnut, Ca | 000416 |
| + | 21.73 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 1 | Cottbus | 820626 |
| 28 | 21.73 | "Augie" August Wolf ¶ | USA | 610903 | 1 | Leverkusen | 840412 |
| + | 21.72 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 1 | Erfurt | 840601 |
| + | 21.72 |     Alessandro Andrei |   |   | 1 | Cesenatico | 850626 |
| + | 21.72 |     Sergey Smirnov | URS |   | 2 | Canberra | 851005 |
| + | 21.72 |     Sergey Gavryushin |   |   | 1 | Krasnodar | 860622 |
| + | 21.72 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 1 | Ebersbach | 890730 |
| + | 21.72 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | Gateshead | 890805 |
| + | 21.72 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 1 | Lausanne | 930707 |
| + | 21.71 |     Brian Oldfield |   |   | 1 | Houston, Tx | 800503 |
| + | 21.71 |     Dave Laut |   |   | 1 | Indianapolis | 830618 |
| + | 21.71 |     Werner Günthör |   |   | 1 | Zug | 880812 |
| + | 21.71 |     Randy Barnes ¶ |   |   | 2 | Zürich | 890816 |
| + | 21.71 |     John Godina |   |   | 1 | New Orleans, La | 980620 |
| + | 21.70 |     Aleksander Baryshnikov |   |   | Q | Moskva | 740725 |
| + | 21.70 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 1 | Celje | 800502 |
| + | 21.70 |     Udo Beyer | GDR |   | 1 | East Berlin | 800709 |
| + | 21.70 |     Ulf Timmermann | GDR |   | 1 | Sofia | 860511 |
| 29 | 21.70 | Mike Stulce ¶ | USA | 690714 | 1 | Barcelona | 920731 |
| + | 21.70 |     Kevin Toth |   |   | 1 | Lawrence, Ks | 970419 |
| + | 21.70 |     John Godina |   |   | 1 | Van Nuys, Ca | 970723 |
| + | 21.70 |     Adam Nelson |   |   | 1 | Palo Alto / Stanford, Ca | 000701 |
| 189 performances by 29 athletes |
| 30 | 21.69 | Reijo Ståhlberg | FIN | 520921 | 1 | Fresno | 790505 |
| 31 | 21.68 | Geoff Capes | GBR | 490823 | 1 | Cwmbran | 800518 |
| 32 | 21.68 | Edward Sarul | POL | 581116 | 1 | Sopot | 830731 |
| 33 | 21.67 | Hartmut Briesenick | GDR | 490317 | 1 | Potsdam | 730901 |
| 34 | 21.64 | Yuriy Belonog | UKR | 740309 | 1 | Koncha-Zaspa | 000428 |
| 35 | 21.63 | George Woods | USA | 430211 | 2 | Modesto, Ca | 760522 |
| 36 | 21.61 | Kevin Akins | USA | 600127 | 1 | Modesto, Ca | 830514 |
| 37 | 21.60 | Jim Doehring ¶ | USA | 620127 | 2 | Los Gatos, Ca | 920613 |
| 38 | 21.58 | Vladimir Kiselyev (1) | URS | 570101 | 3 | Moskva | 840817 |
| 39 | 21.53 | Yevgeniy Mironov | URS | 491101 | 1 | Kiev | 760624 |
| 40 | 21.51 | Ralf Reichenbach | FRG | 500731 | 1 | West Berlin | 800808 |
| 41 | 21.50 | Mika Halvari | FIN | 700213 | 1 | Hämeenkyrö | 950709 |
| 42 | 21.47 | Brent Noon ¶ | USA | 710829 | 1 | Tuscaloosa | 950521 |
| 43 | 21.47 | Aleksandr Bagach ¶ | UKR | 661121 | 1 | Khania | 970531 |
| 44 | 21.44 | Mikhail Domorosov | URS | 550305 | 2 | Staiki | 840823 |
| 45 | 21.43 | Mike Lehmann | USA | 600311 | 2 | San José | 830528 |
| 46 | 21.42 | Oliver-Sven Buder | GER | 660623 | 2 | Sevilla, ESP | 990821 |
| 47 | 21.41A | Fred de Bernardi | USA | 490302 | 1 | El Paso, Tx | 740427 |
| 48 | 21.39 | Arsi Harju | FIN | 740318 | Q1 B | Sydney, AUS | 000922 |
| 49 | 21.35 | Ron Semkiw | USA | 540328 | 1 | Mesa, Az | 740305 |
| 50 | 21.35 | Sergey Nikolayev | URS | 661112 | 1 | Voronezh | 890805 |
| 51 | 21.34 | Roman Virastyuk | UKR | 680420 | 1 | Ivano-Frankivsk | 000507 |
| 52 | 21.33A | Hans Höglund | SWE | 520723 | 1 | Provo | 750606 |
| 53 | 21.32 | Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg | GDR | 440409 | 1 | Potsdam | 720603 |
| 54 | 21.31 | Hans-Peter Gies | GDR | 470509 | 2 | Potsdam | 720825 |
| 55 | 21.30 | Helmut Krieger | POL | 580717 | 1 | Grudziadz | 860627 |
| 56 | 21.29 | Manuel Martinez | ESP | 741207 | 1 | Madrid | 010527 |
| 57 | 21.26 | Petur Gudmundsson | ISL | 620309 | 1 | Mosfellsbaer | 901110 |
| 58 | 21.25 | Hans-Jürgen Jacobi | GDR | 500726 | 2 | Cottbus | 800716 |
| 59 | 21.23 | Paolo Dal Soglio | ITA | 700729 | 1 | Grosseto | 960911 |
| 60 | 21.22 | Lars Arvid Nilsen ¶ | NOR | 650415 | 1 | Indianapolis | 860606 |
| 61 | 21.22 | Klaus Görmer | GDR | 630705 | 3 | Potsdam | 870820 |
| 62 | 21.20 | Josef Kubes | CS | 570902 | 2 | Praha | 830724 |
| 63 | 21.20 | Vyacheslav Lykho ¶ | URS | 670116 | 1 | Moskva | 870725 |
| 64 | 21.19 | Wladyslaw Komar | POL | 400411 | 1 | Warszawa | 740817 |
| 65 | 21.19 | Vladimir Milic | YUG | 551023 | 1 | Beograd | 820818 |
| 66 | 21.16 | Vladimir Kisheyev | URS | 581204 | 1 | Khabarovsk | 880918 |
| 67 | 21.15 | Karsten Stolz | FRG | 640723 | 1 | Essen | 880918 |
| 68 | 21.14 | Maris Petrashko | URS | 610306 | 1 | Limbazhi | 870711 |
| 69 | 21.12 | John Campbell | USA | 620315 | 1 | Austin | 850601 |
| 70 | 21.11 | Zlatan Saracevic ¶ | YUG | 560727 | 1 | Zagreb | 840616 |
| 71 | 21.10 | Pete Shmock | USA | 500429 | 1 | Eugene, Or | 760605 |
| 72 | 21.10 | Donatas Stukonis | URS | 571119 | 1 | Kaunas | 850720 |
| 73 | 21.09 | Hreinn Halldorsson | ISL | 490303 | 1 | Stockholm | 770704 |
| 74 | 21.09 | Sergey Donskikh | URS | 560125 | 1 | Leningrad | 840813 |
| 75 | 21.08 | Colin Anderson | USA | 511120 | 2 | Walnut, Ca | 800615 |
| 76 | 21.07 | Dean Crouser | USA | 600316 | 2 | Knoxville | 820619 |
| 77 | 21.04 | Jaroslaw Brabec | CS | 490727 | 1 | Banska Bystrica | 730901 |
| 78 | 21.04 | Peter Block | GDR | 550528 | 1 | Halle | 820516 |
| 79 | 21.04 | Nikolay Borodkin | URS | 550404 | 1 | Krivoy Rog | 850707 |
| 80 | 21.02 | Sergey Solomko | URS | 580528 | 1 | Kiev | 840810 |
| 81 | 21.02 | Ron Backes | USA | 630102 | 1 | San José | 880528 |
| 82 | 21.01 | Neal Steinhauer | USA | 44 | 1 | Sacramento | 670325 |
| 83 | 21.01 | Georgi Todorov Janev | BUL | 600307 | 1 | Sofia | 880902 |
| 84 | 20.99 | Dennis Black | USA | 730704 | 1 | Bozeman, Mt | 000505 |
| 85 | 20.98 | Janusz Gassowski | POL | 580301 | 1 | Sopot | 850720 |
| 86 | 20.95 | Anatoliy Yarosh | URS | 521022 | 1 | Moskva | 800706 |
| 87 | 20.95 | Erik de Bruin ¶ | NED | 630525 | 1 | Leiden | 860514 |
| 88 | 20.94 | Yevgeniy Palchikov | RUS | 681012 | 1 | Irkutsk | 940529 |
| 89 | 20.92 | Mathias Schmidt | GDR | 561122 | 1 | Tbilisi | 810626 |
| 90 | 20.92 | Arne Pedersen ¶ | NOR | 610419 | 1 | Knoxville | 870523 |
| 91 | 20.91 | Sören Tallhem | SWE | 640216 | 2 | Austin | 850601 |
| 92 | 20.91 | Saulius Kleiza | URS | 640402 | 2 | Leselidze | 870513 |
| 93 | 20.90 | Mike Smith | USA | 580604 | 4 | Modesto, Ca | 840512 |
| 94 | 20.90 | Marco Montelatici | ITA | 530825 | 2 | Milano | 850526 |
| 95 | 20.90 | Gert Weil | CHI | 600103 | 1 | Wirges | 860817 |
| 96 | 20.89 | Mikhail Kulish | URS | 640320 | 1 | Kharkov | 880617 |
| 97 | 20.88 | Joachim Olsen | DEN | 770531 | 1 | Aalborg, DEN | 000812 |
| 98 | 20.88 | Tepa Reinikainen | FIN | 760316 | 2 | Lapinlahti | 010722 |
| 99 | 20.86 | Georg Andersen ¶ | NOR | 630107 | 3 | Malmö | 900807 |
| 100 | 20.85 | Bishop Dolegiewicz | CAN | 530708 | 1 | Scarborough | 780617 |
| 101 | 20.84 | Matti Yrjölä | FIN | 380326 | 1 | Kokemäki | 760706 |
| 102 | 20.84 | Jeff Stover | USA | 580522 | 1 | Eugene, Or | 800426 |
| 103 | 20.84 | Jesse Stuart | USA | 510318 | 5 | Indianapolis | 830618 |
| 104 | 20.84 | Aleksandr Klimenko | UKR | 700327 | 1 | Kiev | 920529 |
| 105 | 20.84 | Gheorghe Guset ¶ | ROM | 680528 | 1 | Poiana Brasov | 990807 |
| 106 | 20.83 | Ventsislav Khristov | BUL | 620518 | 1 | Stara Zagora | 850803 |
| 107 | 20.83 | Mike Spiritoso | CAN | 630703 | 2 | Indianapolis | 860606 |
| 108 | 20.81 | Grigoriy Skorikov | URS | 540210 | 1 | Tashkent | 830524 |
| 109 | 20.80 | Vladimir Yaryshkin | URS | 630228 | 1 | Baku | 861005 |
| 110 | 20.79 | Klaus Bodenmüller | AUT | 620906 | 1 | Linz | 870613 |
| 111 | 20.79 | Bradley Snyder | CAN | 760108 | 1 | Knoxville,Tn | 010414 |
| 112 | 20.78 | Valeriy Voikin | URS | 451014 | 1 | Kharkov | 790802 |
| 113 | 20.78 | Gary Williky | USA | 590716 | 1 | Tempe, Az | 820508 |
| 114 | 20.78 | Corrado Fantini | ITA | 670207 | 2 | Rieti | 960901 |
| 115 | 20.78 | Alexis Paumier | CUB | 750121 | 1 | La Habana | 000729 |
| 116 | 20.78 | Ville Tiisanoja | FIN | 751224 | 3 | Lapinlahti | 010722 |
| 117 | 20.78 | Conny Karlsson | FIN | 751230 | 7 | Edmonton, CAN | 010804 |
| 118 | 20.77 | Steve Summers | USA | 570621 | 1 | Walnut, Ca | 800417 |
| 119 | 20.77 | Ivan Ivancic ¶ | YUG | 371206 | 1 | Koblenz | 830831 |
| 120 | 20.76 | Wolfgang Schmidt | GDR | 540116 | 1 | East Berlin | 780531 |
| 121 | 20.76 | Jan Sagedal ¶ | NOR | 600619 | 1 | Bodö | 860604 |
| 122 | 20.76 | Viktor Stepanskiy | URS | 590425 | 1 | Ternopol | 860719 |
| 123 | 20.76 | Ahmed Kamel Shatta ¶ | EGY | 610123 | 1 | Cairo | 880324 |
| 124 | 20.75 | Janne Ronkainen | FIN | 630205 | 1 | Kotka | 900524 |
| 125 | 20.74 | Udo Gelhausen | FRG | 560705 | 1 | Bonn | 870822 |
| 126 | 20.74 | Dimitrios Koutsoukis | GRE | 621208 | 1 | Drama | 890716 |
| 127 | 20.73A | Karl Salb | USA | 490519 | 3 | El Paso, Tx | 740427 |
| 128 | 20.73 | Rob Suelflohn | USA | 590215 | 1 | San José | 850606 |
| 129 | 20.72 | Valcho Stoev | BUL | 520120 | 1 | Sofia | 800705 |
| 130 | 20.71 | Youssef Nagui Asaad | EGY | 450912 | 1 | Praha | 720621 |
| 131 | 20.71 | Algirdas Pusinaitis | URS | 570215 | 4 | Sochi | 840519 |
| 132 | 20.71 | Karel Sula | CS | 590630 | 1 | Praha | 880602 |
| 133 | 20.70 | Timo Aaltonen | FIN | 690411 | 1 | Eurajoki | 000701 |
| 134 | 20.68 | Dallas Long | USA | 400613 | 1 | Los Angeles | 640725 |
| 135 | 20.68 | Igor Avrunin | URS | 570616 | 1 | Kiev | 830825 |
| 136 | 20.68 | Sergey Rubtsov | URS | 650904 | 2 | Moskva | 880807 |
| 137 | 20.66 | Garry Frank | USA | 641220 | 2 | Knoxville | 870523 |
| 138 | 20.66 | Mikulas Konopka | SVK | 790123 | 1 | Ostrava | 010531 |
| 139 | 20.65 | Nikolay Valakhanovich | URS | 570519 | 1 | Dnepropetrovsk | 830821 |
| 140 | 20.64 | Mac Wilkins | USA | 501115 | 3 | Eugene, Or | 760605 |
| 141 | 20.64 | Vyacheslav Yemelyanov | URS | 570106 | 2 | Donyetsk | 850810 |
| 142 | 20.64 | Miroslav Menc ¶ | CZE | 710316 | 1 | Ostrava | 000903 |
| 143 | 20.62 | Aleksandr Nosyenko | URS | 520404 | 4 | Kiev | 760624 |
| 144 | 20.61 | Mikhail Gusyev | URS | 570916 | 1 | Leningrad | 810710 |
| 145 | 20.61A | Oskar Jakobsson | ISL | 550129 | 4 | Provo | 820605 |
| 146 | 20.61 | Bruno Pauletto | CAN | 540121 | 1 | Knoxville | 830527 |
| 147 | 20.60 | Dieter Hoffmann | GDR | 420827 | 1 | Koblenz | 690702 |
| 148 | 20.60 | Richard Navara | CS | 640911 | 2 | Nitra | 870531 |
| 149 | 20.60A | Jan Pienaar | RSA | 660119 | 1 | Pretoria | 900130 |
| 150 | 20.60 | Andrey Nemchaninov ¶ | UKR | 661127 | 1 | Moskva | 920622 |
| 151 | 20.60 | Shakti Singh | IND | 620514 | 1 | Bangalore | 000705 |
| 152 | 20.58 | Brian Muir | USA | 601218 | 1 | Westwood, Ca | 840318 |
| 153 | 20.58 | Torsten Pelzer | GDR | 630626 | 1 | Potsdam | 860611 |
| 154 | 20.58 | Milan Haborak | SVK | 730111 | 1 | Nitra | 010707 |
| 155 | 20.57 | Tony Harlin | USA | 570904 | 2 | Piscataway, NJ | 840421 |
| 156 | 20.56 | Art McDermott | USA | 611107 | 1 | Berkeley, Ca | 900707 |
| 157 | 20.56 | Burger Lambrechts ¶ | RSA | 730403 | 1 | Stellenbosch | 000304 |
| 158 | 20.55 | Knut Hjeltnes ¶ | NOR | 511208 | 1 | Bodö | 800705 |
| 159 | 20.55 | Hank Kraychir | USA | 600410 | 1 | Pomona | 850323 |
| 160 | 20.55 | Sergey Kot | UKR | 600107 | 1 | Kiev | 860727 |
| 161 | 20.55 | Kalman Konya ¶ | HUN | 611027 | 2 | Rüdingen | 930725 |
| 162 | 20.55 | Brian Miller | USA | 720320 | 2 | Des Moines, Ia | 010428 |
| 163 | 20.54 | Jovan Lazarevic | YUG | 520503 | 1 | Minsk | 900726 |
| 164 | 20.54 | Luciano Zerbini ¶ | ITA | 600212 | 2 | Parma | 920723 |
| 165 | 20.54 | Pavel Chumachenko | RUS | 710405 | 2 | Bremen | 010623 |
| 166 | 20.53A | Dave Maggard | USA | 40 | 2 | Echo Summit, South Lake Tahoe, Ca | 680910 |
| 167 | 20.53 | Heino Sild | URS | 440410 | 1 | Budapest | 790611 |
| 168 | 20.53 | Jaromir Vlk | CS | 490304 | 1 | Praha | 800524 |
| 169 | 20.53 | Aleksandr Boreyko | URS | 560310 | 1 | Minsk | 850903 |
| 170 | 20.53 | John Davis | USA | 770219 | 3 | Palo Alto / Stanford, Ca | 010609 |
| 171 | 20.52 | Gerald Bergmann | GDR | 560903 | 2 | Potsdam | 780806 |
| 172 | 20.52A | Marcus Gordien | USA | 550429 | 4 | Colorado Springs | 830702 |
| 173 | 20.51 | Igor Palchikov | URS | 620619 | 1 | Irkutsk | 870809 |
| 174 | 20.51 | Mark Parlin | USA | 730706 | 2 | Modesto, Ca | 970510 |
| 175 | 20.50 | Uwe Grabe | GDR | 421015 | 1 | Cottbus | 720517 |
| 176 | 20.50 | Sam Walker | USA | 500815 | 4 | Modesto, Ca | 800517 |
| 177 | 20.50 | Terry Strouf | USA | 661001 | 1 | La Crosse, Wi | 920503 |
| 178 | 20.50 | Markus Koistinen ¶ | FIN | 700501 | 1 | Parkano | 960620 |
| 179 | 20.50 | Petr Stehlík | CZE | 770415 | 1 | Turnov | 010520 |
| 180 | 20.49 | Andreas Horn | GDR | 620131 | 1 | Schwerin | 850604 |
| 181 | 20.47 | Zsolt Bíber | HUN | 760531 | 1 | Budapest | 010527 |
| 182 | 20.46 | Jari Kuoppa | FIN | 600625 | 1 | Teuva | 860629 |
| 183 | 20.45 | Vilmos Varju | HUN | 370610 | 1 | Bratislava | 710731 |
| 184 | 20.45 | Lachen Samsam Akka | MAR | 420614 | 2 | San José | 720506 |
| 185 | 20.45 | Shaun Pickering | GBR | 611114 | 2 | London | 970817 |
| 186 | 20.44 | Viktor Sosnin | URS | 54 | 1 | Sochi | 840427 |
| 187 | 20.43 | Mike Winch | GBR | 480720 | 3 | London | 740522 |
| 188 | 20.43 | Dana LeDuc | USA | 530322 | 3 | Wichita, Ks | 760528 |
| 189 | 20.42 | Andrey Mikhnevich | BLR | 760712 | 10 | Edmonton, CAN | 010804 |
| 190 | 20.40 | Doug Lane | USA | 491231 | 1 | Palo Alto | 720519 |
| 191 | 20.40 | Ferdinand Schladen | FRG | 390524 | 1 | Aachen | 720805 |
| 192 | 20.40 | Ben Plucknett ¶ | USA | 540413 | 1 | Beijing | 800927 |
| 193 | 20.40 | Nikolay Khristov | BUL | 520214 | 3 | Budapest | 810818 |
| 194 | 20.40 | Tariel Bitsadze | URS | 660112 | 3 | Sochi | 890527 |
| 195 | 20.40 | Mark Proctor | GBR | 630115 | 1 | Portsmouth | 990707 |
| 196 | 20.39 | Kjell Ove Hauge ¶ | NOR | 690220 | 3 | Eugene, Or | 980531 |
| 197 | 20.38 | Vitalius Mitkus | URS | 650609 | 1 | Donyetsk | 861004 |
| 198 | 20.37 | Heinfried Birlenbach | FRG | 401207 | 7 | München | 720909 |
| 199 | 20.36 | Hans Almström | SWE | 500801 | 2 | Helsinki | 760904 |
| 200 | 20.36 | Ian Pyka | USA | 560324 | 5 | Eugene, Or | 800627 |
| 201 | 20.36 | Marty Kobza | USA | 620306 | 1 | Fayetteville, Ar | 850518 |
| 202 | 20.36 | Jozef Lacika | CS | 610608 | 1 | Praha | 860524 |
| 203 | 20.35 | Yngve Wahlander | SWE | 580915 | 1 | Västerås | 840520 |
| 204 | 20.35 | Justin Anlezark | AUS | 770814 | 1 | Gold Coast | 000910 |
| 205 | 20.34 | Lars Sundin ¶ | SWE | 610721 | 1 | Västerås | 870516 |
| 206 | 20.33 | Paul Edwards ¶ | GBR | 590216 | 1 | Roehampton | 910709 |
| 207 | 20.33 | Dmitriy Goncharuk | BLR | 700717 | 1 | Minsk | 950722 |
| 208 | 20.32 | Mike Weeks | USA | 540206 | 1 | Mesa, Az | 810403 |
| 209 | 20.32 | Viktor Bulat | BLR | 710401 | 2 | Minsk | 950722 |
| 210 | 20.31 | Norbert Jahl | GDR | 540207 | 1 | Leipzig | 750801 |
| 211 | 20.31 | Jarkko Haukijärvi | FIN | 770610 | 2 | Suodenniemi | 000826 |
| 212 | 20.30 | Zane Hubbard | USA | 580703 | 7 | San José | 840608 |
| 213 | 20.30 | Brian Faul | USA | 600305 | 2 | Los Gatos, Ca | 880707 |
| 214 | 20.30 | Ralf Bartels | GER | 780221 | 2 | Gotha | 010616 |
| 215 | 20.29 | Karel Potgieter | RSA | 750921 | 1 | Varazdin | 000715 |
| 216 | 20.28A | Eduard Gushtshin | URS | 400722 | 1 | Ciudad de México | 681004 |
| 217 | 20.28 | Ricky Bruch | SWE | 460702 | 2 | Oslo | 730619 |
| 218 | 20.28 | Paul Ruiz | CUB | 620921 | 3 | Rostock | 880529 |
| 219 | 20.28 | Stevemir Ercegovac | CRO | 740120 | 1 | Rijeka | 000902 |
| 220 | 20.27 | Bernd Kneissler | GER | 620913 | 2 | Leverkusen | 900801 |
| 221 | 20.26 | Sergey Martyshin | RUS | 66 | 1 | Belaya Cerkov | 900616 |
| 222 | 20.26 | Dirk Urban | GER | 690114 | 1 | Iffezheim | 960713 |
| 223 | 20.26 | Dwight Johnson | USA | 691105 | 1 | Northridge, Ca | 980321 |
| 224 | 20.26 | Chima Ugwu | NGR | 730719 | 1 | Lagos | 000722 |
| 225 | 20.25 | Jean-Pierre Egger | SUI | 430730 | 1 | Neuchatel | 790609 |
| 226 | 20.24 | Rimantas Plunge | URS | 440322 |   |   | 72 |
| 227 | 20.24 | Hans-Dieter Prollius | GDR | 440601 | 4 | Potsdam | 720603 |
| 228 | 20.24 | Michael Mertens | GER | 651227 | 1 | Iffezheim | 980620 |
| 229 | 20.23 | Piotr Perzylo | POL | 611115 | 1 | Rzeszow | 860607 |
| 230 | 20.22 | Reese Hoffa | USA | 771008 | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 010518 |
| 231 | 20.21 | Eugeniusz Skapas | URS | 430223 | 1 | Vilnius | 740615 |
| 232 | 20.21 | Thorsten Herbrand | GER | 700409 | 1 | Wanne - Eickel | 950501 |
| 233 | 20.20 | Yves Brouzet | FRA | 480905 | 1 | Colombes | 730722 |
| 234 | 20.20 | Nikolay Gemizhev | BUL | 560804 | 1 | Sofia | 840603 |
| 235 | 20.20 | Shane Collins | USA | 690411 | 1 | Durham | 900602 |
| 236 | 20.19 | Steve Wilhelm | USA | 490809 | 4 | Lawrence | 710417 |
| 237 | 20.19 | Dave Porath | USA | 600812 | 1 | Stanford, Ca | 810522 |
| 238 | 20.18 | Gerd Lochmann | GDR | 480403 |   | East Berlin | 720823 |
| 239 | 20.18 | Aulis Akonniemi | FIN | 581216 | 3 | Hämeenkyrö | 840701 |
| 240 | 20.16 | Detlef Bock | GER | 740815 | 1cA | Halle | 000527 |
| 241 | 20.15 | Seppo Simola | FIN | 360727 | 1 | Turku | 720719 |
| 242 | 20.15 | Steve Cate | USA | 631123 | Q | Indianapolis | 860604 |
| 243 | 20.15 | Steven Albert | USA | 640401 | 1 | Jonesboro, Ar | 980813 |
| 244 | 20.14 | Miroslav Janousek | CS | 450202 | 1 | Praha | 710727 |
| 245 | 20.13 | Doug Price | USA | 50 | 2 | Modesto, Ca | 780520 |
| 246 | 20.13 | Kelly Brooks | USA | 580930 | 1 | Austin | 830522 |
| 247 | 20.13 | Yuriy Kuyumdzhan | URS | 610529 | 2 | Moskva | 860511 |
| 248 | 20.13 | Radoslav Despotov | BUL | 680808 | 3 | Sofia | 880612 |
| 249 | 20.13 | Jonny Reinhardt | GER | 680628 | 2 | Jena | 940603 |
| 250 | 20.13 | Jeffrey Chakouian | USA | 820420 | 2 | Atlanta, Ga | 010518 |
| 251 | 20.12 | Bruce Wilhelm | USA | 450713 | 5 | Eugene, Or | 720708 |
| 252 | 20.12 | Gerhard Steines | FRG | 470817 | 1 | Wetzlar | 750730 |
| 253 | 20.12 | Jeff Braun | USA | 570602 | Q | Knoxville | 820618 |
| 254 | 20.12 | Gennadiy Vlasyuk | URS | 610422 | 5 | Zhitomir | 870908 |
| 255 | 20.12 | Jani Illikainen | FIN | 760126 | 1 | Tornio, FIN | 000610 |
| 256 | 20.11 | Aleksandr Stepankov | URS | 580513 | 2 | Sochi | 840401 |
| 257 | 20.10 | Vince Monari | USA | 48 | 4 | Eugene, Or | 710626 |
| 258 | 20.10 | Ken Patera | USA | 431106 | 2 | Los Angeles | 720415 |
| 259 | 20.10 | Dietmar Krumm | GDR | 580119 | 1 | Rostock | 790815 |
| 260 | 20.09 | Bo Grahn | FIN | 471006 | 1 | Helsinki | 720803 |
| 261 | 20.09 | Jim Roberts | USA | 761230 | 3 | Durham, Nc | 000601 |
| 262 | 20.08 | Frank Siegmund | GDR | 580207 | 4 | Potsdam | 800511 |
| 263 | 20.08 | Kevin Coleman | USA | 690505 | 1 | Norman | 920518 |
| 264 | 20.08 | Gunnar Pfingsten | GER | 750324 | 1 | Reinheim | 000430 |
| 265 | 20.07 | Viktor Beliy | URS | 64 | 2 | Kaunas | 850713 |
| 266 | 20.07 | Zsigmond Ládanyi | HUN | 610804 | 1 | Budapest | 870607 |
| 267 | 20.07 | Jimmy Nordin | SWE | 791019 | 1 | Uppsala | 000818 |
| 268 | 20.06 | William ( Bill) Nieder | USA | 340810 | 1 | Walnut, Ca | 600812 |
| 269 | 20.06 | Peter Hlawatschke | GDR | 500411 | 1 | Szczecin | 730916 |
| 270 | 20.06 | Luigi de Santis | ITA | 570812 | 2 | Forli | 820523 |
| 271 | 20.06 | Detlef Last | GDR | 600607 | 4 | Potsdam | 830609 |
| 272 | 20.05 | Kari Töyrylä | FIN | 560817 | 2 | Kauhajoki | 860702 |
| 273 | 20.05 | Sergey Sinnitsa | URS | 661221 | 2 | Minsk | 860831 |
| 274 | 20.05 | John Frazier | USA | 630427 | 1 | Long Beach, Ca | 870301 |
| 275 | 20.05A | Brad Mears | USA | 701224 | 1 | Greeley, Co | 990513 |
| 276 | 20.04 | Richard Marks | USA | 440416 | 4 | Modesto, Ca | 780520 |
| 277 | 20.04 | Erwin Weitzel | AUT | 600717 | 5 | Roma | 850601 |
| 278 | 20.04 | Paul Quirke ¶ | IRL | 630805 | 1 | New York, NY | 920707 |
| 279 | 20.04 | Chris Volgeanu | USA | 690330 | 1 | Tallahassee | 940402 |
| 280 | 20.04 | Oliver Dück | GER | 670210 | 5 | Rüdlingen | 980823 |
| 281 | 20.03 | Angelo Groppelli | ITA | 460712 | 1 | Torino | 790608 |
| 282 | 20.03 | Markku Tuokko ¶ | FIN | 510624 | 2 | Mikkeli | 790818 |
| 283 | 20.03 | Sergey Belkov | URS | 61 | 2 | Stavropol | 840419 |
| 284 | 20.03 | Kent Larsson | SWE | 630610 | 1 | Kvarnsveden, Borlänge | 930723 |
| 285 | 20.03 | Carlos A. Fandino | CUB | 690610 | 2 | La Habana | 000729 |
| 286 | 20.03 | Sergey Lyakhov | RUS | 680501 | 2 | Moskva | 000826 |
| 287 | 20.02 | Ole Lindskjold | DEN | 44 | 2 | Lyngby, DEN | 740814 |
| 288 | 20.02 | Aigars Dronka | URS | 610824 | 2 | Riga | 830502 |
| 289 | 20.02 | Viktor Lazarev | URS | 54 | 2 | Dnepropetrovsk | 830913 |
| 290 | 20.01 | Jay Silvester | USA | 370827 | 1 | Celje | 710717 |
| 291 | 20.01 | Tim Scott | USA | 580813 | 1 | Houston, Tx | 810314 |
| 292 | 20.01 | Szilard Kiss | HUN | 751209 | 1 | Szombathely | 000723 |
| 293 | 20.01 | Bahadur Singh | IND | 730507 | 2 | Chennai | 000729 |
| 294 | 20.01 | Yoger Enrique Medina | VEN | 730905 | 1 | Maracaibo | 000826 |
| 295 | 20.00 | Mieczyslaw Kropelnicki | POL | 510102 | 1 | Kielce | 820828 |
| 296 | 19.99 | Stefan Fernholm | SWE | 590702 | 2 | Tempe, Az | 810404 |
| 297 | 19.99 | Detlef Mortag | GDR | 590613 | 1 | Cottbus | 810624 |
| 298 | 19.99 | Joe Maciejczyk | USA | 581229 | 1 | Athens, Ga | 820514 |
| 299 | 19.99A | Virgilijus Alekna | LIT | 720213 | 1 | Potchefstroom | 970207 |
| 300 | 19.98 | Andrzej Beirowski | FRG | 540417 | 1 | Leverkusen | 820817 |
| 301 | 19.98 | Dmitriy Vasilyev | URS | 690324 | 2 | Belaya Cerkov | 900616 |
| 302 | 19.98A | Henrik Wennberg | SWE | 660311 | 1 | USAF Academy | 920516 |
| 303 | 19.96 | Traugott Glöckler | FRG | 440112 | 1 | Nieder-Olm | 690824 |
| 304 | 19.96 | Josef Forst | FRG | 461102 | 3 | West Berlin | 740821 |
| 305 | 19.96 | John Scheetz | USA | 581228 | 1 | Ames, Ia | 810516 |
| 306 | 19.96 | John Bender | USA | 660811 | 1 | Los Angeles | 870517 |
| 307 | 19.95 | Vladimir Yeliseyev | URS | 530105 | 2 | Kharkov | 830525 |
| 308 | 19.95 | Jim Camp | USA | 631216 | 2 | Des Moines | 860426 |
| 309 | 19.94 | Mitch Crouser | USA | 571230 | 1 | Pullman, Wa | 820528 |
| 310 | 19.94 | Anatoliy Samolyuk | URS | 580702 | 2 | Donyetsk | 861004 |
| 311 | 19.93 | Victor Costello | IRL | 701023 | 1 | Tullamore | 920701 |
| 312 | 19.92 | Bob Medlin | USA | 550315 | 1 | Columbia, Mo | 770402 |
| 313 | 19.92 | Anders Arrhenius | SWE | 470716 | 2 | Visby | 780725 |
| 314 | 19.92 | Wolfgang Warnemünde | GDR | 530508 | 5 | Erfurt | 800518 |
| 315 | 19.92 | Ants Savest | URS | 510111 | 1 | Tallinn | 810815 |
| 316 | 19.92 | Scott Lofquist | USA | 600320 | 1 | Lawrence | 840421 |
| 317 | 19.91 | Bob Otrando | USA | 560417 | 1 | Taunton, Mass | 840506 |
| 318 | 19.91 | Milton Williams | USA | 561201 | 2 | Arlington, Tx | 850504 |
| 319 | 19.91 | Jim Banich | USA | 630912 | 1 | Los Angeles | 880701 |
| 320 | 19.91 | Ben Lindsey | USA | 771005 | 1 | Seattle, Wa | 980502 |
| 321 | 19.90 | Mikhail Kyoshev | BUL | 510315 | 1 | Zagreb | 800605 |
| 322 | 19.90 | Valeriy Sotin | URS | 600612 | 3 | Gorkiy | 850824 |
| 323 | 19.90 | Jarred Rome | USA | 761221 | 1 | Eugene, Or | 000429 |
| 324 | 19.89 | Richard Bilder | USA | 511008 | Q | Eugene, Or | 800625 |
| 325 | 19.89 | Luis Mariano Delis ¶ | CUB | 571206 | 1 | Santiago de Cuba | 820307 |
| 326 | 19.88 | Joe Staub | USA | 591108 | Q | Baton Rouge | 810604 |
| 327 | 19.88 | Randall Naas | USA | 601220 | 1 | Stillwater | 830514 |
| 328 | 19.88 | Peter Dajia | CAN | 640127 | 3 | Kiev | 920529 |
| 329 | 19.87 | Bengt Bendéus | SWE | 440503 | 1 | Malmö | 690717 |
| 330 | 19.87 | Vladas Vancevicius | URS | 581118 | 3 | Bryansk | 780702 |
| 331 | 19.87 | Laszlo Szabo ¶ | HUN | 550106 | 1 | Budapest | 840519 |
| 332 | 19.85 | Jim Neidhart | USA | 550208 | 1 | Westwood, Ca | 750301 |
| 333 | 19.85 | Enn Rohula | URS | 531009 | 1 | Tallinn | 800915 |
| 334 | 19.85 | John Dupuis | USA | 840322 | 1 | Fitchburg | 840528 |
| 335 | 19.84 | Loukas Louka | GRE | 450515 | 1 | Athína | 750409 |
| 336 | 19.84 | George Tyms | USA | 501012 | 1 | Champaign, Il | 760508 |
| 337 | 19.84 | Gennadiy Mikhailov | URS | 560609 | 1 | Leningrad | 800818 |
| 338 | 19.84 | Istvan Kacsor | HUN | 560327 | 1 | Budapest | 800828 |
| 339 | 19.84 | Claus-Dieter Föhrenbach | GER | 550511 | 1 | Weiler | 850714 |
| 340 | 19.84 | Luc Viudes | FRA | 560131 | 1 | Joinville | 860712 |
| 341 | 19.84 | Antero Paljakka | FIN | 690801 | 1 | Töysä | 930617 |
| 342 | 19.83 | Rudolf Langer | GDR | 390329 | 1 | Leipzig | 690709 |
| 343 | 19.82 | Roland Höhne | GDR | 560919 | 2 | Dresden | 770807 |
| 344 | 19.82 | Albert Czyz | POL | 570222 | 1 | Bydgoszcz | 830803 |
| 345 | 19.82 | Yosvany Obregón | CUB | 721103 | 3 | La Habana | 000729 |
| 346 | 19.81 | John van Reenen | RSA | 470326 | 1 | Paarl | 701226 |
| 347 | 19.81 | Edmund Antczak | POL | 460720 | 1 | Bialystok | 780816 |
| 348 | 19.80 | Les Mills | NZL | 341101 | 1 | Honolulu, Hi | 670703 |
| 349 | 19.80 | Jamie Beyer | USA | 761229 | 8 | Eugene, Or | 010622 |