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All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons.
•   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated Chart
 
  24.99 Charles Hayden Kip USA Cambridge May 22, 1882
  26.20 Harald Andersson-Arbin SWE Göteborg Sep 18, 1892
  35.74 Erik Eriksson SWE Stockholm Oct 06, 1895
  35.75 Carl-Erik Helgesson SWE Göteborg Jul 26, 1896
  36.19 Charles H. Hennemann USA New York Aug 28, 1897
  38.70 Gustaf Söderström SWE Stockholm Sep 18, 1897
  39.42 Frantisek Janda-Suk BOH Prague Jun 16, 1901
  41.97 Nandor Fothy HUN Wien Jul 09, 1902
  43.21 Marius Eynard FRA Paris May 02, 1903
  43.69 Martin Sheridan USA New York Sep 19, 1905
  43.86 Wilhelm Dörr GER Worms 1907
  43.41 Martin Sheridan USA Dundalk Aug 23, 1908
  44.84 Verner Järvinen FIN Helsinki Aug 01, 1909
  44.88 Elmer Nicklander FIN Helsinki Jun 19, 1910
• 47.58 James Duncan USA New York May 27, 1912
  47.85 Armas Taipale FIN Magdeburg Jul 20, 1913
  48.10 Armas Taipale FIN Juva Jul 02, 1916
  48.18 Glenn Hartranft USA Cambridge May 31, 1924
• 48.20 Clarence Houser USA Palo Alto Apr 03, 1926
  48.77 Hans Hoffmeister GER Gelsenkirchen Jul 22, 1928
• 49.90 Eric Krenz USA Palo Alto Mar 09, 1929
  49.94 Eric Krenz USA Stanford May 17, 1930
• 51.03 Eric Krenz USA Palo Alto May 17, 1930
• 51.73 Paul Jessup USA Pittsburgh Aug 23, 1930
  52.20 Harald Andersson SWE Oslo Aug 25, 1934
• 52.42 Harald Andersson SWE Oslo Aug 25, 1934
• 53.10 Wilhelm Schröder GER Magdeburg Apr 28, 1935
• 53.26 Archie Harris USA Palo Alto Jun 20, 1941
• 53.34 Adolfo Consolini ITA Milan Oct 26, 1941
  53.69 Adolfo Consolini ITA Milan Apr 14, 1946
• 54.23 Adolfo Consolini ITA Milan Apr 14, 1946
• 54.93 Robert Fitch USA Minneapolis Jun 08, 1946
• 55.33 Adolfo Consolini ITA Milan Oct 10, 1948
• 56.46 Fortune Gordien USA Lisbon Jul 09, 1949
• 56.97 Fortune Gordien USA Hämeenlinna Aug 14, 1949
• 57.93 Simeon Iness USA Lincoln,USA Jun 20, 1953
• 58.10 Fortune Gordien USA Pasadena Jul 11, 1953
• 59.28 Fortune Gordien USA Pasadena Aug 22, 1953
• 59.91 Edmund Piatkowski POL Warsaw Jun 14, 1959
• 59.91* Rink Babka USA Walnut Aug 12, 1960
• 60.56 Jay Silvester USA Frankfurt/Main Aug 11, 1961
• 60.72 Jay Silvester USA Brussels Aug 20, 1961
• 61.10 Alfred Oerter USA Los Angeles May 18, 1962
• 61.64 Vladimir Trusenyov URS Leningrad Jun 04, 1962
• 62.45 Alfred Oerter USA Chicago Jul 01, 1962
• 62.62 Alfred Oerter USA Walnut Apr 27, 1963
• 62.94 Alfred Oerter USA Walnut Apr 25, 1964
• 64.55 Ludvik Danek TCH Turnov Aug 02, 1964
• 65.22 Ludvik Danek TCH Sokolov Oct 12, 1965
  66.07 Ludvik Danek TCH Long Beach Jun 07, 1966
• 66.54 Jay Silvester USA Modesto May 25, 1968
  68.07 Jay Silvester USA Reno Sep 18, 1968
• 68.40 Jay Silvester USA Reno Sep 18, 1968
• 68.40* Rickard Bruch SWE Stockholm Jul 05, 1972
• 68.48 John van Reenen RSA Stellenbosch Mar 14, 1975
• 69.08 John Powell USA Long Peach May 04, 1975
• 69.18 Mac Wilkins USA Walnut Apr 24, 1976
• 69.80 Mac Wilkins USA San José May 01, 1976
• 70.24 Mac Wilkins USA San José May 01, 1976
• 70.86 Mac Wilkins USA San José May 01, 1976
• 71.16 Wolfgang Schmidt GDR Berlin Aug 09, 1978
• 71.86 Yuriy Dumchev URS Moscow May 29, 1983
• 74.08 Jürgen Schult GDR Neubrandenburg Jun 06, 1986