Progression of Official World Record
Women, 400m
Result | Name | Country | DOB | Comp | Date | Age | Record life | |
47.60 | Marita Koch | GER | 18 Feb 1957 | WCp | Canberra | 6 Oct 1985 | 28 years 230 days | 38 years 203 days |
47.99 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | CZE | 26 Jan 1951 | WC | Helsinki | 10 Aug 1983 | 32 years 196 days | 2 years 57 days |
48.16 | Marita Koch | GER | 18 Feb 1957 | EC | Athína | 8 Sep 1982 | 25 years 202 days | 336 days |
48.89 | Marita Koch | GER | 18 Feb 1957 | Potsdam | 29 Jul 1979 | 22 years 161 days | 3 years 41 days | |
48.94 | Marita Koch | GER | 18 Feb 1957 | EC | Praha | 31 Aug 1978 | 21 years 194 days | 332 days |
49.03 | Marita Koch | GER | 18 Feb 1957 | Potsdam | 18 Aug 1978 | 21 years 181 days | 13 days | |
49.19 | Marita Koch | GER | 18 Feb 1957 | Leipzig | 2 Jul 1978 | 21 years 134 days | 47 days | |
49.29 | Irena Szewińska | POL | 24 May 1946 | OG | Montréal | 29 Jul 1976 | 30 years 66 days | 1 year 338 days |
49.75 | Irena Szewińska | POL | 24 May 1946 | Bydgoszcz | 22 Jun 1976 | 30 years 29 days | 37 days | |
49.77 | Christina Lathan | GER | 28 Feb 1958 | Dresden | 9 May 1976 | 18 years 71 days | 44 days | |
50.14 | Riitta Salin | FIN | 16 Oct 1950 | EC | Roma | 4 Sep 1974 | 23 years 323 days | 1 year 248 days |
51.02 | Marilyn Neufville | JAM | 16 Dec 1952 | CWG | Edinburgh | 23 Jul 1970 | 17 years 219 days | 1 year 347 days |
51.77 | Nicole Duclos | FRA | 15 Aug 1947 | EC | Athína | 18 Sep 1969 | 22 years 34 days | 308 days |
51.79 | Colette Besson | FRA | 7 Apr 1946 | EC | Athína | 18 Sep 1969 | 23 years 164 days | exactly |