World Records Set by USC Track & Field Athletes
78 Trojans have set 187 World Records
& 17 Trojans set an additional 12 World Bests
complied by Tracy Sundlun
Legend:
black colored font Confirmed WR
Is this really considered a WR?
this colored font
Additional WRs and information from Russ Reabold - still to be confirmed
WR relays set by multi-national team
Questionable site / city name
this colored font
Still outstanding questions based upon / from TS research
Doubtful mark
this colored font
WRs added 7/14/2013 after call with Russ Reabold - still to be confirmed
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WRs added 7/19/2013 after email fr Sam Nicholson - still to be confirmed
WRs added 7/25/2013 after email fr Sam Nicholson - still to be confirmed
World Bests (WB), not World Records (WR)
Questionable conversion of mark or event date
Questionable mark
Event
Mark
Name
Location
Date
Questions & Notes
New
New
Male
WRs
WR
Set by
Holders Men
English / Hand Metric / Auto
100m
10.8
Howard Drew
Cambridge, MA
7/8/12
1
1
100m
10.6
Charlie Paddock
New York, NY
7/10/20
1
1
100m
10.4
Charlie Paddock
Redlands, CA
4/23/21
100m
10.4
Charlie Paddock
Paris, France
100m / 110y
(110.85m)
100m
10.2
9.9
100m
10.02
1
5/6/23 Sam couldn't find
Charlie Paddock
Don Quarrie, JAM
Pasadena, CA
Modesto, CA
6/18/21
5/22/76
5/11/80
1
better than the shorter 100m
record, not broken until '56
1
1
1
1
1
James Sanford (low altitude record)
Los Angeles, CA
100y
9.6
Howard Drew
Hartford, CT
9/1/13
100y
9.6
Howard Drew
Berkeley, CA
3/28/14
100y
9.6
Charlie Paddock
Berkeley, CA
3/26/21
100y
9.6
Charlie Paddock
Palo Alto, CA
3/29/21
100y
9.6
Charlie Paddock
Redlands, CA
4/23/21
100y
9.6
Charlie Paddock
Pasadena, CA
6/18/21
1
100y
9.6
Charlie Paddock
Pasadena, CA
7/4/21
1
100y
9.6
Charlie Paddock
West Orange, NJ
9/6/24
100y
9.6
Charlie Paddock
Los Angeles, CA
5/15/26
plus 1 WR ? - Conflicting info
on bio. Maybe a semi?
100y
9.5
Charlie Paddock
Los Angeles, CA
5/15/26
Sam says yes. 1 Feb '71
T&FN, pg 23 Paddock, '26,
9.5 WR
100y
9.5 or 9.6
Charles Borah
Los Angeles, CA
5/15/26
Sam says 9.6, so no WR
100y
9.5 or 9.6
Charles Borah
Los Angeles, CA
4/16/27
Sam says 9.6, so no WR. 1
Feb'71 T&FN, pg 23 - Borah,
'27, 9.5
100y
9.5
Charles Borah
????
?/?/1928
1
1
1
1
total 5 WRs in one report
1
1
1
1
New
New
Female WRs Set
WR
by
Holders Women
New
Male
WB
Holders
New
WBs
Set by
Men
100y
9.4
Frank Wykoff
Los Angeles, CA
5/10/30 Wykoff online bio
100y
9.4
Frank Wykoff
Chicago, IL
100y
9.4
Mel Patton
Modesto, CA
5/24/47
100y
9.4
Mel Patton
Salt Lake City, UT
6/20/47
100y
9.3
50m Indoors
5.61
6/7/30
Fresno, CA
5/15/48
James Sanford
San Diego, CA
2/20/81
Mar'81, pg 18
Lennox Miller
Houston, TX
1/24/69
100y Indoors
9.3
Don Quarrie, JAM
Pocatello, ID
1/16/71
100y Indoors
9.3
Don Quarrie, JAM
Pocatello, ID
1/15/72
Paris, France
5/6/23
Indoor Dashes
1
1
1
1
1
1
Jan'72 T&FN, pg 3, 63
Various men? Women?
200m
200m
1
1
Mel Patton
9.4
1
1
1
1 Feb '71 T&FN, pg 23 Patton,
'48, 9.3 WR
100y Indoors
1
1 Feb '71 T&FN, pg 23
Wykoff, '30, 9.4 WR
Nothing listed pre-1951
21.2
200m
20.7
200m
19.8
200m
(Bio says Paddock ran 21.0 in 1923)
Charlie Paddock
Mel Patton
Evanston, IL
Don Quarrie, JAM
Cali, Columbia
8/3/71
1
19.8
Don Quarrie, JAM
Eugene, OR
6/7/75
1
200m
19.8
Don Quarrie, JAM [Bio says he set 3 WRs at 19.8]
???
220y
19.9
Don Quarrie, JAM
Eugene, OR
220y (straight)
21.6
Howard Drew
220y (straight)
20.8
220y (straight)
20.8
220y (straight)
20.2
400m
45.4
400m
400m
19.86
(unofficial)
7/10/48
1
= Oly Rec, but not sure if =
WR
???
Call DQ - 1 of 3 WRs is 100m?
6/7/75
1
Claremont, CA
2/28/14
1
Charlie Paddock
Berkeley, CA
3/26/21
1
Charlie Paddock
West Orange, NJ
9/6/24
Mel Patton
Westwood, CA
Lou Jones
Mexico City, MEX
3/18/55
Manhattan Alumni, I think
45.2
Lou Jones
Los Angeles, CA
6/30/56
Manhattan Alumni, I think
44.9
Mike Larrabee
Los Angeles, CA
9/12/64
1
1
440y
47.4
Victor Williams
Philadelphia, PA
5/30/31
1
1
440y
45.8
Jim Lea
Modesto, CA
5/26/56
1
1
1
1
45.68
400m Indoors
47.9
Roy Cochran
New York, NY
400m Indoors
46.8
Mike Larrabee
Berlin, GER
5/7/49
1
1948 per Nov'71 T&FN, pg 28,
Per April'49 T&FN, pg 1 doesn't indicate straightaway
or curve
3/25/42
Never competed for USC (SC
Grad School, Indiana
Undergrad) Should he be
included?
1
4/8/65
440y Indoors
48.2
Roy Cochran
Chicago, IL
110mH
14.8
Earl Thomson, CAN
Antwerp, Belgium
8/18/20
1
1
110mH
14.8
Leighton Dye
Amsterdam, NETH
7/31/28
1
1
110mH
13.6
Richard Attlesey
College Park, MD
6/24/50
1
1
110mH
13.5
Richard Attlesey
Helsinki, Finland
7/10/50
110mH
13.4
Jack Davis
Bakersfield, CA
6/22/56
110mH
13.3
Jack Davis
Bendigo, Australia
110mH
13.2
Earl McCullouch
Minneapolis, MN
7/16/67 Pan Am Trials
1
1
120yH
15.0
Fred Kelly
Berkeley, CA
5/10/13 3/15/13
1
1
120yH
15.0
Fred Kelly
Berkeley, CA
5/2/14 4/18/14
120yH
14.8
Earl Thomson, CAN
120yH
14.4
Earl Thomson, CAN
120yH
14.4
Earl Thomson, CAN
13.43
3/9/40
1
Never competed for USC (SC
Grad School, Indiana
Undergrad) Should he be
included?
1
1
1
11/17/56
1
1
1
?/?/1916 5/13/1916 (Sam?)
1
Philadelphia, PA
5/29/20
1
Chicago, IL
6/18/21
1
2
120yH
14.2
Phil Cope
?/?/1935
120yH
14.2
Roy Staley
?/?/1935
120yH
14.1
Phil Cope
?/?/1936
120yH
13.5
Richard Attlesey
Fresno, CA
5/13/50
120yH
13.5
Jack Davis
Sanger, CA
6/9/56
120yH
13.2
Earl McCullouch
Minneapolis, MN
7/16/67 Pan Am Trials
120yH
13.2
Earl McCullouch
Chicago, IL
?/?/1967
No Chicago Mt found in '67
45yH
5.4
Earl McCullouch
Boston, MA
1/13/68
Jan'68 T&FN, pg 59
1
50yH
6.4
Patty Van Wolvelaere
Toronto, CAN
2/4/72
60yH Indoors
6.8
Earl McCullouch
Oakland, CA
2/24/68
I Mar'68 T&FN, pg 3,4
1
60yH Indoors
6.8
Earl McCullouch
Los Angeles, CA
?/?/1968 Call Don Franken
Indoor Hurdles
Per T&FN 1 July '71, pg 16
1
1
1
1
Per May'50 T&FN, pg 1
1
Per June'56 T&FN, pg 1&2,
T&FN 1 July '71, pg 16
1
1
1
1
Various men ?
60yH (30") Ind
7.4
Patty Van Wolvelaere
Oakland, CA
2/24/68
1
60yH Indoors
7.4
Patty Van Wolvelaere
Richmond, VA
3/17/72
1
60yH Indoors
7.4
Patty Van Wolvelaere
San Diego, CA
2/17/74
1
Patty Van Wolvelaere
Los Angeles, CA
60yH Indoors
7.68
2/3/78 2/4/1978 per Patty
100mH Indoors
13.4
Patty Van Wolvelaere
Pocatello, ID
2/17/73
100mH Indoors
13.2
Patty Van Wolvelaere
Pocatello, ID
2/10/74
220yH
24.4
Fred Kelly
Los Angeles, CA
5/21/15
330yH
35.7
Geoff Vanderstock
San Diego, CA
400mH
49.1
Rex Cawley
Los Angeles, CA
9/13/64
400mH
48.8
Geoff Vanderstock
S. Lake Tahoe, CA
9/11/68
48.94
440yH
1
1
1
1
4/9/66 WB
Echo Summit, CA? SLT in '68
T&FNs
1
1
1
1
42.2
Charlie Paddock (US Olympic Team)
Antwerp, Belgium
8/22/20
1
4x100m Relay
41.0
Charles Borah, Frank Wykoff (US Olympic Team)
Amsterdam, NETH
8/5/28
1
wx100m Relay
40.6
40.61
Frank Wykoff (US Olympic Team) Qualifying
Los Angeles, CA
8/?/1932
1
4x100m Relay
40.0
40.10
Frank Wykoff (US Olympic Team)
Los Angeles, CA
8/7/32
1
4x100m Relay
40.0
Frank Wykoff, Foy Draper (US Olympic Team) Qual.
Berlin, Germany
8/?/1936
4x100m Relay
39.8
Frank Wykoff, Foy Draper (US Olympic Team)
Berlin, Germany
8/9/36
4x110y Relay
4x110y Relay
4x110y Relay
4x110y Relay
4x110y Relay
4x110y Relay &
4x100m Relay
1
1
WB
1
1
??????
4x100m Relay
4x100y Relay
WB
?
Frank Wykoff (US National Team)
London, England (?)
42.0
USC (Brice Taylor, Edgar House, Bob Lee, Keith
_______)
40.8
USC (Roy Delby, Milton Mauer, Maurice Guyer, Frank
Wykoff)
40.7
USC (Adrian Talley, Clark Crane, George Boone, Foy
Draper)
40.5
USC (LeLand LaFond, William Anderson, Payton
Jordan, Adrian Talley)
Fresno, CA
39.6
USC (Earl McCullouch, Fred Kuller, OJ Simpson,
Lennox Miller)
Los Angeles, CA
8/?/1936
1
1
?/?/1925
Fresno, CA
5/9/31
?/?/1936
1
2 weeks after Oly w/ Marty
Glickman, Metcalf & Owens.
Odd dist only run in England.
WB?
Crane got no letter in '36.
Sam: probably a mistake.
5/?/1938
6/2/67
Multi-national teams OK 'til
'72; per June'67 T&FN pg 6
Multi-national teams OK 'til
'72; per June'67 T&FN pg 9
4
1
3
1
3
1
3
1
2
1
39.0
USC (Earl McCullouch, Fred Kuller, OJ Simpson,
Lennox Miller)
San Diego, CA
6/10/67
4x110y Relay &
4x100m Relay
38.6
USC (Earl McCullouch, Fred Kuller, OJ Simpson,
Lennox Miller)
Provo, UT
Multi-national teams
6/17/67 OK 'til '72
4x100m Relay
38.6
38.65
Lennox Miller (Jamaican Olympic Team)
Mexico City, MEX
10/19/68
1
4x100m Relay
38.3
38.39
Lennox Miller (Jamaican Olympic Team)
Mexico City, MEX
10/19/68
1
3
2
2
4x100m Relay
4x200y Relay &
4x220m Relay
40.82
Allyson Felix (US Olympic Team)
1.25.8
USC (Herschel Smith, Edgar House, Willie Lewis,
Charles Borah)
4 x 200y Relay &
4x220m Relay
1.24.8
USC (Foy Draper, Al Fitch, Jim Abbott, Charles
Parsons)
4 x 200y Relay &
4x220m Relay
1.24.4
USC (George Pasquali, Ron Frazier, Norman Stocks,
Mel Patton)
1.24.0
USC (George Pasquali, Ron Frazier, Norman Stocks,
Mel Patton)
01:21.1
USC (Leon Brown (20.7), Edesel Garrison (20.4),
Willie Deckard (20.3), Don Quarrie (19.7))
01:20.7
USC (Edesel Garrison, Leon Brown, Willie Deckard,
Don Quarrie)
4x220y Relay &
4x200m Relay
4x220y Relay &
4x200m Relay
4x220y Relay &
4x200m Relay
4x200m Relay
or
was this race run at
yards?
London, England
Fresno, CA
1
?/?/1927
2
2
6/1/34
3
2
3
2
5/14/49
3/4/72
Order and splits per II Mar'72
T&FN, pg 5
WB
Fresno, CA
5/13/72
Order per II May'72 T&FN, pg
6. Plaque says B,D,G,Q.
WB
in lanes.)
Tempe, AZ
5/27/78
1979 USC Media Guide says
yards, but July'78 T&FN, pg
28 says 2x200m only
5/27/78
1979 USC Media Guide says
yards, but July'78 T&FN, pg
28 says 2x200m only
USC (Joel Andrews (20.9), James Sanford (20.1), Billy
Mullins (19.6), Clancy Edwards (19.8)) (Run all the way
Los Angeles, CA
1:20.3e
1.20.23
Tobias Striders (all USC athletes or alums) (Guy
Abrahams (20.5), Mike Simmons (20.7), Don Quarrie
(19.7), James Gilkes (19.3)) (Run all the way in lanes.)
Tempe, AZ
4x400m Relay
3.08.2
3.08.14
Ed Ablowich (US Olympic Team)
Los Angeles, CA
4x400m Relay
3.00.7
Mike Larrabee (US Olympic Team)
Tokyo, Japan
4x400m Relay
2.55.74
Quincy Watts (US Olympic Team)
Barcelona, Spain
4x400m Relay
2.54.29
Quincy Watts (US National Team)
Stuttgart, GER
8/7/32
2
3
1
1
1
10/21/64
1
8/22/93
?/?/1934
3
1
4x440y Relay
3.11.6
?/?/1936
1
1
Swedish Relay
(100m, 200m,
300m, 400m)
1.52.8
USC (Tracy Sundlun, Rich Graybehl, Tom Andrews,
Lloyd Johnson)
Copenhagen, DEN
8/11/77
USC (John Link, Dennis Carr, Bruce Bess, Dave Buck)
Los Angeles, CA
5/13/66
4
1
Charlie Dumas
Los Angeles, CA
6/29/56
1
1
7.17.4
7' 5/8"
2.15m
High Jump Ind.
?????
WB?, odd relay distance
then, which is now IAAF relay
dist. Want to confirm time.
No Dumas
Triple Jump
44' 6 1/2"
13.58m
Wendy Brown
Austin, TX
Triple Jump
44' 11 3/4"
13.71m
Wendy Brown
Los Angeles, CA
5/2/87
Pole Vault
13' 5 1/8"
4.093m
Lee Barnes
Los Angeles, CA
2/27/26
Pole Vault
13' 8"
4.166m
Lee Barnes
Palo Alto, CA
5/15/26
1
Pole Vault
14' 0"
4.267m
Lee Barnes
Fresno, CA
4/4/27
1
Pole Vault
14' 1 1/4"
4.30m
Lee Barnes
Fresno, CA
4/28/28
Pole Vault
14' 4"
4.37m
William Graber
Palo Alto, CA
7/16/32
1
1
Pole Vault
14' 7 1/4"
4.45m
Bill Sefton
Los Angeles, CA
4/10/37
1
1
Pole Vault
14' 8 1/2"
4.48m
Earle Meadows
Palo Alto, CA
5/8/37
1
1
Pole Vault
14' 8 1'2"
4.48m
Bill Sefton
Palo Alto, CA
5/8/37
Pole Vault
14' 10 3/4"
4.54m
Bill Sefton
Los Angeles, CA
5/29/37 14' 11" per Sam
Pole Vault
14' 10 3/4"
4.54m
Earle Meadows
Los Angeles, CA
5/29/37 14' 11" per Sam
Pole Vault
17' 5 1/2"
5.32m
Bob Seagren
Fresno, CA
5/14/66
Pole Vault
17' 5 1/2"
5.32m
Bob Seagren
Frederick, MD
4
5/30/85
7/2/66
2
WB
4
1
WB
4
1
1
USC (James Cassin, Estel Johnson, Harold Smallwood,
Al Fitch)
High Jump
2
1
3.12.4
4x880y Relay
3
1
8/8/92
USC (Estel Johnson, James Cassin, Al Fitch, John
McCarthy)
4x440y Relay
1
5/20/49
Los Angeles, CA
1.20.26
or
was this race run at
yards?
Never competed for USC
(professional)
Pasquali lettered in '50,
Stocks in '50 & '52 - Sam says
both got letters in '49
1:20.3e
4x200m Relay
8/10/12
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Per July'66 T&FN, pg 2
1
1
Pole Vault
Pole Vault
17' 7"
17' 7 3/4"
5.36m
5.38m
Bob Seagren
Paul Wilson
San Diego, CA
Bakersfield, CA
Pole Vault
17' 9"
5.41m
Bob Seagren
S. Lake Tahoe, CA
Pole Vault
18' 1"
5.51m
Kjell Isaksson
Austin, TX
Pole Vault
18' 2"
5.54m
Kjell Isaksson
Pole Vault
18' 4 1/4"
5.59m A
Pole Vault
18' 4 1/4"
5.59m A
6/10/67
1
6/23/67
USC Plaque: 6/24 6/23
(17'8" per II July 1972
T&FN pg 38, July '67 T&FN,
pg 1,2, & 12); 17' 7 3/4" per
Jan'68 T&FN, pg 6,8,29&44
9/12/68
Echo Summit, CA? SLT in '68
T&FNs
1
1
1
4/8/72
Never competed for USC
(academically ineligible)
Los Angeles, CA
4/15/72
Never competed for USC
(academically ineligible)
1
Kjell Isaksson
El Paso, TX
5/23/72
Never competed for USC
(academically ineligible)
1
Bob Seagren
El Paso, TX
5/23/72
1
1
Never competed for USC
(academically ineligible);
questionable record due to El
Paso marks on 5/23/72, but
El Paso marks not approved
per Jan '73 T&FN, pg 9 and
per pg 74 this mark was.
Pole Vault
18' 2 1/2"
5.55m
Kjell Isaksson
Helsingborg, SWE
Pole Vault
18' 5 3/4"
5.63m
Bob Seagren
Eugene, OR
7/2/72
1
Pole Vault Ind.
14' 6 1/4"
4.425m
Earle Meadows
Chicago, IL
3/25/39
1
Pole Vault Ind.
14' 6 3/4"
4.44m
Earle Meadows
Boston, MA
2/8/41
1
Pole Vault Ind.
14' 7 1/4"
4.45m
Earle Meadows
New York, NY
3/8/41
Pole Vault Ind.
17' 1/4"
5.19m A
Bob Seagren
Albuquerque, NM
Pole Vault Ind.
17' 3/4"
5.20m
Bob Seagren
Cleveland, OH
Pole Vault Ind.
17' 3"
5.26m
Bob Seagren
Mobile, AL
6/12/72
1
3/5/66
?
1
3/5 per Mar'66 TF&N, pg 8;
but 3/5 per March'76 T&FN,
pg 60
1
3/18/66
1
12/22/66
Demonstration (WB) 17'4 per
Jan'67 T&FN pg 57
12/29/66
17' 1" / 5.21m per 1 Mar'72
T&FN, pg 12, Jan'72 T&FN,
pg 69, Jan'67 T&FN, pg 57 &
58, Mar'76 T&FN, pg 60
WB
Pole Vault Ind.
17' 3/4"
5.20m
Bob Seagren
Saskatoon, CAN
Pole Vault Ind.
17' 2"
5.23m A
Bob Seagren
Albuquerque, NM
1/28/67
1
1
Pole Vault Ind.
17' 3"
5.26m
Bob Seagren
Cleveland, OH
2/18/67
1
Pole Vault Ind.
17' 4 1/4"
5.29m
Bob Seagren
New York, NY
1/25/68
1
Pole Vault Ind.
17' 5 3/4"
5.33m A
Bob Seagren
Albuquerque, NM
1/25/69
Pole Vault Ind.
17' 5 3/4"
5.33m
Bob Seagren
Inglewood, CA
2/8/69
17' 6" per 1 Mar'72 T&FN, pg
12; Mar'76 T&FN, pg 60
1
Pole Vault Ind.
17' 6 1/4"
5.34m
Kjell Isaksson
Goteborg, SWE
3/8/70
Never competed for USC
(academically ineligible)
1
1
1
Pole Vault Ind.
17' 7 3/4"
5.38m
Kjell Isaksson
Inglewood, CA
2/12/71
Never competed for USC
(academically ineligible). II
Feb'71 T&FN, pg 3 says Kjell
USC.
Pole Vault Ind.
17' 9"
5.41m
Kjell Isaksson
Cleveland, OH
3/19/71
Never competed for USC
(academically ineligible)
1
Pole Vault Ind.
17' 10 1/2"
5.45m
Kjell Isaksson
New York, NY
2/25/72
Never competed for USC
(academically ineligible)
2/26 per Mar'76 T&FN, pg 60
1
Pole Vault Ind.
17' 11"
5.46m
Steve Smith
Los Angeles, CA
1/20/73
Never competed for USC. I
Feb'73 T&FN, pg 8
Pole Vault Ind.
18' 1/4"
5.49m
Steve Smith
New York, NY
1/26/73
Never competed for USC. I
Feb'73 T&FN, pg 8
1
2/22/74
Never competed for USC. I
Feb'73 T&FN, pg 8, Set mark
as an ITA Pro
1
Pole Vault Ind.
18' 1"
5.51m
Steve Smith
Salt Lake City, UT
5
1
1
1
1
Pole Vault Ind.
Pole Vault Ind.
18' 1 3/4"
18' 2 1/2"
18' 4"
5.53m
5.55m
5.59m
Steve Smith
Steve Smith
Steve Smith
Pocatello, ID
Montreal, CAN
Portland, OR
2/23/74
Never competed for USC. I
Feb'73 T&FN, pg 8, Set mark
as an ITA Pro
1
1/17/75
Never competed for USC. I
Feb'73 T&FN, pg 8, Set mark
as an ITA Pro
1
4/11/75
Never competed for USC. I
Feb'73 T&FN, pg 8, Set mark
as an ITA Pro
1
Pole Vault Ind.
Discus
18' 5"
158' 1 3/4"
5.61m
48.20m
Steve Smith
Bud Houser
New York, NY
Palo Alto, CA
5/28/75
4/2/26
Discus
Discus
190' 3/4"
196' 6 3/4"
57.93m
59.91m
Sim Iness
Rink Babka
Lincoln, NE
Walnut, CA
6/20/53
8/12/60
190' 7/8" per Sam, 190' 1/2"
per Aug 1972 T&FN pg 59
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Actual measurement was 201'
0", but officials made
adjustments for the actiual
landing area being a 1.6"+
lower than the max of 2.4"
drop over 200'. Per T&FN Vol
11, No. 2, March '58, pg 1&2;
Vol 11, No. 3, April'58, pg 10.
Discus
198' 10"
60.60m
Rink Babka
Shot Put
59' 1/2"
18.00m
Parry O'Brien
Fresno, CA
Shot Put
59' 2 1/4"
18.04m
Parry O'Brien
Compton, CA
6/5/53
1
Shot Put
59' 9 3/4"
18.23m
Parry O'Brien
Des Moines, IA
4/24/54
1
Shot Put
60' 5 1/4"
18.42m
Parry O'Brien
Los Angeles, CA
5/8/54
1
Shot Put
60' 5 1/2"
18.43m
Parry O'Brien
Los Angeles, CA
5/21/54
Shot Put
60' 5 3/4"
18.43m
Parry O'Brien
3/22/58
Never competed for USC. I
Feb'73 T&FN, pg 8, Set mark
as an ITA Pro
Los Angeles, CA
5/9/53
6/11/54
1
Not listed in IAAF / T&FN list
…due to fact that he threw
further later in series. …2nd
WR of series
1
60' 6"
18.44m
Parry O'Brien
Los Angeles, CA
6/11/54
Shot Put
60' 10"
18.54m
Parry O'Brien
Los Angeles, CA
6/11/54 3rd WR of series
Shot Put
61' 1"
18.62m
Parry O'Brien
Salt Lake City, UT
Shot Put
61' 3 3/4"
18.69m
Parry O'Brien
Shot Put
61' 4 1/4"
18.70m
Shot Put
62' 2 3/4"
Shot Put
Shot Put
1
Los Angeles, CA
6/15/56
1
Parry O'Brien
Pasadena, CA
8/18/56
1
18.97m
Parry O'Brien
Eugene, OR
9/3/56
62' 6 1/2"
19.06m
Parry O'Brien
Eugene, OR
9/3/56 2nd WR of series
62' 8"
19.10m
Parry O'Brien
Los Angeles, CA
Not listed in IAAF / T&FN list
…due to fact that he threw
further later in series.
2nd WR of series; 63' 2"
per Nov'56 TF&N, pg 1
63' 1 3/4"
19.25m
Parry O'Brien
Los Angeles, CA
11/1/56
63' 1 3/4"
19.25m
Dallas Long
Santa Barbara, CA
3/28/59
Shot Put
63' 2 1/4"
19.26m
Dallas Long
Los Angeles, CA
63' 7"
19.38m
Dallas Long
Los Angeles, CA
Shot Put
63'8"
19.41m
Parry O'Brien
Pomona, CA
Shot Put
63' 3 3/4"
19.30m
Parry O'Brien
Albuquerque, NM
6
Not listed in IAAF / T&FN list
…due to fact that he threw
further later in series.
11/1/56
Shot Put
May'59 T&FN, pg 9
5/2/59
7th throw of competition
(legal per NCAA), thus a WB
as per May'59 T&FN, pg 9
8/1/59
1
1
1
1
1
5/2/59
6/16/59
1
1
5/5/56
Shot Put
1
1
Not listed in IAAF / T&FN list
…due to fact that he threw
further later in series.
Shot Put
Shot Put
WB
1
1
Unsanctioned Meet per
Mar'60 T&FN, pg 15; Dec'59
T&FN, pg 17
1
WB
1
1
WB
1
1
Shot Put
63' 7"
19.38m
Dallas Long
Los Angeles, CA
3/5/60
1
Shot Put
64' 6 1/2"
19.67m
Dallas Long
Los Angeles, CA
3/26/60
1
Shot Put
65' 10 1/2"
20.08m
Dallas Long
Los Angeles, CA
5/18/62
1
Shot Put
65' 11 1/4"
20.10m
Dallas Long
Los Angeles, CA
4/4/64
1
Shot Put
66' 3 1/4"
20.20m
Dallas Long
Los Angeles, CA
5/29/64
1
Shot Put
66' 9 1/4"
20.35m
Dallas Long
Los Angeles, CA
7/25/64
Shot Put
67' 10 1/4"
20.68m
Dallas Long
Los Angeles, CA
7/25/64 2nd WR of series
Shot Put Ind.
59' 3 3/4"
18.08m
Parry O'Brien
New York, NY
2/20/54
Shot Put Ind.
59' 5 1/2"
18.12m
Parry O'Brien
New York, NY
2/19/55
Shot Put Ind.
59' 9"
18.21m
Parry O'Brien
New York, NY
2/11/56
Not listed in IAAF / T&FN list
…due to fact that he threw
further later in series.
1
1
59' 4" per Feb'54 T&FN, pg 1;
A bio says he set 6 Ind WRs
1
1
1
Feb'59 T&FN, pg 3 says 61' 5
1/2" & 61' 5 1/4" and also
says 1958
Shot Put Ind.
Shot Put Ind.
61' 5 1/4"
61' 8 1/2"
18.72m
18.81m
Parry O'Brien
Parry O'Brien
New York, NY
Frankfurt, GER
2/18/56
2/8/58
Shot Put Ind.
62' 1 1/4"
18.93m
Parry O'Brien
New York, NY
2/21/59
62' 1 3/4" per March'59 T&FN,
pg 9
1
Shot Put Ind.
62' 4 3/4"
19.02m
Parry O'Brien
Milwaukee, WI
3/12/60
62' 5" per March'60 T&FN, pg
7
1
Shot Put Ind.
63' 1"
19.23m
Parry O'Brien
Los Angeles, CA
Shot Put Ind.
63' 1 1/2"
19.24m
Parry O'Brien
Los Angeles, CA
?/?/1960
Javelin
115' 8 1/4"
35.26m
Lillian Copeland
???
Javelin
116' 7 1/2"
35.55m
Lillian Copeland
Pasadena, CA
7/26/26
Javelin
125' 4 1/4"
38.21m
Lillian Copeland
Los Angeles, CA
2/26/27
25 Kilometers
1.13.55.8
Toshihiko Seko, JAP
Christchurch, NZ
3/22/81
30 Kilometers
1.29.18.8
Toshihiko Seko, JAP
Christchurch, NZ
3/22/81
1
1
Sunkist Meet per Sunkist
Programs
?
1/21/61
1
10/31/25 5/8/26
1
1
1
Totals
1
1
74
1
174
Total
Total
Male WR WRs Set
Holders by Men
TROJANS WHO SET MORE THAN 2 WORLD RECORDS
Name
Event(s)
#
Parry O'Brien, USA
Shot Put
24
Bob Seagren, USA
Pole Vault
14
Charlie Paddock, USA
Sprints, Relays (1)
13
Dallas Long, USA
Shot Put
9
Earl McCullouch, USA
Hurdles, Relays (5)
9
Mel Patton, USA
Sprints, Relays (4)
8
Frank Wykoff, USA
Sprints, Relays (6)
8
Lennox Miller, Jamaica
Sprints, Relays (7)
8
Kjell Isaksson, Sweden
Pole Vault
7
Steve Smith, USA
Pole Vault
7
Patty Van Wolvelaere, USA
Hurdles
7
Don Quarrie, Jamaica
Sprints
6
Earle Meadows, USA
Pole Vault
5
Foy Draper, USA
Relays
5
Fred Kuller, USA
Relays
5
O.J. Simpson, USA
Relays
5
7
1
4
13
17
12
Total
Female
WR
Holders
Total
WRs Set
by
Women
Total
Male WB
Holders
Total
WBs Set
by Men
Lee Barnes, USA
Pole Vault
4
Howard Drew, USA
Sprints
4
Earl Thomson, Canada
Hurdles
4
George Pasquali, USA
Relays
4
Ron Frazier, USA
Relays
4
Norman Stocks, USA
Relays
4
Charles Borah, USA
Sprints, Relays (3)
4
Richard Attlesley
Hurdles
3
Bill Sefton, USA
Pole Vault
3
Mike Larrabee, USA
400m, Relay (1)
3
Lillian Copeland
Javelin
3
8