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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
  56.4y Jerome Buck USA New York Sep 19, 1896 •
  55.8 Charles Bacon USA Philadelphia Jul 06, 1908 •
• 55.0 Charles Bacon USA London Jul 22, 1908 •
• 54.2 John Norton USA Pasadena Jun 26, 1920 •
• 54.0 Frank Loomis USA Antwerpen Aug 16, 1920 •
  53.4y August Desch USA Pasadena Jul 05, 1921 •
  53.2y Chan Coulter USA Iowa City May 31, 1924 •
  52.1 Ivan Riley USA Ann Arbor May 31, 1924 •
• 52.6y John Gibson USA Lincoln,USA Jul 02, 1927 •
• 52.0 F.Morgan Taylor USA Philadelphia Jul 04, 1928 •
• 52.0* Glenn Hardin USA Los Angeles Aug 01, 1932 •
• 51.8 Glenn Hardin USA Milwaukee Jun 30, 1934 •
• 50.6 Glenn Hardin USA Stockholm Jul 26, 1934 •
• 49.5 Glenn Davis USA Los Angeles Jun 29, 1956 •
• 49.2 Glenn Davis USA Budapest Aug 06, 1958 •
• 49.1 Warren Cawley USA Los Angeles Sep 13, 1964 •
• 48.8 Geoff Vanderstock USA Echo Summit, CA Sep 11, 1968 •
• 48.8y Ralph Mann USA Des Moines Jun 20, 1970  
• 48.4 Ralph Mann USA Eugene Jul 02, 1972  
• 48.1 Jim Bolding USA Milan Jul 01, 1974  
Electronic Timing
  50.98 Charles Moore USA Helsinki Jul 20, 1952 •
  50.26 Edward Southern USA Melbourne Nov 24, 1956 •
  49.51 Glenn Davis USA Rome Sep 02, 1960 •
• 49.34 Geoff Vanderstock USA Echo Summit, CA Sep 10, 1968  
• 48.94 Geoff Vanderstock USA Echo Summit, CA Sep 11, 1968  
• 48.51 Ralph Mann USA München Sep 02, 1972  
• 48.30 Edwin Moses USA Eugene Jun 21, 1976  
• 48.29 Edwin Moses USA Montreal Jul 24, 1976  
• 47.64 Edwin Moses USA Montreal Jul 25, 1976 •
• 47.45 Edwin Moses USA Westwood Jun 11, 1977 •
• 47.13 Edwin Moses USA Milan Jul 03, 1980 •
• 47.02 Edwin Moses USA Koblenz Aug 31, 1983 •
• 46.78 Kevin Young USA Barcelona Aug 06, 1992 •
  46.17 Rai Benjamin USA Tokyo Aug 03, 2021