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The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. ... Maxie Long United States ...
The first world record in the 400 m for men was recognized by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as World Athletics, in 1912.The IAAF ratified Charles Reidpath's 48.2 s performance set at that year's Stockholm Olympics as a world record, but it also recognized the superior mark over 440 yards (402.336 metres) run by Maxie Long in 1900 as a world record.
The 400 metres at the Summer Olympics has been contested since the first edition of the multi-sport event. The men's 400 m has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1896 but nearly seventy years passed before the introduction of the women's 400 m, which has been held continuously since the 1964 Games. It is the most prestigious ...
The 400 metres at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. It is the second most prestigious title in the discipline after the 400 metres at the Olympics. The competition format typically has two or three qualifying rounds leading to a final between eight athletes.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, the world's top 400-meter hurdler, wins the 400-meter dash at U.S. nationals in 49.74 seconds, 10th-fastest time in history.
Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running.These are the current world records in various five-year-groups, maintained by WMA, the World Association of Masters Athletes, which is designated by the World Athletics (formerly IAAF) to conduct the worldwide sport of Masters ...
The U.S. will enter Saturday’s mixed 4x400-meter final as a heavy favorite to take gold. None of the other teams that qualified for the final managed to break 3 minutes, 10 seconds.
Cockrell still clocked in with a 52.90 in her semifinal run, second in her heat and her second sub-53-second race in her career. This year’s U.S. Olympic Trials silver medalist in the 400-meter ...