Battle of Honey Springs

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 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 is held by Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa, with a time of 43.03 seconds. Van Niekerk is also the Olympic record holder. Steven Gardiner is the reigning Olympic Champion. Antonio Watson is the current world champion. Christopher Morales Williams is the world indoor record holder with a time of 44.49 seconds.[2] The current women's world record is held by Marita Koch, with a time of 47.60 seconds. Shaunae Miller-Uibo is the reigning women's Olympic champion. Marileidy Paulino is the current world champion. 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.[3]

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.

Continental records

  • Updated 22 December 2020.[4][5]
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) 44.26 Matthew Hudson-Smith  Great Britain 47.60 WR Marita Koch  East Germany
North, Central America
and Caribbean
(records)
43.18 Michael Johnson  United States 48.36 Shaunae Miller-Uibo  Bahamas
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

Men (outdoor)

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 [8]
2 2 43.18 0.150 Michael Johnson  United States 26 August 1999 Seville [9]
3 3 43.29 Butch Reynolds  United States 17 August 1988 Zürich
4 43.39 Johnson #2 9 August 1995 Gothenburg
5 43.44 Johnson #3 19 June 1996 Atlanta
4 6 43.45 0.182 Jeremy Wariner  United States 31 August 2007 Osaka [10]
Michael Norman  United States 20 April 2019 Torrance [11]
8 43.48 0.156 van Niekerk #2 26 August 2015 Beijing [12]
6 8 43.48 0.164 Steven Gardiner  Bahamas 4 October 2019 Doha [13][14]
10 43.49 Johnson #4 29 July 1996 Atlanta
7 11 43.50 Quincy Watts  United States 5 August 1992 Barcelona
11 43.50 Wariner #2 7 August 2007 Stockholm
13 43.56 Norman #2 25 June 2022 Eugene [15]
14 43.60 0.130 Norman #3 28 May 2022 Eugene [16][17]
15 43.61 Norman #4 8 June 2018 Eugene
16 43.62 Wariner #3 14 July 2006 Rome
0.164 van Niekerk #3 6 July 2017 Lausanne [18]
8 18 43.64 Fred Kerley  United States 27 July 2019 Des Moines [19]
19 43.65 Johnson #5 17 August 1993 Stuttgart
9 19 43.65 0.195 LaShawn Merritt  United States 26 August 2015 Beijing [20]
21 43.66 Johnson #6 16 June 1995 Sacramento
Johnson #7 3 July 1996 Lausanne
23 43.68 Johnson #8 12 August 1998 Zürich
Johnson #9 16 July 2000 Sacramento
25 43.70 Kerley #2 26 May 2017 Austin
10 25 43.70 Champion Allison  United States 25 June 2022 Eugene [21]
11 43.72 Isaac Makwala  Botswana 5 July 2015 La Chaux-de-Fonds [22]
12 43.74 Kirani James  Grenada 3 July 2014 Lausanne [23]
13 43.81 Danny Everett  United States 26 June 1992 New Orleans
14 43.85 Randolph Ross  United States 11 June 2021 Eugene [24]
15 43.86 A Lee Evans  United States 18 October 1968 Mexico City
16 43.87 Steve Lewis  United States 28 September 1988 Seoul
17 43.91 A Muzala Samukonga  Zambia 29 April 2023 Gaborone [25]
18 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]
21 43.94 Akeem Bloomfield  Jamaica 8 June 2018 Eugene [28]
22 43.97 A Larry James  United States 18 October 1968 Mexico City
23 44.01 Machel Cedenio  Trinidad and Tobago 14 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro [8]
24 44.02 Baboloki Thebe  Botswana 6 July 2017 Lausanne [29]
25 44.03 Michael Cherry  United States 3 September 2021 Brussels [30]

Women (outdoor)

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 [33]
4 48.16 Koch #2 8 September 1982 Athens
Koch #3 16 August 1984 Prague
6 48.22 Koch #4 28 August 1986 Stuttgart
4 7 48.25 Marie-José Pérec  France 29 July 1996 Atlanta
8 48.26 Koch #5 27 July 1984 Dresden
5 9 48.27 Olga Bryzgina  Soviet Union 6 October 1985 Canberra
6 10 48.36 Shaunae Miller-Uibo  Bahamas 6 August 2021 Tokyo
11 48.37 Miller-Uibo #2 3 October 2019 Doha
12 48.45 Kratochvílová #2 23 July 1983 Prague
7 13 48.59 Taťána Kocembová  Czechoslovakia 10 August 1983 Helsinki
14 48.60 Koch #6 4 August 1979 Turin
Bryzgina #2 17 August 1985 Moscow
16 48.61 Kratochvílová #3 6 September 1981 Rome
8 17 48.63 Cathy Freeman  Australia 29 July 1996 Atlanta
18 48.65 Bryzgina #3 26 September 1988 Seoul
9 19 48.70 Sanya Richards-Ross  United States 16 September 2006 Athens
20 48.73 Kocembová #2 16 August 1984 Prague
10 21 48.74 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone  United States 8 July 2023 Eugene [34]
11 22 48.76 Marileidy Paulino  Dominican Republic 23 August 2023 Budapest [35]
23 48.77 Koch #7 9 July 1982 Karl-Marx-Stadt
24 48.82 Kratochvílová #4 23 June 1983 Prague
12 25 48.83 Valerie Brisco-Hooks  United States 6 August 1984 Los Angeles
25 48.83 Pérec #2 5 August 1992 Barcelona
Richards-Ross #2 4 September 2009 Brussels
13 48.89 Ana Guevara  Mexico 27 August 2003 Saint-Denis
14 49.05 Chandra Cheeseborough  United States 6 August 1984 Los Angeles
15 49.07 Tonique Williams-Darling  Bahamas 12 September 2004 Berlin
16 49.10 Falilat Ogunkoya  Nigeria 29 July 1996 Atlanta
17 49.11 Olga Nazarova  Soviet Union 25 September 1988 Seoul
18 49.13 Britton Wilson  United States 13 May 2023 Baton Rouge [36]
19 49.16 Antonina Krivoshapka  Russia 5 July 2012 Cheboksary
20 49.19 Mariya Pinigina  Soviet Union 10 August 1983 Helsinki
21 49.20 Rhasidat Adeleke  Ireland 10 June 2023 Austin [37]
22 49.22 Christine Mboma  Namibia 17 April 2021 Windhoek
23 49.24 Sabine Busch  East Germany 2 June 1984 Erfurt
24 49.26 Allyson Felix  United States 27 August 2015 Beijing [38]
25 49.28 Pauline Davis  Bahamas 29 July 1996 Atlanta

Annulled marks

Men (indoor)

  • Correct as of March 2024.[40]
Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 44.49 Christopher Morales Williams  Canada 24 February 2024 Fayetteville [41]
2 44.52 Michael Norman  United States 10 March 2018 College Station
3 44.57 Kerron Clement  United States 12 March 2005 Fayetteville
4 44.62 Randolph Ross  United States 12 March 2022 Birmingham [42]
5 44.63 Michael Johnson  United States 4 March 1995 Atlanta
6 44.71 Noah Williams  United States 13 March 2021 Fayetteville [43]
7 44.75 Elija Godwin  United States 25 February 2023 Fayetteville [44]
44.75 A 11 March 2023 Albuquerque [45]
8 44.80 Kirani James  Grenada 27 February 2011 Fayetteville
9 44.82 Tyrell Richard  United States 9 March 2019 Birmingham [46]
10 44.85 Fred Kerley  United States 11 March 2017 College Station
11 44.86 Akeem Bloomfield  Jamaica 10 March 2018 College Station
12 44.88 Bralon Taplin  Grenada 3 February 2018 College Station
13 44.91 Aumad Robinson  United States 9 March 2024 Boston [47]
14 44.93 LaShawn Merritt  United States 11 February 2005 Fayetteville
44.93 A Ryan Willie  United States 11 March 2023 Albuquerque [48]
16 45.00 Jereem Richards  Trinidad and Tobago 19 March 2022 Belgrade [49]
17 45.02 Danny Everett  United States 2 February 1992 Stuttgart
18 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 [46]
21 45.04 Champion Allison  United States 26 February 2022 College Station [50]
22 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 [51]
Trevor Bassitt  United States 19 March 2022 Belgrade [52]
Jacory Patterson  United States 25 February 2023 Fayetteville [53]

Notes

While recognized as world bests, the times of 44.52 by Michael Norman and 44.49 by Christopher Morales Williams are not ratified as world records.[54][55]

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 45.05:

Women (indoor)

  • Correct as of March 2024.[56]
Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 49.17 Femke Bol  Netherlands 2 March 2024 Glasgow [57]
2 49.48 A Britton Wilson  United States 11 March 2023 Albuquerque [45]
3 49.59 Jarmila Kratochvílová  Czechoslovakia 7 March 1982 Milan
4 49.68 Natalya Nazarova  Russia 18 February 2004 Moscow
5 49.76 Taťána Kocembová  Czechoslovakia 2 February 1984 Vienna
6 50.01 Sabine Busch  East Germany 2 February 1984 Vienna
7 50.02 Nicola Sanders  Great Britain 3 March 2007 Birmingham
8 50.04 Olesya Krasnomovets  Russia 18 February 2006 Moscow
9 50.10 Lieke Klaver  Netherlands 18 February 2024 Apeldoorn [58]
10 50.15 Olga Zaytseva  Russia 25 January 2006 Moscow
Talitha Diggs  United States 25 February 2023 Fayetteville [59]
12 50.21 Vania Stambolova  Bulgaria 12 March 2006 Moscow
Shaunae Miller-Uibo  Bahamas 13 February 2021 New York City [60]
14 50.23 Irina Privalova  Russia 12 March 1995 Barcelona
15 50.24 Alexis Holmes  United States 2 March 2024 Glasgow [61]
16 50.28 Petra Müller  East Germany 6 March 1988 Budapest
17 50.33 Rhasidat Adeleke  Ireland 25 February 2023 Lubbock [62]
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 [63]

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 50.42:

Fastest relay splits

Most successful athletes

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

Men

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

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

Men

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

Medalists by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 11 8 6 27
2  Jamaica (JAM) 2 0 3 5
3  South Africa (RSA) 2 0 0 2
4  Bahamas (BAH) 1 1 0 2
5  Grenada (GRN) 1 1 1 3
6  East Germany (GDR) 1 0 0 1
7  Great Britain (GBR) 0 2 0 2
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

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

§ : awarded following doping disqualification.

Medalists by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 4 3 3 10
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 5 9
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

Men

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1985 Paris[A]  Thomas Schönlebe (GDR)  Todd Bennett (GBR)  Mark Rowe (USA)
1987 Indianapolis
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 Antonio McKay (USA)  Roberto Hernández (CUB)  Michael Franks (USA)
1989 Budapest
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 Antonio McKay (USA)  Ian Morris (TTO)  Cayetano Cornet (ESP)
1991 Seville
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 Devon Morris (JAM)  Samson Kitur (KEN)  Cayetano Cornet (ESP)
1993 Toronto
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 Butch Reynolds (USA)  Sunday Bada (NGR)  Darren Clark (AUS)
1995 Barcelona
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 Darnell Hall (USA)  Sunday Bada (NGR)  Mikhail Vdovin (RUS)
1997 Paris
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 Sunday Bada (NGR)  Jamie Baulch (GBR)  Shunji Karube (JPN)
1999 Maebashi
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 Jamie Baulch (GBR)  Milton Campbell (USA)  Alejandro Cárdenas (MEX)
2001 Lisbon
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 Daniel Caines (GBR)  Milton Campbell (USA)  Danny McFarlane (JAM)
2003 Birmingham
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 Tyree Washington (USA)  Daniel Caines (GBR)  Paul McKee (IRL)
 Jamie Baulch (GBR)
2004 Budapest
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 Alleyne Francique (GRN)  Davian Clarke (JAM)  Gary Kikaya (COD)
2006 Moscow
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 Alleyne Francique (GRN)  California Molefe (BOT)  Chris Brown (BAH)
2008 Valencia
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 Tyler Christopher (CAN)  Johan Wissman (SWE)  Chris Brown (BAH)
2010 Doha
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 Chris Brown (BAH)  William Collazo (CUB)  Jamaal Torrance (USA)
2012 Istanbul
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 Nery Brenes (CRC)  Demetrius Pinder (BAH)  Chris Brown (BAH)
2014 Sopot
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 Pavel Maslák (CZE)  Chris Brown (BAH)  Kyle Clemons (USA)
2016 Portland
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 Pavel Maslák (CZE)  Abdalelah Haroun (QAT)  Deon Lendore (TTO)
2018 Birmingham
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 Pavel Maslák (CZE)  Michael Cherry (USA)  Deon Lendore (TTO)
2022 Belgrade
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 Jereem Richards (TTO)  Trevor Bassitt (USA)  Carl Bengtström (SWE)
2024 Glasgow
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 Alexander Doom (BEL)  Karsten Warholm (NOR)  Rusheen McDonald (JAM)

Women

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1985 Paris[A]  Diane Dixon (USA)  Regine Berg (BEL)  Charmaine Crooks (CAN)
1987 Indianapolis
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 Sabine Busch (GDR)  Lillie Leatherwood (USA)  Judit Forgács (HUN)
1989 Budapest
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 Helga Arendt (FRG)  Diane Dixon (USA)  Jillian Richardson (TTO)
1991 Seville
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 Diane Dixon (USA)  Sandra Myers (ESP)  Anita Protti (SUI)
1993 Toronto
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 Sandie Richards (JAM)  Tatyana Alekseyeva (RUS)  Jearl Miles Clark (USA)
1995 Barcelona
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 Irina Privalova (RUS)  Sandie Richards (JAM)  Daniela Georgieva (BUL)
1997 Paris
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 Jearl Miles Clark (USA)  Sandie Richards (JAM)  Helena Fuchsová (CZE)
1999 Maebashi
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 Grit Breuer (GER)  Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR)  Jearl Miles Clark (USA)
2001 Lisbon
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 Sandie Richards (JAM)  Olga Kotlyarova (RUS)  Olesya Zykina (RUS)
2003 Birmingham
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 Natalya Nazarova (RUS)  Christine Amertil (BAH)  Grit Breuer (GER)
2004 Budapest
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 Natalya Nazarova (RUS)  Olesya Forsheva (RUS)  Tonique Williams-Darling (BAH)
2006 Moscow
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 Olesya Forsheva (RUS)  Vania Stambolova (BUL)  Christine Amertil (BAH)
2008 Valencia
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 Olesya Zykina (RUS)  Natalya Nazarova (RUS)  Shareese Woods (USA)
2010 Doha
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 Debbie Dunn (USA)  Vania Stambolova (BUL)  Amantle Montsho (BOT)
2012 Istanbul
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 Sanya Richards-Ross (USA)  Aleksandra Fedoriva (RUS)  Natasha Hastings (USA)
2014 Sopot
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 Francena McCorory (USA)  Kaliese Spencer (JAM)  Shaunae Miller (BAH)
2016 Portland
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 Kemi Adekoya (BHR)  Ashley Spencer (USA)  Quanera Hayes (USA)
2018 Birmingham
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 Courtney Okolo (USA)  Shakima Wimbley (USA)  Eilidh Doyle (GBR)
2022 Belgrade
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 Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH)  Femke Bol (NED)  Stephenie Ann McPherson (JAM)
2024 Glasgow
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 Femke Bol (NED)  Lieke Klaver (NED)  Alexis Holmes (USA)
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