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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
 
  2.01.0*y George Templer USA London Mar 27, 1872 •
  2.01.0*y Thomas Christie USA London Mar 27, 1872 •
  1.59.2y Lawrence Myers USA New York Jul 10, 1880  
  1.56.2y Lawrence Myers USA New York Jul 17, 1880 •
  1.55.8y Lawrence Myers USA London Jul 02, 1881 •
  1.55.6y Lawrence Myers USA New York Oct 08, 1881 •
  1.55.6*y Lawrence Myers USA New York Sep 16, 1882 •
  1.55.4y Lawrence Myers USA Birmingham Jul 07, 1884 •
  1.55.4*y Lawrence Myers USA New York Oct 03, 1885 •
• 1.55.2y Walter Dohm USA Travers Island Jun 20, 1889  
  1.54.5y Walter Dohm USA New York Sep 19, 1891 •
  1.53.4y Charles Kilpatrick USA New York Sep 21, 1895 •
  1.52.8 Melvin Sheppard USA London Jul 21, 1908 •
• 1.51.9 Ted Meredith USA Stockholm Jul 08, 1912 •
  1.51.4 Lloyd Hahn USA Cambridge Mass Jul 07, 1928 •
• 1.51.3 Benjamin Eastman USA Princeton Apr 09, 1932  
  1.50.0 Benjamin Eastman USA San Francisco Jun 04, 1932 •
• 1.49.8y Benjamin Eastman USA Princeton Jun 16, 1934 •
• 1.49.7 Glenn Cunningham USA Stockholm Aug 20, 1936 •
• 1.49.6y Elroy Robinson USA New York Jul 11, 1937 •
• 1.48.6 John Woodruff USA Compton Jun 07, 1940  
• 1.48.6* Malvin Whitfield USA Los Angeles Jun 27, 1952  
  1.48.0 Malvin Whitfield USA Göteborg Aug 06, 1952  
  1.47.9 Malvin Whitfield USA Turku Jul 17, 1953  
• 1.47.5y Lonnie Spurrier USA Berkeley Mar 26, 1955  
• 1.46.8 Tom Courtney USA Kouvola Jul 17, 1955  
• 1.46.7 Arnold Sowell USA Berkeley Jun 16, 1956  
• 1.46.4 Tom Courtney USA Los Angeles Jun 30, 1956  
• 1.46.0 Tom Courtney USA Gävle Jul 26, 1957  
• 1.45.8 Tom Courtney USA Oslo Aug 09, 1957  
  1.44.9*y Jim Ryun USA Terre Haute Oct 06, 1966 •
• 1.44.8 Ken Swenson USA Stuttgart Jul 16, 1970  
• 1.44.3* David Wottle USA Eugene Jul 01, 1972 •
• 1.44.6y Rick Wohlhuter USA Los Angeles May 27, 1973 •
• 1.44.1y Rick Wohlhuter USA Eugene Jun 08, 1974 •
• 1.43.9 Rick Wohlhuter USA Westwood Jun 22, 1974  
• 1.43.74* Johnny Gray USA Los Angeles Jun 19, 1984  
• 1.43.74 Earl Jones USA Los Angeles Jun 19, 1984  
• 1.43.28 Johnny Gray USA Brussels Aug 24, 1984  
• 1.43.28* Johnny Gray USA Köln Aug 26, 1984  
• 1.42.96 Johnny Gray USA Koblenz Aug 29, 1984  
• 1.42.60 Johnny Gray USA Koblenz Aug 28, 1985  
• 1.42.34 Donovan Brazier USA Doha Oct 01, 2019