Women’s World 400 Hurdles Rankings By Athlete

1956–2023

400 HURDLES
Gudrun Abt (West Germany) 1988 7
Kemi Adekoya (Bahrain) 2014 3
Kemi Adekoya (Bahrain) 2015 10
Kemi Adekoya (Bahrain) 2023 7
Anna Ambraziené (Soviet Union) 1980 8
Anna Ambraziené (Soviet Union) 1981 3
Anna Ambraziené (Soviet Union) 1982 4
Anna Ambraziené (Soviet Union) 1983 1
Anna Ambraziené (Soviet Union) 1984 10
Anna Ambraziené (Soviet Union) 1987 8
Natalya Antyukh (Russia) 2009 9
Natalya Antyukh (Russia) 2010 3
Natalya Antyukh (Russia) 2011 5
Mary Appleby (Ireland) 1980 9
Gudrún Arnardóttir (Iceland) 1997 8
Gudrún Arnardóttir (Iceland) 2000 7
Mary Ayers (US) 1977 7
Yekaterina Bakhvalova (Russia) 1998 9
Ingrida Barkane (Soviet Union) 1978 7
Ingrida Barkane (Soviet Union) 1979 7
Sharrieffa Barksdale (US) 1983 10
Kim Batten (US) 1991 4
Kim Batten (US) 1992 8
Kim Batten (US) 1993 3
Kim Batten (US) 1994 2
Kim Batten (US) 1995 1
Kim Batten (US) 1996 2
Kim Batten (US) 1997 2
Kim Batten (US) 1998 1
Kim Batten (US) 1999 10
Nezha Bidouane (Morocco) 1997 3
Nezha Bidouane (Morocco) 1998 2
Nezha Bidouane (Morocco) 1999 2
Nezha Bidouane (Morocco) 2000 3
Nezha Bidouane (Morocco) 2001 1
Yekaterina Bikert (Russia) 2004 8
Yekaterina Bikert (Russia) 2008 9
Andrea Blackett (Barbados) 1997 7
Andrea Blackett (Barbados) 1998 6
Andrea Blackett (Barbados) 1999 4
Andrea Blackett (Barbados) 2000 9
Andrea Blackett (Barbados) 2003 5
Andrea Blackett (Barbados) 2005 6
Genowefa Błaszak (Poland) 1978 10
Genowefa Błaszak (Poland) 1981 2
Genowefa Błaszak (Poland) 1984 7
Genowefa Błaszak (Poland) 1985 4
Genowefa Błaszak (Poland) 1986 6
Genowefa Błaszak (Poland) 1987 7
Femke Bol (Netherlands) 2021 3
Femke Bol (Netherlands) 2022 2
Femke Bol (Netherlands) 2023 1
Myrtle Bothma (South Africa) 1986 10
Myrtle Bothma (South Africa) 1989 5
Myrtle Bothma (South Africa) 1990 8
Myrtle Bothma (South Africa) 1991 10
Myrtle Bothma (South Africa) 1992 9
Bärbel Broschat (East Germany) 1979 3
Bärbel Broschat (East Germany) 1980 1
T’erea Brown (US) 2012 7
Tonja Brown (US) 1985 5
Judi Brown King (US) 1984 8
Judi Brown King (US) 1985 2
Judi Brown King (US) 1987 5
Tonja Buford-Bailey (US) 1992 7
Tonja Buford-Bailey (US) 1993 5
Tonja Buford-Bailey (US) 1995 2
Tonja Buford-Bailey (US) 1996 3
Tonja Buford-Bailey (US) 1997 6
Tonja Buford-Bailey (US) 2001 3
Sabine Busch (East Germany) 1985 1
Sabine Busch (East Germany) 1986 2
Sabine Busch (East Germany) 1987 1
Sabine Busch (East Germany) 1988 3
Kaliese Carter (Jamaica) 2009 3
Kaliese Carter (Jamaica) 2010 2
Kaliese Carter (Jamaica) 2011 2
Kaliese Carter (Jamaica) 2012 1
Kaliese Carter (Jamaica) 2013 5
Kaliese Carter (Jamaica) 2014 1
Kaliese Carter (Jamaica) 2015 4
Kori Carter (US) 2013 7
Kori Carter (US) 2017 1
Kori Carter (US) 2019 10
Elena Churakova (Russia) 2011 9
Rushell Clayton (Jamaica) 2019 4
Rushell Clayton (Jamaica) 2022 6
Rushell Clayton (Jamaica) 2023 3
Anna Cockrell (US) 2021 10
Anna Cockrell (US) 2023 6
Tasha Danvers (Great Britain) 2003 8
Tasha Danvers (Great Britain) 2006 9
Tasha Danvers (Great Britain) 2007 10
Tasha Danvers (Great Britain) 2008 4
Lashinda Demus (US) 2002 9
Lashinda Demus (US) 2004 10
Lashinda Demus (US) 2005 2
Lashinda Demus (US) 2006 1
Lashinda Demus (US) 2008 8
Lashinda Demus (US) 2009 2
Lashinda Demus (US) 2010 1
Lashinda Demus (US) 2011 1
Lashinda Demus (US) 2012 2
Lashinda Demus (US) 2013 6
Eilidh Doyle (Great Britain) 2013 8
Eilidh Doyle (Great Britain) 2014 2
Eilidh Doyle (Great Britain) 2015 9
Eilidh Doyle (Great Britain) 2016 4
Eilidh Doyle (Great Britain) 2017 10
Eilidh Doyle (Great Britain) 2018 7
Rosey Edeh (Canada) 1993 7
Rosey Edeh (Canada) 1996 8
Nawal El Moutawakel (Morocco) 1984 6
Nawal El Moutawakel (Morocco) 1987 10
Debbie Esser (US) 1977 8
Debbie Esser (US) 1979 9
Tammy Etienne (US) 1982 10
Sandra Farmer-Patrick (Jamaica) 1987 4
Sandra Farmer-Patrick (US) 1988 5
Sandra Farmer-Patrick (US) 1989 1
Sandra Farmer-Patrick (US) 1990 3
Sandra Farmer-Patrick (US) 1991 1
Sandra Farmer-Patrick (US) 1992 1
Sandra Farmer-Patrick (US) 1993 2
Sandra Farmer-Patrick (US) 1995 5
Surita Febbraio (South Africa) 2001 10
Surita Febbraio (South Africa) 2003 9
Surita Febbraio (South Africa) 2005 9
Ellen Fiedler (East Germany) 1980 3
Ellen Fiedler (East Germany) 1981 1
Ellen Fiedler (East Germany) 1982 5
Ellen Fiedler (East Germany) 1983 3
Ellen Fiedler (East Germany) 1986 7
Ellen Fiedler (East Germany) 1988 4
Yelena Filipishina (Soviet Union) 1982 6
Yelena Filipishina (Soviet Union) 1983 6
Yelena Filipishina (Soviet Union) 1984 4
Debbie Flintoff-King (Australia) 1985 3
Debbie Flintoff-King (Australia) 1986 3
Debbie Flintoff-King (Australia) 1987 2
Debbie Flintoff-King (Australia) 1988 1
Debbie Flintoff-King (Australia) 1989 8
Ayomide Folorunso (Italy) 2023 8
Lyn Foreman (Australia) 1981 8
Kathy Freeman (US) 1990 9
Sandra Glover (US) 1999 5
Sandra Glover (US) 2000 6
Sandra Glover (US) 2001 8
Sandra Glover (US) 2002 3
Sandra Glover (US) 2003 2
Sandra Glover (US) 2004 1
Sandra Glover (US) 2005 3
Sandra Glover (US) 2006 10
Yekaterina Grun (Soviet Union) 1980 7
Yekaterina Grun (Soviet Union) 1982 8
Yekaterina Grun (Soviet Union) 1983 2
Yekaterina Grun (Soviet Union) 1984 3
Sally Gunnell (Great Britain) 1988 6
Sally Gunnell (Great Britain) 1989 3
Sally Gunnell (Great Britain) 1990 10
Sally Gunnell (Great Britain) 1991 2
Sally Gunnell (Great Britain) 1992 2
Sally Gunnell (Great Britain) 1993 1
Sally Gunnell (Great Britain) 1994 1
Sally Gunnell (Great Britain) 1997 10
Nnenya Hailey (US) 2021 9
Faní Halkiá (Greece) 2004 2
Faní Halkiá (Greece) 2006 6
Zuzana Hejnová (Czechia) 2008 10
Zuzana Hejnová (Czechia) 2010 4
Zuzana Hejnová (Czechia) 2011 4
Zuzana Hejnová (Czechia) 2012 3
Zuzana Hejnová (Czechia) 2013 1
Zuzana Hejnová (Czechia) 2015 1
Zuzana Hejnová (Czechia) 2016 6
Zuzana Hejnová (Czechia) 2017 3
Zuzana Hejnová (Czechia) 2019 5
Tuija Helander-Kuusisto (Finland) 1987 6
Tuija Helander-Kuusisto (Finland) 1989 10
Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) 1993 6
Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) 1994 6
Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) 1995 3
Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) 1996 1
Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) 1997 1
Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) 1998 3
Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) 1999 1
Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) 2000 2
Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) 2001 9
Deon Hemmings (Jamaica) 2002 4
Silvia Hollmann (West Germany) 1978 2
Silvia Hollmann (West Germany) 1979 5
Xiaoxiao Huang (China) 2005 7
Xiaoxiao Huang (China) 2007 8
Yevgeniya Isakova (Russia) 2006 4
Yevgeniya Isakova (Russia) 2007 4
Yevgeniya Isakova (Russia) 2008 7
Natalya Ivanova (Russia) 2007 9
Anna Jesień (Poland) 2005 4
Anna Jesień (Poland) 2006 8
Anna Jesień (Poland) 2007 3
Anna Jesień (Poland) 2008 6
Anna Jesień (Poland) 2009 6
Michelle Johnson (US) 1999 8
Krystyna Kacperczyk (Poland) 1977 5
Krystyna Kacperczyk (Poland) 1978 5
Elżbieta Katolik (Poland) 1977 4
Andrenette Knight (Jamaica) 2023 5
Anna Knoroz (Russia) 1993 8
Anna Knoroz (Russia) 1994 3
Brigitte Kohn (East Germany) 1978 4
Brigitte Kohn (East Germany) 1979 10
Hildegard Korner (East Germany) 1978 9
Petra Krug (East Germany) 1983 5
Petra Krug (East Germany) 1989 2
Petra Krug (East Germany) 1990 7
Tatyana Kurochkina (Soviet Union) 1988 8
Tatyana Kurochkina (Belarus) 1994 7
Tatyana Kurochkina (Belarus) 1995 6
Tatyana Ledovskaya (Soviet Union) 1988 2
Tatyana Ledovskaya (Soviet Union) 1989 4
Tatyana Ledovskaya (Soviet Union) 1990 1
Tatyana Ledovskaya (Soviet Union) 1991 5
Tatyana Ledovskaya (Belarus) 1992 5
Tatyana Ledovskaya (Belarus) 1993 9
Shamier Little (US) 2015 2
Shamier Little (US) 2017 4
Shamier Little (US) 2018 1
Shamier Little (US) 2019 3
Shamier Little (US) 2021 4
Shamier Little (US) 2022 7
Shamier Little (US) 2023 2
Susanne Losch (East Germany) 1988 9
Susanne Losch (East Germany) 1989 7
Josanne Lucas (Trinidad) 2009 4
Josanne Lucas (Trinidad) 2010 10
Cristina Matei (Romania) 1986 8
Raasin McIntosh (US) 2003 10
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (US) 2018 5
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (US) 2019 2
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (US) 2021 1
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (US) 2022 1
Heike Meissner (Germany) 1991 8
Heike Meissner (Germany) 1993 10
Heike Meissner (Germany) 1994 4
Heike Meissner (Germany) 1995 7
Heike Meissner (Germany) 1996 5
Heike Meissner (Germany) 2002 10
Georganne Moline (US) 2012 6
Georganne Moline (US) 2013 4
Georganne Moline (US) 2014 6
Georganne Moline (US) 2015 6
Georganne Moline (US) 2017 8
Georganne Moline (US) 2018 4
Sue Morley (Great Britain) 1983 9
Angela Moroşanu (Romania) 2009 7
Angela Moroşanu (Romania) 2010 7
Dalilah Muhammad (US) 2013 3
Dalilah Muhammad (US) 2016 1
Dalilah Muhammad (US) 2017 2
Dalilah Muhammad (US) 2018 3
Dalilah Muhammad (US) 2019 1
Dalilah Muhammad (US) 2021 2
Dalilah Muhammad (US) 2022 3
Dalilah Muhammad (US) 2023 9
Sandra Myers (US) 1981 9
Margarita Navickaité (Soviet Union) 1983 8
Olga Nazarova II (Russia) 1994 8
Wenda Nel (South Africa) 2014 10
Wenda Nel (South Africa) 2015 7
Wenda Nel (South Africa) 2016 10
Leah Nugent (Jamaica) 2016 9
Joke Odumosu (Nigeria) 2010 9
Joke Odumosu (Nigeria) 2012 9
Vera Ordina (Russia) 1992 6
Debbie-Ann Parris (Jamaica) 1994 10
Debbie-Ann Parris (Jamaica) 1995 9
Debbie-Ann Parris (Jamaica) 1996 4
Debbie-Ann Parris (Jamaica) 1997 5
Debbie-Ann Parris (Jamaica) 1998 7
Debbie-Ann Parris (Jamaica) 1999 9
Debbie-Ann Parris (Jamaica) 2001 4
Debbie-Ann Parris (Jamaica) 2002 7
Tatyana Pavlova (Soviet Union) 1981 10
Tatyana Pavlova (Soviet Union) 1984 5
Tatyana Pavlova (Soviet Union) 1985 10
Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia) 2001 5
Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia) 2002 1
Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia) 2003 3
Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia) 2004 6
Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia) 2005 1
Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia) 2006 3
Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia) 2007 2
Marie-José Pérec (France) 1995 4
Daimí Pernía (Cuba) 1999 3
Daimí Pernía (Cuba) 2000 4
Daimí Pernía (Cuba) 2001 6
Daimí Pernía (Cuba) 2002 6
Sara Slott Petersen (Denmark) 2015 3
Sara Slott Petersen (Denmark) 2016 2
Petra Pfaff (East Germany) 1980 5
Petra Pfaff (East Germany) 1981 4
Petra Pfaff (East Germany) 1982 2
Petra Pfaff (East Germany) 1983 4
Petra Pfaff (East Germany) 1985 8
Margarita Ponomaryova (Soviet Union) 1984 2
Margarita Ponomaryova (Soviet Union) 1986 9
Margarita Ponomaryova (Soviet Union) 1991 6
Margarita Ponomaryova (Russia) 1992 3
Margarita Ponomaryova (Russia) 1993 4
Irina Privalova (Russia) 2000 1
Anita Protti (Switzerland) 1989 6
Anita Protti (Switzerland) 1990 2
Anita Protti (Switzerland) 1991 7
Małgorzata Pskit (Poland) 2005 8
Anastasiya Rabchenyuk (Ukraine) 2008 3
Anastasiya Rabchenyuk (Ukraine) 2009 10
Anastasiya Rabchenyuk (Ukraine) 2011 7
Jana Rawlinson (Australia) 2002 2
Jana Rawlinson (Australia) 2003 1
Jana Rawlinson (Australia) 2004 5
Jana Rawlinson (Australia) 2005 5
Jana Rawlinson (Australia) 2006 7
Jana Rawlinson (Australia) 2007 1
Chantal Rega (France) 1982 3
Gowry Retchakan (Great Britain) 1991 9
Gowry Retchakan (Great Britain) 1992 10
Silvia Rieger (Germany) 1994 5
Silvia Rieger (Germany) 1995 8
Silvia Rieger (Germany) 1996 7
Silvia Rieger (Germany) 1997 9
Silvia Rieger (Germany) 1998 8
Denisa Rosolová (Czechia) 2012 8
Denisa Rosolová (Czechia) 2013 10
Denisa Rosolová (Czechia) 2014 4
Karin Rossley (East Germany) 1977 1
Karin Rossley (East Germany) 1978 3
Karin Rossley (East Germany) 1979 2
Karin Rossley (East Germany) 1980 2
Janieve Russell (Jamaica) 2015 8
Janieve Russell (Jamaica) 2016 7
Janieve Russell (Jamaica) 2017 7
Janieve Russell (Jamaica) 2018 2
Janieve Russell (Jamaica) 2019 9
Janieve Russell (Jamaica) 2021 6
Janieve Russell (Jamaica) 2022 5
Janieve Russell (Jamaica) 2023 4
Anna Ryzhykova (Ukraine) 2011 10
Anna Ryzhykova (Ukraine) 2013 9
Anna Ryzhykova (Ukraine) 2014 9
Anna Ryzhykova (Ukraine) 2018 10
Anna Ryzhykova (Ukraine) 2019 8
Anna Ryzhykova (Ukraine) 2021 5
Anna Ryzhykova (Ukraine) 2022 10
Perri Shakes-Drayton (Great Britain) 2010 6
Perri Shakes-Drayton (Great Britain) 2011 8
Perri Shakes-Drayton (Great Britain) 2012 4
Perri Shakes-Drayton (Great Britain) 2013 2
LaTanya Sheffield (US) 1985 9
LaTanya Sheffield (US) 1988 10
Ann-Louise Skoglund (Sweden) 1981 7
Ann-Louise Skoglund (Sweden) 1982 1
Ann-Louise Skoglund (Sweden) 1983 7
Ann-Louise Skoglund (Sweden) 1986 5
Susan Smith-Walsh (Ireland) 1998 10
Ashley Spencer (US) 2016 5
Ashley Spencer (US) 2017 5
Ashley Spencer (US) 2018 9
Ashley Spencer (US) 2019 7
Léa Sprunger (Switzerland) 2017 9
Léa Sprunger (Switzerland) 2018 6
Léa Sprunger (Switzerland) 2019 6
Vania Stambolova (Bulgaria) 2010 5
Vania Stambolova (Bulgaria) 2011 6
Vania Stambolova (Bulgaria) 2012 10
Marina Stepanova (Soviet Union) 1978 8
Marina Stepanova (Soviet Union) 1979 1
Marina Stepanova (Soviet Union) 1980 6
Marina Stepanova (Soviet Union) 1984 1
Marina Stepanova (Soviet Union) 1985 7
Marina Stepanova (Soviet Union) 1986 1
Tatyana Storosheva (Soviet Union) 1977 2
Tatyana Storosheva (Soviet Union) 1979 4
Tatyana Storosheva (Soviet Union) 1980 4
Liz Sutherland (Great Britain) 1977 10
Irena Szewińska (Poland) 1977 3
Cassandra Tate (US) 2014 7
Cassandra Tate (US) 2015 5
Cassandra Tate (US) 2016 3
Brenda Taylor (US) 2003 7
Brenda Taylor (US) 2004 9
Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) 1994 9
Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) 1995 10
Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) 1996 10
Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) 1997 4
Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) 1998 5
Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) 1999 6
Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) 2000 5
Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) 2001 2
Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) 2003 6
Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) 2004 3
Tatyana Tereshchuk (Ukraine) 2006 5
Ionela Tîrlea (Romania) 1996 6
Ionela Tîrlea (Romania) 1998 4
Ionela Tîrlea (Romania) 1999 7
Ionela Tîrlea (Romania) 2000 10
Ionela Tîrlea (Romania) 2001 7
Ionela Tîrlea (Romania) 2002 5
Ionela Tîrlea (Romania) 2003 4
Ionela Tîrlea (Romania) 2004 4
Anna Titimets (Ukraine) 2014 5
Viktoriya Tkachuk (Ukraine) 2021 7
Viktoriya Tkachuk (Ukraine) 2022 9
Natalya Torshina (Kazakhstan) 2002 8
Sheena Tosta (US) 2004 7
Sheena Tosta (US) 2005 10
Sheena Tosta (US) 2008 2
Sheena Tosta (US) 2009 8
Sheena Tosta (US) 2010 8
Ristananna Tracey (Jamaica) 2016 8
Ristananna Tracey (Jamaica) 2017 6
Natalya Tsiruk (Soviet Union) 1981 6
Birgit Uibel (East Germany) 1981 5
Birgit Uibel (East Germany) 1982 7
Birgit Uibel (East Germany) 1984 9
Cornelia Ullrich (East Germany) 1985 6
Cornelia Ullrich (East Germany) 1986 4
Cornelia Ullrich (East Germany) 1987 3
Ulrike Urbansky (Germany) 2000 8
Ina van Rensburg (South Africa) 1982 9
Janeene Vickers (US) 1990 5
Janeene Vickers (US) 1991 3
Janeene Vickers (US) 1992 4
Melaine Walker (Jamaica) 2007 5
Melaine Walker (Jamaica) 2008 1
Melaine Walker (Jamaica) 2009 1
Melaine Walker (Jamaica) 2011 3
Melaine Walker (Jamaica) 2012 5
Chris Warden (Great Britain) 1977 9
Chris Warden (Great Britain) 1979 8
Chris Warden (Great Britain) 1980 10
Sage Watson (Canada) 2018 8
Erika Weinstein (West Germany) 1977 6
Anita Weiss (East Germany) 1978 6
Monica Westén (Sweden) 1990 4
Schowonda Williams (US) 1987 9
Schowonda Williams (US) 1989 9
Schowonda Williams (US) 1990 6
Tiffany Williams (US) 2006 2
Tiffany Williams (US) 2007 6
Tiffany Williams (US) 2008 5
Tiffany Williams (US) 2009 5
Tiffany Williams (US) 2014 8
Tonya Williams (US) 1996 9
Britton Wilson (US) 2022 4
Britton Wilson (US) 2023 10
Nickiesha Wilson (Jamaica) 2007 7
Gianna Woodruff (Panama) 2021 8
Gianna Woodruff (Panama) 2022 8
Tatyana Zelentsova (Soviet Union) 1978 1
Tatyana Zelentsova (Soviet Union) 1979 6