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868:1996:
854:1993:
840:1992:
826:1990:
812:1989:
798:1988:
784:1985:
770:1984:
756:1982:
742:1979:
589:Trivia
560:400 m
541:400 m
488:400 m
480:Annaba
442:400 m
390:400 m
320:
308:Event
153:Career
57:
41:Men's
1473:(USA)
1464:(BAH)
1451:(USA)
1442:(USA)
1433:(RSA)
1424:(GRN)
1415:(USA)
1406:(GRN)
1397:(USA)
1388:(USA)
1379:(USA)
1370:(USA)
1361:(USA)
1352:(USA)
1343:(USA)
1334:(USA)
1325:(USA)
1316:(USA)
1307:(USA)
1298:(USA)
1289:(USA)
1280:(CIV)
1271:(USA)
1262:(USA)
1253:(FRG)
1244:(USA)
1235:(JAM)
1226:(RUS)
1217:(FRG)
1208:(CUB)
1199:(USA)
1190:(CUB)
1181:(USA)
1172:(USA)
1163:(USA)
1154:(KEN)
1145:(USA)
1136:(USA)
1127:(USA)
1118:(TTO)
1061:(SEN)
1047:(ZAM)
1033:(BOT)
1019:(BOT)
1005:(BOT)
991:(BOT)
977:(LBA)
963:(SUD)
949:(DRC)
935:(MRI)
921:(MRI)
907:(MRI)
893:(NGR)
879:(SEN)
865:(KEN)
851:(RSA)
837:(KEN)
823:(CIV)
809:(NGR)
795:(NGR)
781:(CIV)
767:(SEN)
753:(SUD)
582:400m
533:Lagos
524:1989
508:400 m
499:Seoul
471:1988
465:400 m
447:1987
434:Cairo
425:1985
409:400 m
382:Rabat
373:1984
347:400 m
329:1983
302:Venue
175:Rabat
103:from
687:IAAF
579:1st
557:3rd
538:1st
485:2nd
461:7th
456:Rome
439:2nd
405:2nd
387:1st
296:Year
218:NCAA
201:and
262:of
173:in
1490::
685:.
623:.
573:,
285:.
197:,
115:.
1095:e
1088:t
1081:v
719:e
712:t
705:v
633:.
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