USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions

Men's 400 m

2011 44.68 Tony McQuay Florida
2010 44.61 Greg Nixon Asics
2009 44.50 LaShawn Merritt Nike
2008 44.00 LaShawn Merritt Nike
2007 44.05 Angelo Taylor Unat
2006 44.45 Andrew Rock adidas
2005 44.20 Jeremy Wariner adidas
2004 44.37 Jeremy Wariner Baylor
2003 44.33 Tyree Washington Nike
2002 45.00 Angelo Taylor Nike
2001 45.31 Derrick Brew Nike
2000 43.68 Michael Johnson Nike
1999      
1998 44.09 Jerome Young St. Aug's
1997      
1996 43.44 Michael Johnson Nike
1995 43.66 Michael Johnson Nike
1994 44.43 Antonio Pettigrew Reebok
1993 43.74 Michael Johnson Nike Int
1992 43.81 Danny Everett SMTC
1991 44.36 Antonio Pettigrew St. Aug
1990 44.75 Steve Lewis SMTC
1989 44.27 Antonio Pettigrew ACC
1988 44.92 Tim Simon Atl. Cst. Cl
1987 44.46 Butch Reynolds Ohio St
1986 44.47 Darrell Robinson Mazda
1985 44.87 Mark Rowe Accusplit
1984 45.34 Mark Rowe Tiger TC
1983 45.15 Sunder Nix Indiana
1982 45.05 Cliff Wiley Unat-KS
1981 44.70 Cliff Wiley DC Inter.
1980 45.36 Willie Smith Auburn TC
1979 45.10 Willie Smith Ath Attic
1978 45.15 Maxie Parks Athletes IA
1977 45.44 Robert Taylor Phila. PC
1976 44.82 Maxie Parks Maccabi TC
1975 44.93 Dave Jenkins GBR
45.22 2-Fred Newhouse Phila. PC
1974 45.2 Maurice Peoples DC Strid
1973 45.2 (440 yd.) Maurice Peoples Ariz St
1972 45.0 Lee Evans BA Striders
1971 44.5 (440 yd.) John Smith SC Striders
1970 45.7 (440 yd.) John Smith SC Striders
1969 45.6 (440 yd.) Lee Evans San Jose St
1968 45.0 Lee Evans SCVYV
1967 45.3 (440 yd.) Lee Evans SCVYV
1966 45.9 (440 yd.) Lee Evans Unat-CA
1965 46.1 (440 yd.) Ollan Cassell Unat-NJ
1964 46.0 Mike Larrabee SC Striders
1963 45.8 (440 yd.) Ulis Williams SC Striders
1962 45.8 (440 yd.) Ulis Williams SC Striders
1961 46.1 (440 yd.) Otis Davis Emerald Empire
1960 45.8 Otis Davis Emerald Empire
1959 46.1 Eddie Southern Texas
1958 45.8 (440 yd.) Eddie Southern Texas AC
1957 46.4 (432 yd.) Reggie Pearman NY Pioneer
1956 45.8 Tom Courtney NYAC
1955 46.7 (440 yd.) Charles Jenkins Villanova
1954 46.6 (440 yd.) Jim Lea Los Angeles AC
1953 47.1 (440 yd.) J.W. Mashburn Unat-OK
1952 46.4 Mal Whitfield US Ar Force
1951 46.0 George Rhoden Morg St/JAM
1950 46.5 George Rhoden Morg St/JAM
1949 46.4 George Rhoden Morg St/JAM
1948 46.3 Herb McKenley Shore AC/JAM
1947 47.1 Herb McKenley Ill/JAM
1946 46.3 Elmore Harris Shore AC
1945 48.4 Herb McKenley Unat/JAM
1944 48.0 Elmore Harris Shore AC
1943 47.7 Cliff Bourland Sn CalAA
1942 46.7 Cliff Bourland Sn CalAA
1941 46.0 Grover Klemmer SFOC
1940 47.0 Grover Klemmer SFOC
1939 48.3 Erwin Miller Sn Calif. AA
1938 47.6 Ray Malott SF Olympic Club
1937 47.1 Ray Malott SF Olympic Club
1936 47.3 Harold Smallwood Sn Calif
1935 47.6 Eddie O'Brien NYAC
1934 47.4 Ivan Fuqua Indiana
1933 47.7 Ivan Fuqua Indiana
1932 46.9 Bill Carr Penn
1931 48.8 (440 yd.) Vic Williams Los Angeles AC
1930 48.8 (440 yd.) Vic Williams Los Angeles AC
1929 48.4 (440 yd.) Reggie Bowen Pittsburgh
1928 51.4 Ray Barbuti NYAC
1927 49.6 (440 yd.) Hermon Phillips Illinois AC
1926 48.6 (440 yd.) Ken Kennedy Illinois AC
1925 49.2 (440 yd.) Cecil Cooke Salem Cres. AC
1924 49.8 (440 yd.) James Burgess West Side Y
1923 50.0 (440 yd.) Horatio Fitch Chicago AA
1922 49.9 (440 yd.) James Driscoll Boston AA
1921 48.6 (440 yd.) William Stevenson NYAC
1920 49.0 (440 yd.) Frank Shea US Navy
1919 50.2 (440 yd.) Frank Shea Pittsburgh AC
1918 49.4 (440 yd.) Corn. Shaughnessy Fed. Rend
1917 49.6 (440 yd.) Frank Shea Pittsburgh AC
1916 49.8 (440 yd.) Thomas Halpin Boston AA
1915 47.0wS (440 yd.) Ted Meredith Meadowbrook
1914 50.2 (440 yd.) Ted Meredith Meadowbrook
1913 51.2 (440 yd.) Carroll Haff Chicago AA
1912 49.4 (440 yd.) Thomas Halpin Boston AA
1911 49.0 (440 yd.) Edward Lindberg Chicago AA
1910 52.0 (440 yd.) William Hayes St. Greg. AC
1909 50.4 (440 yd.) Edward Lindberg Chicago AA
1908 49.6 (440 yd.) Harry Hillman NYAC
1907 51.0 (440 yd.) John Taylor Penn
1906 50.5 (440 yd.) Frank Waller Milwaukee AC
1905 49.6 (440 yd.) Frank Waller Milwaukee AC
1904 51.2 (440 yd.) D.H. Meyer 74 Reg., NY
1903 52.0 (440 yd.) Harry Hillman NYAC
1902 50.8 (440 yd.) Fay Moulton NYAC
1901 52.4 (440 yd.) Howard Hayes Detroit AC
1900 52.6 (440 yd.) Maxie Long NYAC
1899 50.8 (440 yd.) Maxie Long NYAC
1898 52.0 (440 yd.) Maxie Long NYAC
1897 49.0 (440 yd.) Thomas Burke Boston AA
1896 48.8 (440 yd.) Thomas Burke Boston AA
1895 49.6 (440 yd.) Thomas Burke Boston AA
1894 51.0 (440 yd.) Tom Keane Boston AA
1893 50.4 (440 yd.) Edward Allen NYAC
1892 50.0 (440 yd.) Walter Downs NYAC
1891 51.0S (440 yd.) Walter Downs NYAC
1890 50.0 (440 yd.) Walter Downs NYAC
1889 51.4 (440 yd.) Walter Dohm NYAC
1888 51.0 (440 yd.) Walter Dohm NYAC
1888 53.0 (440 yd.) T.J. Mahoney IRELAND
T.J. Norton Manhtan AC
1887 51.8 (440 yd.) Harvey Banks Manhattan AC
1886 52.0 (440 yd.) John Robertson CAN
Geo. Bradish NYAC
1885 54.2 (440 yd.) H. Mason Raborg NYAC
1884 55.8 (440 yd.) Lon Myers Manhattan AC
1883 52 1/8 (440 yd.) Lon Myers Manhattan AC
1882 51.6 (440 yd.) Lon Myers Manhattan AC
1881 49.4 (440 yd.) Lon Myers Manhattan AC
1880 52.0 (440 yd.) Lon Myers Manhattan AC
1879 52.4 (440 yd.) Lon Myers Manhattan AC
1878 54 3/8w (440 yd.) Frank Brown Glenwood AC
1877 55 1/4 (440 yd.) Edward Merritt NYAC
1876 54.5 (440 yd.) Edward Merritt NYAC
1875- Not held

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