
USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions
Men's 400 m Hurdles
| 2008 | 48.17 | Bershawn Jackson | Nike |
| 2007 | 47.72 | James Carter | Unat |
| 2006 | 47.39 | Kerron Clement | Nike |
| 2005 | 47.24 | Kerron Clement | Nike |
| 2004 | 47.68 | James Carter | Nike |
| 2003 | 49.01 | Bershawn Jackson | Unattached |
| 2002 | 48.12 | James Carter | Nike |
| 2001 | 48.53 | Angelo Taylor | Nike |
| 2000 | 47.62 | Angelo Taylor | Nike |
| 1999 | 48.49 | Angelo Taylor | Nike |
| 1998 | 47.03 | Bryan Bronson | Nike |
| 1997 | 47.79 | Bryan Bronson | Powerade |
| 1996 | 47.98 | Bryan Bronson | Powerade AC |
| 1995 | 48.44 | Derrick Adkins | Reebok |
| 1994 | 48.41 | Derrick Adkins | Reebok |
| 1993 | 47.69 | Kevin Young | Nike-LA |
| 1992 | 47.89 | Kevin Young | Reebok |
| 1991 | 47.62 | Danny Harris | Nike Int |
| 1990 | 48.79 | David Patrick | Flo-Jo |
| 1989 | 48.83 | David Patrick | Flo-Jo |
| 1988 | 48.68 | Kevin Henderson | ACC |
| 1987 | 47.99 | Edwin Moses | adidas |
| 1986 | 48.90 | Danny Harris | Ath West |
| 1985 | 47.67 | Andre Phillips | WCAC |
| 1984 | 49.08 | David Patrick | adidas |
| 1983 | 47.84 | Edwin Moses | Unat-CA |
| 1982 | 48.57 | David Patrick | Ath West |
| 1981 | 47.59 | Edwin Moses | Utopia Int |
| 1980 | 49.38 | David Lee | Sn Ill |
| 1979 | 47.89 | Edwin Moses | Unat-CA |
| 1978 | 49.03 | James Walker | Auburn |
| 1977 | 47.45 | Edwin Moses | Morehouse |
| 1976 | 48.55 | Tom Andrews | S. Calif. |
| 1975 | 48.74 | Ralph Mann | BH Striders |
| 1974 | 48.9 | Jim Bolding | Pac Coast Cl |
| 1973 | 49.2 (440 yd.) | Jim Bolding | Pac Coast Cl |
| 1972 | 50.0 | Dick Bruggeman | Ohio TC |
| 1971 | 49.3 (440 yd.) | Ralph Mann | SC Striders |
| 1970 | 49.8 (440 yd.) | Ralph Mann | SC Striders |
| 1969 | 50.1 (440 yd.) | Ralph Mann | BYU |
| 1968 | 49.6 | Ron Whitney | SC Striders |
| 1967 | 50.3 (440 yd.) | Ron Whitney | SC Striders |
| 1966 | 50.1 (440 yd.) | Jim Miller | SC Striders |
| 1965 | 50.3 (440 yd.) | Rex Cawley | Pasadena AA |
| 1964 | 50.1 | Billy Hardin | LSU |
| 1963 | 50.4 (440 yd.) | Rex Cawley | Pasadena AA |
| 1962 | 50.5 (440 yd.) | Willie Atterberry | LATC |
| 1961 | 50.9 (440 yd.) | Clif Cushman | Grand Fks AC |
| 1960 | 50.1 | Glenn Davis | Unat-OH |
| 1959 | 50.7 | Dick Howard | New Mexico |
| 1958 | 49.9 (440 yd.) | Glenn Davis | Ohio State |
| 1957 | 50.9 (440 yd.) | Glenn Davis | Ohio TC |
| 1956 | 50.9 | Glenn Davis | Ohio State |
| 1955 | 52.0 (440 yd.) | Josh Culbreath | Morgan St |
| 1954 | 52.0 (440 yd.) | Josh Culbreath | Morgan St |
| 1953 | 52.5 (440 yd.) | Josh Culbreath | Morgan St |
| 1952 | 51.2 | Charles Moore | NYAC |
| 1951 | 51.4 | Charles Moore | NYAC |
| 1950 | 53.6 | Charles Moore | NYAC |
| 1949 | 51.1 | Charles Moore | Cornell |
| 1948 | 52.3 | Roy Cochran | LAAC |
| 1947 | 52.3 | Walter Smith | LAAC |
| 1946 | 55.5 | Arky Erwin | Army&Navy Hosp |
| 1945 | 53.7 | Arky Erwin | Unat-LA |
| 1944 | 54.0 | Arky Erwin | US Army |
| 1943 | 53.1 | Arky Erwin | N. Orleans AC |
| 1942 | 52.0 | Walter Smith | Sn Calif. AA |
| 1941 | 54.5 | Arky Erwin | LSU |
| 1940 | 51.6 | Carl McBain | Unat-CA |
| 1939 | 51.9 | Roy Cochran | Indiana |
| 1938 | 52.8 | Jack Patterson | Rice |
| 1937 | 52.3 | Jack Patterson | Rice |
| 1936 | 51.6 | Glenn Hardin | LSU |
| 1935 | 53.5 | Tom Moore | SFOC |
| 1934 | 51.8 | Glenn Hardin | LSU |
| 1933 | 52.2 | Glenn Hardin | LSU |
| 1932 | 53.9e | Joe Healey | NYAC |
| 1931 | 54.2 (440 yd.) | Victor Burke | NYAC |
| 1930 | 53.1 (440 yd.) | Richard Pomeroy | LAAC |
| 1929 | 54.3 (440 yd.) | Gordon Allott | Denver AC |
| 1928 | 52.0 | Morgan Taylor | Ill. AC |
| 1927 | 52.6 (440 yd.) | John Gibson | Bloom. CL |
| 1926 | 55.0 (440 yd.) | Morgan Taylor | Ill. AC |
| 1925 | 53.8 (440 yd.) | Morgan Taylor | Ill. AC |
| 1924 | 54.5 (440 yd.) | Morgan Taylor | Grinnell |
| 1923 | 55.4 (440 yd.) | Ivan Riley | Illinois AC |
| 1922 | 56.5 (440 yd.) | Joseph Hall | Chicago AA |
| 1921 | 53.4 (440 yd.) | Gus Desch | Notre Dame |
| 1920 | 55.0 (440 yd.) | Frank Loomis | Chicago AA |
| 1919 | 55.6 (440 yd.) | Floyd Smart | Chicago AA |
| 1918 | 59.0 (440 yd.) | Donald Hause | US Navy |
| 1917 | 54.8 (440 yd.) | Floyd Smart | Chicago AA |
| 1916 | 54.8 (440 yd.) | Walter Hummel | Mult AC |
| 1915 | 52.6wS (440 yd.) | William Meanix | Boston AA |
| 1914 | 57.8 (440 yd.) | William Meanix | Boston AA |
| 1913- | Not held | ||
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