World Record							400 METRES
	Performance					Athlete	Nat	Place	Date
	47.60					Marita Koch	GDR	Canberra	06 10 1985
World Junior Record							400 METRES
	Performance					Athlete	Nat	Place	Date
	49.42					Grit Breuer	GER	Tokyo	27 08 1991
Area Records							400 METRES
Area	Performance					Athlete	Nat	Place	Date
AFRICA	49.10					Falilat Ogunkoya	NGR	Atlanta, GA	29 07 1996
ASIA	49.81					Yuqin Ma	CHN	Beijing	11 09 1993
EUROPE	47.60					Marita Koch	GDR	Canberra	06 10 1985
NORTH,CENTRAL AMERICA&C.	48.83					Valerie Brisco-Hooks	USA	Los Angeles, CA	06 08 1984
OCEANIA	48.63					Cathy Freeman	AUS	Atlanta, GA	29 07 1996
SOUTH AMERICA	49.64					Ximena Restrepo	COL	Barcelona	05 08 1992
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