| World men's all-time best 400m hurdles |
| 1 | 46.78 | Kevin Young | USA | 660916 | 1 | Barcelona | 920806 |
| 2 | 47.02 | Edwin Moses | USA | 550831 | 1 | Koblenz | 830831 |
| 3 | 47.03 | Bryan Bronson ¶ | USA | 720909 | 1 | New Orleans, La | 980621 |
| 4 | 47.10 | Samuel Matete | ZAM | 680727 | 1 | Zürich | 910807 |
| + | 47.13 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Milano | 800703 |
| + | 47.14 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Lausanne | 810714 |
| + | 47.17 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | West Berlin | 800808 |
| + | 47.18 |     Kevin Young |   |   | 1 | Stuttgart | 930819 |
| 5 | 47.19 | Andre Phillips | USA | 590905 | 1 | Seoul | 880925 |
| 6 | 47.23 | Amadou Dia Ba | SEN | 580922 | 2 | Seoul | 880925 |
| + | 47.27 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | West Berlin | 810821 |
| + | 47.32 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Koblenz | 840829 |
| + | 47.37 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Roma | 810904 |
| + | 47.37 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Zürich | 830824 |
| + | 47.37 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Indianapolis | 880717 |
| + | 47.37 |     Kevin Young |   |   | 1 | Lausanne | 930707 |
| 7 | 47.37 | Stephane Diagana | FRA | 690723 | 1 | Lausanne | 950705 |
| + | 47.38 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Lausanne | 860902 |
| 8 | 47.38 | Danny Harris ¶ | USA | 650907 | 1 | Lausanne | 910710 |
| 9 | 47.38 | Felix Sanchez | DOM | 770830 | 1r1 | Zürich | 010817 |
| + | 47.40 |     Kevin Young |   |   | 1 | Zürich | 920819 |
| + | 47.42 |     Kevin Young |   |   | 1 | Köln | 920816 |
| + | 47.43 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Köln | 830811 |
| + | 47.45 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Westwood, Ca | 770611 |
| + | 47.46 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Roma | 870901 |
| 10 | 47.48 | Harald Schmid | FRG | 570929 | 1 | Athína | 820908 |
| + | 47.48 |     Danny Harris ¶ |   |   | 2 | Roma | 870901 |
| + | 47.48 |     Harald Schmid |   |   | 3 | Roma | 870901 |
| + | 47.49 |     Danny Harris ¶ |   |   | 1 | Lausanne | 900712 |
| + | 47.49 |     Felix Sanchez |   |   | 1 | Edmonton, CAN | 010810 |
| + | 47.50 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Helsinki | 830809 |
| 11 | 47.50 | Angelo Taylor | USA | 781229 | 1 | Sydney, AUS | 000927 |
| + | 47.51 |     Andre Phillips |   |   | 1 | Bruxelles | 860905 |
| + | 47.52 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 1 | Bruxelles | 950825 |
| + | 47.53 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Montréal | 790824 |
| + | 47.53 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | West Berlin | 860815 |
| 12 | 47.53 | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily | KSA | 761230 | 2 | Sydney, AUS | 000927 |
| 13 | 47.54 | Derrick Adkins | USA | 700702 | 2 | Lausanne | 950705 |
| + | 47.54 |     Derrick Adkins |   |   | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960801 |
| 14 | 47.54 | Fabrizio Mori | ITA | 690628 | 2 | Edmonton, CAN | 010810 |
| + | 47.56 |     Danny Harris ¶ |   |   | 1 | Madrid | 870604 |
| + | 47.56 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 3 | Seoul | 880925 |
| + | 47.56 |     Danny Harris ¶ |   |   | 2 | Bruxelles | 950825 |
| + | 47.58 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Düsseldorf | 770902 |
| + | 47.58 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | s1:1 | Los Angeles | 840617 |
| + | 47.58 |     Andre Phillips |   |   | 2 | Indianapolis | 880717 |
| + | 47.59 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Sacramento | 810621 |
| + | 47.60 |     Harald Schmid |   |   | 1 | Köln | 870816 |
| + | 47.60 |     Kevin Young |   |   | 1 | Monaco | 920811 |
| 15 | 47.60 | Winthrop Graham | JAM | 651117 | 1 | Zürich | 930804 |
| + | 47.60 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 2 | Stuttgart | 930819 |
| + | 47.62 |     Danny Harris ¶ |   |   | 1 | Sevilla | 900530 |
| + | 47.62 |     Danny Harris ¶ |   |   | 1 | New York, NY | 910615 |
| + | 47.62 |     Winthrop Graham |   |   | s1:2 | Barcelona | 920805 |
| + | 47.62 |     Winthrop Graham |   |   | 3 | Stuttgart | 930819 |
| + | 47.62 |     Angelo Taylor |   |   | 1 | Sacramento, Ca | 000721 |
| + | 47.63 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Montréal | 760725 |
| + | 47.63 |     Danny Harris ¶ |   |   | 1 | Zürich | 850821 |
| + | 47.63 |     Kevin Young |   |   | s2:2 | Barcelona | 920805 |
| + | 47.63 |     Danny Harris ¶ |   |   | 1 | Köln | 950818 |
| + | 47.64 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Zürich | 810819 |
| + | 47.64 |     Danny Harris ¶ |   |   | 2 | Zürich | 910807 |
| + | 47.64 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 1 | Tokyo | 910827 |
| + | 47.64 |     Stephane Diagana |   |   | 4 | Stuttgart | 930819 |
| + | 47.64 |     Bryan Bronson ¶ |   |   | 1 | Monaco | 970816 |
| + | 47.65 |     Derrick Adkins |   |   | 1 | Zürich | 950816 |
| + | 47.66 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Paris | 860722 |
| + | 47.66 |     Winthrop Graham |   |   | 2 | Barcelona | 920806 |
| + | 47.67 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Oslo | 790717 |
| + | 47.67 |     Andre Phillips |   |   | 1 | Indianapolis | 850616 |
| + | 47.67 |     Kevin Young |   |   | 1 | Sheffield | 920814 |
| + | 47.67 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 2 | Zürich | 950816 |
| + | 47.68 |     Derrick Adkins |   |   | 1 | Luzern | 950627 |
| + | 47.69 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Durham | 790519 |
| + | 47.69 |     Harald Schmid |   |   | 1 | Lausanne | 840710 |
| + | 47.69 |     Andre Phillips |   |   | 1 | Zürich | 860813 |
| + | 47.69 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 2 | Madrid | 870604 |
| + | 47.69 |     Kevin Young |   |   | 1 | Eugene, Or | 930618 |
| + | 47.70 |     Kevin Young |   |   | 1 | Bruxelles | 920828 |
| + | 47.70 |     Derrick Adkins |   |   | 1 | Linz | 940704 |
| + | 47.70 |     Derrick Adkins |   |   | 1 | Paris | 960628 |
| + | 47.70 |     Derrick Adkins |   |   | 1 | Zürich | 960814 |
| + | 47.70 |     Stephane Diagana |   |   | 1 | Athína | 970804 |
| + | 47.72 |     Kevin Young |   |   | 3 | Indianapolis | 880717 |
| + | 47.72 |     Fabrizio Mori |   |   | 1 | Sevilla, ESP | 990827 |
| + | 47.73 |     Danny Harris ¶ |   |   | 1 | Barcelona | 900716 |
| + | 47.73 |     Kevin Young |   |   | 1 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 930702 |
| + | 47.74 |     Danny Harris ¶ |   |   | 1= | Zürich | 880817 |
| + | 47.74 |     Kevin Young |   |   | 1= | Zürich | 880817 |
| + | 47.74 |     Winthrop Graham |   |   | 2 | Tokyo | 910827 |
| + | 47.74 |     Derrick Adkins |   |   | 1 | London | 950707 |
| + | 47.75 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Los Angeles | 840805 |
| 16 | 47.75 | David Patrick | USA | 600612 | 4 | Indianapolis | 880717 |
| + | 47.75 |     Kevin Young |   |   | 1 | Köln | 930801 |
| + | 47.76 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Los Angeles | 840618 |
| + | 47.76 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Budapest | 860811 |
| + | 47.76 |     Danny Harris ¶ |   |   | 5 | Indianapolis | 880717 |
| + | 47.76 |     Derrick Adkins |   |   | s1:1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960731 |
| + | 47.77 |     Danny Harris ¶ |   |   | 1 | Madrid | 900609 |
| + | 47.77 |     Bryan Bronson ¶ |   |   | 1 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 970629 |
| + | 47.77 |     Bryan Bronson ¶ |   |   | 1 | Lausanne | 970702 |
| + | 47.77 |     Stephane Diagana |   |   | 2 | Monaco | 970816 |
| + | 47.78 |     Andre Phillips |   |   | 2 | Köln | 830828 |
| + | 47.78 |     Derrick Adkins |   |   | 3 | Bruxelles | 950825 |
| + | 47.78 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960801 |
| + | 47.79 |     Derrick Adkins |   |   | 1 | Monaco | 950725 |
| + | 47.79 |     Bryan Bronson ¶ |   |   | 3 | Indianapolis | 970615 |
| + | 47.79 |     Fabrizio Mori |   |   | 3 | Monaco | 970816 |
| + | 47.80 |     Andre Phillips |   |   | 2 | Zürich | 850821 |
| + | 47.80 |     Andre Phillips |   |   | 1 | Bruxelles | 850830 |
| + | 47.80A |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 1 | Sestriere | 910731 |
| + | 47.80 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 3 | Lausanne | 950705 |
| + | 47.81 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1r2 | Zürich | 800813 |
| + | 47.81 |     Bryan Bronson ¶ |   |   | s1:2 | New Orleans, La | 980620 |
| 17 | 47.81 | Llewellyn Herbert | RSA | 770721 | 3 | Sydney, AUS | 000927 |
| 18 | 47.82 | John Akii-Bua | UGA | 491203 | 1 | München | 720902 |
| + | 47.82 |     Danny Harris ¶ |   |   | 1 | Oslo | 860705 |
| + | 47.82 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | West Berlin | 870821 |
| 19 | 47.82 | Kriss Akabusi | GBR | 581128 | 3 | Barcelona | 920806 |
| + | 47.82 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 2 | Zürich | 930804 |
| + | 47.82 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 1 | Monaco | 960810 |
| + | 47.83 |     Kevin Young |   |   | 3 | Zürich | 910807 |
| + | 47.83 |     Bryan Bronson ¶ |   |   | s1:3 | Athína | 970803 |
| + | 47.83A |     Llewellyn Herbert |   |   | 1 | Roodepoort | 990319 |
| + | 47.84 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Indianapolis | 830619 |
| + | 47.84 |     Andre Phillips |   |   | 1r1 | Köln | 860817 |
| + | 47.84 |     Derrick Adkins |   |   | 1 | Nice | 940718 |
| + | 47.84 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 4 | Monaco | 970816 |
| + | 47.85 |     Harald Schmid |   |   | 1 | Torino | 790804 |
| + | 47.85 |     Harald Schmid |   |   | 1 | Moskva | 850817 |
| + | 47.85 |     Kevin Young |   |   | 1 | Eugene, Or | 880603 |
| + | 47.85 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 1 | Salamanca | 950718 |
| + | 47.85 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 1 | Lausanne | 960703 |
| + | 47.86 |     Kevin Young |   |   | 1 | West Berlin | 890818 |
| + | 47.86 |     Danny Harris ¶ |   |   | 1 | Zürich | 900815 |
| + | 47.86 |     Kriss Akabusi |   |   | 3 | Tokyo | 910827 |
| + | 47.86 |     Derrick Adkins |   |   | 1 | Sankt Peterburg | 940726 |
| + | 47.86 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 2 | Köln | 950818 |
| + | 47.86 |     Llewellyn Herbert |   |   | 2 | Athína | 970804 |
| + | 47.86 |     Llewellyn Herbert |   |   | 1 | Tokyo | 970906 |
| + | 47.87 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 1 | Monaco | 910803 |
| + | 47.87 |     Derrick Adkins |   |   | 1 | Paris | 950703 |
| + | 47.87 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 1 | Padova | 950716 |
| + | 47.88 |     Harald Schmid |   |   | 1 | Zürich | 870819 |
| + | 47.88 |     Bryan Bronson ¶ |   |   | 3 | Athína | 970804 |
| + | 47.89 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Walnut, Ca | 790617 |
| + | 47.89 |     Harald Schmid |   |   | 2 | Zürich | 860813 |
| + | 47.89 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Malmö | 880808 |
| + | 47.89 |     Andre Phillips |   |   | 1 | Bruxelles | 880819 |
| + | 47.89 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | s1:1 | Seoul | 880924 |
| + | 47.89 |     Kevin Young |   |   | 1 | New Orleans, La | 920621 |
| + | 47.89 |     Danny Harris ¶ |   |   | 2 | London | 950707 |
| 20 | 47.89 | Dai Tamesue | JPN | 780503 | 3 | Edmonton, CAN | 010810 |
| + | 47.90 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Eugene, Or | 800623 |
| + | 47.90 |     Danny Harris ¶ |   |   | 1 | Linz | 910705 |
| + | 47.90 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 1 | Monaco | 940802 |
| + | 47.90 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 1 | Durham | 940813 |
| + | 47.90 |     Derrick Adkins |   |   | 1 | Zürich | 940817 |
| + | 47.90 |     Angelo Taylor |   |   | 2 | New Orleans, La | 980621 |
| + | 47.90 |     Angelo Taylor |   |   | 1r1 | Zürich | 000811 |
| + | 47.91 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 1 | Athína | 900907 |
| + | 47.91 |     Kriss Akabusi |   |   | s1:2 | Tokyo | 910826 |
| + | 47.91 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 1 | Rieti | 920906 |
| 21 | 47.91 | Calvin Davis | USA | 720402 | s1:2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960731 |
| + | 47.91 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 1 | Nishinomiya (Osaka) | 990508 |
| 22 | 47.92 | Aleksandr Vasilyev | URS | 610726 | 2 | Moskva | 850817 |
| + | 47.92 |     Danny Harris ¶ |   |   | 2 | West Berlin | 870821 |
| + | 47.92 |     Danny Harris ¶ |   |   | 1 | Bruxelles | 900810 |
| + | 47.92 |     Kriss Akabusi |   |   | 1 | Split, YUG | 900829 |
| + | 47.92 |     Angelo Taylor |   |   | 1 | Uniondale, NY | 980719 |
| + | 47.93 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Rieti | 830904 |
| + | 47.93 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Budapest | 870706 |
| + | 47.93 |     Danny Harris ¶ |   |   | 2 | Athína | 900907 |
| + | 47.93 |     Derrick Adkins |   |   | 1 | Oslo | 940722 |
| + | 47.93 |     Stephane Diagana |   |   | 3 | Köln | 950818 |
| + | 47.93 |     Derrick Adkins |   |   | 1 | Bruxelles | 960823 |
| + | 47.93 |     Bryan Bronson ¶ |   |   | 1 | Houston, Tx | 980612 |
| + | 47.93 |     Llewellyn Herbert |   |   | 2r1 | Zürich | 000811 |
| + | 47.94 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Zürich | 780816 |
| + | 47.94 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1r1 | Moskva | 860709 |
| + | 47.94 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | London (CP) | 870710 |
| + | 47.94 |     Kevin Young |   |   | 4 | Seoul | 880925 |
| + | 47.94 |     Andre Phillips |   |   | 2 | West Berlin | 890818 |
| + | 47.94 |     Kevin Young |   |   | 1 | Koblenz | 890823 |
| + | 47.94 |     Kevin Young |   |   | 2 | New York, NY | 910615 |
| + | 47.94 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 1 | Monaco | 930807 |
| + | 47.94 |     Derrick Adkins |   |   | 1 | Lausanne | 940706 |
| + | 47.94 |     Derrick Adkins |   |   | 2 | Monaco | 940802 |
| + | 47.94 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 2 | Zürich | 940817 |
| + | 47.94 |     Bryan Bronson ¶ |   |   | 1 | Köln | 970824 |
| + | 47.94 |     Bryan Bronson ¶ |   |   | 1 | Oslo | 980709 |
| 23 | 47.94 | Eric Thomas | USA | 731201 | 1 | Roma | 000630 |
| + | 47.95 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Köln | 840826 |
| + | 47.95 |     Andre Phillips |   |   | 1 | San José | 860531 |
| + | 47.95 |     Angelo Taylor |   |   | 1r1 | Lausanne | 010704 |
| + | 47.95 |     Felix Sanchez |   |   | 1 | London | 010722 |
| + | 47.96 |     Danny Harris ¶ |   |   | 1 | La Coruna | 900726 |
| + | 47.96 |     Calvin Davis |   |   | 3 | Atlanta, Ga | 960801 |
| + | 47.97 |     Kevin Young |   |   | 1 | Lausanne | 920708 |
| + | 47.97 |     Derrick Adkins |   |   | 1 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 940708 |
| 24 | 47.97 | Maurice Mitchell | USA | 710514 | 2 | Zürich | 960814 |
| + | 47.97 |     Llewellyn Herbert |   |   | 1r1 | Stuttgart | 970713 |
| 25 | 47.97 | Joey Woody | USA | 730522 | 3 | New Orleans, La | 980621 |
| + | 47.98A |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Colorado Springs | 830703 |
| + | 47.98 |     Danny Harris ¶ |   |   | 1 | Stockholm | 900702 |
| + | 47.98 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 2 | Sankt Peterburg | 940726 |
| + | 47.98 |     Danny Harris ¶ |   |   | 1 | Nice | 950712 |
| + | 47.98 |     Derrick Adkins |   |   | 1 | Göteborg | 950810 |
| + | 47.98 |     Bryan Bronson ¶ |   |   | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960616 |
| 26 | 47.98 | Sven Nylander | SWE | 620101 | 4 | Atlanta, Ga | 960801 |
| + | 47.98 |     Llewellyn Herbert |   |   | 1r1 | Lausanne | 000705 |
| + | 47.99 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | Oslo | 810711 |
| + | 47.99 |     Edwin Moses |   |   | 1 | San José | 870627 |
| + | 47.99 |     Kevin Young |   |   | s1:3 | Stuttgart | 930817 |
| + | 47.99 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 2 | Lausanne | 940706 |
| + | 47.99 |     Stephane Diagana |   |   | 4 | Zürich | 950816 |
| + | 47.99 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 2 | Bruxelles | 960823 |
| + | 47.99 |     Bryan Bronson ¶ |   |   | 2r1 | Stuttgart | 970713 |
| + | 47.99 |     Samuel Matete |   |   | 2 | Köln | 970824 |
| + | 47.99 |     Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily |   |   | 4 | Edmonton, CAN | 010810 |
| 220 performances by 26 athletes |
| 27 | 48.04 | Eronildes Nunes de Araújo | BRA | 701231 | 2 | Nice | 950712 |
| 28 | 48.04 | James Carter | USA | 780507 | 4 | Sydney, AUS | 000927 |
| 29 | 48.05 | Ken Harnden | ZIM | 730331 | 1 | Paris | 980729 |
| 30 | 48.06 | Oleg Tverdokhlyeb | UKR | 691103 | 1 | Helsinki | 940810 |
| 31 | 48.06 | Ruslan Mashchenko | RUS | 711111 | 1 | Helsinki | 980613 |
| 32 | 48.12A | David Hemery | GBR | 440718 | 1 | Ciudad de México | 681015 |
| 33 | 48.13 | Dinsdale Morgan | JAM | 721119 | 2 | Roma | 980714 |
| 34 | 48.13 | Marcel Schelbert | SUI | 760226 | 3 | Sevilla, ESP | 990827 |
| 35 | 48.14 | Christopher Rawlinson | GBR | 720519 | 1r2 | Zürich | 990811 |
| 36 | 48.16 | Tony Rambo | USA | 600530 | s3:1 | Los Angeles | 840617 |
| 37 | 48.16 | Marek Plawgo | POL | 810225 | 1 | Nishinomiya (Osaka) | 010512 |
| 38 | 48.17 | Pawel Januszewski | POL | 720102 | 1 | Budapest | 980820 |
| 39 | 48.17A | Mubarak Faraj Al-Nubi | QAT | 771230 | 2 | Johannesburg | 980911 |
| 40 | 48.18 | Torrance Zellner | USA | 700106 | 4 | Zürich | 960814 |
| 41 | 48.24 | Erick Keter | KEN | 660722 | s2:2 | Stuttgart | 930817 |
| 42 | 48.26 | Kazuhiko Yamazaki | JPN | 710510 | 3 | Nishinomiya (Osaka) | 990508 |
| 43 | 48.27 | Jiri Muzik | CZE | 760901 | s3:3 | Athína | 970803 |
| 44 | 48.28 | Tranel Hawkins | USA | 620917 | 3 | Los Angeles | 840618 |
| 45 | 48.28 | Everson da Silva Teixeira | BRA | 741123 | s2:2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960731 |
| 46 | 48.28 | Rohan Robinson | AUS | 711115 | s4:2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960731 |
| 47 | 48.30 | Neil Gardner | JAM | 741208 | s5:2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960731 |
| 48 | 48.30A | Ibou Faye | SEN | 691213 | 1 | Johannesburg | 990917 |
| 49 | 48.34 | Vasiliy Arkhipyenko | URS | 570128 | 2 | Torino | 790804 |
| 50 | 48.34 | McClinton Neal | USA | 680711 | 4 | Lausanne | 920708 |
| 51 | 48.34 | Shunji Karube | JPN | 690508 | 1 | Tokyo | 971005 |
| 52 | 48.35 | Niklas Wallenlind | SWE | 681121 | s3:1 | Barcelona | 920805 |
| 53 | 48.39 | Quentin Wheeler | USA | 550427 | 2 | Walnut, Ca | 790617 |
| 54 | 48.39 | Octavius Terry | USA | 721107 | 4 | Indianapolis | 970615 |
| 55 | 48.40 | Gennadiy Gorbenko | UKR | 750922 | s3:1 | Sydney, AUS | 000925 |
| 56 | 48.42 | David Lee | USA | 590423 | 4 | Zürich | 830824 |
| 57 | 48.43 | Bayano Kamani | USA | 800417 | 2 | Durham, Nc | 000602 |
| 58 | 48.44A | Harry Schulting | NED | 560211 | 1 | Ciudad de México | 790912 |
| 59 | 48.45 | Dusan Kovacs | HUN | 710731 | s4:3 (9) | Athína | 970803 |
| 60 | 48.46A | Larry Cowling | USA | 600706 | 2 | Provo | 820604 |
| 61 | 48.46A | Dries Vorster | RSA | 621025 | 1 | Pretoria | 890411 |
| 62 | 48.48 | James Walker | USA | 571025 | 1 | Tuscaloosa | 790513 |
| 63 | 48.48 | Toma Tomov | BUL | 580506 | 2r1 | Budapest | 860811 |
| 64 | 48.48 | Olaf Hense | GER | 671119 | 2 | Roma | 930626 |
| 65 | 48.48 | Edgar Itt | GER | 670608 | 1 | Erfurt | 940703 |
| 66 | 48.50 | Uwe Ackermann | GDR | 600912 | 1 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 820709 |
| 67 | 48.50 | Henry Amike | NGR | 611004 | s4:1 | Roma | 870831 |
| 68 | 48.50 | Boris Gorban | RUS | 780926 | s2:2 | Edmonton, CAN | 010808 |
| 69 | 48.51 | Ralph Mann | USA | 490616 | 2 | München | 720902 |
| 70 | 48.52 | Reggie Davis | USA | 640117 | 2 | Knoxville | 870523 |
| 71 | 48.52 | Laurent Ottoz | ITA | 700410 | s6:2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960731 |
| 72 | 48.54 | Thomas Goller | GER | 771028 | 2=r1 | Jena | 990605 |
| 73 | 48.55 | Jim Bolding | USA | 490324 | 1 | Paris | 750708 |
| 74 | 48.55 | Tom Andrews | USA | 540615 | 1 | Westwood, Ca | 760612 |
| 75 | 48.56 | Stephen Flenoy | USA | 681101 | s1:1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960615 |
| 76 | 48.56 | Kemel Thompson | JAM | 740925 | 1r1 | Atlanta, Ga | 000520 |
| 77 | 48.58 | Volker Beck | GDR | 560630 | 3 | Torino | 790804 |
| 78 | 48.59 | Alan Pascoe | GBR | 471011 | 1 | Stockholm | 750630 |
| 79 | 48.60 | Aleksandr Yatsevich | URS | 560908 | 2 | Athína | 820908 |
| 80 | 48.61 | Vadim Zadoynov | URS | 690524 | 4 | Split, YUG | 900829 |
| 81 | 48.61 | Sherman Armstrong | USA | 780922 | 3 | Durham, Nc | 000602 |
| 82 | 48.63 | Bart Williams | USA | 560920 | 2 | Lausanne | 840710 |
| 83 | 48.64 | Jim Seymour | USA | 490727 | 4 | München | 720902 |
| 84 | 48.64 | Yoshihiko Saito | JPN | 720212 | 1 | Kumamoto | 981004 |
| 85 | 48.65 | William Porter | USA | 730415 | 1 | Nassau | 990526 |
| 86 | 48.65 | Yoshihiro Chiba | JPN | 790429 | 1 | Yokohama | 010520 |
| 87 | 48.66 | Regan Nichols | USA | 730726 | 4 | New Orleans, La | 980621 |
| 88 | 48.68 | Kevin Henderson | USA | 650204 | 1 | Tampa, Fl | 880618 |
| 89 | 48.69 | Mike Shine | USA | 530919 | 2 | Montréal | 760725 |
| 90 | 48.71 | Vladimir Budko | URS | 650204 | 1 | Tashkent | 860918 |
| 91 | 48.72A | Dale Laverty | USA | 650430 | 2 | El Paso, Tx | 860420 |
| 92 | 48.73A | Paul Montgomery | USA | 610420 | 3 | Provo | 820604 |
| 93 | 48.73 | Jonathan Ridgeon | GBR | 670214 | 2 | Rieti | 920906 |
| 94 | 48.75 | Nat Page | USA | 570126 | 2 | Verona | 890912 |
| 95 | 48.77 | Pedro Rodrigues | POR | 710708 | 4 | Helsinki | 940810 |
| 96 | 48.77 | Carlos Silva | POR | 740608 | 2r2 | Zürich | 990811 |
| 97 | 48.78 | Aleksandr Kharlov | URS | 580318 | 1 | Moskva | 830620 |
| 98 | 48.80 | Athanassios Kalogiannis | GRE | 650910 | 2 | Zagreb | 870719 |
| 99 | 48.80 | Kareem Archer | JAM | 761211 | 1 | Fairfax, Va | 970525 |
| 100 | 48.81A | Johannes Pienaar | RSA | 600823 | 1 | Pretoria | 860215 |
| 101 | 48.83A | Pat McGhee | USA | 660624 | 2 | Sestriere | 880811 |
| 102 | 48.83 | Ian Weakley | JAM | 740224 | h1:2 | Fairfax, Va | 970524 |
| 103 | 48.84 | Hideaki Kawamura | JPN | 740915 | 5 | Yokohama | 000909 |
| 104 | 48.85 | Corey Murdock | USA | 750303 | 4 | Palma de Mallorca, ESP | 990712 |
| 105 | 48.86 | Stephane Caristan | FRA | 640531 | 7 | Barcelona | 920806 |
| 106 | 48.87 | Ziad Abou Hamed | AUS | 700422 | 1 | Sydney, AUS | 990220 |
| 107 | 48.89 | Carsten Köhrbrück | FRG | 670626 | 1 | Düsseldorf | 900812 |
| 108 | 48.90 | Barnabas Kinyor | KEN | 610803 | h3:7 | Barcelona | 920803 |
| 109 | 48.90A | Alwyn Myburgh | RSA | 801013 | 1 | Potchefstroom | 010212 |
| 110 | 48.91 | Ryan Hayden | USA | 710313 | s2:2 | Sacramento | 950616 |
| 111 | 48.91 | Marc Dollendorf | BEL | 660207 | s8:2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960731 |
| 112 | 48.94A | Geoff Vanderstock | USA | 461008 | 1 | Echo Summit, South Lake Tahoe, Ca | 680911 |
| 113 | 48.94 | Jean Claude Nallet | FRA | 470313 | 2 | Roma | 740904 |
| 114 | 48.94 | René Meledje Djedjemel | CIV | 580605 | 4 | Zürich | 860813 |
| 115 | 48.94 | Jozef Kucej | CS | 650323 | 1 | Praha | 890621 |
| 116 | 48.95 | Jon Thomas | USA | 630201 | 1 | Evanston, Il | 850519 |
| 117 | 48.96 | Mustapha Sdad # | MAR | 700411 | h2:2 | Edmonton, CAN | 010807 |
| 118 | 48.97A | Shem Ochako | KEN | 641212 | 2 | Nairobi | 870809 |
| 119 | 48.98A | Nikolay Vasilyev | URS | 561218 | s1:2 | Ciudad de México | 790911 |
| 120 | 48.98 | Nikolay Ilchenko | URS | 630812 | 2 | Tashkent | 860918 |
| 121 | 48.98 | Omar A. Brown | JAM | 751226 | 1 | Columbia, Mo | 980517 |
| 122 | 49.00 | Wesley Williams | USA | 481017 | 5 | Westwood, Ca | 760612 |
| 123 | 49.00 | James King | USA | 490509 | 2 | Bratislava | 790907 |
| 124 | 49.00 | José Alonso Valero | ESP | 570212 | s4:2 | Roma | 870831 |
| 125 | 49.00 | Tibor Bedi | HUN | 740322 | s6:2 | Sevilla, ESP | 990825 |
| 126 | 49.02A | Gerhard Hennige | FRG | 400923 | 2 | Ciudad de México | 681015 |
| 127 | 49.02 | Yevgeniy Gavrilyenko | URS | 510405 | 1 | München | 760530 |
| 128 | 49.02A | Hennie Botha | RSA | 750220 | 1r1 | Potchefstroom | 000214 |
| 129 | 49.02 | Vladislav Shiryayev | RUS | 731030 | 1 | Tula | 000725 |
| 130 | 49.03A | John Sherwood | GBR | 450604 | 3 | Ciudad de México | 681015 |
| 131 | 49.03 | Thomas Nyberg | SWE | 620417 | s5:2 | Roma | 870831 |
| 132 | 49.04 | Sam Turner | USA | 570617 | 3 | Lausanne | 780713 |
| 133 | 49.04 | Giorgio Frinolli | ITA | 700712 | 3 | Milano | 010606 |
| 134 | 49.05 | Craig Calk | USA | 650131 | 1 | Lubbock, Tx | 870517 |
| 135 | 49.05A | Willie Smit | NAM | 770920 | 3r1 | Roodepoort | 010316 |
| 136 | 49.06A | Ron Whitney | USA | 421005 | h1:3 | Ciudad de México | 681013 |
| 137 | 49.07 | Tagir Zemskov | URS | 620804 | 2r1 | Leningrad | 860608 |
| 138 | 49.07 | Gary Cadogan | GBR | 661008 | 3 | Oslo | 940722 |
| 139 | 49.08 | Ashraf Saber | ITA | 730402 | 5 | Roma | 960605 |
| 140 | 49.08 | Lukas Soucek | CZE | 750710 | 1 | Turku | 970712 |
| 141 | 49.08 | Wayne Whyte | JAM | 740504 | 1 | Jona | 980712 |
| 142 | 49.08A | Blair Young | AUS | 710405 | 2 | Pietersburg | 000318 |
| 143 | 49.08 | Samuel Glover | USA | 800122 | 4 | Durham, Nc | 000602 |
| 144 | 49.08 | Mario Watts | JAM | 750521 | 1 | Indianapolis, In | 000701 |
| 145 | 49.09 | Gideon Yego # | KEN | 600506 | 2 | Cairo, EGY | 910924 |
| 146 | 49.09 | Marty Beck | USA | 700302 | 1 | Eagle Rock, Ca | 960511 |
| 147 | 49.09 | Jean-Paul Bruwier | BEL | 710218 | 5 | Paris | 960628 |
| 148 | 49.09A | Martin Willemse | RSA | 750423 | 2r1 | Pretoria, RSA | 010323 |
| 149 | 49.09 | Periklis Iakovakis | GRE | 790324 | 1 | Rethymnon | 010701 |
| 150 | 49.10 | Hartmut Weber | FRG | 601017 | 1 | Dortmund | 820515 |
| 151 | 49.10A | Bernie Holloway | USA | 611120 | 4 | Provo | 820604 |
| 152 | 49.10 | Jordan Gray | USA | 710209 | 2 | New Orleans, La | 930604 |
| 153 | 49.10 | Robert Bronston | USA | 741013 | s5:1 | Indianapolis | 970614 |
| 154 | 49.10 | Cleverson Oliveira da Silva | BRA | 730905 | 5 | Winnipeg | 990728 |
| 155 | 49.11 | Rok Kopitar | YUG | 590505 | 1 | Maribor | 800603 |
| 156 | 49.11 | Gary Oakes | GBR | 580921 | 3 | Moskva | 800726 |
| 157 | 49.11 | Ken Yoshizawa | JPN | 780707 | 2 | Yokohama | 000521 |
| 158 | 49.12A | Vyacheslav Skomorokhov | URS | 40 | 5 | Ciudad de México | 681015 |
| 159 | 49.12 | Domingo Cordero | PUR | 651017 | 1 | Jalapa | 910726 |
| 160 | 49.14A | Roberto Frinolli | ITA | 401113 | s1:1 | Ciudad de México | 681014 |
| 161 | 49.15A | Rainer Schubert | FRG | 411012 | h2:3 | Ciudad de México | 681013 |
| 162 | 49.15 | John Rothell | USA | 720329 | 1 | Gainesville, Fl | 950325 |
| 163 | 49.16 | Paul Gray | GBR | 690525 | h3:3 | Budapest | 980818 |
| 164 | 49.17 | Karl Smith | JAM | 590915 | 2 | Houston, Tx | 820515 |
| 165 | 49.17 | Ryszard Szparak | POL | 510702 | s3:2 | Helsinki | 830808 |
| 166 | 49.18 | Raphael Smith | USA | 570416 | h2:1 | Los Angeles | 840616 |
| 167 | 49.18 | Antonio Smith | VEN | 670301 | 1 | Caracas | 910714 |
| 168 | 49.18 | Mark Jackson | CAN | 690515 | h4:3 | Barcelona | 920803 |
| 169 | 49.18 | Chen Tien-Wen | TPE | 780601 | 1 | Nishinomiya (Osaka) | 010525 |
| 170 | 49.19A | George Porter | USA | 661219 | 3 | Provo | 890602 |
| 171 | 49.19A | Gideon Biwott | KEN | 660626 | 2 | Harare | 950916 |
| 172 | 49.19 | Alain Rohr | SUI | 711225 | 8r1 | Lausanne | 010704 |
| 173 | 49.20 | Daniel Kimaiyo | KEN | 480111 | s1:1 | Edmonton | 780808 |
| 174 | 49.20 | Ryoichi Yoshida | JPN | 650302 | 3 | Zagreb | 870719 |
| 175 | 49.21 | Dieter Büttner | FRG | 490224 | 1 | München | 720721 |
| 176 | 49.21 | Hidekazu Katsuki | JPN | 690418 | 3 | Tokyo | 930612 |
| 177 | 49.21 | Victor Houston | BAR | 740224 | 5 | Kuala Lumpur | 980919 |
| 178 | 49.21 | Olivier Jean-Théodore | FRA | 741113 | 1 | La Chaux-De-Fonds | 010819 |
| 179 | 49.22A | Alexis Sanchez | CUB | 710303 | 1 | Medellin | 960512 |
| 180 | 49.22A | Alejandro Argudin-Zaharia | ROM | 740310 | 1 | Antananarivo | 970904 |
| 181 | 49.23 | Derek Spears | USA | 730322 | 1 | Lubbock, Tx | 960518 |
| 182 | 49.24 | Antonio Eusebio Dias Ferreira | BRA | 600302 | s2:2 | Kobe | 850830 |
| 183 | 49.24 | Larry Sanders | USA | 700426 | 1 | Abilene, Tx | 930529 |
| 184 | 49.24 | Patrick Ottoz | ITA | 710615 | 3 | Bologna | 960526 |
| 185 | 49.25 | Max Robertson | GBR | 631227 | s5:2 | Split, YUG | 900828 |
| 186 | 49.25 | Tan Chunhua | CHN | 770313 | 1 | Beijing | 980906 |
| 187 | 49.25 | John McAfee | USA | 780315 | 1 | Indianapolis, In | 000701 |
| 188 | 49.26A | Hennie Kotze | RSA | 600115 | 1 | Germiston, RSA | 830329 |
| 189 | 49.26 | Peter Crampton | GBR | 690604 | s3:2 | Helsinki | 940808 |
| 190 | 49.26 | Simon Hollingsworth | AUS | 720509 | 2 | Melbourne, AUS | 960229 |
| 191 | 49.26 | Matthew Douglas | GBR | 761126 | 2 | Rovereto | 000830 |
| 192 | 49.27A | Boyd Gittins | USA | 46 | 2 | Echo Summit, South Lake Tahoe, Ca | 680911 |
| 193 | 49.27 | Kevin Mason | USA | 670617 | s5:2 | San José | 870626 |
| 194 | 49.28A | Jose R Perez | CUB | 710319 | h1:1 | Cali | 930730 |
| 195 | 49.29 | Belfred Clark | USA | 650819 | 1 | Knoxville | 860518 |
| 196 | 49.29 | Jimmy Coco | FRA | 721128 | 6 | Saint-Denis | 980604 |
| 197 | 49.29 | Du'aine Thorne -Ladejo | GBR | 710214 | 1r1 | Tula | 010609 |
| 198 | 49.30 | Gordon Bugg | USA | 660624 | 2 | Westwood, Ca | 880522 |
| 199 | 49.31 | Rich Graybehl | USA | 560719 | 2 | Eugene, Or | 780603 |
| 200 | 49.31 | Ahmed Hamada | BHR | 610918 | 1 | Seoul | 860930 |
| 201 | 49.32 | Bruce Field | AUS | 470122 | 2 | Christchurch | 740129 |
| 202 | 49.32 | Theron Brown | USA | 630118 | 2 | Tampa, Fl | 880618 |
| 203 | 49.33 | Dmitriy Shkarupin | URS | 570607 | s1:2 | Moskva | 830619 |
| 204 | 49.33 | Leander McKenzie | USA | 630127 | 3 | Austin | 850531 |
| 205 | 49.33 | Thomas Futterknecht | AUT | 621224 | s3:1 | Kobe | 850830 |
| 206 | 49.33A | Joseph Maritim | KEN | 681022 | 4 | Nairobi | 870809 |
| 207 | 49.33 | Aleksey Bazarov | URS | 631014 | 1r2 | Leningrad | 880612 |
| 208 | 49.33 | Niklas Eriksson | SWE | 690222 | h4:6 | Stuttgart | 950807 |
| 209 | 49.34 | Christian Rudolph | GDR | 490215 | 2 | Helsinki | 710812 |
| 210 | 49.34 | Bill Koskei | KEN | 481228 | 3 | Christchurch | 740129 |
| 211 | 49.34 | Miroslav Kodejs | CS | 500707 | 1 | Praha | 740629 |
| 212 | 49.34 | Olivier Gui | FRA | 620120 | 1 | Paris | 850721 |
| 213 | 49.34 | Pedro Paulo Chiamulera | BRA | 640629 | 1 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 850920 |
| 214 | 49.34 | Gao Yonghong | CHN | 700504 | 1 | Shanghai | 971022 |
| 215 | 49.34 | Jean-Laurent Heusse | FRA | 740408 | 2r1 | Niort | 990801 |
| 216 | 49.34 | Michael Smith II | USA | 790426 | 2 | Eugene, Or | 010601 |
| 217 | 49.35 | Sergey Melnikov | URS | 600126 | 2r1 | Moskva | 830620 |
| 218 | 49.36 | Rick Walker | USA | 540222 | 5 | Westwood, Ca | 770611 |
| 219 | 49.36 | Louis Sales | USA | 711129 | 5r1 | Atlanta, Ga | 000520 |
| 220 | 49.37y-.26 | Robert Primeaux | USA | 53 | 1 | Baton Rouge | 730609 |
| 221 | 49.37 | Garry Brown | AUS | 541027 | 1 | Brisbane | 821007 |
| 222 | 49.37 | Mark Thompson (1) | JAM | 670802 | 2 | Gainesville, Fl | 920612 |
| 223 | 49.37A | Hilary Maritim | KEN | 730205 | 4 | Johannesburg | 990917 |
| 224 | 49.38 | Oleg Azarov | URS | 620216 | 2r2 | Moskva | 860709 |
| 225 | 49.38 | Tony McKennie | USA | 671026 | 3 | Gainesville, Fl | 920612 |
| 226 | 49.38 | Richard Murphy | USA | 720428 | 2 | Austin | 930521 |
| 227 | 49.38 | Anthony Borsumato | GBR | 731213 | 6 | Roma | 010629 |
| 228 | 49.39 | Dennis Otono | NGR | 580416 | h1:1 | Tuscaloosa | 790512 |
| 229 | 49.39 | Uwe Schmitt | FRG | 610817 | 2 | Stuttgart | 850804 |
| 230 | 49.39 | Paolo Bellino | ITA | 690813 | 2 | Udine | 910704 |
| 231 | 49.40A | Hugo Pont | NED | 590720 | s2:2 | Ciudad de México | 790911 |
| 232 | 49.40 | Valeriy Vikhrov | URS | 61 | 2 | Kiev | 840622 |
| 233 | 49.40 | German Petrov | URS | 670326 | 2 | Tallinn | 880706 |
| 234 | 49.40 | Mourhej Hani | SYR | 811020 | 2 | Bayreuth | 010704 |
| 235 | 49.41 | Jesus Aguilasocho | MEX | 600302 | 2 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 850920 |
| 236 | 49.41 | Peter Scholz | FRG | 591031 | 1 | Feuerbach | 870606 |
| 237 | 49.41 | Ferrins Pieterse | RSA | 670322 | 2 | Cape Town | 960420 |
| 238 | 49.42 | Franz Meier | SUI | 560916 | 5r1 | Zürich | 840822 |
| 239 | 49.42 | Jesse Allen | USA | 770823 | 1 | Fairfax, Va | 990523 |
| 241 | 49.43 | Randy Cox | TRI | 641222 | 1 | Villanova | 870524 |
| 242 | 49.43 | Miro Kocuvan (2) | SLO | 710615 | 3 | Bari | 970617 |
| 243 | 49.43 | Steffen Kolb | GER | 730907 | 3 | Sankt Peterburg | 980627 |
| 244 | 49.44 | Sylvester Omodiale | NGR | 770905 | 1 | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat | 000827 |
| 245 | 49.44 | Harijan Ratnayake | SRI | 741208 | 2 | Jakarta | 000831 |
| 246 | 49.45 | Xavier Ravenet | FRA | 750717 | 3r1 | La Chaux-De-Fonds | 970824 |
| 247 | 49.46y-.26 | Gert Potgieter | RSA | 370416 | 1 | Cardiff | 580722 |
| 248 | 49.46 | Chris Person | USA | 600712 | 1 | Philadelphia, Pa | 800525 |
| 249 | 49.46 | Greg Rolle | BAH | 591014 | 2 | Westwood, Ca | 830515 |
| 250 | 49.46 | Eduardo Ivan Rodriguez | ESP | 780407 | 1 | Valencia, ESP | 010722 |
| 251 | 49.47A | Tom Wyatt | USA | 42 | s1:2 | Echo Summit, South Lake Tahoe, Ca | 680910 |
| 252 | 49.47 | Georgios Vamvakas | GRE | 600101 | 2 | Budapest | 850714 |
| 253 | 49.47 | Aleksandr Belikhov | RUS | 721227 | 3r2 | Lausanne | 920708 |
| 254 | 49.47 | Matt Beckenham | AUS | 760318 | 2 | Sydney, AUS | 990220 |
| 255 | 49.48 | Frank Nusse | NED | 530323 | 3 | Zürich | 750820 |
| 256 | 49.48 | Krasimir Demirev | BUL | 620828 | 2 | Sofia | 880626 |
| 257 | 49.48 | Jeff Jackson | USA | 740314 | 2 | Lubbock, Tx | 960518 |
| 258 | 49.48 | Jean-Dominique Dième | SEN | 690918 | 1 | Dakar | 000611 |
| 259 | 49.49 | Nate Lundy | USA | 581015 | 1 | Des Moines | 810424 |
| 260 | 49.49 | Mark Holtom | GBR | 580206 | 2 | London | 850720 |
| 261 | 49.49 | Nick Ward | AUS | 700118 | 1 | Sydney | 940313 |
| 262 | 49.49 | Quinton Milner | USA | 741220 | 4 | Bloomington, In | 970606 |
| 263 | 49.49A | Stepan Tesarik | CZE | 780706 | 1 | Rustenburg | 010122 |
| 264 | 49.50 | Charles Powell | USA | 641118 | 1r2 | Des Moines | 860425 |
| 265 | 49.50 | Kelly Carter | USA | 690215 | 1 | Sudbury, CAN | 880729 |
| 266 | 49.50A | Oscar Pitillas | ESP | 711016 | 1 | Sierra Nevada | 960710 |
| 267 | 49.50A | Curt Young | PAN | 740118 | 1r1 | Ciudad de México | 990619 |
| 268 | 49.51 | Glenn Davis | USA | 340912 | 1 | Roma | 600902 |
| 269 | 49.51 | Daniel Ogidi | NGR | 630809 | s5:2 | Helsinki | 830808 |
| 270 | 49.51 | John Graham | CAN | 651120 | 4 | Indianapolis | 870812 |
| 271 | 49.51 | Alexandre Marchand | CAN | 770516 | s3:2 | Palma de Mallorca, ESP | 990711 |
| 272 | 49.52 | Ed Brown | USA | 610602 | 4 | Knoxville | 820620 |
| 273 | 49.52 | Fadhel Khayatti | TUN | 650118 | 1 | Evry-Bondoufle | 940712 |
| 274 | 49.52A | Salvador Vila | ESP | 691020 | 2 | Sierra Nevada | 960710 |
| 275 | 49.53 | Klaus Schönberger | GDR | 521218 | 1 | Leipzig | 740704 |
| 276 | 49.53 | Bernd Herrmann | FRG | 511122 | 4r1 | Köln | 800810 |
| 277 | 49.53 | Alain Cuypers | BEL | 671129 | 1 | Bruxelles | 890805 |
| 278 | 49.53A | Johan Jonker | RSA | 700319 | 2 | Pretoria | 910420 |
| 279 | 49.53 | Yvon Rakotoarimaindry | MAD | 760105 | 2 | Ottawa | 010723 |
| 280 | 49.54 | Randolph Williams | USA | 551014 | 4 | Philadelphia, Pa | 760605 |
| 281 | 49.54 | Peter Eriksson | SWE | 641121 | 2 | Bruxelles | 890805 |
| 282 | 49.54 | Robert Rucker | USA | 680102 | 1 | Tempe, Az | 910519 |
| 283 | 49.54 | Mitchell Francis | JAM | 720613 | 2 | Kingston | 950623 |
| 284 | 49.55 | Rolf Ziegler | FRG | 510117 | 3 | München | 720721 |
| 285 | 49.55 | Paul Lankford | USA | 580615 | 7 | Sacramento | 810621 |
| 286 | 49.55 | Len Robinson | USA | 620915 | 3 | Berkeley, Ca | 830612 |
| 287 | 49.55 | Rik Tommelein | BEL | 621101 | 1 | Bruxelles | 860810 |
| 288 | 49.55 | Klaus Ehrle | AUT | 660311 | 1 | Schwechat | 870624 |
| 289 | 49.55 | Michael Kaul | GER | 670725 | 2 | Erfurt | 940703 |
| 290 | 49.55 | Ferdana Johnson | USA | 721006 | 1 | Houston, Tx | 000623 |
| 291 | 49.56 | Gregg Byram | USA | 570315 | 1 | Wichita, Ks | 790526 |
| 292 | 49.56 | Ali Ismail Doka | QAT | 730802 | 3 | Hiroshima | 941011 |
| 293 | 49.57 | Branislav Karaulic | YUG | 630408 | 1 | Sarajevo | 880904 |
| 294 | 49.57A | Marnus Kritzinger | RSA | 820210 | 1:19 | Pretoria, RSA | 010420 |
| 295 | 49.57 | Matthew Elias | GBR | 790425 | 1 | Amsterdam | 010714 |
| 296 | 49.58 | Dmitriy Stukalov | URS | 510502 | 2 | München | 760530 |
| 297 | 49.59 | Takashi Nagao | JPN | 570831 | 2 | Tokyo | 780925 |
| 298 | 49.59 | Carlos Azulay | ESP | 581017 | 1 | Madrid | 830713 |
| 299 | 49.59 | Yang Xianjun | CHN | 721102 | 1 | Beijing | 930909 |
| 300 | 49.60 | Yuriy Zorin | URS | 47 | s3:2 | München | 720901 |
| 301 | 49.60 | Bruce Collins | USA | 510108 | 5 | Eugene, Or | 750621 |
| 302 | 49.60 | Harold Schwab | USA | 540627 | s4:2 | Eugene, Or | 760620 |
| 303 | 49.60 | Philip Beattie | GBR | 630908 | 1 | Edinburgh | 860728 |
| 304 | 49.60 | Kehinde Alad'efa | NGR | 741219 | h5:1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960729 |
| 305 | 49.60 | Viktors Lacis | LAT | 771128 | 3 | Eugene, Or | 010531 |
| 306 | 49.60 | Frederick Sharpe | USA | 780821 | 1r1 | Indianapolis, In | 010728 |
| 307 | 49.61A | Gary Knoke | AUS | 420205 | s5:2 | Ciudad de México | 681014 |
| 308 | 49.61 | Julio Prado | CUB | 600727 | 3 | Rieti | 840902 |
| 309 | 49.61 | Charles Moss | USA | 63 | 2 | Knoxville | 860524 |
| 310 | 49.62 | Istvan Simon-Balla | HUN | 580209 | 1 | Budapest | 860816 |
| 311 | 49.62 | Daniel Ritter | SUI | 651228 | 1 | Bern | 950702 |
| 312 | 49.62 | David Aaron | USA | 781202 | 2 | Houston, Tx | 000706 |
| 313 | 49.63 | Werner Reibert | FRG | 480105 | 4 | München | 720721 |
| 314 | 49.63 | Fatwell Kimaiyo | KEN | 470415 | 4 | Christchurch | 740129 |
| 315 | 49.63 | Georgios Parris | GRE | 501227 | 2 | Athína | 760701 |
| 316 | 49.63 | Helge Bormann | FRG | 670821 | 3 | Erfurt | 940703 |
| 317 | 49.63 | Mugur Mateescu | ROM | 700613 | 1 | Bucuresti | 950719 |
| 318 | 49.63 | Jan Schneider | GER | 760124 | 1 | Stuttgart | 010630 |
| 319 | 49.64 | Warren (Rex) Cawley | USA | 400706 | 1 | Tokyo | 641016 |
| 320 | 49.64 | Horia Toboc | ROM | 550207 | 1 | Stuttgart | 800605 |
| 321 | 49.64 | Jozsef Szalai | HUN | 610308 | 3 | Budapest | 800811 |
| 322 | 49.64 | Michel Zimmermann | BEL | 600101 | 1 | Bruxelles | 840708 |
| 323 | 49.64 | Francisco Velazco | CUB | 611004 | 1 | Santiago de Cuba | 860222 |
| 324 | 49.64 | Stanislav Navesnak | CS | 650101 | 1 | Praha | 880717 |
| 325 | 49.64 | Chris Carroll | AUS | 740509 | 2 | Melbourne, AUS | 990225 |
| 326 | 49.64A | Monté Raymond | CAN | 731118 | 1 | Flagstaff, Az | 990719 |
| 327 | 49.64 | Edivaldo Monteiro | POR | 760428 | 1r2 | Madrid | 010707 |
| 328 | 49.65 | William Hartley | GBR | 500627 | 1 | London | 750802 |
| 329 | 49.65 | Aleksandr Cheshko | URS | 580418 | 2 | Kiev | 810827 |
| 330 | 49.65 | Bernard Williams | USA | 650523 | 3 | Philadelphia, Pa | 860425 |
| 331 | 49.65 | Cliff Alexander | USA | 720223 | 4 | Knoxville, Tn | 950602 |
| 332 | 49.65A | Pieter de Villiers | RSA | 820713 | 2:19 | Pretoria, RSA | 010420 |
| 333 | 49.65 | Rickey Harris | USA | 810929 | 1 | Columbia, SC | 010513 |
| 334 | 49.66 | Stavros Tziortzis | CYP | 480915 | 7 | München | 720902 |
| 335 | 49.66A | Martin Lawson | USA | 59 | 5 | Provo | 820604 |
| 336 | 49.66 | Tony Valentine | USA | 640906 | h3:1 | Los Angeles | 840616 |
| 337 | 49.66 | Jan Podebradsky | CZE | 740301 | 4 | Sankt Peterburg | 980627 |
| 338 | 49.66 | Emilio Valle | CUB | 670421 | 2 | Maracaibo | 980819 |
| 339 | 49.67 | Zahirudin Abd. Al-Najem | SYR | 770111 | 3 | Jakarta | 000831 |
| 340 | 49.68A | Paddy McCrary | USA | 46 | s3:1 | Echo Summit, South Lake Tahoe, Ca | 680910 |
| 341 | 49.68 | Ed Cooper | USA | 630904 | 2 | Walnut, Ca | 860427 |
| 342 | 49.68 | Yuriy Chashchin | URS | 630608 | 1 | Sochi | 880520 |
| 343 | 49.68 | Iain Harnden | ZIM | 760923 | 2 | Tallahassee,Fl | 000513 |
| 344 | 49.68 | Adrian Mann | USA | 780523 | 1r2 | Atlanta, Ga | 000520 |
| 345 | 49.69 | Jerzy Hewelt | POL | 480823 | 1 | Bydgoszcz | 760626 |
| 346 | 49.69 | Manfred Konow | GDR | 580222 | 3 | Leipzig | 790624 |
| 347 | 49.69 | Peter Grant | AUS | 540105 | 3 | Copenhagen, DEN | 790802 |
| 348 | 49.69 | Wilfred Mulli | KEN | 540109 | 2 | Austin | 800607 |
| 349 | 49.69A | John Lenstrohm | USA | 610227 | 6 | Provo | 820604 |
| 350 | 49.69 | Vesa-Pekka Pihlavisto | FIN | 650415 | 1 | Lappeenranta | 940726 |
| 351 | 49.69A | Mario Toerien | RSA | 720419 | 3 | Johannesburg | 960414 |
| 352 | 49.70 | Simon Kitur | KEN | 590612 | h2:4 | Los Angeles | 840803 |
| 353 | 49.70 | David Kafka | FRA | 720702 | 3r1 | La Chaux-De-Fonds | 000813 |
| 354 | 49.70 | Naohiro Kawakita | JPN | 801118 | 2 | Yokohama | 010520 |
| 355 | 49.71 | Ruslan Mishchenko | URS | 640424 | 1 | Schwechat | 830828 |
| 356 | 49.72 | Saverio Gellini | ITA | 600716 | 3 | Lille | 810704 |
| 357 | 49.72 | Sven Mikisch | GDR | 650106 | 5 | West Berlin | 850823 |
| 358 | 49.72 | Marco Morgan | USA | 710414 | 4 | Knoxville, Tn | 940617 |
| 359 | 49.72 | Maurice Horton | USA | 671110 | 1 | Lindau | 940731 |
| 360 | 49.73A | James Hardwick | USA | 46 | s3:2 | Echo Summit, South Lake Tahoe, Ca | 680910 |
| 361 | 49.73 | Viktor Savchenko | URS | 48 | 2 | München | 740911 |
| 362 | 49.73 | Christer Gullstrand | SWE | 590326 | 1 | Malmö | 790812 |
| 363 | 49.73 | Kenny Hall | USA | 670125 | 2 | Tucson, Az | 960504 |
| 364 | 49.73 | Rodrigues Pfister | USA | 760508 | 4 | Eugene, Or | 960531 |
| 365 | 49.73 | Tom McGuirk | IRL | 710302 | 5 | San José | 960601 |
| 366 | 49.74 | Nolan Cromwell | USA | 550130 | 1 | Austin, Tx | 760402 |
| 367 | 49.74 | Shigenobu Ohmori | JPN | 600709 | 1 | Matsue | 821008 |
| 368 | 49.74 | Ahmed Ghanem Abdelhalim | EGY | 590102 | 1 | Cairo | 850812 |
| 369 | 49.74 | Stephan Striezel | GER | 730709 | 1 | Hamburg | 950726 |
| 370 | 49.74 | Carlos Zbinden | CHI | 761202 | 1 | Santiago de Chile | 980517 |
| 371 | 49.74 | Yuki Omoto | JPN | 781029 | 3 | Tokyo | 000902 |
| 372 | 49.75 | John Branch | USA | 671002 | 1r1 | Philadelphia, Pa | 890428 |
| 373 | 49.75 | Piotr Kotlarski | POL | 690405 | 1 | Pila | 940626 |
| 374 | 49.75A | Rere Sang | KEN | 72 | 3 | Nairobi | 940723 |
| 375 | 49.75 | Egils Tebelis | LAT | 721212 | 1 | Valmiera | 980726 |
| 376 | 49.76 | Julius Mercer | USA | 600318 | 3 | Houston, Tx | 830605 |
| 377 | 49.76 | Chanond Keanchan | THA | 700124 | 1 | Chiangmai | 951210 |
| 378 | 49.76 | Ken Garrett | USA | 761109 | 1r4 | Athens, Ga | 010505 |
| 379 | 49.77 | Clifton Emmet Cushman | USA | 380602 | 2 | Roma | 600902 |
| 380 | 49.77 | Robert Cassleman | USA | 520718 | 2 | München | 730711 |
| 381 | 49.77 | Yanko Bratanov | BUL | 520610 | 2 | Fürth | 760613 |
| 382 | 49.77 | Winston Sinclair | JAM | 711011 | 1 | Lafayette, La | 940515 |
| 383 | 49.77A | Zane Cole | USA | 740206 | 1 | Ciudad de México | 980523 |
| 384 | 49.77 | Brian Moorman | USA | 760202 | 1 | Edwardsville, Il | 980523 |
| 385 | 49.77A | Nick Stewart | CAN | 790406 | 1r1 | Flagstaff, Az | 000708 |
| 386 | 49.77 | Brian Derby | USA | 810218 | 1 | Bloomington, In | 010520 |
| 387 | 49.78A | Andy Bell | USA | 46 | s4:1 | Echo Summit, South Lake Tahoe, Ca | 680910 |
| 388 | 49.78 | Peter Rwamuhanda | UGA | 531211 | h1:2 | Alger | 780722 |
| 389 | 49.78 | Nikolay Chernyetskiy | URS | 591129 | 3 | Sochi | 840520 |
| 390 | 49.78 | Nikolay Taletskiy | URS | 62 | 1r2 | Leningrad | 860608 |
| 391 | 49.79 | Darrin Steele | USA | 690320 | 1 | Austin | 920606 |
| 392 | 49.79 | Edward Clarke | JAM | 750207 | h2:3 | Bloomington, In | 970604 |
| 393 | 49.79A | Brett Guymon | USA | 770109 | 1 | Provo, Ut | 000506 |
| 394 | 49.80A | Ian Newhouse | CAN | 561225 | 1 | Colorado Springs | 830719 |
| 395 | 49.80 | Matthias Kaulin | GDR | 630203 | 3r2 | West Berlin | 860815 |
| 396 | 49.80 | Patrick Mann | USA | 660424 | 2 | Villanova | 870524 |
| 397 | 49.80 | Philippe Gonigam | FRA | 630221 | 4 | Bern | 870708 |
| 398 | 49.80 | Igor Kurochkin | KZK | 660502 | 1 | Kiev | 930702 |
| 399 | 49.81 | Sylvain Moreau | FRA | 660613 | 2 | Dijon | 910728 |
| 400 | 49.81 | Massimo Redaelli | ITA | 711224 | 2 | Genève | 960615 |
| 401 | 49.81 | Bartosz Gruman | POL | 750511 | 2 | Krakow | 000805 |
| 402 | 49.82A | Juan Dyrzka | ARG | 410327 | h1:2 | Ciudad de México | 681013 |
| 403 | 49.82 | Olyeg Bulatkin | URS | 520406 | 2 | Podolsk | 780819 |
| 404 | 49.82 | Ken Gordon | AUS | 620519 | 1 | Canberra | 870314 |
| 405 | 49.82 | Martin Gillingham | GBR | 630909 | 3 | London | 870814 |
| 406 | 49.82 | Asen Markov | BUL | 690627 | 1 | Sofia | 920607 |
| 407 | 49.82 | Gary Jennings | GBR | 720221 | 1 | Barcelona | 950627 |
| 408 | 49.82 | Erin Tucker | USA | 760814 | 1 | Gainesville, Fl | 980524 |
| 409 | 49.82A | Kyle Grossarth | USA | 770104 | 2 | Provo, Ut | 000506 |
| 410 | 49.82 | Aleksandr Derevyagin | RUS |   | 3 | Tula | 010714 |
| 411 | 49.83A | Lloyd Guss | CAN | 590122 | 1 | Provo | 850525 |
| 412 | 49.83 | Bob Gray | USA | 700131 | 1 | Eugene, Or | 920523 |
| 413 | 49.83 | Hamadou Mbaye | SEN | 640421 | 1 | Paris | 960704 |
| 414 | 49.84 | Alfonso Damaso | CUB | 511211 | s3:2 | Montréal | 760724 |
| 415 | 49.84 | Charles Whigham | USA | 56 | 1 | Austin | 790512 |
| 416 | 49.85 | Bozhidar Konstantinov | BUL | 630901 | 2 | Sofia | 860531 |
| 417 | 49.85 | Leigh Miller | AUS | 630819 | 1 | Perth | 880327 |
| 418 | 49.85 | Bernard Ellison | USA | 670616 | 2 | Tempe, Az | 910330 |
| 419 | 49.85 | Derek Knight | USA | 671011 | 3 | Granada | 920530 |
| 420 | 49.85 | Petteri Pulkkinen | FIN | 730510 | 2 | Turku | 950610 |
| 421 | 49.85 | Du Yuechun | CHN | 720105 | 2 | Shanghai | 971022 |
| 422 | 49.85 | Greg Hines | JAM | 750916 | 6 | Kingston | 980627 |
| 423 | 49.86 | Martin Briggs | GBR | 640104 | 1 | London | 840606 |
| 424 | 49.86 | Marek Helinurm | URS | 630506 | 1 | Tallinn | 850526 |
| 425 | 49.86A | Julius Masvanhise | ZIM | 660207 | 3 | Harare | 950916 |
| 426 | 49.86 | Inigo Monreal | ESP | 740926 | 2 | Bærum, Oslo, NOR | 000708 |
| 427 | 49.87A | Nick Lee | USA | 44 | s4:2 | Echo Summit, South Lake Tahoe, Ca | 680910 |
| 428 | 49.87 | Marceliano Ruiz | ESP | 540618 | 2 | Madrid | 810722 |
| 429 | 49.87 | Sergey Podrez | RUS | 710205 | 2 | Moskva | 950617 |
| 430 | 49.87 | Adam Kunkel | CAN | 810224 | 2 | Edmonton | 010624 |
| 431 | 49.88 | Tim Hanlon | USA | 571206 | 3 | Walnut, Ca | 800615 |
| 432 | 49.88 | Greg Johnson | USA | 610815 | 1 | Bakersfield | 820515 |
| 433 | 49.88 | Mark Patrick | USA | 600612 | 1 | Knoxville | 830521 |
| 434 | 49.88 | Terry Menefee | USA | 620824 | h1:1 | Houston, Tx | 830601 |
| 435 | 49.88 | Dale Burrage | USA | 670530 | 1 | Lincoln | 890514 |
| 436 | 49.88 | Darko Juricic | CRO | 690828 | h6:3 | Budapest | 980818 |
| 437 | 49.88 | Konstantinos Pochanis | CYP | 730729 | s5:2 | Palma de Mallorca, ESP | 990711 |
| 438 | 49.88 | Jeroen Prent | NED | 650326 | 2 | Bruxelles | 990718 |
| 439 | 49.88 | Jun Iwasaki | JPN | 780603 | h | Yokohama | 000520 |
| 440 | 49.88 | Ilya Dzhivondov | BUL | 780306 | 1 | Sofia | 000611 |
| 441 | 49.89 | Peter Haas | SUI | 550108 | 3 | Genève | 790630 |
| 442 | 49.89A | Rudolf van Niekerk | RSA | 601019 | 1 | Sasolburg | 830423 |
| 443 | 49.89 | Steve Neal | USA | 700731 | 2 | Durham | 900602 |
| 444 | 49.89 | Giampietro Idda | ITA | 690627 | h1:4 | Napoli | 940702 |
| 445 | 49.89 | Hubert Rakotombélontsoa | MAD | 681208 | 2 | Tananarive | 960928 |
| 446 | 49.89 | José María Romera | ESP | 830410 | 2 | San Sebastian | 010818 |
| 447 | 49.90 | Richard Howard | USA | 350822 | 3 | Roma | 600902 |
| 448 | 49.90 | Vladimir Titov | URS | 590424 | 1r2 | Moskva | 830620 |
| 449 | 49.90 | Sergey Dobrovolskiy | URS | 660307 | 3 | Tashkent | 860918 |
| 450 | 49.90 | Al Washington | USA | 670629 | 1 | Knoxville | 880416 |
| 451 | 49.90 | Chris McGowan | USA | 660715 | 2 | Lincoln | 890514 |
| 452 | 49.90 | Fitzroy Morrison | JAM | 680610 | 1 | Hampton | 900526 |
| 453 | 49.90 | Koen Verlinde | BEL | 621112 | s7:2 | Split, YUG | 900828 |
| 454 | 49.90 | Martins Egberease | NGR | 59 | 1 | Lagos | 900907 |
| 455 | 49.90 | Mohammed Amin | PAK | 690715 | 5 | Hiroshima | 941011 |
| 456 | 49.90 | Anderson Costa dos Santos | BRA | 750615 | 1 | Sao Caetano Do Sul | 000415 |
| 457 | 49.91 | Ivan Danis | CS | 51 | 2 | Praha | 740629 |
| 458 | 49.91 | Ken Gray | JAM | 621209 | 2 | London | 840818 |
| 459 | 49.91 | Udo Schiller | FRG | 670223 | 3 | Düsseldorf | 900812 |
| 460 | 49.92 | Francois Aumas | SUI | 500123 | 3 | Zürich | 740816 |
| 461 | 49.92A | Alan Smith | RSA | 500427 | 1 | Johannesburg | 760326 |
| 462 | 49.92 | Sergey Kutsebo | URS | 610207 | h1 | Leningrad | 820717 |
| 463 | 49.92 | Yakov Merchuk | URS | 59 | 2r2 | Moskva | 830620 |
| 464 | 49.92 | Chappelle Henderson | USA | 610319 | 1 | Austin | 840512 |
| 465 | 49.92 | Ingo Krüger | GDR | 660706 | 1 | Potsdam | 870605 |
| 466 | 49.92 | Michael Grün | FRG | 680527 | h1:3 | Hannover | 910727 |
| 467 | 49.92 | Gianni Carabelli | ITA | 790530 | 1 | Lecco | 000716 |
| 468 | 49.92A | Okkert Cilliers | RSA | 810421 | 1r2 | Pretoria, RSA | 010323 |
| 469 | 49.92 | Jaime Juan | ESP | 770828 | 5r1 | Madrid | 010707 |
| 470 | 49.92 | Marcel Lopuchovský | SVK | 770502 | 3r1 | Patra | 010722 |
| 471 | 49.93A | Angel Wendell | USA | 520816 | 1 | Colorado Springs | 800604 |
| 472 | 49.93 | Meshak Munyoro | KEN | 580824 | 2 | München | 830726 |
| 473 | 49.93 | Ryszard Stoch | POL | 620324 | 1 | Grudziadz | 860628 |
| 474 | 49.93 | Hiroshi Kakimori | JPN | 680331 | 1 | Suita | 870607 |
| 475 | 49.93 | Zhuang Zhenping | CHN | 760106 | 2 | Nanjing | 960507 |
| 476 | 49.93A | Rova Rabemanjara | CAN | 760401 | 1 | Flagstaff, Az | 970708 |
| 477 | 49.93 | Josef Rous | CZE | 790726 | 1 | Praha | 000615 |
| 478 | 49.94 | Jean-Pierre Corval | FRA | 490116 | 1 | Eugene, Or | 720601 |
| 479 | 49.94 | Tadeusz Kulczycki | POL | 480201 | 1 | Warszawa | 720628 |
| 480 | 49.94 | Jose Carvalho | POR | 530615 | 5 | Montréal | 760725 |
| 481 | 49.94 | Dave Chesarek | USA | 640703 | h6:2 | San José | 870625 |
| 482 | 49.94 | Mauro Maurizi | ITA | 681012 | h2:1 | Athína | 910706 |
| 483 | 49.94 | Ismo Hämeenniemi | FIN | 700601 | 2 | Lappeenranta | 940726 |
| 484 | 49.94 | Gilbert Hashan | MRI | 700112 | h7:1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960729 |
| 485 | 49.94 | Mikael Jakobsson | SWE | 810109 | 1 | Växjö | 010826 |
| 486 | 49.95 | Gene Taylor | USA | 541016 | 8 | Westwood, Ca | 760612 |
| 487 | 49.95 | Talib Feisal | IRQ | 49 | s3:2 | Sofia | 770822 |
| 488 | 49.95 | Stephen Sole | GBR | 591118 | 2 | London | 830724 |
| 489 | 49.95 | Kobus Burger | RSA | 621107 | 1 | Stellenbosch | 851207 |
| 490 | 49.95 | Chris Lancaster | USA | 651223 | 1 | Champaign, Il | 880528 |
| 491 | 49.95 | Petr Marincic | CS | 650315 | 2 | Praha | 880717 |
| 492 | 49.95A | Laurier Primeau | CAN | 700301 | 1 | Flagstaff, Az | 980713 |
| 493 | 49.95 | Nobuyuki Suzuki | JPN | 750107 | 1 | Nagano | 990828 |
| 494 | 49.95 | Zion Armstrong | NZL | 750121 | 1 | Christchurch, NZL | 000312 |
| 495 | 49.95 | Paul Tucker | GUY | 760130 | 1r2 | La Chaux-De-Fonds | 000813 |
| 496 | 49.96 | Claude Anicet | FRA | 510403 | 3 | London (CP) | 780915 |
| 497 | 49.96 | Gilles Vimbert | FRA | 660727 | 1 | La Chaux-De-Fonds | 870816 |
| 498 | 49.96 | Pawel Wozniak | POL | 690305 | 1 | Warszawa | 920621 |
| 499 | 49.96A | Grant Roberts | RSA | 710522 | 1 | Pietersburg | 950403 |
| 500 | 49.96 | Jeff Ellis | CAN | 781018 | 1 | Athens, Ga | 990516 |
| 501 | 49.96 | Tony Williams | GBR | 720501 | h2:2 | Birmingham | 990724 |
| 502 | 49.96 | Andrey Vinnitskiy | UKR | 761223 | h1:2 | Kiev | 000804 |
| 503 | 49.97 | Pedro Pinera | CUB | 710220 | 1 | Caracas | 920627 |
| 504 | 49.97 | Juan Gutierr Vallin | MEX | 690907 | 1 | Palafrugell, ESP | 990518 |
| 505 | 49.98 | Rolf Dresen | FRG | 630221 | 1 | Koblenz | 850828 |
| 506 | 49.98 | Jörg Reichel | FRG | 660814 | 1r2 | München | 860617 |
| 507 | 49.98 | Attila Spiriev | HUN | 640208 | 2 | Budapest | 860816 |
| 508 | 49.98A | Johan Steynberg | RSA | 720606 | 2 | Secunda, RSA | 940507 |
| 509 | 49.98 | Sinisa Pesa | YUG | 730306 | 1 | Nis | 990809 |
| 510 | 49.99 | Bruce Greene | USA | 540115 | 4 | Champaign, Il | 770604 |
| 511 | 49.99 | Jozsef Takacs | HUN | 561110 | 1 | Debrecen | 820815 |
| 512 | 49.99 | Calvin Bostic | USA | 71 | 2 | Indianapolis, In | 000624 |
| 513 | 50.00 | Aleksandr Karasyov | URS | 501214 | 3 | München | 760530 |
| 514 | 50.00A | Francois Coertze | RSA | 790223 | 3 | Bloemfontein | 990417 |
| 515 | 50.00 | Lee Doo-Yeon | KOR | 750409 | 1 | Taejon | 000610 |
| 516 | 50.00 | Aaron Lacy | USA | 710401 | 2r1 | Indianapolis, In | 010728 |
| 517 | 50.01A | Bob McKay | USA | 600426 | 8 | Provo | 820604 |
| 518 | 50.01 | Sergey Sedov | URS | 60 | 3 | Kiev | 850718 |
| 519 | 50.01 | Phil Harries | GBR | 660407 | 1 | Derby | 880605 |
| 520 | 50.01 | Aleksey Matveyev | URS | 630111 | h | Gorkiy | 890721 |
| 521 | 50.01 | Seiji Inagaki | JPN | 730428 | 1 | Kanazawa | 911014 |
| 522 | 50.01 | Sammy Biwott | KEN | 740723 | 2 | Granada | 940601 |
| 523 | 50.01A | Charles Kamau | KEN | 71 | 3 | Nairobi | 940618 |
| 524 | 50.02 | Cosmas Silei | KEN | 480910 | 5 | Christchurch | 740129 |
| 525 | 50.02 | Axel Salander | FRG | 550906 | 3 | Copenhagen, DEN | 820805 |
| 526 | 50.02 | Frank Montiel | CUB | 591119 | 1 | Caracas | 830824 |
| 527 | 50.03 | Ralph Carrington | USA | 690630 | 2:19 | Tallahassee | 880625 |
| 528 | 50.03 | Juan C Hernandez | CUB | 680916 | 1 | La Habana | 920513 |
| 529 | 50.03 | Pascal Maran # | FRA | 670321 | 2 | Niort | 970607 |
| 530 | 50.03 | Jaciel Zamora | CUB | 740405 | h3:1 | Lisboa | 980718 |
| 531 | 50.04 | Helmut Janz | FRG | 340411 | 4 | Roma | 600902 |
| 532 | 50.04A | Hugo Myburgh | RSA | 51 | 1 | Johannesburg | 740423 |
| 533 | 50.04 | Yukihiro Yoshimatsu | JPN | 590314 | 1 | Utsunomiya | 801016 |
| 534 | 50.04 | Ron Stewart | USA | 630113 | 1 | Winston-Salem | 850421 |
| 535 | 50.04A | Cornelius Du Rand | RSA | 720128 | 2 | Potchefstroom | 900123 |
| 536 | 50.04A | Charles Johnson (2) | USA | 720103 | 2 | Boulder, Co | 930518 |
| 537 | 50.04 | Abdelhak Lahlali | MAR | 71 | h2:2 | Narbonne | 930618 |
| 538 | 50.04 | Jiang Xuezhou | CHN | 750116 | 3 | Shanghai | 971022 |
| 539 | 50.04 | Makio Haywood | USA | 781019 | 1r1 | Eagle Rock, Ca | 000513 |
| 540 | 50.05 | Mark MacDonald | USA | 690415 | 2 | Eugene, Or | 920523 |
| 541 | 50.05 | Lawrence Lynch | GBR | 671101 | s2:2 | Birmingham | 960615 |
| 542 | 50.05 | Jason Woods | USA | 750823 | 1 | Waco, Tx | 970518 |
| 543 | 50.05 | Greg Christie | JAM | 781001 | 1 | New Orleans, La | 000513 |
| 544 | 50.05 | Kurt Duncan | JAM | 780603 | 2 | Fairfax, Va | 010505 |
| 545 | 50.05 | Yevgeniy Meleshenko | KZK | 810119 | 5 | Nishinomiya (Osaka) | 010525 |
| 546 | 50.05 | Yacnier Luis | CUB | 820124 | 2 | La Habana | 010527 |
| 547 | 50.05 | Laurent Claudel | FRA | 780312 |   | Castres | 010718 |
| 548 | 50.05 | Jorge J. Moreno | CUB | 77 | 2 | Guatemala City | 010722 |
| 549 | 50.06A | Jose Casabona | ESP | 570208 | s5:1 | Ciudad de México | 790911 |
| 550 | 50.06 | Dedy Cooper | USA | 560522 | 2 | Berkeley, Ca | 800601 |
| 551 | 50.06A | Johan Roux | RSA | 590630 | 1 | Germiston, RSA | 820423 |
| 552 | 50.06 | Elbert Ellis | USA | 690623 | 1 | New Haven, Ct | 900520 |
| 553 | 50.06 | Judex Lefou | MRI | 660624 | 2 | Annecy | 940724 |
| 554 | 50.06 | Akira Michishita | JPN | 650807 | 2 | Maebashi | 950430 |
| 555 | 50.06 | Aaron Haynes | USA | 751101 | 2 | Atlanta, Ga | 970419 |
| 556 | 50.06 | James Karanja | KEN |   | 2 | Fairfax, Va | 990523 |
| 557 | 50.07 | Jerzy Pietrzyk | POL | 550417 | 1 | Duisburg | 730826 |
| 558 | 50.07 | Jean-Pierre Perrinelle | FRA | 490706 | 1 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 760626 |
| 559 | 50.07 | Serge Guillen | FRA | 600408 | h2:1 | Athína | 820906 |
| 560 | 50.07 | David Charlton | BAH | 620106 | 1 | La Habana | 830724 |
| 561 | 50.07 | Franck Jonot | FRA | 610401 | 2 | Colombes | 850721 |
| 562 | 50.07 | Antoine Colle | FRA | 700512 | 2 | Paris | 950604 |
| 563 | 50.07 | Vincenzo Cox | USA | 730922 | h1:2 | Lubbock, Tx | 960517 |
| 564 | 50.07 | Stefan Bönisch | GER | 770810 | 2 | Stuttgart | 010630 |
| 565 | 50.08 | Jeff Dils | USA | 570320 | 4 | Champaign, Il | 790602 |
| 566 | 50.08 | Masanori Sawano | JPN | 700724 | 1 | Otsu | 920531 |
| 567 | 50.08 | Corrado Agrillo | ITA | 741031 | 5 | Torino | 980624 |
| 568 | 50.08 | Peter Bate | AUS | 790103 | 4 | Canberra, AUS | 990206 |
| 569 | 50.08 | Karol Radke | POL | 760113 | 1 | Warszawa | 010617 |
| 570 | 50.09 | Jim Scanella | USA | 610811 | 1 | Berkeley, Ca | 840421 |
| 571 | 50.09 | Kevin McKinley | USA | 641217 | 2 | Des Moines | 860425 |
| 572 | 50.09 | Olider Perez | CUB | 631106 | 1r1 | La Habana | 890609 |
| 573 | 50.10 | Ron Foreman | USA | 590214 | 1 | Raleigh, NC | 800419 |
| 574 | 50.10 | Vladimir Kiyanov | URS | 58 | 2 | Leningrad | 810725 |
| 575 | 50.10A | Hawie Engels | RSA | 621227 | 1 | Johannesburg | 850213 |
| 576 | 50.10 | Igor Yatsuk | URS | 63 | s | Tashkent | 860917 |
| 577 | 50.10 | Martin Bürkle | FRG | 570724 | 2 | Gelsenkirchen | 870712 |
| 578 | 50.10 | Sei Iuchi | JPN | 731224 | 5 | Kumamoto | 991025 |
| 579 | 50.11 | Forika McDougald | USA | 620912 | 2 | Baton Rouge | 840513 |
| 580 | 50.11 | Gerard Brunel | FRA | 570817 | 1 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 840701 |
| 581 | 50.11 | Markus Konig | FRG | 620908 | 1 | Saarbrücken | 840715 |
| 582 | 50.11 | Anthony Briggs | AUS | 670703 | 2 | Sydney | 910223 |
| 583 | 50.11 | Andrey Borovikov | RUS | 68 | 3 | Moskva | 950617 |
| 584 | 50.11 | Sekou Smith | USA | 760704 | 1 | Columbus, Oh | 980524 |
| 585 | 50.11 | Kenneth Enyiazu | NGR | 740722 | 4 | Dakar | 980819 |
| 586 | 50.11 | Erkin Isakov | UZB | 741125 | 2 | Bangkok | 000517 |
| 587 | 50.11 | Oscar Juanz | MEX | 730917 | 3 | Guatemala City | 010722 |
| 588 | 50.12 | Thomas Löwe | FRG | 550113 | 2 | Köln | 780812 |
| 589 | 50.12 | Fulvio Zorn | ITA | 550208 | 1 | Pescara | 800608 |
| 590 | 50.12 | Andri Hargrove | USA | 580205 | s4:2 | San José | 840608 |
| 591 | 50.12 | Noriaki Matsue | JPN | 710717 | h2:2 | Tokyo | 930611 |
| 592 | 50.12 | Marko Granat | SWE | 660107 | 2 | Karlskrona | 940726 |
| 593 | 50.13 | Carl Young | USA | 620706 | 1 | San Angelo, Tx | 810523 |
| 594 | 50.13 | Guo Chaohui | CHN | 720405 | 4 | Beijing | 930909 |
| 595 | 50.14 | Phil Mills | NZL | 55 | 2 | Westwood, Ca | 760501 |
| 596 | 50.14 | Ghulam Abbas | PAK | 680319 | 1 | Colombo | 911224 |
| 597 | 50.14 | David Niare | FRA | 690927 | 1 | Dole | 930601 |
| 598 | 50.14A | Llimy Rivas | COL | 680609 | 1 | <