Women's 400 metres hurdles world record progression

The first world record in the women's 400 metres hurdles was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in 1974. The current record is 52.34 seconds, set by Russian Yuliya Pechonkina in 2003.

The first documented 400 m hurdles race for women took place in 1971 but the event was officially introduced as a discipline in 1974.

To June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 16 world records in the event.^[1]

Progression

Time	Athlete	Date	Location
56.51 s	Krystyna Kacperczyk (POL)	July 13, 1974	Augsburg^[1]
55.74 s	Tatyana Storozheva (URS)	June 26, 1977	Chemnitz^[1]
55.63 s	Karin Rossley (GDR)	August 13, 1977	Helsinki^[1]
55.44 s	Krystyna Kacperczyk (POL)	August 18, 1978	Berlin^[1]
55.31 s	Tatyana Zelentsova (URS)	August 19, 1978	Podolsk^[1]
54.89 s	Tatyana Zelentsova (URS)	September 2, 1978	Prague^[1]
54.78 s	Marina Makeyeva (URS)	July 27, 1979	Moscow^[1]
54.28 s	Karin Rossley (GDR)	May 17, 1980	Jena^[1]
54.02 s	Anna Ambrazienė (URS)	June 11, 1983	Moscow^[1]
53.58 s	Margarita Ponomaryova (URS)	June 22, 1984	Kiev^[1]
53.55 s	Sabine Busch (GDR)	September 22, 1985	Berlin^[1]
53.32 s	Marina Stepanova (URS)	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart^[1]
52.94 s	Marina Stepanova (URS)	September 19, 1986	Tashkent^[1]
52.74 s	Sally Gunnell (GBR)	August 19, 1993	Stuttgart^[1]
52.61 s	Kim Batten (USA)	August 11, 1995	Gothenburg^[1]
52.34 s	Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS)	August 8, 2003	Tula^[1]

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009." (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Page 644. Archived from the original (pdf) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2009.

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