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Men    Women 100 y 100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 1 Mile 5000 m 10000 m Marathon 110 m Hurdles 400 m Hurdles 3000 m Steeplechase 4 x 100 m Relay 4 x 400 m Relay 10 km Track Walk 20 km Road Walk 50 km Road Walk 35 km Road Walk High Jump Pole Vault Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put Discus Throw Hammer Throw Javelin Throw Decathlon 4 x 400 m Mixed

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 Manual Timing   53.5y E.L. Hunt GBR Dublin May 17, 1865   50.3y Charles Guy-Pyn GBR London Nov 11, 1865   50.3*y Edward Colbeck GBR London Jun 20, 1868   49.6y Robert Philpot GBR Cambridge Mar 07, 1871   48.5y Henry Tindall GBR London Jun 28, 1889   48.5y* Edgar Bredin GBR London Jun 22, 1895 • 47.6 Eric Liddell GBR Colombes Jul 12, 1924   47.6* Hermann Engelhard GER Colombes Sep 08, 1928   47.6* Raymond Boisset FRA Colombes Jul 08, 1934   47.3 Godfrey Brown GBR Berlin Aug 07, 1936 • 46.7 Godfrey Brown GBR Berlin Aug 07, 1936   46.7* Rudolf Harbig GER Milan Jul 16, 1939   46.7* Mario Lanzi ITA Milan Jul 16, 1939 • 46.0 Rudolf Harbig GER Frankfurt/Main Aug 12, 1939 • 46.0* Ardalion Ignatyev URS Moscow Jun 25, 1955 • 45.8 Carl Kaufmann FRG Köln Sep 19, 1959 • 45.7 Carl Kaufmann FRG Köln Jun 15, 1960 • 45.4 Carl Kaufmann FRG Berlin Jul 24, 1960 • 44.9 Carl Kaufmann GER Rome Sep 06, 1960 • 44.9* Martin Jellinhaus FRG Mexico City Oct 17, 1968 • 44.7 Karl Honz FRG München Jul 21, 1972 Electronic Timing   47.31 Godfrey Brown GBR Berlin Aug 07, 1936   46.68 Godfrey Brown GBR Berlin Aug 07, 1936   46.20 Voitto Hellsten FIN Melbourne Nov 29, 1956   45.08 Carl Kaufmann FRG Rome Sep 06, 1960   45.06 Martin Jellinhaus FRG Mexico City Oct 17, 1968 • 44.70 Karl Honz FRG München Jul 21, 1972 • 44.60 Viktor Markin URS Moscow Jul 30, 1980 • 44.50 Erwin Skamrahl FRG München Jul 26, 1983 • 44.48 Thomas Schönlebe GDR Potsdam Aug 21, 1987 • 44.33 Thomas Schönlebe GDR Rome Sep 03, 1987   44.26 Matthew Hudson-Smith GBR Budapest Aug 22, 2023