World Records
Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
46.78 Kevin Young 16/09/1966 USA Barcelona 06/08/1992
World Leading 2012
Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
48.00 Javier Culson 25/07/1984 PUR Ponce 12/05/2012
World Junior Records
Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
48.02 Danny Harris 07/09/1965 USA Los Angeles, CA 17/06/1984
Area Records
Area Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
AFRICA 47.10 Samuel Matete 27/07/1968 ZAM Zürich (Letzigrund) 07/08/1991
ASIA 47.53 Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily 30/12/1976 KSA Sydney 27/09/2000
EUROPE 47.37 Stéphane Diagana 23/07/1969 FRA Lausanne 05/07/1995
NORTH,CENTRAL AMERICA&C. 46.78 Kevin Young 16/09/1966 USA Barcelona 06/08/1992
OCEANIA 48.28 Rohan Robinson 15/11/1971 AUS Atlanta, GA 31/07/1996
SOUTH AMERICA 47.84 Bayano Kamani 17/04/1980 PAN Helsinki 07/08/2005
World Records
Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
52.34 Yuliya Pechenkina 21/04/1978 RUS Tula 08/08/2003
World Leading 2012
Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
54.62 Melaine Walker 01/01/1983 JAM Doha 11/05/2012
World Junior Records
Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
54.40 Xing Wang 30/11/1986 CHN Nanjing 21/10/2005
Youth - World Best Performance
Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
55.20 Leslie Maxie 04/01/1967 USA San José, CA 09/06/1984
Area Records
Area Perf Athlete DOB Nat Venue Date
AFRICA 52.90 Nezha Bidouane 18/09/1969 MAR Sevilla 25/08/1999
ASIA 53.96 Qing Han 04/03/1970 CHN Beijing 09/09/1993
ASIA 53.96 Yinglan Song 14/09/1975 CHN Guangzhou 22/11/2001
EUROPE 52.34 Yuliya Pechenkina 21/04/1978 RUS Tula 08/08/2003
NORTH,CENTRAL AMERICA&C. 52.42 Melaine Walker 01/01/1983 JAM Berlin 20/08/2009
OCEANIA 53.17 Debbie Flintoff-King 20/04/1960 AUS Seoul 28/09/1988
SOUTH AMERICA 55.84 Lucimar Teodoro 01/05/1981 BRA Belém 24/05/2009