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Last updated 31 December 2000.
| 1 | 2.54.20 | United States | USA | 1 | Uniondale, NY | 980722 | |
| 2 | 2.54.29 | United States | USA | 1 | Stuttgart | 930822 | |
| 3 | 2.55.74 | United States | USA | 1 | Barcelona | 920808 | |
| 4 | 2.55.99 | United States | USA | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960803 | |
| 5 | 2.56.16A | United States | USA | 1 | Ciudad de México | 681020 | |
| 6 | 2.56.16 | United States | USA | 1 | Seoul | 881001 | |
| 7 | 2.56.35 | United States | USA | 1 | Sydney, AUS | 000930 | |
| 8 | 2.56.45 | United States | USA | 1 | Sevilla, ESP | 990829 | |
| 9 | 2.56.47 | United States | USA | 1 | Athína | 970810 | |
| 10 | 2.56.60 | United Kingdom | GBR | 2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960803 | |
| 11 | 2.56.65 | United Kingdom | GBR | 2 | Athína | 970810 | |
| 12 | 2.56.75 | Jamaica | JAM | 3 | Athína | 970810 | |
| 13 | 2.57.29 | United States | USA | 1 | Roma | 870906 | |
| 14 | 2.57.32 | United States | USA | 1 | Göteborg | 950813 | |
| 15 | 2.57.53 | United Kingdom | GBR | 1 | Tokyo | 910901 | |
| 16 | 2.57.57 | United States | USA | 2 | Tokyo | 910901 | |
| 17 | 2.57.87 | United States | USA | s1:2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960802 | |
| 18 | 2.57.91 | United States | USA | 1 | Los Angeles | 840811 | |
| 19 | 2.57.97 | Jamaica | JAM | 1 | Winnipeg | 990730 | |
| 20 | 2.58.00 | Poland | POL | 2 | Uniondale, NY | 980722 | |
| 21 | 2.58.22 | United Kingdom | GBR | 1 | Split, YUG | 900901 | |
| 22 | 2.58.23 | United States | USA | h1:1 | Göteborg | 950812 | |
| 23 | 2.58.29 | Jamaica | JAM | h2:1 | Göteborg | 950812 | |
| 24 | 2.58.33 | Jamaica | JAM | 3 | Uniondale, NY | 980722 | |
| 25 | 2.58.42 | Jamaica | JAM | s2:2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960802 | |
| 26 | 2.58.56 | Brazil | BRA | 2 | Winnipeg | 990730 | |
| 27 | 2.58.65 | United States | USA | 1 | Montréal | 760731 | |
| 28 | 2.58.68 | United Kingdom | GBR | 1 | Budapest | 980823 | |
| 29 | 2.58.68 | Nigeria | NGR | 2 | Sydney, AUS | 000930 | |
| 30 | 2.58.72 | United States | USA | h1:2 | Stuttgart | 930821 | |
| 31 | 2.58.78 | United States | USA | s1:1 | Sydney, AUS | 000929 | |
| 32 | 2.58.78 | Jamaica | JAM | 3 | Sydney, AUS | 000930 | |
| 33 | 2.58.84 | Jamaica | JAM | s2:1 | Sydney, AUS | 000929 | |
| 34 | 2.58.86 | United Kingdom | GBR | 2 | Roma | 870906 | |
| 35 | 2.58.88 | Poland | POL | 2 | Budapest | 980823 | |
| 36 | 2.58.91 | Poland | POL | 2 | Sevilla, ESP | 990829 | |
| 37 | 2.59.02 | Bahamas | BAH | s3:1 | Sydney, AUS | 000929 | |
| 38 | 2.59.12 | United States | USA | 1 | Roma | 810906 | |
| 39 | 2.59.13 | United Kingdom | GBR | 2 | Los Angeles | 840811 | |
| 40 | 2.59.13 | United Kingdom | GBR | 1 | Helsinki | 940814 | |
| 41 | 2.59.16 | Cuba | CUB | 3 | Roma | 870906 | |
| 42 | 2.59.23 | Bahamas | BAH | 4 | Sydney, AUS | 000930 | |
| 43 | 2.59.28 | United States | USA | 1 | Johannesburg | 980913 | |
| 44 | 2.59.32 | Nigeria | NGR | 3 | Los Angeles | 840811 | |
| 45 | 2.59.34 | Jamaica | JAM | 3 | Sevilla, ESP | 990829 | |
| 46 | 2.59.42 | United States | USA | 1 | Seattle, Wa | 900726 | |
| 47 | 2.59.42 | United States | USA | 1 | Sankt Peterburg | 940729 | |
| 48 | 2.59.42 | Jamaica | JAM | 3 | Atlanta, Ga | 960803 | |
| 49 | 2.59.46 | United Kingdom | GBR | 1 | München | 970622 | |
| 50 | 2.59.51 | Cuba | CUB | 2 | Barcelona | 920808 | |
| 51 | 2.59.54 | United States | USA | 1 | Indianapolis | 870816 | |
| 52 | 2.59.64A | Kenya | KEN | 2 | Ciudad de México | 681020 | |
| 53 | 2.59.6h | United States | USA | 1 | Los Angeles | 660724 | |
| 54 | 2.59.70 | Australia | AUS | 4 | Los Angeles | 840811 | |
| 55 | 2.59.71 | United Kingdom | GBR | 2 | Johannesburg | 980913 | |
| 56 | 2.59.72 | Cuba | CUB | 2 | Indianapolis | 870816 | |
| 57 | 2.59.73 | United Kingdom | GBR | 3 | Barcelona | 920808 | |
| 58 | 2.59.77 | Amerika | AME | 3 | Johannesburg | 980913 | |
| 59 | 2.59.82 | Kenya | KEN | 2 | Stuttgart | 930822 | |
| 60 | 2.59.83 | Kenya | KEN | 1 | München | 720910 | |
| 61 | 2.59.84 | United Kingdom | GBR | 1 | Stuttgart | 860831 | |
| 62 | 2.59.88 | Jamaica | JAM | 2 | Göteborg | 950813 | |
| 63 | 2.59.91 | Poland | POL | H1:2 | Athína | 970809 | |
| 64 | 2.59.95 | Yugoslavia | YUG | s2:3 | Tokyo | 910831 | |
| 65 | 2.59.96 | Federal Rebublic of Germany | FRG | 4 | Roma | 870906 | |
| 66 | 2.59.99 | Germany -62 91- | GER | 3 | Stuttgart | 930822 | |
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