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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 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 ...
Except in road events (road running and race walking), the performance must be set in a single-sex race, [2] with the sole exception of the mixed-sex 4 × 400 m relay, introduced by World Athletics in 2017. [3] All team members in a relay race must be of the same nationality.
"y" denotes time for 440 yards (402.34 m) which was ratified as a world record in this event. The "Time" column indicates the ratified mark; the "Auto" column indicates a fully automatic time that was also recorded in the event when hand-timed marks were used for official records, or which was the basis for the official mark, rounded to the 10th of a second, depending on the rules then in place.
His 42.91 second split time in the 4 × 400 m relay remains the fastest 400 meters in history. [2] At the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Johnson won his first 200 m and 400 m "double". No elite-level male track athlete had accomplished this in a major meet in the 20th century. [8] At the end he made it a "triple" by adding another ...
His domination of the 400 meter race is unprecedented in the history of track and field, making him arguably the greatest 400 m runner of all time. For approximately one decade, Michael Johnson held the world records in the 200 meters, 400 meters and indoor 400 meters, as well as the world's best time in the 300 meters and the world record for ...
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.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone after setting her world record of 50.68 s, sitting next to the mascot of the 2022 World Athletics Championships. 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]