Men's 600 yards world record progression

Time Auto Athlete Nationality Location of race Date
1:15.0 James Clegg  United Kingdom Sheffield, England July 7, 1873, 1900[1]
1:14.6 Frederick Elborough  United Kingdom London, England April 28, 1877
1:14.5 Lon Myers  United States West New Brighton, New York, United States May 29, 1880
1:11.4
paced last 200		 Lon Myers  United States New York, New York, United States July 1, 1882
1:11.4 William Downs  United States Bergen Point, New Jersey, United States November 16, 1889

Thomas Burke (USA) New York 19.09.1896

1:11.0 Thomas Burke  United States New York, New York, United States September 19, 1896
Edwin Montague  United Kingdom London, England September 19, 1908
1:10.8 Mel Sheppard  United States New York, New York, United States August 14, 1910
1:10.4 Douglas Lowe  United Kingdom London, England June 26, 1926
1:09.2 Ben Eastman  United States San Francisco, California, United States April 1, 1933
1:08.8 Ben Eastman  United States San Francisco, California, United States June 2, 1934
1:08.5 Willie Atterberry  United States Columbus, Ohio, United States April 20, 1957
1:08.1i
oversized track		 Hardee McAlhaney  United States Houston, Texas, United States January 25, 1969
1:07.6i Martin McGrady  United States New York, New York, United States February 27, 1970
1:06.87 Butch Reynolds  United States Johnson City, Tennessee, United States January 17, 1987

References
  1. http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/Progression-of-IAAF-World-Records-2015/projet/IAAF-WRPB-2015.pdf
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