The following table is an overview of national records in the 400 metres hurdles.
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CountryTimeAthleteDatePlace 45.80 Alison dos Santos 27 August 2026 Zurich 45.94 Karsten Warholm 3 August 2021 Tokyo 46.17 Rai Benjamin 3 August 2021 Tokyo 46.98 Abderrahman Samba 30 June 2018 Paris Rai Benjamin 8 June 2018 10 June 2016 Eugene Eugene 47.08 Kyron McMaster 3 August 2021 Tokyo 47.10 Samuel Matete 7 August 1991 Zurich 47.11 Ezekiel Nathaniel 19 September 2025 Tokyo 47.23 Amadou Dia Bâ 25 September 1988 Seoul 47.25 Félix Sánchez 29 August 2003 Saint-Denis 47.34 Roshawn Clarke 21 August 2023 Budapest 47.37 Stéphane Diagana 5 July 1995 Lausanne 47.48 Harald Schmid 8 September 1982 1 September 1987 Athens Rome 47.50 Alessandro Sibilio 11 June 2024 Rome 47.53 Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily 27 September 2000 Sydney 47.66 L. J. van Zyl 25 February 2011 31 May 2011 Pretoria Ostrava 47.69 Jehue Gordon 15 August 2013 Moscow 47.72 Javier Culson 8 May 2010 Ponce 47.78 Boniface Tumuti 18 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro 47.81 Yasmani Copello 9 August 2018 3 August 2021 Berlin Tokyo 47.82 John Akii-Bua 2 September 1972 Munich 47.82 Kriss Akabusi 6 August 1992 Barcelona 47.82 Periklis Iakovakis 6 May 2006 Osaka 47.82 Rasmus Mägi 14 June 2022 Turku 47.84 Bayano Kamani 7 August 2005 Helsinki 47.89 Dai Tamesue 10 August 2001 Edmonton 47.92 Aleksandr Vasilyev 17 August 1985 Moscow 47.93 Omar Cisneros 13 August 2013 Moscow 47.94 Carl Bengtström 11 June 2024 Rome 47.97 Thomas Barr 18 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro 48.05 Ken Harnden 29 July 1998 Saint-Denis 48.05 Emir Bekrić 15 August 2013 Moscow 48.05 Denis Kudryavtsev 25 August 2015 Beijing 48.06 Oleh Tverdokhlib 10 August 1994 Helsinki 48.11 Gerald Drummond 6 May 2023 San José 48.11 Jesús David Delgado 16 June 2026 Ostrava 48.12 Marek Plawgo 28 August 2007 Osaka 48.13 Marcel Schelbert 27 August 1999 Seville 48.17 Jeffery Gibson 25 August 2015 Beijing 48.24 Adam Kunkel 27 July 2007 Rio de Janeiro 48.25 Matic Ian Guček 8 August 2025 Banská Bystrica 48.27 Jiří Mužík 3 August 1997 Athens 48.28 Rohan Robinson 31 July 1996 Atlanta 48.36 Nick Smidt 2 July 2023 La Chaux-de-Fonds 48.39 Abdelmalik Lahoulou 28 September 2019 Doha 48.44 Saad Hinti 17 May 2025 Lexington 48.45 Dusán Kovács 3 August 1997 Athens 48.46 Yevgeniy Meleshenko 31 August 2001 Beijing 48.48 Toma Tomov 11 August 1986 Budapest 48.56 Pablo Andrés Ibáñez 6 May 2023 San José 48.61 Vadim Zadoinov 29 August 1990 Split 48.61 Antti Sainio 19 July 2025 Bergen 48.62 Peng Ming-yang 4 August 2023 Chengdu 48.65 Andrés Silva 2 August 2014 São Paulo 48.66 Julien Watrin 2 September 2022 Brussels 48.68 Gong Debin 17 November 2025 Guangzhou Xu Xinfeng 11 July 2026 Ordos 48.75 Mohamed Adoini 16 May 2026 Auburn 48.76 Kemorena Tisang 18 May 2024 Gaborone 48.77 Pedro Rodrígues Carlos Silva 10 August 1994 11 August 1999 Helsinki Zurich 48.78 Aleksandr Kharlov 20 June 1983 Moscow 48.79 Rasheeme Griffith 9 May 2024 Gainesville 48.80 Dharun Ayyasamy 16 March 2019 Patiala 48.87 Zid Abou Hamed 20 February 1999 Sydney 48.88 Jonathan Williams 14 July 2007 San Salvador 48.94 René Mélédjé 13 August 1986 Zurich 48.94 Jozef Kucej 21 June 1989 Prague 48.95 9 August 2025 Oordegem 48.98 18 September 1986 Tashkent 48.98 Eric Cray 23 June 2016 Moratalaz, Madrid 49.02 Kurt Couto 11 June 2012 Prague 49.03 Ayomal Akalanka Kuda Liyanage 11 July 2026 Ordos 49.05 17 March 2001 5 April 2002 Roodepoort Germiston 49.13 Bader Abdul Rahman Al-Fulaij 18 May 2002 Hyderabad 49.13 Ibrahima Maïga 28 April 2007 Dakar 49.18 Antonio Smith 14 July 1991 Caracas 49.22 Alejandro Argudín-Zaharia 4 September 1997 Antananarivo 49.25 Bienvenu Sawadogo 29 August 2019 Rabat 49.26 Jordin Andrade 11 June 2016 Kingston 49.27 11 May 2024 Cuiabá 49.28 Guillermo Ruggeri 7 June 2018 Cochabamba 49.31 Ahmed Hamada 30 September 1986 Seoul 49.33 Thomas Futterknecht 30 August 1985 Kobe 49.33 Cameron French 27 January 2018 Canberra 49.33 Mehdi Pirjahan 28 August 2019 2 October 2020 Lucknow Tehran 49.42 Aleksey Pogorelov 31 May 2008 Bishkek 49.51 Shane Charles 14 May 2006 Eugene 49.53 Yvon Rakotoarimiandry 23 July 2001 Ottawa 49.55 O'Neil Wright 14 May 2005 Atlanta 49.60 Viktors Lācis 1 June 2001 Eugene 49.62 Alfredo Sepúlveda 7 June 2018 Cochabamba Stavros Tziortzis 2 September 1972 28 June 1972 Munich Piraeus 49.66 Ali Shirook 30 April 2009 26 July 2009 Qatif Zeulenroda 49.74 Ahmed Ghanem 12 August 1985 Cairo 49.75 Calvin Quek 20 August 2025 Yokohama 49.76 Chanond Keanchan 12 December 1995 Chiang Mai 49.76 Emerson Alejandro Chala 28 November 2013 Trujillo 49.80 Hwang Hong-cheol 10 June 1990 Seoul 49.82 Mohamed Shaib 4 July 2017 Castellón 49.82 Ned Azemia 19 May 2018 El Dorado 49.83 11 June 2009 Fayetteville 49.87 Aleksey Bazarov 11 September 1991 Koblenz 49.88 Darko Juričić 18 August 1998 Budapest Yeison Rivas 19 November 2015 12 July 2008 Cali Cali 49.90 Mohamed Amin 11 October 1994 Hiroshima 49.94 Gilbert Hashan 29 July 1996 Atlanta 49.95 Talib Faizal Al-Saffar 22 August 1977 Sofia 49.95 Paul Tucker 13 August 2000 La Chaux-de-Fonds 49.99 Alie Beauvais 17 May 2009 Princeton 50.00 30 May 1976 Munich 50.01 Nicolai Hartling 10 August 2019 Varaždin 50.05 Quách Công Lịch 22 August 2017 Kuala Lumpur 50.16 Allan Ayala 12 June 2009 Guatemala City 50.21 Hamza Deyaf 3 July 2009 Pescara 50.37 Mowen Boino 21 March 2006 Melbourne 50.39 Silvestras Guogis 21 July 2012 Jessheim 50.40 Keith Nkrumah 5 May 2012 Greensboro 50.46 Eusebio Haliti 12 June 2011 Naples Abdoualaye Cherif Issa 25 April 2006 24 April 2007 Ouagadougou Ouagadougou 50.59 Daniel Gómez 3 September 2000 Barcelona 50.65 Sharim Hamilton 25 May 2024 Emporia 50.68 Edivaldo Monteiro 20 June 1998 Lisbon Gadisa Bayu Yobsen Biru 25 May 2018 1 April 2022 Asella Hawassa 50.77 Lucien Pandjikola 4 July 2008 Marseille Rudik Matevosian 5 August 1984 13 July 1985 Moscow Kaunas 50.81 Amadou Sy Savane 23 May 1998 Atlanta 50.81 10 December 2019 New Clark City 50.84 Duško Milutinović 13 August 1989 Serres 50.88 Chan Ka Chun 16 April 2016 Walnut 50.90 Robert Tupuhoé 11 April 1987 Pīraʻe 50.94 Jacques Frisch 30 June 2013 Chambéry 51.17 Bjorgvin Vikingsson 24 May 2008 Rehlingen 51.20 Morris Okinda 12 August 1985 Cairo 51.23 Ali Faudet 24 June 1994 Besançon 51.23 Junior Hines 25 May 2012 Marion 51.26 Muhammad Fakhrul Afizur 6 June 2023 Yeocheon City 51.40 Arkadiy Bronnikov 18 May 1986 Sochi 51.54 Abdullah Said Al-Haidi 20 September 2010 Aleppo 51.67 Jovesa Naivalu 9 June 1999 Santa Rita 51.70 Fitz-Allen Crick 19 July 2003 Bloomington 51.74 Dennick Luke 10 February 2024 Spanish Town 51.79 Maoulida Darouèche 6 July 2013 Aubagne Emmanuel Youmékoué 23 July 2005 24 July 2005 Yaoundé 51.87 Abdur Rahim Nayeem 25 December 1993 Dhaka 51.87 Emmanuel Tamba Elenga 22 June 2024 Douala 51.89 Oleg Podmaryov 18 September 1986 Tashkent 51.95 Wilson André 28 July 1995 Lisbon 52.02 Paeaki Kokohu 5 May 1996 Sacramento 52.07 Htay Win 2 December 1991 Manila 52.12 Andrea Ercolani Volta 3 June 2023 Marsa 52.18 Benjamin Grant 31 May 1992 Birmingham 52.20 Mauro Mina 1 November 1992 Lima 52.33 Nasser Dan Matta 13 December 2005 Niamey 52.33 Jovan Stojoski 19 June 2024 Maribor 52.45 Alva Henry 6 May 2018 Kearny 52.78 Francisco Rojas Soto 13 October 1975 Mexico City 52.94 David Benjimen 21 June 2011 Apia 53.03 Clarence Saunders 24 June 1994 Dedham 53.23 Asha Ram Chaudhari 25 December 1993 Dhaka 53.27 Lankantien Lamboni 18 May 2013 Bamako 53.30 Choi Chang-Sun 2 June 1985 Sofia 53.34 Nasim Ahmed Mansour 16 April 2016 Manama 53.49 Freddy Burgos 9 June 1984 Leiden 53.62 Hassan Abou Najem 27 September 1993 Latakia 53.69 Arlindo Pinheiro 21 July 2001 Lisbon 53.99 Christophe Bigirimana 23 September 1991 Cairo 54.00 20 June 1990 Bratislava 54.08 Joseph Akoon 26 July 2020 Maebashi 54.17 Milan Vuković 28 June 1998 Belgrade 54.19 Said Gilani 10 June 2017 Göttingen 54.36 Faustin Butéra 3 August 1984 Los Angeles 54.46 Kuripitone Betham 14 December 2002 Christchurch 54.53 Jordan Pace 29 May 2025 Andorra la Vella 54.55 Tino Ngoy 22 April 2005 Ypsilanti 54.59 Anousone Xaysa 1 December 2022 Phonsavan 54.64 Kaderi Bujang 30 November 1993 Manila 54.65 Relebohile Mosito 20 March 2010 Durban 54.66 Demba Sanyang 5 September 2020 Madrid 54.71 Ignacio Novarro 26 May 1995 Manaus 54.74 Lenín Vanegas 19 April 2010 Panama City 55.32 Daniel Ololo 22 July 1978 Algiers
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