Retrospective Hugo for Work Done in 1953 Detailed Results
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Complete statistics for the preferential ballot format used for Retrospective Hugo tabulation follow. 843 ballots were received of which 2 were invalid.
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| Best Novel | --- 633 ballots counted | ||||||||||
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| first place: | |||||||||||
| Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury | 167 | 167 | 197 | 233 | 360 | ||||||
| Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement | 134 | 135 | 158 | 192 | 238 | ||||||
| Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke | 121 | 121 | 149 | 189 | |||||||
| More than Human by Theodore Sturgeon | 105 | 106 | 114 | ||||||||
| The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov | 98 | 98 | |||||||||
| No Award | 8 | ||||||||||
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| 559 ballots rank Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury higher than No Award | |||||||||||
| 16 ballots rank No Award higher than Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury | |||||||||||
| Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is confirmed as winner... | |||||||||||
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| second place: | |||||||||||
| Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke | 184 | 184 | 239 | 320 | |||||||
| Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement | 156 | 157 | 205 | 263 | |||||||
| The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov | 136 | 136 | 159 | ||||||||
| More than Human by Theodore Sturgeon | 129 | 130 | |||||||||
| No Award | 8 | ||||||||||
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| third place: | |||||||||||
| Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement | 201 | 202 | 297 | ||||||||
| The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov | 194 | 194 | 278 | ||||||||
| More than Human by Theodore Sturgeon | 189 | 190 | |||||||||
| No Award | 9 | ||||||||||
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| fourth place: | |||||||||||
| The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov | 303 | ||||||||||
| More than Human by Theodore Sturgeon | 255 | ||||||||||
| No Award | 12 | ||||||||||
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| fifth place: | |||||||||||
| More than Human by Theodore Sturgeon | 478 | ||||||||||
| No Award | 16 | ||||||||||
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| Best Novella | --- 479 ballots counted | ||||||||||
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| first place: | |||||||||||
| "A Case of Conscience" by James Blish | 171 | 173 | 178 | 199 | 251 | ||||||
| "Three Hearts and Three Lions" by Poul Anderson | 134 | 134 | 149 | 161 | 187 | ||||||
| "...And My Fear is Great..." by Theodore Sturgeon | 71 | 71 | 74 | 93 | |||||||
| "The Rose" by Charles L. Harness | 58 | 58 | 58 | ||||||||
| "Un-Man" by Poul Anderson | 31 | 31 | |||||||||
| No Award | 14 | ||||||||||
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| 390 ballots rank "A Case of Conscience" by James Blish higher than No Award | |||||||||||
| 18 ballots rank No Award higher than "A Case of Conscience" by James Blish | |||||||||||
| "A Case of Conscience" by James Blish is confirmed as winner... | |||||||||||
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| second place: | |||||||||||
| "Three Hearts and Three Lions" by Poul Anderson | 188 | 188 | 213 | ||||||||
| "...And My Fear is Great..." by Theodore Sturgeon | 118 | 119 | 128 | ||||||||
| "The Rose" by Charles L. Harness | 82 | 82 | 82 | ||||||||
| "Un-Man" by Poul Anderson | 47 | 48 | |||||||||
| No Award | 15 | ||||||||||
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| third place: | |||||||||||
| "...And My Fear is Great..." by Theodore Sturgeon | 171 | 172 | 235 | ||||||||
| "Un-Man" by Poul Anderson | 111 | 112 | 131 | ||||||||
| "The Rose" by Charles L. Harness | 106 | 106 | |||||||||
| No Award | 18 | ||||||||||
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| fourth place: | |||||||||||
| "Un-Man" by Poul Anderson | 192 | ||||||||||
| "The Rose" by Charles L. Harness | 157 | ||||||||||
| No Award | 20 | ||||||||||
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| fifth place: | |||||||||||
| "The Rose" by Charles L. Harness | 288 | ||||||||||
| No Award | 24 | ||||||||||
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| Best Novelette | --- 464 ballots counted | ||||||||||
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| first place: | |||||||||||
| "Earthman, Come Home" by James Blish | 164 | 164 | 180 | 205 | 265 | ||||||
| "Second Variety" by Philip K. Dick | 107 | 108 | 118 | 134 | 150 | ||||||
| "The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound" by P Anderson & G R. Dickson | 75 | 76 | 82 | 94 | |||||||
| "Sam Hall" by Poul Anderson | 55 | 55 | 60 | ||||||||
| "The Wall Around the World" by Theodore Cogswell | 45 | 45 | |||||||||
| No Award | 18 | ||||||||||
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| Apply the No Award test: | |||||||||||
| 381 ballots rank "Earthman, Come Home" by James Blish higher than No Award | |||||||||||
| 24 ballots rank No Award higher than "Earthman, Come Home" by James Blish | |||||||||||
| "Earthman, Come Home" by James Blish is confirmed as winner... | |||||||||||
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| second place: | |||||||||||
| "Second Variety" by Philip K. Dick | 146 | 147 | 178 | 210 | |||||||
| "The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound" by P Anderson & G R. Dickson | 109 | 110 | 127 | 168 | |||||||
| "Sam Hall" by Poul Anderson | 82 | 82 | 91 | ||||||||
| "The Wall Around the World" by Theodore Cogswell | 72 | 72 | |||||||||
| No Award | 21 | ||||||||||
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| third place: | |||||||||||
| "The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound" by P Anderson & G R. Dickson | 144 | 145 | 198 | ||||||||
| "Sam Hall" by Poul Anderson | 115 | 117 | 150 | ||||||||
| "The Wall Around the World" by Theodore Cogswell | 112 | 112 | |||||||||
| No Award | 23 | ||||||||||
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| fourth place: | |||||||||||
| "Sam Hall" by Poul Anderson | 193 | ||||||||||
| "The Wall Around the World" by Theodore Cogswell | 154 | ||||||||||
| No Award | 25 | ||||||||||
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| fifth place: | |||||||||||
| "The Wall Around the World" by Theodore Cogswell | 292 | ||||||||||
| No Award | 30 | ||||||||||
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| Best Short Story | --- 562 ballots counted | ||||||||||
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| first place: | |||||||||||
| "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke | 288 | ||||||||||
| "It's a Good Life" by Jerome Bixby | 99 | ||||||||||
| "A Saucer of Loneliness" by Theodore Sturgeon | 67 | ||||||||||
| "Star Light, Star Bright" by Alfred Bester | 59 | ||||||||||
| "The Seventh Victim" by Robert Sheckley | 34 | ||||||||||
| No Award | 15 | ||||||||||
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| 515 ballots rank "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke higher than No Award | |||||||||||
| 17 ballots rank No Award higher than "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke | |||||||||||
| "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke is confirmed as winner... | |||||||||||
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| second place: | |||||||||||
| "It's a Good Life" by Jerome Bixby | 185 | 185 | 202 | 253 | |||||||
| "Star Light, Star Bright" by Alfred Bester | 146 | 147 | 162 | 217 | |||||||
| "A Saucer of Loneliness" by Theodore Sturgeon | 97 | 99 | 120 | ||||||||
| "The Seventh Victim" by Robert Sheckley | 58 | 58 | |||||||||
| No Award | 18 | ||||||||||
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| third place: | |||||||||||
| "Star Light, Star Bright" by Alfred Bester | 226 | 227 | 260 | ||||||||
| "A Saucer of Loneliness" by Theodore Sturgeon | 137 | 139 | 179 | ||||||||
| "The Seventh Victim" by Robert Sheckley | 88 | 88 | |||||||||
| No Award | 19 | ||||||||||
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| fourth place: | |||||||||||
| "A Saucer of Loneliness" by Theodore Sturgeon | 233 | ||||||||||
| "The Seventh Victim" by Robert Sheckley | 160 | ||||||||||
| No Award | 23 | ||||||||||
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| fifth place: | |||||||||||
| "The Seventh Victim" by Robert Sheckley | 347 | ||||||||||
| No Award | 24 | ||||||||||
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| Best Related Book | --- 393 ballots counted | ||||||||||
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| first place: | |||||||||||
| Conquest of the Moon by Wernher von Braun, Fred L. Whipple & Willy Ley | 179 | 180 | 189 | ||||||||
| Science-Fiction Handbook by L. Sprague de Camp | 148 | 149 | 180 | ||||||||
| Modern Science Fiction: Its Meaning and Its Future by Reginald Bretnor | 44 | 44 | |||||||||
| No Award | 22 | ||||||||||
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| Apply the No Award test: | |||||||||||
| 315 ballots rank Conquest of the Moon by Wernher von Braun, Fred L. Whipple & Willy Ley higher than No Award | |||||||||||
| 32 ballots rank No Award higher than Conquest of the Moon by Wernher von Braun, Fred L. Whipple & Willy Ley | |||||||||||
| Conquest of the Moon by Wernher von Braun, Fred L. Whipple & Willy Ley is confirmed as winner... | |||||||||||
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| second place: | |||||||||||
| Science-Fiction Handbook by L. Sprague de Camp | 227 | ||||||||||
| Modern Science Fiction: Its Meaning and Its Future by Reginald Bretnor | 84 | ||||||||||
| No Award | 24 | ||||||||||
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| third place: | |||||||||||
| Modern Science Fiction: Its Meaning and Its Future by Reginald Bretnor | 240 | ||||||||||
| No Award | 28 | ||||||||||
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| Best Professional Editor | --- 493 ballots counted | ||||||||||
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| first place: | |||||||||||
| John W. Campbell, Jr. | 237 | 238 | 258 | ||||||||
| Frederik Pohl | 78 | 78 | 88 | ||||||||
| H. L. Gold | 56 | 56 | 63 | ||||||||
| Anthony Boucher | 55 | 55 | 59 | ||||||||
| Donald A. Wollheim | 51 | 51 | |||||||||
| No Award | 16 | ||||||||||
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| Apply the No Award test: | |||||||||||
| 428 ballots rank John W. Campbell, Jr. higher than No Award | |||||||||||
| 20 ballots rank No Award higher than John W. Campbell, Jr. | |||||||||||
| John W. Campbell, Jr. is confirmed as winner... | |||||||||||
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| second place: | |||||||||||
| Frederik Pohl | 138 | 138 | 165 | 239 | |||||||
| Anthony Boucher | 97 | 97 | 146 | 182 | |||||||
| Donald A. Wollheim | 117 | 117 | 132 | ||||||||
| H. L. Gold | 95 | 96 | |||||||||
| No Award | 16 | ||||||||||
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| third place: | |||||||||||
| Donald A. Wollheim | 176 | 176 | 212 | ||||||||
| Anthony Boucher | 122 | 122 | 190 | ||||||||
| H. L. Gold | 115 | 116 | |||||||||
| No Award | 18 | ||||||||||
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| fourth place: | |||||||||||
| Anthony Boucher | 187 | ||||||||||
| H. L. Gold | 168 | ||||||||||
| No Award | 18 | ||||||||||
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| fifth place: | |||||||||||
| H. L. Gold | 324 | ||||||||||
| No Award | 18 | ||||||||||
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| Best Professional Artist | --- 484 ballots counted | ||||||||||
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| first place: | |||||||||||
| Chesley Bonestell | 148 | 148 | 173 | 197 | 246 | ||||||
| Frank Kelly Freas | 148 | 148 | 157 | 177 | 201 | ||||||
| Richard Powers | 65 | 65 | 77 | 87 | |||||||
| Virgil Finlay | 54 | 55 | 60 | ||||||||
| Ed Emshwiller | 53 | 53 | |||||||||
| No Award | 16 | ||||||||||
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| Apply the No Award test: | |||||||||||
| 389 ballots rank Chesley Bonestell higher than No Award | |||||||||||
| 22 ballots rank No Award higher than Chesley Bonestell | |||||||||||
| Chesley Bonestell is confirmed as winner... | |||||||||||
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| second place: | |||||||||||
| Frank Kelly Freas | 195 | 195 | 215 | 259 | |||||||
| Ed Emshwiller | 86 | 86 | 115 | 169 | |||||||
| Virgil Finlay | 85 | 86 | 105 | ||||||||
| Richard Powers | 84 | 84 | |||||||||
| No Award | 16 | ||||||||||
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| third place: | |||||||||||
| Virgil Finlay | 142 | 143 | 188 | ||||||||
| Ed Emshwiller | 134 | 134 | 180 | ||||||||
| Richard Powers | 113 | 113 | |||||||||
| No Award | 21 | ||||||||||
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| fourth place: | |||||||||||
| Ed Emshwiller | 216 | ||||||||||
| Richard Powers | 158 | ||||||||||
| No Award | 21 | ||||||||||
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| fifth place: | |||||||||||
| Richard Powers | 323 | ||||||||||
| No Award | 25 | ||||||||||
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| Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) | --- 577 ballots counted | ||||||||||
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| first place: | |||||||||||
| The War of the Worlds | 259 | 259 | 267 | 281 | |||||||
| Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 th Century | 218 | 220 | 223 | 229 | |||||||
| It Came from Outer Space | 32 | 32 | 40 | 48 | |||||||
| Invaders from Mars | 30 | 30 | 31 | ||||||||
| The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms | 22 | 22 | |||||||||
| No Award | 16 | ||||||||||
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| 499 ballots rank The War of the Worlds higher than No Award | |||||||||||
| 30 ballots rank No Award higher than The War of the Worlds | |||||||||||
| The War of the Worlds is confirmed as winner... | |||||||||||
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| second place: | |||||||||||
| Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 th Century | 306 | ||||||||||
| It Came from Outer Space | 92 | ||||||||||
| Invaders from Mars | 57 | ||||||||||
| The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms | 57 | ||||||||||
| No Award | 21 | ||||||||||
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| third place: | |||||||||||
| It Came from Outer Space | 186 | 188 | 239 | ||||||||
| The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms | 121 | 122 | 141 | ||||||||
| Invaders from Mars | 89 | 89 | |||||||||
| No Award | 46 | ||||||||||
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| fourth place: | |||||||||||
| The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms | 194 | 197 | |||||||||
| Invaders from Mars | 158 | 160 | |||||||||
| No Award | 52 | ||||||||||
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| fifth place: | |||||||||||
| Invaders from Mars | 301 | ||||||||||
| No Award | 65 | ||||||||||
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| Best Fanzine | --- 269 ballots counted | ||||||||||
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| Slant, ed. Walter Willis; art editor James White | 70 | 75 | 88 | 89 | 115 | ||||||
| Science Fiction Newsletter, ed. Bob Tucker | 74 | 77 | 87 | 87 | 103 | ||||||
| Hyphen, ed. Chuck Harris & Walter Willis | 32 | 37 | 48 | 48 | |||||||
| No Award | 44 | 44 | 44 | ||||||||
| Quandry, ed. Lee Hoffman | 35 | 36 | |||||||||
| Sky Hook, ed. Redd Boggs | 14 | ||||||||||
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| 189 ballots rank Slant, ed. Walter Willis; art editor James White higher than No Award | |||||||||||
| 45 ballots rank No Award higher than Slant, ed. Walter Willis; art editor James White | |||||||||||
| Slant, ed. Walter Willis; art editor James White is confirmed as winner... | |||||||||||
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| Science Fiction Newsletter, ed. Bob Tucker | 96 | 106 | 106 | 128 | |||||||
| Hyphen, ed. Chuck Harris & Walter Willis | 55 | 62 | 63 | 83 | |||||||
| Quandry, ed. Lee Hoffman | 44 | 47 | 47 | ||||||||
| No Award | 44 | 44 | |||||||||
| Sky Hook, ed. Redd Boggs | 20 | ||||||||||
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| third place: | |||||||||||
| Quandry, ed. Lee Hoffman | 78 | 97 | 97 | ||||||||
| Hyphen, ed. Chuck Harris & Walter Willis | 78 | 91 | 92 | ||||||||
| No Award | 45 | 45 | |||||||||
| Sky Hook, ed. Redd Boggs | 34 | ||||||||||
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| fourth place: | |||||||||||
| Hyphen, ed. Chuck Harris & Walter Willis | 117 | ||||||||||
| Sky Hook, ed. Redd Boggs | 57 | ||||||||||
| No Award | 45 | ||||||||||
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| fifth place: | |||||||||||
| Sky Hook, ed. Redd Boggs | 141 | ||||||||||
| No Award | 48 | ||||||||||
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| Best Fan Writer | --- 310 ballots counted | ||||||||||
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| first place: | |||||||||||
| Bob Tucker | 86 | 86 | 94 | 95 | 133 | ||||||
| Walter A. Willis | 86 | 89 | 93 | 93 | 115 | ||||||
| James White | 72 | 73 | 76 | 76 | |||||||
| No Award | 44 | 44 | 44 | ||||||||
| Lee Hoffman | 15 | 17 | |||||||||
| Redd Boggs | 7 | ||||||||||
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| 227 ballots rank Bob Tucker higher than No Award | |||||||||||
| 44 ballots rank No Award higher than Bob Tucker | |||||||||||
| Bob Tucker is confirmed as winner... | |||||||||||
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| second place: | |||||||||||
| Walter A. Willis | 105 | 109 | 128 | 129 | |||||||
| James White | 103 | 107 | 118 | 118 | |||||||
| No Award | 45 | 45 | 46 | ||||||||
| Lee Hoffman | 32 | 36 | |||||||||
| Redd Boggs | 13 | ||||||||||
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| third place: | |||||||||||
| James White | 151 | ||||||||||
| Lee Hoffman | 65 | ||||||||||
| No Award | 45 | ||||||||||
| Redd Boggs | 26 | ||||||||||
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| fourth place: | |||||||||||
| Lee Hoffman | 140 | ||||||||||
| No Award | 45 | ||||||||||
| Redd Boggs | 39 | ||||||||||
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| fifth place: | |||||||||||
| Redd Boggs | 153 | ||||||||||
| No Award | 45 | ||||||||||
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