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Men, 400 m Hurdles
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