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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]
At the professional level, the women's hurdles are smaller (76cm) than the men's (91cm) which usually makes the 400-400hs average time difference smaller for female athletes. In 2024, the two fastest 400 hurdlers in the world (Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Femke Bol) are also two of the fastest women in the open 400, based on their relay split ...
For the women's 400 metres hurdles event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. [10] Forty athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 54.85 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.
Back-to-back gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone explains why she wore a tiara after setting a world record in the 400m hurdles. ... The world record for women's 400-meter hurdles is 50.37 ...
The women's 400 hurdles final was billed as a showdown between Bol and McLaughlin-Levrone. They are the only two women to run sub-51 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles. But McLaughlin-Levrone proved ...
She last lost a 400-meter hurdles race in July 2019, a streak of 25 consecutive races. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of Team United States celebrates after winning gold in the women's 400m hurdles ...
In 2023, the 23-year-old Dutch woman broke the world indoor record over 400 metres flat, as well as her own European record over the 400 metres hurdles. Bol remained unbeaten in all her hurdles races since the 2022 final and her world-leading time of 51.45 s was almost 2 seconds faster than anyone else had run this year.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won the 400-meter hurdle final and set a world record for the event at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials on Sunday. McLaughlin-Levrone, the reigning gold medalist and world No ...