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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]
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone just defended her Olympic gold medal in the women's 400-meter hurdles on Thursday, Aug. 8 in Paris — and broke her own world and Olympic records.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won the women's 400-meter hurdles at the Paris Olympic Games, successfully defending her gold medal from the Tokyo Games. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone sets world record ...
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone broke the 400-meter hurdles world record for the fifth time on Sunday, clocking 50.65 seconds at the US Olympic Trials.. The 24-year-old took 0.03 seconds off her ...
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 36 inches (91.4 cm) high, while women negotiate 30 ...
The championship records for the event are 46.29 for men, set by Alison dos Santos in 2022, and 50.68 s for women, set by Sydney McLaughlin, also in 2022. The women's world record has been broken four times at the World Championships: by Sally Gunnell in 1993, Kim Batten in 1995, Dalilah Muhammad in 2019, and Sydney McLaughlin in 2022. The men ...
The two are known to be the fastest women to run the event. After a tight race, 21-year-old McLaughlin slightly edged out Muhammad to take the gold and broke her own world record in the process ...
The first world record in the 400 m for women was recognized by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as the World Athletics, in 1957. To June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 27 world records in the event. Their 2009 record progression list, however, lists 26 records. [1]