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Men    Women 100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m 10000 m Marathon Half Marathon 80 m Hurdles 100 m Hurdles 400 m Hurdles 3000 m Steeplechase High Jump Pole Vault Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put Discus Throw Hammer Throw Javelin Throw Pentathlon/Heptathlon

Women, 400 m Hurdles All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated          •   - Then World Record     59.08 Wendy Koenig USA Phoenix May 24, 1973 • • 58.98 Debbie Esser USA Westwood Jun 11, 1976   • 57.24 Arthurine Gainer USA Westwood Jun 11, 1976   • 57.07 Debbie Esser USA Westwood May 21, 1977   • 56.61 Mary Ayers USA Westwood Jun 11, 1977   • 56.40 Sandy Myers USA Eugene May 24, 1980   • 56.16 Esther Mahr USA Sittard Aug 15, 1980   • 55.78 Sharieffa Barksdale USA Knoxville May 21, 1983   • 55.69 Lori McCauley USA Colorado Springs Jul 02, 1983   • 54.99 Judi Brown USA San Jose Jun 09, 1984   • 54.93 Judi Brown USA Los Angeles Jun 22, 1984   • 54.66 Latanya Sheffield USA Austin May 31, 1985   • 54.66* Judi Brown-King USA Brussels Aug 30, 1985   • 54.38 Judi Brown-King USA Rome Sep 07, 1985   • 54.23 Judi Brown-King USA Indianapolis Aug 16, 1987   • 53.75 Sandra Farmer-Patrick USA Houston Jun 17, 1989   • 53.37 Sandra Farmer-Patrick USA New York Jul 22, 1989   • 52.79 Sandra Farmer-Patrick USA Stuttgart Aug 19, 1993   • 52.61 Kim Batten USA Göteborg Aug 10, 1995 • • 52.47 Lashinda Demus USA Daegu Sep 01, 2011   • 52.20 Dalilah Muhammad USA Des Moines, IA Jul 28, 2019 • • 52.16 Dalilah Muhammad USA Doha Oct 04, 2019 • • 51.90 Sydney McLaughlin USA Eugene, OR Jun 27, 2021 • • 51.46 Sydney McLaughlin USA Tokyo Aug 04, 2021 • • 51.41 Sydney McLaughlin USA Eugene, OR Jun 25, 2022 • • 50.68 Sydney McLaughlin USA Eugene, OR Jul 22, 2022 •   50.65 Sydney McLaughlin USA Eugene, OR Jun 30, 2024 •