400 Meter Dash

Men: 46.78 seconds by Kevin Young of the United States at the 1992 Games in Barcelona. It is also the current (March, 2010) world record.

Women: 52.82 seconds by Deon Hemmings of Jamaica at the 1996 Games in Atlanta.

For high school boys it is Nate Jones who ran a 10.44 at the Richardson Invitational on 3/12/2010.

Samuel Arkoh

the world fastest girl runner is actuall Florence Griffith joyner.

Lee Evans broke Milkha Singh's 400 meter world record, in the 1968 Olympics. The current record holder is Michael Johnson.

For an in-shape, athletic (guy) it takes about 55-60 seconds on average... More if your not in shape and less if you are in really good shape... For a in-shape athletic (woman) it takes about 65-70 seconds on average..

The record at Driscoll Middle School is 51.5 seconds and we get at least 4th place in every meet!

If a 7th grader ran 51.5 seconds for a 400, he would be at high school/college level. That is not a true account of a 7th grader's time. My son is an 8th grader and his fastest time is 58.9, which is pretty good.

It depends what your gender and your age is. As a girl in 8th grade, I could run mine in like 2:35-2:40ish.

35 secs is great keep on going but im running it in 34 at the moment

Chip Rish from Marina H.S. 45.37 electronic time and 44.87 hand time.

A good time for a 9 year old boy in the 400 dash is 1-1:15 minutes. If competing the time should be under 1 minute.

At least 55 seconds and below

Michael Johnson 43.84

I don't know... my daughter is 12 and she ran it in 1:18. Good luck with your running... time is not as important as finishing. I don't know... my daughter is 12 and she ran it in 1:18. Good luck with your running... time is not as important as finishing.

At the present time (2008), around 4.6 seconds, or 4.2 seconds for 40yards.

In 2007 I was 15 years old and I amazingly got a time of 4.28 seconds on a school 40 meter sprint event. Since then I have never been close to achieving this time.

Since the 400M is 5% Aerobic and 95% Anaerobic, you need to train mostly on your Anaerobic system. First I would do some short sprints(around 50M-100M) to build raw speed needed for the start and finish of a 400M race. When you have that down, go to your local track and run some intervals ranging between 100M-400M. Running intervals will teach your body to handle lactic acid at high speeds which is needed in a 400M race(This will prevent you from dying in the last 100M).Try not to run intervals more than 400m because then the extra distance will make you end up running slower than your racing speed, which will teach your body to run slower than goal pace (not a good idea). Since their is only a 5% Aerobic part in this race, it would be a good idea to run a longer distance once or twice a week. If I were you, I would not run over 2 miles because if you run farther than that, you are then replacing the needed fast twitch muscle fibers with more slow twitch muscle which is not what you want since this is a fast event. Remember, just train hard and DON'T SLACK OFF!!!!!.

The 400 is for sprinters. But you still have to have good endurance to run it.

43.18 Michael Johnson (USA).

Ah, what a lovely question! 400 meters is one lap around a standard track. So, if you were to walk or run around a field track that is 400 meters long, you would complete one lap. Just imagine the gentle breeze and the beautiful scenery as you take that lap - what a delightful experience!

It takes me just under 3 minutes flat out, I'm a 38 year old man, do quite a bit of swim training and complete in triathlons.

Its really hardd, and my 40 year old son is running at a 1:01.28 time for 400m.

I am the mother of him and Im 41 years old and I can just make it 1:02:44. I am assuming for a 12 year old you should be able to run, between, 0:35 - 0:45.

1) Clayton Parros, HS: Seton Hall Prep, Time: 45.71

2) Dennis Mitchell, HS: Edgewood?, Time: 46.02

That depends on the fitness of the girl. It is also questionable, if a 12 year old girl should run very long distances like the marathon distance at all. She should wait for that some years. She should run 5k or 10k distances first, if she did that, she can do exercise for half marathon. The training should be varied (for example faster - slower) to keep motivation and fun, especially when people are that young. About 30 to 60 minutes a day should normally work (maybe more after a couple of weeks), so the distance depends on how fast you are.

Usian Bolt is the fastest sprinter in the 100 and 200 meters in recorded history.

I’m 12 about 5’6 125 lbs and run a 5.3. From what I can tell I’m one of the fastest in my grade.