Women's 400m. World Record Progression
Electric timing (Official from 1 Jan 1975)
TIME ATHLETE COUNTRY DATE VENUE
47.60 Marita Koch (GDR) 06 Oct 85 Canberra
47.99 Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 10 Aug 83 Helsinki
48.16 Marita Koch (GDR) 08 Sep 82 Athens
48.60 Marita Koch (GDR) 04 Aug 79 Turin
48.89 Marita Koch (GDR) 29 Aug 79 Potsdam
48.94 Marita Koch (GDR) 31 Aug 78 Praha
49.03 Marita Koch (GDR) 19 Aug 78 Potsdam
49.19 Marita Koch (GDR) 02 Jul 78 Leipzig
49.28 Irena Szewinska (POL) 29 Jul 76 Montréal
49.75 Irena Szewinska (POL) 22 Jun 76 Bydgoszcz
49.77 Christine Brehmer (GDR) 09 May 76 Dresden
50.14 Riitta Salin (FIN) 04 Sep 74 Rome
50.78 Riitta Salin (FIN) 18 Aug 74 Helsinki
50.98 Jelica Pavlicic (YUG) 03 Aug 74 Sofia
51.02 Marilyn Neufville (JAM) 23 Jul 70 Edinburgh
51.72 Nicole Duclos (FRA) 18 Sep 69 Athens
52.01 Betty Cuthbert (AUS) 17 Oct 64 Tokyo
52.77 Ann Packer (GBR) 16 Oct 64 Tokyo
53.12 Joy Grieveson (GBR) 14 Sep 63 London
IAAF era:
49.9 Irena Szewinska (POL) 22 Jun 74 Warsaw
51.0a(51.08) Monika Zehrt (GDR) 04 Jul 72 Paris
51.0a(51.02) Marilyn Neufville (JAM) 23 Jul 70 Edinburgh
51.7a(51.74) Colette Besson (FRA) 18 Sep 69 Athens
51.7a(51.72) Nicole Duclos (FRA) 18 Sep 69 Athens
52.4y Judy Amoore (AUS) 27 Feb 69 Perth
51.2 Shin Keum-Dan (PRK) 21 Oct 64 Pyongyang
51.4 Shin Keum-Dan (PRK) 13 Nov 63 Jakarta
53.5y Betty Cuthbert (AUS) 23 Mar 63 Brisbane
51.9 Shin Keum-Dan (PRK) 23 Oct 62 Pyongyang
53.4 Maria Itkina (URS) 14 Sep 62 Beograd
53.0 Shin Keum-Dan (PRK) 30 Jun 62 Moscow
53.0 Shin Keum-Dan (PRK) 22 Oct 60 Pyongyang
53.4/53.7y Maria Itkina (URS) 12 Sep 59 Krasnodar
54.3y Betty Cuthbert (AUS) 21 Mar 59 Sydney
55.6y Marise Chamberlain (NZL) 14 Mar 59 Sydney
55.6y Betty Cuthbert (AUS) 17 Jan 59 Sydney
55.6y Molly Hiscox (GBR) 02 Aug 58 London
53.6 Maria Itkina (URS) 14 Jun 58 Warsaw
56.1y Marise Chamberlain (NZL) 08 Mar 58 Christchurch
53.6 Maria Itkina (URS) 06 Jul 57 Moscow
54.0 Maria Itkina (URS) 08 Jun 57 Minsk
55.2 Polina Lazareva (URS) 10 May 57 Moscow
56.3y Nancy Boyle (AUS) 24 Feb 57 Sydney
57.0y Marise Chamberlain (NZL) 16 Feb 57 Christchurch
57.0y Marlene Willard (AUS) 06 Jan 57 Sydney
FSFI era:
56.25y Janet Ruff (GBR) 11 Aug 56 London
53.9 Maria Itkina (URS) 11 May 55 Bucharest
54.4 Ursula Donath (GDR) 05 Aug 55 Warsaw
54.8 Zinaida Safronova (URS) 21 Jul 55 Moscow
56.6y Diane Leather (GBR) 21 Aug 54 London
55.0 Ursula Donath (GDR) 06 Aug 54 Budapest
55.5 Nina Otkalenko (URS) 25 Jun 54 Kiev
55.7 Polina Solopova (URS) 12 Jun 54 Leipzig
56.6y Pamela Bryant (AUS) 27 Feb 54 Perth
55.7 Ursula Jurewitz (GDR) 26 Jun 53 Berlin
56.0 Valentina Pomogayeva (URS) 29 Aug 51 Minsk
56.0 Zoya Petrova (URS) 15 Jul 51 Moscow
56.7 Zoya Petrova (URS) 19 May 50 Kiev
56.8y Nellie Halstead (GBR) 09 Jul 32 London
58.8y Nellie Halstead (GBR) 09 Jul 32 London
58.8y Nellie Halstead (GBR) 11 Jul 31 London
59.2y Marion King (GBR) 13 Jul 29 London
60.6y Marion King (GBR) 12 Jul 29 London
60.8y Florence Haynes (GBR) 14 Jul 28 London
59.0 Kinue Hitomi (JPN) 05 May 28 Tokyo
60.8y Eileen Edwards (GBR) 16 Jul 24 London
62.4y Mary Lines (GBR) 18 Aug 23 Bromley
64.4y Mary Lines (GBR) 17 Jul 22 London
This record was the last hand-timed one to be ratified by the IAAF.
52.2y Debra Sapenter (USA) 29 Jun 74 Bakersfield
'y' denotes 440yards (=402.34m.)
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