Women's 400 metres hurdles world record progression
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The women's 400 metres hurdles is an outdoor track event over a distance of 400 metres with ten hurdles at the height of 76.2 cm (30 inches).[1] The world records of this women's event have been recognised by World Athletics (called the International Association of Athletics Federations until 2019) since 1974.[2] Every world record is fully automatically timed and undergoes a ratification process that includes doping control.[3]
The first world record of 56.51 seconds was set by Krystyna Kacperczyk of Poland in 1974. Since then, the world record has been broken twenty-two times: six times in the 1970s, six times in the 1980s, two times in the 1990s, one time in the 2000s, two times in the 2010s, and five times in the 2020s. Each improvement was 0.03 seconds (1985, 2024) to 0.77 seconds (1977) faster than the previous record. Up to the 1980s, eight of thirteen records were set by athletes from the Soviet Union, while since the 1990s, eight of ten records were set by athletes from the United States. The longest-standing world record of 52.34 seconds was set by Yuliya Pechonkina of Russia in 2003 and stood for almost 16 years until 2019. The current world record of 50.65 seconds was set by Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of the United States in 2024. McLaughlin-Levrone has set a total of five world records in this event, more than any other athlete.
Progression[edit]
Athlete (Nation) | Time in s | Location | Date | Ref. |
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56.51 | Augsburg, West Germany | 13 July 1974 | [2] |
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55.74 | Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany | 26 June 1977 | [2] |
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55.63 | Helsinki, Finland | 13 August 1977 | [2] |
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55.44 | Berlin, West Germany | 18 August 1978 | [2] |
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55.31 | Podolsk, Soviet Union | 19 August 1978 | [2] |
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54.89 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 2 September 1978 | [2] |
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54.78 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 27 July 1979 | [2] |
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54.28 | Jena, East Germany | 18 May 1980 | [2] |
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54.02 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 11 June 1983 | [2] |
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53.58 | Kyiv, Soviet Union | 22 June 1984 | [2] |
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53.55 | Berlin, East Germany | 22 September 1985 | [2] |
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53.32 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 30 August 1986 | [2] |
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52.94 | Tashkent, Soviet Union | 17 September 1986 | [2] |
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52.74 | Stuttgart, Germany | 19 August 1993 | [2] |
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52.61 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 11 August 1995 | [2] |
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52.34 | Tula, Russia | 8 August 2003 | [2] |
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52.20 | Des Moines, United States | 28 July 2019 | [4] |
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52.16 | Doha, Qatar | 4 October 2019 | [5] |
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51.90 | Eugene, United States | 27 June 2021 | [6] |
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51.46 | Tokyo, Japan | 4 August 2021 | [7] |
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51.41 | Eugene, United States | 25 June 2022 | [8] |
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50.68 | Eugene, United States | 22 July 2022 | [8] |
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50.65 P | Eugene, United States | 30 June 2024 | [9] |
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ Marina Makeyeva was the maiden name of Marina Stepanova.
- ^ a b Sydney McLaughlin was the maiden name of Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.
References[edit]
- ^ "Competition Rules & Technical Rules" (PDF), p. 42, World Athletics, 17 January 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Progression of IAAF World Records 2015 edition" (PDF), pp. 290–291, International Association of Athletics Federations, 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Competition Rules & Technical Rules" (PDF), pp. 25–27, 31, World Athletics, 17 January 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "Ratified: Muhammad’s world 400m hurdles record and Anderson’s world U20 100m hurdles record", World Athletics, 11 September 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "Ratified: Muhammad's world 400m hurdles record, Mahuchikh's world U20 high jump records and Cheptegei's world 10km record", World Athletics, 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "Ratified: world records for Crouser, McLaughlin, Knighton and Kosonen", World Athletics, 11 August 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "Ratified: world records for Rojas, Warholm and McLaughlin in Tokyo", World Athletics, 29 September 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Ratified: world records for Amusan, Duplantis and McLaughlin", World Athletics, 20 September 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ Nick McCarvel, "Sydney McLauglin-Levrone Sets New World Record in 400m Hurdles, Clocking 50.65 at U.S. Trials", Olympics.com, 30 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.