Women's 400 metres hurdles world record progression
Introduction 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 50.68 seconds, set by American Sydney McLaughlin on July 22, 2022 at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.The first documented 400 m hurdles race for women took place in 1971 but the event was officially introduced as a discipline in 1974.
Progression   Ratified  Not ratified  Ratified but later rescinded  Pending ratification Time  Athlete  Date  Location 56.51   July 13, 1974  Augsburg 55.74    June 26, 1977  Chemnitz 55.63    August 13, 1977  Helsinki 55.44   August 18, 1978  Berlin 55.31    August 19, 1978  Podolsk 54.89    September 2, 1978  Prague 54.78    July 27, 1979  Moscow 54.28    May 17, 1980  Jena 54.02    June 11, 1983  Moscow 53.58    June 22, 1984  Kiev 53.55    September 22, 1985  Berlin 53.32    August 30, 1986  Stuttgart 52.94    September 19, 1986  Tashkent 52.74    August 19, 1993  Stuttgart 52.61    August 11, 1995  Gothenburg 52.34    August 8, 2003  Tula 52.20    July 28, 2019  Des Moines 52.16    October 4, 2019  Doha 51.90    June 27, 2021  Eugene 51.46    August 4, 2021  Tokyo 51.41    June 25, 2022  Eugene50.68 July 22, 2022Eugene
See also * Men's 400 metres hurdles world record progression* Hurdling
References
External links *  400 Metres Hurdles All Time List from the IAAF