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Athletics 400 metres hurdles
Women's 400m hurdles.
Men's records
World	Kevin Young 46.78 (1992)
Olympic	Kevin Young 46.78 (1992)
Women's records
World	Yuliya Pechonkina 52.34 (2003)
Olympic	Melaine Walker 52.64 (2008)

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 around the stadium. Runners stay in their lanes the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly spaced around the track. The hurdles are positioned and weighted so that they fall forward if bumped into with sufficient force, to prevent injury to the runners. Although there is no longer any penalty for knocking hurdles over, runners prefer to clear them cleanly, as touching them during the race slows runners down.

The best male athletes can run the 400 m hurdles in a time of around 47 seconds, while the best female athletes achieve a time of around 53 seconds. The current men's and women's world record holders are Kevin Young with 46.78 seconds and Yuliya Pechonkina with 52.34 seconds. Compared to the 400 metres run, the hurdles race takes the men about three seconds longer and the women four seconds longer.

The 400 m hurdles was held for both sexes at the inaugural IAAF World Championships in Athletics. The first championship for women came at the 1980 World Championships in Athletics – being held as a one-off due to the lack of a race at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

History

The first awards in a 400 m hurdles race were given in 1860 when a race was held in Oxford, England, over a course of 440 yards (402.336 m). While running the course, participants had to clear twelve wooden hurdles, over 100 centimetres tall, that had been spaced in even intervals.

To reduce the risk of injury, somewhat more lightweight constructions were introduced in 1895 that runners could push over. However, until 1935 runners were disqualified if they pushed over more than three hurdles in a race and records were only officially accepted if the runner in question had cleared all hurdles clean and left them all standing.

The 400 m hurdles became an Olympic event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. At the same time, the race was standardized so that virtually identical races could be held and the finish times compared to each other. As a result, the official distance was fixed to 400 metres, or one lap of the stadium, and the number of hurdles was reduced to ten. The official height of the hurdles was set to 91.4 cm (3 feet) for men and 76.20 cm (2 ft, 6 inches) for women. The hurdles were now placed on the course with a run-up to the first hurdle of 45 metres, a distance between the hurdles of 35 metres each, and a home stretch from the last hurdle to the finish line of 40 metres.

The first documented 400 m hurdles race for women took place in 1971. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) introduced the event officially as a discipline in 1974, although it was not run at the Olympics until 1984, the first Men's World Champion having been crowned the year before at the inaugural IAAF World Championships in Athletics. A special edition of the Women's 400m Hurdles happened in the 1980 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in response to the Women's 400m Hurdles not being included in the boycotted 1980 Moscow Olympics and the Liberty Bell Classic.

Many athletic commentators and officials have often brought up the idea of lifting the height of the women's 400 m hurdles to incorporate a greater requirement of hurdling skill. This is a view held by German athletic coach Norbert Stein: "All this means that the women's hurdles for specialists, who are the target group to be dealt with in this discussion, is considerably depreciated in skill demands when compared to the men's hurdles. It should not be possible in the women's hurdles that the winner is an athlete whose performance in the flat sprint is demonstrably excellent but whose technique of hurdling is only moderate and whose anthropometric characteristics are not optimal. This was the case at the World Championships in Seville and the same problem can often be seen at international and national meetings."^{[citation needed]}

Hurdling technique

"The 400m hurdle race one of the most demanding of all events in the sprint-hurdle group." (Lindeman) It requires speed, endurance, and hurdling technique all along with unique awareness and special concentration throughout the race.

Block start

When preparing to hurdle, the blocks should be set so that the athlete arrives at the first hurdle leading on the desired leg without inserting a stutter step. A stutter step is when the runner has to chop his or her stride down to arrive on the "correct" leg for take off. Throughout the race, any adjustments to stride length stride speed should be made several strides out from the hurdle because a stutter or being too far from the hurdle at take off will result in loss of momentum and speed.

Hurdling

At the beginning of the take-off, the knee must be driven toward the hurdle and the foot then extended. The leg position when extended must be stretched out, in a position of a split. The knee should be slightly bent when crossing the hurdle. Unless an athlete's body has great flexibility, the knee must be slightly bent to allow a forward body lean. Unlike the 110m hurdles, a significant forward body lean is not that necessary due to the hurdles being lower. However, the trail leg must be kept bent and short to provide a quick lever action allowing a fast hurdle clearance. The knee should pull through under the armpit and should not be flat across the top of the hurdle.

It is also important that the hurdler doesn't reach out on the last stride before the hurdle as this will result in a longer bound being made to clear the hurdle. This will also result in a loss of momentum if the foot lands well in front of the center of gravity.

Stride length

Using a left lead leg on the bends allows the hurdler to run closer to the inside of the lane and cover a shorter distance. Additionally, if the left leg is used for the lead, then the athlete's upper body can be leaned to the left, making it easier to bring the trail leg through. Additionally, an athlete hurdling with a right leg lead around the bends must take care that they do not inadvertently trail their foot or toe around the hurdle rather than passing over the top, which would lead to a disqualification from the race. Depending on the height and strength of the athlete, men work toward a stride pattern of 13 to 15 steps between each hurdle, and women work toward a stride pattern of 15 to 17. This does not include the landing step from the previous hurdle. Weaker athletes will typically hold a longer step pattern throughout the race so that they do not bound or reach with each step, which also results in a loss of speed. These patterns are ideal because it allows the hurdler to take off from their predominant leg throughout the race without switching legs. However, fatigue from the race will knock athletes of their stride pattern and force runners to switch legs. At an early age, many coaches train their athletes to hurdle with both legs. This is a useful skill to learn since as a runner tires, their stride length may decrease, resulting in the need either to add a stutter stride, or to take a hurdle on the other leg.
The 400 metre hurdles is a very physically demanding race. It requires intense training to get the endurance, speed and technique needed to compete.

All-time top 25 hurdlers

Men

As of August 2018^[1]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Country	Date	Venue	Ref
1	46.78	Kevin Young	United States	6 August 1992	Barcelona
2	46.98	Abderrahman Samba	Qatar	30 June 2018	Paris	[2]
3	47.02	Edwin Moses	United States	31 August 1983	Koblenz
		Rai Benjamin	Antigua and Barbuda	8 June 2018	Eugene	[3]
5	47.03	Bryan Bronson	United States	21 June 1998	New Orleans
6	47.10	Samuel Matete	Zambia	7 August 1991	Zürich
7	47.19	Andre Phillips	United States	25 September 1988	Seoul
8	47.23	Amadou Dia Ba	Senegal	25 September 1988	Seoul
9	47.24	Kerron Clement	United States	26 June 2005	Carson, California
10	47.25	Félix Sánchez	Dominican Republic	29 August 2003	Paris, Saint-Denis
		Angelo Taylor	United States	18 August 2008	Beijing
12	47.30	Bershawn Jackson	United States	9 August 2005	Helsinki
13	47.37	Stéphane Diagana	France	5 July 1995	Lausanne
14	47.38	Danny Harris	United States	10 July 1991	Lausanne
15	47.43	James Carter	United States	9 August 2005	Helsinki
16	47.48	Harald Schmid	West Germany	8 September 1982	Athens
17	47.53	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily	Saudi Arabia	27 September 2000	Sydney
18	47.54	Derrick Adkins	United States	5 July 1995	Lausanne
		Fabrizio Mori	Italy	10 August 2001	Edmonton
		Kyron McMaster	British Virgin Islands	30 June 2018	Paris	[4]
21	47.60	Winthrop Graham	Jamaica	4 August 1993	Zürich
22	47.63	Johnny Dutch	United States	26 June 2010	Des Moines
23	47.64	Karsten Warholm	Norway	9 August 2018	Berlin	[5]
24	47.66 A	L. J. van Zyl	South Africa	25 February 2011	Pretoria
	47.66			31 May 2011	Ostrava
25	47.67	Bennie Brazell	United States	11 June 2005	Sacramento

Notes

Below is a list of all other times superior to 47.35:

• 
  Edwin Moses ran 47.13 (1980), 47.14 (1981), 47.17 (1980), 47.27 (1981), 47.32 (1984)


• 
  Kevin Young ran 47.18 (1993)


• 
  Bershawn Jackson ran 47.32 (2010)


• 
  Felix Sanchez ran 47.35 (2002)

Women

As of May 2018^[6]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1	52.34	Yuliya Pechonkina	Russia	8 August 2003	Tula
2	52.42	Melaine Walker	Jamaica	20 August 2009	Berlin
3	52.47	Lashinda Demus	United States	1 September 2011	Daegu
4	52.61	Kim Batten	United States	11 August 1995	Gothenburg
5	52.62	Tonja Buford-Bailey	United States	11 August 1995	Gothenburg
6	52.64	Dalilah Muhammad	United States	25 June 2017	Sacramento	[7]
7	52.70	Natalya Antyukh	Russia	8 August 2012	London	[8]
8	52.74	Sally Gunnell	Great Britain	19 August 1993	Stuttgart
9	52.75	Shamier Little	United States	25 June 2017	Sacramento	[9]
		Sydney McLaughlin	United States	13 May 2018	Knoxville	[10]
11	52.77	Fani Halkia	Greece	22 August 2004	Athens
12	52.79	Sandra Farmer-Patrick	United States	19 August 1993	Stuttgart
		Kaliese Spencer	Jamaica	5 August 2011	London
14	52.82	Deon Hemmings	Jamaica	31 July 1996	Atlanta
15	52.83	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic	15 August 2013	Moscow
16	52.89	Daimí Pernía	Cuba	25 August 1999	Seville
17	52.90	Nezha Bidouane	Morocco	25 August 1999	Seville
18	52.94	Marina Stepanova	Soviet Union	17 September 1986	Tashkent
19	52.95	Sheena Johnson	United States	11 July 2004	Sacramento
		Kori Carter	United States	25 June 2017	Sacramento	[11]
21	53.02	Irina Privalova	Russia	27 September 2000	Sydney
22	53.11	Tatyana Ledovskaya	Soviet Union	29 August 1991	Tokyo
		Ashley Spencer	United States	25 June 2017	Sacramento	[12]
24	53.14	Georganne Moline	United States	25 June 2017	Sacramento	[13]
25	53.17	Debbie Flintoff-King	Australia	28 September 1988	Seoul

Notes

Below is a list of all other times superior to 52.88.

• 
  Lashinda Demus ran 52.63 (2009), 52.77 (2012), 52.82 (2010).


• 
  Melaine Walker ran 52.64 (2008), 52.73 (2011).


• 
  Kim Batten ran 52.74 (1998), 52.84 (1998).


• 
  Faní Halkiá also ran 52.82 (2004).


• 
  Dalilah Muhammad also ran 52.88 (2016).

Milestones

• Men
  
  
  
  • First official IAAF world record: 55.0 seconds, Charles Bacon (USA), 1908
  
  
  • First under 54 seconds: 53.8 seconds, Sten Pettersson (SWE), 1925
  
  
  • First under 53 seconds: 52.6 seconds, John Gibson (USA), 1927
  
  
  • First under 52 seconds: 51.7 seconds, Bob Tisdall (IRL), 1932
  
  
  • First under 51 seconds: 50.6 seconds, Glenn Hardin (USA), 1934
  
  
  • First under 50 seconds: 49.5 seconds, Glenn Davis (USA), 1956
  
  
  • First under 49 seconds: 48.8 seconds, Geoff Vanderstock (USA), 1968
  
  
  • First under 48 seconds: 47.82 seconds, John Akii-Bua (UGA), 1972
  
  
  • First under 47 seconds: 46.78 seconds, Kevin Young (USA), 1992
  
  
  
  


• Women
  
  
  
  • First official world record: 56.51 seconds, Krystyna Kacperczyk (POL), 1974
  
  
  • First under 56 seconds: 55.74 seconds, Tatjana Storoschewa (USSR), 1977
  
  
  • First under 55 seconds: 54.89 seconds, Tatjana Selenzowa (USSR), 1978
  
  
  • First under 54 seconds: 53.58 seconds, Margarita Ponomaryova (USSR), 1984
  
  
  • First under 53 seconds: 52.94 seconds, Marina Stepanova (USSR), 1986
  
  
  
  

Most successful athletes

American athlete Glenn Davis had a prodigious start to his hurdling career, running his first race in April 1956 in 54.4 s. Two months later, he ran a new world record with 49.5 s and later that year he won the 400 m hurdles at the Olympics, and was also the first to repeat that feat in 1960.

In terms of success and longevity in competition, Edwin Moses' record is significant: he won 122 races in a row between 1977 and 1987 plus two gold medals, at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal and the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He was undefeated for exactly nine years nine months and nine days, from 26 August 1977 until 4 June 1987. The U.S. boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow prevented him from winning a hat-trick of gold medals, but his career is nonetheless widely regarded as one of the most successful in hurdling. He finished third in the 1988 Olympic final, the last race in his professional career. He also held the world record for sixteen years from when he first broke it at the Olympics on 25 July 1976 (twice in one day) until it was finally broken by Kevin Young at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Edwin Moses

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  Olympic Games & World Championships victories
  
  
  
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    Edwin Moses (USA), Olympic 1976, 1984, World 1983, 1987
  
  
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    Felix Sanchez (DOM), Olympic 2004, 2012, World 2001, 2003
  
  
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    Kerron Clement (USA), Olympic 2016 (and Olympic silver 2008), World 2007 and 2009
  
  
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    Sally Gunnell (GBR), Olympic 1992, World 1993
  
  
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    Kevin Young (USA), Olympic 1992, World 1993
  
  
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    Derrick Adkins (USA), Olympic 1996, World 1995
  
  
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    Melaine Walker (JAM), Olympic 2008, World 2009
  
  
  
  


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  Two Olympic victories:
  
  
  
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    Glenn Davis (USA), 1956 and 1960
  
  
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    Edwin Moses (USA), 1976 and 1984 (also bronze in 1988)
  
  
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    Angelo Taylor (USA), 2000 and 2008
  
  
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    Félix Sánchez (DOM), 2004 and 2012
  
  
  
  


• 
  Two World Championships:
  
  
  
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    Edwin Moses (USA), 1983 and 1987
  
  
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    Félix Sánchez (DOM), 2001 and 2003 (won silver in 2007)
  
  
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    Kerron Clement (USA), 2007 and 2009
  
  
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    Nezha Bidouane (MAR), 1997 and 2001 (won silver in 1999)
  
  
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    Jana Rawlinson (AUS), 2003 (as Jana Pittman) and 2007
  
  
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    Zuzana Hejnová (CZE), 2013 and 2015
  
  
  
  


• Note: Edwin Moses and Kevin Young are the only male 400 m hurdlers to have been Olympic Champion, World Champion and broken the World Record.


• Note: Sally Gunnell is the only female 400 m hurdler to have been Olympic Champion, World Champion and broken the World Record.

Olympic medalists

Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900 Paris details	Walter Tewksbury  United States	Henri Tauzin  France	George Orton  Canada
1904 St. Louis details	Harry Hillman  United States	Frank Waller  United States	George Poage  United States
1908 London details	Charles Bacon  United States	Harry Hillman  United States	Jimmy Tremeer  Great Britain
1912 Stockholm	not included in the Olympic program
1920 Antwerp details	Frank Loomis  United States	John Norton  United States	August Desch  United States
1924 Paris details	Morgan Taylor  United States	Erik Wilén  Finland	Ivan Riley  United States
1928 Amsterdam details	David Burghley  Great Britain	Frank Cuhel  United States	Morgan Taylor  United States
1932 Los Angeles details	Bob Tisdall  Ireland	Glenn Hardin  United States	Morgan Taylor  United States
1936 Berlin details	Glenn Hardin  United States	John Loaring  Canada	Miguel White  Philippines
1948 London details	Roy Cochran  United States	Duncan White  Ceylon	Rune Larsson  Sweden
1952 Helsinki details	Charles Moore  United States	Yuriy Lituyev  Soviet Union	John Holland  New Zealand
1956 Melbourne details	Glenn Davis  United States	Eddie Southern  United States	Josh Culbreath  United States
1960 Rome details	Glenn Davis  United States	Clifton Cushman  United States	Dick Howard  United States
1964 Tokyo details	Rex Cawley  United States	John Cooper  Great Britain	Salvatore Morale  Italy
1968 Mexico City details	David Hemery  Great Britain	Gerhard Hennige  West Germany	John Sherwood  Great Britain
1972 Munich details	John Akii-Bua  Uganda	Ralph Mann  United States	David Hemery  Great Britain
1976 Montreal details	Edwin Moses  United States	Michael Shine  United States	Yevgeniy Gavrilenko  Soviet Union
1980 Moscow details	Volker Beck  East Germany	Vasyl Arkhypenko  Soviet Union	Gary Oakes  Great Britain
1984 Los Angeles details	Edwin Moses  United States	Danny Harris  United States	Harald Schmid  West Germany
1988 Seoul details	André Phillips  United States	Amadou Dia Ba  Senegal	Edwin Moses  United States
1992 Barcelona details	Kevin Young  United States	Winthrop Graham  Jamaica	Kriss Akabusi  Great Britain
1996 Atlanta details	Derrick Adkins  United States	Samuel Matete  Zambia	Calvin Davis  United States
2000 Sydney details	Angelo Taylor  United States	Hadi Al-Somaily  Saudi Arabia	Llewellyn Herbert  South Africa
2004 Athens details	Félix Sánchez  Dominican Republic	Danny McFarlane  Jamaica	Naman Keïta  France
2008 Beijing details	Angelo Taylor  United States	Kerron Clement  United States	Bershawn Jackson  United States
2012 London details	Félix Sánchez  Dominican Republic	Michael Tinsley  United States	Javier Culson  Puerto Rico
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Kerron Clement  United States	Boniface Mucheru Tumuti  Kenya	Yasmani Copello  Turkey

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984 Los Angeles details	Nawal El Moutawakel  Morocco	Judi Brown  United States	Cristieana Cojocaru  Romania
1988 Seoul details	Debbie Flintoff-King  Australia	Tatyana Ledovskaya  Soviet Union	Ellen Fiedler  East Germany
1992 Barcelona details	Sally Gunnell  Great Britain	Sandra Farmer-Patrick  United States	Janeene Vickers  United States
1996 Atlanta details	Deon Hemmings  Jamaica	Kim Batten  United States	Tonja Buford-Bailey  United States
2000 Sydney details	Irina Privalova  Russia	Deon Hemmings  Jamaica	Nezha Bidouane  Morocco
2004 Athens details	Fani Halkia  Greece	Ionela Târlea-Manolache  Romania	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova  Ukraine
2008 Beijing details	Melaine Walker  Jamaica	Sheena Tosta  United States	Tasha Danvers  Great Britain
2012 London details	Natalya Antyukh  Russia	Lashinda Demus  United States	Zuzana Hejnová  Czech Republic
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Dalilah Muhammad  United States	Sara Petersen  Denmark	Ashley Spencer  United States

World Championships medalists

Men

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Edwin Moses (USA)	Harald Schmid (FRG)	Aleksandr Kharlov (URS)
1987 Rome details	Edwin Moses (USA)	Danny Harris (USA)	Harald Schmid (FRG)
1991 Tokyo details	Samuel Matete (ZAM)	Winthrop Graham (JAM)	Kriss Akabusi (GBR)
1993 Stuttgart details	Kevin Young (USA)	Samuel Matete (ZAM)	Winthrop Graham (JAM)
1995 Gothenburg details	Derrick Adkins (USA)	Samuel Matete (ZAM)	Stéphane Diagana (FRA)
1997 Athens details	Stéphane Diagana (FRA)	Llewellyn Herbert (RSA)	Bryan Bronson (USA)
1999 Seville details	Fabrizio Mori (ITA)	Stéphane Diagana (FRA)	Marcel Schelbert (SUI)
2001 Edmonton details	Félix Sánchez (DOM)	Fabrizio Mori (ITA)	Dai Tamesue (JPN)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Félix Sánchez (DOM)	Joey Woody (USA)	Periklis Iakovakis (GRE)
2005 Helsinki details	Bershawn Jackson (USA)	James Carter (USA)	Dai Tamesue (JPN)
2007 Osaka details	Kerron Clement (USA)	Félix Sánchez (DOM)	Marek Plawgo (POL)
2009 Berlin details	Kerron Clement (USA)	Javier Culson (PUR)	Bershawn Jackson (USA)
2011 Daegu details	Dai Greene (GBR)	Javier Culson (PUR)	L. J. van Zyl (RSA)
2013 Moscow details	Jehue Gordon (TRI)	Michael Tinsley (USA)	Emir Bekrić (SRB)
2015 Beijing details	Nicholas Bett (KEN)	Denis Kudryavtsev (RUS)	Jeffery Gibson (BAH)
2017 London details	Karsten Warholm (NOR)	Yasmani Copello (TUR)	Kerron Clement (USA)

Women

• The official IAAF World Championships in Athletics began in 1983, but in 1980, the women's 3000 metres and 400 metres hurdles events had a World Championship competition in Sittard, Netherlands. This was due to these events not yet being on the Olympic program (the same had happened in 1976 for the men's 50 km walk).^[14]
  

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1980 Sittard details	Bärbel Broschat (GDR)	Ellen Neumann (GDR)	Petra Pfaff (GDR)
1983 Helsinki details	Yekaterina Fesenko (URS)	Ana Ambrazienė (URS)	Ellen Neumann-Fiedler (GDR)
1987 Rome details	Sabine Busch (GDR)	Debbie Flintoff (AUS)	Cornelia Feuerbach (GDR)
1991 Tokyo details	Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS)	Sally Gunnell (GBR)	Janeene Vickers (USA)
1993 Stuttgart details	Sally Gunnell (GBR)	Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA)	Margarita Ponomaryova (RUS)
1995 Gothenburg details	Kim Batten (USA)	Tonja Buford (USA)	Deon Hemmings (JAM)
1997 Athens details	Nezha Bidouane (MAR)	Deon Hemmings (JAM)	Kim Batten (USA)
1999 Seville details	Daimí Pernía (CUB)	Nezha Bidouane (MAR)	Deon Hemmings (JAM)
2001 Edmonton details	Nezha Bidouane (MAR)	Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS)	Daimí Pernía (CUB)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Jana Pittman (AUS)	Sandra Glover (USA)	Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS)
2005 Helsinki details	Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS)	Lashinda Demus (USA)	Sandra Glover (USA)
2007 Osaka details	Jana Rawlinson (AUS)	Yuliya Pechenkina (RUS)	Anna Jesień (POL)
2009 Berlin details	Melaine Walker (JAM)	Lashinda Demus (USA)	Josanne Lucas (TRI)
2011 Daegu details	Lashinda Demus (USA)	Melaine Walker (JAM)	Natalya Antyukh (RUS)
2013 Moscow details	Zuzana Hejnová (CZE)	Dalilah Muhammad (USA)	Lashinda Demus (USA)
2015 Beijing details	Zuzana Hejnová (CZE)	Shamier Little (USA)	Cassandra Tate (USA)
2017 London details	Kori Carter (USA)	Dalilah Muhammad (USA)	Ristananna Tracey (JAM)

Season's bests

Men's Year Time Athlete Location 1971 48.9  Ralph Mann (USA) Helsinki 1972 47.82  John Akii-Bua (UGA) Munich 1973 48.54  John Akii-Bua (UGA) Lagos 1974 48.1  Jim Bolding (USA) Milan 1975 48.4  Jim Bolding (USA) Milan 1976 47.63  Edwin Moses (USA) Montreal 1977 47.45  Edwin Moses (USA) Westwood, Los Angeles 1978 47.94  Edwin Moses (USA) Zürich 1979 47.53  Edwin Moses (USA) Montreal 1980 47.13  Edwin Moses (USA) Milan 1981 47.14  Edwin Moses (USA) Lausanne 1982 47.48  Harald Schmid (FRG) Athens 1983 47.02  Edwin Moses (USA) Koblenz 1984 47.32  Edwin Moses (USA) Koblenz 1985 47.63  Danny Harris (USA) Zürich 1986 47.38  Edwin Moses (USA) Lausanne 1987 47.46  Edwin Moses (USA) Rome 1988 47.19  Andre Phillips (USA) Seoul 1989 47.86  Kevin Young (USA) Berlin 1990 47.49  Danny Harris (USA) Lausanne 1991 47.10  Samuel Matete (ZAM) Zürich 1992 46.78  Kevin Young (USA) Barcelona 1993 47.18  Kevin Young (USA) Stuttgart 1994 47.70  Derrick Adkins (USA) Linz 1995 47.37  Stéphane Diagana (FRA) Lausanne 1996 47.54  Derrick Adkins (USA) Atlanta 1997 47.64  Bryan Bronson (USA) Monaco 1998 47.03  Bryan Bronson (USA) New Orleans 1999 47.72  Fabrizio Mori (ITA) Seville 2000 47.50  Angelo Taylor (USA) Sydney 2001 47.38  Félix Sánchez (DOM) Zürich 2002 47.35  Félix Sánchez (DOM) Zürich 2003 47.25  Félix Sánchez (DOM) Saint-Denis 2004 47.63  Félix Sánchez (DOM) Athens 2005 47.24  Kerron Clement (USA) Carson 2006 47.39  Kerron Clement (USA) Indianapolis 2007 47.61  Kerron Clement (USA) Osaka 2008 47.25  Angelo Taylor (USA) Beijing 2009 47.91  Kerron Clement (USA) Berlin 2010 47.32  Bershawn Jackson (USA) Des Moines 2011 47.66  L. J. van Zyl (RSA) Pretoria/Ostrava 2012 47.63  Félix Sánchez (DOM) London 2013 47.69  Jehue Gordon (TRI) Moscow 2014 48.03  Javier Culson (PUR) New York City 2015 47.79  Nicholas Bett (KEN) Beijing 2016 47.73  Kerron Clement (USA) Rio de Janeiro 2017 47.80  Kyron McMaster (IVB) Kingston

Women's Year Time Athlete Location 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 54.89  Tatyana Zelentsova (URS) Prague 1979 54.78  Marina Stepanova (URS) Moscow 1980 54.28  Karin Roßley (GDR) Jena 1981 54.79  Ellen Fiedler (GDR) Jena 1982 54.57  Ann-Louise Skoglund (SWE) Athens 1983 54.02  Anna Ambrazienė (URS) Moscow 1984 53.58  Margarita Ponomaryova (URS) Kiev 1985 53.55  Sabine Busch (GDR) Berlin 1986 52.94  Marina Stepanova (URS) Tashkent 1987 53.24  Sabine Busch (GDR) Potsdam 1988 53.17  Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS) Seoul 1989 53.37  Sandra Farmer-Patrick (USA) New York City 1990 53.62  Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS) Split 1991 53.11  Tatyana Ledovskaya (URS) Tokyo 1992 53.23  Sally Gunnell (GBR) Barcelona 1993 52.74  Sally Gunnell (GBR) Stuttgart 1994 53.33  Sally Gunnell (GBR) Helsinki 1995 52.61  Kim Batten (USA) Gothenburg 1996 52.82  Deon Hemmings (JAM) Atlanta 1997 52.97  Kim Batten (USA)  Nezha Bidouane (MAR) Indianapolis Athens 1998 52.74  Kim Batten (USA) Monaco 1999 52.89  Daimí Pernía (CUB) Seville 2000 53.02  Irina Privalova (RUS) Sydney 2001 53.34  Nezha Bidouane (MAR) Edmonton 2002 53.10  Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS) Tula 2003 52.34  Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS) Tula 2004 52.77  Faní Halkiá (GRE) Athens 2005 52.90  Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS) Helsinki 2006 53.02  Lashinda Demus (USA) Athens 2007 53.28  Tiffany Williams (USA) Indianapolis 2008 52.64  Melaine Walker (JAM) Beijing 2009 52.42  Melaine Walker (JAM) Berlin 2010 52.82  Lashinda Demus (USA) Rome 2011 52.47  Lashinda Demus (USA) Daegu 2012 52.70  Natalya Antyukh (RUS) London 2013 52.83  Zuzana Hejnová (CZE) Moscow 2014 53.41  Kaliese Spencer (JAM) Moscow 2015 53.50  Zuzana Hejnová (CZE) Beijing 2016 52.88  Dalilah Muhammad (USA) Eugene 2017 52.64  Dalilah Muhammad (USA) Sacramento

External links

• IAAF list of 400-metres-hurdles records in XML

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