Lista Anno
Rnk Perf Mark Wind Name Nat Born Pos Meet Venue Date Ht/Wt Record Event
1 1 44.27A
Alberto Juantorena CUB 3Dec1950 1 CAC G Medellín 16Jul1978 190/84
400
2 2 44.73
Willie Smith USA 28Feb1956 1
Tuscaloosa AL 15Apr1978 173/73 PB 400

3 44.94
Willie Smith

1
Stuttgart 22Aug1978

400
3 4 45.03
William "Billy" Mullins USA 1Feb1958 1
Westwood CA 29Apr1978 186/84
400
4 5 45.06
Harald Schmid FRG 29Sep1957 2
Stuttgart 22Aug1978 187/82
400

6 45.11
William "Billy" Mullins

1 Pepsi Westwood CA 7May1978

400
5 7 45.12
Darrol Gatson USA 29Jan1956 2
Tuscaloosa AL 15Apr1978 180/75 PB 400
6 8 45.15
Maxie Parks USA 9Jul1951 1 AAU Westwood CA 10Jun1978 185/77
400

9 45.17
Alberto Juantorena

1 GS Ostrava 7Jun1978

400

10 45.19
William "Billy" Mullins

1
Kingston JAM 12May1978

400
7 11 45.21
Adrian Rodgers USA 19Feb1952 1sf2 AAU Westwood CA 9Jun1978 189/82 PB 400
8 12 45.22
Maurice Peoples USA 17Dec1950 2 AAU Westwood CA 10Jun1978 187/80
400
9 13 45.23
Hassan El Kashief SUD 26Mar1956 1 AfG Al Jazair 22Jul1978 175/68
400

14 45.25
Willie Smith

1
Knoxville TN 13May1978

400

15 45.25
Alberto Juantorena

1 Bar Santiago de Cuba 20May1978

400

16 45.27
Willie Smith

1sf2 NCAA Eugene OR 2Jun1978

400

17 45.29
Alberto Juantorena

1r1 Nik Nice 20Aug1978

400

18 45.30
Adrian Rodgers

2 Pepsi Westwood CA 7May1978

400

19 45.30
Alberto Juantorena

1r1 VD Bruxelles 18Aug1978

400

20 45.33
William "Billy" Mullins

1 NCAA Eugene OR 3Jun1978

400

21 45.33
Willie Smith

2 NCAA Eugene OR 3Jun1978

400
10 22 45.37
Stan Vinson USA 5Mar1952 2
Kingston JAM 12May1978 188/68
400

23 45.39
Adrian Rodgers

1r1 Athletissima Lausanne 13Jul1978

400

24 45.41
Adrian Rodgers

3 AAU Westwood CA 10Jun1978

400
11 25 45.41A
Joseph Coombs TRI 15Jun1952 2 CAC G Medellín 16Jul1978 185/80
400

26 45.43
Willie Smith

1
Auburn AL 22Apr1978

400
12 27 45.43
Robert Taylor USA 29Apr1953 4 AAU Westwood CA 10Jun1978 186/69
400

28 45.44
Stan Vinson

2sf2 AAU Westwood CA 9Jun1978

400
13 29 45.45
Franz-Peter Hofmeister FRG 5Aug1951 1 NC Köln 12Aug1978 185/71
400

30 45.45
Willie Smith

2r1 Nik Nice 20Aug1978

400

31 45.47
Willie Smith

1r1 ASV Köln 22Jun1978

400

32 45.47A
Stan Vinson

1 USOC SF Colorado Springs CO 28Jul1978

400

33 45.48
Willie Smith

2r1 Athletissima Lausanne 13Jul1978

400
14 34 45.49
Glendon Cohen GBR 22Apr1954 1 IC4A Philadelphia PA 21May1978 185/76 PB 400

35 45.51
William "Billy" Mullins

1
Tempe AZ 18Mar1978

400

36 45.54
Robert Taylor

3sf2 AAU Westwood CA 9Jun1978

400
15 37 45.56
Walter McCoy USA 15Nov1958 1
Tallahassee FL 13May1978 175/68
400

38 45.56
Hassan El Kashief

2r1 ASV Köln 22Jun1978

400

39 45.56
Willie Smith

1r1
Düsseldorf 6Jul1978

400
16 40 45.59
Alfons Brijdenbach BEL 12Oct1954 1 NC Bruxelles 5Aug1978 185/77
400
17 41 45.60
Bernd Herrmann FRG 22Nov1951 2 NC Köln 12Aug1978 191/79
400

42 45.62
Adrian Rodgers

3
Kingston JAM 12May1978

400

43 45.62
Adrian Rodgers

1 NCAA Eugene OR 31May1978

400

44 45.63
Maxie Parks

4sf2 AAU Westwood CA 9Jun1978

400

45 45.63
Willie Smith

1r1
Milano 1Jul1978

400

46 45.63
Willie Smith

1r2 Mich Warszawa 13Aug1978

400
18 47 45.63
Herman Frazier USA 29Oct1954 1r1 WK Zürich 16Aug1978 186/69
400
19 48 45.5m
Evis Jennings USA 11Jul1955 1
Tallahassee FL 1Apr1978 188/80
400

49 45.5m
Harald Schmid

1
Heilbronn 3Jun1978

400

50 45.64
Willie Smith

1 DNG Stockholm 4Jul1978

400

51 45.64
Alberto Juantorena

1
London (CP) 23Aug1978

400
20 52 45.65
Donn Thompson USA 30Dec1957 3 Pepsi Westwood CA 7May1978 183/77 PB 400

53 45.65
Maurice Peoples

1h4 AAU Westwood CA 8Jun1978

400

54 45.65
Stan Vinson

5 AAU Westwood CA 10Jun1978

400
21 55 45.65
Ndubuisi Dele Udo NGR 24May1957 2 AfG Al Jazair 22Jul1978 187/78
400
22 56 45.65
Cyril Etori UGA 28Jun1953 3 AfG Al Jazair 22Jul1978
PB 400

57 45.66
Alberto Juantorena

1r1 Kusocinski Mem. Warszawa 19Jun1978

400

58 45.70
Joseph Coombs

1 FlaR Gainesville FL 25Mar1978

400

59 45.70
William "Billy" Mullins

1sf1 NCAA Eugene OR 2Jun1978

400
23 60 45.71
Leslie Kerr USA 17Sep1958 1
Austin TX 13May1978 178/69
400

61 45.71
Herman Frazier

3
Stuttgart 22Aug1978

400

62 45.72
Walter McCoy

1 Drake R Des Moines IA 29Apr1978

400

63 45.73
Stan Vinson

1
Knoxville TN 20May1978

400

64 45.73
Harald Schmid

2r1
Düsseldorf 6Jul1978

400

65 45.73
Franz-Peter Hofmeister

1 EC Praha 1Sep1978

400
24
45.6m
Richard Mitchell AUS 24Mar1955 1
Melbourne 18Feb1978 183/70
400
25
45.75
Hamil Grimes BAR 15Oct1956 1
Macomb IL 27May1978 175/69
400
26
45.77
James Sanford USA 27Dec1957 2
Westwood CA 29Apr1978 178/75 PB 400
27
45.77
Karel Kolár CZE 16Dec1955 2 EC Praha 1Sep1978 182/73 PB 400
28
45.78
Martin Weppler FRG 21Feb1958 1
Ulm 10Sep1978 186/76
400
29
45.79
Ron Williams USA 10Apr1958 1
Bakersfield CA 27May1978 188/78
400
30
45.81
Tim Dale USA 19Aug1957 2 IC4A Philadelphia PA 21May1978 191/84
400
31
45.7m
John Higham AUS 25Oct1951 2
Melbourne 18Feb1978 187/65 PB 400
32
45.84A
Fred Taylor USA 5Nov1957 2 USOC SF Colorado Springs CO 28Jul1978 183/69
400
33
45.87
Hubert Beasley USA 13Nov1956 1
Fresno CA 13May1978 193/82 PB 400
34
45.91
Frank Richter GDR 29Mar1956 1 NC Leipzig 2Jul1978 180/70 PB 400
35
45.97
David Jenkins GBR 25May1952 3
London (CP) 23Aug1978 190/83
400
36
45.97
Francis Demarthon FRA 8Aug1951 3 EC Praha 1Sep1978 184/78
400
37
45.98
Frank Schaffer GDR 23Oct1958 1
Potsdam 19Aug1978 188/80
400
38
45.99
Marlin Rochee USA 1Apr1955 2
Fresno CA 13May1978
PB 400
39
45.99
Washington Njiri KEN 2Mar1952 1sf2 AfG Al Jazair 21Jul1978 172/59 PB 400
40
46.00
Jürgen Pfennig GDR 29Sep1952 1
Erfurt 28May1978 187/82 PB 400
41
46.00
Jerzy Pietrzyk POL 17Apr1955 1 ITA-POL-ESP Venezia 5Aug1978 190/76
400
42
46.03
Elden Walker USA 1958 2sf1 AAU Westwood CA 9Jun1978
PB 400
43
46.03
Larry Goldston USA 21Mar1959 1
Bloomington IN 25Jun1978 183/82
400
44
45.9m
Dennis Ducksworth USA 7Jun1956 1h2
Baton Rouge LA 12May1978
PB 400
45
46.04
Horia Toboc ROM 7Feb1955 1 Balkan C Thessaloníki 13Aug1978 184/71
400
46
46.06
Jerome Morgan USA 15Oct1956 2
Knoxville TN 20May1978 186/80 PB 400
47
46.06
Glenn Bogue CAN 30Aug1955 1qf3 BCG Edmonton 6Aug1978 173/67 PB 400
48
46.07
Günter Arnold GDR 13Mar1951 3 NC Leipzig 2Jul1978 180/74
400
49
46.11A
Seymour Newman JAM 17May1953 3 CAC G Medellín 16Jul1978 188/73
400
50
46.12
Eddy De Leeuw BEL 16Jun1956 3r1 VD Bruxelles 18Aug1978 190/73
400
51
46.13
Lothar Krieg FRG 10Dec1955 4
Stuttgart 22Aug1978 180/73
400
52
46.0m
James Grace USA 27Jun1957 2
Knoxville TN 15Apr1978 188/81 PB 400
53
46.14A
Clyde Edwards BAR 17Jan1958 4 CAC G Medellín 16Jul1978 190/79 PB 400
54
46.15
Viktor Burakov URS 30Mar1955 1
Podolsk 19Aug1978 183/73
400
55
46.17
Tommy Hughes USA 14Apr1958 2
Bloomington IN 26May1978
PB 400
56
46.18
Ryszard Podlas POL 29Jul1954 1 NC Warszawa 10Jul1978 171/64
400
57
46.20
Tony Darden USA 2Sep1957 2
Tempe AZ 18Mar1978 180/72
400
58
46.20
Koen Gijsbers NED 22Aug1958 1
Sittard 17Jun1978 189/77
400
59
46.22
Olurotimi Peters NGR 18Dec1954 1
Evanston IL 20May1978 181/72
400
60
46.23
Terry Whitehead GBR 10Jan1957 5 EC Praha 1Sep1978 185/73
400
61
46.1m
Jeff Walker USA 16Sep1957 1
Louisville KY 8Apr1978

400
62
46.1m
Bart Williams USA 20Sep1956 1
Bakersfield CA 13May1978 178/70 PB 400
63
46.1m
Abbas Al-Aibi IRQ 1952

Baghdad 28Oct1978
NR 400
64
46.25
James Walker USA 25Oct1957 1
Auburn AL 8Apr1978 178/69
400
65
46.27
Gerald Burl USA 21Feb1956 1
Tempe AZ 25Mar1978 186/68
400
66
46.27
Sergey Lovachev URS 18May1959 1 Znam Vilnius 21Jul1978 178/69
400
67
46.27
Richard Ashton GBR 9Dec1955 1qf2 BCG Edmonton 6Aug1978 184/76
400
68
46.28
Anthony Blair USA 9Sep1957 5
Knoxville TN 13May1978 178/75
400
69
46.30
Brian Saunders CAN 9Jul1952 1 NC Montréal 9Jul1978 183/68
400
70
46.31
Greg Hill USA 11Mar1957 2
Baton Rouge LA 1Apr1978 173/68
400
71
46.31
Mark Enyeart USA 9Oct1953 1
Walnut CA 28May1978 183/73
400
72
46.31
Reinhard Kokot GDR 22Apr1953 4 NC Leipzig 2Jul1978 186/82
400
73
46.2m
Silvio Leonard CUB 20Sep1955 1
La Habana 15Mar1978 173/64
400
74
46.2mA
Mark Robinson USA 16Apr1954 1
Salt Lake City 22Apr1978 180/68
400
75
46.34
Ray Mahoney JAM
1
Norman OK 20May1978

400
76
46.34A
Bill Green USA 10May1961 1
Ciudad de México 23Jun1978 178/73
400
77
46.34
Vyacheslav Dotsenko URS 1958 1 NC Tbilisi 17Sep1978

400
78
46.35
Vladimir Yevstyunin URS 30Oct1955 1 vsGDR,POL Vilnius 24Jun1978 188/78
400
79
46.36
Donald Miller USA
2
Macomb IL 27May1978

400
80
46.36
James King USA 9May1949 1
Frankfurt 5Sep1978 180/74
400
81
46.37
Miroslav Tulis CZE 23Jan1951 5sf2 EC Praha 31Aug1978 185/72
400
82
46.38
Manfred Konow GDR 22Feb1958 5 NC Leipzig 2Jul1978 186/80
400
83
46.39
Danny Laing GBR 1Apr1949 2 8Nat Tokyo 25Sep1978 176/73
400
84
46.40
Joel Ngetich KEN 2Jun1955 5 AfG Al Jazair 22Jul1978 185/75
400
85
46.42
Clifton McKenzie USA 20Feb1955 4
Tempe AZ 18Mar1978

400
86
46.42A
Jon Austin USA 24Feb1956 1
Pocatello ID 20May1978

400
87
46.43
Frank Nagler GDR 6Oct1958 6 NC Leipzig 2Jul1978 186/80
400
88
46.43
Joachim Rabstein FRG 10Apr1956 5 NC Köln 12Aug1978 180/69
400
89
46.3m
James Taylor USA 20Jan1956 1
Baton Rouge LA 22Apr1978

400
90
46.3m
Anthony Tufariello USA 13Jan1959 1
Philadelphia PA 12May1978 175/67
400
91
46.3m
Gerald Peete USA
2
Bakersfield CA 13May1978

400
92
46.3m
Jesse Johnson USA 4Oct1955 2
Baton Rouge LA 13May1978 178/66
400
93
46.3mA
Ornélien Gombault FRA 1Nov1955 1
Font-Romeu 13Aug1978 183/77
400
94
46.46
Charles Oliver USA 28Oct1954 4h4 AAU Westwood CA 8Jun1978 190/75
400
95
46.47
Keith Brown USA 31Aug1958 4 IC4A Philadelphia PA 21May1978 173/70
400
96
46.47
Silver Ayoo UGA 26Nov1949 6 AfG Al Jazair 22Jul1978 188/72
400
97
46.50
Joseph Bandu GHA 1954 7 AfG Al Jazair 22Jul1978

400
98
46.51 i Pietro Mennea ITA 28Jun1952 1 EC-i Milano 12Mar1978 178/68
400
99
46.51
Cezary Lapinski POL 15Jun1953 3 Kusocinski Mem. Warszawa 19Jun1978 181/72
400
100
46.51
Rolf Gisler SUI 3Oct1953 5r1 WK Zürich 16Aug1978 176/67
400
101
46.51
Urs Kamber SUI 16Jan1956 1
Zürich 23Sep1978 183/74
400
102
46.52
Stan Whitaker USA 28Sep1957 3
Norman OK 20May1978 188/77
400
103
46.53
Derik King USA
5 IC4A Philadelphia PA 21May1978

400
104
46.53
Sam Turner USA 17Jun1957 4 ASV Köln 22Jun1978 191/80
400
105
46.53
Ahmed Garba NGR
2
Lagos 1Jul1978

400
106
46.4mA
Jeremiah Ongwae KEN 27Sep1951 1
Albuquerque NM 15Apr1978 178/73
400
107
46.4m
James Lofton USA 5Jul1956 2
Westwood CA 22Apr1978 190/84
400
108
46.54
Carlos Alvárez CUB 12Sep1956 2 Bar Santiago de Cuba 20May1978 185/74
400
109
46.4m
Quentin Wheeler USA 27Apr1955 1
Oslo 3Aug1978 186/70
400
110
46.55
Arthur Williams USA 1959 2
Austin TX 13May1978

400
111
46.56
Jesse Thomas USA
3
Macomb IL 27May1978

400
112
46.58
Rolf Strittmatter SUI 26Jul1955 2
Zürich 23Sep1978 180/70
400
113
46.60
Hartmut Weber FRG 17Oct1960 3 vsURS Dortmund 30Jun1978 186/70
400
114
46.61
Stavros Tziortzis GRE 15Sep1948 2 Balkan C Thessaloníki 13Aug1978 175/64
400
115
46.63
Stefano Malinverni ITA 14May1959 1 NC Roma 26Jul1978 180/70
400
116
46.69
Jenaro Iritia ESP 22Apr1955 1 NC Madrid 30Jul1978 185/68
400
117
46.69
Konstantin Vogt SUI 4Mar1949 1r2 WK Zürich 16Aug1978 188/78
400
118
46.74
Jeff Griffiths GBR 20Mar1957 1
Cwmbran 29May1978 178/73
400
119
46.6m
Ossi Karttunen FIN 17Mar1948 1
Lappeenranta 23Jul1978 183/78
400