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The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. ... his time of 43.03 seconds is the fastest 400 m ever run, in either an open ...
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.
For the two-mile run, they run 3200 meters. For the long-hurdle race, they run 300 meters instead of the 400 metres hurdles. Some states ran over lower hurdle heights for a period of time. In field events, boys throw different weights of their implements than with international open division or the more comparable junior-division implements.
A handicap 440-yard dash (402.3 m) competition was held at 1904 Summer Olympics after the 1904 Olympic men's 400 m race. An American, F. Darcy, won the race with a time of 50.8 (12-yard start). George Underwood, also of the United States, came second with no handicap and James Peck of Canada came third off a six-yard headstart. [5]
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.
12.98 (+0.8 m/s) Grant Holloway: University of Florida: June 8, 2019 NCAA Division I Championships: Austin, Texas [14] 12.96 (+1.3 m/s) PS: Cordell Tinch: Pittsburg State University: June 23, 2023 Trackwired Arkansas Grand Prix Fayetteville, Arkansas [15] 400 m hurdles: 47.02 Rai Benjamin: University of Southern California: June 8, 2018 NCAA ...
Top all-time finishes by athlete in men's 400-meter hurdles 1. Karsten Warholm, Norway: 45.94 seconds. August 3, 2021. In what was considered one of the greatest Olympic races all-time, Warholm ...
This is a list of NCAA Division I outdoor champions in the 400 meters or its imperial equivalent 440 yard dash. For men, the imperial distance was contested until 1975 excepting Olympic years starting in 1932. Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were at the metric distance.