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400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women.
On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...
at the
World Championships in Athletics has been contested by women since 1980 and by men since 1983.
The
championship records for the event are 46.29 for men, set by
Alison dos Santos in 2022, and 50.68 s for women, set by
Sydney McLaughlin
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (, born August 7, 1999) is an American hurdler and sprinter who competes in the 400 meters hurdles. She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion with the Games record, and 2022 World champion with a world record time of 50 ...
, also in 2022. The women's world record has been broken four times at the World Championships: by
Sally Gunnell in 1993,
Kim Batten
Kim Batten (born March 29, 1969, in McRae, Georgia) is an American former 400 meter hurdles champion. She was the 1995 world record holder in the women's 400-meter hurdles.
She played basketball at East High School in Rochester, New York. Bat ...
in 1995,
Dalilah Muhammad in 2019, and
Sydney McLaughlin
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (, born August 7, 1999) is an American hurdler and sprinter who competes in the 400 meters hurdles. She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion with the Games record, and 2022 World champion with a world record time of 50 ...
in 2022. The men's world record has never been broken at the competition.
Karsten Warholm is the most successful athlete in the history of the event, winning three medals between 2017 and 2023. is the second most successful athlete, winning two gold medals and one silver medal between 2001 and 2007.
Nezha Bidouane has the same medal tally as Sanchez and is the most successful female athlete, winning two golds and one silver between 1997 and 2001.
Yuliya Pechonkina,
Lashinda Demus and
Dalilah Muhammad have won the most medals in the event, with four total; all won one gold, two silver and one bronze.
The United States is the most successful nation in the discipline, winning 7 gold medals in the men's discipline, 5 gold medals in the women's discipline and 39 medals in total. Great Britain is the only other nation that has won gold in both the men's and the women's event.
Age records
*All information from
World Athletics.
Medalists
Men
Multiple medalists
Women
Multiple medalists
Finishing times
Top ten fastest World Championship times
See also
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400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women.
On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...
*
400 metres hurdles at the Olympics
The 400 metres hurdles at the Summer Olympics is the longest hurdling event held at the multi-sport event. The men's 400 m hurdles has been present on the Athletics at the Summer Olympics, Olympic athletics programme since 1900 Summer Olympics ...
References
External links
Official IAAF website
{{DEFAULTSORT:400 metres hurdles at the World Championships in Athletics
World Championships in Athletics
Events at the World Athletics Championships