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All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated Manual Timing   22.6y Maxie Long USA Buffalo Jan 19, 1901   22.6y* Loren Murchison USA Brooklyn Apr 28, 1919   22.4y Loren Murchison USA New York Jan 06, 1925   22.2y Loren Murchison USA New York Jan 06, 1925   22.2y* Ted Ellison USA New York Mar 01, 1935   21.7y Thomas Robinson BAH Chicago Jan 18, 1959   21.7y* James Green USA Chicago Dec 23, 1967   21.6* Dieter Hübner FRG Stuttgart Mar 02, 1968   21.6 Bernd Jacob FRG Stuttgart Mar 02, 1968   21.2y John Carlos USA East Lansing Feb 14, 1970   21.1y Carl Lawson JAM Pocatello Mar 02, 1974   21.1 Günter Arnold GDR Berlin-Est Jan 18, 1976   20.6y Erwin Skamrahl FRG Sindelfingen Feb 11, 1983 Electronic Timing   21.43 Manfred Ommer FRG Stuttgart Feb 26, 1972   21.40 Manfred Ommer FRG Munich Feb 23, 1974   21.16 Karl-Heinz Weisenseel FRG Stuttgart Feb 22, 1975   21.11 Karl-Heinz Weisenseel FRG Sindelfingen Feb 25, 1978   21.11* Pietro Mennea ITA Milan Mar 04, 1978   21.05 Mauro Zuliani ITA Genova Feb 09, 1980   20.99 Erwin Skamrahl FRG Dortmund Feb 13, 1982   20.98 Ralf Lübke FRG Sindelfingen Feb 11, 1983   20.77 Ralf Lübke FRG Sindelfingen Feb 12, 1983   20.74 Pietro Mennea ITA Genova Feb 13, 1983   20.67 Ralf Lübke FRG Stuttgart Feb 10, 1984   20.57 Ralf Lübke FRG Stuttgart Feb 11, 1984   20.52 Stefano Tilli ITA Turin Feb 21, 1985 • 20.36 Bruno Marie-Rose FRA Liévin Feb 22, 1987 • 20.25 Linford Christie GBR Liévin Feb 19, 1995 • 19.92 Frank Fredericks NAM Liévin Feb 18, 1996