Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone runs 50.65 to set her 5th world record – and 4th straight in Eugene, Oregon
By Robert Johnson
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has done it again.
For the fourth straight time that she’s raced in Eugene, Oregon, the world’s greatest 400m hurdler has set a world record. Today the clockstopped at 50.65 in the final of women’s 400 hurdles at the 2024 US Olympic Track and Field Trials, breaking the 50.68 she ran on the same track at the 2022 World Championships. All together it’s McLaughlin-Levrone’s 5th world record as she also set won in Tokyo when she won Olympic gold in 2021.
Sydney McLaughlin Levrone’s World Records
June 27, 2021 – 51.90 – Eugene, Oregon
August 4, 2021 – 51.46 – Tokyo, Japan
June 25, 2022 – 51.41 – Eugene, Oregon
July 22, 2022 – 50.68 – Eugene, Oregon
June 30, 2024 – 50.65 – Eugene, Oregon
Behind McLaughlin-Levrone, Anna Cockrell, the former 3-time NCAA champ (twice in 400h, once in 100h) for USC, finished second in a new personal best of 52.64 (moving her to #11 on the all-time world list) to make her second Olympic team as this year’s NCAA 400h champ Jasmine Jones, formerly of USC now of adidas, grabbed the third Olympic spot in a pb of 52.77 (moving her into a tie for #13 all-time).
Shamier Little, the 5th fastest hurdler in history, also broke 53 but her 52.98 only placed her 4th – the same agonizing place she finished at the 2021 Olympic Trails. The 29-year-old has yet to make an Olympic team and you’ve to to feel for her as it’s the first time in history that someone has broken 53 and finished in 4th place in a women’s 400 hurdle race.
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- Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone 50.65 (WR)
- Anna Cockrell 52.64 (PB)
- Jasmine Jones 52.77 (PB)
- Shamier Little 52.98 (SB)
- Rachel Glenn 53.46 (PB)
- Dalilah Muhammad 54.27
- Akala Garrett 55.01
- Cassandra Tate 55.37
- Sydni Townsend 55.47
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Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson is the co-founder of LetsRun.com. He once helped rabbit Catherine Ndereba to the world record in the women’s marathon and was part of the greatest dynasty in any NCAA men’s sport in Ivy League history (8 straight outright Ivy titles) when he was the coach of the men’s distance program at Cornell University for 10 years. He now resides in Baltimore with his wife and son.