| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 47.53 | Edwin Moses | USA | 31Aug1955 | 1 | WCp | Montréal | 24Aug1979 | 188/77 | 400h | ||
| 2 | 47.67 | Edwin Moses | 1 | OsloG | Oslo | 17Jul1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 3 | 47.69 | Edwin Moses | 1 | Lite | Durham NC | 19May1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 2 | 4 | 47.85 | Harald Schmid | FRG | 29Sep1957 | 1 | ECp | Torino | 4Aug1979 | 187/82 | 400h | ||
| 5 | 47.89 | Edwin Moses | 1 | AAU | Walnut CA | 17Jun1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 6 | 48.15 | Edwin Moses | 1 | Athletissima | Lausanne | 18Jul1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 7 | 48.28 | Edwin Moses | 1 | Coke | London (CP) | 14Sep1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 3 | 8 | 48.34 | Vasiliy Arkhipyenko | URS | 28Jan1957 | 2 | ECp | Torino | 4Aug1979 | 178/65 | PB | 400h | |
| 4 | 9 | 48.39 | Quentin Wheeler | USA | 27Apr1955 | 2 | AAU | Walnut CA | 17Jun1979 | 186/70 | PB | 400h | |
| 10 | 48.43 | Edwin Moses | 1 | Gateshead | 8Jul1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 5 | 11 | 48.44A | Harry Schulting | NED | 11Feb1956 | 1 | WUG | Ciudad de México | 12Sep1979 | 192/79 | NR | 400h | |
| 6 | 12 | 48.48 | James Walker | USA | 25Oct1957 | 1 | SEC | Tuscaloosa AL | 13May1979 | 178/69 | PB | 400h | |
| 13 | 48.50 | Edwin Moses | 1 | Mt SAC R | Walnut CA | 21Apr1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 14 | 48.51 | Edwin Moses | 1 | BGP | Budapest | 10Jul1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 15 | 48.58 | Harald Schmid | 1 | FRG-GBR-POL-JPN-SUI | Bremen | 23Jun1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 16 | 48.58 | Edwin Moses | 1 | Paris (Charléty) | 6Jul1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 17 | 48.58 | Edwin Moses | 1 | AAA | London (CP) | 14Jul1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 7 | 18 | 48.58 | Volker Beck | GDR | 30Jun1956 | 3 | ECp | Torino | 4Aug1979 | 191/82 | PB | 400h | |
| 19 | 48.59 | Quentin Wheeler | 1r2 | WK | Zürich | 15Aug1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 20 | 48.60A | Vasiliy Arkhipyenko | 2 | WUG | Ciudad de México | 12Sep1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 21 | 48.68 | James Walker | 1 | NCAA | Champaign IL | 2Jun1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 22 | 48.70A | Vasiliy Arkhipyenko | 1sf1 | WUG | Ciudad de México | 11Sep1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 23 | 48.71 | Harry Schulting | 2r2 | WK | Zürich | 15Aug1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 24 | 48.71 | Harald Schmid | 2 | WCp | Montréal | 24Aug1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 25 | 48.72 | Edwin Moses | 1 | Milano | 4Jul1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 26 | 48.73 | Harry Schulting | 1h1 | NC | Nijmegen | 10Aug1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 27 | 48.75 | Edwin Moses | 1sf1 | AAU | Walnut CA | 16Jun1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 28 | 48.78 | Quentin Wheeler | 2 | Athletissima | Lausanne | 18Jul1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 29 | 48.78 | Vasiliy Arkhipyenko | 3r2 | WK | Zürich | 15Aug1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 30 | 48.88A | James Walker | 3 | WUG | Ciudad de México | 12Sep1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 31 | 48.91 | Volker Beck | 1 | Mich | Warszawa | 29Jul1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 32 | 48.91 | Edwin Moses | 1 | Bratislava | 7Sep1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 33 | 48.97 | Vasiliy Arkhipyenko | 3 | WCp | Montréal | 24Aug1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 34 | 48.98 | Edwin Moses | 1 | Brooks | Berkeley CA | 9Jun1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 8 | 35 | 48.98A | Nikolay Vasilyev | URS | 18Dec1956 | 1sf2 | WUG | Ciudad de México | 11Sep1979 | 183/73 | PB | 400h | |
| 36 | 48.99 | James Walker | 2 | Lite | Durham NC | 19May1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 9 | 37 | 49.00 | James King | USA | 9May1949 | 2 | Bratislava | 7Sep1979 | 180/74 | PB | 400h | ||
| 38 | 49.04 | Harry Schulting | 1 | ISTAF | West Berlin | 17Aug1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 39 | 49.05 | Edwin Moses | 1 | Rieti | 21Jul1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 40 | 49.06A | Harry Schulting | 2sf1 | WUG | Ciudad de México | 11Sep1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 41 | 49.09 | Harry Schulting | 1 | NC | Nijmegen | 12Aug1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 42 | 49.11 | Volker Beck | 1 | vsURS | Leipzig | 24Jun1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 43 | 49.11 | Vasiliy Arkhipyenko | 1r1 | Spart | Moskva | 23Jul1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 44 | 49.13 | James Walker | 3 | AAU | Walnut CA | 17Jun1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 45 | 49.0m | Edwin Moses | 1 | Gateshead | 9Sep1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 46 | 49.15 | Edwin Moses | 1 | Tokyo | 6May1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 47 | 49.24 | Quentin Wheeler | 1 | San Diego CA | 26May1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 48 | 49.1mA | James Walker | 1 | USOC SF | Colorado Springs CO | 28Jul1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 49 | 49.26 | Vasiliy Arkhipyenko | 2 | vsGDR | Leipzig | 24Jun1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 50 | 49.28 | James King | 4r2 | WK | Zürich | 15Aug1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 51 | 49.29 | Quentin Wheeler | 1 | Man | Kingston JAM | 11May1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 52 | 49.29 | Volker Beck | 1 | Halle | 14Jun1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 10 | 53 | 49.30 | Michael Shine | USA | 19Sep1953 | 3 | Athletissima | Lausanne | 18Jul1979 | 183/77 | 400h | ||
| 54 | 49.32 | James Walker | 1sf2 | NCAA | Champaign IL | 1Jun1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 55 | 49.32 | Volker Beck | 1 | ECp/sf | Genève | 30Jun1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 56 | 49.36 | Edwin Moses | 1 | RotW | London | 31Aug1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 11 | 57 | 49.39 | Dennis Otono | NGR | 16Apr1958 | 1h1 | SEC | Tuscaloosa AL | 12May1979 | 175/60 | PB | 400h | |
| 12 | 58 | 49.40A | Hugo Pont | NED | 20Jun1959 | 2sf2 | WUG | Ciudad de México | 11Sep1979 | 176/66 | PB | 400h | |
| 59 | 49.41 | James Walker | 1 | Auburn AL | 7Apr1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 60 | 49.41A | James Walker | 1 | El Paso TX | 21Apr1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 13 | 61 | 49.41 | Bart Williams | USA | 20Sep1956 | 2sf1 | AAU | Walnut CA | 16Jun1979 | 178/70 | 400h | ||
| 14 | 62 | 49.41 | Rich Graybehl | USA | 19Jul1956 | 4 | Athletissima | Lausanne | 18Jul1979 | 175/70 | 400h | ||
| 63 | 49.41 | Edwin Moses | 1 | Tokyo | 29Sep1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 64 | 49.43 | Rich Graybehl | 5r2 | WK | Zürich | 15Aug1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 65 | 49.44 | Harry Schulting | 2 | ECp/sf | Genève | 30Jun1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 66 | 49.44A | Nikolay Vasilyev | 4 | WUG | Ciudad de México | 12Sep1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 15 | 67 | 49.47 | Andre Phillips | USA | 5Sep1959 | 3sf1 | AAU | Walnut CA | 16Jun1979 | 185/75 | 400h | ||
| 68 | 49.47 | James King | 1 | København | 2Aug1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 69 | 49.49 | Harald Schmid | 1 | EP/sf | Lüdenscheid | 30Jun1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 70 | 49.50 | James Walker | 1r1 | Philadelphia PA | 27Apr1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 71 | 49.50 | James Walker | 6r2 | WK | Zürich | 15Aug1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 72 | 49.51 | Edwin Moses | 1 | DNG | Stockholm | 3Jul1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 73 | 49.51 | Quentin Wheeler | 1 | Malmö | 31Jul1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 74 | 49.53 | Quentin Wheeler | 1 | ASV | Köln | 19Aug1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 75 | 49.54 | Rich Graybehl | 4 | AAU | Walnut CA | 17Jun1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 16 | 76 | 49.55A | Rok Kopitar | YUG | 5May1959 | 5 | WUG | Ciudad de México | 12Sep1979 | 180/71 | 400h | ||
| 17 | 77 | 49.56 | Gregg Byram | USA | 15Mar1957 | 1 | USTFA | Wichita KS | 26May1979 | 188/82 | PB | 400h | |
| 78 | 49.59 | James King | 2r4 | Mt SAC R | Walnut CA | 21Apr1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 79 | 49.59 | Edwin Moses | 1h1 | AAA | London (CP) | 13Jul1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 80 | 49.59 | Quentin Wheeler | 2 | ISTAF | West Berlin | 17Aug1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 81 | 49.63 | James King | 2 | ASV | Köln | 19Aug1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 18 | 82 | 49.64 | Bernd Herrmann | FRG | 22Nov1951 | 2 | FRG-GBR-POL-JPN-SUI | Bremen | 23Jun1979 | 191/79 | 400h | ||
| 83 | 49.65 | Dennis Otono | 1sf1 | NCAA | Champaign IL | 1Jun1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 84 | 49.66 | Volker Beck | 1 | WG | Helsinki | 20Jun1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 85 | 49.66 | James Walker | 1 | PAG | San Juan | 8Jul1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 86 | 49.66 | Volker Beck | 4 | WCp | Montréal | 24Aug1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 87 | 49.68 | Rich Graybehl | 2 | København | 2Aug1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 88 | 49.68 | James Walker | 3 | ISTAF | West Berlin | 17Aug1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 19 | 89 | 49.69 | Manfred Konow | GDR | 22Feb1958 | 3 | vsURS | Leipzig | 24Jun1979 | 186/80 | PB | 400h | |
| 20 | 90 | 49.69 | Peter Grant | AUS | 5Jan1954 | 3 | København | 2Aug1979 | 180/70 | PB | 400h | ||
| 91 | 49.70 | Edwin Moses | 1h1 | AAU | Walnut CA | 15Jun1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 92 | 49.70 | Quentin Wheeler | 2 | Rieti | 21Jul1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 93 | 49.70A | Bart Williams | 6 | WUG | Ciudad de México | 12Sep1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 94 | 49.70 | Rok Kopitar | 1 | Med. Games | Split | 24Sep1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 95 | 49.71 | Quentin Wheeler | 1 | Göteborg | 7Aug1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 96 | 49.72 | Rich Graybehl | 4 | ISTAF | West Berlin | 17Aug1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 97 | 49.73 | Volker Beck | 1 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 27May1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 21 | 98 | 49.73 | Christer Gullstrand | SWE | 26Mar1959 | 1 | NC | Malmö | 12Aug1979 | 190/75 | PB | 400h | |
| 99 | 49.76 | Dennis Otono | 2 | NCAA | Champaign IL | 2Jun1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 100 | 49.76A | Edwin Moses | 1 | Nairobi | 20Jun1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 101 | 49.77 | Bart Williams | 5 | AAU | Walnut CA | 17Jun1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 102 | 49.78 | Bart Williams | 3 | NCAA | Champaign IL | 2Jun1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 103 | 49.78A | Harry Schulting | 1h2 | WUG | Ciudad de México | 10Sep1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 104 | 49.79 | Vasiliy Arkhipyenko | 1r1 | Prav | Sochi | 9Jun1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 105 | 49.79 | James King | 2 | RotW | London | 31Aug1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 106 | 49.79A | James Walker | 3sf1 | WUG | Ciudad de México | 11Sep1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 107 | 49.80 | Rich Graybehl | 2 | Gateshead | 8Jul1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 108 | 49.80 | Rich Graybehl | 3 | Rieti | 21Jul1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 109 | 49.80 | Christer Gullstrand | 1 | FIN-SWE | Stockholm | 2Sep1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 110 | 49.81 | Michael Shine | 1r2 | Philadelphia PA | 27Apr1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 111 | 49.82 | Bart Williams | 1 | Macomb IL | 26May1979 | 400h | |||||||
| 112 | 49.83 | Rich Graybehl | 4sf1 | AAU | Walnut CA | 16Jun1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 22 | 113 | 49.83A | Daniel Kimaiyo | KEN | 11Jan1948 | 2 | Nairobi | 20Jun1979 | 178/68 | 400h | |||
| 23 | 49.84 | Charles Whigham | USA | 10May1956 | 1 | Austin TX | 12May1979 | 170/68 | PB | 400h | |||
| 24 | 49.89 | Peter Haas | SUI | 8Jan1955 | 3 | ECp/sf | Genève | 30Jun1979 | 182/72 | PB | 400h | ||
| 25 | 49.94 | Hartmut Weber | FRG | 17Oct1960 | 1 | Cassino | 9Sep1979 | 186/70 | 400h | ||||
| 26 | 50.04A | Ian Newhouse | CAN | 25Dec1956 | 4sf1 | WUG | Ciudad de México | 11Sep1979 | 178/70 | 400h | |||
| 27 | 50.05 | Miroslav Kodejs | CZE | 7Jul1950 | 1 | NC | Praha | 15Jul1979 | 189/74 | 400h | |||
| 28 | 50.06A | José Casabona | ESP | 8Feb1957 | 5sf1 | WUG | Ciudad de México | 11Sep1979 | 172/68 | PB | 400h | ||
| 29 | 50.08 | Jeff Dils | USA | 20Mar1957 | 4 | NCAA | Champaign IL | 2Jun1979 | 188/82 | PB | 400h | ||
| 30 | 50.22A | Lloyd Guss | CAN | 22Jan1959 | 5sf2 | WUG | Ciudad de México | 11Sep1979 | 188/81 | 400h | |||
| 31 | 50.23 | Rhan Sheffield | USA | 27Dec1955 | 2 | San Diego CA | 26May1979 | 170/68 | PB | 400h | |||
| 32 | 50.23 | Dmitriy Stukalov | URS | 2May1951 | 2r1 | Spart | Moskva | 23Jul1979 | 186/76 | 400h | |||
| 33 | 50.24 | Karl Williams | USA | 12May1958 | 4 | Lite | Durham NC | 19May1979 | 183/73 | PB | 400h | ||
| 34 | 50.37 | Gary Oakes | GBR | 21Sep1958 | 3 | AAA | London (CP) | 14Jul1979 | 178/69 | 400h | |||
| 35 | 50.40 | Oleg Bulatkin | URS | 6Apr1952 | 1 | Kuts | Podolsk | 5Aug1979 | 186/75 | 400h | |||
| 36 | 50.41 | Horia Toboc | ROM | 7Feb1955 | 1 | vsCZE,HUN,AUT | Banská Býstrica | 24Jun1979 | 184/71 | 400h | |||
| 37 | 50.3mA | Alan Smith | RSA | 27Apr1950 | 1 | Johannesburg | 17Feb1979 | 189/78 | 400h | ||||
| 38 | 50.44 | Georgios Parris | GRE | 27Dec1950 | 2 | PTS | Bratislava | 9Jun1979 | 181/72 | 400h | |||
| 39 | 50.45 | Randy Clark | USA | 12Oct1955 | 2 | Macomb IL | 26May1979 | 175/70 | PB | 400h | |||
| 40 | 50.46 | Bob Danville | GBR | 6Jan1953 | 4 | AAA | London (CP) | 14Jul1979 | 188/77 | 400h | |||
| 41 | 50.48 | John Citron | USA | 1958 | 1 | Tallahassee FL | 12May1979 | 185/82 | PB | 400h | |||
| 42 | 50.48 | Franz Meier | SUI | 16Sep1956 | 1 | NC | Zug | 12Aug1979 | 176/67 | 400h | |||
| 43 | 50.53 | Valeriy Mashkovskiy | URS | 3Aug1951 | 1sf1 | Spart | Moskva | 22Jul1979 | 182/76 | 400h | |||
| 44 | 50.4m | Grant Niederhaus | USA | 29Dec1954 | 1 | Westwood CA | 13May1979 | 188/70 | 400h | ||||
| 45 | 50.4m | Frank Montié | CUB | 19Nov1959 | 1 | La Habana | 13May1979 | 171/68 | 400h | ||||
| 46 | 50.4m | Donizete de Araújo Soares | BRA | 18May1955 | 1 | São Paulo | 26May1979 | PB | 400h | ||||
| 47 | 50.54A | Wilson Kibyego | KEN | 1953 | 3 | Nairobi | 20Jun1979 | PB | 400h | ||||
| 48 | 50.54 | Antônio Euzébio Dias Ferreira | BRA | 2Mar1960 | 6 | WCp | Montréal | 24Aug1979 | 173/62 | 400h | |||
| 49 | 50.55 | Leszek Rzepakowski | POL | 25Apr1957 | 1 | NC | Poznan | 11Aug1979 | 180/68 | 400h | |||
| 50 | 50.57 | Phil Bransom | USA | 2May1956 | 1 | Pac 10 | Tempe AZ | 20May1979 | 191/81 | PB | 400h | ||
| 51 | 50.58 | Yanko Bratanov | BUL | 10Jun1952 | 1 | NC | Sofia | 28Jul1979 | 182/70 | 400h | |||
| 52 | 50.60 | Stavros Tziortzis | GRE | 15Sep1948 | 1 | Athína | 4Aug1979 | 175/64 | 400h | ||||
| 53 | 50.61A | Rafael Echevarría | MEX | 10Dec1953 | 1 | Albuquerque NM | 5May1979 | 190/75 | PB | 400h | |||
| 54 | 50.63 | Ryszard Szparak | POL | 2Jul1951 | 2 | NC | Poznan | 11Aug1979 | 178/66 | 400h | |||
| 55 | 50.5m | Alexis Misiñak | CUB | 27Feb1960 | 1 | La Habana | 28Jan1979 | PB | 400h | ||||
| 56 | 50.64 | Juan Lloveras | ESP | 2Aug1955 | 3 | RotW | London | 31Aug1979 | 179/64 | 400h | |||
| 57 | 50.65 | Ralph Mann | USA | 16Jun1949 | 5h1 | AAU | Walnut CA | 15Jun1979 | 193/84 | 400h | |||
| 58 | 50.65 | József Szalai | HUN | 8Mar1961 | 1 | vsFRA | Nevers | 1Sep1979 | 180/75 | 400h | |||
| 59 | 50.66 | José Carvalho Jesus | POR | 15Jun1953 | 2sf1 | Spart | Moskva | 22Jul1979 | 187/81 | 400h | |||
| 60 | 50.67 | Giorgio Ballati | ITA | 2Apr1946 | 5 | Rieti | 21Jul1979 | 179/64 | 400h | ||||
| 61 | 50.67 | Georgios Vamvakas | GRE | 1Jan1960 | 1 | EC-j | Bydgoszcz | 19Aug1979 | 185/76 | 400h | |||
| 62 | 50.68 | Chris Person | USA | 12Jul1960 | 1 | Chapel Hill NC | 21Apr1979 | 188/83 | 400h | ||||
| 63 | 50.68A | Felix Rümmele | AUT | 9Feb1958 | 6sf2 | WUG | Ciudad de México | 11Sep1979 | 177/64 | PB | 400h | ||
| 64 | 50.69 | Andreas Münch | GDR | 19Jul1957 | 3 | Halle | 14Jun1979 | 173/70 | 400h | ||||
| 65 | 50.69 | Don Douglas | USA | 6May1957 | 6sf1 | AAU | Walnut CA | 16Jun1979 | 400h | ||||
| 66 | 50.69 | Fulvio Zorn | ITA | 8Feb1955 | 1 | NC | Roma | 17Jul1979 | 180/78 | 400h | |||
| 67 | 50.73 | Lars-Åke Welander | SWE | 23May1955 | 2 | FIN-SWE | Stockholm | 2Sep1979 | 188/76 | 400h | |||
| 68 | 50.6m | Malcolm Grimes | USA | 12Aug1957 | 1 | Charlottesville VA | 24Apr1979 | 186/77 | PB | 400h | |||
| 69 | 50.74 | Mark Hurst | USA | 4Jun1957 | 2h1 | NCAA | Champaign IL | 31May1979 | 175/68 | PB | 400h | ||
| 70 | 50.77 | Antonio Rivero | ESP | 11Mar1958 | 1 | Madrid | 21Jul1979 | 180/73 | 400h | ||||
| 71 | 50.81A | Fatwell Kimaiyo | KEN | 15Apr1947 | 2 | Albuquerque NM | 5May1979 | 175/72 | 400h | ||||
| 72 | 50.82 | Wendell Angel | USA | 16Aug1952 | 3 | USTFA | Wichita KS | 26May1979 | 179/68 | 400h | |||
| 73 | 50.82 | Krzysztof Weglarski | POL | 15Jul1954 | 4 | vsITA,KEN,CAN | Torino | 9Jun1979 | 184/74 | 400h | |||
| 74 | 50.7m | Tony Rambo | USA | 30May1960 | 1 | Tallahassee FL | 28Apr1979 | 175/77 | 400h | ||||
| 75 | 50.7m | Everton DaCosta | JAM | 21Oct1957 | 2 | Lincoln NE | 19May1979 | 178/68 | PB | 400h | |||
| 76 | 50.7m | Vladimir Titov | URS | 24Apr1959 | 3 | Sochi | 29May1979 | 186/76 | 400h | ||||
| 77 | 50.84 | Roberto Minetti | ITA | 27Jun1955 | 6 | Rieti | 21Jul1979 | 190/77 | 400h | ||||
| 78 | 50.85 | Claude Anicet | FRA | 3Apr1951 | 2 | Med. Games | Split | 24Sep1979 | 184/66 | 400h | |||
| 79 | 50.89 | Darrell Seymour | USA | 20Jul1956 | 2 | Pac 10 | Tempe AZ | 20May1979 | 183/75 | 400h | |||
| 80 | 50.89 | Wilfred Mulli | KEN | 9Jan1954 | 4h2 | NCAA | Champaign IL | 31May1979 | 188/73 | 400h | |||
| 81 | 50.90 | David Lee | USA | 23Apr1959 | 3h3 | NCAA | Champaign IL | 31May1979 | 190/80 | 400h | |||
| 82 | 50.90 | Raimo Alanen | FIN | 20Jul1952 | 1 | vsCZE | Mikkeli | 18Aug1979 | 187/77 | 400h | |||
| 83 | 50.91 | Mike Barlow | USA | 4Jun1957 | 1 | Knoxville TN | 19May1979 | 185/75 | 400h | ||||
| 84 | 50.92 | David Washington | USA | 30May1959 | 2 | Knoxville TN | 19May1979 | 180/75 | 400h | ||||
| 85 | 50.92 | Ali Hassan Kadhum | IRQ | 1Jul1953 | 1 | Barrientos | La Habana | 20May1979 | 178/73 | 400h | |||
| 86 | 50.95 | Walter Pratt | USA | 24Jul1957 | 1 | Westwood CA | 31Mar1979 | 185/77 | 400h | ||||
| 87 | 50.96 | Ricky Thomas | USA | 5Apr1960 | 2 | Austin TX | 12May1979 | 188/82 | 400h | ||||
| 88 | 50.96 | Marceliano Ruiz | ESP | 18Jun1954 | 3 | Madrid | 15Jul1979 | 183/73 | 400h | ||||
| 89 | 50.97 | Eric McNeal | USA | 13Mar1958 | 1 | Westwood CA | 28Apr1979 | 185/77 | 400h | ||||
| 90 | 50.97 | Viktor Rogozyanskiy | URS | 20Mar1955 | 1h | Znam | Kaunas | 11Aug1979 | 191/84 | 400h | |||
| 91 | 50.99 | Kenneth Pettersson | SWE | 30Apr1959 | 3 | FIN-SWE | Stockholm | 2Sep1979 | 185/72 | 400h | |||
| 92 | 51.00 | Dimitry Shkarupin | URS | 7Jun1957 | 1 | Tbilisi | 10Sep1979 | 188/76 | 400h | ||||
| 93 | 51.02 | Ladislav Kárský | CZE | 1May1950 | 1 | Praha | 26May1979 | 179/69 | 400h | ||||
| 94 | 51.02 | Martin Bürkle | FRG | 24Jul1957 | 1r2 | Düsseldorf | 30Aug1979 | 182/69 | 400h | ||||
| 95 | 50.9m | Danie Pretorius | RSA | 6Mar1956 | 1 | Stellenbosch | 7May1979 | 183/77 | 400h | ||||
| 96 | 50.9m | Don Finley | USA | 15Sep1956 | 1 | San José CA | 12May1979 | 190/80 | 400h | ||||
| 97 | 50.9mA | Peter Kipchumba | KEN | 8May1950 | 3 | NC | Nakuru | 26May1979 | 173/70 | 400h | |||
| 98 | 51.07 | Gladstone Williams | CAN | 13Jun1954 | 7 | vsITA,POL,KEN | Torino | 9Jun1979 | 400h | ||||
| 99 | 51.09 | David Robertson | AUS | 27Apr1956 | 2 | NC | Perth | 23Mar1979 | 400h | ||||
| 100 | 51.09 | Takashi Nagao | JPN | 31Aug1957 | 1 | Tokyo | 27Oct1979 | 175/68 | 400h | ||||
| 101 | 51.11 | Friedrich Wenka | FRG | 2Feb1958 | 1 | NC-j | Saarbrücken | 2Sep1979 | 183/73 | 400h | |||
| 102 | 51.13 | Ron Foreman | USA | 14Feb1959 | 5h3 | NCAA | Champaign IL | 31May1979 | 183/68 | 400h | |||
| 103 | 51.0m | Greg Robertson | USA | 10Aug1956 | 3 | Man | Kingston JAM | 11May1979 | 188/73 | 400h | |||
| 104 | 51.0m | Greg Patton | USA | 3 | Lincoln NE | 19May1979 | 400h | ||||||
| 105 | 51.0m | Vladimir Kiyanov | URS | 1958 | 5 | Sochi | 29May1979 | 400h | |||||
| 106 | 51.0m | Yukihiro Yoshimatsu | JPN | 14Mar1959 | 1 | Saga | 29Jul1979 | 178/68 | 400h | ||||
| 107 | 51.15 | Aleksandr Kharlov | URS | 18Mar1958 | 4 | Znam | Kaunas | 12Aug1979 | 193/85 | 400h | |||
| 108 | 51.16 | James Little | USA | 28Jan1957 | 4 | USTFA | Wichita KS | 26May1979 | 186/77 | 400h | |||
| 109 | 51.16 | Sergey Chizhikov | URS | 29Feb1960 | 2 | vsUSA-j | Bakersfield CA | 30Jun1979 | 178/64 | 400h | |||
| 110 | 51.20 | Wolfgang Richter | FRG | 24Oct1958 | 2 | NC-j | Saarbrücken | 2Sep1979 | 183/76 | 400h | |||
| 111 | 51.22 | Roger Bell | GBR | 14Sep1955 | 2h1 | AAA | London (CP) | 13Jul1979 | 185/70 | 400h | |||
| 112 | 51.22 | István Takács | HUN | 20Jan1959 | 2 | vsFRA | Nevers | 1Sep1979 | 183/69 | 400h | |||
| 113 | 51.24 | Ulrich Zunker | FRG | 24Sep1951 | 4 | Malmö | 31Jul1979 | 187/76 | 400h |