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Men, 400 m World    World Indoor    Europe    Olympic    World Champ.    Europe Champ. All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated   • 48.3 Adolf Metzner GER Turin Sep 07, 1934 • 47.9 Adolf Metzner GER Turin Sep 08, 1934 • 47.4 Godfrey Brown GBR Paris Sep 07, 1938 • 47.3 Derek Pugh GBR Brussels Aug 25, 1950 • 47.0 Ardalion Ignatyev URS Bern Aug 26, 1954 • 46.6 Ardalion Ignatyev URS Bern Aug 27, 1954 • 46.3 John Wrighton GBR Stockholm Aug 21, 1958 • 46.1 Hans-Joachim Reske FRG Belgrade Sep 13, 1962 • 45.9 Robert Brightwell GBR Belgrade Sep 13, 1962 • 45.7 Jan Werner POL Athens Sep 18, 1969 • 45.5 David Jenkins GBR Helsinki Aug 13, 1971 • 45.5* Marcello Fiasconaro ITA Helsinki Aug 13, 1971 • 45.04 Karl Honz FRG Rome Sep 14, 1974 • 44.72 Harmut Weber FRG Athens Sep 09, 1982 • 44.59 Roger Black GBR Stuttgart Aug 29, 1986 • 44.52 Iwan Thomas GBR Budapest Aug 21, 1998