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400m Women
OLYMPIC RECORD EVOLUTION 400m Women
ATHLETE
NAME
SCORE
OLYMPIC GAME
DATE
COUNTRY
TIME
[minutes:seconds, 1/100 of a second]
1964
Packer Ann
53.10
Tokyo 1964
15 OCTOBER
Packer Ann
52.70
Tokyo 1964
16 OCTOBER
Betty Cuthbert
52
Tokyo 1964
17 OCTOBER
1972
Rendina Charlene
51.94
Munich 1972
02 SEPTEMBER
Balogh Györgi
51.71
Munich 1972
03 SEPTEMBER
Monika Zehrt
51.47
Munich 1972
04 SEPTEMBER
Monika Zehrt
51.08
Munich 1972
07 SEPTEMBER
1976
Irena Kirszenstein
50.48
Montreal 1976
26 JULY
Irena Kirszenstein
49.29
Montreal 1976
29 JULY
1980
Marita Koch
48.88
Moscow 1980
28 JULY
1984
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
48.83
Los Angeles 1984
06 AUGUST
1988
Olga Bryzgina
48.65
Seoul 1988
26 SEPTEMBER
1996
Marie-Jose PEREC
48.25
Atlanta 1996
29 JULY
FRA
All records in this event
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Olympics Day 15 - Athletics
[8/23/2008]
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Cathy Freeman, Ogunkoya & Richards
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400m Gold For Richards-Ross - Full Replay
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Cathy Freeman Takes Gold In Sydney
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Richards-Ross Wins 400m Gold For Team USA - Highlights
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Ohuruogu Wins Gold With Strong Final 100m
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All events
MEN'S EVENTS
10000m men
100m men
110m hurdles men
1500m men
200m men
20km walk men
3000m steeplechase men
400m men
400m hurdles men
4x100m relay men
4x400m relay men
5000m men
50km walk men
800m men
decathlon men
discus throw men
hammer throw men
high jump men
javelin throw men
long jump men
marathon men
pole vault men
shot put men
triple jump men
WOMEN'S EVENTS
10000m women
100m women
100m hurdles women
1500m women
200m women
20km race walk women
3000m steeplechase women
400m women
400m hurdles women
4x100m relay women
4x400m relay women
5000m women
800m women
discus throw women
hammer throw women
heptathlon women
high jump women
javelin throw women
long jump women
marathon women
pole vault women
shot put women
New Olympic Record
48.25’’
More about :
Marie-Jose PEREC
,
Atlanta 1996
,
France
Equipment and History
International Association of Athletics Federations
Olympic medallists
Gold medals
Sanya RICHARDS-ROSS
Robin REYNOLDS
Christine OHURUOGU
Tonique WILLIAMS-DARLING
Cathy FREEMAN
Marie-Jose PEREC
Olga BRYZGINA
Valerie Ann BRISCO-HOOKS
Marita KOCH
Irena SZEWINSKA
Monika ZEHRT
Colette BESSON
Betty CUTHBERT
Silver medals
Christine OHURUOGU
Bianca RAZOR
Shericka WILLIAMS
Ana GUEVARA
Lorraine GRAHAM
Cathy FREEMAN
Olga BRYZGINA
Petra MÜLLER
Chandra Danette CHEESEBOROUGH
Jarmila KRATOHVILOVA
Christina BREHMER-LATHAN
Rita WILDEN-JAHN
Lillian Barbara BOARD
Ann Elizabeth PACKER
Bronze medals
Deedee TROTTER
Bukola ABOGUNLOKO
Sanya RICHARDS-ROSS
Natalya ANTYUKH
Katharine MERRY
Falilat OGUNKOYA
Ximena RESTREPO GAVIRIA
Olga NAZAROVA
Kathryn SMALLWOOD-COOK
Christina BREHMER-LATHAN
Ellen STROPAHL-STREIDT
Kathleen HAMMOND
Natalya PECHENKINA
Judith Florence AMOORE-POLLOCK