Men's 400m. Hurdles. World Record Progression TIME ATHLETE COUNTRY DATE VENUE
46.78 Kevin Young (USA) 06 Aug 1992 Barcelona
47.02 Edwin Moses (USA) 31 Aug 1983 Koblenz
47.13 Edwin Moses (USA) 03 Jul 1980 Milan
47.45 Edwin Moses (USA) 11 Jun 1977 Westwood
47.64 Edwin Moses (USA) 25 Jul 1976 Montreal
47.82 John Akii-Bua (UGA) 02 Sep 1972 Munich
48.12 David Hemery (GBR) 15 Oct 1968 Mexico City
48.6+ Geoffrey Vanderstock (USA) 11 Sep 1968 Echo Summit
49.1+ Warren Cawley (USA) 13 Sep 1964 Los Angeles
49.2+ Salvatore Morale (ITA) 14 Sep 1962 Belgrade
49.2+ Glenn Davis (USA) 06 Aug 1958 Budapest
49.5+ Glenn Davis (USA) 29 Jun 1956 Los Angeles
50.4+ Yuriy Lituyev (URS) 20 Sep 1953 Budapest
50.6+ Glenn Hardin (USA) 26 Jul 1934 Stockholm
51.8+ Glenn Hardin (USA) 30 Jun 1934 Milwaukee
52.0+ Glenn Hardin (USA) 01 Aug 1932 Los Angeles
52.0+ Morgan Taylor (USA) 04 Jul 1928 Philadelphia
52.6+ John Gibson (USA) 02 Jul 1927 Lincoln
53.8+ Sten Pettersson (SWE) 04 Oct 1925 Paris
54.2+ John Norton (USA) 26 Jun 1920 Pasadena
54.0+ Frank Loomin (USA) 16 Aug 1920 Antwerp
55.0+ Charles Bacon (USA) 22 Jul 1908 London
This was the last hand-timed record to be ratified by the IAAF:
48.7y Jim Bolding (USA) 24 Jul 1974 Torino
The following times in brackets were set at low altitude while a high
altitude record was standing:
48.4 Ralph Mann (48.1) (USA) 02 Jul 1972 Eugene
48.6 Jean-Claude Nallet (48.1) (FRA) 08 Jul 1970 Colombes
49.1 Vyacheslav Skomorokhov (48.1) (URS) 19 Aug 1969 Kiev
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