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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
 
  24.99 Charles Hayden Kip USA Cambridge May 22, 1882
  26.20 Harald Andersson-Arbin SWE Göteborg Sep 18, 1892
  35.74 Erik Eriksson SWE Stockholm Oct 06, 1895
  35.75 Carl-Erik Helgesson SWE Göteborg Jul 26, 1896
  36.19 Charles H. Hennemann USA New York Aug 28, 1897
  38.70 Gustaf Söderström SWE Stockholm Sep 18, 1897
  39.42 Frantisek Janda-Suk BOH Prague Jun 16, 1901
  41.97 Nandor Fothy HUN Wien Jul 09, 1902
  43.21 Marius Eynard FRA Paris May 02, 1903
  43.69 Martin Sheridan USA New York Sep 19, 1905
  43.86 Wilhelm Dörr GER Worms 1907
  43.41 Martin Sheridan USA Dundalk Aug 23, 1908
  44.84 Verner Järvinen FIN Helsinki Aug 01, 1909
  44.88 Elmer Nicklander FIN Helsinki Jun 19, 1910
47.58 James Duncan USA New York May 27, 1912
  47.85 Armas Taipale FIN Magdeburg Jul 20, 1913
  48.10 Armas Taipale FIN Juva Jul 02, 1916
  48.18 Glenn Hartranft USA Cambridge May 31, 1924
48.20 Clarence Houser USA Palo Alto Apr 03, 1926
  48.77 Hans Hoffmeister GER Gelsenkirchen Jul 22, 1928
49.90 Eric Krenz USA Palo Alto Mar 09, 1929
  49.94 Eric Krenz USA Stanford May 17, 1930
51.03 Eric Krenz USA Palo Alto May 17, 1930
51.73 Paul Jessup USA Pittsburgh Aug 23, 1930
  52.20 Harald Andersson SWE Oslo Aug 25, 1934
52.42 Harald Andersson SWE Oslo Aug 25, 1934
53.10 Wilhelm Schröder GER Magdeburg Apr 28, 1935
53.26 Archie Harris USA Palo Alto Jun 20, 1941
53.34 Adolfo Consolini ITA Milan Oct 26, 1941
  53.69 Adolfo Consolini ITA Milan Apr 14, 1946
54.23 Adolfo Consolini ITA Milan Apr 14, 1946
54.93 Robert Fitch USA Minneapolis Jun 08, 1946
55.33 Adolfo Consolini ITA Milan Oct 10, 1948
56.46 Fortune Gordien USA Lisbon Jul 09, 1949
56.97 Fortune Gordien USA Hämeenlinna Aug 14, 1949
57.93 Simeon Iness USA Lincoln,USA Jun 20, 1953
58.10 Fortune Gordien USA Pasadena Jul 11, 1953
59.28 Fortune Gordien USA Pasadena Aug 22, 1953
59.91 Edmund Piatkowski POL Warsaw Jun 14, 1959
59.91* Rink Babka USA Walnut Aug 12, 1960
60.56 Jay Silvester USA Frankfurt/Main Aug 11, 1961
60.72 Jay Silvester USA Brussels Aug 20, 1961
61.10 Alfred Oerter USA Los Angeles May 18, 1962
61.64 Vladimir Trusenyov URS Leningrad Jun 04, 1962
62.45 Alfred Oerter USA Chicago Jul 01, 1962
62.62 Alfred Oerter USA Walnut Apr 27, 1963
62.94 Alfred Oerter USA Walnut Apr 25, 1964
64.55 Ludvik Danek TCH Turnov Aug 02, 1964
65.22 Ludvik Danek TCH Sokolov Oct 12, 1965
  66.07 Ludvik Danek TCH Long Beach Jun 07, 1966
66.54 Jay Silvester USA Modesto May 25, 1968
  68.07 Jay Silvester USA Reno Sep 18, 1968
68.40 Jay Silvester USA Reno Sep 18, 1968
68.40* Rickard Bruch SWE Stockholm Jul 05, 1972
68.48 John van Reenen RSA Stellenbosch Mar 14, 1975
69.08 John Powell USA Long Peach May 04, 1975
69.18 Mac Wilkins USA Walnut Apr 24, 1976
69.80 Mac Wilkins USA San José May 01, 1976
70.24 Mac Wilkins USA San José May 01, 1976
70.86 Mac Wilkins USA San José May 01, 1976
71.16 Wolfgang Schmidt GDR Berlin Aug 09, 1978
71.86 Yuriy Dumchev URS Moscow May 29, 1983
74.08 Jürgen Schult GDR Neubrandenburg Jun 06, 1986
  74.35 Mykolas Alekna LTU Ramona, OK Apr 14, 2024