Mark Athlete Pos. Meet Venue Date Men 100 yards 9.7 Eric Liddell 1 AAA London SB 7 Jul 23 9.7 Cyril Holmes 1hcp Sydney, AUS 22 Jan 38 9 4/5 Jack Morton 1 Club London KO 17 Sep 04 9.4/5 Vic d'Arcy 1 International Wien, AUT 10 Sep 11 9 4/5 Henry MacIntosh 1h2 International Wien, AUT 25 Jul 13 9 4/5 Willie Applegarth 2hcp Rangers Sports Glasgow IP 2 Aug 13 9.8 Harold Hodge 1 AAA v CU Cambridge 11 Jun 27 9.8 Lewis Way Camberley 28 9.8 Ernest Page 1 AAA v OU Oxford 28 May 31 9.8 William Summers 1h Army Aldershot 3 Jun 32 9.8 John Heap 1 South London WC 18 Jun 32 9.8 Cyril Cupid 1 Welsh Newport 30 Jun 34 9.8 Arthur Sweeney 1sf AAA London WC 11 Jul 36 9.8 K S 'Sandy' Duncan 1 Glasgow 4 Jul 36 9.8 Des Moloney 1 Balmoral 29 Jun 46 9.8 Ken Jones 1sf South Uxbridge 12 Jun 48 9.8 Robin Pinnington 1 O/C v H/Y London WC 1 Jul 50 9.8 Jack Gregory 1hcp London Che 29 Jul 50 Wind assisted 9.6 Fred Reid 1 Scot Glasgow HP 24 Jun 33 9.7 Ernest Page 1h BEG Hamilton, CAN 21 Aug 30 9.7 William Summers 1 Club Aldershot 21 May 32 9.7 Les Parkes 1 Kent London Wo 11 Jun 32 9.7 Arthur Sweeney 1 Inter-Services Aldershot 21 Jul 37 Downhill 9.7 Godfrey Brown 1 AAA v CU Cambridge 4 Jun 36 Downhill and wind assisted 9.6 Harold Abrahams 1 Hospital Sports London Wo 7 Jun 24 9.6 John Hanlon 1 Hants Eastleigh 7 Jun 30 9.7 Robin Pinnington 1 North St Helens 24 Jun 50 Professional 9 3/5 Thomas Malone 1 Melbourne, AUS Feb 1885 9 3/4 John Howard 1 Manchester before 1850 9 3/4 Frank Hewitt 1 Melbourne, AUS 7 Mar 1870 9 3/4 Harry Hutchens 1= Melbourne, AUS 29 Jan 1887 9 3/4 Willie Applegarth 1hcp Dundee/Hibs Sp Dundee 17 Jun 22 100 metres 10.4 Arthur Sweeney 1 Wuppertal, GER 2 Jul 37 10.4 Alistair McCorquodale 4 OG London Wm 31 Jul 48 10.5 Cyril Holmes 2 Zurich, SUI 13 Aug 39 10.5 John Wilkinson 1 WUG Paris C, FRA 30 Aug 47 10.6 Harold Abrahams 1sf2 OG Paris C, FRA 6 Jul 24 10.6 Jack London 1sf2 OG Amsterdam, NED 30 Jul 28 10.6 Walter Rangeley 1 Haugesund, NOR 12 Sep 35 10.6 Jack Hart 1 Lahore, IND 14/15Feb36 10.6 Alan Pennington 2h10 OG Berlin, GER 2 Aug 36 10.6 Ernest Page Paris, FRA 9 Sep 38 10.6 Jack Archer 1h4 EC Oslo, NOR 23 Aug 46 10.6 Reg Toone 2 Düsseldorf, GER 28 Sep 46 10.6 Ken Jones 2h4 OG London Wm 30 Jul 48 10.6 Alan Coote 1 Hannover, GER 14 Jul 49 Wind assisted 10.4 Cyril Holmes 2 Stockholm, SWE 7 Sep 37 10.4 Alan Pennington 2 International Paris C, FRA 22 Aug 37 10.5 Walter Rangeley 1 Oslo, NOR 15 Sep 35 10.6 Maurice Scarr 1sf1 WUG Budapest, HUN 15 Aug 35 Mark Athlete Pos. Event Venue Date 200 metres/220 yards 21 1/5y Willie Applegarth 1 AAA London SB 4 Jul 14 21.2y Cyril Holmes 1 BEG Sydney, AUS 10 Feb 38 21.4y Stanley Englehart 1 Belfast BS 6 Jun 34 21.4y Walter Rangeley 2 Belfast BS 6 Jun 34 21.3m John Wilkinson 1 OU tour Köln, GER 16 Aug 47 21.5y Bill Roberts 2 BEG Sydney, AUS 7 Feb 38 21.6y Eric Liddell 1 Scot Univs Glasgow 16 Jun 23 21.6y Alan Pennington 1 Oxford 25 May 37 21.5m Brian Shenton 1h2 EC Bruxelles, BEL 25 Aug 50 21.7y K T Jenkins Oxford 25 May 38 21.6m John Fairgrieve 1sf1 WUG Paris JB, FRA 9 Aug 47 21.6m Paul Vallé 2 Inter-Allies Bruxelles, BEL 4 Sep 48 Estimated time 21.2y Arthur Sweeney 2 O/C v RSA Johannesburg, RSA 14 Sep 35 Wind assisted 21.6y John Rinkel 1 South Oxford 23 Jun 28 21.6y John Hanlon 1 Oxford 21 Jun 31 21.6y Robin Murdoch 1 Scot Glasgow HP 24 Jun 33 Straight course 21.2y Cyril Holmes 1 Leeds 25 May 35 21.3y Alan Pennington 1 O/C v H/Y Cambridge, Mass, USA 10 Jul 37 21 3/5y Charles Wood 1 hcp Local Sports London SB 22 Jul 87 21.6y Harold Abrahams 1 O/C v H/Y London Wm 21 Jul 23 21.6y Everard Davis 1 O/C v H/Y Cambridge, Mass, USA 8 Jul 33 Straight course and wind assisted 21.3y Nick Stacey 1 O/C v H/Y Cambridge, Mass, USA 20 Jun 49 21.4y John Wilkinson 2 O/C v H/Y Cambridge, Mass, USA 20 Jun 49 Straight course and downhill 21.6y Peter Hale 1 Stamford May 47 400 metres/440 yards 46.7m Godfrey Brown 2 OG Berlin, GER 7 Aug 36 46.8m Bill Roberts 4 OG Berlin, GER 7 Aug 36 47.3m Alan Pennington 2 v GER Köln, GER 20 Aug 39 47.3m Derek Pugh 1 EC Bruxelles, BEL 25 Aug 50 47.5m Godfrey Rampling 4sf2 OG Berlin, GER 7 Aug 36 47.6m Eric Liddell 1 OG Paris C, FRA 11 Jul 24 48.0y Les Lewis 2 BEG Auckland, NZL 11 Feb 50 47.9m Guy Butler 2sf1 OG Paris C, FRA 11 Jul 24 48 2/5y Wyndham Halswell 1hcp Guild Sports Glasgow IP 1 Jul 08 48 1/2y Henry Lennox-Tindall 1 AAA London SB 29 Jun 89 48 1/2y Edgar Bredin 1 AAA London SB 22 Jun 95 48.5y Roger Leigh-Wood 2 Johannesburg, RSA 7 Sep 29 48.2m Ronald Wylde 3 WUG Paris C, FRA 24 Aug 37 Note: fully automatic timing 46.68m Godfrey Brown 2 OG Berlin, GER 7 Aug 36 UK/IRL 47 4/5 Beauchamp Day 1 Perth, AUS 1 Apr 07 800 metres/880 yards 1:48.4m/1:49.2y Sydney Wooderson 2hcp Club Motspur Park 20 Aug 38 1:49.7m Tommy Hampson 1 OG Los Angeles, USA 2 Aug 32 1:50.5m John Parlett 1 EC Bruxelles, BEL 26 Aug 50 1:50.7m Roger Bannister 2 EC Bruxelles, BEL 26 Aug 50 1:50.8m John Powell 2 Stockholm, SWE 20 Aug 36 1:51.2m Douglas Lowe 1 Berlin, GER 19 Aug 28 1:51.4m Austin Littler 2 v GER Köln, GER 20 Aug 39 1:52.2y Godfrey Brown 1 O/C v P/C Princeton, USA 17 Jul 37 1:51.5m Tom White 5 EC Oslo, NOR 24 Aug 46 1:52.4y Guy Wethered 1 O/C v H/Y London WC 15 Jul 39 Mark Athlete Pos. Meet Venue Date 1500 metres 3:48.0 Bill Nankeville 3 EC Bruxelles, BEL 27 Aug 50 3:48.4** Sydney Wooderson 1 International Göteborg, SWE 9 Sep 45 3:50.2 Dennis Pell 2 v GER Köln, GER 20 Aug 39 3:50.6 Len Eyre 3 v FRA Paris C, FRA 10 Sep 50 3:51.4 Jerry Cornes 6 OG Berlin, GER 6 Aug 36 3:51.6 Doug Wilson 2 Norrköping, SWE 4 Sep 50 3:53.3 Jack Emery 3 Oslo, NOR 15 Sep 38 3:53.5 Reg Thomas 2 v FIN Helsinki, FIN 5 Sep 37 3:54.2 Tommy Riddell 2 v GER München, GER 11 Aug 35 3:54.4 Robert Graham 3 v FIN Helsinki, FIN 5 Sep 37 ** during One mile race. One mile 4:04.2 Sydney Wooderson 2 International Göteborg, SWE 9 Sep 45 4:08.8 Bill Nankeville 1 AAA London WC 16 Jul 49 4:09.9 Roger Bannister 1 Centennial Games Christchurch, NZL 30 Dec 50 4:11.4 Doug Wilson 1 Oxford 11 Aug 45 4:11.6 Jim Alford 1 BEG Sydney, AUS 12 Feb 38 4:11.8 Richard Morris 2 AAA London WC 16 Jul 49 4:11.8 Len Eyre 2 BEG Auckland, NZL 11 Feb 50 4:12.0 Robert Graham 1hcp Transport Sports Glasgow HP 20 Aug 35 4:12.0 Dennis Pell 2 AAA London WC 8 Jul 39 4:13.4 Reg Thomas 1 BG London SB 25 May 31 2 Miles 9:03.4 Jack Emery 1 Manchester 25 Jul 39 9:04.0 Peter Ward 2 Manchester 25 Jul 39 9:05.0 Sydney Wooderson 1hcp Club Dublin CP, Eire 10 Jul 46 9:05.2 Jack Corfield 1 Club Birmingham PB 1 Jul 50 9:07.5 Len Eyre 1 Belfast 16 Jun 50 9:08.0 Stan Cox 3 Manchester 25 Jul 39 9:09.3u Fred Green 2 Club Birmingham PB 1 Jul 50 9:09 3/5 Alf Shrubb 1 Club Glasgow IP 11 Jun 04 9:09.6 Doug Wilson 1 Birmingham 9 Sep 44 9:12.2 Len Herbert 3 BG London WC 12 Aug 50 3 miles 13:53.2 Sydney Wooderson 1 AAA London WC 20 Jul 46 14:05.6 Peter Ward 2 BEG Sydney, AUS 5 Feb 38 14:08.0 Jack Emery 1 AAA London WC 8 Jul 39 14:11.2 Alec Olney 2 AAA London WC 15 Jul 50 14:11.6 Aubrey Reeve 3 AAA London WC 8 Jul 39 14:11.6 Andrew Ferguson 3 AAA London WC 15 Jul 50 14:11.6 Bill Lucas 4 AAA London WC 15 Jul 50 14:12.6 Anthony Chivers 2 AAA London WC 16 Jul 49 14:13.6 Stan Cox 4 AAA London WC 8 Jul 39 14:14.6 Fred Green 5 AAA London WC 15 Jul 50 5000 metres 14:08.6 Sydney Wooderson 1 EC Oslo, NOR 23 Aug 46 14:31.6 Peter Ward 1 v FIN Helsinki, FIN 4 Sep 37 14:40.4 Jack Emery 2 v GER Köln, GER 20 Aug 39 14:46.3 Anthony Chivers 1 v FRA Paris C, FRA 7 Sep 47 14:46.3 Alec Olney 2 v FRA Paris C, FRA 7 Sep 47 14:51.3 Morrison Carstairs 6 EC Paris, FRA 4 Sep 38 14:52.8 Andrew Forbes 2 E v S v I Manchester 17 Jul 48 14:54.8 Tom Evenson 1 v GER Köln, GER 30 Aug 31 14:55.0 Jack Winfield 2 v GER Köln, GER 30 Aug 31 14:56.0 Alec Burns 3 v GER Köln, GER 30 Aug 31 Estimated time 14:41.0 Alec Olney Club tour Stockholm, SWE 14 Aug 50 Mark Athlete Pos.