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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 ...
It is the most prestigious 400 m hurdles race at elite level. The Olympic records for the event are 45.94 seconds for men, set by Karsten Warholm in 2021, and 50.37 seconds for women, set by Sydney McLaughlin in 2024. The men's world record has been broken at the Olympics on eight occasions: 1908 (the first official IAAF record), 1920, 1932 ...
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.
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
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 ...
McLaughlin-Levrone won her second consecutive Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles, posting another world record time at 50.37. It's the sixth time she's lowered her own world record.
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 ...
McLaughlin-Levrone earlier this summer lowered the 400 hurdles world record for the fifth time since June 2021. In June, her Dutch rival became the only other women’s 400 hurdler ever to break ...