400 metres hurdles

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox athletics event The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women.

On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lanes the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly spaced around the track. The hurdles are positioned and weighted so that they fall forward if bumped into with sufficient force, to prevent injury to the runners. Although there is no longer any penalty for knocking hurdles over, runners prefer to clear them cleanly, as touching them during the race slows runners down.

The current men's and women's world record holders are Karsten Warholm with 45.94 seconds and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone with 50.37 seconds. Compared to the 400 metres run, the hurdles race takes the men about three seconds longer and the women four seconds longer. Men clear hurdles that are Template:Convert high, while women negotiate Template:Convert barriers.

The 400 m hurdles was held for both sexes at the inaugural IAAF World Championships in Athletics. The first championship for women came at the 1980 World Championships in Athletics – being held as a one-off due to the lack of a race at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

History

The first awards in a men's 400 m hurdles race were given in 1860 when a race was held in Oxford, England, over a course of 440 yards (402.336 m). While running the course, participants had to clear twelve wooden hurdles, over 100 centimetres tall, that had been spaced in even intervals.

To reduce the risk of injury, somewhat more lightweight constructions were introduced in 1895 that runners could push over. However, until 1935 runners were disqualified if they pushed over more than three hurdles in a race and records were only officially accepted if the runner in question had cleared all hurdles clean and left them all standing.

The 400 m hurdles became an Olympic event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. At the same time, the race was standardized; thus, virtually identical races could be held and the finish times compared to one other. As a result, the official distance was fixed to 400 metres, or one lap of the stadium, and the number of hurdles was reduced to ten. The official height of the hurdles was set to Template:Convert. The hurdles are now placed on the course with a run-up to the first hurdle of 45 metres, distance between the hurdles of 35 metres each, and home stretch from the last hurdle to finish line of 40 metres.

The first documented 400 m hurdles race for women took place in 1971. In 1974, the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF), now known as World Athletics, introduced the event officially as a discipline, with hurdles at the lower height of Template:Convert. The women's race was not run at the Olympics until the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles where it was first staged with the first Men's World Champion having been crowned the year before at the inaugural World Athletics Championships. A special edition of the Women's 400m Hurdles took place in the 1980 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in response to the Women's 400m Hurdles not being included at the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and Liberty Bell Classic.

Many athletic commentators and officials have often brought up the idea of lifting the height of the women's 400 m hurdles to incorporate a greater requirement of hurdling skill. This is a view held by German athletic coach Norbert Stein, "All this means that the women's hurdles for specialists, who are the target group to be dealt with in this discussion, is considerably depreciated in skill demands when compared to the men's hurdles. It should not be possible in the women's hurdles that the winner is an athlete whose performance in the flat sprint is demonstrably excellent but whose technique of hurdling is only moderate and whose anthropometric characteristics are not optimal. This was the case at the World Championships in Seville and the same problem can often be seen at international and national meetings."Template:Citation needed

Hurdling technique

Template:More citations needed section In terms of technique and endurance, the 400-metre hurdles is arguably the most demanding event in the sprints and hurdles group.<ref name="Lindeman 1995">Template:Cite journal</ref>Template:Rp<ref name="Schiffer 2012">Template:Cite journal</ref>Template:Rp Athletes must be able to run a fast 400-metre flat time, maintain a good hurdling technique, and have a unique awareness of stride pattern between hurdles.Template:R The ideal time difference between an athlete's 400 time and their 400 hurdles time should be between 1.5 and 3 seconds. This variation depends on the specific qualities of the athlete. At the professional level, the women's hurdles are smaller (76cm) than the men's (91cm) which usually makes the 400-400hs average time difference smaller for female athletes. In 2024, the two fastest 400 hurdlers in the world (Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Femke Bol) are also two of the fastest women in the open 400, based on their relay split compared to other athletes. To be able to maintain a good hurdling technique throughout the race it is important to work on step patterns. The number of steps an athlete takes during a 400 hurdles is called rhythm. Most 400 hurdlers know how many steps they are going to take in between each hurdle, starting from the block. The distance between the block and the first hurdle is 45 meters, which allows the fastest women to take 21 to 23 steps, while the fastest men can get down to 19 or 20. After the first one, the hurdles are 35 meters apart, and the tenth one is placed at 40 meters from the finish line. The internal steps from hurdle two to hurdle ten vary depending on the athlete's abilities, speed, technique, and personal preferences. The most skilled athletes can change their rhythm depending on how fast they need, or want, to run. For example, Karsten Warholm ran 13 steps up to hurdle seven, then decided to switch to 15 steps for the last three hurdles at the Paris Olympics, because he is more comfortable going over hurdles with his dominant leg. An even number of steps in between the hurdles implies alternating which leg goes over it first (lead leg), while an uneven number of steps allows for going over the hurdles with the same leg. Furthermore, athletes must possess anaerobic endurance over the final 150 to 100 metres of the race as, at this point, lactate (the conjugate base of lactic acid) will accumulate in the body from anaerobic glycolysis.<ref name="Iskra 1991">Template:Cite journal</ref>Template:Rp

Block start

When preparing to hurdle, the blocks should be set so that the athlete arrives at the first hurdle leading on the desired leg without inserting a stutter step. A stutter step is when the runner has to chop his or her stride down to arrive on the "correct" leg for take off. Throughout the race, any adjustments to stride length stride speed should be made several strides out from the hurdle because a stutter or being too far from the hurdle at takeoff will result in loss of momentum and speed.

Hurdling

File:Géo André Coolombes 1922.jpg

Géo André jumps over a barrier during the 400 metres hurdles in 1922

At the beginning of the take-off, the knee must be driven toward the hurdle and the foot then extended. The leg position when extended must be stretched out, in a position of a split. The knee should be slightly bent when crossing the hurdle. Unless an athlete's body has great flexibility, the knee must be slightly bent to allow a forward body lean. Unlike the 110m hurdles, a significant forward body lean is not that necessary due to the hurdles being lower. However, the trail leg must be kept bent and short to provide a quick lever action allowing a fast hurdle clearance. The knee should pull through under the armpit and should not be flat across the top of the hurdle.

It is also important that the hurdler does not reach out on the last stride before the hurdle as this will result in a longer bound being made to clear the hurdle. This will also result in a loss of momentum if the foot lands well in front of the center of gravity.

Stride length

Using a left lead leg on the bends allows the hurdler to run closer to the inside of the lane and cover a shorter distance. Additionally, if the left leg is used for the lead, then the athlete's upper body can be leaned to the left, making it easier to bring the trail leg through. Additionally, an athlete hurdling with a right leg lead around the bends must take care that they do not inadvertently trail their foot or toe around the hurdle rather than passing over the top, which would lead to a disqualification from the race. Depending on the height and strength of the athlete, men work toward a stride pattern of 13 to 15 steps between each hurdle, and women work toward a stride pattern of 15 to 17. This does not include the landing step from the previous hurdle. Edwin Moses was the first man to keep 13 strides throughout an entire race. Weaker athletes will typically hold a longer step pattern throughout the race so that they do not bound or reach with each step, which also results in a loss of speed. These patterns are ideal because it allows the hurdler to take off from their predominant leg throughout the race without switching legs. However, fatigue from the race will knock athletes off their stride pattern and force runners to switch legs. At an early age, many coaches train their athletes to hurdle with both legs. This is a useful skill to learn since as a runner tires, their stride length may decrease, resulting in the need either to add a stutter stride, or to take a hurdle on the other leg. Even though some athletes prefer using their dominant leg as lead, every professional knows how to go over hurdles with both legs. Some athletes have started choosing an even rhythm (Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone does 14 steps for most of her race).

Continental Records

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Area	Men			Women
	Time (s)	Athlete	Nation	Time (s)	Athlete	Nation
Africa Template:Small	47.10	Samuel Matete	Template:ZAM	52.90	Nezha Bidouane	Template:MAR
Asia Template:Small	46.98	Abderrahman Samba	Template:QAT	53.09	Kemi Adekoya	Template:BHR
Europe Template:Small	45.94 Template:WR	Karsten Warholm	{{#invoke:flag	Norway}}	50.95	Femke Bol	Template:NED
North, Central America and Caribbean Template:Small	46.17	Rai Benjamin	Template:USA	50.37 Template:WR	Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone	Template:USA
Oceania Template:Small	48.28	Rohan Robinson	Template:AUS	53.17	Debbie Flintoff-King	Template:AUS
South America Template:Small	46.29	Alison dos Santos	Template:BRA	53.69	Gianna Woodruff	Template:PAN

All-time top 25

Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 400m hurdles times and the top 25 athletes:

- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 400m hurdles times

- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 400m hurdles times, by repeat athletes

- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 400m hurdles times

Men

• Correct as of August 2024.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Time (s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Template:Refh
1	1	45.94	Karsten Warholm	{{#invoke:flag	Norway}}	3 August 2021	Tokyo	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2	2	46.17	Rai Benjamin	Template:USA	3 August 2021	Tokyo	<ref name=":0" />
3	3	46.29	Alison dos Santos	Template:BRA	19 July 2022	Eugene	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	4	46.39	Benjamin #2		16 September 2023	Eugene	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>
	5	46.46	Benjamin #3		30 June 2024	Eugene	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
			Benjamin #4		9 August 2024	Saint-Denis	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	7	46.51	Warholm #2		21 July 2023	Monaco	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>
	8	46.52	Warholm #3		15 June 2023	Oslo	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	9	46.53	Warholm #4		16 September 2023	Eugene	<ref name="DLpre23" />
	10	46.62	Benjamin #5		9 July 2023	Eugene	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	11	46.63	dos Santos #2		30 May 2024	Oslo	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	12	46.64	Benjamin #6		18 May 2024	Los Angeles	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	13	46.67	Benjamin #7		12 July 2024	Monaco	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	14	46.70	Warholm #5		1 July 2021	Oslo
			Warholm #6		30 May 2024	Oslo	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	16	46.72	dos Santos #3		3 August 2021	Tokyo	<ref name=":0" />
	17	46.73	Warholm #7		12 July 2024	Monaco	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	18	46.76	Warholm #8		6 July 2023	Jessheim	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
4	19	46.78	Kevin Young	Template:USA	6 August 1992	Barcelona
	20	46.80	dos Santos #4		30 June 2022	Stockholm	<ref name="Simon Turnbull">Template:Cite news</ref>
	21	46.83	Benjamin #8		27 June 2021	Eugene
	22	46.86	dos Santos #5		10 May 2024	Doha	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	23	46.87	Warholm #9		23 August 2020	Stockholm
	24	46.89	Benjamin #9		19 July 2022	Eugene	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
			Warholm #10		23 August 2023	Budapest	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
5		46.98	Abderrahman Samba	Template:QAT	30 June 2018	Paris	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
6		47.02	Edwin Moses	Template:USA	31 August 1983	Koblenz
7		47.03	Bryan Bronson	Template:USA	21 June 1998	New Orleans
8		47.08	Kyron McMaster	Template:IVB	3 August 2021	Tokyo	<ref name=":0" />
9		47.10	Samuel Matete	Template:ZAM	7 August 1991	Zürich
10		47.19	Andre Phillips	Template:USA	25 September 1988	Seoul
11		47.23	Amadou Dia Ba	Template:SEN	25 September 1988	Seoul
			Caleb Dean	Template:USA	7 June 2024	Eugene	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
13		47.24	Kerron Clement	Template:USA	26 June 2005	Carson
14		47.25	Félix Sánchez	Template:DOM	29 August 2003	Saint-Denis
			Angelo Taylor	Template:USA	18 August 2008	Beijing
16		47.30	Bershawn Jackson	Template:USA	9 August 2005	Helsinki
17		47.34	Roshawn Clarke	Template:JAM	21 August 2023	Budapest	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
18		47.37	Stéphane Diagana	{{#invoke:flag	France}}	5 July 1995	Lausanne
19		47.38	Danny Harris	Template:USA	10 July 1991	Lausanne
			Trevor Bassitt	Template:USA	21 August 2023	Budapest	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
21		47.41	Wilfried Happio	{{#invoke:flag	France}}	19 July 2022	Eugene	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
22		47.42	Malik James-King	Template:JAM	28 June 2024	Kingston	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
			Clement Ducos	{{#invoke:flag	France}}	25 August 2024	Chorzów	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
24		47.43	James Carter	Template:USA	9 August 2005	Helsinki
25		47.48	Harald Schmid	Template:FRG	8 September 1982	Athens

Women

• Correct as of May 2025.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Time (s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Template:Refh
1	1	50.37	Template:Sortname	Template:USA	8 August 2024	Saint-Denis	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>
	2	50.65	Template:Sort		30 June 2024	Eugene	<ref name=":4" />
	3	50.68	Template:Sort		22 July 2022	Eugene	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2	4	50.95	Template:Sortname	Template:NED	14 July 2024	La Chaux-de-Fonds	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	5	51.30	Template:Sort		20 July 2024	London	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	6	51.41	Template:Sort		25 June 2022	Eugene	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	7	51.45	Template:Sort		23 July 2023	London	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	8	51.46	Template:Sort		4 August 2021	Tokyo	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
3	9	51.58	Template:Sortname	Template:USA	4 August 2021	Tokyo	<ref name=":1" />
	10	51.61	Template:Sort		5 June 2022	Nashville	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	11	51.68	Template:Sort		8 August 2022	Székesfehérvár	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	12	51.70	Template:Sort		24 August 2023	Budapest	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
4	13	51.87	Template:Sortname	Template:USA	8 August 2024	Saint-Denis	<ref name="FinalOG24" />
	14	51.90	Template:Sort		27 June 2021	Eugene	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	15	51.98	Template:Sort		17 September 2023	Eugene	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	16	52.03	Template:Sort		4 August 2021	Tokyo	<ref name=":1" />
	17	52.07	Template:Sort		3 May 2025	Miramar	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	18	52.11	Template:Sort		8 September 2023	Brussels	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	19	52.13	Template:Sort		6 August 2024	Saint-Denis	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
			Template:Sort		25 August 2024	Chorzów	<ref>"Results – 400m Hurdles Women", Diamond League, 25 August 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2024.</ref>
	21	52.15	Template:Sort		8 August 2024	Saint-Denis	<ref name="FinalOG24" />
	22	52.16	Template:Sort		4 October 2019	Doha	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	23	52.17	Template:Sort		20 July 2022	Eugene	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	24	52.20	Template:Sort		28 July 2019	Des Moines
	25	52.23	Template:Sort		4 October 2019	Doha	<ref name="IAAFWorldChampionship2019Results" />
5		52.29	Template:Sortname	Template:USA	8 August 2024	Saint-Denis	<ref name="FinalOG24" />
6		52.34	Template:Sortname	{{#invoke:flag	}}	8 August 2003	Tula
7		52.39	Template:Sortname	Template:USA	4 July 2021	Stockholm	<ref name="Jess Whittington">Template:Cite news</ref>
8		52.42	Template:Sortname	Template:JAM	20 August 2009	Berlin
9		52.47	Template:Sortname	Template:USA	1 September 2011	Daegu
10		52.51	Template:Sortname	Template:JAM	28 June 2024	Kingston	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
11		52.61	Template:Sortname	Template:USA	11 August 1995	Gothenburg
12		52.62	Template:Sortname	Template:USA	11 August 1995	Gothenburg
13		52.74	Template:Sortname	Template:GBR2	19 August 1993	Stuttgart
14		52.77	Template:Sortname	Template:GRE	22 August 2004	Athens
15		52.79	Template:Sortname	Template:USA	19 August 1993	Stuttgart
			Template:Sortname	Template:JAM	5 August 2011	London
17		52.82	Template:Sortname	Template:JAM	31 July 1996	Atlanta
18		52.83	Template:Sortname	{{#invoke:flag	Czech Republic}}	15 August 2013	Moscow
19		52.89	Template:Sortname	Template:CUB	25 August 1999	Seville
20		52.90	Template:Sortname	Template:MAR	25 August 1999	Seville
21		52.92	Template:Sortname	{{#invoke:flag	}}	30 July 2010	Barcelona
22		52.94	Template:Sortname	Template:URS	17 September 1986	Tashkent
23		52.95	Template:Sortname	Template:USA	11 July 2004	Sacramento
			Template:Sortname	Template:USA	25 June 2017	Sacramento
25		52.96	Template:Sortname	{{#invoke:flag	Ukraine}}	4 July 2021	Stockholm	<ref name="Jess Whittington" />

Annulled marks

The following athletes have had their personal best annulled due to doping offences:

Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
52.70	Natalya Antyukh	{{#invoke:flag	}}	08 August 2012	London	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Milestones

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• Men
  • First official IAAF world record: 55.0 seconds, Charles Bacon (USA), 1908
  • First under 54 seconds: 53.8 seconds, Sten Pettersson (SWE), 1925
  • First under 53 seconds: 52.6 seconds, John Gibson (USA), 1927
  • First under 52 seconds: 51.7 seconds, Bob Tisdall (IRL), 1932
  • First under 51 seconds: 50.6 seconds, Glenn Hardin (USA), 1934
  • First under 50 seconds: 49.5 seconds, Glenn Davis (USA), 1956
  • First under 49 seconds: 48.8 seconds, Geoff Vanderstock (USA), 1968
  • First under 48 seconds: 47.82 seconds, John Akii-Bua (UGA), 1972
  • First under 47 seconds: 46.78 seconds, Kevin Young (USA), 1992
  • First under 46 seconds: 45.94 seconds, Karsten Warholm (NOR), 2021<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Women
  • First official world record: 56.51 seconds, Krystyna Kacperczyk (POL), 1974
  • First under 56 seconds: 55.74 seconds, Tatyana Storozheva (URS), 1977
  • First under 55 seconds: 54.89 seconds, Tatyana Zelentsova (URS), 1978
  • First under 54 seconds: 53.58 seconds, Margarita Ponomaryova (URS), 1984
  • First under 53 seconds: 52.94 seconds, Marina Stepanova (URS), 1986
  • First under 52 seconds: 51.90 seconds, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA), 2021
  • First under 51 seconds: 50.68 seconds, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA), 2022

Most successful athletes

American athlete Glenn Davis had a prodigious start to his hurdling career, running his first race in April 1956 in 54.4 s. Two months later, he ran a new world record with 49.5 s and later that year he won the 400 m hurdles at the Olympics, and was also the first to repeat that feat in 1960.

In terms of success and longevity in competition, Edwin Moses' record is significant: he won 122 races in a row between 1977 and 1987 plus two gold medals, at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal and the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He was undefeated for exactly nine years nine months and nine days, from 26 August 1977 until 4 June 1987. He finished third in the 1988 Olympic final, the last race of his career. He also held the world record for sixteen years from when he first broke it at the Olympics on 25 July 1976 until it was finally broken by Kevin Young at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

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Edwin Moses

• Olympic Games & World Championships victories
  • Edwin Moses (USA), Olympic 1976, 1984, World 1983, 1987
  • Felix Sanchez (DOM), Olympic 2004, 2012, World 2001, 2003
  • Karsten Warholm (NOR), Olympic 2020, World 2017, 2019, 2023
  • Kerron Clement (USA), Olympic 2016, World 2007, 2009
  • Sally Gunnell (GBR), Olympic 1992, World 1993
  • Kevin Young (USA), Olympic 1992, World 1993
  • Derrick Adkins (USA), Olympic 1996, World 1995
  • Melaine Walker (JAM), Olympic 2008, World 2009
  • Lashinda Demus (USA), Olympic 2012, World 2011
  • Dalilah Muhammad (USA), Olympic 2016, World 2019
  • Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA) Olympic 2020, 2024, World 2022
• Two Olympic victories:
  • Glenn Davis (USA), 1956 and 1960
  • Edwin Moses (USA), 1976 and 1984 (also bronze in 1988)
  • Angelo Taylor (USA), 2000 and 2008
  • Félix Sánchez (DOM), 2004 and 2012
  • Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA), 2020 and 2024
• Three World Championships:
  • Karsten Warholm (NOR), 2017, 2019 and 2023
• Two World Championships:
  • Edwin Moses (USA), 1983 and 1987
  • Félix Sánchez (DOM), 2001 and 2003 (won silver in 2007)
  • Kerron Clement (USA), 2007 and 2009
  • Nezha Bidouane (MAR), 1997 and 2001 (won silver in 1999)
  • Jana Pittman (AUS), 2003 and 2007
  • Zuzana Hejnová (CZE), 2013 and 2015

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World Championships medalists

Women

• The official World Athletics Championships began in 1983 as the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, but in 1980, the women's 3000 metres and 400 metres hurdles events had a World Championship competition in Sittard, Netherlands. This was due to these events not yet being on the Olympic program (the same had happened in 1976 for the men's 50 km walk).<ref>IAAF World Championships in Athletics. GBR Athletics.</ref>

Season's bests

Men's

Year	Time	Athlete	Place
1971	48.9h	Template:Flagathlete	Helsinki
1972	47.82	Template:Flagathlete	Munich
1973	48.54	Template:Flagathlete	Lagos
1974	48.1h	Template:Flagathlete	Milan
1975	48.4h	Template:Flagathlete	Milan
1976	47.63	Template:Flagathlete	Montreal
1977	47.45	Template:Flagathlete	Westwood
1978	47.94	Template:Flagathlete	Zürich
1979	47.53	Template:Flagathlete	Montreal
1980	47.13	Template:Flagathlete	Milan
1981	47.14	Template:Flagathlete	Lausanne
1982	47.48	Template:Flagathlete	Athens
1983	47.02	Template:Flagathlete	Koblenz
1984	47.32	Template:Flagathlete	Koblenz
1985	47.63	Template:Flagathlete	Zürich
1986	47.38	Template:Flagathlete	Lausanne
1987	47.46	Template:Flagathlete	Rome
1988	47.19	Template:Flagathlete	Seoul
1989	47.86	Template:Flagathlete	Berlin
1990	47.49	Template:Flagathlete	Lausanne
1991	47.10	Template:Flagathlete	Zürich
1992	46.78	Template:Flagathlete	Barcelona
1993	47.18	Template:Flagathlete	Stuttgart
1994	47.70	Template:Flagathlete	Linz
1995	47.37	Template:Flagathlete	Lausanne
1996	47.54	Template:Flagathlete	Atlanta
1997	47.64	Template:Flagathlete	Monaco
1998	47.03	Template:Flagathlete	New Orleans
1999	47.72	Template:Flagathlete	Seville
2000	47.50	Template:Flagathlete	Sydney
2001	47.38	Template:Flagathlete	Zürich
2002	47.35	Template:Flagathlete	Zürich
2003	47.25	Template:Flagathlete	Saint-Denis
2004	47.63	Template:Flagathlete	Athens
2005	47.24	Template:Flagathlete	Carson
2006	47.39	Template:Flagathlete	Indianapolis
2007	47.61	Template:Flagathlete	Osaka
2008	47.25	Template:Flagathlete	Beijing
2009	47.91	Template:Flagathlete	Berlin
2010	47.32	Template:Flagathlete	Des Moines
2011	47.66	Template:Flagathlete	Pretoria
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2012	47.63	Template:Flagathlete	London
2013	47.69	Template:Flagathlete	Moscow
2014	48.03	Template:Flagathlete	New York City
2015	47.79	Template:Flagathlete	Beijing
2016	47.73	Template:Flagathlete	Rio de Janeiro
2017	47.80	Template:Flagathlete	Kingston
2018	46.98	Template:Flagathlete	Paris
2019	46.92	Template:Flagathlete	Zürich
2020	46.87	Template:Flagathlete	Stockholm
2021	45.94	Template:Flagathlete	Tokyo
2022	46.29	Template:Flagathlete	Eugene
2023	46.39	Template:Flagathlete	Eugene
2024	46.46	Template:Flagathlete	Eugene

Women's

Year	Time	Athlete	Place
1971
1972
1973	56.7h	Template:Flagathlete	Warsaw
1974	56.51	Template:Flagathlete	Augsburg
1975
1976
1977	55.63	Template:Flagathlete	Helsinki
1978	54.89	Template:Flagathlete	Prague
1979	54.78	Template:Flagathlete	Moscow
1980	54.28	Template:Flagathlete	Jena
1981	54.79	Template:Flagathlete	Jena
1982	54.57	Template:Flagathlete	Athens
1983	54.02	Template:Flagathlete	Moscow
1984	53.58	Template:Flagathlete	Kyiv
1985	53.55	Template:Flagathlete	Berlin
1986	52.94	Template:Flagathlete	Tashkent
1987	53.24	Template:Flagathlete	Potsdam
1988	53.17	Template:Flagathlete	Seoul
1989	53.37	Template:Flagathlete	New York City
1990	53.62	Template:Flagathlete	Split
1991	53.11	Template:Flagathlete	Tokyo
1992	53.23	Template:Flagathlete	Barcelona
1993	52.74	Template:Flagathlete	Stuttgart
1994	53.33	Template:Flagathlete	Helsinki
1995	52.61	Template:Flagathlete	Gothenburg
1996	52.82	Template:Flagathlete	Atlanta
1997	52.97	Template:Flagathlete	Indianapolis
		Template:Flagathlete	Athens
1998	52.74	Template:Flagathlete	Monaco
1999	52.89	Template:Flagathlete	Seville
2000	53.02	Template:Flagathlete	Sydney
2001	53.34	Template:Flagathlete	Edmonton
2002	53.10	Template:Flagathlete	Tula
2003	52.34	Template:Flagathlete	Tula
2004	52.77	Template:Flagathlete	Athens
2005	52.90	Template:Flagathlete	Helsinki
2006	53.02	Template:Flagathlete	Athens
2007	53.28	Template:Flagathlete	Indianapolis
2008	52.64	Template:Flagathlete	Beijing
2009	52.42	Template:Flagathlete	Berlin
2010	52.82	Template:Flagathlete	Rome
2011	52.47	Template:Flagathlete	Daegu
2012	52.77	Template:Flagathlete	London
2013	52.83	Template:Flagathlete	Moscow
2014	53.41	Template:Flagathlete	Kingston
2015	53.50	Template:Flagathlete	Beijing
2016	52.88	Template:Flagathlete	Eugene
2017	52.64	Template:Flagathlete	Sacramento
2018	52.75	Template:Flagathlete	Knoxville
2019	52.16	Template:Flagathlete	Doha
2020	53.79	Template:Flagathlete	Arnhem
2021	51.46	Template:Flagathlete	Tokyo
2022	50.68	Template:Flagathlete	Eugene
2023	51.45	Template:Flagathlete	London
2024	50.37	Template:Flagathlete	Paris

National records

Men

• Updated 6 July 2024.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> Equal or superior to 48.00 s:

Nation	Time	Athlete	Date	Place
{{#invoke:flag	Norway}}	45.94	Karsten Warholm	3 August 2021	Tokyo
Template:USA	46.17	Rai Benjamin	3 August 2021	Tokyo
Template:BRA	46.29	Alison dos Santos	19 July 2022	Eugene
Template:QAT	46.98	Abderrahman Samba	30 June 2018	Paris
Template:IVB	47.08	Kyron McMaster	3 August 2021	Tokyo
Template:ZAM	47.10	Samuel Matete	7 August 1991	Zürich
Template:SEN	47.23	Amadou Dia Ba	25 September 1988	Seoul
Template:DOM	47.25	Félix Sánchez	29 August 2003	Saint-Denis
Template:JAM	47.34	Roshawn Clarke	21 August 2023	Budapest
{{#invoke:flag	France}}	47.37	Stéphane Diagana	5 July 1995	Lausanne
Template:GER	47.48	Harald Schmid	8 September 1982	Athens
{{#invoke:flag	Italy}}	47.50	Alessandro Sibilio	11 June 2024	Rome
Template:KSA	47.53	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily	27 September 2000	Sydney
Template:RSA	47.66	L. J. van Zyl	25 February 2011	Pretoria
Template:TTO	47.69	Jehue Gordon	15 August 2013	Moscow
Template:PUR	47.72	Javier Culson	8 May 2010	Ponce
Template:KEN	47.78	Boniface Mucheru	18 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro
{{#invoke:flag	Turkey}}	47.81	Yasmani Copello	9 August 2018	Berlin
Template:UGA	47.82	John Akii-Bua	2 September 1972	Munich
Template:GBR2	47.82	Kriss Akabusi	6 August 1992	Barcelona
Template:GRE	47.82	Periklis Iakovakis	6 May 2006	Osaka
{{#invoke:flag	Estonia}}	47.82	Rasmus Mägi	14 June 2022	Turku
Template:PAN	47.84	Bayano Kamani	7 August 2005	Helsinki
Template:JPN	47.89	Dai Tamesue	10 August 2001	Edmonton
Template:CUB	47.93	Omar Cisneros	13 August 2013	Moscow
{{#invoke:flag	Sweden}}	47.94	Carl Bengtström	11 June 2024	Rome
{{#invoke:flag	Ireland}}	47.97	Thomas Barr	18 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro
Template:NGR	48.00	Ezekiel Nathaniel	11 May 2024	Waco

Women

• Updated 8 August 2024.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> Equal or superior to 54.00 s:

Nation	Time	Athlete	Date	Place
Template:USA	50.37	Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone	8 August 2024	Saint-Denis
Template:NED	50.95	Femke Bol	14 July 2024	La Chaux-de-Fonds
{{#invoke:flag	}}	52.34	Yuliya Pechonkina	8 August 2003	Tula
Template:JAM	52.42	Melaine Walker	20 August 2009	Berlin
Template:GBR2	52.74	Sally Gunnell	19 August 1993	Stuttgart
Template:GRE	52.77	Fani Halkia	22 August 2004	Athens
{{#invoke:flag	Czech Republic}}	52.83	Zuzana Hejnová	15 August 2013	Moscow
Template:CUB	52.89	Daimí Pernía	25 August 1999	Seville
Template:MAR	52.90	Nezha Bidouane	25 August 1999	Seville
Template:URS	52.94	Marina Stepanova	17 September 1986	Tashkent
{{#invoke:flag	Ukraine}}	52.96	Anna Ryzhykova	4 July 2021	Stockholm
Template:BHR	53.09	Kemi Adekoya	24 August 2023	Budapest
Template:AUS	53.17	Debbie Flintoff-King	28 September 1988	Seoul
Template:TTO	53.20	Josanne Lucas	20 August 2009	Berlin
{{#invoke:flag	France}}	53.21	Marie-José Pérec	16 August 1995	Zürich
Template:GER	53.24	Sabine Busch	21 August 1987	Potsdam
{{#invoke:flag	}}	53.25	Ionela Târlea	7 July 1999	Rome
Template:CAN	53.26	Savannah Sutherland	8 June 2024	Eugene
Template:BAR	53.36	Andrea Blackett	25 August 1999	Sevilla
Template:DEN	53.55	Sara Slott Petersen	18 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro
Template:BUL	53.68	Vanya Stambolova	5 June 2011	Rabat
Template:PAN	53.69	Gianna Woodruff	20 July 2022	Eugene
Template:RSA	53.74	Myrtle Bothma	18 April 1986	Johannesburg
{{#invoke:flag	Poland}}	53.86	Anna Jesień	28 August 2007	Osaka
{{#invoke:flag	Italy}}	53.89	Ayomide Folorunso	22 August 2023	Budapest
{{#invoke:flag	Norway}}	53.91	Line Kloster	3 July 2022	La Chaux-de-Fonds
Template:CHN	53.96	Han Qing	9 September 1993	Beijing
		Song Yinglan	17 November 2001	Guangzhou

External links

• IAAF list of 400-metres-hurdles records in XML