Women · World record

400 Metres Hurdles

The current record and its documented progression: 24 ratified records from 1974 to 2024.

Current record

50.37

Sydney McLaughlin-LevroneUSASaint-Denis · 8 Aug 2024

2 years standing0.28 s improvementAll-time top 50 →

Record progression

Each step is a documented record

1974 · 56.51 Krystyna Kacperczyk1977 · 55.74 Tatyana Storozheva1977 · 55.63 Karin Rossley1978 · 55.44 Krystyna Kacperczyk1978 · 55.31 Tatyana Zelentsova1978 · 54.89 Tatyana Zelentsova1979 · 54.78 Marina Makeyeva1980 · 54.28 Karin Rossley1983 · 54.02 Anna Ambrazienė1984 · 53.58 Margarita Ponomaryova1985 · 53.55 Sabine Busch1986 · 53.32 Marina Stepanova1986 · 52.94 Marina Stepanova1993 · 52.74 Sally Gunnell1995 · 52.61 Kim Batten2003 · 52.34 Yuliya Pechonkina2019 · 52.20 Dalilah Muhammad2019 · 52.16 Dalilah Muhammad2021 · 51.90 Sydney McLaughlin2021 · 51.46 Sydney McLaughlin2022 · 51.41 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone2022 · 50.68 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone2024 · 50.65 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone2024 · 50.37 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone 50.3756.51

19741979 · Makeyeva 54.781986 · Stepanova 52.942021 · McLaughlin 51.902024 · McLaughlin-Levrone 50.37

Documented records

24 ratified · most recent first · Wikipedia (EN) revision 1352817759, imported 2 Sep 2026

MarkAthleteNationVenueDateStood
50.37 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone USA Paris, France 8 Aug 2024 2 yrs
50.65 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone USA Eugene, Oregon, United States 30 Jun 2024 39 d
50.68 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone USA Eugene, Oregon, United States 22 Jul 2022 1 yr
51.41 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone USA Eugene, Oregon, United States 25 Jun 2022 27 d
51.46 Sydney McLaughlinSydney McLaughlin was the maiden name of Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. USA Tokyo, Japan 4 Aug 2021 325 d
51.90 Sydney McLaughlinSydney McLaughlin was the maiden name of Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. USA Eugene, Oregon, United States 27 Jun 2021 38 d
52.16 Dalilah Muhammad USA Doha, Qatar 4 Oct 2019 1 yr
52.20 Dalilah Muhammad USA Des Moines, Iowa, United States 28 Jul 2019 68 d
52.34 Yuliya Pechonkina RUS Tula, Russia 8 Aug 2003 15 yrs
52.61 Kim Batten USA Gothenburg, Sweden 11 Aug 1995 7 yrs
52.74 Sally Gunnell GBR Stuttgart, Germany 19 Aug 1993 1 yr
52.94 Marina Stepanova URS Tashkent, Soviet Union 17 Sep 1986 6 yrs
53.32 Marina Stepanova URS Stuttgart, West Germany 30 Aug 1986 18 d
53.55 Sabine Busch GDR East Berlin, East Germany 22 Sep 1985 342 d
53.58 Margarita Ponomaryova URS Kyiv, Soviet Union 22 Jun 1984 1 yr
54.02 Anna Ambrazienė URS Moscow, Soviet Union 11 Jun 1983 1 yr
54.28 Karin Rossley GDR Jena, East Germany 18 May 1980 3 yrs
54.78 Marina MakeyevaMarina Makeyeva was the maiden name of Marina Stepanova. URS Moscow, Soviet Union 27 Jul 1979 296 d
54.89 Tatyana Zelentsova URS Prague, Czechoslovakia 2 Sep 1978 328 d
55.31 Tatyana Zelentsova URS Podolsk, Soviet Union 19 Aug 1978 14 d

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