Herman's Top 2000 Olympians

These are my top 2000 Olympians :
They are ranked according to Honour Points (HP).
Check here to see how these Honour Points are attributed. Check the Main Page for more Olympic lists.

This list had been completely checked down to 160 HP, but since I wrote that, I have discovered over 50 omissions. Currently it has been checked downto 100 HP, but with the same reservations. The list is being reworked to include the full results : the Full list.

(1344) Ray Clarence Ewry (USA/ATH)
(1032) Carl Lewis (USA/ATH) *ATL*
(848) Paul Elvstrøm (DEN/SAI)
(839) Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR/SKN) *NAG*
(768) Alfred Oerter (USA/ATH)
(746) Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipa (ROM/ROW/1984-2000)
(732) Gert Fredriksson (SWE/CAN)
(716) Georg Hackl (GER/LUG) *NAG*
(702) Steven Redgrave (GBR/ROW/1984-2000)
(697) Birgit Fischer-Schmidt (GER/CAN/1980-2000)
(696) Gillis Grafström (SWE/FIS)
(696) Viktor Saneev (GEO/ATH)
(696) Alexander Karelin (RUS/WRE/1988-2000)
(696) Jan Zelezny (CZE/ATH/1988-2000)
(658) John Flanagan (USA(IRL)/ATH)
(644) Bonnie Blair (USA/SPS)
(620) Ivan Patzaichin (ROM/CAN)
(612) Valentin Mankin (UKR/SAI)
(610.5) Jackie Joyner (USA/ATH) *ATL*
(608) Jack Beresford (GBR/ROW)
(608) Paavo Nurmi (FIN/ATH)
(600) Carl Westergren (SWE/WRE)
(596) Jochen Schümann (GER/SAI/1976-2000)
(576) Sonja Henie (NOR/FIS)
(576) Papp László (HUN/BOX)
(576) Vyacheslav Ivanov (RUS/ROW)
(576) Alexander Medved (UKR/WRE)
(576) Ulrich Wehling (GER/SKN)
(576) Teofilo Stevenson (CUB/BOX)
(576) Pertti Karppinen (FIN/ROW)
(576) Egerszegi Krisztina (HUN/SWI) *ATL*
(576) Naim Suleymanoglu (TUR/WEI) *ATL*
(576) Pyrros Dimas (GRE/WEI/1992-2000)
(576) Akakios Kakiasvilis (GEO&GRE/WEI/1992-2000)
(576) Félix Savón (CUB/BOX/1992-2000)
(540.6) Larissa Latynina (UKR/GYM)
(532) Daniel Morelon (FRA/CYC)
(522) Ralph Rose (USA/ATH)
(520) Klaus Dibiasi (ITA/DIV)
(513.8) Dawn Fraser (AUS/SWI)
(506) Johan Gröttumsbråten (NOR/SKN)
(501.9) Sixten Jernberg (SWE/SKN)
(496) Alexander Popov (RUS/SWI/1992-2000)
(480) Paul Costello (USA/ROW)
(480) Irina Rodnina (RUS/FIS)
(476) Lidija Skoblikova (RUS/SPS)
(470) Karin Enke-Kania (GER/SPS)
(462) Greg Louganis (USA/DIV)
(461) Raissa Smetanina (RUS/SKN)
(445.45) Sawao Kato (JPN/GYM)
(442.25) Shirley De la Hunty-Strickland (AUS/ATH)
(442) Ivar Ballangrud (NOR/SPS)
(438) Rudolf Svensson (SWE/WRE)
(432) Bruce Baumgartner (USA/WRE) *ATL*
(430.75) Nedo Nadi (ITA/FEN)
(430.5) Edoardo Mangiarotti (ITA/FEN)
(426) Heike Drechsler (GER/ATH/1988-2000)
(422.4) Gunda Kleeman (GER/SPS) *NAG*
(420) Lyubov Yegorova (RUS/SKN)
(420) Felicia Ballanger (FRA/CYC/1992-2000)
(416.75) Gerevich Aladár (HUN/FEN)
(416) Matthew Pinsent (GBR/ROW/1992-2000)
(416) Kathrin Boron (GER/ROW/1992-2000)
(414) William O’Brien (USA/ATH)
(414) Yoshinobe Miyake (JPN/WEI)
(412) Knut Holmann (NOR/CAN/1992-2000)
(410) Roland Matthes (GER/SWI)
(405) Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN/WRE)
(405) Ralf Schuhmann (GER/SHO/1988-2000)
(404) Evgeni Grishin (RUS/SPS)
(402) Birger Ruud (NOR/SKN)
(400) Mark Spitz (USA/SWI)
(385.5) Wilfried Dietrich (GER/WRE)
(378) Hubert van Innis (BEL/ARC)
(378) Louis Hostin (FRA/WEI)
(378) Christian d'Oriola (FRA/FEN)
(378) Tom Tamio Kono (USA/WEI)
(378) Elek Ilona (HUN/FEN)
(378) Juri Sedykh (UKR/ATH)
(378) Vicenzo Maenza (ITA/WRE)
(378) Makharbek Khadartsev (RUS/WRE) *ATL*
(376) Ville Ritola (FIN/ATH)
(375.2) Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich (GER/SPS)
(372) Robert Garrett (USA/ATH)
(372) Irving Baxter (USA/ATH)
(372) Myer Prinstein (USA/ATH)
(372) Matt Biondi (USA/SWI)
(372) Janet Evans (USA/SWI) *ATL*
(360) Stefan Krauße (GER/LUG) *NAG*
(360) Jan Behrendt (GER/LUG) *NAG*
(358) Ugo Frigerio (ITA/ATH)
(357) Nikolai Andrianov (RUS/GYM)
(356) Lasse Virén (FIN/ATH)
(352) Siegfried Brietzke (GER/ROW)
(352) Agostino Abbagnale (ITA/ROW/1988-2000)
(351) Waldemar Baszanowski (POL/WEI)
(348) Halmay Zoltán (HUN/SWI)
(348) Tamara Press (UKR/ATH)
(348) Jens Fiedler (GER/CYC/1992-2000)
(347.5) Dr. Reiner Klimke (GER/EQU)
(347) Galina Kulakova (RUS/SKN)
(345) Polyák Imre (HUN/WRE)
(343.5) Pentti Linosvuo (FIN/SHO)
(342) Robert Richards (USA/ATH)
(342) Nina Ponomareva-Romachkova (UKR/ATH)
(342) Arkadi Vorobyov (RUS/WEI)
(342) Boris Lagutin (RUS/BOX)
(342) Edwin Moses (USA/ATH)
(342) Thomas Lange (GER/ROW)
(342) David Douillet (FRA/JUD/1992-2000)
(340.5) Veronica Cogeanu-Cochela (ROM/ROW/1988-2000)
(340) Emil Zátopek (CZE/ATH)
(339) Yuri Tyukalov (RUS/ROW)
(336.3) Agneta Andersson (SWE/CAN)
(336) Arnold Thunberg (FIN/SPS)
(336) Larissa Lazutina (RUS/SKN) *NAG*
(336) Katja Seizinger (GER/SKA) *NAG*
(333) Charles Ferdinand Pahud de Mortanges (NED/EQU)
(330.5) Henri Saint-Cyr (SWE/EQU)
(324) Harry Mallin (GBR/BOX)
(324) Karl Schäfer (AUT/FIS)
(324) Giulio Gaudini (ITA/FEN)
(324) Väinö Kokkinen (FIN/WRE)
(324) Kozma István (HUN/WRE)
(324) Irena Szewinska-Kirszenstein (POL/ATH)
(324) Daley Thompson (GBR/ATH)
(324) Andrzej Wronski (POL/WRE) *ATL*
(324) Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (FRA/CYC/1984-2000)
(321) Isabell Werth (GER/EQU/1992-2000)
(321) Gigolo (a horse)
(320) Eugenio Monti (ITA/BOB)
(320) Eric Heiden (USA/SPS)
(318) Veikko Johannes Hakulinen (FIN/SKN)
(318) Gustav Weder (SUI/BOB)
(318) Donat Acklin (SUI/BOB)
(315.5) Bogdan Musiol (GER/BOB)
(315) Claes Edvin Johanson (SWE/WRE)
(315) Johan Richthoff (SWE/WRE)
(315) Jan Brzák-Felix (CZE/CAN)
(315) Iolanda Balas (ROM/ATH)
(315) Rodney Pattison (GBR/SAI)
(315) Conn Findlay (USA/ROW&SAI)
(315) Carmine Abbagnale (ITA/ROW)
(315) Giuseppe Abbagnale (ITA/ROW)
(315) Giuseppe di Capua (ITA/ROW)
(315) Jon Ronningen (NOR/WRE)
(315) Alexander Kurlovich (BLR/WEI) *ATL*
(315) Artur Dmitriev (RUS/FIS) *NAG*
(315) Halil Mutlu (TUR/WEI/1992-2000)
(315) Ronny Weller (GER/WEI/1988-2000)
(315) Mark Reynolds (USA/SAI/1988-2000)
(314) Ingrid Gulbin-(Engel-)Krämer (GER/DIV)
(312) Jenny Thompson (USA/SWI/1992-2000)
(310.3) Marja-Liisa Hämälainen-Kirvesniemi (FIN/SKN)
(308) Alberto Tomba (ITA/SKA)
(307.5) Földi Imre (HUN/WEI)
(307) Jean-François Lamour (FRA/FEN)
(306) Erika Salumae (EST/CYC)
(304.8) Mark Todd (NZL/EQU/1984-2000)
(303.3) Susie O'Neill (AUS/SWI/1992-2000)
(303) Andrée Brunet-Joly (FRA/FIS)
(302) Charles Daniels (USA/SWI)
(300) Gholamreza Takhti (IRI/WRE)
(298.5) Matthew McGrath (USA(IRL)/ATH)
(298) Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN/ATH)
(297.5) Hans-Günther Winkler (GER/EQU)
(297.5) Ragnar Skanaker (SWE/SHO)
(296) Ramon Fonst (CUB/FEN)
(296) Christa Rothenburger-Luding (GER/SPS&CYC)
(296) Johan-Olaf Koss (NOR/SPS)
(296) Kim Soo-Nyung (KOR/ARC/1988-2000)
(296) Kieren Perkins (AUS/SWI/1992-2000)
(292.5) Duke Paoa Kahanamoku (USA/SWI&WAT)
(292.5) Zsivótsky Gyula (HUN/ATH)
(292) Pierre Trentin (FRA/CYC)
(292) Claudia Pechstein (SPS/GER) *NAG*
(291.3) Alfred Swahn (SWE/SHO)
(291) Torsten Ullman (SWE/SHO)
(290) Vladimir Salnikov (RUS/SWI)
(288) Alvin Kraenzlein (USA/ATH)
(288) Eermeli Ernesti Väre (FIN/WRE)
(288) Bud Houser (USA/ATH)
(288) Ivar Johansson (SWE/WRE)
(288) Kárpáti Rudolf (HUN/FEN)
(288) Vladimir Golubnichi (UKR/ATH)
(288) Rodica Puscatu-Arba (ROM/ROW)
(288) Kristin Otto (GER/SWI)
(288) Karsh Kiraly (USA/VOL&BVO) *ATL*
(287.5) Wolfgang Hoppe (GER/BOB)
(286) Michael Gross (GER/SWI)
(286) Fu Mingxia (CHN/DIV/1992-2000)
(285) Pierre Brunet (FRA/FIS)
(285) Eino Leino (FIN/WRE)
(285) Norbert Schemansky (USA/WEI)
(285) Sara Simeoni (ITA/ATH)
(283.6) Jonquères Pierre d’Oriola (FRA/EQU)
(280) Teresa Edwards (USA/BAS/1984-2000)
(280) Köbán Rita (HUN/CAN/1988-2000)
(279) Kulcsár Gyözö (HUN/FEN)
(278.8) Elmer Niklander (FIN/ATH)

The continuation of this list is here.

Written 1996-07-14 - Sydney added 2000-10-13 - last modified 2000-10-18