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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
  18.25y H. Edwards Ficken USA Mott Haven, NY Sep 08, 1877  
  17.25y H. Edwards Ficken USA Mott Haven, NY Oct 12, 1878  
  17.2y James Tivey USA Mott Haven, NY Sep 24, 1881  
  16.8y James Tivey USA Mott Haven, NY Jun 10, 1882  
  16.2y Alexander Jordan USA New York Jun 19, 1886  
• 16.2y* Alexander Jordan USA New York Sep 19, 1888  
  16.0y* Henry Williams USA New York May 17, 1890 •
  16.0y* Henry Williams USA Montreal Sep 27, 1890 •
  16.0y* Alfred Copland USA Montreal Sep 27, 1890 •
  16.0y* Frederick Ducharne USA Washington Oct 11, 1890 •
  16.0y* Alfred Copland USA Washington Oct 11, 1890 •
  16.0y* Henry Williams USA Cambridge May 16, 1891 •
  16.0y* Henry Williams USA New York May 30, 1891 •
  15.8y Henry Williams USA New York May 30, 1891 •
  15.8y* Walter Henry USA San Francisco May 20, 1892 •
  15.6y* Stephen Chase USA New York Sep 15, 1894 •
  15.4y Stephen Chase USA New York Sep 21, 1895 •
  15.2y Alvin Kraenzlein USA Chicago Jun 18, 1898 •
  15.0y Thaddeus Shideler USA St.Louis Jun 11, 1904 •
• 15.0 Forrest Smithson USA London Jul 25, 1908 •
  15.0y* Arthur Shaw USA Chicago Sep 12, 1908 •
  15.0y* Frederick Kelly USA Los Angeles Mar 15, 1913 •
  15.0y* Frederick Kelly USA Los Angeles Apr 18, 1914 •
  15.0y* Robert Simpson USA Columbia May 29, 1915 •
  15.0y* Robert Simpson USA Philadelphia Apr 29, 1916 •
  15.0y* Frederick Murray USA Cambridge May 27, 1916 •
  14.6y Simpson Robert USA Columbia May 27, 1916 •
  14.6y* Simpson Robert USA Evanston Jun 03, 1916 •
  14.4*y George Guthrie USA Columbus Jun 05, 1926 •
  14.4*y Steve Anderson USA Missoula Jun 02, 1928 •
  14.4*y Steve Anderson USA Eugene Jun 01, 1929 •
  14.4* Steve Anderson USA Oslo Jul 31, 1930 •
  14.3y Jack Keller USA Columbus May 02, 1931 •
• 14.2y Percy Beard USA Lincoln Jul 04, 1931 •
  14.2 George Saling USA Chicago Jun 11, 1932 •
  14.1y Jack Keller USA Evanston May 20, 1933 •
  14.1y* Forrest Towns USA Birmingham, Ala. May 15, 1936 •
  14.1 Forrest Towns USA New Orleans May 23, 1936 •
• 14.1* Forrest Towns USA Chicago Jun 19, 1936 •
• 14.1* Forrest Towns USA Berlin Aug 06, 1936 •
• 13.7 Forrest Towns USA Oslo Aug 27, 1936 •
  13.7y Fred Wolcott USA Austin May 03, 1940 •
• 13.7* Fred Wolcott USA Philadelphia Jun 29, 1941 •
• 13.6y Harrison Dillard USA Lawrence Apr 17, 1948 •
• 13.6 Richard Attlesey USA College Park Jun 24, 1950 •
• 13.5 Richard Attlesey USA Helsinki Jul 10, 1950 •
• 13.4 Jack Davis USA Bakersfield Jun 22, 1956 •
  13.3 Jack Davis USA Bendigo Nov 17, 1956 •
• 13.2* Lee Calhoun USA Bern Aug 21, 1960 •
• 13.2* Earl McCullouch USA Minneapolis Jul 16, 1967 •
• 13.2* Willie Davenport USA Zürich Jul 04, 1969 •
• 13.0y Rod Milburn USA Eugene Jun 25, 1971 •
• 13.0*y Rod Milburn USA Eugene Jun 20, 1973 •
Electronic Timing
  14.53 Jack Keller USA Stanford Jul 16, 1932 •
  13.90 Bill Porter USA Evanston Jul 10, 1948 •
  13.70 Lee Calhoun USA Melbourne Nov 28, 1956 •
  13.43 Earl McCullouch USA Minneapolis Jul 16, 1967 •
  13.38 Ervin Hall USA Mexico City Oct 17, 1968 •
  13.33 Willie Davenport USA Mexico City Oct 17, 1968 •
• 13.24 Rod Milburn USA München Sep 07, 1972 •
• 13.22 Greg Foster USA Eugene Jun 02, 1978  
• 13.16 Renaldo Nehemiah USA San José Apr 14, 1979 •
• 13.00 Renaldo Nehemiah USA Westwood May 06, 1979 •
• 12.93 Renaldo Nehemiah USA Zürich Aug 19, 1981 •
• 12.92 Roger Kingdom USA Zürich Aug 16, 1989 •
• 12.92* Allen Johnson USA Atlanta Jun 23, 1996  
• 12.92* Allen Johnson USA Brussels Aug 23, 1996  
• 12.90 Dominique Arnold USA Lausanne Jul 11, 2006  
  12.90* David Oliver USA Eugene, OR Jul 03, 2010  
  12.89 David Oliver USA Paris Saint-Denis Jul 16, 2010