Men's 400 metres world record progression

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Template:Short description The first world record in the 400 m for men (athletics) was recognized by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as World Athletics, in 1912. The IAAF ratified Charles Reidpath's 48.2 s performance set at that year's Stockholm Olympics as a world record, but it also recognized the superior mark over Script error: No such module "convert". run by Maxie Long in 1900 as a world record.

Up to and including 2021, World Athletics has ratified 24 world records in the event.[1]

The following tables show the world record progression in the men's 400 metres, as ratified by World Athletics.

Records 1912–1976

Time Auto Athlete Nationality Location of race Date
47.8y Maxie Long File:Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg United States New York, USA September 29, 1900[1]
48.2 Charles Reidpath File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Stockholm, Sweden July 13, 1912[1]
47.4y Ted Meredith File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Cambridge, USA May 27, 1916[1][2]
47.6 Eric Liddell Script error: No such module "flag". Paris, France July 11, 1924[note 1][3]Template:Rp
47.0 Emerson Spencer File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Palo Alto, USA May 12, 1928[1]
46.4y Ben Eastman File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Palo Alto, California, USA March 26, 1932[1]
46.2 46.28 Bill Carr File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Los Angeles, USA August 5, 1932[1]
46.1 Archie Williams File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Chicago, USA June 19, 1936[1]
46.0 Rudolf Harbig File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Nazi Germany Frankfurt am Main, Nazi Germany August 12, 1939[1]
Grover Klemmer File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Philadelphia, USA June 6, 1941[1][4]
46.0y Herb McKenley File:Flag of Jamaica (1906–1957).svg Jamaica Berkeley, USA June 5, 1948[1]
45.9 46.00 Herb McKenley File:Flag of Jamaica (1906–1957).svg Jamaica Milwaukee, USA July 2, 1948[1]
45.8 George Rhoden File:Flag of Jamaica (1906–1957).svg Jamaica Eskilstuna, Sweden August 22, 1950[1]
45.4A 45.68 Lou Jones File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Mexico City, Mexico March 18, 1955[1]
45.2 Lou Jones File:Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg United States Los Angeles, USA June 30, 1956[1]
44.9 45.07 Otis Davis Script error: No such module "flag". Rome, Italy September 6, 1960[1]
45.08 Carl Kaufmann Script error: No such module "flag". Germany Rome, Italy September 6, 1960[1]
44.9y Adolph Plummer Script error: No such module "flag". Tempe, USA May 25, 1963[1]
44.9 Mike Larrabee Script error: No such module "flag". Los Angeles, USA September 12, 1964[1]
44.5+ Tommie Smith Script error: No such module "flag". San Jose, USA May 20, 1967[1]
44.1A 44.19 Larry James Script error: No such module "flag". Echo Summit, USA September 14, 1968[1]
43.8A 43.86 Lee Evans Script error: No such module "flag". Mexico City, Mexico October 18, 1968[1]

(+) plus sign denotes en route time during longer race
"y" denotes time for 440 yards, ratified as a record for this event
"A" indicates that the time was set at altitude.

The "Time" column indicates the ratified mark; the "Auto" column indicates a fully automatic time that was also recorded in the event when hand-timed marks were used for official records, or which was the basis for the official mark, rounded to the 10th of a second, depending on the rules then in place.

Records post-1976

From 1975, the IAAF accepted separate automatically electronically timed records for events up to 400 metres. Starting January 1, 1977, the IAAF required fully automatic timing to the hundredth of a second for these events.[1]

Lee Evans' 1968 Olympic gold medal victory time of 43.86 was the fastest recorded result to that time.

Time Athlete Nationality Location of race Date Duration of record
43.86 Template:AthAbbr Lee Evans Script error: No such module "flag". Mexico City, Mexico October 18, 1968[1] Script error: No such module "age".
43.29 Butch Reynolds Script error: No such module "flag". Zürich, Switzerland August 17, 1988[1] Script error: No such module "age".
43.18 Michael Johnson Script error: No such module "flag". Seville, Spain August 26, 1999[1] Script error: No such module "age".
43.03 Wayde van Niekerk Script error: No such module "flag". Rio de Janeiro, Brazil August 14, 2016[5] Script error: No such module "age".

Excluding times run at high altitude (above 1,000 metres), the progression of automatic times is shown below.

Time Athlete Nationality Location of race Date Duration of record
44.95 Lee Evans Script error: No such module "flag". Winnipeg, Canada July 30, 1967 Script error: No such module "age".
44.60 John Smith Script error: No such module "flag". Cali, Colombia August 1, 1971 Script error: No such module "age".
44.26 Alberto Juantorena Script error: No such module "flag". Montreal, Canada July 29, 1976 Script error: No such module "age".
44.10 Butch Reynolds Script error: No such module "flag". Columbus, Ohio, USA May 3, 1987 Script error: No such module "age".
43.93 Butch Reynolds Script error: No such module "flag". Indianapolis, USA July 20, 1988 Script error: No such module "age".
43.29 Butch Reynolds Script error: No such module "flag". Zürich, Switzerland August 17, 1988[1] Script error: No such module "age".
43.18 Michael Johnson Script error: No such module "flag". Seville, Spain August 26, 1999[1] Script error: No such module "age".
43.03 Wayde van Niekerk Script error: No such module "flag". Rio de Janeiro, Brazil August 14, 2016[6] Script error: No such module "age".

References

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  2. ↑ "The Official Report of the Games of the 8th Olympiade" (PDF). Paris, FR. 1924. p. 107. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
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Notes

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  1. ↑ Eric Liddell's 1924 Olympic Games victory was initially ratified as a world record by the IAAF, despite being slower than Ted Meredith's mark from 1916. The IAAF rescinded the record on August 7, 1928.

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