400m Record Tables

400m Records

The 400m is the shortest distance to not require a wind reading. It has been contested at the Olympics since 1896 for men and 1964 for women.

It has been run in every IAAF World Championships and every World Masters Championships. Whereas an outdoor 400m is run entirely in separate lanes, the indoor version features a break of lane after the second bend.

Where Centre records are better performances than National or World records, this likely indicates that the athlete either failed to apply for the record within the application window or was unable to meet the stricter paperwork requirements. More recent records could still be in the processing stage at World or National level.

For 400m, electronic times are required. Some historical times that predate this requirement may be hand-times (h). Where it is not readily evident that a historical hand timed record or electronic time is faster, both will be listed. [I believe any time given with a single decimal is hand timed but unless marked it is not explicitly expressed.]

Note: Athletes move. Wellington records applicable to athletes registered to Wellington at time of performance. Island championship records applicable to athletes registered to that island at time of performance. NZ records applicable to athletes registered appropriately to NZMA at time of performance. Oceania championship records applicable to athletes registered to OMA at time of performance. World records quote national affiliation of athlete at time of performance.

Prior to the September 2016 agreement on shared membership between Athletics New Zealand and New Zealand Masters Athletics, only those masters athletes who had joined NZMA were eligible to claim records. Now domestic Masters Records can be claimed by both ANZ and NZMA members.

	Wellington	North Island Champs	South Island Champs	NZMA Champs	NZ National	NZ Indoor	Oceania Champs	World	World Indoor
M35	54.30 R Ward	51.23 Brayden Grant (2023) 2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023	54.4 A Pollock (1990)	50.16 Brayden Grant (2021)	50.16 Brayden Grant (2021)	no record	50.80 Max Warlow AUS (1984)	44.54 Christopher Brown BAH (2015)	47.45 Pierre-Mariew Hilaire FRA (2001)
M40	52.77 Brian Turnbull	53.24 Hayden Robinson (2014)	54.4 Malcolm Fraser (1983)	52.79 Brian Turnbull (1996)	52.38 W Holroyd(2018)	no record	51.70 Brendon Wilson AUS (1984)	47.81 Enrico Saraceni ITA (2005)	48.83 Ricardo Menendez ESP (2022)
M45	55.40 Ashley McLaughlin	54.14 Laurie Malcolmson (1998)	54.7 Malcolm Fraser (1985)	54.00 Lee Fairclough (2018)	52.1 Bruce McPhail (1983)	no record	52.75 Peter Crombie AUS (1990)	49.09 Allen Woodward USA (2017)	49.89 Fred Sowerby USA (1994)
M50	52.95 Alessandro Pinna (2017)	56.01 Paul Daborn (2016)	54.2 Bruce McPhail (1987)	55.4 Bruce McPhail (1990) Malcolm Fraser (1990)	52.95 Alessandro Pinna (2017)	no record	54.85 Gary Parkinson AUS (2019)	50.51 Juan Luis Lopez Anaya ESP (2021)	50.55 Juan Luis Lopez Anaya ESP (2022)
M55	1:00.02 Peter Stevens (2022)	1:00.5 D Hilton (1990)	59.38 Mike Weddell (2004)	56.6 Alan Hill (1981)	55.73 Bruce McPhail (1992)	no record	56.02 Rob Mayston AUS (2014)	52.24 Charles Allie USA (2003)	53.20 Alston Brown JAM (2004) Charles Allie USA (2004)
M60	1:02.44 Richard Brent (2011)	1:02.1 Ian Babe (1996)	1:02.05 Bruce Thomson (2019)	1:00.87 Bruce Thomson (2020)	58.11 Frank Evans (1985)	1:05.10 A Deleiros (2010)	58.32 John Lamb AUS (2012)	53.88 Ralph Romain TRI (1995)	55.62 Harold Morioka CAN (2003)
M65	1:07.98 Richard Brent (2016)	1:05.37 Laurie Malcolmson (2015)	1:03.82 Malcolm Fraser (2004)	1:03.53 Malcolm Fraser (2007)	1:01.75 Frank Evans (1990)	1:06.29 Alan Dougall (2017)	1:01.15 Hugh Coogan AUS (2004)	56.09 Charles Allie USA (2013)	56.63 Guido Muller GER (2004)
M70	1:15.31 Richard Brent (2021)	1:11.02 Hector Mein (2000)	1:11.4 Max Wood (2003)	1:08.95 Ian Carter (2021)	1:06.29 Max Wood (2003)	1:08.48 A Deleiros (2017)	1:02.28 Hugh Coogan AUS (2006)	57.26 Charles Allie USA (2018)	59.43 Charles Allie USA (2018)
M75	1:16.52 Bernie Kaiser	1:19.90 Eric de Lautour (1996)	1:16.14 Malcolm Fraser (2015)	1:14.27 Max Wood (2010)	1:11.96 Max Wood (2008)	no record	1:14.12 Colin Woods AUS (2012)	1:02.40 Guido Muller GER (2014)	1:03.12 Guido Muller GER (2014)
M80	1:18.34 David Reade (2017)	1:25.60 Eric de Lautour (2001)	1:37.29 Max Wood (2013)	1:23.77 Eric de Lautour (2002)	1:18.34 David Reade (2017)	no record	1:15.64 Mike Johnston AUS (2002)	1:10.01 Hisamitsu Hijiya JPN (2012)	1:10.20 Robert Lida USA (2017)
M85	2:03.72 Peter Hanson (2022)	1:40.53 Eric de Lautour (2007)	no record	1:32.86 Jim Jones (2010)	1:29.82 Eric de Lautour (2006)	no record	1:29.82 Eric de Lautour NZL (2006)	1:17.12 Earl Fee CAN (2014)	1:20.65 Radnaa Tseren MGL (2019)
M90	no record	2:14.66 Eric de Lautour (2012)	no record	3:05.26 Frank Cox (2002)	2:14.66 Eric de Lautour (2012)	no record	2:04.37 James Sinclair AUS (2015)	1:29.15 Earl Fee CAN (2019)	1:30.75 Earl Fee CAN (2019)
M95	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	2:44.23 Eric de Lautour NZL (2015)	2:21.82 Orville Rogers USA (2013)	2:24.51 Orville Rogers USA (2013)
M100	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	3:41.00 Erwin Jaskulski AUT (2003)	4:16.90 Orville Rogers USA (2018)
	Wellington	North Island Champs	South Island Champs	NZMA Champs	NZ National	NZ Indoor	Oceania Champs	World	World Indoor

	Wellington	North Island Champs	South Island Champs	NZMA Champs	NZ National	NZ Indoor	Oceania Champs	World	World Indoor
W35	1:04.87 Pam Graham	1:02.64 Vanessa Story (2010)	1:02.26 Joeline Jones (2020)	58.3h Chris Turner (1984)	56.98 M Stephen (2002)	no record	58.50 Marge Allison AUS (1984)	49.46 Allyson Felix USA (2021)	51.99 Helena Fuchsova CZE (2001)
W40	1:00.35 Vanessa Story (2016)	1:00.5 C Turner (1987)	1:02.52 Joeline Jones (2021)	1:00.1h Chris Turner (1992)	58.9h C Mills (1975)	1:00.22 Vanessa Story (2017)	59.13 Suzy Cole AUS (2012)	53.68 Sara Montecinos CHI (1994)	54.63 Aneta Lemiesz POL (2022)
W45	1:05.87 Vanessa Story (2020)	1:03.68 Vanessa Hodge (2023) 2022 Champs held in calendar year 2023	1:04.84 Elizabeth Wilson (2011)	1:03.0h Ann Hathaway (1993)	59.68 C Mills (1981)	no record	59.27 Marie Kay AUS (2006)	56.14 Angela Henry-Nott USA (2021)	56.99 Marie Kay AUS (2008)
W50	1:09.15 Petra Stoeveken (2018)	1:06.49 Meghann Stewart(2018)	1:03.88 Elizabeth Wilson (2014)	1:00.83 Gail Kirkman (2002)	1:00.83 Gail Kirkman (2002)	no record	1:02.62 Gianna Mogentale AUS (2014)	57.55 Sally Cooke GBR (2022)	1:00.11 Sharon Wilkinson GBR (2022)
W55	1:13.90 Judy Hammond	1:08.18 Chris Waring (1998)	1:14.35 Claire Giles (2011)	1:06.50 Elizabeth Wilson(2019)	1:03.98 Elizabeth Wilson(2018)	no record	1:05.54 Elizabeth Wilson NZL (2018)	59.36 Julie Brims AUS (2021)	1:02.11 Caroline Powell GBR (2013)
W60	1:14.30 Judy Hammond	1:14.77 Chris Waring (2005)	1:19.69 Alison Newall (2021)	1:08.93 Gail Kirkman (2013)	1:07.93 Gail Kirkman (2013)	no record	1:08.94 Jeanette Flynn AUS (2014)	1:04.31 Caroline Powell GBR (2015)	1:04.76 Caroline Powell GBR (2014)
W65	1:25.44 Judy Hammond	1:16.63 Chris Waring (2010)	1:13.69 Gail Kirkman (2018)	1:17.40 L Laban (2017)	1:11.83 Gail Kirkman (2018)	no record	1:09.01 Jeanette Flynn AUS (2018)	1:08.08 Karla Del Grande CAN (2019)	1:08.39 Karla Del Grande CAN (2019)
W70	1:28.51 Judy Hammond (2009)	1:23.19 Chris Waring (2013)	1:25.52 Loris Reed (2017)	1:19.53 Gail Kirkman (2022)	1:17.76 Sheryl Gower(2018)	1:22.55 Sheryl Gower (2019)	1:19.76 Marge Allison AUS (2015)	1:11.78 Barbara Blurton AUS (2020)	1:17.74 Riet Jonkers NED (2013)
W75	1:37.02 Judy Hammond (2013)	1:37.02 Judy Hammond (2013)	2:00.40 Glenyss Jones (2018)	1:28.54 Chris Waring (2019)	1:27.2 Margaret Peters (2009)	1:32.10 Chris Waring (2019)	1:27.97 Chris Waring NZL (2019)	1:19.53 Christa Bortignon CAN (2013)	1:21.28 Jeanne Daprano USA (2012)
W80	no record	1:53.05 Marcia Petley (2009)	no record	2:00.21 Marcia Petley (2010)	1:31.1 Marcia Petley (2009)	no record	1:45.66 Corinne Collins AUS (2019)	1:29.84 Rietje Dijkman NED (2019)	1:30.37 Kathleen Stewart GBR (2020)
W85	no record	no record	no record	2:49.00 Clasina van der Veeken (2018)	2:17.54 Clasina van der Veeken (2016)	no record	no record	1:41.63 Emiko Saito JPN (2017)	1:51.89 Emma Mazzenga ITA (2019)
W90	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	2:12.71 Emiko Saito JPN (2022)	2:20.76 Melitta Czerwenka-Nagel GER (2022)
W95	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	no record	3:10.21 Heather Lee AUS (2022)	no record
	Wellington	North Island Champs	South Island Champs	NZMA Champs	NZ National	NZ Indoor	Oceania Champs	World	World Indoor

World Records from World Masters Athletics as at 3 February 2023.

Oceania Championship Records from Oceania Athletics as at September 2019.

NZ Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at 16 February 2023.

NZMA Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at 16 February 2023.

South Island Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at February 2023.

North Island Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at January 2023.

Wellington Records as at 7 May 2023.