Automatic
timing
1'
41" 11. Wilson Kipketer, DEN, 24 Jul 97, Köln
1'
41" 24. Wilson Kipketer, DEN, 13 Aug 97, Zürich
1'
41"73 Wilson Kipketer, DEN, 07 Jul 97 Stockholm
1'
41" 73. Sebastian Coe, GBR, 10 Jun 81, Florence
1'
42" 33. Sebastian Coe, GBR, 05 Jul 79, Oslo
1'
43" 44. Alberto Juantorena, CUB, 21 Aug 77, Sofia.
1'
43" 50. Alberto Juantorena, CUB 16 Jul 76, Montreal.
Hand
timing
1'
44" 1y Rick Wohlhuter, USA, 08 Jun 74, Eugene
1'
43" 7 Marcello Fiasconaro, ITA, 27 Jun 73, Milano
1'
44" 6y Rick Wohlhuter, USA, 27 May 73, Los Angeles
1'
44" 3 David Wottle, USA, 01 Jul 72, Eugene
1'
44" 3 Ralph Doubell, AUS, 15 Oct 68, Mexico City
1'
44" 3 Peter Snell, NZL, 02 Feb 62, Christchurch
1'
45" 7 Roger Moens, BEL, 03 Aug 55, Oslo
1'
46" 6 Rudolf Harbig, GER, 15 Jun 39, Milano
1'
48" 4 Sydney Wooderson, GBR, 20 Aug 38, Motspur Park
1'
49" 6 Elroy Robinson, USA, 11 Jul 37, New York
1'
49" 7 Glenn Cunningham, USA 20 Aug, 36, Stockholm
1'
49" 8 Benjamin Eastman, USA, 16 Jun 34, Princeton
1'
49" 8 Thomas Hampson, GBR, 02 Aug 32, Los Angeles
1'
50" 6 Sera Martin, FRA, 14 Jul 28, Paris
1'
51" 6y Otto Peltzer, GER, 03 Jul 26, London
1'
51" 9 Ted Meredith, USA, 08 Jul 12, Stockholm
B. PERFORMANCES STATISTICALLY VALID, BUT UNRATIFIED FOR VARIOUS REASONS
Hand
timing
1'
51" 4 Lloyd Hahn, USA, 07 Jul 28, Cambridge, Mass
1'
50" 0 Benjamin Eastman, 04 Jun 32, San Francisco
1'
44" 3y Jim Ryun, USA, 06 Oct 66, Terre Haute
y denotes 880 yards (= 804.68 m)
C. UNOFFICIAL PROGRESSION BEFORE IAAF
2.06.0y
A. Wood, GBR, 1830
2.05.0y
J. Blackwood, GBR, 25 Apr 1857, Addiscombe
2.04.0y
Wiliam Way, GBR, 25 Nin 1859, Oxford
2.03.0y
Charlie Grey, IRL, 27 Jun 1861, Dublin
2.03.0y
Percy Thornton, GBR, 16 Dec 1865, London
2.02.5y
Percy Thornton, GBR, 16 Dec 1865, London
2.02.4y
Francis Pelham, GBR, 23 Mar 1867, Cambridge
2.01.0y
Kinross Gair, GBR, 26 Jun 1867, Edinburgh
2.01.0y
George Templer, USA, 27 Mar 1872, London
2.01.0y
Thomas Christie, USA, 27 Mar 1872, London
1.59.8y
Arthur Pelham, GBR, 26 Mar 1873, Cambridge
1.59.5y
Walter Slade, GBR, 05 Jun 1876, Dublin
1.58.8y
Walter Slade, GBR, 06 Jun 1876, Dublin
1.58.2y
Walter Slade, GBR, 10 Jun 1876, Belfast
1.57.5y
Fred Elborough, GBR, 07 Oct 1876, London
1.56.2y
Lawrence Myers, USA, 17 Jul 1880, New York
1.55.8y
Lawrence Myers, USA, 02 Jul 1881, London
1.55.6y
Lawrence Myers, USA, 08 Oct 1881, New York
1.55.6y
Lawrence Myers, USA, 16 Sep 1882, New York
1.55.4y
Lawrence Myers, USA, 07 Jul 1884, Birmingham
1.55.4y
Lawrence Myers, USA, 03 Oct 1885, New York
1.54.6y
Francis Cross, GBR, 09 Mar 1888, Oxford
1.54.5y
Walter Dohm, USA, 19 Sep 1891, New York
1.53.4y
Charles Kilpatrick, USA, 21 Sep 1895, New York
1.52.8
Melvin Sheppard, USA, 21 Jul 1908, London
1.52.1y
Emilio Lunghi, ITA, 15 Sep 1909, Montreal