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Men, 200 m
              
All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons.
   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated
Manual Timing
  22.6y Maxie Long USA Buffalo Jan 19, 1901
  22.6y* Loren Murchison USA Brooklyn Apr 28, 1919
  22.4y Loren Murchison USA New York Jan 06, 1925
  22.2y Loren Murchison USA New York Jan 06, 1925
  22.2y* Ted Ellison USA New York Mar 01, 1935
  21.7y Thomas Robinson BAH Chicago Jan 18, 1959
  21.7y* James Green USA Chicago Dec 23, 1967
  21.6* Dieter Hübner FRG Stuttgart Mar 02, 1968
  21.6 Bernd Jacob FRG Stuttgart Mar 02, 1968
  21.2y John Carlos USA East Lansing Feb 14, 1970
  21.1y Carl Lawson JAM Pocatello Mar 02, 1974
  21.1 Günter Arnold GDR Berlin-Est Jan 18, 1976
  20.6y Erwin Skamrahl FRG Sindelfingen Feb 11, 1983
Electronic Timing
  21.43 Manfred Ommer FRG Stuttgart Feb 26, 1972
  21.40 Manfred Ommer FRG Munich Feb 23, 1974
  21.16 Karl-Heinz Weisenseel FRG Stuttgart Feb 22, 1975
  21.11 Karl-Heinz Weisenseel FRG Sindelfingen Feb 25, 1978
  21.11* Pietro Mennea ITA Milan Mar 04, 1978
  21.05 Mauro Zuliani ITA Genova Feb 09, 1980
  20.99 Erwin Skamrahl FRG Dortmund Feb 13, 1982
  20.98 Ralf Lübke FRG Sindelfingen Feb 11, 1983
  20.77 Ralf Lübke FRG Sindelfingen Feb 12, 1983
  20.74 Pietro Mennea ITA Genova Feb 13, 1983
  20.67 Ralf Lübke FRG Stuttgart Feb 10, 1984
  20.57 Ralf Lübke FRG Stuttgart Feb 11, 1984
  20.52 Stefano Tilli ITA Turin Feb 21, 1985
20.36 Bruno Marie-Rose FRA Liévin Feb 22, 1987
20.25 Linford Christie GBR Liévin Feb 19, 1995
19.92 Frank Fredericks NAM Liévin Feb 18, 1996