400 metres

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Athletics
400 metres
400m CIF San Diego Championship 2007.jpg
The closing stages of a men's 400 m race.
World records
MenSouth Africa Wayde van Niekerk 43.03 (2016)
WomenEast Germany Marita Koch 47.60 (1985)
Olympic records
MenSouth Africa Wayde van Niekerk 43.03 (2016)
WomenFrance Marie-José Pérec 48.25 (1996)
World Championship records
MenUnited States Michael Johnson 43.18 (1999)
WomenCzechoslovakia Jarmila Kratochvílová 47.99 (1983)

The 400 metres, or 400-metre dash, is an endurance race event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and race in separate lanes for the entire course. In many countries, athletes previously competed in the 440-yard dash (402.336 m)—which is a quarter of a mile and was referred to as the 'quarter-mile'—instead of the 400 m (437.445 yards), though this distance is now obsolete.

Like other sprint disciplines, the 400 m involves the use of starting blocks. The runners take up position in the blocks on the 'ready' command, adopt a more efficient starting posture which isometrically preloads their muscles on the 'set' command, and stride forwards from the blocks upon hearing the starter's pistol. The blocks allow the runners to begin more powerfully and thereby contribute to their overall sprint speed capability. Maximum sprint speed capability is a significant contributing factor to success in the event, but athletes also require substantial speed endurance and the ability to cope well with high amounts of lactic acid to sustain a fast speed over a whole lap. While considered to be predominantly an anaerobic event, there is some aerobic involvement and the degree of aerobic training required for 400-metre athletes is open to debate.[1]

The current men's world record is held by Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa, with a time of 43.03 seconds. van Niekerk is also the Olympic record holder. Steven Gardiner is the reigning Olympic Champion and World Champion. The world indoor record holder is Michael Norman, in 44.52 seconds. The current women's world record is held by Marita Koch, with a time of 47.60 seconds. Salwa Eid Naser is the reigning women's world champion, while Shaunae Miller-Uibo holds the women's Olympic title. Jarmila Kratochvílová holds the world indoor record at 49.59 dating back to 1982. The men's T43 Paralympic world record of 45.07 seconds is held by Oscar Pistorius.[2]

An Olympic double of 200 metres and 400 m was first achieved by Valerie Brisco-Hooks in 1984, and later by Marie-José Pérec of France and Michael Johnson from the United States on the same evening in 1996. Alberto Juantorena of Cuba at the 1976 Summer Olympics became the first and so far the only athlete to win both the 400 m and 800 m Olympic titles. Pérec became the first to defend the Olympic title in 1996, Johnson became the first and only man to do so in 2000. From 31 appearances in the Olympic Games, the men's gold medalist came from the US 19 times.

Continental records[]

  • Updated 22 December 2020.[3][4]
Area Men Women
Time (s) Athlete Nation Time (s) Athlete Nation
Africa (records) 43.03 WR Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa 49.10 Falilat Ogunkoya  Nigeria
Asia (records) 43.93 Yousef Masrahi  Saudi Arabia 48.14 Salwa Eid Naser  Bahrain
Europe (records) 44.33 Thomas Schönlebe  East Germany 47.60 WR Marita Koch  East Germany
North, Central America
and Caribbean
(records)
43.18 Michael Johnson  United States 48.36 Shaunae Miller-Uibo  Bahamas
Oceania (records) 44.38 Darren Clark  Australia 48.63 Cathy Freeman  Australia
South America (records) 43.93 Anthony Zambrano  Colombia 49.64 Ximena Restrepo  Colombia

All-time top 25[]

Men (outdoor)[]

  • Correct as of November 2021.[5][6]
Ath.# Perf.# Time (s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 1 43.03 Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa 14 AUG 2016 Rio de Janeiro [7]
2 2 43.18 Michael Johnson  United States 26 AUG 1999 Seville
3 3 43.29 Butch Reynolds  United States 17 AUG 1988 Zürich
4 43.39 Johnson #2 09 AUG 1995 Gothenburg
5 43.44 Johnson #3 19 JUN 1996 Atlanta
4 6 43.45 Jeremy Wariner  United States 31 AUG 2007 Osaka
Michael Norman  United States 20 APR 2019 Torrance [8]
8 43.48 van Niekerk #2 26 AUG 2015 Beijing
6 8 43.48 Steven Gardiner  Bahamas 04 OCT 2019 Doha [9]
10 43.49 Johnson #4 29 JUL 1996 Atlanta
7 11 43.50 Quincy Watts  United States 05 AUG 1992 Barcelona
11 43.50 Wariner #2 07 AUG 2007 Stockholm
13 43.61 Norman #2 08 JUN 2018 Eugene
14 43.62 Wariner #3 14 JUL 2006 Rome
van Niekerk #3 06 JUL 2017 Lausanne
8 16 43.64 Fred Kerley  United States 27 JUL 2019 Des Moines [10]
17 43.65 Johnson #5 17 AUG 1993 Stuttgart
9 17 43.65 LaShawn Merritt  United States 26 AUG 2015 Beijing [11]
19 43.66 Johnson #6 16 JUN 1995 Sacramento
Johnson #7 03 JUL 1996 Lausanne
21 43.68 Johnson #8 12 AUG 1998 Zürich
Johnson #9 16 JUL 2000 Sacramento
23 43.70 Kerley #2 26 MAY 2017 Austin
24 43.71 Watts #2 03 AUG 1992 Barcelona
10 25 43.72 Isaac Makwala  Botswana 05 JUL 2015 La Chaux-de-Fonds [12]
11 43.74 Kirani James  Grenada 03 JUL 2014 Lausanne [13]
12 43.81 Danny Everett  United States 26 JUN 1992 New Orleans
13 43.85 Randolph Ross  United States 11 JUN 2021 Eugene [14]
14 43.86 A Lee Evans  United States 18 OCT 1968 Mexico City
15 43.87 Steve Lewis  United States 28 SEP 1988 Seoul
16 43.93 Yousef Masrahi  Saudi Arabia 23 AUG 2015 Beijing [15]
Rusheen McDonald  Jamaica 23 AUG 2015 Beijing [15]
Anthony Zambrano  Colombia 02 AUG 2021 Tokyo [16]
19 43.94 Akeem Bloomfield  Jamaica 08 JUN 2018 Eugene [17]
20 43.97 A Larry James  United States 18 OCT 1968 Mexico City
21 44.01 Machel Cedenio  Trinidad and Tobago 14 AUG 2016 Rio de Janeiro [7]
22 44.02 Baboloki Thebe  Botswana 06 JUL 2017 Lausanne [18]
23 44.03 Michael Cherry  United States 03 SEP 2021 Brussels [19]
24 44.05 Angelo Taylor  United States 23 JUN 2007 Indianapolis
25 44.07 Abdalelah Haroun  Qatar 21 JUL 2018 London [20]

Women (outdoor)[]

Ath.# Perf.# Time (s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 1 47.60 Marita Koch  East Germany 06 OCT 1985 Canberra
2 2 47.99 Jarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia 10 AUG 1983 Helsinki
3 3 48.14 Salwa Eid Naser  Bahrain 03 OCT 2019 Doha [23]
4 48.16 Koch #2 08 SEP 1982 Athens
Koch #3 16 AUG 1984 Prague
6 48.22 Koch #4 28 AUG 1986 Stuttgart
4 7 48.25 Marie-José Pérec  France 29 JUL 1996 Atlanta
8 48.26 Koch #5 27 JUL 1984 Dresden
5 9 48.27 Olga Bryzgina  Soviet Union 06 OCT 1985 Canberra
6 10 48.36 Shaunae Miller-Uibo  Bahamas 06 AUG 2021 Tokyo
11 48.37 Miller-Uibo #2 03 OCT 2019 Doha
12 48.45 Kratochvílová #2 23 JUL 1983 Prague
7 13 48.59 Taťána Kocembová  Czechoslovakia 10 AUG 1983 Helsinki
14 48.60 Koch #6 04 AUG 1979 Turin
Bryzgina #2 17 AUG 1985 Moscow
16 48.61 Kratochvílová #3 06 SEP 1981 Rome
8 17 48.63 Cathy Freeman  Australia 29 JUL 1996 Atlanta
18 48.65 Bryzgina #3 26 SEP 1988 Seoul
9 19 48.70 Sanya Richards-Ross  United States 16 SEP 1996 Athens
20 48.73 Kocembová #2 16 AUG 1984 Prague
21 48.77 Koch #7 09 JUL 1982 Karl-Marx-Stadt
22 48.82 Kratochvílová #4 23 JUN 1983 Prague
10 23 48.83 Valerie Brisco-Hooks  United States 06 AUG 1984 Los Angeles
23 48.83 Pérec #2 05 AUG 1992 Barcelona
Richards-Ross #2 04 SEP 2009 Brussels
11 48.89 Ana Guevara  Mexico 27 AUG 2003 Saint-Denis
12 49.05 Chandra Cheeseborough  United States 06 AUG 1984 Los Angeles
13 49.07 Tonique Williams-Darling  Bahamas 12 SEP 2004 Berlin
14 49.10 Falilat Ogunkoya  Nigeria 29 JUL 1996 Atlanta
15 49.11 Olga Nazarova  Soviet Union 25 SEP 1988 Seoul
16 49.16 Antonina Krivoshapka  Russia 05 JUL 2012 Cheboksary
17 49.19 Mariya Pinigina  Soviet Union 10 AUG 1983 Helsinki
18 49.20 Marileidy Paulino  Dominican Republic 06 AUG 2021 Tokyo
19 49.22 Christine Mboma  Namibia 17 APR 2021 Windhoek
20 49.24 Sabine Busch  East Germany 02 JUN 1984 Erfurt
21 49.26 Allyson Felix  United States 27 AUG 2015 Beijing [24]
22 49.28 Pauline Davis  Bahamas 29 JUL 1996 Atlanta
23 49.29 Irena Szewińska  Poland 29 JUL 1976 Montreal
Charity Opara  Nigeria 14 JUL 1998 Rome
25 49.30 Petra Schersing  East Germany 03 JUN 1988 Jena
Lorraine Fenton  Jamaica 19 JUL 2002 Monaco

Annulled marks[]

  • Christine Mboma ran 48.54 in Bydgoszcz on 30 June 2021, but her performance was removed from the World Athletics database because of Testosterone regulations in women's athletics.
  • Aminatou Seyni ran 49.19 in Lausanne on 5 July 2019, but her performance was removed from the World Athletics database because of Testosterone regulations in women's athletics.
  • Yuliya Gushchina ran 49.28 in Cheboksary on 5 July 2012, but her time was annulled after she tested positive for turinabol—a banned steroid—in a 2016 retest of a sample taken from the 2011 World Championships.[25]

Men (indoor)[]

  • Correct as of March 2021.[26]
Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 44.52 Michael Norman  United States 10 March 2018 College Station
2 44.57 Kerron Clement  United States 12 March 2005 Fayetteville
3 44.63 Michael Johnson  United States 4 March 1995 Atlanta
4 44.71  United States 13 March 2021 Fayetteville [27]
5 44.80 Kirani James  Grenada 27 February 2011 Fayetteville
6 44.82 Tyrell Richard  United States 9 March 2019 Birmingham [28]
7 44.85 Fred Kerley  United States 11 March 2017 College Station
8 44.86 Akeem Bloomfield  Jamaica 10 March 2018 College Station
9 44.88 Bralon Taplin  Grenada 3 February 2018 College Station
10 44.93 LaShawn Merritt  United States 11 February 2005 Fayetteville
11 44.99 Randolph Ross  United States 13 March 2021 Fayetteville [27]
12 45.02 Danny Everett  United States 2 February 1992 Stuttgart
13 45.03 Torrin Lawrence  United States 12 February 2010 Fayetteville
Deon Lendore  Trinidad and Tobago 1 March 2014 College Station
Kahmari Montgomery  United States 9 March 2019 Birmingham [28]
16 45.05 Thomas Schönlebe  East Germany 5 February 1988 Sindelfingen
Alvin Harrison  United States 28 February 1998 Atlanta
Karsten Warholm  Norway 2 March 2019 Glasgow [29]
19 45.11 Nery Brenes  Costa Rica 10 March 2012 Istanbul
20 45.14  United States 13 March 2021 Fayetteville [27]
21 45.16  United States 10 March 2018 College Station
Wilbert London  United States 9 March 2019 Birmingham
23 45.17 Lalonde Gordon  Trinidad and Tobago 8 February 2014 Boston
24 45.18 Calvin Harrison  United States 28 February 1998 Atlanta
25 45.21 Tony McQuay  United States 27 February 2011 Fayetteville

Notes[]

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 45.21:

  • Michael Johnson also ran 44.66 (1996), 44.97 (1995), 45.14 (1993) and 45.17 (1994).
  • Michael Norman also ran 45.00 (2018).
  • Fred Kerley also ran 45.02 (2017), 45.03 (2021) and 45.18 (2018).
  • Akeem Bloomfield also ran 45.02 (2018).
  • Kahmari Montgomery also ran 45.04 (2019).
  • Torrin Lawrence also ran 45.10 (2010).
  • Deon Lendore also ran 45.15 (2013) and 45.21 (2014).
  • Kirani James also ran 45.19 (2012).
  • Bralon Taplin also ran 45.19 (2017) and 45.20 (2016).
  • Wilbert London also ran 45.19 (2019).
  • Randolph Ross also ran 45.21 (2021).

Women (indoor)[]

  • Correct as of February 2021.[30]
Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 49.59 Jarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia 7 March 1982 Milan
2 49.68 Natalya Nazarova  Russia 18 February 2004 Moscow
3 49.76 Taťána Kocembová  Czechoslovakia 2 February 1984 Vienna
4 50.01 Sabine Busch  East Germany 2 February 1984 Vienna
5 50.02 Nicola Sanders  Great Britain 3 March 2007 Birmingham
6 50.04 Olesya Krasnomovets  Russia 18 February 2006 Moscow
12 March 2006 Moscow
7 50.15 Olga Zaytseva  Russia 25 January 2006 Moscow
8 50.21 Vania Stambolova  Bulgaria 12 March 2006 Moscow
Shaunae Miller-Uibo  Bahamas 13 February 2021 Staten Island [31]
10 50.23 Irina Privalova  Russia 12 March 1995 Barcelona
11 50.28 Petra Müller  East Germany 6 March 1988 Budapest
12 50.34 Christine Amertil  Bahamas 12 March 2006 Moscow
Kendall Ellis  United States 10 March 2018 College Station
14 50.36 Sydney McLaughlin  United States 10 March 2018 College Station
15 50.37 Natalya Antyukh  Russia 18 February 2006 Moscow
16 50.40 Dagmar Neubauer  East Germany 2 February 1984 Vienna
17 50.41 Svetlana Pospelova  Russia 5 March 2005 Madrid
18 50.42 Olga Kotlyarova  Russia 27 January 2001 Moscow
19 50.45 Grit Breuer  Germany 1 March 1998 Valencia
20 50.46 A Phyllis Francis  United States 15 March 2014 Albuquerque
21 50.52 Athing Mu  United States 6 February 2021 College Station [32]
22 50.53 Katharine Merry  Great Britain 18 February 2001 Birmingham
23 50.54 Francena McCorory  United States 12 March 2010 Fayetteville
24 50.55 Svetlana Usovich  Belarus 5 March 2005 Madrid
Antonina Krivoshapka  Russia 14 February 2009 Moscow
Courtney Okolo  United States 3 March 2018 Birmingham

Notes[]

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 50.00:

Fastest relay splits[]

Most successful athletes[]

3 or more 400-metre victories at the Olympic Games and World Championships:

  • 6 wins: Michael Johnson (USA) - Olympic Champion in 1996 and 2000, World Champion in 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1999.
  • 4 wins: Marie-Jose Perec (FRA) - Olympic Champion in 1992 and 1996, World Champion in 1991 and 1995.
  • 3 wins: Cathy Freeman (AUS) - Olympic Champion in 2000, World Champion in 1997 and 1999
  • 3 wins: Jeremy Wariner (USA) - Olympic Champion in 2004, World Champion in 2005 and 2007.
  • 3 wins: Christine Ohuruogu (GBR) - Olympic Champion in 2008, World Champion in 2007 and 2013.
  • 3 wins: LaShawn Merritt (USA) - Olympic Champion in 2008, World Champion in 2009 and 2013.
  • 3 wins: Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) - Olympic Champion in 2016, World Champion in 2015 and 2017.

The Olympic champion has frequently won a second gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay. This has been accomplished 14 times by men; Charles Reidpath, Ray Barbuti, Bill Carr, George Rhoden, Charles Jenkins, Otis Davis, Mike Larrabee, Lee Evans, Viktor Markin, Alonzo Babers, Steve Lewis, Quincy Watts, Jeremy Wariner and LaShawn Merritt; and 4 times by women; Monika Zehrt, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Olga Bryzgina and Sanya Richards-Ross. All but Rhoden, Markin, Zehrt and Bryzgina ran on American relay teams. Injured after his double in 1996, Johnson also accomplished the feat in 2000 only to have it disqualified when his teammate Antonio Pettigrew admitted to doping.

Olympic medalists[]

Men[]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1896 Athens
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Thomas Burke
 United States
Herbert Jamison
 United States
Charles Gmelin
 Great Britain
1900 Paris
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Maxie Long
 United States
William Holland
 United States
Ernst Schultz
 Denmark
1904 St. Louis
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Harry Hillman
 United States
Frank Waller
 United States
Herman Groman
 United States
1908 London
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Wyndham Halswelle
 Great Britain
None awarded None awarded
1912 Stockholm
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Charles Reidpath
 United States
Hanns Braun
 Germany
Edward Lindberg
 United States
1920 Antwerp
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Bevil Rudd
 South Africa
Guy Butler
 Great Britain
Nils Engdahl
 Sweden
1924 Paris
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Eric Liddell
 Great Britain
Horatio Fitch
 United States
Guy Butler
 Great Britain
1928 Amsterdam
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Ray Barbuti
 United States
James Ball
 Canada
Joachim Büchner
 Germany
1932 Los Angeles
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Bill Carr
 United States
Ben Eastman
 United States
Alex Wilson
 Canada
1936 Berlin
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Archie Williams
 United States
Godfrey Brown
 Great Britain
James LuValle
 United States
1948 London
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Arthur Wint
 Jamaica
Herb McKenley
 Jamaica
Mal Whitfield
 United States
1952 Helsinki
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George Rhoden
 Jamaica
Herb McKenley
 Jamaica
Ollie Matson
 United States
1956 Melbourne
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Charles Jenkins
 United States
Karl-Friedrich Haas
 United Team of Germany
Voitto Hellstén
 Finland
Ardalion Ignatyev
 Soviet Union
1960 Rome
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Otis Davis
 United States
Carl Kaufmann
 United Team of Germany
Malcolm Spence
 South Africa
1964 Tokyo
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Mike Larrabee
 United States
Wendell Mottley
 Trinidad and Tobago
Andrzej Badeński
 Poland
1968 Mexico City
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Lee Evans
 United States
Larry James
 United States
Ron Freeman
 United States
1972 Munich
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Vincent Matthews
 United States
Wayne Collett
 United States
Julius Sang
 Kenya
1976 Montreal
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Alberto Juantorena
 Cuba
Fred Newhouse
 United States
Herman Frazier
 United States
1980 Moscow
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Viktor Markin
 Soviet Union
Rick Mitchell
 Australia
Frank Schaffer
 East Germany
1984 Los Angeles
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Alonzo Babers
 United States
Gabriel Tiacoh
 Ivory Coast
Antonio McKay
 United States
1988 Seoul
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Steve Lewis
 United States
Butch Reynolds
 United States
Danny Everett
 United States
1992 Barcelona
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Quincy Watts
 United States
Steve Lewis
 United States
Samson Kitur
 Kenya
1996 Atlanta
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Michael Johnson
 United States
Roger Black
 Great Britain
Davis Kamoga
 Uganda
2000 Sydney
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Michael Johnson
 United States
Alvin Harrison
 United States
Greg Haughton
 Jamaica
2004 Athens
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Jeremy Wariner
 United States
Otis Harris
 United States
Derrick Brew
 United States
2008 Beijing
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LaShawn Merritt
 United States
Jeremy Wariner
 United States
David Neville
 United States
2012 London
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Kirani James
 Grenada
Luguelín Santos
 Dominican Republic
Lalonde Gordon
 Trinidad and Tobago
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Wayde van Niekerk
 South Africa
Kirani James
 Grenada
LaShawn Merritt
 United States
2020 Tokyo
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Steven Gardiner
 Bahamas
Anthony Zambrano
 Colombia
Kirani James
 Grenada

Women[]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1964 Tokyo
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Betty Cuthbert
 Australia
Ann Packer
 Great Britain
Judy Amoore
 Australia
1968 Mexico City
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Colette Besson
 France
Lillian Board
 Great Britain
Natalya Pechonkina
 Soviet Union
1972 Munich
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Monika Zehrt
 East Germany
Rita Wilden
 West Germany
Kathy Hammond
 United States
1976 Montreal
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Irena Szewińska
 Poland
Christina Brehmer
 East Germany
Ellen Streidt
 East Germany
1980 Moscow
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Marita Koch
 East Germany
Jarmila Kratochvílová
 Czechoslovakia
Christina Lathan
 East Germany
1984 Los Angeles
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Valerie Brisco-Hooks
 United States
Chandra Cheeseborough
 United States
Kathy Smallwood-Cook
 Great Britain
1988 Seoul
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Olga Bryzgina
 Soviet Union
Petra Müller
 East Germany
Olga Nazarova
 Soviet Union
1992 Barcelona
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Marie-José Pérec
 France
Olga Bryzgina
 Unified Team
Ximena Restrepo
 Colombia
1996 Atlanta
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Marie-José Pérec
 France
Cathy Freeman
 Australia
Falilat Ogunkoya
 Nigeria
2000 Sydney
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Cathy Freeman
 Australia
Lorraine Graham
 Jamaica
Katharine Merry
 Great Britain
2004 Athens
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Tonique Williams-Darling
 Bahamas
Ana Guevara
 Mexico
Natalya Antyukh
 Russia
2008 Beijing
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Christine Ohuruogu
 Great Britain
Shericka Williams
 Jamaica
Sanya Richards
 United States
2012 London
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Sanya Richards-Ross
 United States
Christine Ohuruogu
 Great Britain
DeeDee Trotter
 United States
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Shaunae Miller
 Bahamas
Allyson Felix
 United States
Shericka Jackson
 Jamaica
2020 Tokyo
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Shaunae Miller-Uibo
 Bahamas
Marileidy Paulino
 Dominican Republic
Allyson Felix
 United States

World Championships medalists[]

Men[]

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
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 Bert Cameron (JAM)  Michael Franks (USA)  Sunder Nix (USA)
1987 Rome
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 Thomas Schönlebe (GDR)  Innocent Egbunike (NGA)  Harry Reynolds (USA)
1991 Tokyo
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 Antonio Pettigrew (USA)  Roger Black (GBR)  Danny Everett (USA)
1993 Stuttgart
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 Michael Johnson (USA)  Butch Reynolds (USA)  Samson Kitur (KEN)
1995 Gothenburg
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 Michael Johnson (USA)  Butch Reynolds (USA)  Greg Haughton (JAM)
1997 Athens
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 Michael Johnson (USA)  Davis Kamoga (UGA)  Tyree Washington (USA)
1999 Seville
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 Michael Johnson (USA)  Sanderlei Parrela (BRA)  Alejandro Cárdenas (MEX)
2001 Edmonton
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 Avard Moncur (BAH)  Ingo Schultz (GER)  Greg Haughton (JAM)
2003 Saint-Denis
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 Tyree Washington (USA)  Marc Raquil (FRA)  Michael Blackwood (JAM)
2005 Helsinki
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 Jeremy Wariner (USA)  Andrew Rock (USA)  Tyler Christopher (CAN)
2007 Osaka
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 Jeremy Wariner (USA)  LaShawn Merritt (USA)  Angelo Taylor (USA)
2009 Berlin
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 LaShawn Merritt (USA)  Jeremy Wariner (USA)  Renny Quow (TRI)
2011 Daegu
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 Kirani James (GRN)  LaShawn Merritt (USA)  Kevin Borlée (BEL)
2013 Moscow
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 LaShawn Merritt (USA)  Tony McQuay (USA)  Luguelín Santos (DOM)
2015 Beijing
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 Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)  LaShawn Merritt (USA)  Kirani James (GRN)
2017 London
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 Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)  Steven Gardiner (BAH)  Abdalelah Haroun (QAT)
2019 Doha
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 Steven Gardiner (BAH)  Anthony Zambrano (COL)  Fred Kerley (USA)

Women[]

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
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 Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)  Taťána Kocembová (TCH)  Mariya Pinigina (URS)
1987 Rome
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 Olga Bryzgina (URS)  Petra Muller (GDR)  Kirsten Emmelmann (GDR)
1991 Tokyo
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 Marie-José Pérec (FRA)  Grit Breuer (GER)  Sandra Myers (ESP)
1993 Stuttgart
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 Jearl Miles (USA)  Natasha Kaiser-Brown (USA)  Sandie Richards (JAM)
1995 Gothenburg
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 Marie-José Pérec (FRA)  Pauline Davis (BAH)  Jearl Miles (USA)
1997 Athens
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 Cathy Freeman (AUS)  Sandie Richards (JAM)  Jearl Miles Clark (USA)
1999 Seville
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 Cathy Freeman (AUS)  Anja Rücker (GER)  Lorraine Graham-Fenton (JAM)
2001 Edmonton
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 Amy Mbacké Thiam (SEN)  Lorraine Fenton (JAM)  Ana Guevara (MEX)
2003 Saint-Denis
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 Ana Guevara (MEX)  Lorraine Fenton (JAM)  Amy Mbacké Thiam (SEN)
2005 Helsinki
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 Tonique Williams-Darling (BAH)  Sanya Richards (USA)  Ana Guevara (MEX)
2007 Osaka
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 Christine Ohuruogu (GBR)  Nicola Sanders (GBR)  Novlene Williams (JAM)
2009 Berlin
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 Sanya Richards (USA)  Shericka Williams (JAM)  Antonina Krivoshapka (RUS)
2011 Daegu
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 Amantle Montsho (BOT)  Allyson Felix (USA)  Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (RUS)
2013 Moscow
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 Christine Ohuruogu (GBR)  Amantle Montsho (BOT)  Antonina Krivoshapka (RUS)
2015 Beijing
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 Allyson Felix (USA)  Shaunae Miller (BAH)  Shericka Jackson (JAM)
2017 London
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 Phyllis Francis (USA)  Salwa Eid Naser (BHR)  Allyson Felix (USA)
2019 Doha
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 Salwa Eid Naser (BHR)  Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH)  Shericka Jackson (JAM)

World Indoor Championships medalists[]

Men[]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1985 Paris[A]  Thomas Schönlebe (GDR)  Todd Bennett (GBR)  Mark Rowe (USA)
1987 Indianapolis
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 Antonio McKay (USA)  Roberto Hernández (CUB)  Michael Franks (USA)
1989 Budapest
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 Antonio McKay (USA)  Ian Morris (TTO)  Cayetano Cornet (ESP)
1991 Seville
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 Devon Morris (JAM)  Samson Kitur (KEN)  Cayetano Cornet (ESP)
1993 Toronto
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 Butch Reynolds (USA)  Sunday Bada (NGR)  Darren Clark (AUS)
1995 Barcelona
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 Darnell Hall (USA)  Sunday Bada (NGR)  Mikhail Vdovin (RUS)
1997 Paris
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 Sunday Bada (NGR)  Jamie Baulch (GBR)  Shunji Karube (JPN)
1999 Maebashi
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 Jamie Baulch (GBR)  Milton Campbell (USA)  Alejandro Cárdenas (MEX)
2001 Lisbon
details
 Daniel Caines (GBR)  Milton Campbell (USA)  Danny McFarlane (JAM)
2003 Birmingham
details
 Tyree Washington (USA)  Daniel Caines (GBR)  Paul McKee (IRL)
 Jamie Baulch (GBR)
2004 Budapest
details
 Alleyne Francique (GRN)  Davian Clarke (JAM)  Gary Kikaya (COD)
2006 Moscow
details
 Alleyne Francique (GRN)  California Molefe (BOT)  Chris Brown (BAH)
2008 Valencia
details
 Tyler Christopher (CAN)  Johan Wissman (SWE)  Chris Brown (BAH)
2010 Doha
details
 Chris Brown (BAH)  William Collazo (CUB)  Jamaal Torrance (USA)
2012 Istanbul
details
 Nery Brenes (CRC)  Demetrius Pinder (BAH)  Chris Brown (BAH)
2014 Sopot
details
 Pavel Maslák (CZE)  Chris Brown (BAH)  Kyle Clemons (USA)
2016 Portland
details
 Pavel Maslák (CZE)  Abdalelah Haroun (QAT)  Deon Lendore (TTO)
2018 Birmingham
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 Pavel Maslák (CZE)  Michael Cherry (USA)  Deon Lendore (TTO)

Women[]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1985 Paris[A]  Diane Dixon (USA)  Regine Berg (BEL)  Charmaine Crooks (CAN)
1987 Indianapolis
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 Sabine Busch (GDR)  Lillie Leatherwood (USA)  Judit Forgács (HUN)
1989 Budapest
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 Helga Arendt (FRG)  Diane Dixon (USA)  Jillian Richardson (TTO)
1991 Seville
details
 Diane Dixon (USA)  Sandra Myers (ESP)  Anita Protti (SUI)
1993 Toronto
details
 Sandie Richards (JAM)  Tatyana Alekseyeva (RUS)  Jearl Miles Clark (USA)
1995 Barcelona
details
 Irina Privalova (RUS)  Sandie Richards (JAM)  Daniela Georgieva (BUL)
1997 Paris
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 Jearl Miles Clark (USA)  Sandie Richards (JAM)  Helena Fuchsová (CZE)
1999 Maebashi
details
 Grit Breuer (GER)  Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR)  Jearl Miles Clark (USA)
2001 Lisbon
details
 Sandie Richards (JAM)  Olga Kotlyarova (RUS)  Olesya Zykina (RUS)
2003 Birmingham
details
 Natalya Nazarova (RUS)  Christine Amertil (BAH)  Grit Breuer (GER)
2004 Budapest
details
 Natalya Nazarova (RUS)  Olesya Forsheva (RUS)  Tonique Williams-Darling (BAH)
2006 Moscow
details
 Olesya Forsheva (RUS)  Vania Stambolova (BUL)  Christine Amertil (BAH)
2008 Valencia
details
 Olesya Zykina (RUS)  Natalya Nazarova (RUS)  Shareese Woods (USA)
2010 Doha
details
 Debbie Dunn (USA)  Tatyana Firova (RUS)  Vania Stambolova (BUL)
2012 Istanbul
details
 Sanya Richards-Ross (USA)  Aleksandra Fedoriva (RUS)  Natasha Hastings (USA)
2014 Sopot
details
 Francena McCorory (USA)  Kaliese Spencer (JAM)  Shaunae Miller (BAH)
2016 Portland
details
 Kemi Adekoya (BHR)  Ashley Spencer (USA)  Quanera Hayes (USA)
2018 Birmingham
details
 Courtney Okolo (USA)  Shakima Wimbley (USA)  Eilidh Doyle (GBR)
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Notes and references[]

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  33. ^ "4x400 Metres Relay Icons". Retrieved 10 June 2018. Jeremy Wariner: The two-time world 400m champion was a key member of the USA 4x400m squad in the 2000s, picking up two Olympic relay golds and three world titles. He also boasts the second-fastest relay split in history with his 42.93 from the 2007 World Championships.
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  35. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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