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Athletics
400 metres
The closing stages of a men's 400 m race
World records
Men Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) 43.03 (2016)
Women Marita Koch (GDR) 47.60 (1985)
Short track world records
Men Kerron Clement (USA) 44.57 (2005)
Women Femke Bol (NED) 49.17 (2024)
Olympic records
Men Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) 43.03 (2016)
Women Marileidy Paulino (DOM) 48.17 (2024)
World Championship records
Men Michael Johnson (USA) 43.18 (1999)
Women Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 47.99 (1983)
World junior (U20) records
Men Steve Lewis (USA) 43.87 (1988)
Women Grit Breuer (GER) 49.42 (1991)

The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint 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[clarification needed] countries, athletes previously competed in the 440-yard dash (402.336 m)—which is a quarter of a mile (1,760 yards) 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 and Olympic record is held by Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa; his time of 43.03 seconds is the fastest 400 m ever run, in either an open 400 m or a relay. While Michael Johnson holds the fastest 400 m relay split with a time of 42.94, relay splits are typically faster because athletes have a running start and do not need to react to the gun if they are not the leadoff leg. Considering van Niekerk's reaction time of 0.181 seconds in his run of 43.03, van Niekerk covered the 400-metre distance itself in 42.85 seconds, therefore being 0.09 s faster than Johnson's relay split.[2]

Quincy Hall is the reigning men's Olympic champion. Antonio Watson is the current men's world champion. Christopher Morales Williams is the men's world indoor record holder with a time of 44.49 seconds.[3]

The current women's world record is held by Marita Koch, with a time of 47.60 seconds. Marileidy Paulino is the current women's world champion and women’s Olympic champion, and holds the Olympic record in a time of 48.17 seconds. Femke Bol holds the women's world indoor record at 49.17 (2024). The men's T43 Paralympic world record of 45.07 seconds is held by Oscar Pistorius.[4]

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 (as of 2019).

Continental records

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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) 43.44 Matthew Hudson-Smith  Great Britain 47.60 WR Marita Koch  East Germany
North, Central America
and Caribbean (records)		 43.18 Michael Johnson  United States 48.17 Marileidy Paulino  Dominican Republic
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

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Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 400m times and the top 25 athletes:
- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 400m times
- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 400m times, by repeat athletes
- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 400m times

Men (outdoor)

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See also: Men's 400 metres world record progression
  • Correct as of August 2024.[7][8]
Ath.# Perf.# Time (s) Reaction (s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 43.03 0.181 Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa 14 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro [9]
2 2 43.18 0.150 Michael Johnson  United States 26 August 1999 Seville [10]
3 3 43.29 Butch Reynolds  United States 17 August 1988 Zürich
4 43.39 Johnson #2 9 August 1995 Gothenburg
4 5 43.40 0.168 Quincy Hall  United States 7 August 2024 Saint-Denis [11]
6 43.44 Johnson #3 19 June 1996 Atlanta
5 6 43.44 0.149 Matthew Hudson-Smith  Great Britain 7 August 2024 Saint-Denis [11]
6 8 43.45 0.182 Jeremy Wariner  United States 31 August 2007 Osaka [12]
Michael Norman  United States 20 April 2019 Torrance [13]
10 43.48 0.156 van Niekerk #2 26 August 2015 Beijing [14]
8 11 43.48 0.164 Steven Gardiner  Bahamas 4 October 2019 Doha [15][16]
12 43.49 Johnson #4 29 July 1996 Atlanta
9 13 43.50 Quincy Watts  United States 5 August 1992 Barcelona
14 43.50 Wariner #2 7 August 2007 Stockholm
15 43.56 Norman #2 25 June 2022 Eugene [17]
16 43.60 0.130 Norman #3 28 May 2022 Eugene [18][19]
17 43.61 Norman #4 8 June 2018 Eugene
18 43.62 Wariner #3 14 July 2006 Rome
0.164 van Niekerk #3 6 July 2017 Lausanne [20]
10 20 43.64 Fred Kerley  United States 27 July 2019 Des Moines [21]
21 43.65 Johnson #5 17 August 1993 Stuttgart
11 21 43.65 0.195 LaShawn Merritt  United States 26 August 2015 Beijing [22]
23 43.66 Johnson #6 16 June 1995 Sacramento
Johnson #7 3 July 1996 Lausanne
25 43.68 Johnson #8 12 August 1998 Zürich
12 43.70 Champion Allison  United States 25 June 2022 Eugene [17]
13 43.72 Isaac Makwala  Botswana 5 July 2015 La Chaux-de-Fonds [23]
14 43.74 Kirani James  Grenada 3 July 2014 Lausanne [24]
0.185 Muzala Samukonga  Zambia 7 August 2024 Saint-Denis [11]
16 43.78 0.144 Jereem Richards  Trinidad and Tobago 7 August 2024 Saint-Denis [11]
17 43.81 Danny Everett  United States 26 June 1992 New Orleans
18 43.85 Randolph Ross  United States 11 June 2021 Eugene [25]
19 43.86 A Lee Evans  United States 18 October 1968 Mexico City
20 43.87 Steve Lewis  United States 28 September 1988 Seoul
21 43.93 Yousef Masrahi  Saudi Arabia 23 August 2015 Beijing [26]
Rusheen McDonald  Jamaica 23 August 2015 Beijing [26]
Anthony Zambrano  Colombia 2 August 2021 Tokyo [27]
24 43.94 Akeem Bloomfield  Jamaica 8 June 2018 Eugene [28]
25 43.97 Larry James  United States 18 October 1968 Mexico City

Women (outdoor)

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See also: Women's 400 metres world record progression
Ath.# Perf.# Time (s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 47.60 Marita Koch  East Germany 6 October 1985 Canberra
2 2 47.99 Jarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia 10 August 1983 Helsinki
3 3 48.14 Salwa Eid Naser  Bahrain 3 October 2019 Doha [31]
4 48.16 Koch #2 8 September 1982 Athens
Koch #3 16 August 1984 Prague
4 6 48.17 Marileidy Paulino  Dominican Republic 9 August 2024 Saint-Denis [32]
7 48.22 Koch #4 28 August 1986 Stuttgart
5 8 48.25 Marie-José Pérec  France 29 July 1996 Atlanta
9 48.26 Koch #5 27 July 1984 Dresden
6 10 48.27 Olga Bryzgina  Soviet Union 6 October 1985 Canberra
7 11 48.36 Shaunae Miller-Uibo  Bahamas 6 August 2021 Tokyo
12 48.37 Miller-Uibo #2 3 October 2019 Doha
13 48.45 Kratochvílová #2 23 July 1983 Prague
14 48.53 Naser #2 9 August 2024 Saint-Denis [32]
8 15 48.57 Nickisha Pryce  Jamaica 20 July 2024 London [33]
9 16 48.59 Taťána Kocembová  Czechoslovakia 10 August 1983 Helsinki
17 48.60 Koch #6 4 August 1979 Turin
Bryzgina #2 17 August 1985 Moscow
19 48.61 Kratochvílová #3 6 September 1981 Rome
10 20 48.63 Cathy Freeman  Australia 29 July 1996 Atlanta
21 48.65 Bryzgina #3 26 September 1988 Seoul
22 48.66 Paulino #2 25 August 2024 Chorzów [34]
11 23 48.70 Sanya Richards-Ross  United States 16 September 2006 Athens
24 48.73 Kocembová #2 16 August 1984 Prague
12 25 48.74 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone  United States 8 July 2023 Eugene [35]
13 48.83 Valerie Brisco-Hooks  United States 6 August 1984 Los Angeles
14 48.89 Ana Guevara  Mexico 27 August 2003 Saint-Denis
15 48.90 Natalia Kaczmarek  Poland 20 July 2024 London [33]
16 49.05 Chandra Cheeseborough  United States 6 August 1984 Los Angeles
17 49.07 Tonique Williams-Darling  Bahamas 12 September 2004 Berlin
Rhasidat Adeleke  Ireland 10 June 2024 Rome [36]
19 49.10 Falilat Ogunkoya  Nigeria 29 July 1996 Atlanta
20 49.11 Olga Nazarova  Soviet Union 25 September 1988 Seoul
21 49.13 Britton Wilson  United States 13 May 2023 Baton Rouge [37]
Kaylyn Brown  United States 8 June 2024 Eugene [38]
23 49.16 Antonina Krivoshapka  Russia 5 July 2012 Cheboksary
24 49.19 Mariya Pinigina  Soviet Union 10 August 1983 Helsinki
25 49.22 Christine Mboma  Namibia 17 April 2021 Windhoek

Annulled marks

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Men (indoor)

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  • Correct as of September 2024.[39]
Ath.# Perf.# Time (s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 44.49 Christopher Morales Williams  Canada 24 February 2024 Fayetteville [40]
2 2 44.52 Michael Norman  United States 10 March 2018 College Station
3 3 44.57 Kerron Clement  United States 12 March 2005 Fayetteville
4 4 44.62 Randolph Ross  United States 12 March 2022 Birmingham [41]
5 5 44.63 Michael Johnson  United States 4 March 1995 Atlanta
6 44.66 Johnson #2 2 March 1996 Atlanta
7 44.67 Morales Williams #2 7 March 2024 Boston
6 8 46.71 Noah Williams  United States 13 March 2021 Fayetteville [42]
7 9 44.75 Elija Godwin  United States 25 February 2023 Fayetteville [43]
10 44.75 A Godwin #2 11 March 2023 Albuquerque [44]
8 11 44.80 Kirani James  Grenada 27 February 2011 Fayetteville
9 12 44.82 Tyrell Richard  United States 9 March 2019 Birmingham [45]
13 44.83 Ross #2 11 February 2022 Clemson
10 14 44.85 Fred Kerley  United States 11 March 2017 College Station
11 15 44.86 Akeem Bloomfield  Jamaica 10 March 2018 College Station
12 16 44.88 Bralon Taplin  Grenada 3 February 2018 College Station
13 17 44.91 Auhmad Robinson  United States 9 March 2024 Boston [46]
14 18 44.93 LaShawn Merritt  United States 11 February 2005 Fayetteville
44.93 A Ryan Willie  United States 11 March 2023 Albuquerque [47]
20 44.94 Kerley #2 25 February 2017 Nashville
21 44.97 Johnson #3 10 February 1995 Reno
22 44.99 Ross #3 13 March 2021 Fayetteville
23 45.00 Norman #2 9 February 2018 Clemson
16 23 45.00 Jereem Richards  Trinidad and Tobago 19 March 2022 Belgrade [48]
17 25 45.02 Danny Everett  United States 2 February 1992 Stuttgart
25 45.02 Kerley #3 10 February 2017 Clemson
Bloomfield #2 9 February 2018 Clemson
17 25 45.02 Khaleb McCrae  United States 3 February 2024 Albuquerque
19 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 [45]
22 45.04 Champion Allison  United States 26 February 2022 College Station [49]
23 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 [50]
Trevor Bassitt  United States 19 March 2022 Belgrade [48]
Jacory Patterson  United States 25 February 2023 Fayetteville

Women (indoor)

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  • Correct as of March 2024.[51]
Ath.# Perf.# Time (s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 49.17 Femke Bol  Netherlands 2 March 2024 Glasgow [52]
2 49.24 Bol #2 17 February 2024 Apeldoorn [53]
3 49.26 Bol #3 19 February 2023 Apeldoorn [54]
2 4 49.48 A Britton Wilson  United States 11 March 2023 Albuquerque [44]
3 5 49.59 Jarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia 7 March 1982 Milan
6 49.63 Bol #4 10 February 2024 Liévin [55]
7 49.64 Kratochvílová #2 28 January 1981 Vienna
4 8 49.68 Natalya Nazarova  Russia 18 February 2004 Moscow
9 49.69 Kratochvílová #3 6 March 1983 Budapest
Bol #5 1 February 2024 Metz [56]
5 11 49.76 Taťána Kocembová  Czechoslovakia 2 February 1984 Vienna
12 49.85 Bol #6 4 March 2023 Istanbul [57]
13 49.96 Bol #7 11 February 2023 Metz [58]
14 49.97 Kocembová #2 4 March 1984 Göteborg
15 49.98 Nazarova #2 18 February 2006 Moscow
16 50.00 Kratochvílová #4 10 February 1983 Vienna
6 17 50.01 Sabine Busch  East Germany 2 February 1984 Vienna
7 18 50.02 Nicola Sanders  Great Britain 3 March 2007 Birmingham
8 19 50.04 Olesya Krasnomovets  Russia 18 February 2006 Moscow
19 50.04 Krasnomovets #2 12 March 2006 Moscow
21 50.07 Kratochvílová #5 22 February 1981 Grenoble
9 22 50.10 Lieke Klaver  Netherlands 18 February 2024 Apeldoorn [59]
10 23 50.15 Olga Zaytseva  Russia 25 January 2006 Moscow
11 24 50.15 Talitha Diggs  United States 25 February 2023 Fayetteville [60]
25 50.16 Klaver #2 2 March 2024 Glasgow [52]
12 50.21 Vania Stambolova  Bulgaria 12 March 2006 Moscow
Shaunae Miller-Uibo  Bahamas 13 February 2021 New York City [61]
14 50.23 Irina Privalova  Russia 12 March 1995 Barcelona
15 50.24 Alexis Holmes  United States 2 March 2024 Glasgow [52]
16 50.28 Petra Müller  East Germany 6 March 1988 Budapest
17 50.33 Rhasidat Adeleke  Ireland 25 February 2023 Lubbock [60]
18 50.34 Christine Amertil  Bahamas 12 March 2006 Moscow
Kendall Ellis  United States 10 March 2018 College Station
20 50.36 Sydney McLaughlin  United States 10 March 2018 College Station
21 50.37 Natalya Antyukh  Russia 18 February 2006 Moscow
22 50.40 Dagmar Neubauer  East Germany 2 February 1984 Vienna
23 50.41 Svetlana Pospelova  Russia 5 March 2005 Madrid
24 50.42 Olga Kotlyarova  Russia 27 January 2001 Moscow
25 50.43 Amber Anning  Great Britain 24 February 2024 Fayetteville [62]

Fastest relay splits

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Most successful athletes

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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.
  • 3 wins: Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH) - Olympic Champion in 2016 and 2020, World Champion in 2022.

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

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Men

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
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1896 Athens
details 		Thomas Burke
 United States 		Herbert Jamison
 United States 		Charles Gmelin
 Great Britain
1900 Paris
details 		Maxie Long
 United States 		William Holland
 United States 		Ernst Schultz
 Denmark
1904 St. Louis
details 		Harry Hillman
 United States 		Frank Waller
 United States 		Herman Groman
 United States
1908 London
details 		Wyndham Halswelle
 Great Britain 		None awarded None awarded
1912 Stockholm
details 		Charles Reidpath
 United States 		Hanns Braun
 Germany 		Edward Lindberg
 United States
1920 Antwerp
details 		Bevil Rudd
 South Africa 		Guy Butler
 Great Britain 		Nils Engdahl
 Sweden
1924 Paris
details 		Eric Liddell
 Great Britain 		Horatio Fitch
 United States 		Guy Butler
 Great Britain
1928 Amsterdam
details 		Ray Barbuti
 United States 		James Ball
 Canada 		Joachim Büchner
 Germany
1932 Los Angeles
details 		Bill Carr
 United States 		Ben Eastman
 United States 		Alex Wilson
 Canada
1936 Berlin
details 		Archie Williams
 United States 		Godfrey Brown
 Great Britain 		James LuValle
 United States
1948 London
details 		Arthur Wint
 Jamaica 		Herb McKenley
 Jamaica 		Mal Whitfield
 United States
1952 Helsinki
details 		George Rhoden
 Jamaica 		Herb McKenley
 Jamaica 		Ollie Matson
 United States
1956 Melbourne
details 		Charles Jenkins
 United States 		Karl-Friedrich Haas
 United Team of Germany 		Voitto Hellsten
 Finland
Ardalion Ignatyev
 Soviet Union
1960 Rome
details 		Otis Davis
 United States 		Carl Kaufmann
 United Team of Germany 		Malcolm Spence
 South Africa
1964 Tokyo
details 		Mike Larrabee
 United States 		Wendell Mottley
 Trinidad and Tobago 		Andrzej Badeński
 Poland
1968 Mexico City
details 		Lee Evans
 United States 		Larry James
 United States 		Ron Freeman
 United States
1972 Munich
details 		Vincent Matthews
 United States 		Wayne Collett
 United States 		Julius Sang
 Kenya
1976 Montreal
details 		Alberto Juantorena
 Cuba 		Fred Newhouse
 United States 		Herman Frazier
 United States
1980 Moscow
details 		Viktor Markin
 Soviet Union 		Rick Mitchell
 Australia 		Frank Schaffer
 East Germany
1984 Los Angeles
details 		Alonzo Babers
 United States 		Gabriel Tiacoh
 Ivory Coast 		Antonio McKay
 United States
1988 Seoul
details 		Steve Lewis
 United States 		Butch Reynolds
 United States 		Danny Everett
 United States
1992 Barcelona
details 		Quincy Watts
 United States 		Steve Lewis
 United States 		Samson Kitur
 Kenya
1996 Atlanta
details 		Michael Johnson
 United States 		Roger Black
 Great Britain 		Davis Kamoga
 Uganda
2000 Sydney
details 		Michael Johnson
 United States 		Alvin Harrison
 United States 		Greg Haughton
 Jamaica
2004 Athens
details 		Jeremy Wariner
 United States 		Otis Harris
 United States 		Derrick Brew
 United States
2008 Beijing
details 		LaShawn Merritt
 United States 		Jeremy Wariner
 United States 		David Neville
 United States
2012 London
details 		Kirani James
 Grenada 		Luguelín Santos
 Dominican Republic 		Lalonde Gordon
 Trinidad and Tobago
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details 		Wayde van Niekerk
 South Africa 		Kirani James
 Grenada 		LaShawn Merritt
 United States
2020 Tokyo
details 		Steven Gardiner
 Bahamas 		Anthony Zambrano
 Colombia 		Kirani James
 Grenada
2024 Paris
details 		Quincy Hall
 United States 		Matthew Hudson Smith
 Great Britain 		Muzala Samukonga
 Zambia

Women

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
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1964 Tokyo
details 		Betty Cuthbert
 Australia 		Ann Packer
 Great Britain 		Judy Amoore
 Australia
1968 Mexico City
details 		Colette Besson
 France 		Lillian Board
 Great Britain 		Natalya Pechonkina
 Soviet Union
1972 Munich
details 		Monika Zehrt
 East Germany 		Rita Wilden
 West Germany 		Kathy Hammond
 United States
1976 Montreal
details 		Irena Szewińska
 Poland 		Christina Brehmer
 East Germany 		Ellen Streidt
 East Germany
1980 Moscow
details 		Marita Koch
 East Germany 		Jarmila Kratochvílová
 Czechoslovakia 		Christina Lathan
 East Germany
1984 Los Angeles
details 		Valerie Brisco-Hooks
 United States 		Chandra Cheeseborough
 United States 		Kathy Smallwood-Cook
 Great Britain
1988 Seoul
details 		Olga Bryzgina
 Soviet Union 		Petra Müller
 East Germany 		Olga Nazarova
 Soviet Union
1992 Barcelona
details 		Marie-José Pérec
 France 		Olga Bryzgina
 Unified Team 		Ximena Restrepo
 Colombia
1996 Atlanta
details 		Marie-José Pérec
 France 		Cathy Freeman
 Australia 		Falilat Ogunkoya
 Nigeria
2000 Sydney
details 		Cathy Freeman
 Australia 		Lorraine Graham
 Jamaica 		Katharine Merry
 Great Britain
2004 Athens
details 		Tonique Williams-Darling
 Bahamas 		Ana Guevara
 Mexico 		Natalya Antyukh
 Russia
2008 Beijing
details 		Christine Ohuruogu
 Great Britain 		Shericka Williams
 Jamaica 		Sanya Richards
 United States
2012 London
details 		Sanya Richards-Ross
 United States 		Christine Ohuruogu
 Great Britain 		DeeDee Trotter
 United States
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details 		Shaunae Miller
 Bahamas 		Allyson Felix
 United States 		Shericka Jackson
 Jamaica
2020 Tokyo
details 		Shaunae Miller-Uibo
 Bahamas 		Marileidy Paulino
 Dominican Republic 		Allyson Felix
 United States
2024 Paris
details 		Marileidy Paulino
 Dominican Republic 		Salwa Eid Naser
 Bahrain 		Natalia Kaczmarek
 Poland

World Championships medalists

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Men

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Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
details 		 Bert Cameron (JAM)  Michael Franks (USA)  Sunder Nix (USA)
1987 Rome
details 		 Thomas Schönlebe (GDR)  Innocent Egbunike (NGA)  Harry Reynolds (USA)
1991 Tokyo
details 		 Antonio Pettigrew (USA)  Roger Black (GBR)  Danny Everett (USA)
1993 Stuttgart
details 		 Michael Johnson (USA)  Butch Reynolds (USA)  Samson Kitur (KEN)
1995 Gothenburg
details 		 Michael Johnson (USA)  Butch Reynolds (USA)  Greg Haughton (JAM)
1997 Athens
details 		 Michael Johnson (USA)  Davis Kamoga (UGA)  Tyree Washington (USA)
1999 Seville
details 		 Michael Johnson (USA)  Sanderlei Parrela (BRA)  Alejandro Cárdenas (MEX)
2001 Edmonton
details 		 Avard Moncur (BAH)  Ingo Schultz (GER)  Greg Haughton (JAM)
2003 Saint-Denis
details 		 Tyree Washington (USA)  Marc Raquil (FRA)  Michael Blackwood (JAM)
2005 Helsinki
details 		 Jeremy Wariner (USA)  Andrew Rock (USA)  Tyler Christopher (CAN)
2007 Osaka
details 		 Jeremy Wariner (USA)  LaShawn Merritt (USA)  Angelo Taylor (USA)
2009 Berlin
details 		 LaShawn Merritt (USA)  Jeremy Wariner (USA)  Renny Quow (TRI)
2011 Daegu
details 		 Kirani James (GRN)  LaShawn Merritt (USA)  Kévin Borlée (BEL)
2013 Moscow
details 		 LaShawn Merritt (USA)  Tony McQuay (USA)  Luguelín Santos (DOM)
2015 Beijing
details 		 Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)  LaShawn Merritt (USA)  Kirani James (GRN)
2017 London
details 		 Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)  Steven Gardiner (BAH)  Abdalelah Haroun (QAT)
2019 Doha
details 		 Steven Gardiner (BAH)  Anthony Zambrano (COL)  Fred Kerley (USA)
2022 Eugene
details 		 Michael Norman (USA)  Kirani James (GRN)  Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR)
2023 Budapest
details 		 Antonio Watson (JAM)  Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR)  Quincy Hall (USA)

Medalists by country

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 11 8 6 27
2  South Africa (RSA) 2 0 0 2
3  East Germany (GDR) 1 0 0 1
4  Bahamas (BAH) 2 1 0 3
5  Jamaica (JAM) 2 0 3 5
6  Grenada (GRN) 1 1 1 3
7  Great Britain (GBR) 0 2 1 3
8  Brazil (BRA) 0 1 0 1
 France (FRA) 0 1 0 1
 Germany (GER) 0 1 0 1
 Nigeria (NGR) 0 1 0 1
 Uganda (UGA) 0 1 0 1
13  Belgium (BEL) 0 0 1 1
 Canada (CAN) 0 0 1 1
 Dominican Republic (DOM) 0 0 1 1
 Kenya (KEN) 0 0 1 1
 Mexico (MEX) 0 0 1 1
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 0 0 1 1

Women

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Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
details 		 Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH)  Taťána Kocembová (TCH)  Mariya Pinigina (URS)
1987 Rome
details 		 Olga Bryzgina (URS)  Petra Muller (GDR)  Kirsten Emmelmann (GDR)
1991 Tokyo
details 		 Marie-José Pérec (FRA)  Grit Breuer (GER)  Sandra Myers (ESP)
1993 Stuttgart
details 		 Jearl Miles (USA)  Natasha Kaiser-Brown (USA)  Sandie Richards (JAM)
1995 Gothenburg
details 		 Marie-José Pérec (FRA)  Pauline Davis (BAH)  Jearl Miles (USA)
1997 Athens
details 		 Cathy Freeman (AUS)  Sandie Richards (JAM)  Jearl Miles Clark (USA)
1999 Seville
details 		 Cathy Freeman (AUS)  Anja Rücker (GER)  Lorraine Graham-Fenton (JAM)
2001 Edmonton
details 		 Amy Mbacké Thiam (SEN)  Lorraine Fenton (JAM)  Ana Guevara (MEX)
2003 Saint-Denis
details 		 Ana Guevara (MEX)  Lorraine Fenton (JAM)  Amy Mbacké Thiam (SEN)
2005 Helsinki
details 		 Tonique Williams-Darling (BAH)  Sanya Richards (USA)  Ana Guevara (MEX)
2007 Osaka
details 		 Christine Ohuruogu (GBR)  Nicola Sanders (GBR)  Novlene Williams (JAM)
2009 Berlin
details 		 Sanya Richards (USA)  Shericka Williams (JAM)  Antonina Krivoshapka (RUS)
2011 Daegu
details 		 Amantle Montsho (BOT)  Allyson Felix (USA)  Francena McCorory (USA)§
2013 Moscow
details 		 Christine Ohuruogu (GBR)  Amantle Montsho (BOT)  Stephanie McPherson (JAM)§
2015 Beijing
details 		 Allyson Felix (USA)  Shaunae Miller (BAH)  Shericka Jackson (JAM)
2017 London
details 		 Phyllis Francis (USA)  Salwa Eid Naser (BHR)  Allyson Felix (USA)
2019 Doha
details 		 Salwa Eid Naser (BHR)  Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH)  Shericka Jackson (JAM)
2022 Eugene
details 		 Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH)  Marileidy Paulino (DOM)  Sada Williams (BAR)
2023 Budapest
details 		 Marileidy Paulino (DOM)  Natalia Kaczmarek (POL)  Sada Williams (BAR)

§ : awarded following doping disqualification.

Medalists by country

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 4 3 4 11
2  Great Britain (GBR) 2 1 0 3
3  Australia (AUS) 2 0 0 2
 France (FRA) 2 0 0 2
5  Bahamas (BAH) 1 3 0 4
6  Dominican Republic (DOM) 1 1 0 2
 Botswana (BOT) 1 1 0 2
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1 1 0 2
 Bahrain (BHR) 1 1 0 2
10  Mexico (MEX) 1 0 2 3
11  Senegal (SEN) 1 0 1 2
 Soviet Union (URS) 1 0 1 2
13  Jamaica (JAM) 0 4 6 10
14  Germany (GER) 0 2 0 2
15  East Germany (GDR) 0 1 1 2
16  Poland (POL) 0 1 0 1
17  Barbados (BAR) 0 0 2 2
 Russia (RUS) 0 0 2 2
13  Spain (ESP) 0 0 1 1

World Indoor Championships medalists

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Men

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1985 Paris[A]  Thomas Schönlebe (GDR)  Todd Bennett (GBR)  Mark Rowe (USA)
1987 Indianapolis
details 		 Antonio McKay (USA)  Roberto Hernández (CUB)  Michael Franks (USA)
1989 Budapest
details 		 Antonio McKay (USA)  Ian Morris (TTO)  Cayetano Cornet (ESP)
1991 Seville
details 		 Devon Morris (JAM)  Samson Kitur (KEN)  Cayetano Cornet (ESP)
1993 Toronto
details 		 Butch Reynolds (USA)  Sunday Bada (NGR)  Darren Clark (AUS)
1995 Barcelona
details 		 Darnell Hall (USA)  Sunday Bada (NGR)  Mikhail Vdovin (RUS)
1997 Paris
details 		 Sunday Bada (NGR)  Jamie Baulch (GBR)  Shunji Karube (JPN)
1999 Maebashi
details 		 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
details 		 Pavel Maslák (CZE)  Michael Cherry (USA)  Deon Lendore (TTO)
2022 Belgrade
details 		 Jereem Richards (TTO)  Trevor Bassitt (USA)  Carl Bengtström (SWE)
2024 Glasgow
details 		 Alexander Doom (BEL)  Karsten Warholm (NOR)  Rusheen McDonald (JAM)

Women

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1985 Paris[A]  Diane Dixon (USA)  Regine Berg (BEL)  Charmaine Crooks (CAN)
1987 Indianapolis
details 		 Sabine Busch (GDR)  Lillie Leatherwood (USA)  Judit Forgács (HUN)
1989 Budapest
details 		 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
details 		 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)  Vania Stambolova (BUL)  Amantle Montsho (BOT)
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)
2022 Belgrade
details 		 Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH)  Femke Bol (NED)  Stephenie Ann McPherson (JAM)
2024 Glasgow
details 		 Femke Bol (NED)  Lieke Klaver (NED)  Alexis Holmes (USA)
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Season's bests

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Notes and references

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