Top 10 Fastest Women's 400 Meter Sprinters In The World

[@OriginalBabyButch]

There’s 6 on that list there are far better athletes now compared to back then because of all the doping scandals, we need to celebrate the achievements of athletes that haven’t cheated & are incredible & inspirational relevant to today not back when it was everywhere in the 80’s Enough said

[@Fatima502]

You have some wonderful clips here @Sprint Spotlight. Thank you.

[@paleksander5192]

I love the 400 meters, it's my favorite event. Thanks for this recap, but does faster mean better? Kocembova - one year (1983) in the elite, then she completely disappeared from the radar. Kratochvilova did not achieve great success until the age of 32, where she took off like a rocket. Marita Koch - come on, she gave up running since doping controls were intensified. Salwa Naser has inexplicably disappeared from stadiums since 2019 (how old was she then - 21, 22?). For me, the Top 3 for overall achievement is clear: 1. Sanya Richards - Ross (a wonderful career since 2004) 2. Marie Josee Perec (two Olympic golds, an unforgettable run in Atlanta) 3. Irena Szewińska (1974-1977) - Olympic gold and her she broke the world record from 51 to 49.28

[@anissabrimangenda823]

Video very well done. Thank you

[@martontapas1283]

ALLYSON FELIX AND FEMKE BOL

[@humbertogarcia9174]

Desde hace días veo resúmenes de las mejores corredoras de 400 mts. Plano de la actualidad y del pasado también y a Marileidy Paulino 🇩🇴 no la mencionan, gracias por olvidarse de la nuestra, nos vemos en París.

[@carlosrunningclub]

así mismo nos vemos en paris

[@vengadesanraman4291]

Waiting to see Sydney and femke bol in Paris...

[@ricardorodulfo739]

They would not go on 400 meters, they will go on 400h

[@vengadesanraman4291]

Video.. Well done..great coverage..

[@natarinereid5180]

These are some greats runners.

[@clivemyers4675]

Most if not all was on dope no doubt about that 💯 World Power💯 World Champion 💯World Power 💯World Domination 💯World Control 💯Earth Strong💯 Peace 🙏

[@moshaahworks2684]

Alison Felix???

[@fithealthyme101]

based on times now. she has not gone sub 49

[@Horace-ko9gt]

@@fithealthyme101 aint no body talking bout now when you got 1981s in the video

[@fithealthyme101]

@@Horace-ko9gt everybody in the video faster than her

[@pedropelaez]

Clearly she wasn’t one of the fastest 10 women ever. This is a list based purely on times. There are literally 14 people outside the top 10 that have faster times than her.

[@danbotez1307]

At 400 m, all-time she is # 25. Only at 200 m she is in the top 10, more specifically at # 8. As a sprinter, Alyson Felix is overrated. US media simply overhyped her.

[@twannifufu]

The video needs an update with Marileidy Paulino, now the 4th fastest 400 m runner of all time. She ran 48.17 at the Paris Olympics this year.

[@cwnbn3226]

💛 GDR 💛 Marita Koch 💛

[@abduljalil-q3z]

My favourite..amazing..47.60..wowow..1978 to 1985..👍👍👍👍👍

[@emminyathi6085]

The fact that Kratochvilova was allowed to compete and accepted as a woman says it all. There's nothing different between her and Semenya other than skin colour. Yet Semenya was purged.

[@duranwilliams7347]

This list needs an update because the Jamaican 🇯🇲 Nickisha Pryce ran a 48.55 seconds at a Diamond League meet back in July and break the DL record.

[@radomysltwardowski2604]

Irena Szewinska

[@ricolaw2293]

Sonya competed for Jamaica before switching to US.

[@raulblaze3300]

She did not. She left after prep school ( elementary) and went to the US. She never ran for jamaica.

[@couldbeanyone8174]

Where's Felix at ?

[@gladstone3478]

See his not great in 400m

[@gladstone3478]

shaunae miiler is the greatest

[@brianbethune616]

She's not top ten

[@ImagineJoyy]

⁠@@gladstone3478Allyson Felix was/is one of the greatest 400m runners but her talent at the distance was never fully realized. She ran 49.26 in 2015, making her the 17th fastest of all-time when she ran it (now 24th). During her prime, her focus was primarily the 200m but her relay splits made it evident that she had immense potential in the 400m. She ran multiple sub-49 splits and her run at 2015 WC (47.72) makes her the third fastest female of all time in that regard-personally, I think those other times are suspicious af.

[@cchan4739]

@@ImagineJoyy U cannot count relay splits

[@LeyKelly-i5t]

These Soviet “women” look super doped

[@elbertbrown9632]

Thats why they don't participate now? We know their history.

[@bhookhun]

So does FloJo

[@booklover_gnosis]

She was clean. Even her autopsy was clean. We do not know if the Soviets were clean.

[@MuerteJossie]

Where is Tonique Williams? Ana Guevara?

[@joelbeavers9197]

Fast as these young athletes are running 46 & 45 in high school I consider it a sprint! 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@DexterGordon-dr8qd]

This is a complete BS list. Femke Bol broke Kratochvilova's indoor World Record by a whopping 0.42 seconds. This should at least be mentioned(!). Furthermore Kratochvilova is also the previous holder on the 400 dash outdoor, and the only other woman beside Koch who ran the 400 below 48 seconds with a 47.99. And if Bol is able to improve on Kratochvilova's indoor WR she should also be able to do this outdoor (people don't suddenly change when they step inside or outside of a hall). And 47.99 -0.42 = ...

[@ImagineJoyy]

Britton Wilson also broke that indoor record while still in college. Just FYI: Koch has the outdoor WR (47.60) and Bol is no way near that *yet* as her current outdoor pb is 49.44. Also, indoor times do not always perfectly translate to outdoor times but yes, she (like Britton Wilson who also does hurdles) has great potential.

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

​@@ImagineJoyy Reality check nr. 1: Britton Wilsons PB indoor is still HALF A SECOND SLOWER than Bol's WR. Reality check nr. 2: I have compiled a combined list with the result scores from World Athletics on the 400 flat after the year 2000 (I left Salwa Eid Naser out because of her doping): 1-2eq. Femke Bol: 1272 Points (49.17, World Record, INDOOR) 1-2eq. Shaunae Miller-UIBO: 1272 Points (48.36, OUTDOOR) 3. Britton Wilson: 1260 Points (49.48, INDOOR) 4. Sanya Richards-Ross: 1258 Points (48.70, OUTDOOR) 5. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone: 1257 Points (48.74, OUTDOOR) 6. Marileidy Paulinho: 1256 Points (48.76, OUTDOOR)

[@ImagineJoyy]

@@rientsdijkstra4266 yup and I still said what which were facts-just like what you just shared. You coming off real defensive like I said something untrue or disrespectful. #stanlikebehavior #tryachillpill 😉

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

@@ImagineJoyy Nope, just wanted to change your typical American perspective. By the way I did not see the "yet" in your text. Fact is that Femke Bol delivered a great performance by being one of the first to break one of the "unbreakable" Eastern European WR's. Something that is systematically underestimated by American commentors.

[@jameshenry9782]

Please be aware that indoor event get more point because it it short track and some events are not contested there but until Bol can transform that indoor form on the outdoor track then we will consider her one of the greats

[@maelughran6981]

Sorry, but 400 metres is not a 'dash'. 60 metres? for sure, 100 metres .... yeah, okay. 200 metres.... mmmmm not sure. 400 metres .... no way.

[@TenThirteen-f1x]

It is 100 percent a dash. You must not run track.

[@cloudbudget]

I love track and field and specifically the 400m, especially the women's! I do appreciate rhe work that went into this list, but many on this list were products of state sponsored doping programs. All the societ bloc athletes are extremely suspect. Clean athletes were left off due to drug cheats filling rhe slots, even though they just did what they were told. Nasser has not been nearly the same since her whereabouts failure. Miller-Weibo is legit and should be much higher and Femke Bol got unfairly cut.

[@OriginalBabyButch]

Hey do you not research the athletes you put on your channel? Because so many who you describe as incredible athletes like say the soviet team most of them had to give back their medals because of doping. If you idealise these people it doesn’t help kids who love it too, sorry man I love athletics & used to be an athlete you really shouldn’t put them on a pedestal when they cheated their way round the world

[@MaLanick87]

Not one of these 10 women had to give back any medals or was tested positive. Only Naser was banned due to missed doping tests. The creator of this video has mentioned all of the doping allegations etc. and what "soviet team"? There was only one soviet runner on this list... Have you even watched the full video? I am not saying they weren't doped. They were but let's not be naive here: There is not a single woman who ran under 49sec that was not doped! And probably not a lot of women who ran sub 50 who were not doped... Track & Field is one of the dirtiest sports of all times! And it still is today like it was in the 70s and 80s. Today the athletes have just to be more creative to hide the doping. And out of a bunch of very talented but doped 400m runners these women were still the best and the fastest of their sport whether we like it or not... Also the athletes from East Europe were forced, blackmailed and pressured into being doped, many did not even know what they were getting by the doctors and were probably too scared to ask. But what are the excuses of all the doped athletes from nations that were not totalitarian regimes but were still doped and being put on pedestals?

[@pedropelaez]

This list is straight out of the official website of international track and field (world athletics). If they are on that website, then these are recognized times. Some (the Eastern European runners) probably doped but were never caught.

[@gaelgarciabernal2434]

If you are going to resort to speculation and Wikipedia, I think Sprint Spotlight should think twice before including athletes like Steve Ovett, Paula Radcliffe and Yvonne Murray, when it comes to making videos of events they competed in. As they appeared pale, sickly, had bad form, but, somehow, managed to run spectacular times. They also ran dubiously slow times or dropped out at important international meets. As if they were too weakened by the training regimen, substances used, foods eaten, etc., leading up to those meets.

[@booyah2u296]

There are some drugged up dudes on this dodgy list. Paulino should feature as top 10, but unfortunately she is being overshadowed by drug cheats. Naser hasn't really featured since that questionable race with the missing drug test 🤔.

[@TheKissingMan]

Any record from the 80s were all created via doping especially if from Germany or Russia.

[@bhookhun]

Flo Jo was also in the 80s

[@gaelgarciabernal2434]

@@bhookhun Kathy Cook, Merlene Ottey and Valerie Brisco were also in the 80s!

[@ButOneThingIsNeedful]

"Athena" = Athens; "GA" = Georgia (USA)

[@stevenrodriguez8866]

MARILEYDY PAULINO IS THE BEST OF THE BEST AND IS THE QUEEN OF THE 400 METERS FOR THREE YEAS ANOW SHE HAS WON THE DIAMANTE LEAGUE, AND PARIS, SO GTHERE IS NO DISCUSSION.

[@prospektarty1513]

The Eastern bloc athletes were on drugs that were undetected

[@flowerfaeri]

Not impressed by Uibo diving over the finish line. I think they should disqualify athletes when they do that.

[@TenThirteen-f1x]

Ok clearly you don’t do any research. Sanya Richards dominated the 400 since we were in high school. Never chose to run for Jamaica and is the American record holder!!! Get it right bro. Your lists are terrible.

[@ButOneThingIsNeedful]

I'm sorry, but for me this list is majorly tainted by highly suspect and/or proven PED-aided results on the part of a number of athletes mentioned.

[@gaelgarciabernal2434]

Don't be sorry - read more, gather information and make a clear case. Wikipedia is not the best source for information.

[@ButOneThingIsNeedful]

@@gaelgarciabernal2434 ?? You do not know what research I have done, and I was simply registering my point of view, which is perfectly legitimate. I don't need to marshal the evidence and "make a case" for a YT comment. If you care to do such in your comments, fine.

[@att12x]

european pride marita koch and jamila!! now every in US only good because doping even then we can beat them. europeans and jamaicans, √ best athletes no need doping.

[@sportsport1654]

Impressed that first two are white

[@enricoc.948]

Sulle prime tre pende l'onta del doping ormonale con steroidi, specialmente sulla prima Marita Koch, quindi non le terrei in considerazione. L'atleta più veloce nella storia dei 400 m piani senza l'odiosa manipolazione del doping spinto rimane ancora la francese Perec dotata per natura etnica di una struttura fisica agile e potente ma pienamente femminile.

[@networkinginstitute]

PED list

[@pandaplutten2573]

Kratochvilova should've competed against men ...