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The current men's world record and Olympic record is held by Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa; his time of 43.03 seconds is the fastest 400 m ever run, in either an open 400 m or a relay. While Michael Johnson holds the fastest 400 m relay split with a time of 42.94, relay splits are typically faster because athletes have a running start and ...
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.
400m freestyle: 3:44.31 Petar Mitsin Bulgaria 9 July 2023: European Junior Championships: Belgrade, Serbia [7] 400m freestyle: 3:40.59 not ratified, fastest all-time junior: Ian Thorpe Australia 16 September 2000: Olympic Games: Sydney, Australia: 800m freestyle: 7:43.37 Lorenzo Galossi Italy 13 August 2022: European Championships: Rome, Italy ...
Age Ref. 50 m: 5.81 Jeremy Rankin: 11 March 2007 Landover, United States 16 years, 169 days 55 m: 6.48 Brenen Garrett: 14 March 2015 Landover, United States 60 m: 6.65 Marcellus Moore: 16 February 2019 UK Invitational Lexington, United States 16 years, 231 days [52] 200 m: 20.79 Nyckoles Harbor: 22 January 2022 Texas Tech Under Armour High ...
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] These events are no longer considered part of the official Olympic history of the 400 metres or the athletics programme in general.
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 ...
The world best time for a "football 40" is 4.17 by Deion Sanders, while the extrapolated best for an Olympic-level athlete (including reacting to a starting gun) is 4.24 by Maurice Greene at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. [250] [251] Under conventional football timing on a turf field in 2017, Christian Coleman reportedly ran a 4.12 ...
Age Ref. Video 50 m: 5.67 Kareem Kelly United States 19 February 2000 Los Angeles Invitational: Los Angeles, United States 18 years, 324 days 55 m: 6.07 Leonard Scott United States 20 February 1999 Gainesville, United States 19 years, 32 days 60 m: 6.51 Mark Lewis-Francis Great Britain 11 March 2001 World Championships: Lisbon, Portugal