Men's 600 yards world record progression

The following tables show the world record progression in the men's 600 yards.

Outdoor

Time	Auto	Athlete	Nationality	Location of race	Date	Ref
1:15.0		James Clegg	United Kingdom	Sheffield, England	July 7, 1873	^[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		Lon Myers^[2]	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
1:11.0		Thomas Burke	United States	New York, New York, United States	September 19, 1896
1:11.0		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
1:08.1^[3]		Hardee McAlhaney	United States	Houston, Texas, United States	January 25, 1969
	1:06.87	Butch Reynolds	United States	Johnson City, Tennessee, United States	January 17, 1987

Indoor

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Time	Auto	Athlete	Nationality	Location of race	Date	Ref
1:17.8		Gabriel G. Hollander	United States	unknown	unknown
1:16.4		Gabriel G. Hollander	United States	New York, New York, United States	March 25, 1897
1:14.0		Eli B. Parsons	United States	New York, New York, United States	March 3, 1906
1:14.0		John Baxter Taylor	United States	New York, New York, United States	February 9, 1907
1:13.6		Mel Sheppard	United States	Brooklyn, New York, United States^[6]	March 30, 1907
1:13.4		Tom Halpin	United States	Brooklyn, New York, United States	March 2, 1914
1:12.8		Jake Driscoll	United States	Buffalo, New York, United States	April 14, 1923
1:11.6		Alan Helffrich	United States	New York, New York, United States	March 17, 1925
1:11.3		Charles Hornbostel	United States	New York, New York, United States	February 2, 1935
1:11.1		James Herbert	United States	New York, New York, United States	March 12, 1938
1:11.1		James Herbert	United States	Chicago, Illinois, United States	March 26, 1938
1:10.8		James Herbert	United States	New York, New York, United States	March 9, 1940
1:10.2		John Borican	United States	New York, New York, United States	March 8, 1941
		Hugh Short		New York, New York, United States	February 6, 1943
		Mal Whitfield		Boston, Massachusetts, United States	January 31, 1953
1:09.5		Mal Whitfield	United States	New York, New York, United States	February 28, 1953
1:09.5		Tom Courtney	United States	Boston, Massachusetts, United States	February 2, 1957
1:09.3		George Kerr	Jamaica	New York, New York, United States	March 3, 1961
1:09.2		Wendell Mottley	Trinidad and Tobago	Ithaca, New York, United States	February 29, 1964
1:09.0		Martin McGrady	United States	Louisville, Kentucky, United States	February 12, 1966
1:08.7^[7]		Martin McGrady	United States	Los Angeles, California, United States	February 13, 1970
1:08.7^[7]		Lee Evans	United States	Los Angeles, California, United States	February 13, 1970
1:08.5		Martin McGrady	United States	Louisville, Kentucky, United States	February 14, 1970
1:07.6		Martin McGrady	United States	New York, New York, United States	February 27, 1970
	1:07.53	Mark Everett	United States	New York, New York, United States	February 7, 1992
	1:06.93	Moitalel Naadokila	Kenya	Lubbock, Texas, United States	February 15, 2020
	1:06.68 OT	Jonathan Jones	Barbados	Ames, Iowa, United States	February 26, 2022
	1:05.75	Jenoah McKiver	United States	Lubbock, Texas, United States	January 18, 2025	^[8]

References

^ http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/Progression-of-IAAF-World-Records-2015/projet/IAAF-WRPB-2015.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ Myers was paced in the last 200 yards of his race.
^ This time was run on an oversized track indoors, but was superior to the outdoor record.
^ 600 yard US indoor record progression
^ 600 yard world record progression
^ This was a handicap race, and Sheppard was not the winner of the event: some sources exclude this time as a record.
^ McGrady and Evans ran this time at the 1970 Los Angeles Indoor Games; the photo-finish gave McGrady first and Evans second, with each man being credited with a new world record.
^ Paul Hof-Mohoney (18 January 2025). "McKiver's world best highlights season openers for Gators track and field". The Independent Florida Alligator. Retrieved 24 January 2025.

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[2] Myers was paced in the last 200 yards of his race.

[3] This time was run on an oversized track indoors, but was superior to the outdoor record.

[4] 600 yard US indoor record progression

[5] 600 yard world record progression

[6] This was a handicap race, and Sheppard was not the winner of the event: some sources exclude this time as a record.

[7] McGrady and Evans ran this time at the 1970 Los Angeles Indoor Games; the photo-finish gave McGrady first and Evans second, with each man being credited with a new world record.

[8] Paul Hof-Mohoney (18 January 2025). "McKiver's world best highlights season openers for Gators track and field". The Independent Florida Alligator. Retrieved 24 January 2025.

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