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   • 56.8 Herbert Jamison USA Athens Apr 06, 1896 • 54.2 Thomas Burke USA Athens Apr 07, 1896 • 50.4 Maxey Long USA Paris Jul 14, 1900 • 49.4 Maxey Long USA Paris Jul 15, 1900 • 49.2 Harry Hillman USA St.Louis Aug 29, 1904 • 48.4 Wyndham Halswell GBR London Jul 22, 1908 • 48.2 Charles Reidpath USA Stockholm Jul 22, 1912 • 48.0 Joseph Imbach SUI Paris Jul 10, 1924 • 47.8 Horatio Fitch USA Paris Jul 11, 1924 • 47.6 Eric Liddell GBR Paris Jul 11, 1924 • 47.2 William Carr USA Los Angeles Aug 04, 1932 • 46.2 William Carr USA Los Angles Aug 05, 1932 • 46.2* Arthur Wint JAM London Aug 05, 1948 • 45.9 George Rhoden JAM Helsinki Jul 25, 1952 • 45.9* Herbert McKenley JAM Helsinki Jul 25, 1952 • 45.9* Otis Davis USA Rome Sep 03, 1960 • 45.5 Otis Davis USA Rome Sep 05, 1960 • 44.9 Otis Davis USA Rome Sep 06, 1960 • 44.9* Carl Kaufmann FRG Rome Sep 06, 1960 • 44.8 Lee Evans USA Mexico City Oct 17, 1968 • 43.86 Lee Evans USA Mexico City Oct 18, 1968 • 43.71 Quincy Watts USA Barcelona Aug 03, 1992 • 43.50 Quincy Watts USA Barcelona Aug 05, 1992 • 43.49 Michael Johnson USA Atlanta Jul 29, 1996 • 43.03 Wayde van Niekerk RSA Rio de Janeiro Aug 14, 2016