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All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons.
•   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated          •   - Then World Record
Manual Timing
  23.2y Horace Lee USA Mott Haven, NY Jul 06, 1877  
  23.0y Fred Saportas USA Mott Haven, NY Sep 01, 1877  
  22.75y Lawrence Myers USA Mott Haven, NY Sep 20, 1878  
  22.9y William Wilmer USA Mott Haven, NY Oct 12, 1878  
  22.5y Lawrence Myers USA New York Sep 15, 1881 •
• 22.4y Fred Westing USA Washington Oct 11, 1890  
• 22.2y Harry Jewett USA Travers Island Oct 17, 1891  
  21.6y Harry Jewett USA Montreal Sep 24, 1892 •
  21.4y James Maybury USA Chicago Jun 05, 1897 •
  21.2*y Charles Paddock USA Paris May 06, 1923 •
  21.2*y Harry Evans USA Colombes Oct 04, 1924 •
  20.6y Roland Locke USA Lincoln May 01, 1926 •
  20.6(HT) Ralph Metcalfe USA Budapest Aug 12, 1933 •
• 20.6*y Andrew Stanfield USA Philadelphia May 26, 1951 •
• 20.6 Andrew Stanfield USA Los Angeles Jun 28, 1952 •
  20.6(HT) Arthur Bragg USA Köln Jul 29, 1953 •
  20.6* Bobby Morrow USA Berkeley Jun 16, 1956 •
• 20.6* Thane Baker USA Bakersfield Jun 23, 1956 •
  20.6* Andrew Stanfield USA Bakersfield Jun 23, 1956 •
  20.6* Bobby Morrow USA Los Angeles Jun 30, 1956 •
  20.6* Thane Baker USA Santa Ana Oct 27, 1956 •
• 20.6* Bobby Morrow USA Melbourne Nov 27, 1956 •
  20.6* Ray Norton USA San José May 02, 1959 •
  20.6* Ray Norton USA Göteborg Aug 04, 1959 •
• 20.6* Ray Norton USA Berkeley Mar 19, 1960 •
• 20.6* Ray Norton USA Philadelphia Apr 30, 1960 •
• 20.5* Ray Norton USA Palo Alto Jul 02, 1960 •
• 20.5 Stone Johnson USA Palo Alto Jul 02, 1960 •
• 20.5*y Paul Drayton USA Walnut Jun 23, 1962 •
  20.5* Robert Hayes USA Pointe-Pierre Feb 10, 1963 •
  20.5*y Robert Hayes USA Coral Gables Mar 02, 1963 •
  20.4y Henry Carr USA Tempe Mar 19, 1963 •
• 20.3y Henry Carr USA Tempe Mar 23, 1963 •
• 20.2y Henry Carr USA Tempe Apr 04, 1964 •
• 20.0y Tommie Smith USA Sacramento Jun 11, 1966 •
• 19.8 Tommie Smith USA Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 •
Electronic Timing
  19.92 John Carlos USA Echo Summit Sep 12, 1968 •
• 19.83 Tommie Smith USA Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 •
• 19.75 Carl Lewis USA Indianapolis Jun 19, 1983  
• 19.75* Joe DeLoach USA Seoul Sep 28, 1988  
• 19.73 Michael Marsh USA Barcelona Aug 05, 1992  
• 19.66 Michael Johnson USA Atlanta Jun 23, 1996 •
• 19.32 Michael Johnson USA Atlanta Aug 01, 1996 •
  19.31 Noah Lyles USA Eugene, OR Jul 21, 2022 •