400m hurdles champions and records
The dominance of the USA in yet another sprinting event is evident in the men’s 400m hurdles: of the top 20 fastest results of all time, 12 were recorded by US athletes, including Kevin Young’s world record of 46’’78, now showing the respectable age of 17 years. 8 other countries, as can be seen by the table below, share the field of the remaining top 20 times.
Pos
|
Time
|
Athlete
|
Country
|
Venue
|
Date
|
1.
|
46.78
|
Kevin Young
|
United States
|
Barcelona
|
August 6, 1992
|
2.
|
47.02
|
Edwin Moses
|
United States
|
Koblenz
|
August 31, 1983
|
3.
|
47.03
|
Bryan Bronson
|
United States
|
New Orleans
|
June 21, 1998
|
4.
|
47.10
|
Samuel Matete
|
Zambia
|
Zürich
|
August 7, 1991
|
5.
|
47.19
|
Andre Phillips
|
United States
|
Seoul
|
September 25, 1988
|
6.
|
47.23
|
Amadou Dia Ba
|
Senegal
|
Seoul
|
September 25, 1988
|
7.
|
47.24
|
Kerron Clement
|
United States
|
Carson, California
|
June 26, 2005
|
8.
|
47.25
|
Félix Sánchez
|
Dominican Republic
|
Paris, Saint-Denis
|
August 29, 2003
|
Angelo Taylor
|
United States
|
Beijing
|
August 18, 2008
|
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10.
|
47.30
|
Bershawn Jackson
|
United States
|
Helsinki
|
August 9, 2005
|
11.
|
47.37
|
Stéphane Diagana
|
France
|
Lausanne
|
July 5, 1995
|
12.
|
47.38
|
Danny Harris
|
United States
|
Lausanne
|
July 10, 1991
|
13.
|
47.43
|
James Carter
|
United States
|
Helsinki
|
August 9, 2005
|
14.
|
47.48
|
Harald Schmid
|
West Germany
|
Athens
|
September 8, 1982
|
15.
|
47.53
|
Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily
|
Saudi Arabia
|
Sydney
|
September 27, 2000
|
16.
|
47.54
|
Derrick Adkins
|
United States
|
Lausanne
|
July 5, 1995
|
Fabrizio Mori
|
Italy
|
Edmonton
|
August 10, 2001
|
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18.
|
47.60
|
Winthrop Graham
|
Jamaica
|
Zürich
|
August 4, 1993
|
19.
|
47.67
|
Bennie Brazell
|
United States
|
Sacramento
|
June 11, 2005
|
20.
|
47.75
|
David Patrick
|
United States
|
Indianapolis
|
July 17, 1988
|
2. Russia and former Soviet Union: 4
3. Jamaica: 2
4. Australia: 2
5. Great Britain, Greece, Cuba, Morocco, France, E. Germany, Romania: 1
Pos.
|
Time
|
Athlete
|
Country
|
Venue
|
Date
|
1.
|
52.34
|
Yuliya Pechonkina
|
Russia
|
Tula
|
August 8, 2003
|
2.
|
52.61
|
Kim Batten
|
United States
|
Göteborg
|
August 11, 1995
|
3.
|
52.62
|
Tonja Buford-Bailey
|
United States
|
Göteborg
|
August 11, 1995
|
4.
|
52.64
|
Melaine Walker
|
Jamaica
|
Beijing
|
August 20, 2008
|
5.
|
52.74
|
Sally Gunnell
|
United Kingdom
|
Stuttgart
|
August 19, 1993
|
6.
|
52.77
|
Fani Halkia
|
Greece
|
Athens
|
August 22, 2004
|
7.
|
52.79
|
Sandra Farmer-Patrick
|
United States
|
Stuttgart
|
August 19, 1993
|
8.
|
52.82
|
Deon Hemmings
|
Jamaica
|
Atlanta
|
July 31, 1996
|
9.
|
52.89
|
Daimí Pernía
|
Cuba
|
Seville
|
August 25, 1999
|
10.
|
52.90
|
Nezha Bidouane
|
Morocco
|
Seville
|
August 25, 1999
|
11.
|
52.94
|
Marina Stepanova
|
Soviet Union
|
Tashkent
|
September 17, 1986
|
12.
|
52.95
|
Sheena Johnson
|
United States
|
Sacramento
|
July 11, 2004
|
12.
|
53.02
|
Irina Privalova
|
Russia
|
Sydney
|
September 27, 2000
|
Lashinda Demus
|
United States
|
Athens
|
July 3, 2006
|
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15.
|
53.11
|
Tatyana Ledovskaya
|
Soviet Union
|
Tokyo
|
August 29, 1991
|
16.
|
53.17
|
Debbie Flintoff-King
|
Australia
|
Seoul
|
September 28, 1988
|
17.
|
53.21
|
Marie-José Pérec
|
France
|
Zürich
|
August 16, 1995
|
18.
|
53.22
|
Jana Rawlinson
|
Australia
|
Paris, Saint-Denis
|
August 28, 2003
|
19.
|
53.24
|
Sabine Busch
|
East Germany
|
Potsdam
|
August 21, 1987
|
20.
|
53.25
|
Ionela Târlea
|
Romania
|
Rome
|
July 7, 1999
|