400 metres men legal analytics

400 metres table View source
Top mark
43.03
πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ Wayde van Niekerk
Rio de Janeiro · 2016-08-14
10th-place mark
43.48
gap: +0.45
100th-place mark
43.97
gap: +0.94
Median age, top 100
24.9 yrs
Distinct athletes
606
5102 canonical perfs
Years contested
1960–2026
7 historical WRs
World-record progression 7 world records since 1960

Canonical list: All-time men's best 400 m. Lower mark = better. Hover a dot for the holder & venue.

Best mark per year 63 years

The single best canonical mark for each year. Hover a dot for the holder.

Entries per year depth growth on the all-time list
1960: 2 performances1964: 1 performance1966: 1 performance1967: 2 performances1968: 15 performances1969: 2 performances1970: 1 performance1971: 2 performances1972: 7 performances1973: 3 performances1974: 6 performances1975: 7 performances1976: 18 performances1977: 5 performances1978: 10 performances1979: 13 performances1980: 10 performances1981: 29 performances1982: 24 performances1983: 30 performances1984: 61 performances1985: 63 performances1986: 81 performances1987: 106 performances1988: 141 performances1989: 63 performances1990: 76 performances1991: 96 performances1992: 133 performances1993: 108 performances1994: 54 performances1995: 102 performances1996: 161 performances1997: 109 performances1998: 134 performances1999: 91 performances2000: 110 performances2001: 83 performances2002: 80 performances2003: 78 performances2004: 111 performances2005: 92 performances2006: 132 performances2007: 102 performances2008: 122 performances2009: 73 performances2010: 84 performances2011: 71 performances2012: 114 performances2013: 81 performances2014: 122 performances2015: 182 performances2016: 130 performances2017: 160 performances2018: 141 performances2019: 134 performances2020: 4 performances2021: 157 performances2022: 133 performances2023: 235 performances2024: 252 performances2025: 302 performances2026: 50 performances1960197019801990200020102020030219602026
Decade leaders best canonical mark of each decade
  1. 1960s 43.86A πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Lee Evans 1968-10-18
  2. 1970s 44.26 πŸ‡¨πŸ‡Ί Alberto Juantorena 1976-07-29
  3. 1980s 43.29 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Harry Reynolds 1988-08-17
  4. 1990s 43.18 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Michael Johnson 1999-08-26
  5. 2000s 43.45 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Jeremy Wariner 2007-08-31
  6. 2010s 43.03 πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ Wayde van Niekerk 2016-08-14
  7. 2020s 43.40 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Quincy Hall 2024-08-07
Top countries (top 100) national depth on the all-time list
  1. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ USA 61
  2. πŸ‡¬πŸ‡© GRN 10
  3. πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ RSA 6
  4. πŸ‡§πŸ‡Ό BOT 6
  5. πŸ‡§πŸ‡Έ BAH 5
  6. πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡² ZAM 3
  7. πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ GBR 3
  8. πŸ‡―πŸ‡² JAM 2
Most prolific (top 100) athletes with the most appearances
  1. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Michael Johnson 21
  2. πŸ‡¬πŸ‡© Kirani James 10
  3. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Jeremy Wariner 7
  4. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ LaShawn Merritt 6
  5. πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦ Wayde van Niekerk 5
  6. πŸ‡§πŸ‡Έ Steven Gardiner 5
  7. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Michael Norman 5
  8. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Quincy Watts 4
Mark vs age 800 points