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   • 61.0 Walter Tewksbury USA Paris Jul 14, 1900 • 60.2 Henri Tauzin FRA Paris Jul 14, 1900 • 60.2* George Orton USA Paris Jul 14, 1900 • 57.6 Walter Tewksbury USA Paris Jul 16, 1900 • 57.0 Charles Bacon USA London Jul 20, 1908 • 56.4 Harry Hillman USA London Jul 21, 1908 • 55.0 Charles Bacon USA London Jul 22, 1908 • 54.0 Frank Loomis USA Antwerpen Aug 16, 1920 • 53.8 Erik Wilén FIN Paris Jul 07, 1924 • 53.4 Morgan Taylor USA Amsterdam Jul 29, 1928 • 53.4* David Lord Burghley GBR Amsterdam Jul 30, 1928 • 52.8 Glenn Hardin USA Los Angeles Jul 31, 1932 • 52.8* Robert Tisdall USA Los Angeles Jul 31, 1932 • 52.0 Morgan Taylor USA Los Angeles Aug 01, 1932 • 51.9 Rune Larsson SWE London Jul 30, 1948 • 51.9* Roy Cochran USA London Jul 30, 1948 • 51.1 Roy Cochran USA London Jul 31, 1948 • 50.8 Charles Moore USA Helsinki Jul 20, 1952 • 50.8* Charles Moore USA Helsinki Jul 21, 1952 • 50.1 Edward Southern USA Melbourne Nov 24, 1956 • 50.1* Glenn Davis USA Melbourne Nov 24, 1956 • 49.3 Glenn Davis USA Rome Sep 02, 1960 • 49.06 Ron Whitney USA Mexico City Oct 13, 1968 • 48.12 David Hemery GBR Mexico City Oct 15, 1968 • 47.82 John Akii-Bua UGA München Sep 02, 1972 • 47.64 Edwin Moses USA Montreal Jul 25, 1976 • 47.19 Andre Phillips USA Seoul Sep 25, 1988 • 46.78 Kevin Young USA Barcelona Aug 06, 1992   45.94 Karsten Warholm NOR Tokyo Aug 03, 2021