European Record Progression, men 400m hurdles
A. OFFICIALLY RATIFIED
Hand Timing
53.8 Sten PETTERSSON, SWE, 4 Oct 25, Colombes
52.4 Sten PETTERSSON, SWE, 7 Aug 28, Köln
52.4 Luigi FACELLI, ITA, 6 Oct 29, Bologna
51.6 Wilhelm HÖLLING, GER, 9 Jul 39, Berlin
51.6 Jean-Claude ARIFON, FRA, 9 Sep 48, Paris
51.6 Armando FILIPUT, ITA, 8 Oct 50, Milano
50.4 Yuriy LITUYEV, URS/RUS, 20 Sep 53, Budapest
49.9 Helmut JANZ, FRG, 2 Sep 60, Roma (50.05)
49.7 Salvatore MORALE, ITA, 15 Oct 61, Roma
49.2 Salvatore MORALE, ITA, 14 Sep 62, Beograd
49.1^a Rainer SCHUBERT, FRG, 13 Oct 68, Cd.de México (49.15)
49.1^a Gerhard HENNIGE, FRG, 14 Oct 68, Cd.de México (49.16)
48.1^a David HEMERY, GBR, 15 Oct 68, Cd.de México (48.12)
Automatic timing
48.12^ David HEMERY, GBR, 15 Oct 68, C.de México
47.85 Harald SCHMID, FRG, 4 Aug 79, Torino
47.48 Harald SCHMID, FRG, 8 Sep 82, Athína
47.37 Stéphane DIAGANA, FRA, 5 Jul 95, Lausanne
B. PERFORMANCES STATISTICALLY VALID, BUT UNRATIFIED FOR VARIOUS REASONS
Hand Timing
55.4 Erik WILÉN, FIN, 5 Sep 19, Helsinki
55.4 Erik WILÉN, FIN, 21 Jul 20, Helsinki
54.8 Geo ANDRE, FRA, 16 Aug 20, Antwerpen
53.6 Erik WILÉN, FIN, 7 Jul 24, Colombes
51.7 Bob TISDALL, IRL, 1 Aug 32, Los Angeles (51.67)
51.5 Yuriy LITUYEV, URS/RUS, 27 May 52, Kyyiv
51.2 Yuriy LITUYEV, URS/RUS, 9 Jul 52, Vyborg
51.2 Yuriy LITUYEV, URS/RUS, 12 Oct 52, Tashkent
50.7 Yuriy LITUYEV, URS/RUS, 24 Aug 53, Moskva
Automatic timing
52.60 Bob TISDALL, IRL, 31 Jul 32, Los Angeles
51.67 Bob TISDALL, IRL, 1 Aug 32, Los Angeles
51.51 Yuriy LITUYEV, URS/RUS, 21 Jul 52, Helsinki
50.05 Helmut JANZ, FRG, 2 Sep 60, Roma
49.15^ Rainer SCHUBERT, FRG, 13 Oct 68, C.de México
49.14^ Roberto FRINOLLI, ITA, 14 Oct 68, C.de México
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