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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 current women's championship record stood as the women's world record for two years and remains the only time that feat has been accomplished at the championships. Michael Johnson is the most successful athlete of the World Championships 400 m, having won four straight titles from 1993 to 1999.
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 ...
Ames: Video on YouTube: 23 July 2021 56.15 Marie Lande Mathieu Puerto Rico: 26 November 1956 Carolina: 12 July 2003 56.82 Mary Libal United States: 28 June 1950 Buffalo: 22 July 1995 57.8 Jan Hynes Australia: 3 April 1944 Brisbane: 1 March 1989 59.68 Colleen Mills New Zealand: 23 November 1933 Christchurch: 10 January 1981
Men's 400 metres at the 2015 World Championships Wayde van Niekerk fourth fastest in history Venue Beijing National Stadium Dates 23 August (heats) 24 August (semifinals) 26 August (final) Competitors 44 from 27 nations Winning time 43.48 Medalists Wayde van Niekerk South Africa LaShawn Merritt United States Kirani James Grenada ← 2013 2017 → Events at the 2015 World Championships Track ...
PARIS (Reuters) -American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone obliterated her own 400 metres hurdles world record with a time of 50.37 seconds to retain her Olympic title on Thursday. Anna Cockrell made it ...
The men's 400 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on 1, 2 and 4 October 2019. [1] The winning margin was 0.67 seconds which as of 2024 is the greatest winning margin in the men's 400 metres at these championships since the retirement of Michael Johnson.
The American was still well adrift heading into the last 30 metres but somehow found the energy to drive past everyone and become the fourth-fastest man over the distance, behind world record ...