| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 47.82 | John Akii-Bua | UGA | 3Dec1949 | 1 | OG | München | 2Sep1972 | 188/77 | NR | 400h | |
| 2 | 2 | 48.51 | Ralph Mann | USA | 16Jun1949 | 2 | OG | München | 2Sep1972 | 193/84 | PB | 400h | |
| 3 | 3 | 48.52 | David Hemery | GBR | 18Jul1944 | 3 | OG | München | 2Sep1972 | 187/74 | 400h | ||
| 4 | 48.4m | Ralph Mann | 1 | FOT | Eugene OR | 2Jul1972 | 400h | ||||||
| 4 | 5 | 48.64 | Jim Seymour | USA | 27Jul1949 | 4 | OG | München | 2Sep1972 | 185/75 | PB | 400h | |
| 5 | 6 | 48.6m | Dick Bruggeman | USA | 13Jun1947 | 2 | FOT | Eugene OR | 2Jul1972 | 186/77 | PB | 400h | |
| 6 | 7 | 49.0mA | William Koskei | KEN | 28Dec1947 | 1 | Nairobi | 27May1972 | 183/72 | PB | 400h | ||
| 7 | 8 | 49.21 | Dieter Büttner | FRG | 24Feb1949 | 1 | NC | München | 21Jul1972 | 191/80 | PB | 400h | |
| 9 | 49.25 | John Akii-Bua | 1sf1 | OG | München | 1Sep1972 | 400h | ||||||
| 10 | 49.4my | Ralph Mann | 1 | Los Angeles CA | 15Apr1972 | 400h | |||||||
| 11 | 49.4myA | William Koskei | 1 | Nairobi | 6May1972 | 400h | |||||||
| 8 | 12 | 49.4my | Bruce Collins | USA | 8Jan1951 | 1 | NCAA | Eugene OR | 3Jun1972 | 183/64 | PB | 400h | |
| 13 | 49.30 | David Hemery | 1 | Colombes | 1Oct1972 | 400h | |||||||
| 14 | 49.33 | Jim Seymour | 1sf2 | OG | München | 1Sep1972 | 400h | ||||||
| 9 | 15 | 49.2m | Yevgeniy Gavrilyenko | URS | 5Apr1951 | 1 | Moskva | 20Jul1972 | 187/76 | 400h | |||
| 16 | 49.34 | Yevgeniy Gavrilyenko | 2sf2 | OG | München | 1Sep1972 | 400h | ||||||
| 10 | 17 | 49.39 | Rainer Schubert | FRG | 12Oct1941 | 2 | NC | München | 21Jul1972 | 190/78 | 400h | ||
| 11 | 18 | 49.3m | Gary Knoke | AUS | 5Feb1942 | 1 | Perth | 26Mar1972 | 190/80 | PB | 400h | ||
| 19 | 49.3m | Jim Seymour | 3 | FOT | Eugene OR | 2Jul1972 | 400h | ||||||
| 12 | 20 | 49.3m | Viktor Savchenko | URS | 3Sep1948 | 2 | Moskva | 20Jul1972 | 176/76 | PB | 400h | ||
| 21 | 49.3m | David Hemery | 1 | vsFIN,ESP | Helsinki | 25Jul1972 | 400h | ||||||
| 22 | 49.53 | Ralph Mann | 2sf1 | OG | München | 1Sep1972 | 400h | ||||||
| 23 | 49.4m | Gary Knoke | 1 | Melbourne | 19Mar1972 | 400h | |||||||
| 24 | 49.4m | William Koskei | 2 | Perth | 26Mar1972 | 400h | |||||||
| 25 | 49.4m | Dick Bruggeman | 1sf2 | FOT | Eugene OR | 1Jul1972 | 400h | ||||||
| 26 | 49.4m | John Akii-Bua | 1 | Bislet | Oslo | 3Aug1972 | 400h | ||||||
| 13 | 27 | 49.55 | Rolf Ziegler | FRG | 17Jan1951 | 3 | NC | München | 21Jul1972 | 188/80 | PB | 400h | |
| 14 | 28 | 49.60 | Yuriy Zorin | URS | 5Jun1947 | 3sf2 | OG | München | 1Sep1972 | 182/68 | PB | 400h | |
| 15 | 29 | 49.63 | Werner Reibert | FRG | 5Jan1948 | 4 | NC | München | 21Jul1972 | 182/75 | PB | 400h | |
| 16 | 30 | 49.5m | Stavros Tziortzis | GRE | 15Sep1948 | 1 | Athína | 28Jun1972 | 175/64 | PB | 400h | ||
| 31 | 49.5m | Bruce Collins | 4 | FOT | Eugene OR | 2Jul1972 | 400h | ||||||
| 17 | 32 | 49.5m | Robert Cassleman | USA | 18Jul1952 | 5 | FOT | Eugene OR | 2Jul1972 | 185/75 | 400h | ||
| 18 | 33 | 49.5m | Ari Salin | FIN | 20Jan1947 | 2 | vsESP,GBR | Helsinki | 25Jul1972 | 185/75 | PB | 400h | |
| 34 | 49.5m | Jim Seymour | 1r1 | Viareggio | 11Aug1972 | 400h | |||||||
| 35 | 49.65 | Rainer Schubert | 5 | OG | München | 2Sep1972 | 400h | ||||||
| 36 | 49.66 | David Hemery | 3sf1 | OG | München | 1Sep1972 | 400h | ||||||
| 37 | 49.66 | Yevgeniy Gavrilyenko | 6 | OG | München | 2Sep1972 | 400h | ||||||
| 38 | 49.66 | Stavros Tziortzis | 7 | OG | München | 2Sep1972 | 400h | ||||||
| 39 | 49.67 | David Hemery | 1 | AAA | London (CP) | 15Jul1972 | 400h | ||||||
| 40 | 49.8my | Dick Bruggeman | 1 | Philadelphia PA | 14May1972 | 400h | |||||||
| 19 | 41 | 49.8myA | Jim Bolding | USA | 24Mar1949 | 1 | Boulder CO | 20May1972 | 185/75 | 400h | |||
| 42 | 49.68 | John Akii-Bua | 2 | AAA | London (CP) | 15Jul1972 | 400h | ||||||
| 43 | 49.72 | David Hemery | 1h2 | OG | München | 31Aug1972 | 400h | ||||||
| 44 | 49.73 | Yevgeniy Gavrilyenko | 1 | Augsburg | 23Jun1972 | 400h | |||||||
| 45 | 49.73 | Yevgeniy Gavrilyenko | 1h5 | OG | München | 31Aug1972 | 400h | ||||||
| 20 | 49.9my | Efrem Gipson | USA | 19Dec1949 | 1 | USTFF | Wichita KS | 27May1972 | 185/79 | PB | 400h | ||
| 21 | 49.7m | Wesley Williams | USA | 17Oct1948 | 2 | Los Angeles CA | 4Jun1972 | 190/75 | 400h | ||||
| 22 | 49.7m | Jean-Pierre Corval | FRA | 16Jan1949 | 1 | Warszawa | 10Aug1972 | 187/72 | PB | 400h | |||
| 23 | 49.94 | Tadeusz Kulczycki | POL | 1Nov1947 | 1 | Kusocinski Mem. | Warszawa | 28Jun1972 | 180/76 | PB | 400h | ||
| 24 | 49.8m | Manuel Soriano | ESP | 8Dec1945 | 1 | Madrid | 8Jul1972 | 173/64 | PB | 400h | |||
| 25 | 50.1my | Roger Johnson | NZL | 10Dec1943 | 2 | Westwood CA | 15Apr1972 | 183/78 | PB | 400h | |||
| 26 | 50.00 | Christian Rudolph | GDR | 15Feb1949 | 1h3 | OG | München | 31Aug1972 | 185/80 | 400h | |||
| 27 | 50.01 | Ivan Danis | CZE | 29Jan1951 | 6sf1 | OG | München | 1Sep1972 | 185/75 | 400h | |||
| 28 | 49.9m | Bruce Field | AUS | 22Jan1947 | 3 | Perth | 26Mar1972 | 177/72 | 400h | ||||
| 29 | 49.9m | Boyd Gittins | USA | 12Sep1946 | 3 | Los Angeles CA | 4Jun1972 | 188/75 | 400h | ||||
| 30 | 50.2my | Ron Whitney | USA | 5Oct1942 | 3 | Westwood CA | 15Apr1972 | 187/78 | 400h | ||||
| 31 | 50.0m | Mike Lee | USA | 7May1952 | 1sf3 | NCAA | Eugene OR | 2Jun1972 | 180/66 | 400h | |||
| 32 | 50.0m | Jean-Pierre Pérrinelle | FRA | 6Jul1949 | 1 | Colombes | 5Jul1972 | 183/72 | 400h | ||||
| 33 | 50.33 | Volkhard Müller | FRG | 11May1947 | 2sf2 | NC | München | 20Jul1972 | 183/75 | PB | 400h | ||
| 34 | 50.2m | Bob Steele | USA | 18Oct1945 | 4sf2 | FOT | Eugene OR | 1Jul1972 | 185/75 | 400h | |||
| 35 | 50.2m | Carl Wood | USA | 1Jul1949 | 8 | FOT | Eugene OR | 2Jul1972 | 185/82 | 400h | |||
| 36 | 50.2m | Ladislav Kárský | CZE | 1May1950 | 1 | Praha | 23Jul1972 | 179/69 | PB | 400h | |||
| 37 | 50.2m | Roberto Frinolli Puzzilli | ITA | 13Nov1940 | 3r1 | Viareggio | 11Aug1972 | 175/65 | 400h | ||||
| 38 | 50.36 | John Sherwood | GBR | 4Jun1945 | 2 | London (CP) | 5Aug1972 | 187/82 | 400h | ||||
| 39 | 50.5my | Terry Musika | USA | 20Jan1948 | 2 | USTFF | Wichita KS | 27May1972 | 185/72 | PB | 400h | ||
| 40 | 50.3m | Ron Rondeau | USA | 28May1948 | 3sf2 | NCAA | Eugene OR | 2Jun1972 | 187/73 | PB | 400h | ||
| 41 | 50.3m | Chris Adsit | USA | 8Jun1951 | 3h2 | AAU | Seattle WA | 16Jun1972 | 193/86 | 400h | |||
| 42 | 50.3m | Giorgio Ballati | ITA | 2Apr1946 | 1 | DNG | Stockholm | 6Jul1972 | 179/64 | 400h | |||
| 43 | 50.53 | Dmitriy Stukalov | URS | 2May1951 | 2 | Augsburg | 23Jun1972 | 186/76 | 400h | ||||
| 44 | 50.53 | Jerzy Hewelt | POL | 23Aug1948 | 4 | Warszawa | 19Aug1972 | 173/61 | 400h | ||||
| 45 | 50.4m | Bob Bornkessel | USA | 30Apr1950 | 5sf2 | NCAA | Eugene OR | 2Jun1972 | 180/72 | 400h | |||
| 46 | 50.62 | Michael Murei | KEN | 15Mar1950 | 2r2 | München | 15Aug1972 | 173/71 | 400h | ||||
| 47 | 50.5m | Jürgen Laser | GDR | 20Nov1950 | h | Erfurt | 21May1972 | 180/70 | 400h | ||||
| 48 | 50.5m | Alessandro Scatena | ITA | 20Dec1946 | 2 | Rosicky Mem. | Praha | 21Jun1972 | 187/80 | PB | 400h | ||
| 49 | 50.67 | Heinz Hofer | SUI | 18Apr1946 | 3 | London (CP) | 5Aug1972 | 173/68 | 400h | ||||
| 50 | 50.8my | Mike Cronholm | USA | 21Feb1951 | 3h1 | USTFF | Wichita KS | 26May1972 | 183/70 | 400h | |||
| 51 | 50.8my | Melvin Bassett | USA | 24Mar1950 | 1 | Billings | 2Jun1972 | 179/68 | 400h | ||||
| 52 | 50.6m | Aleksandr Karasyov | URS | 14Dec1950 | 1 | Baku | 22Oct1972 | 175/64 | 400h | ||||
| 53 | 50.9my | David Adkins | USA | 26Oct1946 | 1 | Gainesville FL | 22Apr1972 | 188/75 | 400h | ||||
| 54 | 50.9my | Mike Sullivan | USA | 30Dec1950 | 1 | Tuscaloosa AL | 29Apr1972 | 172/61 | 400h | ||||
| 55 | 50.9my | Robert Primeaux | USA | 15May1953 | 1h3 | USTFF | Wichita KS | 26May1972 | 193/77 | 400h | |||
| 56 | 50.82 | Hansjörg Wirz | SUI | 9Jun1943 | 1h | Genève | 30Jul1972 | 177/71 | PB | 400h | |||
| 57 | 50.7m | Miroslav Kodejs | CZE | 7Jul1950 | 1 | Trinec | 30Sep1972 | 189/74 | 400h | ||||
| 58 | 51.0myA | Mark Low | USA | 17Dec1950 | 3 | WAC | El Paso TX | 13May1972 | 400h | ||||
| 59 | 51.0myA | Steve Young | USA | 5Sep1955 | 4 | WAC | El Paso TX | 13May1972 | 400h | ||||
| 60 | 51.0my | Nick Lee | USA | 22Nov1944 | 2 | Philadelphia PA | 14May1972 | 190/79 | 400h | ||||
| 61 | 50.89 | Manfred Klaussner | FRG | 19Jan1946 | 5 | Augsburg | 23Jun1972 | 190/84 | 400h | ||||
| 62 | 50.8m | Peteris Stripkans | URS | 14Sep1948 | 4 | Moskva | 20Jul1972 | 186/79 | 400h | ||||
| 63 | 50.8m | Valeriy Mashkovskiy | URS | 3Aug1951 | 1 | Kyiv | 21Sep1972 | 182/76 | 400h | ||||
| 64 | 51.1myA | Larry James | USA | 6Nov1947 | 1 | El Paso TX | 20May1972 | 183/70 | 400h | ||||
| 65 | 50.9m | Fatwell Kimaiyo | KEN | 15Apr1947 | 2 | Dar-es-Salaam | 3Dec1972 | 175/72 | 400h | ||||
| 66 | 51.2my | Rick Penner | USA | 28Mar1951 | 1r2 | Fresno CA | 13May1972 | 400h | |||||
| 67 | 51.2my | Donald Slevin | USA | 1Apr1951 | 2 | Philadelphia PA | 27May1972 | 400h | |||||
| 68 | 51.10 | Andrew Todd | GBR | 26May1948 | 2h1 | London | 14Jul1972 | 184/64 | 400h | ||||
| 69 | 51.11 | Helmut Haid | AUT | 18Nov1938 | 4 | Kusocinski Mem. | Warszawa | 27Jun1972 | 180/70 | 400h | |||
| 70 | 51.0m | Georg Nückles | FRG | 14May1948 | 2 | Lüdenscheid | 17Jun1972 | 182/73 | 400h | ||||
| 71 | 51.0m | Hubert Schwan | FRG | 17Feb1950 | 3 | Lüdenscheid | 17Jun1972 | 182/80 | 400h | ||||
| 72 | 51.0m | Witold Banaszak | POL | 6Apr1945 | 5 | Kusocinski Mem. | Warszawa | 28Jun1972 | 184/77 | 400h | |||
| 73 | 51.0m | Hansjörg Haas | SUI | 3Apr1949 | 1 | Basel | 8Jul1972 | 186/75 | 400h | ||||
| 74 | 51.0m | Zdzislaw Serafin | POL | 16Aug1948 | 1 | Warszawa | 11Aug1972 | 173/66 | 400h | ||||
| 75 | 51.3my | Kenth Öhman | SWE | 18Apr1950 | 3 | Austin TX | 7Apr1972 | 180/72 | 400h | ||||
| 76 | 51.1m | Rodney Jackson | USA | 12Mar1951 | 2 | Billings | 2Jun1972 | 400h | |||||
| 77 | 51.1m | Larry Walls | USA | 20Jun1947 | 3h | FOT | Eugene OR | 30Jun1972 | 400h | ||||
| 78 | 51.1m | Karlheinz Barchfeld | FRG | 3Mar1949 | 2 | Obersuhl | 2Jul1972 | 182/73 | 400h | ||||
| 79 | 51.1m | Valeriy Shkotkin | URS | 8Mar1950 | 2 | Podolsk | 8Jul1972 | 400h | |||||
| 80 | 51.1m | Jan Struyk | NED | 23Jun1950 | 2 | London | 8Jul1972 | 184/75 | 400h | ||||
| 81 | 51.1m | Eugen Laczo | CZE | 26Feb1947 | 3 | Praha | 23Jul1972 | 400h | |||||
| 82 | 51.4my | Jim Elwell | USA | 1951 | 5 | Philadelphia PA | 14May1972 | 400h | |||||
| 83 | 51.4my | Carl Thompson | USA | 1951 | 2 | Pasadena TX | 19May1972 | 178/66 | 400h | ||||
| 84 | 51.2a | Yanko Bratanov | BUL | 10Jun1952 | 2 | Balkan G | Izmir | 4Aug1972 | 182/70 | 400h | |||
| 85 | 51.2mA | Jacobs de Wet | RSA | 3Mar1949 | 1 | Pretoria | 18Mar1972 | 400h | |||||
| 86 | 51.2m | Wim Braaksma | NED | 1946 | 4 | Athína | 28Jun1972 | 186/78 | 400h | ||||
| 87 | 51.2m | Alberto Matos | POR | 7Dec1944 | 1 | Madrid | 29Jun1972 | 187/70 | 400h | ||||
| 88 | 51.2m | Leonid Kustov | URS | 1949 | 3 | Znamenskyi Mem. | Moskva | 29Jun1972 | 400h | ||||
| 89 | 51.2m | Francisco Suárez | ESP | 17Jan1949 | 2 | Madrid | 8Jul1972 | 185/76 | 400h | ||||
| 90 | 51.2m | Stephen Black | GBR | 10Aug1949 | 3 | London | 8Jul1972 | 181/70 | 400h | ||||
| 91 | 51.2m | Valeriy Fyedoryenko | URS | 1Jan1948 | 1 | Kharkov | 14Aug1972 | 400h | |||||
| 92 | 51.2mA | Chris de Nysschen | RSA | 25Mar1947 | 1 | Johannesburg | 15Nov1972 | 400h | |||||
| 93 | 51.5my | Milton Bresler | USA | 2 | Tuscaloosa AL | 29Apr1972 | 400h | ||||||
| 94 | 51.3a | Gladstone Agbamu | NGR | 23Nov1943 | 5 | London (CP) | 5Aug1972 | 400h | |||||
| 95 | 51.3m | Dennis Ruby | USA | 3h | NCAA | Eugene OR | 1Jun1972 | 400h | |||||
| 96 | 51.3m | Helmut Jonas | GDR | 8Mar1953 | 2 | vsBUL | Potsdam | 11Jun1972 | 187/76 | 400h | |||
| 97 | 51.3m | Lucien Baggio | FRA | 11Aug1949 | 2 | Colombes | 25Jun1972 | 180/72 | 400h | ||||
| 98 | 51.3m | Viktor Navniko | URS | 16Jan1951 | sf | Znamenskyi Mem. | Moskva | 28Jun1972 | 400h | ||||
| 99 | 51.3m | Vladimir Pegov | URS | 23Apr1951 | sf | Znamenskyi Mem. | Moskva | 28Jun1972 | 186/75 | 400h | |||
| 100 | 51.3m | Torsten Torstensson | SWE | 19Jul1947 | 1 | Västerås | 30Jun1972 | 186/80 | 400h | ||||
| 101 | 51.3m | Reijo Koivo | FIN | 26Jun1947 | 3 | vsSWE | Helsinki | 20Aug1972 | 177/70 | 400h | |||
| 102 | 51.6my | Rick Brittain | USA | 1 | Lake Charles LA | 26Mar1972 | 400h | ||||||
| 103 | 51.6my | Tom Ryall | USA | 1950 | 1 | Columbia SC | 19Apr1972 | 186/79 | 400h | ||||
| 104 | 51.6myA | Gary Lewis | USA | 13Feb1950 | 1 | El Paso TX | 22Apr1972 | 400h | |||||
| 105 | 51.6my | Gary Shumski | USA | 25Jan1953 | 1 | Pasco Wash | 26May1972 | 400h |