Men's 400 metres world record progression
Records 1912–1976
(+) 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.

Men's 400 metres world record progression

Section Title: Records 1912–1976
Table Section Text: (+) 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.

Time	Auto	Athlete	Nationality	Location of race	Date

47.8y	Maxie Long	United States	New York, USA	September 29, 1900

48.2	Charles Reidpath	United States	Stockholm, Sweden	July 13, 1912

47.4y	Ted Meredith	United States	Cambridge, USA	May 27, 1916

47.6	Eric Liddell	United Kingdom	Paris, France	July 11, 1924

47.0	Emerson Spencer	United States	Palo Alto, USA	May 12, 1928

46.4y	Ben Eastman	United States	Palo Alto, California, USA	March 26, 1932

46.2	46.28	Bill Carr	United States	Los Angeles, USA	August 5, 1932

46.1	Archie Williams	United States	Chicago, USA	June 19, 1936

46.0	Rudolf Harbig	Germany	Frankfurt am Main, Germany	August 12, 1939

Grover Klemmer	United States	Philadelphia, USA	June 6, 1941

46.0y	Herb McKenley	Jamaica	Berkeley, USA	June 5, 1948

45.9	46.00	Herb McKenley	Jamaica	Milwaukee, USA	July 2, 1948

45.8	George Rhoden	Jamaica	Eskilstuna, Sweden	August 22, 1950

45.4A	45.68	Lou Jones	United States	Mexico City, Mexico	March 18, 1955

45.2	Lou Jones	United States	Los Angeles, USA	June 30, 1956

44.9	45.07	Otis Davis	United States	Rome, Italy	September 6, 1960

45.08	Carl Kaufmann	Germany	Rome, Italy	September 6, 1960

44.9y	Adolph Plummer	United States	Tempe, USA	May 25, 1963

44.9	Mike Larrabee	United States	Los Angeles, USA	September 12, 1964

44.5+	Tommie Smith	United States	San Jose, USA	May 20, 1967

44.1A	44.19	Larry James	United States	Echo Summit, USA	September 14, 1968

43.8A	43.86	Lee Evans	United States	Mexico City, Mexico	October 18, 1968

Sentence(s)

Charles Reidpath's 48.2 performance in 1912, in Stockholm was set as a world record and Men's 400 metres world record progression also recognized the superior mark over 440 yards run by Maxie Long in 1900 as a world record.

final_sentence: Charles Reidpath's 48.2 performance in 1912, in Stockholm was set as a world record and Men's 400 metres world record progression also recognized the superior mark over 440 yards run by Maxie Long in 1900 as a world record.