400 metres, Men

#	Performance	Athlete(s)	NOC	Games	Date	Phase	Rank
1	56.8	Herbert Jamison	USA	Athina 1896	6 April 1896	Round One, Heat #1	1
2	54.2	Tom Burke	USA	Athina 1896	7 April 1896	Final Round	1
3	50.4	Maxey Long	USA	Paris 1900	14 July 1900	Round One, Heat #1	1
4	49.4	Maxey Long	USA	Paris 1900	15 July 1900	Final Round	1
5	49.2	Harry Hillman	USA	St. Louis 1904	29 August 1904	Final Standings	1
6	48.4	Wyndham Halswelle	GBR	London 1908	22 July 1908	Semi-Finals, Heat #2	1
7	48.2	Charles Reidpath	USA	Stockholm 1912	13 July 1912	Final Round	1
8	48.0	Josef Imbach	SUI	Paris 1924	10 July 1924	Quarter-Finals, Heat #6	1
9	47.8	Ray Fitch	USA	Paris 1924	11 July 1924	Semi-Finals, Heat #1	1
10	47.6 WR	Eric Liddell	GBR	Paris 1924	11 July 1924	Final Round	1
11	49.0	Ben Eastman	USA	Los Angeles 1932	4 August 1932	Round One, Heat #2	1
12	48.8	Bill Carr	USA	Los Angeles 1932	4 August 1932	Round One, Heat #4	1
13	48.4	Bill Carr	USA	Los Angeles 1932	4 August 1932	Quarter-Finals, Heat #1	1
14	47.2	Bill Carr	USA	Los Angeles 1932	5 August 1932	Semi-Finals, Heat #1	1
15	46.2 WR	Bill Carr	USA	Los Angeles 1932	5 August 1932	Final Round	1
16	46.2	Arthur Wint	JAM	London 1948	5 August 1948	Final Round	1
17	45.9	George Rhoden	JAM	Helsinki 1952	25 July 1952	Final Round	1
18	45.9	Herb McKenley	JAM	Helsinki 1952	25 July 1952	Final Round	2
19	45.9	Otis Davis	USA	Roma 1960	3 September 1960	Quarter-Finals, Heat #4	1
20	45.5	Otis Davis	USA	Roma 1960	5 September 1960	Semi-Finals, Heat #1	1
21	44.9 WR	Otis Davis	USA	Roma 1960	6 September 1960	Final Round	1
22	44.9 =WR	Carl Kaufmann	GER	Roma 1960	6 September 1960	Final Round	2
23	44.8	Lee Evans	USA	Ciudad de México 1968	17 October 1968	Semi-Finals, Heat #2	1
24	43.8 WR	Lee Evans	USA	Ciudad de México 1968	18 October 1968	Final Round	1
25	44.66	Vince Matthews	USA	München 1972	7 September 1972	Final Round	1
26	44.26	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	Montréal 1976	29 July 1976	Final Round	1
27	43.87	Steve Lewis	USA	Seoul 1988	28 September 1988	Final Round	1
28	43.71	Quincy Watts	USA	Barcelona 1992	3 August 1992	Semi-Finals, Heat #2	1
29	43.50	Quincy Watts	USA	Barcelona 1992	5 August 1992	Final Round	1
30	43.49	Michael Johnson	USA	Atlanta 1996	29 July 1996	Final Round	1
31	43.03 WR	Wayde van Niekerk	RSA	Rio de Janeiro 2016	14 August 2016	Final Round	1