Men's 400m. World Record Progression
TIME ATHLETE COUNTRY DATE VENUE
43.18 Michael Johnson (USA) 26 Aug 99 Seville
43.29 Harry 'Butch' Reynolds (USA) 17 Aug 88 Zurich
43.86 Lee Evans (USA) 18 Oct 68 Mexico City
44.1 Lee Evans (USA) 14 Sep 68 Echo Summit
44.1(44.19) Larry James (USA) 14 Sep 68 Echo Summit
44.4 Vince Matthews (USA) 31 Aug 68 Echo Summit
44.5 Tommie Smith (USA) 20 May 67 San Jose
44.82 Wendell Mottley (TRI) 11 Aug 66 Kingston
44.9 Michael Larrabee (USA) 1964 Los Angeles
44.9y Adolph Plummer (USA) 25 May 63 Tempe
44.9 Carl Kaufmann (FRG) 06 Sep 60 Rome
44.9 Otis Davis (USA) 06 Sep 60 Rome
45.7y Glenn Davis (USA) 14 Jun 58 Berkeley
45.8y Glenn Davis (USA) 24 May 58 Lafayette
45.2 Louis Jones (USA) 30 Jun 56 Los Angeles
45.8y Jim Jea (USA) 26 May 56 Modesto
45.4 Louis Jones (USA) 18 Mar 55 Mexico
45.8 George Rhoden (JAM) 22 Aug 50 Eskilstuna
45.9 Herb McKenley (JAM) 02 Jul 48 Milwaukee
46.0y Herb McKenley (JAM) 05 Jun 48 Berkeley, Ca.
46.2y Herb McKenley (JAM) 21 Jun 47 Salt Lake City
46.2y Herb McKenley (JAM) 01 Jun 46 Champaign
46.0 Grover Klemmer (USA) 06 Jun 41 Philadelphia
46.0 Rudolf Harbig (GER) 12 Aug 39 Frankfurt
46.1 Archibald Williams (USA) 19 Jun 36 Chicago
46.2 William Carr (USA) 05 Aug 32 Los Angeles
46.4 Ben Eastman (USA) 26 Mar 32 Palo Alto
47.4y Victor Williams (USA) 30 May 31 Philadelphia
47.4y Ben Eastman (USA) 16 May 31 Stanford
47.0 Emerson Spencer (USA) 12 May 28 Palo Alto
47.4y Herman Phillips (USA) 05 May 28 Madison
47.6 Eric Liddell (GBR) 11 Jul 24 Colombes
47.4y Binga Dismond (USA) 03 Jun 16 Evanston
47.4y Ted Meredith (USA) 27 May 16 Cambridge, Mass
48.2 Charles Reidpath (USA) 13 Jul 12 Stockholm
47.8y Maxie Long (USA) 29 Sep 00 New York
'y' = 220yards (=201.17m.)
This record was the last hand-timed one to be ratified by the IAAF.
44.5y John Smith (USA) 26 Jun 71 Eugene
The following times in brackets are those set at low altitude while
a high altitude record was standing:
44.4 Fred Newhouse (43.8) (USA) 07 Jul 72 Eugene
44.1 Wayne Collett (43.8) (USA) 09 Jul 72 Eugene
44.70 Karl Honz (43.86) (FRG) 21 Jul 72 Munich
44.66 Vince Matthews (43.86) (USA) 07 Sep 72 Munich
44.26 Alberto Juantorena(43.86) (CUB) 29 Jul 76 Montréal
44.10 Butch Reynolds (43.86) (USA) 03 May 87 Columbus
43.93 Butch Reynolds (43.86) (USA) 20 Jul 88 Indianapolis
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