Track and Field Statistics

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All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated   • 24.0 William Holland USA Paris Jul 22, 1900 • 22.2 Walter Tewksbury USA Paris Jul 22, 1900 • 22.2* Robert Kerr CAN London Jul 21, 1908 • 22.2* Carl Cooke USA Stockholm Jul 10, 1912 • 21.9 Ralph Craig USA Stockholm Jul 10, 1912 • 21.9* William Applegarth USA Stockholm Jul 10, 1912 • 21.9* Donnell Young USA Stockholm Jul 10, 1912 • 21.8 Donald Lippincott USA Stockholm Jul 10, 1912 • 21.7 Ralph Craig USA Stockholm Jul 11, 1912 • 21.6 Jackson Scholz USA Paris Jul 09, 1924 • 21.6* Helmut Körnig GER Amsterdam Jul 31, 1928 • 21.5 Ralph Metcalfe USA Los Angeles Aug 02, 1932 • 21.5* William Walters RSA Los Angeles Aug 02, 1932 • 21.5* Eddie Tolan USA Los Angeles Aug 02, 1932 • 21.4 Carlos Bianchi Lutti ARG Los Angeles Aug 02, 1932 • 21.4* Arthur Jonath GER Los Angeles Aug 02, 1932 • 21.2 Eddie Tolan USA Los Angeles Aug 03, 1932 • 21.1 Jesse Owens USA Berlin Aug 04, 1936 • 20.7 Jesse Owens USA Berlin Aug 05, 1936 • 20.7* Andrew Stanfield USA Helsinki Jul 23, 1952 • 20.6 Bobby Morrow USA Melbourne Nov 27, 1956 • 20.5* Livio Berruti ITA Rome Sep 03, 1960 • 20.5 Livio Berruti ITA Rome Sep 03, 1960 • 20.5* Paul Drayton USA Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 20.3 Henry Carr USA Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 20.3* Tommie Smith USA Mexico City Oct 15, 1968 • 20.2 Peter Norman AUS Mexico City Oct 15, 1968 • 20.2* Tommie Smith USA Mexico City Oct 15, 1968 • 20.1 John Carlos USA Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 20.1* Tommie Smith USA Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 19.83 Tommie Smith USA Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 19.80 Carl Lewis USA Los Angeles Aug 08, 1984 • 19.75 Joseph DeLoach USA Seoul Sep 28, 1988 • 19.73 Michael Marsh USA Barcelona Aug 05, 1992 • 19.32 Michael Johnson USA Atlanta Aug 01, 1996   19.30 Usain Bolt JAM Beijing Aug 20, 2008