Olympian Database
Olympic Records |  | ||||||
| Records set at the Olympics - Women's 400 m | ||||||
| 1996 | Marie-Jose Pérec |  |
FRA | 48,25 | OR | Final |
| 1988 | Olga Bryzgina |  |
URS | 48,65 | OR | Final |
| 1984 | Valerie Briscoe-Hooks |  |
USA | 48,83 | OR | Final |
| 1980 | Marita Koch |  |
GDR | 48,88 | OR | Final |
| 1976 | Irena Szewinska |  |
POL | 49,28 | WR | Final |
| Irena Szewinska | |
POL | 50,48 | OR | Semifinal | |
| 1972 | Monika Zehrt | |
GDR | 51,08 | OR | Final |
| Monika Zehrt | |
GDR | 51,47 | OR | Semifinal | |
| Helga Seidler | |
GDR | 51,68 | OR | Semifinal | |
| 1968 | Colette Besson | |
FRA | 52,03 | EOR | Final |
| 1964 | Elizabeth Cuthbert |  |
AUS | 52,0 | OR | Final |
| Ann Packer |  |
GBR | 52,7 | OR | Semifinal | |
| Ann Packer | |
GBR | 53,1 | OR | Round 1 | |
| Antonia Munkacsi |  |
HUN | 54,4 | OR | Round 1 | |
| These facts about Women's 400 m - Athletics at the Summer Olympics are based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database | ||||||
