National records in the 400 metres

The following table is an overview of national records in the 400 metres.

Outdoor[edit]

Men[edit]

Country Time Athlete Date Place Reference
 South Africa 43.03 Wayde van Niekerk 14 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro [1] [2]
 United States 43.18 Michael Johnson 26 August 1999 Seville [1]
 Bahamas 43.48 Steven Gardiner 4 October 2019 Doha [1] [3]
 Botswana 43.72 Isaac Makwala 5 July 2015 La Chaux-de-Fonds [1] [4]
 Grenada 43.74 Kirani James 3 July 2014 Lausanne [1] [5]
 Zambia 43.91 A Muzala Samukonga 29 April 2023 Gaborone [1]
 Jamaica 43.93 Rusheen McDonald 23 August 2015 Beijing [1] [6][7]
 Saudi Arabia 43.93 Yousef Masrahi 23 August 2015 Beijing [1] [6]
 Colombia 43.93 Anthony Zambrano 2 August 2021 Tokyo [1] [8]
 Trinidad and Tobago 44.01 Machel Cedenio 14 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro [1] [2]
 Canada 44.05 Christopher Morales-Williams 11 May 2024 Gainesville [1]
 Qatar 44.07 Abdalelah Haroun 21 July 2018 London [1] [9]
 Great Britain and N.I. 44.07 Matthew Hudson-Smith 30 May 2024 Oslo [1]
 Congo DR 44.10 Gary Kikaya 9 September 2006 Stuttgart [1]
 Dominican Republic 44.11 Luguelín Santos 26 August 2015 Beijing [1] [10]
 Cuba 44.14 Roberto Hernández 30 May 1990 Seville [1]
 Belgium 44.15 Alexander Doom 10 June 2024 Rome [1] [11]
 Nigeria 44.17 Innocent Egbunike 19 August 1987 Zurich [1]
 Kenya 44.18 Samson Kitur 3 August 1992 Barcelona [1] [12]
 Brazil 44.29 Sanderlei Parrela 26 August 1999 Seville [1]
 Ivory Coast 44.30 Gabriel Tiacoh 7 June 1986 Indianapolis [1]
 Mexico 44.31 Alejandro Cárdenas 26 August 1999 Seville [1]
 Germany 44.33
44.50
Thomas Schönlebe (GDR)
Erwin Skamrahl (FRG)
3 September 1987
26 July 1983
Rome
Munich
[1]
 Bahrain 44.36 Ali Khamis 14 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro [1] [2]
 Uganda 44.37 Davis Kamoga 5 August 1997 Athens [1] [13]
 Australia 44.38 Darren Clark 26 September 1988 Seoul [1]
 Norway 44.39 Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen 20 August 2023 Budapest [1] [14]
 Barbados 44.43 Jonathan Jones 15 May 2022 Lubbock [1] [15]
 France 44.46 Leslie Djhone 29 August 2007 Osaka [1] [16]
 Netherlands 44.48 Liemarvin Bonevacia 21 August 2021 Bern [1]
 Oman 44.56 Mohammed Al-Malki 12 August 1988 Budapest [1]
 Sweden 44.56 Johan Wissman 29 August 2007 Osaka [1] [16]
 Zimbabwe 44.58 Lewis Banda 15 May 2004 Tucson [1]
 Russia 44.60 Viktor Markin 30 July 1980 Moscow [1]
 Costa Rica 44.60 Nery Brenes 23 June 2016 Madrid [1] [17]
 Sri Lanka 44.61 Sugath Thilakaratne 20 July 1998 Fukuoka [1]
 Poland 44.62 Tomasz Czubak 24 August 1999 Seville [1]
 Mauritius 44.69 Eric Milazar 7 July 2001 Madrid [1]
 Spain 44.69 Bruno Hortelano 22 June 2018 Madrid [1] [18]
 Antigua and Barbuda 44.74[a]
45.6 h
Rai Benjamin
Fred Sowerby
21 April 2018
8 May 1976
Torrance
Knoxville
[20]
[1]
 Italy 44.75 Luca Sito 9 June 2024 Rome [1] [21]
 Sudan 44.76 Hassan El Kashief 3 June 1982 Provo [1]
 U.S. Virgin Islands 44.77 Tabarie Henry 23 May 2009 Hutchinson [1]
 Ireland 44.77 David Gillick 4 July 2009 Madrid [1]
 Saint Lucia 44.77 Michael Joseph 13 May 2023 Norman, OK [1]
 Japan 44.77 Kentaro Sato 20 August 2023 Budapest [1] [14]
 Czechia 44.79 Pavel Maslák 9 May 2014 Doha [1]
 Portugal 44.79 João Coelho 3 August 2023 Chengdu [1] [22]
 Slovenia 44.84 Luka Janežič 21 July 2017 Monaco [1] [23]
 Kuwait 44.84 Yousef Karam 22 April 2019 Doha [1]
 Hungary 44.84 Attila Molnár 20 August 2023 Budapest [1] [14]
 Scotland 44.93 David Jenkins 21 June 1975 Eugene -
 Argentina 44.93 Elián Larregina 21 June 2024 Madrid [1]
 Ukraine 44.94 Oleksandr Pohorilko 28 April 2024 Willemstad [1]
 Libya 44.98 Mohamed Khouaja 30 July 2010 Nairobi [1] [24]
  Switzerland 44.99 Mathias Rusterholz 3 July 1996 Lausanne [1]
 Cayman Islands 44.99 Jamal Walton 21 July 2017 Trujillo [1] [25]
 Senegal 45.01 A Amadou Gakou 18 October 1968 Mexico City [1]
 Uruguay 45.02 Andrés Silva 17 May 2006 Fortaleza [1]
 Morocco 45.03 Benyounés Lahlou 9 September 1992 Latakia [1]
 Israel 45.04 Donald Sanford 19 July 2015 Zhukovsky [1] [26]
 Puerto Rico 45.07 Ayden Owens-Delerme 23 July 2022 Eugene [1]
 Greece 45.11 Dimitrios Regas 16 September 2006 Athens [1]
 Ghana 45.13 Ibrahim Hassan 21 April 1996 Walnut [1]
 Algeria 45.13 Malik Louahla 4 August 2001 Edmonton [1] [27]
 China 45.14 Guo Zhongze 3 September 2017 Tianjin [1] [28]
 Guyana 45.16 Winston George 15 July 2017 Leonora [1]
 Saint Vincent 45.19 Eswort Coombs 20 April 1997 Walnut [1]
 Tunisia 45.19 Sofiane Labidi 5 June 2004 Seville [1]
 Venezuela 45.21 Alberth Bravo 25 November 2014 Xalapa [1]
 India 45.21 Muhammed Anas 13 July 2019 Kladno [1] [29]
 Kazakhstan 45.25 Mikhail Litvin 22 April 2019 Doha [1]
 Bermuda 45.26 Troy Douglas 27 July 1996 Atlanta [1]
 Romania 45.27 Mihai Dringo [de; fr] 3 August 2023 Chengdu [1]
 Panama 45.29 Héctor Daley 15 August 1981 Ciudad Bolívar [1]
 Peru 45.30 A Fernando Acevedo 1 August 1971 Cali [1]
 Serbia 45.30 Slobodan Branković 29 August 1990 Split [1]
 Dominica 45.31 Bruce Phillip 1 June 1989 Provo [1]
 Slovakia 45.32 Štefan Balošák 27 July 1996 Atlanta [1]
 Bulgaria 45.32 Iliya Dzhivondov 3 June 2000 Sofia [1]
 Estonia 45.35 Rasmus Mägi 25 June 2022 Tallinn [1] [30]
 Iceland 45.36 Oddur Sigurdsson 12 May 1984 Austin [1]
 Uzbekistan 45.37 Sergey Lovachev 22 June 1984 Kyiv [1]
 South Korea 45.37 Shon Ju-il 17 June 1994 Seoul [1]
 Egypt 45.40 Anas Beshr 11 June 2016 Montverde [1] [31]
 Iran 45.40 Sajjad Hashemi 13 June 2021 Erzurum [1]
 Ethiopia 45.42 A Tegegne Bezabeh 18 October 1968 Mexico City [1]
 Liberia 45.42 Akeem Sirleaf 4 May 2019 Greensboro [1] [32]
 Belarus 45.43 Aliaksandr Linnik 20 June 2015 Cheboksary [1] [33]
 Lesotho 45.46 Henry Mohoanyane 18 March 1988 Bloemfontein [1]
 Lithuania 45.4 h
45.46
45.4 h
Remigijus Valiulis
Tomas Motiejunas
Jonas Motiejunas
4 June 1980
24 May 1997
3 August 2000
Leningrad
Atlanta
Kaunas
[1]
 Gambia 45.48 Dawda Jallow 3 April 1993 Atlanta [1]
 Finland 45.49 Markku Kukkoaho 7 September 1972 Munich [1]
 Denmark 45.50 Nick Ekelund-Arenander
Benjamin Lobo Vedel
13 July 2013
15 August 2022
Madrid
Munich
[1] [34]
 Turkey 45.51 Yavuz Can 7 July 2016 Amsterdam [1] [35]
 Latvia 45.53 Jānis Leitis 8 August 2018 Berlin [1] [36]
 Philippines 45.57 Isidro del Prado 1 December 1984 Manila [1]
 United Arab Emirates 45.58 Suleiman Abdulrahman 3 May 2024 Dubai [1]
 Curaçao 45.60 Liemarvin Bonevacia 4 August 2012 London [37]
 Croatia 45.64 Željko Knapić 19 September 1981 Sarajevo [1]
 Congo Republic 45.64 Gilles Anthony Afoumba 25 June 2019 Montgeron [1]
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 45.68 Warren Hazel 22 July 2017 Freeport [1] [38]
 Austria 45.69 Clemens Zeller 3 June 2010 Sankt Pölten [1] [39][40]
 Haiti 45.71 Gerald Clervil 16 May 1999 Athens, GA [1]
 Sierra Leone 45.72 Va-Sheku Sheriff 14 May 2017 El Paso [1]
 Iraq 45.74 Taha Hussein Yassen 22 April 2019 Doha [1] [41]
 Tanzania 45.74 A Claver Kamanya 16 October 1968 Mexico City [1]
 Namibia 45.80 A Mahmad Alexander Bock [de] 30 April 2022 Gaborone [1]
 Fiji 45.82 Saimoni Tamani 23 July 1970 Edinburgh [1] [42]
 Benin 45.82 Mathieu Gnanligo 30 June 2012 Porto-Novo [1]
 Azerbaijan 45.83 Yuriy Dudkin 18 September 1986 Tashkent [43]
 Georgia 45.86 Alif Aliyev
Mindia Endeladze [de]
28 August 1983
29 May 2021
Kyiv
Tbilisi
[1]
 Turkmenistan 45.86 Vitaliy Fedotov 26 August 1981 Kyiv [43]
 Chile 45.92 Ricardo Roach 21 March 1998 Santiago [1]
 El Salvador 45.99 A Takeshi Fujiwara 28 April 2012 Medellín [44]
 Vietnam 45.99 Quách Công Lịch 29 June 2015 Chanthaburi [1]
 Thailand 46.00 Kunanon Sukkaew [fr] 12 June 2015 Kallang [1]
 Cameroon 46.03 Aboubakar Tetnap Nsangou [de] 23 June 2018 Yaoundé [1]
 British Virgin Islands 46.04
45.84 i
Dean Greenaway
Kyron McMaster
19 May 1979
14 February 2020
Lincoln
Clemson

[1]
 São Tomé and Príncipe 46.07 Filipe Lomba 5 July 1987 Lisbon [1]
 New Zealand 46.09 Shaun Farrell 7 March 1998 Whanganui [1]
 Malaysia 46.09
45.81 [b]
Umar Osman
Nordin Mohamed Jadi
2 August 2023
3 September 1988
Chengdu
Los Angeles
[1]
 Netherlands Antilles 46.13 Churandy Martina 31 March 2007 El Paso
 Mali 46.14 Yaya Seyba 20 July 1988 Bad Blankenburg [1]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 46.15 Amel Tuka 28 June 2019 Nembro [1] [45]
 Cyprus 46.16 Evripides Demosthenous 10 July 1999 Palma de Mallorca [1]
 Albania 46.16 Franko Burraj 2 July 2022 Oran [1]
 North Macedonia 46.27 Ismail Mačev 13 September 1983 Casablanca [46]
 Ecuador 46.28 Álex Quiñónez 29 June 2019 Braga [1] [47]
 Burundi 46.32 Jean-Patrick Nduwimana 30 March 1999 Tucson [1]
 Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 46.35 Chen Chieh 19 October 2015 Kaohsiung [1]
 Eswatini 46.36 A Andile Lusenga 27 April 2019 Gaborone [1]
 Indonesia 46.37 Elieser Wattebosi 14 June 1993 Singapore [1]
 Chad 46.43 Mahamat Goubaye Youssouf 30 June 2016 São Bernardo do Campo [1] [48]
 Mozambique 46.50 Kurt Couto 13 April 2007 Windhoek [1]
 Guatemala 46.50 José Bermúdez 23 June 2019 Managua [1]
 Turks and Caicos 46.54 Colby Jennings 26 March 2022 Tempe [43]
 Moldova 46.57 Sergey Grigoryev 5 July 1984 Kyiv [43]
 Paraguay 46.62 Augusto José Stanley 8 June 2012 Barquisimeto [49]
 Burkina Faso 46.66 Bienvenu Sawadogo 18 June 2019 Bonneuil-sur-Marne [50]
 Kyrgyzstan 46.67 Nikolay Chernetskiy 7 July 1978 Berkeley [43]
 Papua New Guinea 46.70 Nelson Stone 8 October 2010 Delhi [42][51]
 Pakistan 46.73 Abdul Mueed Baloch 29 May 2022 Mashhad [52]
 Equatorial Guinea 46.78 Gustavo Envela 14 June 1986 Sacramento [43]
 Madagascar 46.80 Todiasoa Rabearison 1 October 2019 Doha [53]
 Montenegro 46.82 Slaviša Vraneš 19 August 2000 Belgrade [43]
 Malta 46.83 Graham Pellegrini 1 June 2023 Marsa [54]
 Syria 47.18
46.7 h
Zahr-el-Din El-Najem 30 June 1999
12 August 1999
Beirut
Irbid
[43]
-
 Suriname 46.89 Tommy Asinga 4 August 1991 Havana [43]
 Togo 46.92 Kossi Akoto 16 July 1995 Viry-Châtillon [43]
 North Korea 46.95 Hwang Il-Sok 25 June 2000 Odawara [55]
 Armenia 46.99 Akraik Hovanesian 14 July 1986 Kyiv [43]
 Singapore 47.02 Zubin Percy Muncherji 13 May 2018 Bloomington [56]
 Comoros 47.04 Hadhari Djaffar 7 May 2000 Franconville, Val-d'Oise [43]
 Honduras 47.06 Yariel Matute 21 April 2018 Houston [57]
 Seychelles 47.08 Joseph Adam 16 May 1993 Clemson [43]
 Bolivia 47.12 A Fernando Copa 6 June 2018 Cochabamba [58]
 French Polynesia 47.13 Isaac Yaya 26 June 2005 Nice [42]
 Niger 47.27
47.89
Mohamedine Mahamadou 17 June 2012
27 June 2012
Accra
Porto-Novo
[43]
[59]
 Hong Kong 47.28 Chan Ka Chun 15 May 2015 Taipei [43]
 Anguilla 47.29 Kirthley Richardson 19 May 1995 Odesa [43]
 Angola 47.2 h
47.38
Barceló de Carvalho
João Paulo
16 September 1969
23 July 1995
Athens
Lisbon

[43]
 Bangladesh 47.34
46.86 #
Mohammad Jahir Rayhan 3 November 2019
25 January 2019
Mangalagiri
Dhaka
[60] [61]
[60] [62]
 Lebanon 47.36 Noureddine Hadid 20 July 2019 Beirut [43]
 Gibraltar 47.41 Jessy Franco 1 October 2019 Doha [63]
 Belize 47.42 Benjamin Fairweather 9 May 2015 Utica [43]
 Tajikistan 47.44 Grigoriy Derepaskin 7 July 2019 Almaty
[43]
 Maldives 47.48 Hassan Saaid 1 June 2013 Kingston [64]
 Luxembourg 47.4 h
47.76
Emile Jung
David Fiegen
16 August 1969
20 August 2006
Font-Romeu
La Chaux-de-Fonds

[43]
 Guinea 47.60 A Alpha Amadou Sy Savané 14 September 1995 Harare [43]
 Macau 47.61 Lei Vai Kun 21 July 1996 Hong Kong [43]
 Vanuatu 47.62 Baptiste Firiam 7 March 1996 Sydney [43]
 South Sudan 47.63 Mangar Chuot 18 March 2016 Perth [43]
 Jordan 47.67 Abdelsalam Khalifa Al-Haj 11 September 1999 Amman [43]
 Guinea-Bissau 47.70 Edivaldo Monteiro 17 July 1996 Lisbon [43]
 Aruba 47.73 Anthony Rasmijn 26 May 2018 Oordegem [43]
 Solomon Islands 47.76 Chris Walasi 27 January 2006 Christchurch [42]
 Central African Republic 47.82 Martial Biguet 1 August 1992 Barcelona [43]
 San Marino 47.84 Marco Tamagnini 20 May 1989 Nicosia [43]
 Malawi 47.85 Golden Gunde 28 July 2014 Glasgow [65]
 Mauritania 47.87 Youba Hmeida 4 August 2001 Edmonton [66]
 Somalia 47.91 Ibrahim Okash Omar 4 August 1984 Los Angeles [43]
 Rwanda 47.93 A Emmanuel Nitakiyimana 7 July 2016 Kampala [43]
 Cape Verde 47.96 Salvador Lopes Goncalves 10 September 2000 Luxembourg [43]
 Kosovo 48.12
47.83 #
Astrit Kryeziu 1 July 2017
19 July 2014
Stara Zagora
Skopje
 Mongolia 48.15 Tsendsuren Erdene-Munkh 14 June 1989 Bratislava [43]
 Eritrea 48.25 Haile Merih Weldemichael 18 July 2007 Algiers [43]
 Yemen 48.27 Ahmed Al-Yaari 21 April 2019 Doha [67]
 Guam 48.29
47.59 #
David Wilson
Aaron Whitaker
12 April 1997
13 May 2017
Palo Alto
Monmouth
[68]
[69]
 Tonga 48.31 Henele Taliai 1 March 1997 Melbourne [42]
   Nepal 48.32 Asha Ram Chaudhari 28 September 1990 Beijing [43]
 Andorra 48.38
47.94 i
Daniel Gómez 26 May 1999
6 February 2000
Schaan
Seville
[43]
 Nicaragua 48.51 Dexter Mayorga 27 June 2021 San José, Costa Rica [43]
 Palestine 48.4 h
48.61
Fareed Faraj
Mohammed Abukhousa
5 March 1989
25 February 2017
Kuwait City
Réduit

[43]
 Brunei 48.53 Mohamed Arman Hj Sanip 10 July 1999 Taverny [43]
 American Samoa 48.4 h Kelsey Nakanelua 10 June 2000 Honolulu [42]
 Montserrat 48.55
48.00 i
Stephen Lewis
Julius Morris
1 May 1992
2 December 2017
Spokane
Nashville
[43]
 Monaco 48.63 Brice Etès 3 June 2011 Schaan [70]
 Myanmar 48.63 Htay Win 30 November 1991 Manila [43]
 Norfolk Island 48.63 Jonathan McKee 4 July 1987 Varberg [42]
 Samoa 48.67 Siologa Sepa 4 September 2013 Mata-Utu [71]
 Cambodia 48.82
47.4 h #
Chhem Savin 3 September 1972
4 August 1967
Munich
Phnom Penh
[43]
 New Caledonia 48.8 h
49.11
Frédéric Erin 18 February 2000
13 May 2011
Hamilton
Nouméa
[42]
 Afghanistan 49.0 h
49.59
Habib Zareef
Said Gilani
1963
25 June 2017
Kabul
Berlin
[72]
 Palau 49.17 Conrad Rdechor 25 August 2000 Adelaide [42]
 Cook Islands 49.19 Alex Beddoes 1 March 2019 Melbourne [43]
 Liechtenstein 49.32
47.9 h #
Fabian Haldner
Günther Hasler
7 September 2014
1 June 1975
Geneva
Bern
[43]
 Djibouti 49.59 Houssein Nour Ali 31 July 2008 Victoria [43]
 Laos 49.73 Kingkeo Inthavong 24 August 2017 Bukit Jalil [73]
 Micronesia 50.22
50.1 h
Jack Howard 25 July 2002
7 December 2002
Kolonia, Pohnpei
Ballarat
[42]
 Marshall Islands 50.4 h Martin Motu'ahala 30 July 1994 Majuro [42]
 Wallis and Futuna 50.6 h Patita Fotutata 25 September 1985 Fiua [42]
 East Timor 50.79 Domingos Salio dos Santos 12 June 2015 Kallang [74]
 Bhutan 51.16 Tshering Penjor 15 September 2021 Yokoyama [43]
 Nauru 51.3 h
51.47
Tryson Duburiya
Jonah Harris
c. 1991
1 December 2018
Meneng
Brisbane
[42]
[43]
 Kiribati 51.98 Kiakia Tekambwa 8 August 2009 Gold Coast [42][75]
 Northern Mariana Islands 52.74 Beouch Ngirchongor 1 July 2014 Palikir [76]
 Niue 52.87 Kalapu Liutose Liuvaie 13 September 1991 Port Moresby [42]
 Tuvalu 54.81 Telava Folitau 6 August 2009 Gold Coast [42]

Women[edit]

Country Time Athlete Date Place Reference
 Germany 47.60 Marita Koch 6 October 1985 Canberra [77]
 Czechia 47.99 Jarmila Kratochvílová 10 August 1983 Helsinki [77]
 Bahrain 48.14 Salwa Eid Naser 3 October 2019 Doha [77] [78]
 France 48.25 Marie-José Pérec 29 July 1996 Atlanta [77]
 Ukraine 48.27 Olha Bryzhina 6 October 1985 Canberra [77]
 Bahamas 48.36 Shaunae Miller-Uibo 6 August 2021 Tokyo [77]
 Australia 48.63 Cathy Freeman 29 July 1996 Atlanta [77]
 United States 48.70 Sanya Richards-Ross 16 September 2006 Athens [77]
 Dominican Republic 48.76 Marileidy Paulino 23 August 2023 Budapest [77]
 Mexico 48.89 Ana Gabriela Guevara 27 August 2003 Saint-Denis [77]
 Jamaica 48.89 Nickisha Pryce 8 June 2024 Eugene [77]
 Poland 48.98 Natalia Kaczmarek 10 June 2024 Roma [77]
 Ireland 49.07 Rhasidat Adeleke 10 June 2024 Roma [77]
 Nigeria 49.10 Falilat Ogunkoya 29 July 1996 Atlanta [77]
 Russia 49.11
48.9 h
#
Olga Nazarova 25 September 1988
13 September 1988
Seoul
Vladivostok
[79]
 Kyrgyzstan 49.19 Mariya Pinigina 10 August 1983 Helsinki [80]
 Namibia 49.22
48.54 #
Christine Mboma 17 April 2021
30 June 2021
Windhoek
Bydgoszcz
[77] [81]
 Botswana 49.33 Amantle Montsho 19 July 2013 Monaco [77]
 Cuba 49.2 h Ana Fidelia Quirot 13 August 1989 Bogotá [77]
 Great Britain 49.41 Christine Ohuruogu 12 August 2013 Moscow [77]
 Netherlands 49.44
49.17 i
Femke Bol 17 August 2022
2 March 2024
Munich
Glasgow
[77] [82]
 Bulgaria 49.53 Vanya Stambolova 27 August 2006 Rieti [77]
 Barbados 49.58 Sada Williams 21 August 2023 Budapest [77]
 South Africa 49.62 Caster Semenya 8 September 2018 Ostrava [77]
 Colombia 49.64 Ximena Restrepo 5 August 1992 Barcelona [77]
 Spain 49.67 Sandra Myers 6 July 1991 Oslo [77]
 China 49.81 Yuqin Ma 11 September 1993 Beijing [77]
 Senegal 49.86 Amy Mbacké Thiam 7 August 2001 Edmonton [77]
 Romania 49.88 Ionela Târlea 12 July 1999 Palma de Mallorca [77]
 Canada 49.91 Marita Payne
Jillian Richardson-Briscoe
6 August 1984
25 September 1988
Los Angeles
Seoul
[77]
 Belgium 49.96 Cynthia Bolingo 21 August 2023 Budapest [77] [83]
 Finland 50.14 Riitta Salin 4 September 1974 Roma [77]
 Guyana 50.20 Aliyah Abrams 13 May 2023 Freeport [77]
 Zambia 50.22 Kabange Mupopo 15 September 2015 Brazzaville [77]
 Italy 50.30 Libania Grenot 2 July 2009 Pescara [77]
 Belarus 50.31 Ilona Usovich 27 August 2007 Osaka [77]
 Chad 50.38 Kaltouma Nadjina 6 August 2001 Edmonton [77]
 Kenya 50.38 Mary Moraa 7 July 2023 Nairobi [77]
 Greece 50.45 Maria Belimpasaki 11 August 2018 Berlin [77]
 Lithuania 50.49 Modesta Justė Morauskaitė 25 May 2022 Huelva [77]
 Uzbekistan 50.52 Marina Shmonina 6 July 1990 Kyiv [77]
  Switzerland 50.52 Lea Sprunger 1 July 2018 La Chaux-de-Fonds [77]
 Portugal 50.59 Cátia Azevedo 3 June 2021 Huelva [77] [84]
 Austria 50.62 Karoline Käfer 18 June 1977 Klagenfurt [77]
 Brazil 50.62 Maria Magnolia Figueiredo 21 August 1990 Rovereto [77]
 Grenada 50.64 Hazel-Ann Regis 16 May 2004 Oxford [77]
 Kazakhstan 50.68 Tatyana Roslanova 5 June 2004 Almaty [77]
 Cameroon 50.69 Mireille Nguimgo 13 August 2000 La Chaux-de-Fonds [77]
 Niger 50.69
49.19 #
Aminatou Seyni 23 August 2018
5 July 2019
Rovereto
Lausanne
[77]
 Saint Vincent 50.75 Shafiqua Maloney 3 May 2024 Fayetteville [77]
 Croatia 50.78 Danijela Grgić 17 August 2006 Beijing [77] [85]
 India 50.79 Hima Das 26 August 2018 Jakarta [77]
 Cyprus 50.80 Eleni Artymata 4 August 2021 Tokyo [77]
 Norway 50.81 Henriette Jæger 30 May 2024 Oslo [77]
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 50.83 Tiandra Ponteen 11 June 2005 Sacramento [77]
 Puerto Rico 50.97 Gabby Scott 11 June 2022 Geneva [77]
 Sri Lanka 51.05 Damayanthi Dharsha 30 August 2000 Jakarta [77]
 Chile 51.07 Martina Weil 16 July 2023 Chorzów [77]
 Sweden 51.13 Moa Hjelmer 29 June 2012 Helsinki [77] [86]
 Sudan 51.19 Nawal El Jack 15 July 2005 Marrakech [77]
 Slovenia 51.22 Anita Horvat 20 July 2018 Monaco [77]
 Haiti 51.23 Marlena Wesh 7 July 2012 Irapuato [77]
 Latvia 51.25 Gunta Vaičule 16 August 2022 Munich [77]
 Sierra Leone 51.36 Maggie Barrie 13 May 2018 Bloomington, Indiana [77]
 Mozambique 51.37 Maria Mutola 2 August 1994 Monaco [77]
 Zimbabwe 51.43 Vimbayi Maisvoreva 25 May 2024 Lexington, Kentucky [77]
 Ethiopia 51.44 Genet Lire 13 June 2014 Addis Abeba [77]
 Benin 51.47 Fabienne Feraez 14 July 2006 Roma [77]
 U.S. Virgin Islands 51.47 Laverne Jones-Ferrette 21 April 2007 Lawrence, Kansas [77]
 Uganda 51.47 A Leni Shida 26 July 2019 Kampala [77] [87]
 Hungary 51.50 Ilona Pál
Barbara Petráhn
11 August 1980
13 May 2006
Budapest
Xalapa
[77]
 Ecuador 51.53 Nicole Caicedo 29 July 2023 São Paulo [77]
 Liberia 51.55 Kia Davis 17 May 2008 Ponce, Puerto Rico [77]
 Malawi 51.55 Asimenye Simwaka 7 August 2022 Birmingham [77]
 New Zealand 51.60 Kim Robertson 19 January 1980 Christchurch [77]
 British Virgin Islands 51.63 Ashley Kelly 8 July 2017 Miami [77]
 Tunisia 51.66 Awatef Ben Hassine 24 June 2004 Algiers [77]
 Morocco 51.67 Nezha Bidouane 1 September 1998 Berlin [77]
 Burkina Faso 51.74 Sita Sibiri [fr] 20 March 2024 Accra [77]
 Japan 51.75 Asami Tanno 3 May 2008 Shizuoka [77]
 Malaysia 51.79 Shereen Vallabouy 1 June 2024 Murfreesboro [77]
 Ghana 51.82 Akua Obeng-Akrofi 25 May 2018 Tampa, Florida [77] [88]
 Vietnam 51.83 Nguyen Thi Tinh 8 December 2003 Hanoi [77]
 Trinidad and Tobago 51.83 Janeil Bellille 21 June 2014 Port of Spain [77]
 Bermuda 51.84 Caitlyn Bobb [de] 9 June 2022 Eugene [77]
 Fiji 51.89 Makelesi Batimala 26 June 2004 Brisbane [77]
 Serbia 51.89 Tamara Salaški 9 June 2016 Stara Zagora [77] [89]
 Estonia 51.91 Egle Uljas 21 August 2004 Athens [77]
 Venezuela 51.94 Nercely Soto 26 November 2013 Trujillo, Peru [77] [90]
 Ivory Coast 51.94 Jessika Gbai 13 April 2024 Gainesville [77]
 Slovakia 51.98 Jozefína Čerchlanová 27 July 1974 Edinburgh [91]
 Moldova 52.00 Olesea Cojuhari 15 June 2012 Bucharest [77]
 Suriname 52.01 Letitia Vriesde 12 July 1997 Arnhem [77]
 North Korea 51.9 h
56.23
Sin Kim-dan
Chi Jong Ok
23 October 1962
15 October 1991
Pyongyang [77]
[92]
 Madagascar 52.05 Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy 19 July 1998 Paris [77]
 Israel 52.06 Anna Tkach 24 August 2003 Saint-Denis [93]
 Turkmenistan 52.10 Alyona Petrova 23 June 2001 Almaty [77]
 Georgia 52.13 Maia Azarashvili 12 June 1988 Leningrad [77]
 Turkey 52.15 Birsen Bekgöz 30 July 2011 Ankara [77]
 Mali 52.16 Djénébou Danté 16 July 2017 Marseille [77]
 Cayman Islands 52.17 Shalysa Wray 14 May 2022 Lubbock [77]
 Saint Lucia 52.21 Verneta Lesforis 25 June 1999 Bridgetown
 Argentina 52.2 h Olga Conte 23 March 1997 Buenos Aires [77]
 Malta 52.37 Janet Richard 20 June 2023 Chorzów [77] [94]
 Panama 52.43 Gianna Woodruff 23 April 2022 Waco, Texas [77]
 Antigua & Barbuda 52.49 Afia Charles 12 May 2013 Houston [77]
 Togo 52.50 Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni 24 August 2003 Saint-Denis [77]
 Turks and Caicos 52.50 Yanique Haye-Smith 10 April 2021 Greensboro [95]
 Uruguay 52.53 Déborah Rodríguez 3 October 2014 Montevideo [77] [96]
 Costa Rica 52.57 Zoila Stewart 25 November 1993 Ponce [92]
 Thailand 52.60 Noodang Phimphoo 14 June 1993 Singapore [77]
 Myanmar 52.69 Yin Yin Khine [de] 29 November 2005 Manila [77]
 Tajikistan 52.70 Gulsumbi Sharifova 7 July 2019 Almaty [77]
 Chinese Taipei 52.74 Chi Cheng 29 July 1970 Stockholm [77]
 Kuwait 52.80 Mona Al-Mubarak 16 May 2022 Kuwait [77]
 Iceland 52.83 Guðrún Arnardóttir 14 August 1997 London [77]
 Denmark 52.84
52.59 i
Rikke Rønholt
Sara Slott Petersen
6 July 2006
13 February 2016
Århus
Växjö
[77]
 Egypt 52.84 Bassant Hemida 23 December 2021 Maadi, Cairo [77]
 Albania 52.86 Klodiana Shala 8 August 2006 Gothenburg [77]
 Iran 52.95 Maryam Tousi 8 May 2012 Bangkok [77]
 Algeria 52.98 Zahra Bouras 1 June 2009 Rehlingen [77]
 Eswatini 53.02 Phumlile Ndzinisa 14 September 2015 Brazzaville [92]
 Papua New Guinea 53.19 Toea Wisil 14 August 2010 Gold Coast [92]
 Belize 53.19 Samantha Dirks 30 April 2016 Irvine [92]
 Indonesia 53.22 Sri Maya Sari [de] 12 October 2021 Timika [92]
 Dominica 53.40 Dawn Williams 13 April 1996 Jonesboro [92]
 Lebanon 53.43 Gretta Taslakian 4 July 2013 Pune [92]
 Iraq 53.44 Gulustan Mahmood Ieso 21 November 2010 Guangzhou [92]
 Armenia 53.48 Amaliya Sharoyan 28 May 2015 Sochi [92]
 Burundi 53.48 Francine Niyonsaba 4 May 2018 Eugene [92]
 São Tomé and Príncipe 53.48 Gorete Semedo 25 May 2022 Huelva [92]
 Pakistan 53.63 Najma Parveen 11 November 2019 Peshawar [92]
 South Korea 53.67 Lee Yun-Kyung 12 August 2003 Taebaek [92]
 Singapore 53.67 Shanti Pereira 30 March 2024 Gainesville [97]
 North Macedonia 53.77 Elizabeta Božinovska 14 June 1983 Nova Gorica [92]
 Congo Republic 53.77 Elodie Malessara 19 March 2024 Accra [98]
 Philippines 53.81 Kayla Anise Richardson [de; it] 14 April 2017 Torrance [92]
 Peru 53.86 A Maitte Torres [de] 20 May 2017 Cuenca [92]
 Bolivia 53.90 A Cecilia Gómez 18 April 2021 Cochabamba [92]
 Vanuatu 53.92 Mary Estelle Kapalu 5 August 1995 Gothenburg [92]
 Luxembourg 54.05 Frédérique Hansen 18 July 2013 Rieti [99]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 54.28 Dijana Kojić 24 July 1999 Komotini [92]
 Kosovo 54.30 Vijona Kryeziu 13 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro [92]
 Liechtenstein 54.47 Maria Ritter 20 August 1978 Zurich [92]
 Cape Verde 54.50 Vera Barbosa 9 May 2009 Osaka [92]
 Guinea 54.50 Asta Dramé 20 May 2012 Aix-les-Bains [92]
 Central African Republic 54.61 Emmanuëlle Kogalama 30 June 2001 Saint Étienne [92]
 Mauritius 54.62 Sandra Govinden [fr] 25 June 1992 Belle Vue Harel [92]
 El Salvador 54.72 Verónica Quijano 29 November 2001 Guatemala City [92]
 Maldives 54.83 Aishath Himna Hassan [de; it] 24 June 2023 Kingston [100]
 Azerbaijan 54.83 Lamiya Valiyeva 2 August 2023 Chengdu [101]
 Congo DR 54.88 Maria Bangala 30 April 2022 Nashville [92]
 Lesotho 54.91 Mamakoli Senauouane 3 May 2019 Manzini [92]
 Gambia 54.98 Binta Jallow 17 April 2019 Abidjan [92]
 Tanzania 54.99 Leticia Athanas 7 August 1987 Nairobi [92]
 Eritrea 54.99 Nazret Weldu 24 May 2007 Khartoum [92]
 Hong Kong 55.03 Wan Kin Yee 17 June 2012 Zhuhai [92]
 Nicaragua 55.18 Ingrid Yahoska Narvaez 2 July 2017 Tegucigalpa [92]
 Honduras 55.24 Heidy Palacios 17 June 2012 Managua [92]
 Syria 55.26
53.55
Ghofrane Al-Mohamed 19 May 2007
10 September 2006
Amman
Algiers
[102]
[92]
 Angola 55.34 Guilhermina Cruz 15 August 1993 Stuttgart [92]
 Jordan 55.38 Aliya Khattab Boshnak 12 July 2017 Nairobi [92]
 Anguilla 55.41 Artesha Richardson 13 May 2017 El Paso, Texas [92]
 Bangladesh 55.46 Beauty Nazmun Nahar 5 April 2004 Islamabad [92]
 Guatemala 55.64 Patricia Meigham 4 August 1984 Los Angeles [92]
 Comoros 55.91 Salhate Djamalidine 28 June 2003 Radès [92]
 Northern Mariana Islands 56.24 Yvonne Bennett 13 April 2013 Ogden, Utah [92]
 Samoa 56.32 Kim Peterson 10 February 1990 Auckland
 French Polynesia 56.35 Hereiti Bernardino 17 July 2019 Apia [92]
 Equatorial Guinea 56.37 Frida Pilar Ondo Mbang 20 July 2003 Madrid [92]
 Montenegro 56.47 Danijela Srdanović 4 July 1992 Belgrade [92]
 Paraguay 56.62 Ana Camila Pirelli 2 March 2019 Asunción [92]
 Gabon 56.73 Marlyse N’Sourou Menene 13 June 2007 Avellino [92]
 Libya 56.89 Najla Aqdeir Ali Salem 21 May 2016 Lodi, Lombardy [92]
 Guinea Bissau 57.02 Artimiza Sá 5 July 2003 Guarda, Portugal [92]
 Seychelles 57.05 Mirenda Francourt 4 April 1993 LaGrange, Georgia [92]
 Macao 57.07 Leong Ka Man 27 September 2014 Incheon
 Mongolia 57.53 Batgereliin Möngöntuyaa 22 May 2008 Beijing
 Gibraltar 57.66
57.40[c]
Sharon Mifsud 25 June 1991
16 July 1995
Mariehamn
Gibraltar
[92]
 Aruba 57.78 Jelissa Nedd 8 July 2011 Willemstad [92]
 Guam 57.89 Regine Tugade 6 May 2016 Dededo [92]
 Tonga 57.98 Vasa Tulahe 30 January 1994 Sydney [92]
 United Arab Emirates 58.07 Betlhem Desalegn 8 March 2013 Manama
 Palestine 58.08 Hanna Barakat 20 May 2017 Norwalk, California [92]
 San Marino 58.80 Beatrice Berti 26 May 2018 Forlì
 Solomon Islands 58.88 Samantha Rofo 7 July 2016 Suva [103]
 Djibouti 59.79 Mariam Isman Waïss 15 March 2019 Djibouti City
 South Sudan 1:01.19 A Rose Ihisa Uwaro 28 May 2021 Nairobi
 Montserrat 1:01.80 Jenalyn Weekes 28 February 2016 Vieux-Fort
 Saudi Arabia 1:06.33 Dana Salah Al-Shehri 25 August 2018 Jakarta
 Afghanistan 1:12.72 Yalda Amini 13 June 2018 Sipoo

Indoor[edit]

Men[edit]

Country Time Athlete Date Place Reference
 Canada 44.49 Christopher Morales-Williams 24 February 2024 Fayetteville [104] [105]
 United States 44.52 Michael Norman 10 March 2018 College Station [104]
 Grenada 44.80 Kirani James 27 February 2011 Fayetteville [104]
 Jamaica 44.86 Akeem Bloomfield 10 March 2018 College Station [104]
 Trinidad and Tobago 45.00 Jereem Richards 19 March 2022 Belgrade [104]
 Germany 45.05 Thomas Schönlebe 5 February 1988 Sindelfingen [104]
 Norway 45.05 Karsten Warholm 2 March 2019 Glasgow [104] [106]
 Costa Rica 45.11 Nery Brenes 10 March 2012 Istanbul [104]
 Uganda 45.18 Eugene Omalla 23 February 2024 Lubbock [104]
 Czechia 45.24 Pavel Maslák 8 March 2014 Sopot-Gdańsk [104]
 Belgium 45.25 Alexander Doom 2 March 2024 Glasgow [104] [107]
 Bahamas 45.33 Demetrius Pinder 12 March 2011 College Station [104] [108]
 Sweden 45.33 Carl Bengtström 19 March 2022 Belgrade [104] [109]
 Barbados 45.38 Jonathan Jones 8 February 2019 Lubbock [104]
 Great Britain 45.39 Jamie Baulch 9 February 1997 Birmingham [104]
 Poland 45.39 Marek Plawgo 3 March 2002 Vienna [104]
 Qatar 45.39 Abdalelah Haroun 19 February 2015 Stockholm [104]
 Australia 45.44 Steven Solomon 23 February 2018 Clemson [104]
 Saint Lucia 45.46 Michael Joseph 24 February 2024 Lubbock [104]
 Netherlands 45.48 Liemarvin Bonevacia 27 February 2022 Apeldoorn [104]
 Nigeria 45.51 Sunday Bada 9 March 1997 Paris [104]
 Ireland 45.52 David Gillick 3 March 2007 Birmingham [104]
 France 45.54 Leslie Djhone 5 March 2011 Paris [104]
 Spain 45.58 Óscar Husillos 19 February 2023 Madrid [104]
 Cayman Islands 45.62 Jamal Walton 29 February 2020 College Station [104]
 Zimbabwe 45.67 Lewis Banda 10 March 2006 Fayetteville [104]
 South Africa 45.67 Derrick Mokaleng 8 February 2019 Lubbock [104]
 Denmark 45.67 Benjamin Lobo Vedel 19 March 2022 Belgrade [104]
 Congo DR 45.71 Gary Kikaya 15 March 2003 Fayetteville [104]
 Botswana 45.74 California Molefe 10 March 2006 Moscow [104]
 Japan 45.76 Shunji Karube 9 March 1997 Paris [104]
 Lithuania 45.78 Tomas Keršulis [de; lt] 11 February 2023 Boston [104] [110]
 China 45.79 Ailixier Wumaier 31 March 2024 Tianjin [104]
 Dominican Republic 45.80 Luguelín Santos 24 February 2017 Madrid [104]
 U.S. Virgin Islands 45.81 Tabarie Henry 30 January 2010 College Station [104] [111]
 British Virgin Islands 45.84 Kyron McMaster 14 February 2020 Clemson [104] [112]
 Portugal 45.86 João Coelho 2 March 2024 Glasgow [104] [107]
 Russia 45.90 Ruslan Mashchenko 1 March 1998 Valencia [104]
  Switzerland 45.92 Alain Rohr 13 February 2000 Magglingen [104]
 Mexico 45.93 Alejandro Cárdenas 9 February 2000 Piraeus [104]
 Tunisia 45.93 Sofiane Labidi 13 February 2004 Fayetteville [104]
 Romania 45.94 Ioan Vieru 2 March 2002 Vienna [104]
 Kenya 45.98 Charles Gitonga 19 February 1995 Liévin [104]
 Italy 45.99 Ashraf Saber 1 March 1998 Valencia [104]
 Estonia 45.99 Marek Niit 26 February 2011 Fayetteville [104]
 Dominica 46.02 Chris Lloyd 16 February 2008 Birmingham [104]
 Slovenia 46.02 Luka Janežič 27 January 2018 Vienna [104]
 Morocco 46.02 Hossam Hatib 9 February 2024 Clemson [104]
 Colombia 46.07 Jhon Alejandro Perlaza 9 March 2019 Birmingham, AL [104]
 Hungary 46.08 Attila Molnár 1 March 2024 Glasgow [104] [107]
 Cuba 46.09 Roberto Hernández 7 March 1987 Indianapolis [104]
 Austria 46.14 Christoph Pöstinger 22 February 1999 Chemnitz [104]
 Guyana 46.15 Arinze Chance [de] 18 January 2019 Columbia, SC [104]
 Turkey 46.20 Yavuz Can 25 February 2016 Istanbul [104]
 Ghana 46.21 Emmanuel Dasor 25 February 2016 Birmingham, AL [104] [113]
 Serbia 46.22 Boško Kijanović [de] 7 March 2022 Belgrade [104] [114]
 Sudan 46.24 Rabah Yousif 20 February 2010 Birmingham [104]
 Panama 46.26 Bayano Kamani 29 January 2005 Boston [104]
 Kuwait 46.26 Yousef Karam 8 February 2020 Toruń [104] [115]
 Kazakhstan 46.26 Mikhail Litvin 19 January 2019 Oskemen [104]
 Mauritius 46.28 Eric Milazar 26 February 2006 Aubiére [104]
 Brazil 46.33 Sanderlei Parrela 8 March 1997 Paris [104]
 Puerto Rico 46.34 José Figueroa 3 February 2024 Albuquerque [104]
 Bulgaria 46.35 Iliya Dzhivondov 11 February 2000 Piraeus [104]
 Saudi Arabia 46.35 Mazen Al-Yassin 19 September 2017 Ashgabat [104]
 Greece 46.36 Konstantinos Kenteris 13 February 1999 Piraeus [104]
 Argentina 46.37 A Elián Larregina 28 January 2024 Cochabamba [104]
 Croatia 46.38 Luciano Sušanj 11 March 1973 Rotterdam [104]
 Ukraine 46.45 Vitaliy Butrym 18 February 2018 Istanbul [104]
 Israel 46.46 Donald Blair-Sanford 8 February 2014 Boston [104] [116]
 Mali 46.49 Mamoudou-Elimane Hanne 20 February 2011 Aubiére [104]
 Ivory Coast 46.50 Cheickna Traore 13 January 2024 State College [104]
 Antigua and Barbuda 46.59 Rai Benjamin 14 March 2015 New York City [104]
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 46.59 Warren Hazel 1 February 2019 Columbia, SC [104]
 Bahrain 46.60 Abbas Abubakar Abbas 20 February 2016 Doha [104] [117]
 Gambia 46.62 Dawda Jallow 28 February 1991 Gainesville [104]
 Congo Republic 46.68 Gilles Anthony Afoumba 5 February 2020 Reims [104]
 Algeria 46.71 Djabir Said-Guerni 13 February 2002 Eaubonne [104]
 Latvia 46.71 Jānis Leitis 26 January 2013 Fayetteville [104]
 Zambia 46.73 Kennedy Luchembe [de; fr] 21 February 2020 Madrid [104]
 Sri Lanka 46.76 Sugath Thilakaratne 12 February 2001 Vienna [104]
 Philippines 46.77 Trenten Anthony Beram 4 March 2018 Boston [104]
 Slovakia 46.65 Dušan Malovec 6 March 1983 Budapest [104]
 Belarus 46.78 Aliaksandr Linnik 6 March 2015 Prague [104]
 Saint Vincent 46.79 Kimorie Shearman 28 February 2020 Boston [104]
 Albania 46.83 Franko Burraj 16 February 2020 Istanbul [104]
 Sierra Leone 46.86 Va-Sheku Sheriff 19 February 2017 Birmingham, AL [104]
 South Korea 46.88 Shon Ju-il 27 February 1996 Tianjin [104]
 Senegal 46.94 Amadou Dia Bâ 19 January 1985 Paris [104]
 Iran 46.95 Ali Khadivar 18 February 2018 Istanbul [104]
 Ethiopia 46.96 Alemayehu Gudeta 5 March 1989 Budapest [104]
 Liberia 47.04 Siraj Williams 9 March 2007 Fayetteville [104]
 Haiti 47.06 Steve Delice 8 March 2008 Boston [104]
 Venezuela 47.08 José Acevedo 2 March 2008 Fayetteville [104] [118]
 Moldova 47.09 Vadim Zadoynov 10 March 1996 Stockholm [104]
 Finland 47.09 Jussi Heikkilä 2 March 2008 Fayetteville [104] [118]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 47.14 Amel Tuka 21 February 2018 Belgrade [104] [119]
 Bermuda 47.15 Troy Douglas 8 March 1994 Stockholm [104]
 Azerbaijan 47.15 Dmitriy Chumichkin 27 February 2002 Vienna [104]
 North Macedonia 47.18 Jovan Stojoski 20 February 2022 Budapest [104]
 Iraq 47.18 Yasir Ali Al-Saadi [de] 10 February 2023 Astana [104]
 Guinea 47.21 Amara Conte 10 March 2023 Birmingham, AL [104]
 Georgia 47.26 Mindia Endeladze [de] 14 February 2021 Istanbul [104]
 India 47.33 Amoj Jacob 19 September 2017 Ashgabat [104]
 Namibia 47.35 Dasheek Akwenye 16 February 2008 Nampa [104]
 Cyprus 47.39 Evripides Demosthenous 14 February 1998 Piraeus [104]
 Thailand 47.40 Jukkatip Phocharoen 31 October 2007 Macau [104]
 Vietnam 47.44 Quách Công Lịch 13 February 2016 Birmingham, AL [104]
 Luxembourg 47.49 Vincent Karger 24 January 2015 Kirchberg [104] [120]
 Uruguay 47.50 Andrés Silva 10 March 2006 Moscow [104] [121]
 Honduras 47.80 Yariel Matute 17 February 2018 College Station [122]
 Turks and Caicos 47.90 Colby Jennings 12 March 2021 Birmingham
 Bolivia 48.06 A Fernando Copa 1 February 2020 Cochabamba
 United Arab Emirates 48.24 Ali Obaid Hassan Shirook 15 February 2008 Doha
 Seychelles 48.29 Ned Azemia 11 January 2019 College Station
 Pakistan 48.40[d] Nokar Hussain 18 September 2017 Ashgabat [123]
 Malaysia 48.43 Mohd Zaiful Zainal Abidin 15 February 2008 Doha
 Armenia 48.96 Aram Davtyan 4 March 2011 Paris [124]
 Burkina Faso 49.36 Innocent Bologo 11 January 2020 Val-de-Reuil
 Angola 49.37 Milton Hassany 14 February 2015 Pombal
 Chinese Taipei 49.39 Chen Chih-hsuan 10 February 2006 Pattaya
 Macau 49.66 Chao Un Kei 31 October 2007 Macau
 Gibraltar 49.97 Jerai Torres 21 January 2018 Sabadell
 Montserrat 50.32 Julius Morris 6 January 2017 West Lafayette [125]
 Belize 50.35 Brandon Jones 10 December 2010 Princess Anne
 Malta 50.57 Reece Dimech 31 January 2015 London
 Bangladesh 50.79 Azharul Islam 14 March 2009 Athens
 Afghanistan 50.90 Said Gilani 6 February 2016 Hanover [126]
 South Sudan 50.96 Deng Wiyual Puok 18 September 2017 Ashgabat [127]

Women[edit]

Country Time Athlete Date Place Reference
 Netherlands 49.17 Femke Bol 2 March 2024 Glasgow [128]
 United States 49.48 A Britton Wilson 11 March 2023 Albuquerque [128] [129]
 Czechoslovakia 49.59 Jarmila Kratochvílová 7 March 1982 Milan [128]
 Russia 49.68 Natalya Nazarova 18 February 2004 Moscow [128]
 East Germany 50.01 Sabine Busch 2 February 1984 Vienna [128]
 Great Britain 50.02 Nicola Sanders 3 March 2007 Birmingham [128]
 Bulgaria 50.21 Vanya Stambolova 12 March 2006 Moscow [128]
 Bahamas 50.21 Shaunae Miller-Uibo 13 February 2021 Staten Island [128] [130]
 Ireland 50.33 Rhasidat Adeleke 25 February 2023 Lubbock [128]
 Germany 50.45 Grit Breuer 1 March 1998 Valencia [128]
 Belarus 50.55 Svetlana Usovich 5 March 2005 Madrid [128]
 Romania 50.56 Ionela Târlea 1 March 1998 Valencia [128]
 Nigeria 50.73 Charity Opara 1 February 1998 Stuttgart [128]
 Jamaica 50.79 Stephenie Ann McPherson 19 March 2022 Belgrade [128]
 Soviet Union 50.81 Olga Bryzgina 14 February 1987 Moscow [128]
 Poland 50.83 Natalia Kaczmarek 19 February 2023 Toruń [128]
 West Germany 50.84 Helga Arendt 7 February 1988 Karlsruhe [128]
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 50.91 Tiandra Ponteen 12 March 2005 Fayetteville [128]
 Grenada 50.92 Hazel-Ann Regis 12 March 2005 Fayetteville [128]