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1494:2016:
1480:2014:
1466:2012:
1452:2010:
1438:2008:
1424:2006:
1410:2004:
1396:2002:
1382:2000:
1368:1998:
1354:1996:
1340:1993:
1326:1992:
1312:1990:
1298:1989:
1284:1988:
1270:1985:
1256:1984:
1242:1982:
1228:1979:
1167:2018:
1162:(NED)
1158:2014:
1153:(USA)
1149:2010:
1144:(PAN)
1140:2006:
1135:(USA)
1131:2002:
1126:(CUB)
1122:1998:
1117:(GBR)
1113:1994:
1108:(CUB)
1104:1992:
1099:(USA)
1095:1989:
1090:(USA)
1086:1985:
1081:(USA)
1077:1981:
1072:(USA)
1068:1979:
1063:(USA)
1059:1977:
834:7.86 m
808:7.74 m
782:8.23 m
756:8.16 m
730:8.45 m
707:8.22 m
684:8.05 m
658:8.32 m
632:7.97 m
608:8.40 m
585:8.18 m
559:7.79 m
532:7.84 m
505:8.08 m
476:Notes
279:Career
209:Africa
47:
32:Men's
1547:(RSA)
1533:(BOT)
1519:(RSA)
1505:(RSA)
1491:(RSA)
1477:(SEN)
1463:(RSA)
1449:(MAR)
1435:(GHA)
1421:(MRI)
1407:(MAR)
1393:(MAR)
1379:(EGY)
1365:(TUN)
1351:(NGR)
1337:(NGR)
1323:(NGR)
1309:(NGR)
1295:(NGR)
1281:(NGR)
1267:(NGR)
1253:(SEN)
1239:(NGR)
1171:(RSA)
874:(PDF)
814:2022
788:2021
762:2019
736:2018
664:2018
638:2017
565:2016
539:2015
481:2014
473:Event
467:Venue
285:Paarl
887:2017
879:IAAF
775:5th
749:1st
723:1st
700:3rd
677:6th
651:3rd
625:9th
610:(w)
601:1st
578:5th
534:(w)
525:3rd
498:3rd
461:Year
310:and
261:2014
1001:at
941:at
248:OLY
1564::
931:^
876:.
850:^
519:,
492:,
417:10
303:.
1205:e
1198:t
1191:v
1036:e
1029:t
1022:v
889:.
446:4
442:3
439:+
437:9
426:4
422:1
419:+
356:4
352:3
349:+
347:6
339:2
335:1
332:+
330:9
321:2
317:1
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