400m hurdles
400m hurdles world & area records
400m hurdles record (men)
400m hurdles record (women)
Olympic 400m hurdles record (men)
Olympic 400m hurdles record (women)
U23 400m hurdles record (men)
South America
46.29=WR
Alison DOS SANTOS
Europe
47.64+1.35
Karsten WARHOLM
North America
Data unavailableAfrica
Data unavailableAsia
Data unavailableOceania
Data unavailableU23 400m hurdles record (women)
Europe
52.03=WR
Femke BROEDERS-BOL
South America
55.15+3.12Chayenne PEREIRA DA SILVA
North America
Data unavailableAfrica
Data unavailableAsia
Data unavailableOceania
Data unavailableU20 400m hurdles record (men)
World
47.34WR
Roshawn CLARKE
North America
47.34=WRRoshawn CLARKE
Asia
48.09+0.75
Taiju GOTO
South America
48.28+0.94Alison Dos SANTOS
Europe
48.59+1.25
Michal RADA
Africa
48.76+1.42
Llewellyn HEBERT
Oceania
49.73+2.39
Rohan ROBINSON
U20 400m hurdles record (women)
World
53.60WR
Sydney MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE
North America
53.60=WRSydney MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE
Europe
55.19+1.59Linda BOTKOVÀ
Oceania
55.20+1.60Jana PITTMAN
South America
55.94+2.34Jessica MOREIRA
Africa
56.09+2.49
Ajoke ADOMOSU
Asia
Data unavailableU18 400m hurdles world best (men)
World
48.84WRSokwakhana ZAZINI
World91 cm
48.09WRTaiju GOTO
Asia91 cm
48.09=WRTaiju GOTO
Africa
48.84+0.75Sokwakhana ZAZINI
Europe
49.42+1.33Michal RADA
Asia
50.25+2.16
Amin Mohamed AL OZON
South America
51.12+3.03Milaek Antonio DE JESUS
Oceania
51.62+3.53Jack LOVE
North America
Data unavailableU18 400m hurdles world best (women)
World
54.15WRSydney MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE
North America
54.15=WRSydney MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE
Europe
55.19+1.04Linda BOTKOVÀ
Asia
55.30+1.15
Rui LI
Oceania
56.23+2.08Jana PITTMAN
South America
57.74+3.59
Valeria CABEZAS
Africa
Data unavailableIndoor 400m hurdles world best (men)
World
48.78WR
Félix SANCHEZ
North America
48.78=WRFélix SANCHEZ
Europe
50.21+1.43
Richard YATES
Africa
50.94+2.16
Mamadou KASSÉ
Asia
51.12+2.34Masayuki ABAYASHI
South America
Data unavailableOceania
Data unavailableIndoor 400m hurdles world best (women)
World
56.41WRSheena TOSTA
North America
56.41=WRSheena TOSTA
Europe
56.66+0.25
Sara PETERSEN
Africa
58.66+2.25
Haissat LAMBARKI
South America
Data unavailableAsia
Data unavailableOceania
Data unavailable300m hurdles world best (men)
World
32.67WRKarsten WARHOLM
300m hurdles world best (women)
World
36.86WRFemke BROEDERS-BOL
National records on record - men
Australia
48.28Rohan ROBINSON
Bahamas
48.17Jeffery GIBSON
Barbados
49.62Rasheeme GRIFFITH
Brazil
45.80Alison DOS SANTOS
British Virgin Islands
47.08Kyron MCMASTER
China
48.68Xinfeng XU
Cuba
47.93Omar CUSBEROSS
Dominican Republic
47.25Félix SANCHEZ
France
47.37Stéphane DIAGANA
Germany
47.45Emil AGYEKUM
Nigeria
47.11Ezekiel NATHANIEL
North Macedonia
51.58Jovan STOJOSKI
Norway
45.94Karsten WARHOLM
Qatar
46.98Abderrahman SAMBA
Senegal
47.23Amadou Dia BÂ
Serbia
48.05Emir BEKRIC
Slovenia
48.03Matic Ian GUCEK
Spain
48.11Jesus David DELGADO
Sri Lanka
49.03Ayomal Akalanka KUDA LIANAGE
Sweden
47.81Oskar EDLUND
Trinidad & Tobago
47.69Jehue GORDON
Türkiye
47.81Yasmani COPELLO
Uganda
47.82John AKII-BUA
United States
46.17Benjamin RAI
Zambia
47.10Samuel MATETE
National records on record - women
Bahrain
53.09Kemi ADEKOYA
Belgium
53.20Paulien COUCKUYT
Czechia
52.83Zuzana HEJNOVA
Denmark
53.55Sara Slott PETERSEN
Finland
54.28Hilla UUSIMÄKI
France
53.21Marie-José PÉREC
Morocco
52.90Nezha BIDOUANE
Netherlands
50.95Femke BROEDERS-BOL
Panama
52.66Gianna WOODRUFF
Portugal
53.30Fatoumata Binta DIALLO
Slovakia
52.30Emma ZAPLETALOVA
Switzerland
54.06Lea SPRUNGER
Ukraine
52.96Anna RYZHYKOVA
United Kingdom
52.74Sally GUNNELL
United States
50.37Sydney MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE
Zimbabwe
54.08Ashley MILLER
This page brings together the world records as well as the men's and women's area records in the 400m hurdles. Click a row to open the race analysis.
The six areas follow World Athletics' official split. The Americas are divided in two: North America (with the Caribbean and Central America) and South America.
Olympic records, the world and area records for the U23, U20 and U18 categories, as well as the 300m hurdles world record, are also included.