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   • 29.15 Robert Garrett USA Athens Apr 06, 1896 • 36.04 Rudolf Bauer HUN Paris Jul 15, 1900 • 39.28 Ralph Rose USA St.Louis Sep 03, 1904 • 39.28 Martin Sheridan USA St.Louis Sep 03, 1904 • 40.71 Merritt Griffin USA London Jul 16, 1908 • 40.89 Martin Sheridan USA London Jul 16, 1908 • 43.91 Armas Taipale FIN Stockholm Jul 12, 1912 • 44.34 Armas Taipale FIN Stockholm Jul 12, 1912 • 45.21 Armas Taipale FIN Stockholm Jul 12, 1912 • 46.15 Clarence Houser USA Paris Jul 13, 1924 • 47.00 James Corson USA Amsterdam Aug 01, 1928 • 47.32 Clarence Houser USA Amsterdam Aug 01, 1928 • 47.87 John Anderson USA Los Angeles Aug 03, 1932 • 48.23 Henri Laborde USA Los Angeles Aug 03, 1932 • 48.86 John Anderson USA Los Angeles Aug 03, 1932 • 49.39 John Anderson USA Los Angeles Aug 03, 1932 • 49.49 John Anderson USA Los Angles Aug 03, 1932 • 50.48 Kenneth Carpenter USA Berlin Aug 05, 1936 • 51.08 Adolfo Consolini ITA London Aug 02, 1948 • 51.78 Guiseppe Tosi ITA London Aug 02, 1948 • 52.78 Adolfo Consolini ITA London Aug 02, 1948 • 53.47 Simeon Iness USA Helsinki Jul 22, 1952 • 54.60 Simeon Iness USA Helsinki Jul 22, 1952 • 55.03 Simeon Iness USA Helsinki Jul 22, 1952 • 56.36 Alfred Oerter USA Melbourne Nov 27, 1956 • 58.43 Alfred Oerter USA Rome Sep 06, 1960 • 59.18 Alfred Oerter USA Rome Sep 07, 1960 • 60.54 Alfred Oerter USA Tokyo Oct 15, 1964 • 61.00 Alfred Oerter USA Tokyo Oct 15, 1964 • 63.34 Jay Silvester USA Mexico City Oct 14, 1968 • 64.78 Alfred Oerter USA Mexico City Oct 15, 1968 • 68.28 Mac Wilkins USA Montreal Jul 24, 1976 • 68.82 Jürgen Schult GDR Seoul Oct 01, 1988 • 69.40 Lars Riedel GER Atlanta Jul 31, 1996 • 69.89 Virgilijus Alekna LTU Athens Aug 23, 2004