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    Wayde van Niekerk (South African English: /ˈweɪd fʌn niːˈkɛərk/, Afrikaans: [fan niˈkɛrk]; born 15 July 1992) is a South African track and field sprinter...
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    athletes from 35 nations competed. The event was won by 0.73 seconds by Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa, who broke the world record and won the nation's second...
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  • politician Marlene van Niekerk (born 1954), South African writer Martin van Niekerk (born 1989), Namibian cricketer Wayde van Niekerk (born 1992), South...
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    debate. The current men's world record and Olympic record is held by Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa; his time of 43.03 seconds is the fastest 400 m ever...
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    in Rio de Janeiro to see his world record broken by Wayde van Niekerk, saying about van Niekerk's performance, "Oh my God! From lane eight, a world record...
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  • Richard Mille. Retrieved 2024-07-15. Cara Barrett, Watch Spotting: Wayde van Niekerk Wins The Men's 400m (And Sets A New World Record) With A Richard Mille...
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  • games by 400 metre world record holder and 2016 Olympic champion Wayde van Niekerk. The first semi-final saw Bednarek running a relaxed 20.00 but Alexander...
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  • heroic return from what should have been a career-ending injury, Wayde van Niekerk to have to wait in the holding room to await his fate. In the second...
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    Kolbe is a cousin of famous South African track and field sprinter Wayde van Niekerk, who won the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 2016 Olympics and...
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  • footballer Wayde Preston (1929–1992), actor Wayde Skipper (born 1983), footballer Wayde van Niekerk (born 1992), track and field athlete Wayde Watson, Bahamian...
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    world record holder Wayde van Niekerk. After what should have been a career-ending knee injury, it was remarkable for van Niekerk to get this far, each...
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    ahead, along with Wayde van Niekerk and Isaac Makwala, Africans with none of those credentials. Through the final turn, van Niekerk took sole possession...
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  • was 2022 bronze medalist Matthew Hudson-Smith. World record holder Wayde van Niekerk has been on the comeback trail after a devastating injury in 2017...
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    Bromell. Kerley is one of only three men along with Michael Norman and Wayde van Niekerk to go sub-10 seconds in 100 m, sub-20 seconds in 200 m and sub-44...
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    Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2021-07-30. "Wayde Van niekerk | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2021-07-30...
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    medals in the 400 metres. Wayde van Niekerk's world record in Rio put this event in the spotlight. This year, van Niekerk was back to defend, but he...
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    Caryl Smith Gilbert. Michael Norman is one of only 3 men along with Wayde Van Niekerk and Fred Kerley to go sub 10 seconds in 100m, sub 20 seconds in 200m...
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    record holder 100 meters 30 April 2022 – present Incumbent Preceded by Wayde van Niekerk World best performances, 300 metres 17 February 2024 – present Incumbent...
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    on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2008. "Rio Olympics 2016: Wayde van Niekerk breaks world record to win Olympic gold". BBC Sport. 14 August 2016...
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  • fastest, with Wayde van Niekerk (South Africa) equal to him by about 200 metres, and going on to build a lead through the final turn. Van Niekerk had time...
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  • Seville, Spain August 26, 1999 16 years, 11 months and 19 days 43.03 Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa Rio de Janeiro, Brazil August 14, 2016 8 years and 20 days...
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    set in 2016, and the record for the women's race was set in 2024. Wayde van Niekerk holds the men's record of 43.03 seconds, breaking world and Olympic...
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    Lara van Niekerk, Akani Simbine and Wayde van Niekerk have all broken records and won medals at both the Olympic and Commonwealth Games, with Wayde van Niekerk...
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  • third fastest of all-time in the 400 m after Michael Johnson and Wayde van Niekerk, the current world record holder. In 2016, he was elected into the...
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    Athletics Continental Tour meetings. Diego Sampaolo (13 September 2022). "Van Niekerk and Dos Santos break meeting records in Bellinzona". World Athletics...
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    Girma (ETH) 7:52.11 WR 5 Oslo –  Erriyon Knighton (USA) 19.78 MR, SB  Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) 44.38 –  Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 3:27.95 AR, MR, WL, PB  Yomif...
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    of the 400 m event with a personal best of 43.45 seconds, behind Wayde van Niekerk (43.03 WR, 2016), Michael Johnson (43.18 WR, 1999) and Butch Reynolds...
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  • decorated athlete in the 100 metres at the Olympics. South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk provided the second world record performance of the athletics programme...
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    field athletes, including two golds won by runners Caster Semenya and Wayde van Niekerk, who broke the 16-year-old world record in the men's 400 metres. South...
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    Olympian Geraldine Pillay, 2004 Olympian, Commonwealth medallist Wayde van Niekerk, track-and-field sprinter, Olympic and World Champion, and World Record...
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