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20-Kilometer Walk - Track

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
1:20:58:6Domingo Colin, MEX26 May 1979Fana
1:20:06:8Daniel Bautista, MEX17.10.1979Montreal
1:19:22:5Aleksey Pershin, RUS07 May 1988Fana
1:19:18:2Ronald Weigel, GER26 May 1990Fana
1:18:35:2Stefan Johansson, SWE15 May 1992Fana
1:17:25:8Bernardo Segura, MEX07 May 1994Fana

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20-Kilometer Walk - Road

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
1:18:49Daniel Bautista, MEXEschborn29 Sep 1979
1:18:20Andrey Perlov, RUSMoscow26 May 1990
1:18:04Bo Lingtang, CHNBeijing 07 Apr 1994
1:17:46Julio Martinez, GUAEisenhüttenstadt08 May 1999

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50-Kilometer Walk - Track

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
3:41:38:4Raul Gonzalez, MEXFana 25 May 1979
3:41:28:2René Piller, FRAFana07 May 1994
3:40:57:9Thierry Toutain, FRAHéricourt29 Sep 1996

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50-Kilometer Walk - Road

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
3:45:52:0Raul Gonzalez, MEXMixhuca23 Apr 1978
3:41:20:2Raul Gonzalez, MEXPodebrady11 Jun 1978
3:40:46José Marin, SPAValencia 13 May 1983
3:38:31Ronald Weigel, GERBerlin20 Jul 1984
3:38:17Ronald Weigel, GERPotsdam 25 May 1986
3:37:41Andrey Perlov, RUSLeningrad05 Aug 1989
3:37:26Valeriy Spitsyn, RUSMoscow21 May 2000
3:36:39Robert Korzeniowski POLMunich08 Aug 2002

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110-Meter Hurdles - Hand Timed

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
15.0Forrest Smithson, USALondon25 Jul 1908
14.8Earl Thompson, CANAntwerpen18 Aug 1920
 Sten Pettersson, SWEStockholm18 Aug 1927
14.6George Weightman-Smith, RSAAmsterdam31 Jul 1928
14.4Erik Wennström, SWEStockholm25 Aug 1929
 Bengt Sjöstedt, FINHelsinki5 Sep 1931
 Percy Beard, USACambridge23 Jun 1932
 Jack Keller, USAPalo Alto16 Jul 1932
 George Saling, USALos Angeles2 Aug 1932
 John Morris, USABudapest12 Aug 1933
 John Morris, USATurin8 Sep 1933
14.3Percy Beard, USAStockholm26 Jul 1934
14.2Percy Beard, USAOslo6 Aug 1924
 Alvin Moreau, USAOslo2 Aug 1935
14.1Forrest Towns, USAChicago19 Jun 1936
 Forrest Towns, USABerlin6 Aug 1936
13.7Forrest Towns, USAOslo27 Aug 1936
 Fred Wolcott, USAPhiladelphia29 Jun 1941
13.6Richard Attlesey, USACollege Park24 Jun 1950
13.5Richard Attlesey, USAHelsinki10 Jul 1950
13.4Jack Davis, USABakersfield22 Jun 1956
13.2Martin Lauer, GERZurich7 Jul 1959
 Lee Calhoun, USABern21 Aug 1960
 Earl McCullouch, USAMinneapolis16 Jul 1967
 Willie Davenport, USAZurich4 Jul 1969
 Rod Milburn, USAMunich7 Sep 1972
13.1Milburn, USAZurich6 Jul 1973
 Milburn, USASiena22 Jul 1973
 Guy Drut, FRASt.Mour23 Jul 1975
13.0Guy Drut, FRABerlin22 Aug 1975

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110-Meter Hurdles - Electronically Timed

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
13.24Rod Milburn, USAMunich7 Sep 1972
13.21Alejandro Casanas, CUBSofia21 Aug 1977
13.16Renaldo Nehemiah, USASan José14 Apr 1979
13.00Nehemiah, USAWestwood6 May 1979
12.93Nehemiah, USAZurich19 Aug 1981
12.92Roger Kingdom, USAZurich16 Aug 1989
12.91Colin Jackson, GBRStuttgart20 Aug 1993

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400-Meter Hurdles - Hand Timed

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
55.0Charles Bacon, USALondon22 Jul 1908
54.2John Norton, USAPasadena26 Jun 1920
54.0Frank Loomis, USAAntwerpen16 Aug 1920
53.8Sten Pettersson, SWEParis4 Oct 1925
52.6John Gibson, USALincoln, NE2 Jul 1927
52.0Morgan Taylor, USAPhiladelphia4 Jul 1928
 Glenn Hardin, USALos Angeles1 Aug 1932
51.8Hardin, USAMilwaukee30 Jun 1934
50.6Hardin, USAStockholm26 Jul 1934
50.4Juri Litujev, SOVBudapest20 Sep 1953
49.5Glenn Davis, USALos Angeles29 Jun 1956
49.2Davis, USABudapest6 Aug 1958
 Salvatore Morale, ITABelgrad14 Sep 1962
49.1Warren Cawley, USALos Angeles13 Sep 1964
48.8Geoffrey Vanderstock, USASouth Lake Tahoe11 Sep 1968
48.1David Hemery, GBRMexico City15 Oct 1968
47.8John Akii-Bua, UGAMunich2 Sep 1972

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400-Meter Hurdles - Electronically Timed

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
47.82John Akii-Bua, UGAMunich2 Sep 1972
47.64Edwin Moses, USAMontreal25 Jul 1976
47.45Moses, USAWestwood11 Jun 1977
47.13Moses, USAMilan3 Jul 1980
47.02Moses, USAKoblenz31 Aug 1983
46.78Kevin Young, USABarcelona6 Aug 1993

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3,000-Meter Steeplechase

RecAthlete, CountrySiteDate
8:49.6Sándor Rozsnyói, HUNBern28 Aug 1954
8:47.8Pentti Karvonen, FINHelsinki1 Jul 1955
8:45.4Karvonen, FINOslo15 Jul 1955
 Vasili Vlasenko, SOVMoscow18 Aug 1955
8:41.2Jerzy Chromik, POLBrno31 Aug 1955
8:40.2Jerzy Chromik, POLBudapest11 Sep 1955
8:39.8Semjon Rzhistshin, SOVMoscow14 Aug 1956
8:35.6Sándor Rozsnyói, HUNBudapest16 Sep 1956
 Semjon Rzhistshin, SOVTallinna21 Jul 1958
8:32.0Jerzy Chromik, POLWarsaw2 Aug 1958
8:31.4Zdzislaw Krzyszkowizk, POLTula26 Jun 1960
8:31.2Grigori Taran, SOVKiev28 May 1961
8:30.4Zdzislaw Krzyszkowizk, POLWalcz10 Aug 1961
8:29.6Gaston Roelants, BELLeuven7 Sep 1963
8:26.4Gaston Roelants, BELBrussels7 Aug 1965
8:24.2Jouko Kuha, FINStockholm17 Jul 1968
8:22.2Vladimir Dudin, SOVKiev19 Aug 1970
8:22.0Kerry O'Brien, AUSBerlin04 Jul 1970
8:20.8Anders Gärderud, SWEHelsinki14 Sep 1972
8:19.8Benjamin Jipcho, KENHelsinki19 May 1973
8:14.0Benjamin Jipcho, KENHelsinki27 Jun 1973
8:10.4Anders Gärderud, SWEOslo25 Jun 1975
8:09.8Anders Gärderud, SWEStockholm01 Jul 1975
8:08.0Anders Gärderud, SWEMontreal28 Jul 1976
8:05.4Henry Rono, KENSeattle13 May 1978
8:05.35Peter Koech, KENStockholm03 Jul 1989
8:02.08Moses Kiptanui, KENZurich19 Aug 1992
7:59.18Moses Kiptanui, KENZurich16 Aug 1995
7:59.08Wilson Kipketer, KENZurich13 Aug 1997
7:55.72Bernard Barmasai, KENBrussels24 Aug 1997
7:55.28Brahim Boulami, MORBrussels24 Aug 2001

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4 x 100-Meter Relay - Hand Timed

RecTeamSiteDate
42.3GermanyStockholm8 Jul 1912
 Otto Rähr, Max Hermann, Edwin Kern, Richard Rau
42.2United StatesAntwerpen22 Aug 1920
 Jackson Scholz, Loren Murchison, Morris Kirksey, Charles Paddock
42.0Great BritainParis12 Jul 1924
  Harold Abrahams, Walter Rangeley, Lancelot Royle, William Nichol
  HollandParis12 Jul 1924
  Jan Boot, Henk Broos, Jan c.de Vries, Martinus Van den Berghe
41.0United StatesParis13 Jul 1924
  Frank Hussey, Louis Clarke, Loren Murchison, Alfred Leconey
  Newark A.C., USALincoln, NE4 Jul 1927
  Chester Bowman, John Currie, James Pappas, Henry Cummings
  Sport Club Eintracht, GERHalle10 Jun 1928
  Ernst Geerling, Friedrich Wichmann, Adolf Metzner, Hans Salz
  United StatesAmsterdam5 Aug 1928
  Frank Wykoff, James Quinn, Charles Borah, Henry Russell
40.8GermanyBerlin2 Sep 1928
  Arthut Jonath, Richard Corts, Hubert Houden, Helmut Körnig
  Sport Club Charlottenburg, GERBreslau22 Jul 1929
  Helmut Körnig, Wilhelm Grosser, Alex Natan, Hermann Schlöske
  University of South California, USAFresno9 May 1931
  R.Delby, Milton Maurer, Maurice Guyer, Frank Wykoff
40.6GermanyKassel14 Jun 1932
  Helmut Körnig, Georg Lammers, Erich Borchmeyer, Arthur Jonath
40.0United StatesLos Angeles7 Aug 1932
  Robert Keisel, Emmett Toppino, Hector Dyer, Frank Wykoff
39.8United StatesBerlin9 Aug 1936
  Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper, Frank Wykoff
39.5United StatesMelbourne1.12.1956
  Ira Murchison, Leamon King, Thane Baker, Bobby Joe Morrow
  GermanyCologne29 Aug 1958
  Manfred Steinbach, Martin Lauer, Heinz Fütterer, Manfred Germar
  GermanyRome7 Sep 1960
  Bernd Cullman, Armin Hary, Walter Mahlendorf, Martin Lauer
39.1United StatesMoscow15 Jul 1961
  Hayes Jones, Frank Budd, Charles Frazier, Paul Drayton
39.0United StatesTokyo21.10.1964
  Paul Drayton, Gerry Ashworth, Dick Stebbins, Robert Hayes
38.6University of South California, USAProvo17 Jun 1967
  Earl McCulloch, Fred Kuller, O.J.Simpson, Lennox Miller
  JamaicaMexico City19.10.1968
  Errol Stewart, Mike Fray, Clifton Forbes, Lennox Miller
38.3JamaicaMexico City19.10.1968
  Errol Stewart, Mike Fray, Clifton Forbes, Lennox Miller
38.2United StatesMexico City20.10.1968
  Charles Greene, Melvin Pender, Ronnie Ray Smith, James Hines
  United StatesMunich10 Sep 1972
  Larry Black, Robert Taylor, Gerald Tinker, Eddie Hart

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4 x 100-Meter Relay - Electronically Timed

38.19United StatesMunich10 Sep 1972
  Larry Black, Robert Taylor, Gerald Tinker, Eddie Hart
38.03United StatesDüsseldorf3 Sep 1977
  Bill Collins, Steve Riddick, Cliff Wiley, Steve Williams
37.86United StatesHelsinki10 Aug 1983
  Emmit King, Willie Gault, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis
37.83United StatesLos Angeles10 Aug 1984
  Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis
37.79FranceSplit1 Sep 1990
  Max Morierne, Daniel Sangouma, Jean-Charles Trouabal, Bruno Marie-Rose
  United States, Santa Monica Track ClubMonte Carlo3 Aug 1991
  Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Floyd Heard, Carl Lewis
37.67United StatesZurich7 Aug 1991
  Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis
37.50United StatesTokyo1 Sep 1991
  Andre Cason, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis
37.40United StatesBarcelona8 Aug 1992
  Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis
  United StatesStuttgart21 Aug 1993
  John Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell

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4 x 400-Meter Relay

3:18.2United StatesCeltic Park, USA4 Sep 1911
  Harry Schaaf, Melvin Sheppard, Harry Gissing, James Rosenberger
3:16.6United StatesStockholm15 Jul 1912
  Melvin Sheppard, Charles Reidpath, Ted Meredith, Edward Lindberg
3:16.0United StatesParis13 Jul 1924
  Commodore Cochrane, Alan Helffrich, Oliver McDonald, Bill
  Stevenson
3:14.2United StatesAmsterdam5 Aug 1928
  George Baird, Emerson Spencer, Fred Alderman, Raymond Barbuti
3:13.4United StatesLondon11 Aug 1928
  George Baird, Morgan Taylor, Raymond Barbuti, Emerson Spencer
3:12.6Stanford University, USAFresno8 May 1931
  Maynor Shore, Alvin Hables, Leslie Hables, Benjamin Eastman
3:08.2United StatesLos Angeles7 Aug 1932
  Ivan Fuqua, Edgar Ablowich, Karl Warner, Bill Carr
3:03.9JamaicaHelsinki27 Jul 1952
  Arthur Wint, Leslie Laing, Herber McKenley, George Rhoden
3:02.2United StatesRome8 Sep 1960
  Jack Yerman, Earl Young, Glenn Davis, Otis Davis
3:00.7United StatesTokyo21.10.1964
  Ollan Cassell, Michael Larrabee, Ulis Williams, Henry Carr
2:59.6United StatesLos Angeles24 Jul 1966
  Bob Frey, Lee Evans, Tommie Smith, Theron Lewis
2:56.16United StatesMexico City20.10.1968
  Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans
  United StatesSeoul1.10.1988
  Danny Everett, Stewe Lewis, Larry Robinzine, Harry Reynolds
2:55.74United StatesBarcelona8 Aug 1992
  Andre Valmon, Michael Johnson, Quincy Watts, Stewe Lewis
2:54.29United StatesStuttgart22 Aug 1993
  Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson
2:54.20United StatesNew York22 Jul 1998
  Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Tyree Washington, Michael Johnson

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