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1891-1900
* - Converted from 440y (-0.3)
1891-1900
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1891
1
Harry L. Dadmun
USA
48.9
*
2
Mortimer Remington
USA
49.1
*
3
George Shattuck
USA
49.2
*
4
David Basan
GBR
49.8
*e
5
Harry D. Carr
CAN
49.9
*
5
Douglas Crossman
GBR
49.9
*
5
T.J. Stead
USA
49.9
*e
5
William Downs
USA
49.9
*
5
Joseph S. Roddy
USA
49.9
*e
5
S.G. Waldron
CAN
49.9
*
1892
1
Charlton Moneypenny
GBR
49.2
*
2
Harry Jewett
USA
49.5
*
2
Edgar Bredin
GBR
49.5
*
4
Henry Lyons
USA
49.7
*
4
William Downs
USA
49.7
*
6
George Shattuck
USA
49.9
*
7
Harry L. Dadmun
USA
50.0
e+
8
George F. Sandford
USA
50.1
e+
8
Arthur W. Charles
GBR
50.1
e
8
Cyril Dickinson
IRL
50.1
*
1893
1
Edgar Bredin
GBR
48.9
*
2
John B. Lloyd
GBR
49.5
*
3
Irving Brokaw
USA
49.7
*
4
William McPherson
AUS
49.9
*
5
Alexander Ramsbotham
GBR
50.1
*
5
Edward Allen
USA
50.1
*
7
Arthur Ovenden
GBR
50.2
*
8
Osborne G. Holmden
GBR
50.4
*e
9
I.M. Jordan
USA
50.5
*
9
Louis Sayer
USA
50.5
*
1894
1
R.L. Whitley
USA
48.7
*
2
Edgar Bredin
GBR
48.9
*
3
Sherman M. Merrill
USA
49.7
*
4
George F. Sandford
USA
49.8
e
4
A.J. Larkman
GBR
49.8
e
6
William Fitzherbert
GBR
49.9
*
7
Thomas Burke
USA
50.1
*
7
G.L. Paris
CAN
50.1
*
7
F. Bradley
GBR
50.1
*
10
A. Pond
USA
50.2
e
1895
1
Edgar Bredin
GBR
48.2
*
2
Thomas Burke
USA
48.7
*
2
Gilbert Jordan
GBR
48.7
*e
4
Philip Blignaut
RSA
48.9
*
5
William Fitzherbert
GBR
49.1
*
6
George Sands
USA
49.3
e
7
Alfred Downer
GBR
49.4
*
8
Charles H. Lewin
USA
49.5
*
9
William Richards
USA
49.7
*e
9
John D. Morrow
CAN
49.7
*
1896
1
Thomas Burke
USA
48.5
*
2
Bernard Wefers
USA
48.9
*
3
A.E. Smith
GBR
49.2
*
4
William Fitzherbert
GBR
49.3
*
4
James Meredith
IRL
49.3
*e
6
Gilbert Jordan
GBR
49.4
*
7
Charles Kilpatrick
USA
49.7
e+
8
R.W. Jones
GBR
49.9
*
8
W. Jennings
USA
49.9
*
8
Charles Kilpatrick
USA
49.9
e
1897
1
Philip Blignaut
RSA
48.7
*A
1
Thomas Burke
USA
48.7
*
1
Maxie Long
USA
48.7
*
4
Bernard Wefers
USA
48.9
*e
5
William Holland
USA
49.3
*e
5
A.J. Townsend
USA
49.3
e
7
E. Tate
GBR
49.4
e
8
Gilbert Jordan
GBR
49.5
*
8
John H. Rush
USA
49.5
*e
8
George G. Stephens
CAN
49.5
e
1898
1
Maxie Long
USA
48.5
*
2
Philip Blignaut
RSA
48.7
*A
3
Frank Jarvis
USA
49.7
*
3
William Fitzherbert
GBR
49.7
*
5
James Meredith
IRL
49.8
*e
6
Charles Davison
AUS
49.9
*e
7
F.L. Carter
GBR
50.1
*
7
W.J. Harrison
GBR
50.1
*
7
A.M. Hollins
GBR
50.1
*e
7
Alec Nelson
GBR
50.1
*
1899
1
Maxie Long
USA
49.1
*
1
Charles Davison
AUS
49.1
*
3
Thomas Burke
USA
49.5
*
4
Dixon Boardman
USA
49.6
*e
5
Norman Pritchard
IND
49.7
*
5
C.T. Teetzel
USA
49.7
*
7
Arthur W. Charles
GBR
49.9
*
7
T.R. Fisher
USA
49.9
e
9
A.M. Hollins
GBR
50.1
*
10
F.C. Luce
USA
50.4
e
1900
1
Maxie Long
USA
47.5
*
2
William Moloney
USA
48.9
*
2
S.P. Wadson
GBR
48.9
*e
4
Beauchamp Day
IRL
49.1
*
5
Dixon Boardman
USA
49.3
*
6
John Cregan
USA
49.5
*
7
Harry Lee
USA
49.6
*e
8
D.J. Brennan
USA
49.7
*
9
William Holland
USA
49.9
10
W.G. Clerk
USA
50.0
*e