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Women's 400 metres world record progression

Index Women's 400 metres world record progression

The first world record in the 400 m for women (athletics) was recognized by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as the International Association of Athletics Federations, in 1957. [1]

54 relations: Athens, Australia, Belgrade, Bydgoszcz, Canada, Canberra, Christchurch, Christina Lathan, Colette Besson, Czechoslovakia, Dresden, East Germany, Edinburgh, Finland, France, Fully automatic time, Greece, Helsinki, International Association of Athletics Federations, Irena Szewińska, Italy, Jarmila Kratochvílová, Krasnodar, Leipzig, Maria Itkina, Marilyn Neufville, Marise Chamberlain, Marita Koch, Marlene Mathews, Minsk, Monika Zehrt, Montreal, Moscow, New Zealand, Nicole Duclos, North Korea, Paris, Poland, Potsdam, Prague, Pyongyang, Riitta Salin, Rome, Scotland, Sin Kim-dan, Soviet Union, Sport of athletics, Sydney, Turin, Warsaw, ..., World record, Yugoslavia, 400 metres, 440-yard dash. Expand index (4 more) »

Athens

Athens (Αθήνα, Athína; Ἀθῆναι, Athênai) is the capital and largest city of Greece.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Belgrade

Belgrade (Beograd / Београд, meaning "White city",; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of Serbia.

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Bydgoszcz

Bydgoszcz (Bromberg; Bydgostia) is a city in northern Poland, on the Brda and Vistula rivers.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Canberra

Canberra is the capital city of Australia.

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Christchurch

Christchurch (Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region.

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Christina Lathan

Christina Lathan (née Brehmer; born 28 February 1958) is a retired East German sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres.

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Colette Besson

Colette Besson (7 April 1946 – 9 August 2005) was a French athlete, the surprise winner of the 400 m at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

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Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia, or Czecho-Slovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko), was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the:Czech Republic and:Slovakia on 1 January 1993.

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Dresden

Dresden (Upper and Lower Sorbian: Drježdźany, Drážďany, Drezno) is the capital city and, after Leipzig, the second-largest city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany.

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East Germany

East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR), existed from 1949 to 1990 and covers the period when the eastern portion of Germany existed as a state that was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War period.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Finland

Finland (Suomi; Finland), officially the Republic of Finland is a country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Fully automatic time

Fully automatic time (abbreviated FAT) is a form of race timing in which the clock is automatically activated by the starting device, and the finish time is either automatically recorded, or timed by analysis of a photo finish.

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Greece

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Helsinki

Helsinki (or;; Helsingfors) is the capital city and most populous municipality of Finland.

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International Association of Athletics Federations

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics.

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Irena Szewińska

Irena Szewińska, née Kirszenstein (Polish pronunciation:; 24 May 1946 – 29 June 2018) was a Polish sprinter who was one of the world's foremost athletes for nearly two decades, in multiple events.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Jarmila Kratochvílová

Jarmila Kratochvílová (born 26 January 1951, in Golčův Jeníkov) is a Czech former track and field athlete.

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Krasnodar

Krasnodar (p) is a city and the administrative center of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Kuban River, approximately northeast of the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk.

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Leipzig

Leipzig is the most populous city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany.

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Maria Itkina

Maria (also "Mariya" and "Marina") Leontievna Itkina (Марыя Лявонцеўна Іткіна; Мария Леонтьевна Иткина; born 3 February 1932) is a retired Soviet runner who set multiple world records in various sprint events.

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Marilyn Neufville

Marilyn Fay Neufville (born 16 November 1952) is a retired sprint runner who was active between 1967 and 1971.

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Marise Chamberlain

Marise Ann Millicent Chamberlain (born 5 December 1935) is a former New Zealand middle-distance runner.

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Marita Koch

Marita Koch (born 18 February 1957), married name Marita Koch Meier, is a German former sprint track and field athlete.

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Marlene Mathews

Marlene Judith Mathews AO (later Willard, born 14 July 1934) is a retired Australian Olympic sprinter.

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Minsk

Minsk (Мінск,; Минск) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, situated on the Svislach and the Nyamiha Rivers.

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Monika Zehrt

Monika Zehrt (born 29 September 1952) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 400 m. At the 1972 Olympics she won gold medals in the individual 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay, setting an Olympic and a world record, respectively.

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Montreal

Montreal (officially Montréal) is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-most populous municipality in Canada.

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Moscow

Moscow (a) is the capital and most populous city of Russia, with 13.2 million residents within the city limits and 17.1 million within the urban area.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Nicole Duclos

Nicole Duclos (née Salavert; born 15 August 1947) is a French former track and field athlete who competed in the 400 metres.

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North Korea

North Korea (Chosŏn'gŭl:조선; Hanja:朝鮮; Chosŏn), officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (abbreviated as DPRK, PRK, DPR Korea, or Korea DPR), is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Poland

Poland (Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country located in Central Europe.

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Potsdam

Potsdam is the capital and largest city of the German federal state of Brandenburg.

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Prague

Prague (Praha, Prag) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, the 14th largest city in the European Union and also the historical capital of Bohemia.

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Pyongyang

Pyongyang, or P'yŏngyang, is the capital and largest city of North Korea.

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Riitta Salin

Riitta Liisa Salin (née Hagman, born 16 October 1950 Retrieved 8 July, 2013.) is a retired Finnish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

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Rome

Rome (Roma; Roma) is the capital city of Italy and a special comune (named Comune di Roma Capitale).

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Sin Kim-dan

Sin Kim-dan or Shin Keum-dan (romanised Sin Kim Dan in English in the 1960s) (born 30 July 1938) is a North Korean former track and field athlete who competed in the 1960s in the women's 200 m, 400 m and 800 m, setting disputed world records in the latter two events.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Sport of athletics

Athletics is a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking.

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Sydney

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Turin

Turin (Torino; Turin) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy.

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Warsaw

Warsaw (Warszawa; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Poland.

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World record

A world record is usually the best global performance ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill or sport.

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Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija/Југославија; Jugoslavija; Југославија; Pannonian Rusyn: Югославия, transcr. Juhoslavija)Jugosllavia; Jugoszlávia; Juhoslávia; Iugoslavia; Jugoslávie; Iugoslavia; Yugoslavya; Югославия, transcr. Jugoslavija.

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400 metres

The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a sprinting event in track and field competitions.

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440-yard dash

The 440-yard dash, or quarter-mile race, is a sprint race in track and field competitions.

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List of world records in women's 400 metres, Women's 400 metres world record, Women's 440 yards world record progression.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_400_metres_world_record_progression

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