Time Wind Auto Athlete Nationality Location of race Date
20.6y Andy Stanfield  United States Philadelphia, United States May 26, 1951[2]
20.6 Andy Stanfield  United States Los Angeles, United States June 28, 1952[2]
20.6 0.0 Thane Baker  United States Bakersfield, United States June 23, 1956[2]
20.6 20.75 Bobby Morrow  United States Melbourne, Australia November 27, 1956[2]
20.6 Manfred Germar  West Germany Wuppertal, Germany October 1, 1958[2]
20.6y −1.6 Ray Norton  United States Berkeley, United States March 19, 1960[2]
20.6 Ray Norton  United States Philadelphia, United States April 30, 1960[2]
20.5y Peter Radford  United Kingdom Wolverhampton, United Kingdom May 28, 1960[2]
20.5 0.0 20.75 Stone Johnson  United States Stanford, United States July 2, 1960[2]
20.5 0.0 Ray Norton  United States Stanford, United States July 2, 1960[2]
20.5 20.65 Livio Berruti  Italy Rome, Italy September 3, 1960[2]
20.5 20.62 Livio Berruti  Italy Rome, Italy September 3, 1960[2]
20.5y −1.1 20.67 Paul Drayton  United States Walnut, United States June 23, 1962[2]
20.3y −0.1 Henry Carr  United States Tempe, United States March 23, 1963[2]
20.2y 0.5 Henry Carr  United States Tempe, United States April 4, 1964[2]
20.0y 0.0 Tommie Smith  United States Sacramento, United States June 11, 1968[2]
19.8A 0.9 19.83A Tommie Smith  United States Mexico City, Mexico October 16, 1968[2]
19.8A 0.9 19.86A Donald Quarrie  Jamaica Cali, Colombia August 3, 1971[2]
19.8+ 1.3 Donald Quarrie  Jamaica Eugene, Oregon, United States June 7, 1975[2]