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   • 51.01 John Flanagan USA Paris Jul 16, 1900 • 51.23 John Flanagan USA St.Louis Aug 29, 1904 • 51.92 John Flanagan USA London Jul 14, 1908 • 54.13 Matthew McGrath USA Stockholm Jul 14, 1912 • 54.74 Matthew McGrath USA Stockholm Jul 14, 1912 • 55.04 Erwin Blask GER Berlin Aug 03, 1936 • 56.49 Karl Hein GER Berlin Aug 03, 1936 • 57.20 Jozsef Csermak HUN Helsinki Jul 24, 1952 • 58.45 Jozsef Csermak HUN Helsinki Jul 24, 1952 • 60.34 Jozsef Csermak HUN Helsinki Jul 24, 1952 • 62.10 Anatoliy Samotsvetov URS Melbourne Nov 24, 1956 • 63.00 Mikhail Krivonosov URS Melbourne Nov 24, 1956 • 63.03 Mikhail Krivonosov URS Melbourne Nov 24, 1956 • 63.19 Harold Connolly USA Melbourne Nov 24, 1956 • 64.80 Gyula Zsivótzky HUN Rome Sep 02, 1960 • 67.03 Vasiliy Rudenkov URS Rome Sep 02, 1960 • 67.10 Vasiliy Rudenkov URS Rome Sep 03, 1960 • 67.10 Romuald Klim URS Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 67.40 Harold Connolly USA Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 67.99 Gyula Zsivótzky HUN Tokyo Oct 17, 1964 • 69.09 Gyula Zsivótzky HUN Tokyo Oct 18, 1964 • 69.74 Romuald Klim URS Tokyo Oct 18, 1964 • 72.60 Gyula Zsivótzky HUN Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 72.82 Romuald Klim URS Mexico City Oct 17, 1968 • 73.28 Romuald Klim URS Mexico City Oct 17, 1968 • 73.36 Gyula Zsivótzky HUN Mexico City Oct 17, 1968 • 75.50 Anatoliy Bondarchuk URS München Sep 07, 1972 • 75.64 Yuriy Sedykh URS Montreal Jul 28, 1976 • 75.74 Aleksey Spiridonov URS Montreal Jul 28, 1976 • 77.52 Yuriy Sedykh URS Montreal Jul 28, 1976 • 78.22 Yuriy Sedykh URS Moscow Jul 30, 1980 • 81.80 Yuriy Sedykh URS Moscow Jul 31, 1980 • 84.76 Sergey Litvinov URS Seoul Sep 26, 1988 • 84.80 Sergey Litvinov URS Seoul Sep 26, 1988