400 m (indoor), men

What to remember

Indoors, the 400 m is run as two laps of a 200 m track rather than one lap outdoors. On February 13, 2026, at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, United States, Khaleb McRae ran it in 44.52 s, an average of 32.35 km/h, a time that was ratified as the indoor world record.

In 2026 the American sprinter also won the 400 m title at the USA Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the World Indoor Championships.

The 400 m has been on the Olympic programme since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. It replaced the 440-yard dash, the "quarter-mile", once run in many countries. Outdoors, Wayde van Niekerk ran the distance in 43.03 seconds.