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All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated     1.54.6y Eli Parsons USA Buffalo Mar 19, 1904   1.54.0 Alan Helffrich USA Washington Feb 21, 1925   1.53.8y Lloyd Hahn USA New York Jan 08, 1928   1.51.4y Lloyd Hahn USA New York Mar 03, 1928   [1.47.7] John Woodruff USA Hanover, NH Mar 14, 1940   1.51.4y John Borican USA New York Feb 21, 1942   1.50.0 John Borican USA New York Mar 25, 1942   1.49.7 Arnold Sowell USA New York Feb 09, 1957   1.49.9y Peter Snell NZL Tokyo Mar 18, 1962   1.49.5 Jörg Lawrenz FRG Berlin West Mar 09, 1963   1.49.5* Bill Crothers CAN New York Jan 30, 1964   1.49.8y Peter Farrell USA New York Feb 11, 1965   1.47.4 Ted Nelson USA Berlin West Apr 07, 1965   1.46.6 Dieter Fromm GDR Belgrade Mar 08, 1969   1.46.37 Carlo Grippo ITA Milan Feb 24, 1977   1.46.0 Sebastian Coe GBR Cosford Feb 11, 1981 • 1.44.91 Sebastian Coe GBR Cosford Mar 12, 1983 • 1.44.84 Paul Ereng KEN Budapest Mar 04, 1989 • 1.43.96 Wilson Kipketer DEN Paris-Bercy Mar 07, 1997 • 1.42.67 Wilson Kipketer DEN Paris-Bercy Mar 09, 1997