400 metres hurdles at the World Athletics Championships

400 metres hurdles
at the World Athletics Championships
400 metres hurdles; at the World Athletics Championships
	The finish of the 2019 women's final.
Overview
Gender	Men and women
Years held	Men: 1983 – 2023 ; Women: 1980 – 2023
Championship record
Men	46.29 Alison dos Santos (2022)
Women	50.68 Sydney McLaughlin (2022)
Reigning champion
Men	Karsten Warholm (NOR)
Women	Femke Bol (NED)

The 400 metres hurdles at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by women since 1980 and by men since 1983.

Karsten Warholm is the most successful athlete in the history of the event, winning three medals between 2017 and 2023. Félix Sánchez is the second most successful athlete, winning two gold medals and one silver medal between 2001 and 2007. Nezha Bidouane has the same medal tally as Sanchez and is the most successful female athlete, winning two golds and one silver between 1997 and 2001. Yuliya Pechonkina, Lashinda Demus and Dalilah Muhammad have won the most medals in the event, with four total; all won one gold, two silver and one bronze.

The United States is the most successful nation in the discipline, winning 7 gold medals in the men's discipline, 5 gold medals in the women's discipline and 39 medals in total. Great Britain is the only other nation that has won gold in both the men's and the women's event, winning gold in the women's event in 1993 and gold in the men's event in 2011.

The championship records for the event are 46.29 for men, set by Alison dos Santos in 2022, and 50.68 s for women, set by Sydney McLaughlin, also in 2022. The women's world record has been broken four times at the World Championships: by Sally Gunnell in 1993, Kim Batten in 1995, Dalilah Muhammad in 2019, and Sydney McLaughlin in 2022. The men's world record has never been broken at the competition.

Age records

All information from World Athletics.^[1]

Distinction	Male			Female
Distinction	Athlete	Age	Date	Athlete	Age	Date
Youngest champion	Karsten Warholm (NOR)	21 years, 165 days	9 Aug 2017	Jana Pittman (AUS)	20 years, 292 days	15 Aug 2003
Youngest medalist	Llewellyn Herbert (RSA)	20 years, 14 days	4 Aug 1997	Petra Pfaff (GDR)	19 years, 305 days	16 Aug 1980
Youngest finalist	Jehue Gordon (TTO)	17 years, 246 days	18 Aug 2009	Esther Mahr (USA)	19 years, 137 days	16 Aug 1980
Youngest participant	Jehue Gordon (TTO)	17 years, 243 days	15 Aug 2009	Mirenda Francourt (SEY)	16 years, 99 days	26 Aug 1991
Oldest champion	Edwin Moses (USA)	32 years, 1 day	1 Sep 1987	Nezha Bidouane (MAR)	31 years, 324 days	8 Aug 2001
Oldest medalist	Kriss Akabusi (GBR)	32 years, 272 days	27 Aug 1991	Sandra Glover (USA)	36 years, 226 days	13 Aug 2005
Oldest finalist	Danny McFarlane (JAM)	37 years, 185 days	18 Aug 2009	Sandra Glover (USA)	36 years, 226 days	13 Aug 2005
Oldest participant	Mahau Suguimati (BRA)	37 years, 245 days	16 July 2022	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova (UKR)	37 years, 321 days	28 Aug 2007

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)
2019 Doha details	Karsten Warholm (NOR)	Rai Benjamin (USA)	Abderrahman Samba (QAT)
2022 Eugene details	Alison dos Santos (BRA)	Rai Benjamin (USA)	Trevor Bassitt (USA)
2023 Budapest details	Karsten Warholm (NOR)	Kyron McMaster (BVI)	Rai Benjamin (USA)

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	7	6	5	18
2	Norway (NOR)	3	0	0	3
3	Dominican Republic (DOM)	2	1	0	3
4	Zambia (ZAM)	1	2	0	3
5	France (FRA)	1	1	1	3
6	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
7	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	1	2
8	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	0	1
	Kenya (KEN)	1	0	0	1
	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	1	0	0	1
11	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	2	0	2
12	Germany (GER)	0	1	1	2
	Jamaica (JAM)	0	1	1	2
	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	1	2
15	British Virgin Islands (BVI)	0	1	0	1
	Russia (RUS)	0	1	0	1
	Turkey (TUR)	0	1	0	1
18	Japan (JPN)	0	0	2	2
19	Bahamas (BAH)	0	0	1	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Qatar (QAT)	0	0	1	1
	Serbia (SRB)	0	0	1	1
	Soviet Union (URS)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 entries)		19	19	19	57

Multiple medalists

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Period	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Karsten Warholm	Norway (NOR)	2017–2023	3	0	0	3
2	Félix Sánchez	Dominican Republic (DOM)	2001–2007	2	1	0	3
3	Edwin Moses	United States (USA)	1983–1987	2	0	0	2
3	Kerron Clement	United States (USA)	2007–2009	2	0	0	2
5	Samuel Matete	Zambia (ZAM)	1991–1995	1	2	0	3
6	Stéphane Diagana	France (FRA)	1995–1999	1	1	1	3
7	Fabrizio Mori	Italy (ITA)	1999–2001	1	1	0	2
8	Bershawn Jackson	United States (USA)	2005–2009	1	0	1	2
9	Rai Benjamin	United States (USA)	2019-2023	0	2	1	3
10	Javier Culson	Puerto Rico (PUR)	2009–2011	0	2	0	2
11	Harald Schmid	West Germany (FRG)	1983–1987	0	1	1	2
11	Winthrop Graham	Jamaica (JAM)	1991–1993	0	1	1	2
13	Dai Tamesue	Japan (JPN)	2001–2005	0	0	2	2

Women

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)
2019 Doha details	Dalilah Muhammad (USA)	Sydney McLaughlin (USA)	Rushell Clayton (JAM)
2022 Eugene details	Sydney McLaughlin (USA)	Femke Bol (NED)	Dalilah Muhammad (USA)
2023 Budapest details	Femke Bol (NED)	Shamier Little (USA)	Rushell Clayton (JAM)

Medals by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	5	10	6	21
2	Germany (GER)	2	1	4	7
3	East Germany (GDR)	2	1	3	6
4	Australia (AUS)	2	1	0	3
	Morocco (MAR)	2	1	0	3
	Soviet Union (URS)	2	1	0	3
7	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	0	0	2
8	Jamaica (JAM)	1	2	4	7
9	Russia (RUS)	1	2	3	6
10	Great Britain (GBR)	1	1	0	2
10	Netherlands (NED)	1	1	0	2
12	Cuba (CUB)	1	0	1	2
13	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	0	1
14	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
14	Turkey (TUR)	0	1	0	1
16	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
16	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	0	1	1

Multiple medalists

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Period	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nezha Bidouane	Morocco (MAR)	1997–2001	2	1	0	3
2	Jana Pittman	Australia (AUS)	2003–2007	2	0	0	2
2	Zuzana Hejnová	Czech Republic (CZE)	2013–2015	2	0	0	2
4	Yuliya Pechonkina	Russia (RUS)	2001–2007	1	2	1	4
	Lashinda Demus	United States (USA)	2005–2013	1	2	1	4
	Dalilah Muhammad	United States (USA)	2013–2022	1	2	1	4
7	Sally Gunnell	Great Britain (GBR)	1991–1993	1	1	0	2
	Melaine Walker	Jamaica (JAM)	2009–2011	1	1	0	2
	Sydney McLaughlin	United States (USA)	2019-2022	1	1	0	2
	Femke Bol	Netherlands (NED)	2022-2023	1	1	0	2
11	Kim Batten	United States (USA)	1995–1997	1	0	1	2
11	Daimí Pernía	Cuba (CUB)	1999–2001	1	0	1	2
13	Shamier Little	United States (USA)	2015-2023	0	2	0	2
14	Deon Hemmings	Jamaica (JAM)	1995–1999	0	1	2	3
15	Ellen Fiedler	East Germany (GDR)	1980–1983	0	1	1	2
15	Sandra Glover	United States (USA)	2003–2005	0	1	1	2
17	Rushell Clayton	Jamaica (JAM)	2019-2023	0	0	2	2

Championship record progression

Men

Men's 400 metres hurdles World Championships record progression^[2]
Time	Athlete	Nation	Year	Round	Date
50.44	Andre Philips	United States (USA)	1983	Heats	1983-08-07
50.12	Aleksandr Kharlov	Soviet Union (URS)	1983	Heats	1983-08-07
49.54	Edwin Moses	United States (USA)	1983	Heats	1983-08-07
48.11	Edwin Moses	United States (USA)	1983	Semi-finals	1983-08-08
47.50	Edwin Moses	United States (USA)	1983	Final	1983-08-09
47.46	Edwin Moses	United States (USA)	1987	Final	1987-09-01
47.18	Kevin Young	United States (USA)	1993	Final	1993-08-19
46.29	Alison dos Santos	Brazil (BRA)	2022	Final	2022-07-19

Women

Women's 400 metres hurdles World Championships record progression^[3]
Time	Athlete	Nation	Year	Round	Date
56.43	Yekaterina Fesenko	Soviet Union (URS)	1983	Heats	1983-08-08
56.30	Anna Ambraziene	Soviet Union (URS)	1983	Heats	1983-08-08
55.77	Petra Pfaff	East Germany (GDR)	1983	Semi-finals	1983-08-09
55.18	Anna Ambraziene	Soviet Union (URS)	1983	Semi-finals	1983-08-09
54.14	Yekaterina Fesenko	Soviet Union (URS)	1983	Final	1983-08-10
53.62	Sabine Busch	East Germany (GDR)	1987	Final	1987-09-03
53.11	Tatyana Ledovskaya	Soviet Union (URS)	1991	Final	1991-08-29
52.74 WR	Sally Gunnell	Great Britain (GBR)	1993	Final	1993-08-19
52.61 WR	Kim Batten	United States (USA)	1995	Final	1995-08-11
52.42	Melaine Walker	Jamaica (JAM)	2009	Final	2009-08-20
52.16 WR	Dalilah Muhammad	United States (USA)	2019	Final	2019-10-04
50.68 WR	Sydney McLaughlin	United States (USA)	2022	Final	2022-07-22

Finishing times

Top ten fastest World Championship times

Fastest men's times at the World Championships^[4]
Rank	Time (sec)	Athlete	Nation	Year	Date
1	46.29	Alison dos Santos	Brazil	2022	2022-07-19
2	46.89	Rai Benjamin	United States	2022	2022-07-19
2	46.89	Karsten Warholm	Norway	2023	2023-08-23
4	47.09	Karsten Warholm	Norway	2023^SF	2023-08-21
5	47.18	Kevin Young	United States	1993	1993-08-19
6	47.24	Rai Benjamin	United States	2023^SF	2023-08-21
7	47.25	Felix Sanchez	Dominican Republic	2003	2003-08-29
8	47.30	Bershawn Jackson	United States	2005	2005-08-09
9	47.34	Roshawn Clarke	Jamaica	2023^SF	2023-08-21
9	47.34	Kyron McMaster	British Virgin Islands	2023	2023-08-23

Fastest women's times at the World Championships^[5]
Rank	Time (sec)	Athlete	Nation	Year	Date
1	50.68	Sydney McLaughlin	United States	2022	2022-07-22
2	51.70	Femke Bol	Netherlands	2023	2023-08-24
3	52.16	Dalilah Muhammad	United States	2019	2019-10-04
4	52.17	Sydney McLaughlin	United States	2022^SF	2022-07-20
5	52.23	Sydney McLaughlin	United States	2019	2019-10-04
6	52.27	Femke Bol	Netherlands	2022	2022-07-22
7	52.42	Melaine Walker	Jamaica	2009	2009-10-20
8	52.47	Lashinda Demus	United States	2011	2011-09-01
9	52.61	Kim Batten	United States	1995	1995-08-11
10	52.62	Tonja Buford-Bailey	United States	1995	1995-08-11

References

^ "World Athletics Championships - Budapest 23 Statistical Booklet" (PDF). www.worldathletics.org: 42–45.
^ Main > Men, 400 m hurdles > World Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2024-10-08.
^ Main > Women, 400 m hurdles > World Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2024-10-08.
^ "Men's 400m Hurdles".
^ "Women's 400m Hurdles".

External links

Official IAAF website

[1] "World Athletics Championships - Budapest 23 Statistical Booklet" (PDF). www.worldathletics.org: 42–45.

[2] Main > Men, 400 m hurdles > World Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2024-10-08.

[3] Main > Women, 400 m hurdles > World Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2024-10-08.

[alltime-athletics.com-4] "Men's 400m Hurdles".

[alltime-athletics.women-5] "Women's 400m Hurdles".

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Complete event overview
Men	1980 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023
Women	1980 1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023

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Early editions	Malmö 1976 (one event only) Sittard 1980 (two events only)
Championships	Helsinki 1983 Rome 1987 Tokyo 1991 Stuttgart 1993 Gothenburg 1995 Athens 1997 Seville 1999 Edmonton 2001 Saint-Denis 2003 Helsinki 2005 Osaka 2007 Berlin 2009 Daegu 2011 Moscow 2013 Beijing 2015 London 2017 Doha 2019 Eugene 2022 Budapest 2023 Tokyo 2025 Beijing 2027
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Age records

Medalists

Men

Medal table

Multiple medalists

Women

Medals by country

Multiple medalists

Championship record progression

Men

Women

Finishing times

Top ten fastest World Championship times

See also

References

External links