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All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated Chart Manual Timing   64.0y A. Pearc IRL Dublin Jul 30, 1860   63.3y F. Smith IRL Dublin May 30, 1866   62.3y R.R. Jones GBR Burnley Aug 06, 1870   61.0y C. Cranswick GBR Malton Jul 27, 1871   60.8y R.C. Miller IRL Dublin Jun 10, 1873   60.8y Sam Widdowsnn GBR Leeds Aug 02, 1873   59.8y Samuel Morris GBR Radcliffe Jul 05, 1886   59.0y Samuel Morris GBR Knutsford Aug 07, 1886   57.2y Godfrey Shaw GBR Douglas Aug 12, 1891   56.4y Jerome Buck USA New York Sep 19, 1896   55.8 Charles Bacon USA Philadelphia Jul 06, 1908 • 55.0 Charles Bacon USA London Jul 22, 1908 • 54.2 John Norton USA Pasadena Jun 26, 1920 • 54.0 Frank Loomis USA Antwerpen Aug 16, 1920   53.4y August Desch USA Pasadena Jul 05, 1921   53.2y Chan Coulter USA Iowa City May 31, 1924   52.1 Ivan Riley USA Ann Arbor May 31, 1924 • 52.6 John Gibson USA Lincoln,USA Jul 02, 1927 • 52.0 F.Morgan Taylor USA Philadelphia Jul 04, 1928 • 52.0* Glenn Hardin USA Los Angeles Aug 01, 1932   51.7 Robert Tisdall IRL Los Angeles Aug 01, 1932 • 51.8 Glenn Hardin USA Milwaukee Jun 30, 1934 • 50.6 Glenn Hardin USA Stockholm Jul 26, 1934 • 50.4 Yuriy Lituyev URS Budapest Sep 20, 1953 • 49.5 Glenn Davis USA Los Angeles Jun 29, 1956 • 49.7y Gerhardus Potgieter RSA Cardiff Jul 22, 1958 • 49.2 Glenn Davis USA Budapest Aug 06, 1958 • 49.3y Gerhardus Potgieter RSA Bloemfontein Apr 16, 1960 • 49.2* Salvatore Morale ITA Belgrad Sep 14, 1962 • 49.1 Warren Cawley USA Los Angeles Sep 13, 1964 • 48.8 Geoff Vanderstock USA South Lake Tahoe Sep 11, 1968 • 48.1 David Hemery GBR Mexico City Oct 15, 1968 • 47.8 John Akii-Bua UGA München Sep 02, 1972 Electronic Timing   51.67 Robert Tisdall IRL Los Angeles Aug 01, 1932   51.06 Charles Moore USA Helsinki Jul 21, 1952   50.29 Glenn Davis USA Melbourne Nov 24, 1956   49.51 Glenn Davis USA Rome Sep 02, 1960   49.15 Rainer Schubert FRG Mexico City Oct 13, 1968   49.14 Roberto Frinolli ITA Mexico City Oct 14, 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 • 47.45 Edwin Moses USA Westwood Jun 11, 1977 • 47.13 Edwin Moses USA Milan Jul 03, 1980 • 47.02 Edwin Moses USA Koblenz Aug 31, 1983 • 46.78 Kevin Young USA Barcelona Aug 06, 1992 • 46.70 Karsten Warholm NOR Oslo Jul 01, 2021   45.94 Karsten Warholm NOR Tokyo Aug 03, 2021