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1433:2008:
1419:2006:
1405:2004:
1391:2002:
1377:2000:
1363:1998:
1349:1996:
1335:1993:
1321:1992:
1307:1990:
1293:1989:
1279:1988:
1265:1985:
1251:1984:
1237:1982:
1223:1979:
1162:2018:
1157:(NED)
1153:2014:
1148:(USA)
1144:2010:
1139:(PAN)
1135:2006:
1130:(USA)
1126:2002:
1121:(CUB)
1117:1998:
1112:(GBR)
1108:1994:
1103:(CUB)
1099:1992:
1094:(USA)
1090:1989:
1085:(USA)
1081:1985:
1076:(USA)
1072:1981:
1067:(USA)
1063:1979:
1058:(USA)
1054:1977:
829:7.86 m
803:7.74 m
777:8.23 m
751:8.16 m
725:8.45 m
702:8.22 m
679:8.05 m
653:8.32 m
627:7.97 m
603:8.40 m
580:8.18 m
554:7.79 m
527:7.84 m
500:8.08 m
471:Notes
274:Career
204:Africa
42:
27:Men's
1542:(RSA)
1528:(BOT)
1514:(RSA)
1500:(RSA)
1486:(RSA)
1472:(SEN)
1458:(RSA)
1444:(MAR)
1430:(GHA)
1416:(MRI)
1402:(MAR)
1388:(MAR)
1374:(EGY)
1360:(TUN)
1346:(NGR)
1332:(NGR)
1318:(NGR)
1304:(NGR)
1290:(NGR)
1276:(NGR)
1262:(NGR)
1248:(SEN)
1234:(NGR)
1166:(RSA)
869:(PDF)
809:2022
783:2021
757:2019
731:2018
659:2018
633:2017
560:2016
534:2015
476:2014
468:Event
462:Venue
280:Paarl
882:2017
874:IAAF
770:5th
744:1st
718:1st
695:3rd
672:6th
646:3rd
620:9th
605:(w)
596:1st
573:5th
529:(w)
520:3rd
493:3rd
456:Year
305:and
256:2014
996:at
936:at
243:OLY
1559::
926:^
871:.
845:^
514:,
487:,
412:10
298:.
1200:e
1193:t
1186:v
1031:e
1024:t
1017:v
884:.
441:4
437:3
434:+
432:9
421:4
417:1
414:+
351:4
347:3
344:+
342:6
334:2
330:1
327:+
325:9
316:2
312:1
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