| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 48.1m | Jim Bolding | USA | 24Mar1949 | 1 | Milano | 2Jul1974 | 185/75 | PB | 400h | ||
| 2 | 48.3m+ | Jim Bolding | 1 | Torino | 24Jul1974 | 400h | |||||||
| 3 | 48.4m | Jim Bolding | 1 | FraNC | Nice | 28Jul1974 | 400h | ||||||
| 4 | 48.6m | Jim Bolding | 1 | Västerås | 28Jun1974 | 400h | |||||||
| 5 | 48.75 | Jim Bolding | 1r1 | WK | Zürich | 16Aug1974 | 400h | ||||||
| 2 | 6 | 48.82 | Alan Pascoe | GBR | 11Oct1947 | 1 | EC | Roma (SO) | 4Sep1974 | 185/73 | 400h | ||
| 7 | 48.83 | Alan Pascoe | 1 | BCG | Christchurch | 29Jan1974 | 400h | ||||||
| 8 | 48.89 | Jim Bolding | 1 | Stockholm | 18Jul1974 | 400h | |||||||
| 9 | 48.8m+ | Jim Bolding | 1 | Athína | 10Jul1974 | 400h | |||||||
| 3 | 10 | 48.94 | Jean-Claude Nallet | FRA | 15Mar1947 | 2 | EC | Roma (SO) | 4Sep1974 | 187/83 | 400h | ||
| 11 | 48.9m | Jim Bolding | 1 | AAU | Westwood CA | 22Jun1974 | 400h | ||||||
| 12 | 48.9m | Jim Bolding | 1 | Viareggio | 7Aug1974 | 400h | |||||||
| 13 | 48.9m | Jim Bolding | 1 | ISTAF | West Berlin | 21Aug1974 | 400h | ||||||
| 14 | 49.10 | Jim Bolding | 1 | AAA | London (CP) | 13Jul1974 | 400h | ||||||
| 15 | 49.0m | Jim Bolding | 1 | Sig | Paris | 25Jun1974 | 400h | ||||||
| 4 | 16 | 49.0m | Ralph Mann | USA | 16Jun1949 | 2 | Milano | 2Jul1974 | 193/84 | 400h | |||
| 17 | 49.0m+ | Ralph Mann | 2 | Torino | 24Jul1974 | 400h | |||||||
| 18 | 49.0m | Ralph Mann | 1 | King | Oslo | 31Jul1974 | 400h | ||||||
| 5 | 19 | 49.1m | Miroslav Kodejs | CZE | 7Jul1950 | 1 | Ros | Praha | 19Jun1974 | 189/74 | PB | 400h | |
| 20 | 49.1m | Jean-Claude Nallet | 2 | NC | Nice | 28Jul1974 | 400h | ||||||
| 21 | 49.29 | Alan Pascoe | 1 | London (CP) | 13Sep1974 | 400h | |||||||
| 22 | 49.30 | Ralph Mann | 2 | Stockholm | 18Jul1974 | 400h | |||||||
| 6 | 23 | 49.32 | Bruce Field | AUS | 22Jan1947 | 2 | BCG | Christchurch | 29Jan1974 | 177/72 | PB | 400h | |
| 7 | 24 | 49.32 | Yevgeniy Gavrilyenko | URS | 5Apr1951 | 3 | EC | Roma (SO) | 4Sep1974 | 187/76 | 400h | ||
| 8 | 25 | 49.34 | William Koskei | KEN | 28Dec1947 | 3 | BCG | Christchurch | 29Jan1974 | 183/72 | 400h | ||
| 26 | 49.2m | Jim Bolding | 1h1 | AAU | Westwood CA | 21Jun1974 | 400h | ||||||
| 27 | 49.34 | Miroslav Kodejs | 1 | vsCUB,HUN | Praha | 29Jun1974 | 400h | ||||||
| 28 | 49.5my | Jim Bolding | 1 | Eugene OR | 8Jun1974 | 400h | |||||||
| 29 | 49.3m | Miroslav Kodejs | 1r1 | Pravda Televizia Slovnaft | Bratislava | 30May1974 | 400h | ||||||
| 30 | 49.3m | Jim Bolding | 2 | King | Oslo | 31Jul1974 | 400h | ||||||
| 31 | 49.6my | Jim Bolding | 1 | San José CA | 4May1974 | 400h | |||||||
| 32 | 49.49 | Bruce Field | 1sf2 | BCG | Christchurch | 27Jan1974 | 400h | ||||||
| 9 | 33 | 49.53 | Klaus Schönberger | GDR | 18Dec1952 | 1 | NC | Leipzig | 4Jul1974 | 183/78 | PB | 400h | |
| 10 | 49.60 | Dmitriy Stukalov | URS | 2May1951 | 1 | HB | München | 11Sep1974 | 186/76 | 400h | |||
| 11 | 49.63 | Fatwell Kimaiyo | KEN | 15Apr1947 | 4 | BCG | Christchurch | 29Jan1974 | 175/72 | PB | 400h | ||
| 12 | 49.5m | James King | USA | 9May1949 | 3 | AAU | Westwood CA | 22Jun1974 | 180/74 | 400h | |||
| 13 | 49.71 | Stavros Tziortzis | GRE | 15Sep1948 | 4 | EC | Roma (SO) | 4Sep1974 | 175/64 | 400h | |||
| 14 | 49.73 | Viktor Savchenko | URS | 3Sep1948 | 2 | HB | München | 11Sep1974 | 176/76 | 400h | |||
| 15 | 49.6m | John Akii-Bua | UGA | 3Dec1949 | 3 | Milano | 2Jul1974 | 188/77 | 400h | ||||
| 16 | 49.79 | Jerzy Hewelt | POL | 23Aug1948 | 2sf2 | EC | Roma (SO) | 3Sep1974 | 173/61 | 400h | |||
| 17 | 49.80 | Rolf Ziegler | FRG | 17Jan1951 | 1 | NC | Hannover | 27Jul1974 | 188/80 | 400h | |||
| 18 | 49.83 | Michael Shine | USA | 19Sep1953 | 2 | vsURS | Durham NC | 6Jul1974 | 183/77 | 400h | |||
| 19 | 49.91 | Ivan Danis | CZE | 29Jan1951 | 2 | vsCUB,HUN | Praha | 29Jun1974 | 185/75 | PB | 400h | ||
| 20 | 49.92 | François Aumas | SUI | 23Jan1950 | 3r1 | WK | Zürich | 16Aug1974 | 186/73 | PB | 400h | ||
| 21 | 50.02 | Cosmas Silei | KEN | 10Sep1948 | 5 | BCG | Christchurch | 29Jan1974 | 178/62 | PB | 400h | ||
| 22 | 50.04A | Hugo Myburgh | RSA | 14Nov1951 | 1 | Johannesburg | 20Apr1974 | PB | 400h | ||||
| 23 | 50.30y | Bruce Collins | USA | 8Jan1951 | 1 | NCAA | Austin TX | 8Jun1974 | 183/64 | 400h | |||
| 24 | 49.9m | William Hartley | GBR | 27Jun1950 | 1 | vsPOL,CAN | Warszawa | 30Jun1974 | 188/82 | 400h | |||
| 25 | 49.9m | Valeriy Mashkovskiy | URS | 3Aug1951 | 1 | Minsk | 6Jul1974 | 182/76 | PB | 400h | |||
| 26 | 50.2my | Wesley Williams | USA | 17Oct1948 | 2 | Bakersfield CA | 18May1974 | 190/75 | 400h | ||||
| 27 | 50.38y | Mike Lee | USA | 7May1952 | 1 | TexasR | Austin TX | 12Apr1974 | 180/66 | PB | 400h | ||
| 28 | 50.0m | Jürgen Laser | GDR | 20Nov1950 | 1 | Erfurt | 2Jun1974 | 180/70 | PB | 400h | |||
| 29 | 50.0m | Yuriy Fyodorov | URS | 5Jun1952 | 1 | Kraków | 4Aug1974 | 186/79 | PB | 400h | |||
| 30 | 50.19A | Alan Smith | RSA | 27Apr1950 | 1 | Pretoria | 23Apr1974 | 189/78 | 400h | ||||
| 31 | 50.23 | Gary Knoke | AUS | 5Feb1942 | 7 | BCG | Christchurch | 29Jan1974 | 190/80 | 400h | |||
| 32 | 50.49y | Melvin Bassett | USA | 24Mar1950 | 1h3 | NCAA | Austin TX | 6Jun1974 | 179/68 | 400h | |||
| 33 | 50.25 | Giorgio Ballati | ITA | 2Apr1946 | 1 | NC | Roma (SO) | 1Aug1974 | 179/64 | PB | 400h | ||
| 34 | 50.2m | Robert Cassleman | USA | 18Jul1952 | 6 | AAU | Westwood CA | 22Jun1974 | 185/75 | 400h | |||
| 35 | 50.2m | Tadeusz Kulczycki | POL | 1Nov1947 | 2 | vsGBR,CAN | Warszawa | 30Jun1974 | 180/76 | 400h | |||
| 36 | 50.34 | Jochen Mayer | GDR | 20Jul1953 | 2 | NC | Leipzig | 4Jul1974 | 182/72 | 400h | |||
| 37 | 50.2m | Aleksandr Karasyov | URS | 14Dec1950 | 2 | NC | Moskva | 25Jul1974 | 175/64 | 400h | |||
| 38 | 50.5my | Jim Gailey | USA | 3Dec1952 | 1 | Drake R | Des Moines IA | 26Apr1974 | 176/66 | PB | 400h | ||
| 39 | 50.42 | Hermann Köhler | FRG | 11Jan1950 | 1 | vsPOL | Augsburg | 14Jul1974 | 188/80 | PB | 400h | ||
| 40 | 50.6my | Carl Stevenson | USA | 1951 | 1 | Baton Rouge LA | 11May1974 | PB | 400h | ||||
| 41 | 50.6my | Bob Steele | USA | 18Oct1945 | 1 | East Lansing MI | 12May1974 | 185/75 | 400h | ||||
| 42 | 50.52 | Werner Reibert | FRG | 5Jan1948 | 2 | NC | Hannover | 27Jul1974 | 182/75 | 400h | |||
| 43 | 50.56 | Dieter Friedrich | FRG | 27Dec1947 | 1 | Berlin | 15Sep1974 | 178/72 | PB | 400h | |||
| 44 | 50.58 | Colin O'Neill | GBR | 14Aug1948 | 8 | BCG | Christchurch | 29Jan1974 | 182/72 | PB | 400h | ||
| 45 | 50.61 | Fabio Zuniga | COL | 1946 | 1 | CAC | Santo Domingo | 6Mar1974 | 184/68 | PB | 400h | ||
| 46 | 50.5m | Helmut Jonas | GDR | 8Mar1953 | 3 | Erfurt | 2Jun1974 | 187/76 | PB | 400h | |||
| 47 | 50.5m | Vladimir Nagainik | URS | 6Mar1954 | 1 | Moskva | 10Jul1974 | 185/73 | PB | 400h | |||
| 48 | 50.5m | Frank Nusse | NED | 23Mar1953 | 1 | Oslo | 20Aug1974 | 187/80 | 400h | ||||
| 49 | 50.66 | Yanko Bratanov | BUL | 10Jun1952 | 7sf1 | EC | Roma (SO) | 3Sep1974 | 182/70 | 400h | |||
| 50 | 50.8myA | Bruce Ginther | USA | 2Jan1952 | 1 | Albuquerque NM | 11May1974 | PB | 400h | ||||
| 51 | 50.8my | Craig Caudill | USA | 30Sep1953 | 2 | Bowling Green OH | 25May1974 | 183/66 | 400h | ||||
| 52 | 50.8my | Boyd Gittins | USA | 12Sep1946 | 2 | Pullman WA | 6Sep1974 | 188/75 | 400h | ||||
| 53 | 50.71 | Siegfried Schwatke | GDR | 29Aug1952 | 3 | NC | Leipzig | 4Jul1974 | 186/74 | 400h | |||
| 54 | 50.6m | Gert Möller | SWE | 22May1952 | 1 | vsFIN | Helsinki | 18Aug1974 | 184/72 | PB | 400h | ||
| 55 | 50.6m | István Árva | HUN | 26Dec1948 | 2 | Budapest | 28Sep1974 | 193/84 | 400h | ||||
| 56 | 50.9my | Robert Primeaux | USA | 15May1953 | 1 | Austin TX | 2May1974 | 193/77 | 400h | ||||
| 57 | 50.80 | Heinz Hofer | SUI | 18Apr1946 | 3 | vsESP,GRE | Genève | 24Aug1974 | 173/68 | 400h | |||
| 58 | 50.7m | Guillermo Nuñez | CUB | 10Feb1949 | 3 | Ros | Praha | 19Jun1974 | 180/76 | PB | 400h | ||
| 59 | 50.7m | Stephen Black | GBR | 10Aug1949 | 2 | Oslo | 20Aug1974 | 181/70 | PB | 400h | |||
| 60 | 51.0my | Roger Patton | USA | 2 | MtSAC R | Walnut CA | 27Apr1974 | 400h | |||||
| 61 | 51.0my | Robert Colbert | USA | 1952 | 2 | Charleston IL | 31May1974 | 400h | |||||
| 62 | 50.8m | Sorin Melinte | ROM | 3Oct1951 | 1 | Bucuresti | 19May1974 | 192/78 | 400h | ||||
| 63 | 50.8m | Yuriy Zorin | URS | 5Jun1947 | 1r2 | NC | Moskva | 25Jul1974 | 182/68 | 400h | |||
| 64 | 50.8m | José Carvalho Jesus | POR | 15Jun1953 | 2 | Cwmbran | 27Jul1974 | 187/81 | 400h | ||||
| 65 | 51.1my | Carl Thompson | USA | 1951 | 2 | Baton Rouge LA | 11May1974 | 178/66 | 400h | ||||
| 66 | 50.98 | Yordan Lambrev Yordanov | BUL | 19Aug1953 | 3 | Balkan C | Sofia | 2Aug1974 | 182/78 | 400h | |||
| 67 | 50.98 | Hansjörg Wirz | SUI | 9Jun1943 | 2r2 | WK | Zürich | 16Aug1974 | 177/71 | 400h | |||
| 68 | 51.29y | Robert Rambo | USA | 29Feb1952 | 3 | TexasR | Austin TX | 12Apr1974 | 183/66 | 400h | |||
| 69 | 50.9m | Jan Struyk | NED | 23Jun1950 | 1 | Arnhem | 11Aug1974 | 184/75 | 400h | ||||
| 70 | 50.9m | Yuriy Dodonov | URS | 12Mar1951 | 1 | Almaty | 31Aug1974 | 174/65 | 400h | ||||
| 71 | 50.9m | Donald Hanly | AUS | 5Apr1954 | 1 | Melbourne | 4Dec1974 | 185/71 | 400h | ||||
| 72 | 51.2my | Efrem Gipson | USA | 19Dec1949 | 1 | Kans R | Lawrence KS | 19Apr1974 | 185/79 | 400h | |||
| 73 | 51.39y | Harold Schwab | USA | 27Jun1954 | 1h1 | NCAA | Austin TX | 6Jun1974 | 183/74 | 400h | |||
| 74 | 51.3ay | Tom Andrews | USA | 15Jun1954 | 1h1 | Los Angeles CA | 17May1974 | 183/75 | 400h | ||||
| 75 | 51.3ay | Matt Hogsett | USA | 1954 | 1 | Los Angeles CA | 18May1974 | 400h | |||||
| 76 | 51.0m | Ion Ratoi | ROM | 14Jul1954 | 2 | Bucuresti | 19May1974 | 183/68 | 400h | ||||
| 77 | 51.0m | Lucien Baggio | FRA | 11Aug1949 | 1 | Paris | 23Jun1974 | 180/72 | 400h | ||||
| 78 | 51.0m | David Jarvis | CAN | 20Nov1951 | 3 | vsPOL,GBR | Warszawa | 30Jun1974 | 400h | ||||
| 79 | 51.0m | Georgios Parris | GRE | 27Dec1950 | 2 | Can-Gre | Athína | 4Jul1974 | 181/72 | 400h | |||
| 80 | 51.0m | Anatoliy Prokoshin | URS | 1Feb1954 | 1 | Lvov | 14Sep1974 | 184/75 | 400h | ||||
| 81 | 51.14 | Reijo Koivo | FIN | 26Jun1947 | 1 | vsURS | Sochi | 21Sep1974 | 177/70 | 400h | |||
| 82 | 51.0m | Peter Grant | AUS | 5Jan1954 | 1 | Melbourne | 14Dec1974 | 180/70 | 400h | ||||
| 83 | 51.3my | George Haley | USA | 16Jul1954 | 1 | Pasadena TX | 25May1974 | 172/68 | 400h | ||||
| 84 | 51.21 | Georg Nückles | FRG | 14May1948 | 5 | NC | Hannover | 27Jul1974 | 182/73 | 400h | |||
| 85 | 51.1m | Aleksandr Zuzik | URS | 16Sep1950 | 2r2 | NC | Moskva | 25Jul1974 | 188/81 | 400h | |||
| 86 | 51.29 | Ulrich Zunker | FRG | 24Sep1951 | 6 | NC | Hannover | 27Jul1974 | 187/76 | 400h | |||
| 87 | 51.30 | Ivan Mangual | PUR | 22Jul1951 | 1h1 | CAC | Santo Domingo | 5Mar1974 | 177/66 | 400h | |||
| 88 | 51.60y | Bill Kehmeier | USA | 18Jul1953 | 3h3 | NCAA | Austin TX | 6Jun1974 | 190/81 | 400h | |||
| 89 | 51.2m | Jean-Pierre Pérrinelle | FRA | 6Jul1949 | 3 | vsITA,HUN | Firenze | 10Jul1974 | 183/72 | 400h | |||
| 90 | 51.2m | Anatoliy Prokopyenko | URS | 17May1951 | 1 | Rovno | 9Aug1974 | 189/75 | 400h | ||||
| 91 | 51.2m | Krister Clerselius | SWE | 21May1948 | 2 | vsFIN | Helsinki | 18Aug1974 | 184/75 | 400h | |||
| 92 | 51.36 | Fritz Tille | FRG | 18Jan1951 | 7 | NC | Hannover | 27Jul1974 | 184/80 | 400h | |||
| 93 | 51.36 | Hans Andersson | SWE | 20Aug1945 | 1 | NC | Helsingborg | 10Aug1974 | 184/74 | 400h | |||
| 94 | 51.5my | Vance Roland | USA | 27Mar1953 | 1 | Baton Rouge LA | 30Mar1974 | 188/76 | 400h | ||||
| 95 | 51.5my | Jeff Oveson | USA | 1 | Eugene OR | 4May1974 | 400h | ||||||
| 96 | 51.3m | Volkhard Müller | FRG | 11May1947 | 2 | Bonn | 19May1974 | 183/75 | 400h | ||||
| 97 | 51.3m | Djordje Stefanovic | YUG | 19Oct1950 | 3 | Budapest | 28Sep1974 | 192/78 | 400h | ||||
| 98 | 51.72y | Garry Greene | USA | 1953 | 3sf1 | NCAA | Austin TX | 8Jun1974 | 400h | ||||
| 99 | 51.46 | István Kövesdi | HUN | 27Sep1949 | 4 | vsCZE,CUB | Praha | 29Jun1974 | 400h | ||||
| 100 | 51.6my | Ricky Stubbs | USA | 18Dec1951 | 1 | Baton Rouge LA | 23Mar1974 | 190/81 | 400h | ||||
| 101 | 51.6my | Paul Wilkinson | USA | 1952 | 2 | Eugene OR | 4May1974 | 400h | |||||
| 102 | 51.6my | Gary Shumski | USA | 25Jan1953 | 1 | Lincoln NE | 18May1974 | 400h | |||||
| 103 | 51.6my | Randolph Williams | USA | 14Oct1955 | 3 | Charleston IL | 31May1974 | 190/82 | 400h | ||||
| 104 | 51.6my | Fred Hintlian | USA | 25Jun1953 | 4 | Charleston IL | 31May1974 | 400h | |||||
| 105 | 51.6my | Greg Eckman | USA | 1955 | 1 | NC-j | Gainesville FL | 15Jun1974 | 400h | ||||
| 106 | 51.53 | Beat Mathys | SUI | 25Oct1953 | 3r2 | WK | Zürich | 16Aug1974 | 184/68 | 400h | |||
| 107 | 51.7ay | Lynnsey Guerrero | USA | 22Feb1953 | 2 | Los Angeles CA | 18May1974 | 181/73 | 400h | ||||
| 108 | 51.4m | Ramon Avila | ESP | 14Feb1953 | 1 | NC | Madrid | 21Jul1974 | 400h | ||||
| 109 | 51.4m | Valeriy Shkotkin | URS | 8Mar1950 | 4 | Lvov | 14Sep1974 | 400h | |||||
| 110 | 51.56 | Jean-Claude N'Lomo | FRA | 25Aug1952 | 6 | URS-FRG-FRA | Stuttgart | 11Aug1974 | 185/72 | 400h | |||
| 111 | 51.56 | Norman Gregor | GBR | 4Jul1952 | 1 | London (CP) | 20Sep1974 | 400h | |||||
| 112 | 51.7my | Terry Lavery | RSA | 1 | Corvallis OR | 20Apr1974 | 400h | ||||||
| 113 | 51.7my | Donnie Reddic | USA | 2 | Austin TX | 2May1974 | 400h | ||||||
| 114 | 51.7my | Jim Ewing | USA | 1May1954 | 4 | Bakersfield CA | 18May1974 | 400h | |||||
| 115 | 51.7my | Larry Comer | USA | 1951 | 2h4 | USTFF | Wichita KS | 31May1974 | 400h | ||||
| 116 | 51.7my | Bill McCullough | USA | 8Jun1953 | 1 | Long Beach CA | 1Jun1974 | 178/62 | 400h |