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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 ...
The championship records for the event are 43.18 seconds for men, set by Michael Johnson in 1999, and 47.99 seconds for women, set by Jarmila Kratochvílová in 1983. The men's world record has been broken at the competition on one occasion and Johnson's championship record remains the world record as of 2015. [1]
The silky smooth Warholm, the second fastest ever over the distance, did not come close to Kevin Young's world record that many thought might fall but his time of 47.42 was good enough to ensure a ...
Norway's Karsten Warholm needed a world record to beat Rai Bejamin in the men's 400m hurdles.
Hall's winning time was a personal-best 43.40 seconds, the fourth fastest a man has ever run 400 meters. That was four-hundredths of a second faster than Hudson-Smith, now the fifth fastest in ...
Sergey Bubka's 1993 pole vault world indoor record of 6.15 m was not considered to be a world record, because it was set before the new rule came into effect. Bubka's world record of 6.14 m, set outdoors in 1994, was surpassed by six consecutive records set indoors, most recently by Armand Duplantis in 2023 with a 6.22 m mark. In 2020 ...
Fastest men's times at the World Championships [3] Rank Time (sec) Nation Athletes Games Round Date 1: 2:54.29 United States (USA) Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson: 1993: Final: 22 August 2: 2:55.56 United States (USA) LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, Darold Williamson, Jeremy Wariner: 2007: Final: 2 September 3: 2:56.17