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World Rankings — Men’s 400

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1947 1948 1...... Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 1...... Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 2...... Dave Bolen (US) 2...... Arthur Wint (Jamaica) 3...... George Guida (US) 3...... Mal Whitfield (US) 4...... Denis Shore (South Africa) 4...... Dave Bolen (US) 5...... Jack Hammack (US) 5...... Morris Curotta (Australia) 6...... Reggie Pearman (US) 6...... George Guida (US) 7...... Bob McFarlane (Canada) 7...... Art Harnden (US) 8...... Harold McDonnell (US) 8...... Norman Rucks (US) 9...... Mal Whitfield (US) 9...... George Rhoden (Jamaica) 10...... John Wachtler (US) 10...... Denis Shore (South Africa)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 1949 1953 1...... Mal Whitfield (US) 1...... Mal Whitfield (US) 2...... George Rhoden (Jamaica) 2...... J.W. Mashburn (US) 3...... Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 3....Karl-Friedrich Haas (West Germany) 4...... Arthur Wint (Jamaica) 4...... Jim Lea (US) 5...... Charlie Moore (US) 5...... Ardalion Ignatyev (Soviet Union) 6...... Dave Bolen (US) 6...... Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 7...... Frank Fox (US) 7...... Reggie Pearman (US) 8...... Antonio Siddi (Italy) 8...... Thane Baker (US) 9...... Edwin Carr (Australia) 9...... Wilbur Cunningham (US) 10...... Reggie Pearman (US) 10...... Hans Geister (West Germany) 1950 1954 1...... George Rhoden (Jamaica) 1...... Ardalion Ignatyev (Soviet Union) 2...... Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 2...... Jim Lea (US) 3...... Mal Whitfield (US) 3...... Lou Jones (US) 4...... Tom Cox (US) 4...... J.W. Mashburn (US) 5...... Bill Parker (US) 5....Karl-Friedrich Haas (West Germany) 6...... Edwin Carr (Australia) 6...... Kevan Gosper (Australia) 7...... Charlie Moore (US) 7...... Voitto Hellsten (Finland) 8...... Eddie Macon (US) 8...... Ralph Fessenden (US) 9...... Bob McFarlane (Canada) 9...... Ben Youtsey (US) 10...... Arthur Wint (Jamaica) 10...... George Rhoden (Jamaica) 1951 1955 1...... George Rhoden (Jamaica) 1...... J.W. Mashburn (US) 2...... Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 2...... Ardalion Ignatyev (Soviet Union) 3...... Arthur Wint (Jamaica) 3...... Lou Jones (US) 4...... Mal Whitfield (US) 4...... Jim Lea (US) 5...... Charlie Moore (US) 5...... Charlie Jenkins (US) 6...... Dick Maiocco (US) 6...... Voitto Hellsten (Finland) 7...... Hans Geister (West Germany) 7...... Kevan Gosper (Australia) 8...... Schalk Booysen (South Africa) 8...... Russ Ellis (US) 9....Karl-Friedrich Haas (West Germany) 9...... Dick Maiocco (US) 10...... John Bradley (US) 10...... Mike Larrabee (US) 1952 1956 1...... George Rhoden (Jamaica) 1...... Lou Jones (US) 2...... Herb McKenley (Jamaica) 2...... Jim Lea (US) 3...... Mal Whitfield (US) 3...... Charlie Jenkins (US) 4...... Ollie Matson (US) 4...... Tom Courtney (US) 5...... Arthur Wint (Jamaica) 5....Karl-Friedrich Haas (West Germany) 6....Karl-Friedrich Haas (West Germany) 6...... Voitto Hellsten (Finland) 7...... J.W. Mashburn (US) 7...... Ardalion Ignatyev (Soviet Union) 8...... Hans Geister (West Germany) 8...... J.W. Mashburn (US) 9...... Gene Cole (US) 9...... Kevan Gosper (Australia) 10...... Reggie Pearman (US) 10...... John Haines (US)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 1957 1961 1...... Tom Courtney (US) 1...... Adrian Metcalfe (Great Britain) 2...... Mike Larrabee (US) 2...... Ulis Williams (US) 3...... Bob McMurray (US) 3...... Otis Davis (US) 4...... Charlie Jenkins (US) 4...... Robbie Brightwell (Great Britain) 5...... Malcolm Spence (South Africa) 5...... Adolph Plummer (US) 6...... Stanisław Swatowski (Poland) 6...... Earl Young (US) 7...... Kevan Gosper (Australia) 7...... Manfred Kinder (West Germany) 8...... Reggie Pearman (US) 8...... George Kerr (Jamaica) 9...... Terry Tobacco (Canada) 9...... Walt Johnson (US) 10...... Voitto Hellsten (Finland) 10...... Rex Cawley (US) 1958 1962 1...... Glenn Davis (US) 1...... Ulis Williams (US) 2...... Eddie Southern (US) 2...... Robbie Brightwell (Great Britain) 3...... Malcolm Spence (South Africa) 3...... George Kerr (Jamaica) 4...... Milka Singh (India) 4...... Ray Saddler (US) 5...... Terry Tobacco (Canada) 5...... Manfred Kinder (West Germany) 6...... John Wrighton (Great Britain) 6... Hans-Joachim Reske (West Germany) 7...... Charlie Jenkins (US) 7...... Dave Archibald (US) 8...... John Salisbury (Great Britain) 8...... Adolph Plummer (US) 9...... Jack Yerman (US) 9...... Milka Singh (India) 10...... Bobby Staten (US) 10...... Peter Laeng (Switzerland) 1959 1963 1...... Eddie Southern (US) 1...... Ulis Williams (US) 2...... George Kerr (Jamaica) 2...... Adolph Plummer (US) 3...... Chuck Carlson (US) 3...... Andrzej Badeński (Poland) 4...... Glenn Davis (US) 4...... Rex Cawley (US) 5...... Otis Davis (US) 5...... Henry Carr (US) 6...... Mike Larrabee (US) 6...... Manfred Kinder (West Germany) 7...... Abdou Seye (France) 7...... Vadim Arkhipchuk (Soviet Union) 8...... Basil Ince (Trinidad) 8...... Adrian Metcalfe (Great Britain) 9...... Carl Kaufmann (West Germany) 9...... Lester Milburn (US) 10...... Mal Spence (Jamaica) 10...... Robbie Brightwell (Great Britain) 1960 1964 1...... Carl Kaufmann (West Germany) 1...... Mike Larrabee (US) 2...... Otis Davis (US) 2...... Wendell Mottley (Trinidad) 3...... Malcolm Spence (South Africa) 3...... Andrzej Badeński (Poland) 4...... Milka Singh (India) 4...... Robbie Brightwell (Great Britain) 5...... Glenn Davis (US) 5...... Ulis Williams (US) 6...... George Kerr (Jamaica) 6...... Ollan Cassell (US) 7...... Manfred Kinder (West Germany) 7...... Josef Trousil (Czechoslovakia) 8...... Earl Young (US) 8...... Bob Tobler (US) 9...... Abdou Seye (France) 9...... Tim Graham (Great Britain) 10...... Ted Woods (US) 10...... Kent Bernard (Trinidad)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 1965 1969 1...... Andrzej Badeński (Poland) 1...... Curtis Mills (US) 2...... Jim Kemp (US) 2...... Lee Evans (US) 3...... Ulis Williams (US) 3...... Charles Asati (Kenya) 4...... Ollan Cassell (US) 4...... Tommie Turner (US) 5...... Theron Lewis (US) 5...... Jan Werner (Poland) 6...... Wendell Mottley (Trinidad) 6...... Larry James (US) 7...... Manfred Kinder (West Germany) 7...... Jim Kemp (US) 8...... Wilson Kiprugut (Kenya) 8...... Jean-Claude Nallet (France) 9...... Forrest Beaty (US) 9...... Bill Wehrwein (US) 10...... Don Owens (US) 10...... Edesel Garrison (US) 1966 1970 1...... Lee Evans (US) 1...... Lee Evans (US) 2...... Wendell Mottley (Trinidad) 2...... Charles Asati (Kenya) 3...... Tommie Smith (US) 3...... Wayne Collett (US) 4...... Theron Lewis (US) 4...... John Smith (US) 5...... Stanisław Gredziński (Poland) 5...... Curtis Mills (US) 6...... Jan Werner (Poland) 6...... Larry James (US) 7...... Bob Frey (US) 7...... Fred Newhouse (US) 8...... Andrzej Badeński (Poland) 8...... Jean-Claude Nallet (France) 9...... Dwight Middleton (US) 9...... Tom Ulan (US) 10...... Jim Kemp (US) 10...... Thomas Jordan (West Germany) 1967 1971 1...... Lee Evans (US) 1...... John Smith (US) 2...... Vince Matthews (US) 2...... Wayne Collett (US) 3...... Tommie Smith (US) 3...... Fred Newhouse (US) 4...... Don Domansky (Canada) 4...... Edesel Garrison (US) 5...... Daniel Rudisha (Kenya) 5...... Dave Jenkins (Great Britain) 6...... Thurman Boggess (US) 6...... Fernando Acevedo (Peru) 7...... Jim Kemp (US) 7...... Marcello Fiasconaro (Italy) 8...... Elbert Stinson (US) 8...... Jan Werner (Poland) 9...... Emmett Taylor (US) 9...... Lee Evans (US) 10...... Jan Werner (Poland) 10...... Darwin Bond (US) 1968 1972 1...... Lee Evans (US) 1...... Vince Matthews (US) 2...... Larry James (US) 2...... Wayne Collett (US) 3...... Ron Freeman (US) 3...... Lee Evans (US) 4...... Vince Matthews (US) 4...... John Smith (US) 5...... Amadou Gakou (Senegal) 5...... Julius Sang (Kenya) 6..... Martin Jellinghaus (West Germany) 6...... Fred Newhouse (US) 7...... Wayne Collett (US) 7...... Charles Asati (Kenya) 8...... Tegegne Bezabeh (Ethiopia) 8...... Karl Honz (West Germany) 9...... Andrzej Badeński (Poland) 9...... Dave Jenkins (Great Britain) 10...... Emmett Taylor (US) 10. Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske (West Germany)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 1973 1977 1...... Karl Honz (West Germany) 1...... Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) 2...... Maurice Peoples (US) 2...... Fons Brydenbach (Belgium) 3...... Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) 3...... Robert Taylor (US) 4...... Fred Newhouse (US) 4...... Maxie Parks (US) 5...... Benny Brown (US) 5...... Volker Beck (East Germany) 6....Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske (West Germany) 6...... Willie Smith (US) 7...... Dave Jenkins (Great Britain) 7...... Ryszard Podlas (Poland) 8...... Markku Kukkoaho (Finland) 8...... Stan Vinson (US) 9...... Dennis Schultz (US) 9...... Herman Frazier (US) 10...... Ossi Karttunen (Finland) 10... Franz-Peter Hofmeister (West Germany) 1974 1978 1...... Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) 1...... Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) 2...... Karl Honz (West Germany) 2...... Billy Mullins (US) 3...... Larance Jones (US) 3...... Willie Smith (US) 4...... Dave Jenkins (Great Britain) 4...... Maxie Parks (US) 5...... Bernd Herrmann (West Germany) 5...... Adrian Rodgers (US) 6...... Maurice Peoples (US) 6...... Maurice Peoples (US) 7...... Darwin Bond (US) 7...... Stan Vinson (US) 8...... Markku Kukkoaho (Finland) 8..... Franz-Peter Hofmeister (West Germany) 9...... Terry Erickson (US) 9...... Kasheef Hassan (Sudan) 10...... Charles Asati (Kenya) 10...... Joseph Coombs (Trinidad) 1975 1979 1...... Dave Jenkins (Great Britain) 1...... Harald Schmid (West Germany) 2...... Fons Brydenbach (Belgium) 2...... Kasheef Hassan (Sudan) 3...... Ron Ray (US) 3...... Tony Darden (US) 4...... Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) 4...... Willie Smith (US) 5...... Stephen Chepkwony (Kenya) 5...... Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) 6...... Benny Brown (US) 6...... Bill Green (US) 7...... Stan Vinson (US) 7....Nikolay Chernyetskiy (Soviet Union) 8...... Ken Randle (US) 8..... Franz-Peter Hofmeister (West Germany) 9...... Fred Newhouse (US) 9...... Maurice Peoples (US) 10...... Maurice Peoples (US) 10...... Adrian Rodgers (US) 1976 1980 1...... Alberto Juantorena (Cuba) 1...... Viktor Markin (Soviet Union) 2...... Fred Newhouse (US) 2...... Rick Mitchell (Australia) 3...... Herman Frazier (US) 3...... Harald Schmid (West Germany) 4...... Fons Brydenbach (Belgium) 4...... Frank Schaffer (East Germany) 5...... Maxie Parks (US) 5...... Billy Konchellah (Kenya) 6...... Ken Randle (US) 6...... Willie Smith (US) 7...... Robert Taylor (US) 7...... Billy Mullins (US) 8...... Rick Mitchell (Australia) 8...... Bert Cameron (Jamaica) 9...... Dave Jenkins (Great Britain) 9...... Bill Green (US) 10...... Benny Brown (US) 10...... Alberto Juantorena (Cuba)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 1981 1985 1...... Cliff Wiley (US) 1...... Michael Franks (US) 2...... Bert Cameron (Jamaica) 2..... Thomas Schönlebe (East Germany) 3...... Walter McCoy (US) 3...... Roddie Haley (US) 4...... Tony Darden (US) 4...... Innocent Egbunike (Nigeria) 5...... Willie Smith (US) 5...... Darren Clark (Australia) 6...... Mauro Zuliani (Italy) 6...... Ray Armstead (US) 7...... Harald Schmid (West Germany) 7...... Mark Rowe (US) 8...... Hartmut Weber (West Germany) 8...... Todd Bennett (Great Britain) 9...... Howard Henley (US) 9...... Darrell Robinson (US) 10...... Zeke Jefferson (US) 10...... Vladimir Krylov (Soviet Union) 1982 1986 1...... Bert Cameron (Jamaica) 1...... Gabriel Tiacoh (Côte d’Ivoire) 2...... Michael Paul (Trinidad) 2...... Innocent Egbunike (Nigeria) 3...... Hartmut Weber (West Germany) 3...... Darrell Robinson (US) 4...... Cliff Wiley (US) 4...... Darren Clark (Australia) 5...... Darrell Robinson (US) 5...... Roger Black (Great Britain) 6...... Walter McCoy (US) 6...... Antonio McKay (US) 7...... Sunder Nix (US) 7...... Bert Cameron (Jamaica) 8...... Andreas Knebel (East Germany) 8...... Felix Stevens (Cuba) 9...... Kasheef Hassan (Sudan) 9...... Roddie Haley (US) 10...... Gerson de Souza (Brazil) 10... Thomas Schönlebe (East Germany) 1983 1987 1...... Bert Cameron (Jamaica) 1..... Thomas Schönlebe (East Germany) 2...... Sunder Nix (US) 2...... Butch Reynolds (US) 3...... Michael Franks (US) 3...... Innocent Egbunike (Nigeria) 4...... Sunday Uti (Nigeria) 4...... Danny Everett (US) 5...... Erwin Skamrahl (West Germany) 5...... Roberto Hernández (Cuba) 6...... Hartmut Weber (West Germany) 6...... Derek Redmond (Great Britain) 7...... Alonzo Babers (US) 7...... Michael Franks (US) 8..... Thomas Schönlebe (East Germany) 8...... David Kitur (Kenya) 9...... Walter McCoy (US) 9...... Roddie Haley (US) 10...... Viktor Markin (Soviet Union) 10...... Gabriel Tiacoh (Côte d’Ivoire) 1984 1988 1...... Alonzo Babers (US) 1...... Butch Reynolds (US) 2...... Antonio McKay (US) 2...... Danny Everett (US) 3...... Gabriel Tiacoh (Côte d’Ivoire) 3...... Steve Lewis (US) 4...... Darren Clark (Australia) 4...... Andrew Valmon (US) 5...... Sunder Nix (US) 5...... Roberto Hernández (Cuba) 6...... Sunday Uti (Nigeria) 6...... Darren Clark (Australia) 7...... Ray Armstead (US) 7...... Innocent Egbunike (Nigeria) 8...... Walter McCoy (US) 8...... Antonio McKay (US) 9...... Mathias Schersing (East Germany) 9...... Mohamed Al Malky (Oman) 10...... Innocent Egbunike (Nigeria) 10...... Kevin Robinzine (US)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 1989 1993 1...... Butch Reynolds (US) 1...... Michael Johnson (US) 2...... Steve Lewis (US) 2...... Butch Reynolds (US) 3...... Danny Everett (US) 3...... David Grindley (Great Britain) 4...... Tim Simon (US) 4...... Quincy Watts (US) 5...... Roberto Hernández (Cuba) 5...... Samson Kitur (Kenya) 6...... Gabriel Tiacoh (Côte d’Ivoire) 6...... Steve Lewis (US) 7...... Mohamed Al Malky (Oman) 7...... Andrew Valmon (US) 8...... Antonio Pettigrew (US) 8...... Sunday Bada (Nigeria) 9...... Jens Carlowitz (East Germany) 9...... Antonio Pettigrew (US) 10...... Raymond Pierre (US) 10...... Kennedy Ochieng (Kenya) 1990 1994 1...... Michael Johnson (US) 1...... Michael Johnson (US) 2...... Butch Reynolds (US) 2...... Derek Mills (US) 3...... Danny Everett (US) 3...... Antonio Pettigrew (US) 4...... Roberto Hernández (Cuba) 4...... Roger Black (Great Britain) 5...... Andrew Valmon (US) 5...... Samson Kitur (Kenya) 6...... Steve Lewis (US) 6...... Du’aine Ladejo (Great Britain) 7...... Roger Black (Great Britain) 7...... Quincy Watts (US) 8...... Tim Simon (US) 8...... Steve Lewis (US) 9...... Bert Cameron (Jamaica) 9...... Jason Rouser (US) 10...... Antonio McKay (US) 10...... Darnell Hall (US) 1991 1995 1...... Michael Johnson (US) 1...... Michael Johnson (US) 2...... Antonio Pettigrew (US) 2...... Butch Reynolds (US) 3...... Roger Black (Great Britain) 3...... Derek Mills (US) 4...... Roberto Hernández (Cuba) 4...... Greg Haughton (Jamaica) 5...... Danny Everett (US) 5...... Samson Kitur (Kenya) 6...... Andrew Valmon (US) 6...... Mark Richardson (Great Britain) 7...... Steve Lewis (US) 7...... Darnell Hall (US) 8...... Ian Morris (Trinidad) 8...... Roger Black (Great Britain) 9...... Susumu Takano (Japan) 9...... Sunday Bada (Nigeria) 10...... Quincy Watts (US) 10...... Marlon Ramsey (US) 1992 1996 1...... Quincy Watts (US) 1...... Michael Johnson (US) 2...... Steve Lewis (US) 2...... Anthuan Maybank (US) 3...... Danny Everett (US) 3...... Roger Black (Great Britain) 4...... Samson Kitur (Kenya) 4...... Butch Reynolds (US) 5...... Michael Johnson (US) 5...... Davis Kamoga (Uganda) 6...... Andrew Valmon (US) 6...... Derek Mills (US) 7...... Ian Morris (Trinidad) 7...... Darnell Hall (US) 8...... Roberto Hernández (Cuba) 8...... Alvin Harrison (US) 9...... Roger Black (Great Britain) 9...... LaMont Smith (US) 10...... Butch Reynolds (US) 10...... Iwan Thomas (Great Britain)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 1997 2001 1...... Michael Johnson (US) 1...... Avard Moncur (Bahamas) 2...... Tyree Washington (US) 2...... Greg Haughton (Jamaica) 3...... Iwan Thomas (Great Britain) 3...... Ingo Schultz (Germany) 4...... Davis Kamoga (Uganda) 4...... Éric Milazar (Mauritius) 5...... Mark Richardson (Great Britain) 5...... Michael McDonald (Jamaica) 6...... Jerome Young (US) 6...... Leonard Byrd (US) 7...... Butch Reynolds (US) 7...... Hamdan Al-Bishi (Saudi Arabia) 8...... Roxbert Martin (Jamaica) 8...... Sanderlei Parrela (Brazil) 9...... Michael McDonald (Jamaica) 9...... Angelo Taylor (US) 10...... Chris Jones (US) 10...Hendrik Mokganyetsi (South Africa) 1998 2002 1...... Michael Johnson (US) 1...... Michael Blackwood (Jamaica) 2...... Mark Richardson (Great Britain) 2...... Greg Haughton (Jamaica) 3...... Iwan Thomas (Great Britain) 3....Félix Sánchez (Dominican Republic) 4...... Tyree Washington (US) 4...... Leonard Byrd (US) 5...... Jerome Young (US) 5...... Avard Moncur (Bahamas) 6...... Alvin Harrison (US) 6...... Ingo Schultz (Germany) 7...... Sugath Tillakaratne (Sri Lanka) 7...... Fawzi Al-Shammari (Kuwait) 8...... Alejandro Cárdenas (Mexico) 8...... Angelo Taylor (US) 9...... Danny McCray (US) 9...... Daniel Caines (Great Britain) 10...... Roxbert Martin (Jamaica) 10...... Alleyne Francique (Grenada) 1999 2003 1...... Michael Johnson (US) 1...... Tyree Washington (US) 2...... Sanderlei Parrela (Brazil) 2...... Michael Blackwood (Jamaica) 3...... Mark Richardson (Great Britain) 3...... Marc Raquil (France) 4...... Alejandro Cárdenas (Mexico) 4...... Leslie Djhone (France) 5...... Jerome Davis (US) 5...... Éric Milazar (Mauritius) 6...... Anthuan Maybank (US) 6...... Alleyne Francique (Grenada) 7...... Derrick Brew (US) 7...... Derrick Brew (US) 8...... Greg Haughton (Jamaica) 8...... Mitch Potter (US) 9...... Jamie Baulch (Great Britain) 9...... Brandon Simpson (Jamaica) 10...... Clement Chukwu (Nigeria) 10...... Chris Brown (Bahamas) 2000 2004 1...... Michael Johnson (US) 1...... Jeremy Wariner (US) 2...... Alvin Harrison (US) 2...... Otis Harris (US) 3...... Sanderlei Parrela (Brazil) 3...... Derrick Brew (US) 4...... Greg Haughton (Jamaica) 4...... Alleyne Francique (Grenada) 5...... Alejandro Cárdenas (Mexico) 5...... Michael Blackwood (Jamaica) 6.....Hendrik Mokganyetsi (South Africa) 6...... Brandon Simpson (Jamaica) 7...... Robert Maćkowiak (Poland) 7...... Leslie Djhone (France) 8...... Calvin Harrison (US) 8...... Darold Williamson (US) 9...... Angelo Taylor (US) 9...... Jerry Harris (US) 10...... Danny McCray (US) 10...... Davian Clarke (Jamaica)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 2005 2009 1...... Jeremy Wariner (US) 1...... LaShawn Merritt (US) 2...... Tyler Christopher (Canada) 2...... Jeremy Wariner (US) 3...... Andrew Rock (US) 3...... Renny Quow (Trinidad) 4...... Chris Brown (Bahamas) 4...... Chris Brown (Bahamas) 5...... Tim Benjamin (Great Britain) 5...... David Gillick (Ireland) 6...... Tyree Washington (US) 6...... Michael Bingham (Great Britain) 7...... Brandon Simpson (Jamaica) 7...... Gary Kikaya (Congo) 8...... Darold Williamson (US) 8...... Tabarie Henry (Virgin Islands) 9...... Michael Blackwood (Jamaica) 9...... David Neville (US) 10...... LaShawn Merritt (US) 10...... Leslie Djhone (France) 2006 2010 1...... Jeremy Wariner (US) 1...... Jeremy Wariner (US) 2...... Gary Kikaya (Congo) 2...... Jermaine Gonzales (Jamaica) 3...... LaShawn Merritt (US) 3...... Ricardo Chambers (Jamaica) 4...... Andrew Rock (US) 4...... Angelo Taylor (US) 5...... Michael Blackwood (Jamaica) 5...... LeJerald Betters (US) 6...... Brandon Simpson (Bahrain) 6...... Michael Bingham (Great Britain) 7...... Alleyne Francique (Grenada) 7...... Chris Brown (Bahamas) 8...... Xavier Carter (US) 8...... Nery Brenes (Costa Rica) 9...... Jermaine Gonzales (Jamaica) 9...... Jonathan Borlée (Belgium) 10...... Tyler Christopher (Canada) 10...... Kevin Borlée (Belgium) 2007 2011 1...... Jeremy Wariner (US) 1...... Kirani James (Grenada) 2...... LaShawn Merritt (US) 2...... LaShawn Merritt (US) 3...... Angelo Taylor (US) 3...... Jermaine Gonzales (Jamaica) 4...... Tyler Christopher (Canada) 4...... Chris Brown (Bahamas) 5...... Chris Brown (Bahamas) 5...... Kevin Borlée (Belgium) 6...... Johan Wissman (Sweden) 6...... Jonathan Borlée (Belgium) 7...... Gary Kikaya (Congo) 7...... Jeremy Wariner (US) 8...... John Steffensen (Australia) 8...... Angelo Taylor (US) 9...... Leslie Djhone (France) 9...... Rondell Bartholomew (Grenada) 10...... Sanjay Ayre (Jamaica) 10...... Tabarie Henry (Virgin Islands) 2008 2012 1...... LaShawn Merritt (US) 1...... Kirani James (Grenada) 2...... Jeremy Wariner (US) 2...... Luguelín Santos (Dominican Rep) 3...... Chris Brown (Bahamas) 3...... LaShawn Merritt (US) 4...... Angelo Taylor (US) 4...... Kevin Borlée (Belgium) 5...... Martyn Rooney (Great Britain) 5...... Jonathan Borlée (Belgium) 6...... David Neville (US) 6...... Chris Brown (Bahamas) 7...... Renny Quow (Trinidad) 7...... Lalonde Gordon (Trinidad) 8...... Leslie Djhone (France) 8...... Angelo Taylor (US) 9...... Gary Kikaya (Congo) 9...... Tony McQuay (US) 10...... Tyler Christopher (Canada) 10...... Jeremy Wariner (US)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s 400 2013 2017 1...... LaShawn Merritt (US) 1...... Wayde van Niekerk (South Africa) 2...... Kirani James (Grenada) 2...... Isaac Makwala (Botswana) 3...... Tony McQuay (US) 3...... Steven Gardiner (Bahamas) 4...... Luguelín Santos (Dominican Rep) 4...... Baboloki Thebe (Botswana) 5...... Jonathan Borlée (Belgium) 5...... Fred Kerley (US) 6...... Youssef Al-Masrahi (Saudi Arabia) 6...... Gil Roberts (US) 7...... Pavel Maslák (Czech Republic) 7...... LaShawn Merritt (US) 8...... Kevin Borlée (Belgium) 8...... Abdalelah Haroun (Qatar) 9...... Josh Mance (US) 9...... Vernon Norwood (US) 10...... Nigel Levine (Great Britain) 10...... Nathon Allen (Jamaica) 2014 2018 1...... LaShawn Merritt (US) 1...... Fred Kerley (US) 2...... Kirani James (Grenada) 2...... Abdalelah Haroun (Qatar) 3...... Isaac Makwala (Botswana) 3...... Paul Dedewo (US) 4...... Youssef Al-Masrahi (Saudi Arabia) 4.. Matthew Hudson-Smith (Great Britain) 5...... Gil Roberts (US) 5...... Steven Gardiner (Bahamas) 6...... Wayde van Niekerk (South Africa) 6...... Michael Norman (US) 7...... Chris Brown (Bahamas) 7...... Isaac Makwala (Botswana) 8...... Luguelín Santos (Dominican Rep) 8...... Baboloki Thebe (Botswana) 9...... Martyn Rooney (Great Britain) 9....Luguelín Santos (Dominican Republic) 10...... Tony McQuay (US) 10...... Akeem Bloomfield (Jamaica) 2015 2019 1...... Wayde van Niekerk (South Africa) 1...... Steven Gardiner (Bahamas) 2...... LaShawn Merritt (US) 2...... Fred Kerley (US) 3...... Kirani James (Grenada) 3...... Michael Norman (US) 4...... Luguelín Santos (Dominican Rep) 4...... Anthony Zambrano (Colombia) 5...... David Verburg (US) 5...... Akeem Bloomfield (Jamaica) 6...... Isaac Makwala (Botswana) 6...... Kahmari Montgomery (US) 7...... Machel Cedenio (Trinidad) 7...... Demish Gaye (Jamaica) 8...... Chris Brown (Bahamas) 8...... Machel Cedenio (Trinidad) 9...... Rabah Yousif (Great Britain) 9...... Trevor Stewart (US) 10..... Youssef Al-Masrahi (Saudi Arabia) 10...... Obi Igbokwe (US) 2016 1...... Wayde van Niekerk (South Africa) 2...... Kirani James (Grenada) 3...... LaShawn Merritt (US) 4...... Machel Cedenio (Trinidad) 5...... Bralon Taplin (Grenada) 6...... Isaac Makwala (Botswana) 7...... Abdalelah Haroun (Qatar) 8...... Steven Gardiner (Bahamas) 9...... Karabo Sibanda (Botswana) 10...... Ali Khamis Abbas (Bahrain)