# National records in the 400 metres

The following table is an overview of national records in the 400 metres.

## Outdoor
### Men

| Country | Time | Athlete | Date | Place | Ref. |
| South Africa | 43.03 | Wayde van Niekerk | 14 August 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | |
| United States | 43.18 | Michael Johnson | 26 August 1999 | Seville | |
| Great Britain | 43.44 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | 7 August 2024 | Saint-Denis | |
| Bahamas | 43.48 | Steven Gardiner | 4 October 2019 | Doha | [1] [4] |
| Botswana | 43.72 | Isaac Makwala | 5 July 2015 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | [1] [5] |
| Grenada | 43.74 | Kirani James | 3 July 2014 | Lausanne | [1] [6] |
| Zambia | 43.74 | Muzala Samukonga | 7 August 2024 | Saint-Denis | [1] [3] |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 43.78 | Jereem Richards | 7 August 2024 | Saint-Denis | [1] [3] |
| Jamaica | 43.93 | Rusheen McDonald | 23 August 2015 | Beijing | [1] [7][8] |
| Saudi Arabia | 43.93 | Yousef Masrahi | 23 August 2015 | Beijing | [1] [7] |
| Colombia | 43.93 | Anthony Zambrano | 2 August 2021 | Tokyo | [1] [9] |
| Canada | 44.05 | Christopher Morales-Williams | 11 May 2024 | Gainesville | |
| Qatar | 44.07 | Abdalelah Haroun | 21 July 2018 | London | [1] [10] |
| Congo DR | 44.10 | Gary Kikaya | 9 September 2006 | Stuttgart | |
| Dominican Republic | 44.11 | Luguelín Santos | 26 August 2015 | Beijing | [1] [11] |
| Cuba | 44.14 | Roberto Hernández | 30 May 1990 | Seville | |
| Belgium | 44.15 | Alexander Doom | 10 June 2024 | Rome | [1] [12] |
| Nigeria | 44.17 | Innocent Egbunike | 19 August 1987 | Zurich | |
| Kenya | 44.18 | Samson Kitur | 3 August 1992 | Barcelona | [1] [13] |
| Brazil | 44.29 | Sanderlei Parrela | 26 August 1999 | Seville | |
| Ivory Coast | 44.30 | Gabriel Tiacoh | 7 June 1986 | Indianapolis | |
| Mexico | 44.31 | Alejandro Cárdenas | 26 August 1999 | Seville | |
| Germany | 44.33 44.50 | Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) Erwin Skamrahl (FRG) | 3 September 1987 26 July 1983 | Rome Munich | |
| Bahrain | 44.36 | Ali Khamis | 14 August 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | [1] [2] |
| Uganda | 44.37 | Davis Kamoga | 5 August 1997 | Athens | [1] [14] |
| Australia | 44.38 | Darren Clark | 26 September 1988 | Seoul | |
| Norway | 44.39 | Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen | 20 August 2023 | Budapest | [1] [15] |
| Barbados | 44.43 | Jonathan Jones | 15 May 2022 | Lubbock | [1] [16] |
| France | 44.46 | Leslie Djhone | 29 August 2007 | Osaka | [1] [17] |
| Netherlands | 44.48 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | 21 August 2021 | Bern | |
| Oman | 44.56 | Mohammed Al-Malki | 12 August 1988 | Budapest | |
| Sweden | 44.56 | Johan Wissman | 29 August 2007 | Osaka | [1] [17] |
| Zimbabwe | 44.58 | Lewis Banda | 15 May 2004 | Tucson | |
| Russia | 44.60 | Viktor Markin | 30 July 1980 | Moscow | |
| Costa Rica | 44.60 | Nery Brenes | 23 June 2016 | Madrid | [1] [18] |
| Sri Lanka | 44.61 | Sugath Thilakaratne | 20 July 1998 | Fukuoka | |
| Poland | 44.62 | Tomasz Czubak | 24 August 1999 | Seville | |
| Mauritius | 44.69 | Eric Milazar | 7 July 2001 | Madrid | |
| Spain | 44.69 | Bruno Hortelano | 22 June 2018 | Madrid | [1] [19] |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 44.74 45.6 h | Rai Benjamin Fred Sowerby | 21 April 2018 8 May 1976 | Torrance Knoxville | [21] [1] |
| Italy | 44.75 | Luca Sito | 9 June 2024 | Rome | [1] [22] |
| Sudan | 44.76 | Hassan El Kashief | 3 June 1982 | Provo | |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 44.77 | Tabarie Henry | 23 May 2009 | Hutchinson | |
| Ireland | 44.77 | David Gillick | 4 July 2009 | Madrid | |
| Saint Lucia | 44.77 | Michael Joseph | 13 May 2023 | Norman, OK | |
| Japan | 44.77 | Kentaro Sato | 20 August 2023 | Budapest | [1] [15] |
| Czechia | 44.79 | Pavel Maslák | 9 May 2014 | Doha | |
| Portugal | 44.79 | João Coelho | 3 August 2023 | Chengdu | [1] [23] |
| Slovenia | 44.84 | Luka Janežič | 21 July 2017 | Monaco | [1] [24] |
| Kuwait | 44.84 | Yousef Karam | 22 April 2019 | Doha | |
| Hungary | 44.84 | Attila Molnár | 20 August 2023 | Budapest | [1] [15] |
| Scotland | 44.93 | David Jenkins | 21 June 1975 | Eugene | - |
| Argentina | 44.93 | Elián Larregina | 21 June 2024 | Madrid | |
| Ukraine | 44.94 | Oleksandr Pohorilko | 28 April 2024 | Willemstad | |
| Senegal | 44.94 | Cheikh Tidiane Diouf | 6 August 2024 | Saint-Denis | [1] [25] |
| Libya | 44.98 | Mohamed Khouaja | 30 July 2010 | Nairobi | [1] [26] |
| Switzerland | 44.99 | Mathias Rusterholz | 3 July 1996 | Lausanne | |
| Cayman Islands | 44.99 | Jamal Walton | 21 July 2017 | Trujillo | [1] [27] |
| Uruguay | 45.02 | Andrés Silva | 17 May 2006 | Fortaleza | |
| Morocco | 45.03 | Benyounés Lahlou | 9 September 1992 | Latakia | |
| Israel | 45.04 | Donald Sanford | 19 July 2015 | Zhukovsky | [1] [28] |
| Puerto Rico | 45.07 | Ayden Owens-Delerme | 23 July 2022 | Eugene | |
| Greece | 45.11 | Dimitrios Regas | 16 September 2006 | Athens | |
| Ghana | 45.13 | Ibrahim Hassan | 21 April 1996 | Walnut | |
| Algeria | 45.13 | Malik Louahla | 4 August 2001 | Edmonton | [1] [29] |
| China | 45.14 | Guo Zhongze | 3 September 2017 | Tianjin | [1] [30] |
| Guyana | 45.16 | Winston George | 15 July 2017 | Leonora | |
| Saint Vincent | 45.19 | Eswort Coombs | 20 April 1997 | Walnut | |
| Tunisia | 45.19 | Sofiane Labidi | 5 June 2004 | Seville | |
| Venezuela | 45.21 | Alberth Bravo | 25 November 2014 | Xalapa | |
| India | 45.21 | Muhammed Anas | 13 July 2019 | Kladno | [1] [31] |
| Kazakhstan | 45.25 | Mikhail Litvin | 22 April 2019 | Doha | |
| Bermuda | 45.26 | Troy Douglas | 27 July 1996 | Atlanta | |
| Romania | 45.27 | Mihai Dringo [de; fr] | 3 August 2023 | Chengdu | |
| Panama | 45.29 | Héctor Daley | 15 August 1981 | Ciudad Bolívar | |
| Peru | 45.30 A | Fernando Acevedo | 1 August 1971 | Cali | |
| Serbia | 45.30 | Slobodan Branković | 29 August 1990 | Split | |
| Dominica | 45.31 | Bruce Phillip | 1 June 1989 | Provo | |
| Slovakia | 45.32 | Štefan Balošák | 27 July 1996 | Atlanta | |
| Bulgaria | 45.32 | Iliya Dzhivondov | 3 June 2000 | Sofia | |
| Estonia | 45.35 | Rasmus Mägi | 25 June 2022 | Tallinn | [1] [32] |
| Iceland | 45.36 | Oddur Sigurdsson | 12 May 1984 | Austin | |
| Uzbekistan | 45.37 | Sergey Lovachov | 22 June 1984 | Kyiv | |
| South Korea | 45.37 | Shon Ju-il | 17 June 1994 | Seoul | |
| Egypt | 45.40 | Anas Beshr | 11 June 2016 | Montverde | [1] [33] |
| Iran | 45.40 | Sajjad Hashemi | 13 June 2021 | Erzurum | |
| Denmark | 45.41 | Gustav Lundholm Nielsen [de; no] | 14 July 2024 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | |
| Ethiopia | 45.42 A | Tegegne Bezabeh | 18 October 1968 | Mexico City | |
| Liberia | 45.42 | Akeem Sirleaf | 4 May 2019 | Greensboro | [1] [35] |
| Belarus | 45.43 | Aliaksandr Linnik | 20 June 2015 | Cheboksary | [1] [36] |
| Lesotho | 45.46 | Henry Mohoanyane | 18 March 1988 | Bloemfontein | |
| Lithuania | 45.4 h 45.46 45.4 h | Remigijus Valiulis Tomas Motiejunas Jonas Motiejunas | 4 June 1980 24 May 1997 3 August 2000 | Leningrad Atlanta Kaunas | |
| Gambia | 45.48 | Dawda Jallow | 3 April 1993 | Atlanta | |
| Finland | 45.49 | Markku Kukkoaho | 7 September 1972 | Munich | |
| Turkey | 45.51 | Yavuz Can | 7 July 2016 | Amsterdam | [1] [37] |
| Latvia | 45.53 | Jānis Leitis | 8 August 2018 | Berlin | [1] [38] |
| Philippines | 45.57 | Isidro del Prado | 1 December 1984 | Manila | |
| United Arab Emirates | 45.58 | Suleiman Abdulrahman | 3 May 2024 | Dubai | |
| Curaçao | 45.60 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | 4 August 2012 | London | |
| Croatia | 45.64 | Željko Knapić | 19 September 1981 | Sarajevo | |
| Congo Republic | 45.64 | Gilles Anthony Afoumba | 25 June 2019 | Montgeron | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 45.68 | Warren Hazel | 22 July 2017 | Freeport | [1] [40] |
| Austria | 45.69 | Clemens Zeller | 3 June 2010 | Sankt Pölten | [1] [41][42] |
| Haiti | 45.71 | Gerald Clervil | 16 May 1999 | Athens, GA | |
| Sierra Leone | 45.72 | Va-Sheku Sheriff | 14 May 2017 | El Paso | |
| Iraq | 45.74 | Taha Hussein Yassen | 22 April 2019 | Doha | [1] [43] |
| Tanzania | 45.74 A | Claver Kamanya | 16 October 1968 | Mexico City | |
| Namibia | 45.80 A | Mahmad Alexander Bock [de] | 30 April 2022 | Gaborone | |
| Fiji | 45.82 | Saimoni Tamani | 23 July 1970 | Edinburgh | [1] [44] |
| Benin | 45.82 | Mathieu Gnanligo | 30 June 2012 | Porto-Novo | |
| Azerbaijan | 45.83 | Yuriy Dudkin | 18 September 1986 | Tashkent | |
| Georgia | 45.86 | Alif Aliyev Mindia Endeladze [de] | 28 August 1983 29 May 2021 | Kyiv Tbilisi | |
| Turkmenistan | 45.86 | Vitaliy Fedotov | 26 August 1981 | Kyiv | |
| Chile | 45.92 | Ricardo Roach | 21 March 1998 | Santiago | |
| El Salvador | 45.99 A | Takeshi Fujiwara | 28 April 2012 | Medellín | |
| Vietnam | 45.99 | Quách Công Lịch | 29 June 2015 | Chanthaburi | |
| Thailand | 46.00 | Kunanon Sukkaew [fr] | 12 June 2015 | Kallang | |
| Cameroon | 46.03 | Aboubakar Tetnap Nsangou [de] | 23 June 2018 | Yaoundé | |
| British Virgin Islands | 46.04 45.84 i | Dean Greenaway Kyron McMaster | 19 May 1979 14 February 2020 | Lincoln Clemson | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 46.07 | Filipe Lomba | 5 July 1987 | Lisbon | |
| New Zealand | 46.09 | Shaun Farrell | 7 March 1998 | Whanganui | |
| Malaysia | 46.09 45.81 | Umar Osman Nordin Mohamed Jadi | 2 August 2023 3 September 1988 | Chengdu Los Angeles | |
| Netherlands Antilles | 46.13 | Churandy Martina | 31 March 2007 | El Paso | |
| Mali | 46.14 | Yaya Seyba | 20 July 1988 | Bad Blankenburg | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 46.15 | Amel Tuka | 28 June 2019 | Nembro | [1] [47] |
| Cyprus | 46.16 | Evripides Demosthenous | 10 July 1999 | Palma de Mallorca | |
| Albania | 46.16 | Franko Burraj | 2 July 2022 | Oran | |
| North Macedonia | 46.27 | Ismail Mačev | 13 September 1983 | Casablanca | |
| Ecuador | 46.28 | Álex Quiñónez | 29 June 2019 | Braga | [1] [49] |
| Burundi | 46.32 | Jean-Patrick Nduwimana | 30 March 1999 | Tucson | |
| Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) | 46.35 | Chen Chieh | 19 October 2015 | Kaohsiung | |
| Eswatini | 46.36 A | Andile Lusenga | 27 April 2019 | Gaborone | |
| Indonesia | 46.37 | Elieser Wattebosi | 14 June 1993 | Singapore | |
| Chad | 46.43 | Mahamat Goubaye Youssouf | 30 June 2016 | São Bernardo do Campo | [1] [50] |
| Mozambique | 46.50 | Kurt Couto | 13 April 2007 | Windhoek | |
| Guatemala | 46.50 | José Humberto Bermúdez | 23 June 2019 | Managua | [1] [51] |
| Turks and Caicos | 46.54 | Colby Jennings | 26 March 2022 | Tempe | |
| Moldova | 46.57 | Sergey Grigoryev | 5 July 1984 | Kyiv | |
| Gabon | 46.60 | Guy Maganga Gorra | 27 March 2021 | Mount Olive | |
| Paraguay | 46.62 | Augusto José Stanley | 8 June 2012 | Barquisimeto | |
| Burkina Faso | 46.66 | Bienvenu Sawadogo | 18 June 2019 | Bonneuil-sur-Marne | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 46.67 46.29 i | Nikolay Chernetskiy | 7 July 1978 2 March 1980 | Berkeley Sindelfingen | [45] [55] |
| Papua New Guinea | 46.70 | Nelson Stone | 8 October 2010 | Delhi | |
| Pakistan | 46.73 | Abdul Mueed Baloch | 29 May 2022 | Mashhad | |
| Guinea | 46.76 | Amara Conte | 26 May 2023 | Rochester | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 46.78 | Gustavo Envela | 14 June 1986 | Sacramento | |
| Madagascar | 46.80 | Todiasoa Rabearison | 1 October 2019 | Doha | |
| Montenegro | 46.82 | Slaviša Vraneš | 19 August 2000 | Belgrade | |
| Malta | 46.83 | Graham Pellegrini | 1 June 2023 | Marsa | |
| Suriname | 46.89 | Tommy Asinga | 4 August 1991 | Havana | |
| Togo | 46.92 | Kossi Akoto | 16 July 1995 | Viry-Châtillon | |
| Lebanon | 46.92 | Marc Anthony Ibrahim [de] | 18 May 2024 | Ismailia | |
| North Korea | 46.95 | Hwang Il-Sok | 25 June 2000 | Odawara | |
| Armenia | 46.99 | Akraik Hovanesian | 14 July 1986 | Kyiv | |
| Singapore | 47.02 | Zubin Percy Muncherji [de] | 13 May 2018 | Bloomington | |
| Comoros | 47.04 | Hadhari Djaffar | 7 May 2000 | Franconville | |
| Honduras | 47.06 | Yariel Matute | 21 April 2018 | Houston | |
| Seychelles | 47.08 | Joseph Adam | 16 May 1993 | Clemson | |
| Bolivia | 47.12 A | Fernando Copa | 6 June 2018 | Cochabamba | |
| French Polynesia | 47.13 | Isaac Yaya | 26 June 2005 | Nice | |
| Syria | 47.18 | Zahr-el-Din El-Najem | 30 June 1999 | Beirut | |
| Niger | 47.27 47.89 | Mohamedine Mahamadou | 17 June 2012 27 June 2012 | Accra Porto-Novo | [45] [69] |
| Hong Kong | 47.28 | Chan Ka Chun | 15 May 2015 | Taipei | |
| Anguilla | 47.29 | Kirthley Richardson | 19 May 1995 | Odesa | |
| Angola | 47.2 h 47.38 | Barceló de Carvalho João Paulo | 16 September 1969 23 July 1995 | Athens Lisbon | |
| Bangladesh | 47.34 46.86 # | Mohammad Jahir Rayhan | 3 November 2019 25 January 2019 | Mangalagiri Dhaka | [70][71] [70] [72] |
| Gibraltar | 47.41 | Jessy Franco | 1 October 2019 | Doha | |
| Belize | 47.42 | Benjamin Fairweather | 9 May 2015 | Utica | |
| Tajikistan | 47.44 | Grigoriy Derepaskin | 7 July 2019 | Almaty | |
| Maldives | 47.48 | Hassan Saaid | 1 June 2013 | Kingston | |
| Luxembourg | 47.4 h 47.76 | Emile Jung David Fiegen | 16 August 1969 20 August 2006 | Font-Romeu La Chaux-de-Fonds | |
| Macau | 47.61 | Lei Vai Kun | 21 July 1996 | Hong Kong | |
| Vanuatu | 47.62 | Baptiste Firiam | 7 March 1996 | Sydney | |
| Nicaragua | 47.62 | Yeykell Romero | 22 June 2024 | San José | |
| South Sudan | 47.63 | Mangar Chuot | 18 March 2016 | Perth | |
| Jordan | 47.67 | Abdelsalam Khalifa Al-Haj | 11 September 1999 | Amman | |
| San Marino | 47.67 | Alessandro Gasperoni | 1 June 2023 | Marsa | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 47.70 | Edivaldo Monteiro | 17 July 1996 | Lisbon | |
| Aruba | 47.73 | Anthony Rasmijn | 26 May 2018 | Oordegem | |
| Solomon Islands | 47.76 | Chris Walasi | 27 January 2006 | Christchurch | |
| Central African Republic | 47.82 | Martial Biguet | 1 August 1992 | Barcelona | |
| Malawi | 47.85 | Golden Gunde | 28 July 2014 | Glasgow | |
| Mauritania | 47.87 | Youba Hmeida | 4 August 2001 | Edmonton | |
| Somalia | 47.91 | Ibrahim Okash Omar | 4 August 1984 | Los Angeles | |
| Rwanda | 47.93 A | Emmanuel Nitakiyimana | 7 July 2016 | Kampala | |
| Cape Verde | 47.96 | Salvador Lopes Goncalves | 10 September 2000 | Luxembourg | |
| Andorra | 48.00 47.94 i | Pau Blasi [no] Daniel Gómez | 9 July 2023 6 February 2000 | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Seville | [77] [45] |
| Kosovo | 48.12 47.83 # | Astrit Kryeziu [de; no] | 1 July 2017 19 July 2014 | Stara Zagora Skopje | |
| Mongolia | 48.15 | Tsendsuren Erdene-Munkh | 14 June 1989 | Bratislava | |
| Eritrea | 48.24 | Yohannes Kiflemariam | 18 March 2024 | Accra | |
| Yemen | 48.27 | Ahmed Al-Yaari | 21 April 2019 | Doha | |
| Guam | 48.29 47.59 # | David Wilson Aaron Whitaker | 12 April 1997 13 May 2017 | Palo Alto Monmouth | [80] [81] |
| Tonga | 48.31 | Henele Taliai | 1 March 1997 | Melbourne | |
| Nepal | 48.32 | Asha Ram Chaudhari | 28 September 1990 | Beijing | |
| Palestine | 48.4 h 48.61 | Fareed Faraj Mohammed Abukhousa | 5 March 1989 25 February 2017 | Kuwait City Réduit | |
| Brunei | 48.53 | Mohamed Arman Hj Sanip | 10 July 1999 | Taverny | |
| American Samoa | 48.4 h | Kelsey Nakanelua | 10 June 2000 | Honolulu | |
| Montserrat | 48.55 48.00 i | Stephen Lewis Julius Morris | 1 May 1992 2 December 2017 | Spokane Nashville | |
| Monaco | 48.63 | Brice Etès | 3 June 2011 | Schaan | |
| Myanmar | 48.63 | Htay Win | 30 November 1991 | Manila | |
| Norfolk Island | 48.63 | Jonathan McKee | 4 July 1987 | Varberg | |
| Samoa | 48.67 | Siologa Sepa | 4 September 2013 | Mata-Utu | |
| Cambodia | 48.82 47.4 h # | Chhem Savin | 3 September 1972 4 August 1967 | Munich Phnom Penh | |
| New Caledonia | 48.8 h 49.11 | Frédéric Erin | 18 February 2000 13 May 2011 | Hamilton Nouméa | |
| Afghanistan | 49.0 h 49.59 | Habib Zareef Said Gilani | 1963 25 June 2017 | Kabul Berlin | |
| Palau | 49.17 | Conrad Rdechor | 25 August 2000 | Adelaide | |
| Cook Islands | 49.19 | Alex Beddoes | 1 March 2019 | Melbourne | |
| Djibouti | 49.22 | Fathi Moussa Robleh | 20 May 2023 | Radès | |
| Liechtenstein | 49.32 47.9 h # | Fabian Haldner Günther Hasler | 7 September 2014 1 June 1975 | Geneva Bern | |
| Laos | 49.73 | Kingkeo Inthavong | 24 August 2017 | Bukit Jalil | |
| Micronesia | 50.22 50.1 h | Jack Howard | 25 July 2002 7 December 2002 | Kolonia, Pohnpei Ballarat | |
| Marshall Islands | 50.4 h | Martin Motu'ahala | 30 July 1994 | Majuro | |
| Wallis and Futuna | 50.6 h | Patita Fotutata | 25 September 1985 | Fiua | |
| East Timor | 50.79 | Domingos Salio dos Santos | 12 June 2015 | Kallang | |
| Bhutan | 51.16 | Tshering Penjor | 15 September 2021 | Yokoyama | |
| Nauru | 51.3 h 51.47 | Tryson Duburiya Jonah Harris | c. 1991 1 December 2018 | Meneng Brisbane | [44] [45] |
| Kiribati | 51.98 | Kiakia Tekambwa | 8 August 2009 | Gold Coast | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 52.74 | Beouch Ngirchongor | 1 July 2014 | Palikir | |
| Niue | 52.87 | Kalapu Liutose Liuvaie | 13 September 1991 | Port Moresby | |
| Tuvalu | 54.81 | Telava Folitau | 6 August 2009 | Gold Coast | |

### Women

| Country | Time | Athlete | Date | Place | Ref. |
| Germany | 47.60 | Marita Koch | 6 October 1985 | Canberra | |
| Czechia | 47.99 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | 10 August 1983 | Helsinki | |
| Bahrain | 48.14 | Salwa Eid Naser | 3 October 2019 | Doha | [90] [91] |
| France | 48.25 | Marie-José Pérec | 29 July 1996 | Atlanta | |
| Ukraine | 48.27 | Olha Bryzhina | 6 October 1985 | Canberra | |
| Bahamas | 48.36 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | 6 August 2021 | Tokyo | |
| Jamaica | 48.57 | Nickisha Pryce | 20 July 2024 | London | |
| Australia | 48.63 | Cathy Freeman | 29 July 1996 | Atlanta | |
| United States | 48.70 | Sanya Richards-Ross | 16 September 2006 | Athens | |
| Dominican Republic | 48.76 | Marileidy Paulino | 23 August 2023 | Budapest | |
| Mexico | 48.89 | Ana Gabriela Guevara | 27 August 2003 | Saint-Denis | |
| Poland | 48.90 | Natalia Kaczmarek | 20 July 2024 | London | |
| Ireland | 49.07 | Rhasidat Adeleke | 10 June 2024 | Roma | |
| Nigeria | 49.10 | Falilat Ogunkoya | 29 July 1996 | Atlanta | |
| Russia | 49.11 48.9 h# | Olga Nazarova | 25 September 1988 13 September 1988 | Seoul Vladivostok | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 49.19 | Mariya Pinigina | 10 August 1983 | Helsinki | |
| Namibia | 49.22 48.54 # | Christine Mboma | 17 April 2021 30 June 2021 | Windhoek Bydgoszcz | [90] [94] |
| Botswana | 49.33 | Amantle Montsho | 19 July 2013 | Monaco | |
| Cuba | 49.2 h | Ana Fidelia Quirot | 13 August 1989 | Bogotá | |
| Great Britain | 49.41 | Christine Ohuruogu | 12 August 2013 | Moscow | |
| Netherlands | 49.44 49.17 i | Femke Bol | 17 August 2022 2 March 2024 | Munich Glasgow | [90] [95] |
| Bulgaria | 49.53 | Vanya Stambolova | 27 August 2006 | Rieti | |
| Barbados | 49.58 | Sada Williams | 21 August 2023 | Budapest | |
| South Africa | 49.62 | Caster Semenya | 8 September 2018 | Ostrava | |
| Colombia | 49.64 | Ximena Restrepo | 5 August 1992 | Barcelona | |
| Spain | 49.67 | Sandra Myers | 6 July 1991 | Oslo | |
| China | 49.81 | Yuqin Ma | 11 September 1993 | Beijing | |
| Norway | 49.85 | Henriette Jæger | 14 July 2024 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | |
| Senegal | 49.86 | Amy Mbacké Thiam | 7 August 2001 | Edmonton | |
| Romania | 49.88 | Ionela Târlea | 12 July 1999 | Palma de Mallorca | |
| Canada | 49.91 | Marita Payne Jillian Richardson-Briscoe | 6 August 1984 25 September 1988 | Los Angeles Seoul | |
| Belgium | 49.96 | Cynthia Bolingo | 21 August 2023 | Budapest | [90] [96] |
| Finland | 50.14 | Riitta Salin | 4 September 1974 | Roma | |
| Guyana | 50.20 | Aliyah Abrams | 13 May 2023 | Freeport | |
| Zambia | 50.22 | Kabange Mupopo | 15 September 2015 | Brazzaville | |
| Italy | 50.30 | Libania Grenot | 2 July 2009 | Pescara | |
| Belarus | 50.31 | Ilona Usovich | 27 August 2007 | Osaka | |
| Chad | 50.38 | Kaltouma Nadjina | 6 August 2001 | Edmonton | |
| Kenya | 50.38 | Mary Moraa | 7 July 2023 | Nairobi | |
| Greece | 50.45 | Maria Belimpasaki | 11 August 2018 | Berlin | |
| Lithuania | 50.49 | Modesta Justė Morauskaitė | 25 May 2022 | Huelva | |
| Uzbekistan | 50.52 | Marina Shmonina | 6 July 1990 | Kyiv | |
| Switzerland | 50.52 | Lea Sprunger | 1 July 2018 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | |
| Puerto Rico | 50.52 | Gabby Scott | 6 August 2024 | Saint-Denis | [90] [97] |
| Portugal | 50.59 | Cátia Azevedo | 3 June 2021 | Huelva | [90] [98] |
| Austria | 50.60 | Susanne Gogl-Walli | 5 September 2024 | Zürich | |
| Brazil | 50.62 | Maria Magnolia Figueiredo | 21 August 1990 | Rovereto | |
| Saint Vincent | 50.63 | Shafiqua Maloney | 14 July 2024 | Lignano Sabbiadoro | |
| Grenada | 50.64 | Hazel-Ann Regis | 16 May 2004 | Oxford | |
| Kazakhstan | 50.68 | Tatyana Roslanova | 5 June 2004 | Almaty | |
| Cameroon | 50.69 | Mireille Nguimgo | 13 August 2000 | La Chaux-de-Fonds | |
| Niger | 50.69 49.19 # | Aminatou Seyni | 23 August 2018 5 July 2019 | Rovereto Lausanne | |
| Croatia | 50.78 | Danijela Grgić | 17 August 2006 | Beijing | [90] [100] |
| India | 50.79 | Hima Das | 26 August 2018 | Jakarta | |
| Cyprus | 50.80 | Eleni Artymata | 4 August 2021 | Tokyo | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 50.83 | Tiandra Ponteen | 11 June 2005 | Sacramento | |
| Latvia | 50.83 | Gunta Vaičule | 29 June 2024 | Valmiera | |
| Sri Lanka | 51.05 | Damayanthi Dharsha | 30 August 2000 | Jakarta | |
| Chile | 51.05 | Martina Weil | 7 July 2024 | Hengelo | |
| Sweden | 51.13 | Moa Hjelmer | 29 June 2012 | Helsinki | [90] [101] |
| Sudan | 51.19 | Nawal El Jack | 15 July 2005 | Marrakech | |
| Slovenia | 51.22 | Anita Horvat | 20 July 2018 | Monaco | |
| Haiti | 51.23 | Marlena Wesh | 7 July 2012 | Irapuato | |
| Sierra Leone | 51.36 | Maggie Barrie | 13 May 2018 | Bloomington, Indiana | |
| Mozambique | 51.37 | Maria Mutola | 2 August 1994 | Monaco | |
| Zimbabwe | 51.43 | Vimbayi Maisvoreva | 25 May 2024 | Lexington, Kentucky | |
| Ethiopia | 51.44 | Genet Lire | 13 June 2014 | Addis Abeba | |
| Benin | 51.47 | Fabienne Feraez | 14 July 2006 | Roma | |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 51.47 | Laverne Jones-Ferrette | 21 April 2007 | Lawrence, Kansas | |
| Uganda | 51.47 A | Leni Shida | 26 July 2019 | Kampala | [90] [102] |
| Hungary | 51.50 | Ilona Pál Barbara Petráhn | 11 August 1980 13 May 2006 | Budapest Xalapa | |
| Ecuador | 51.53 | Nicole Caicedo | 29 July 2023 | São Paulo | |
| Liberia | 51.55 | Kia Davis | 17 May 2008 | Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
| Malawi | 51.55 | Asimenye Simwaka | 7 August 2022 | Birmingham | |
| New Zealand | 51.60 | Kim Robertson | 19 January 1980 | Christchurch | |
| British Virgin Islands | 51.63 | Ashley Kelly | 8 July 2017 | Miami | |
| Tunisia | 51.66 | Awatef Ben Hassine | 24 June 2004 | Algiers | |
| Morocco | 51.67 | Nezha Bidouane | 1 September 1998 | Berlin | |
| Burkina Faso | 51.74 | Sita Sibiri [fr] | 20 March 2024 | Accra | |
| Japan | 51.75 | Asami Tanno | 3 May 2008 | Shizuoka | |
| Malaysia | 51.79 | Shereen Vallabouy | 1 June 2024 | Murfreesboro | |
| Ghana | 51.82 | Akua Obeng-Akrofi | 25 May 2018 | Tampa, Florida | [90] [103] |
| Vietnam | 51.83 | Nguyen Thi Tinh | 8 December 2003 | Hanoi | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 51.83 | Janeil Bellille | 21 June 2014 | Port of Spain | |
| Bermuda | 51.84 | Caitlyn Bobb [de] | 9 June 2022 | Eugene | |
| Fiji | 51.89 | Makelesi Batimala | 26 June 2004 | Brisbane | |
| Serbia | 51.89 | Tamara Salaški | 9 June 2016 | Stara Zagora | [90] [104] |
| Estonia | 51.91 | Egle Uljas | 21 August 2004 | Athens | |
| Venezuela | 51.94 | Nercely Soto | 26 November 2013 | Trujillo, Peru | [90] [105] |
| Ivory Coast | 51.94 | Jessika Gbai | 13 April 2024 | Gainesville | |
| Slovakia | 51.98 | Jozefína Čerchlanová | 27 July 1974 | Edinburgh | |
| Moldova | 52.00 | Olesea Cojuhari | 15 June 2012 | Bucharest | |
| Suriname | 52.01 | Letitia Vriesde | 12 July 1997 | Arnhem | |
| North Korea | 51.9 h 56.23 | Sin Kim-dan Chi Jong Ok | 23 October 1962 15 October 1991 | Pyongyang | [90] [107] |
| Madagascar | 52.05 | Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy | 19 July 1998 | Paris | |
| Israel | 52.06 | Anna Tkach | 24 August 2003 | Saint-Denis | |
| Turkmenistan | 52.10 | Alyona Petrova | 23 June 2001 | Almaty | |
| Georgia | 52.13 | Maia Azarashvili | 12 June 1988 | Leningrad | |
| Turkey | 52.15 | Birsen Bekgöz | 30 July 2011 | Ankara | |
| Mali | 52.16 | Djénébou Danté | 16 July 2017 | Marseille | |
| Cayman Islands | 52.17 | Shalysa Wray | 14 May 2022 | Lubbock | |
| Saint Lucia | 52.21 | Verneta Lesforis | 25 June 1999 | Bridgetown | |
| Argentina | 52.2 h | Olga Conte | 23 March 1997 | Buenos Aires | |
| Malta | 52.37 | Janet Richard | 20 June 2023 | Chorzów | [90] [109] |
| Panama | 52.43 | Gianna Woodruff | 23 April 2022 | Waco, Texas | |
| Antigua & Barbuda | 52.49 | Afia Charles | 12 May 2013 | Houston | |
| Togo | 52.50 | Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni | 24 August 2003 | Saint-Denis | |
| Turks and Caicos | 52.50 | Yanique Haye-Smith | 10 April 2021 | Greensboro | |
| Uruguay | 52.53 | Déborah Rodríguez | 3 October 2014 | Montevideo | [90] [111] |
| Costa Rica | 52.57 | Zoila Stewart | 25 November 1993 | Ponce | |
| Thailand | 52.60 | Noodang Phimphoo | 14 June 1993 | Singapore | |
| Myanmar | 52.69 | Yin Yin Khine [de] | 29 November 2005 | Manila | |
| Tajikistan | 52.70 | Gulsumbi Sharifova | 7 July 2019 | Almaty | |
| Chinese Taipei | 52.74 | Chi Cheng | 29 July 1970 | Stockholm | |
| Kuwait | 52.80 | Mona Al-Mubarak | 16 May 2022 | Kuwait | |
| Iceland | 52.83 | Guðrún Arnardóttir | 14 August 1997 | London | |
| Denmark | 52.84 52.59 i | Rikke Rønholt Sara Slott Petersen | 6 July 2006 13 February 2016 | Århus Växjö | |
| Egypt | 52.84 | Bassant Hemida | 23 December 2021 | Cairo | |
| Albania | 52.86 | Klodiana Shala | 8 August 2006 | Gothenburg | |
| Iran | 52.95 | Maryam Tousi | 8 May 2012 | Bangkok | |
| Algeria | 52.98 | Zahra Bouras | 1 June 2009 | Rehlingen | |
| Eswatini | 53.02 | Phumlile Ndzinisa | 14 September 2015 | Brazzaville | |
| Papua New Guinea | 53.19 | Toea Wisil | 14 August 2010 | Gold Coast | |
| Belize | 53.19 | Samantha Dirks | 30 April 2016 | Irvine | |
| Indonesia | 53.22 | Sri Maya Sari [de] | 12 October 2021 | Timika | |
| Congo Republic | 53.25 | Elodie Malessara | 21 June 2024 | Douala | |
| Dominica | 53.40 | Dawn Williams | 13 April 1996 | Jonesboro | |
| Lebanon | 53.43 | Gretta Taslakian | 4 July 2013 | Pune | |
| Iraq | 53.44 | Gulustan Mahmood Ieso | 21 November 2010 | Guangzhou | |
| Armenia | 53.48 | Amaliya Sharoyan | 28 May 2015 | Sochi | |
| Burundi | 53.48 | Francine Niyonsaba | 4 May 2018 | Eugene | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 53.48 | Gorete Semedo | 25 May 2022 | Huelva | |
| Syria | 53.55 | Ghofrane Al-Mohamed | 10 September 2006 | Algiers | [113] [107] |
| Pakistan | 53.63 | Najma Parveen | 11 November 2019 | Peshawar | |
| South Korea | 53.67 | Lee Yun-Kyung | 12 August 2003 | Taebaek | |
| Singapore | 53.67 | Shanti Pereira | 30 March 2024 | Gainesville | |
| North Macedonia | 53.77 | Elizabeta Božinovska | 14 June 1983 | Nova Gorica | |
| Philippines | 53.81 53.71 i | Kayla Anise Richardson [de; it] Lauren Hoffman | 14 April 2017 9 February 2024 | Torrance Clemson | [107] [115] |
| Peru | 53.86 A | Maitte Torres [de] | 20 May 2017 | Cuenca | |
| Bolivia | 53.90 A | Cecilia Gómez | 18 April 2021 | Cochabamba | |
| Vanuatu | 53.92 | Mary Estelle Kapalu | 5 August 1995 | Gothenburg | |
| Luxembourg | 54.05 | Frédérique Hansen | 18 July 2013 | Rieti | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 54.28 | Dijana Kojić | 24 July 1999 | Komotini | |
| Kosovo | 54.30 | Vijona Kryeziu | 13 August 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | |
| Liechtenstein | 54.47 | Maria Ritter | 20 August 1978 | Zurich | |
| Cape Verde | 54.50 | Vera Barbosa | 9 May 2009 | Osaka | |
| Guinea | 54.50 | Asta Dramé | 20 May 2012 | Aix-les-Bains | |
| Central African Republic | 54.61 | Emmanuëlle Kogalama | 30 June 2001 | Saint Étienne | |
| Mauritius | 54.62 | Sandra Govinden [fr] | 25 June 1992 | Belle Vue Harel | |
| United Arab Emirates | 54.69 | Mariam Kareem | 9 May 2024 | Ismailia | |
| El Salvador | 54.72 | Verónica Quijano | 29 November 2001 | Guatemala City | |
| Maldives | 54.83 | Aishath Himna Hassan [de; it] | 24 June 2023 | Kingston | |
| Azerbaijan | 54.83 | Lamiya Valiyeva | 2 August 2023 | Chengdu | |
| Congo DR | 54.88 | Maria Bangala | 30 April 2022 | Nashville | |
| Lesotho | 54.91 | Mamakoli Senauouane | 3 May 2019 | Manzini | |
| Gambia | 54.98 | Binta Jallow | 17 April 2019 | Abidjan | |
| Tanzania | 54.99 | Leticia Athanas | 7 August 1987 | Nairobi | |
| Eritrea | 54.99 | Nazret Weldu | 24 May 2007 | Khartoum | |
| Hong Kong | 55.03 | Wan Kin Yee | 17 June 2012 | Zhuhai | |
| Nicaragua | 55.18 | Ingrid Yahoska Narvaez | 2 July 2017 | Tegucigalpa | |
| Honduras | 55.24 | Heidy Palacios | 17 June 2012 | Managua | |
| Angola | 55.34 | Guilhermina Cruz | 15 August 1993 | Stuttgart | |
| Jordan | 55.38 | Aliya Boshnak | 12 July 2017 | Nairobi | |
| Anguilla | 55.41 | Artesha Richardson | 13 May 2017 | El Paso, Texas | |
| Bangladesh | 55.46 | Beauty Nazmun Nahar | 5 April 2004 | Islamabad | |
| Guatemala | 55.64 | Patricia Meigham | 4 August 1984 | Los Angeles | |
| Comoros | 55.91 | Salhate Djamalidine | 28 June 2003 | Radès | |
| Qatar | 55.98 | Shahd Ashraf | 29 April 2024 | Doha | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 56.24 | Yvonne Bennett | 13 April 2013 | Ogden | |
| Samoa | 56.32 | Kim Peterson | 10 February 1990 | Auckland | |
| French Polynesia | 56.35 | Hereiti Bernardino | 17 July 2019 | Apia | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 56.37 | Frida Pilar Ondo Mbang | 20 July 2003 | Madrid | |
| Montenegro | 56.47 | Danijela Srdanović | 4 July 1992 | Belgrade | |
| Paraguay | 56.62 | Ana Camila Pirelli | 2 March 2019 | Asunción | |
| Gabon | 56.73 | Marlyse N’Sourou Menene | 13 June 2007 | Avellino | |
| Mongolia | 56.75 | Solongo Batbold [de] | 29 September 2023 | Hangzhou | |
| Libya | 56.89 | Najla Aqdeir Ali Salem | 21 May 2016 | Lodi | |
| Guinea Bissau | 57.02 | Artimiza Sá | 5 July 2003 | Guarda | |
| Seychelles | 57.05 | Mirenda Francourt | 4 April 1993 | LaGrange | |
| Macao | 57.07 | Leong Ka Man | 27 September 2014 | Incheon | |
| Gibraltar | 57.66 57.40 | Sharon Mifsud | 25 June 1991 16 July 1995 | Mariehamn Gibraltar | |
| Aruba | 57.78 | Jelissa Nedd | 8 July 2011 | Willemstad | |
| Guam | 57.89 | Regine Tugade | 6 May 2016 | Dededo | |
| Tonga | 57.98 | Vasa Tulahe | 30 January 1994 | Sydney | |
| Palestine | 58.08 | Hanna Barakat | 20 May 2017 | Norwalk, California | |
| San Marino | 58.23 | Beatrice Berti | 28 June 2023 | Castelfranco Emilia | |
| Solomon Islands | 58.88 | Samantha Rofo | 7 July 2016 | Suva | |
| Oman | 59.03 | Hanaa Al Qassimi | 30 May 2024 | Basra | |
| Monaco | 59.37 | Marie-Charlotte Gastaud | 6 July 2023 | Cannes | |
| Djibouti | 59.79 | Mariam Isman Waïss | 15 March 2019 | Djibouti City | |
| South Sudan | 1:01.19 A | Rose Ihisa Uwaro | 28 May 2021 | Nairobi | |
| Montserrat | 1:01.80 | Jenalyn Weekes | 28 February 2016 | Vieux-Fort | |
| Saudi Arabia | 1:06.33 | Dana Salah Al-Shehri | 25 August 2018 | Jakarta | |
| Afghanistan | 1:12.72 | Yalda Amini | 13 June 2018 | Sipoo | |

## Indoor / short track
### Men

| Country | Time | Athlete | Date | Place | Ref. |
| Canada | 44.49 | Christopher Morales-Williams | 24 February 2024 | Fayetteville | |
| United States | 44.52 | Michael Norman | 10 March 2018 | College Station | |
| Grenada | 44.80 | Kirani James | 27 February 2011 | Fayetteville | |
| Jamaica | 44.86 | Akeem Bloomfield | 10 March 2018 | College Station | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 45.00 | Jereem Richards | 19 March 2022 | Belgrade | |
| Germany | 45.05 | Thomas Schönlebe | 5 February 1988 | Sindelfingen | |
| Norway | 45.05 | Karsten Warholm | 2 March 2019 | Glasgow | [125] [127] |
| Costa Rica | 45.11 | Nery Brenes | 10 March 2012 | Istanbul | |
| Uganda | 45.18 | Eugene Omalla | 23 February 2024 | Lubbock | |
| Czechia | 45.24 | Pavel Maslák | 8 March 2014 | Sopot-Gdańsk | |
| Belgium | 45.25 | Alexander Doom | 2 March 2024 | Glasgow | [125] [128] |
| Bahamas | 45.33 | Demetrius Pinder | 12 March 2011 | College Station | [125] [129] |
| Sweden | 45.33 | Carl Bengtström | 19 March 2022 | Belgrade | [125] [130] |
| Barbados | 45.38 | Jonathan Jones | 8 February 2019 | Lubbock | |
| Great Britain | 45.39 | Jamie Baulch | 9 February 1997 | Birmingham | |
| Poland | 45.39 | Marek Plawgo | 3 March 2002 | Vienna | |
| Qatar | 45.39 | Abdalelah Haroun | 19 February 2015 | Stockholm | |
| Australia | 45.44 | Steven Solomon | 23 February 2018 | Clemson | |
| Saint Lucia | 45.46 | Michael Joseph | 24 February 2024 | Lubbock | |
| Netherlands | 45.48 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | 27 February 2022 | Apeldoorn | |
| Nigeria | 45.51 | Sunday Bada | 9 March 1997 | Paris | |
| Ireland | 45.52 | David Gillick | 3 March 2007 20 February 2010 | Birmingham Birmingham | [125] [55] |
| France | 45.54 | Leslie Djhone | 5 March 2011 | Paris | |
| Spain | 45.58 | Óscar Husillos | 19 February 2023 | Madrid | |
| Cayman Islands | 45.62 | Jamal Walton | 29 February 2020 | College Station | |
| Zimbabwe | 45.67 | Lewis Banda | 10 March 2006 | Fayetteville | |
| South Africa | 45.67 | Derrick Mokaleng | 8 February 2019 | Lubbock | |
| Denmark | 45.67 | Benjamin Lobo Vedel | 19 March 2022 | Belgrade | |
| Congo DR | 45.71 | Gary Kikaya | 15 March 2003 | Fayetteville | |
| Botswana | 45.74 | California Molefe | 10 March 2006 | Moscow | |
| Japan | 45.76 | Shunji Karube | 9 March 1997 | Paris | |
| Lithuania | 45.78 | Tomas Keršulis [de; lt] | 11 February 2023 | Boston | [125] [131] |
| China | 45.79 | Ailixier Wumaier | 31 March 2024 | Tianjin | |
| Dominican Republic | 45.80 | Luguelín Santos | 24 February 2017 | Madrid | |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 45.81 | Tabarie Henry | 30 January 2010 | College Station | [125] [132] |
| British Virgin Islands | 45.84 | Kyron McMaster | 14 February 2020 | Clemson | [125] [133] |
| Portugal | 45.86 | João Coelho | 2 March 2024 | Glasgow | [125] [128] |
| Russia | 45.90 | Ruslan Mashchenko | 1 March 1998 | Valencia | |
| Switzerland | 45.92 | Alain Rohr | 13 February 2000 | Magglingen | |
| Mexico | 45.93 | Alejandro Cárdenas | 9 February 2000 17 February 2000 | Piraeus Stockholm | [125] [55] |
| Tunisia | 45.93 | Sofiane Labidi | 13 February 2004 | Fayetteville | |
| Romania | 45.94 | Ioan Vieru | 2 March 2002 | Vienna | |
| Kenya | 45.98 | Charles Gitonga | 19 February 1995 | Liévin | |
| Italy | 45.99 | Ashraf Saber | 1 March 1998 | Valencia | |
| Estonia | 45.99 | Marek Niit | 26 February 2011 | Fayetteville | |
| Dominica | 46.02 | Chris Lloyd | 16 February 2008 | Birmingham | |
| Slovenia | 46.02 | Luka Janežič | 27 January 2018 | Vienna | |
| Morocco | 46.02 | Hossam Hatib | 9 February 2024 | Clemson | |
| Colombia | 46.07 | Jhon Alejandro Perlaza | 9 March 2019 | Birmingham, AL | |
| Hungary | 46.08 | Attila Molnár | 1 March 2024 | Glasgow | [125] [128] |
| Cuba | 46.09 | Roberto Hernández | 7 March 1987 | Indianapolis | |
| Austria | 46.14 | Christoph Pöstinger | 22 February 1999 | Chemnitz | |
| Guyana | 46.15 | Arinze Chance [de] | 18 January 2019 | Columbia, SC | |
| Turkey | 46.20 | Yavuz Can | 25 February 2016 | Istanbul | |
| Ghana | 46.21 | Emmanuel Dasor | 25 February 2016 | Birmingham, AL | [125] [134] |
| Serbia | 46.22 | Boško Kijanović [de] | 7 March 2022 | Belgrade | [125] [135] |
| Sudan | 46.24 | Rabah Yousif | 20 February 2010 19 February 2011 | Birmingham Birmingham | [125] [55] |
| Panama | 46.26 | Bayano Kamani | 29 January 2005 | Boston | |
| Kuwait | 46.26 | Yousef Karam | 8 February 2020 | Toruń | [125] [136] |
| Kazakhstan | 46.26 | Mikhail Litvin | 19 January 2019 | Oskemen | |
| Mauritius | 46.28 | Eric Milazar | 26 February 2006 | Aubiére | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 46.29 | Nikolay Chernetskiy | 2 March 1980 | Sindelfingen | |
| Brazil | 46.33 | Sanderlei Parrela | 8 March 1997 | Paris | |
| Puerto Rico | 46.34 A | José Figueroa | 3 February 2024 | Albuquerque | |
| Bulgaria | 46.35 | Iliya Dzhivondov | 11 February 2000 | Piraeus | |
| Saudi Arabia | 46.35 | Mazen Al-Yassin | 19 September 2017 | Ashgabat | |
| Greece | 46.36 | Konstantinos Kenteris | 13 February 1999 | Piraeus | |
| Argentina | 46.37 A | Elián Larregina | 28 January 2024 | Cochabamba | |
| Croatia | 46.38 | Luciano Sušanj | 11 March 1973 | Rotterdam | |
| Ukraine | 46.45 | Vitaliy Butrym | 18 February 2018 | Istanbul | |
| Israel | 46.46 | Donald Blair-Sanford | 8 February 2014 | Boston | [125] [137] |
| Ivory Coast | 46.50 | Cheickna Traore | 13 January 2024 | State College | |
| Somalia | 46.51 | Harun Abda | 25 February 2012 | Lincoln | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 46.59 | Rai Benjamin | 14 March 2015 | New York City | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 46.59 | Warren Hazel | 1 February 2019 | Columbia | |
| Bahrain | 46.60 | Abbas Abubakar Abbas | 20 February 2016 | Doha | [125] [138] |
| Gambia | 46.62 | Dawda Jallow | 28 February 1991 | Gainesville | |
| Congo Republic | 46.68 | Gilles Anthony Afoumba | 5 February 2020 | Reims | |
| Algeria | 46.71 | Djabir Said-Guerni | 13 February 2002 | Eaubonne | |
| Latvia | 46.71 | Jānis Leitis | 26 January 2013 | Fayetteville | |
| Uzbekistan | 46.72 | Sergey Lovachov | 4 March 1984 | Gothenburg | |
| Zambia | 46.73 | Kennedy Luchembe | 21 February 2020 | Madrid | |
| Sri Lanka | 46.76 | Sugath Thilakaratne | 12 February 2001 | Vienna | |
| Philippines | 46.77 | Trenten Anthony Beram | 4 March 2018 | Boston | |
| Slovakia | 46.65 | Dušan Malovec | 6 March 1983 | Budapest | |
| Belarus | 46.78 | Aliaksandr Linnik | 6 March 2015 | Prague | |
| Saint Vincent | 46.79 | Kimorie Shearman | 28 February 2020 | Boston | |
| Albania | 46.83 | Franko Burraj | 16 February 2020 | Istanbul | |
| Sierra Leone | 46.86 | Va-Sheku Sheriff | 19 February 2017 | Birmingham, AL | |
| South Korea | 46.88 | Shon Ju-il | 27 February 1996 | Tianjin | |
| Senegal | 46.8 h 46.94 | Amadou Dia Bâ | 19 February 1984 19 January 1985 | Paris Paris | [125] [55] |
| Iran | 46.95 | Ali Khadivar | 18 February 2018 | Istanbul | |
| Ethiopia | 46.96 | Alemayehu Gudeta | 5 March 1989 | Budapest | |
| Fiji | 47.00 yA | Saimoni Tamani | 27 February 1971 | Pocatello | |
| Cape Verde | 47.03 A | Jordin Andrade | 28 February 2015 | Albuquerque | |
| Liberia | 47.04 | Siraj Williams | 9 March 2007 | Fayetteville | |
| Haiti | 47.05 | Steve Delice | 8 March 2008 | Boston | |
| Venezuela | 47.08 | José Acevedo | 2 March 2008 | Fayetteville | [125] [140] |
| Moldova | 47.09 | Vadim Zadoynov | 10 March 1996 | Stockholm | |
| Finland | 47.09 | Jussi Heikkilä | 2 March 2008 | Fayetteville | [125] [140] |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 47.14 | Amel Tuka | 21 February 2018 | Belgrade | [125] [141] |
| Bermuda | 47.15 | Troy Douglas | 8 March 1994 | Stockholm | |
| Azerbaijan | 47.15 | Dmitriy Chumichkin | 27 February 2002 | Vienna | |
| North Macedonia | 47.18 | Jovan Stojoski | 20 February 2022 | Budapest | |
| Iraq | 47.18 | Yasir Ali Al-Saadi [de] | 10 February 2023 | Astana | |
| Guinea | 47.21 | Amara Conte | 10 March 2023 | Birmingham, AL | |
| Georgia | 47.26 | Mindia Endeladze [de] | 14 February 2021 | Istanbul | |
| India | 47.33 | Amoj Jacob | 19 September 2017 | Ashgabat | |
| Namibia | 47.35 | Dasheek Akwenye | 16 February 2008 | Nampa | |
| Cyprus | 47.39 | Evripides Demosthenous | 14 February 1998 | Piraeus | |
| Thailand | 47.40 | Jukkatip Phocharoen | 31 October 2007 | Macau | |
| Vietnam | 47.44 | Quách Công Lịch | 13 February 2016 | Birmingham, AL | |
| Luxembourg | 47.49 | Vincent Karger | 24 January 2015 | Kirchberg | [125] [142] |
| Uruguay | 47.50 | Andrés Silva | 10 March 2006 | Moscow | [125] [143] |
| Oman | 47.51 | Othman Ali Al-Busaidi | 4 March 2019 | Tehran | |
| Mali | 47.54 | Fodé Sissoko | 26 January 2019 | Liévin | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 47.55 | Omar Elkhatib [de; no] | 22 January 2023 | Pombal | |
| Malta | 47.55 | Graham Pellegrini | 10 February 2024 | Istanbul | |
| Iceland | 47.59 | Kolbeinn Höður Gunnarsson | 1 February 2015 | Reykjavík | |
| New Zealand | 47.62 | Bailey Stewart | 29 February 2016 | Birmingham, AL | |
| Chile | 47.71 A | Martín Kouyoumdjian [de] | 10 February 2024 | Albuquerque | |
| Mozambique | 47.75 | Creve Armando Machava | 9 February 2020 | Sindelfingen | |
| Lebanon | 47.78 | Mohamad Merhe Mortada [de] | 29 January 2023 | Bursa | |
| Madagascar | 47.79 | Avotriniaina Rakotoarimiandy | 1 February 2014 | Val-de-Reuil | |
| Honduras | 47.80 | Yariel Matute | 17 February 2018 | College Station | |
| Peru | 47.84 A | Marco Vilca | 1 February 2020 | Cochabamba | |
| Egypt | 47.87 A | Anas Beshr | 3 February 2018 | Boulder | |
| Turks and Caicos | 47.90 | Colby Jennings | 12 March 2021 | Birmingham | |
| Andorra | 47.94 | Daniel Gómez | 6 February 2000 | Seville | |
| Comoros | 47.94 | Bacar Houmadi Jannot | 21 February 2015 | Aubière | |
| Chad | 47.99 | Ali Faudet | 15 February 1992 | Bordeaux | |
| Bolivia | 48.06 A | Fernando Copa | 1 February 2020 | Cochabamba | |
| Bangladesh | 48.10 | Mohammad Jahir Rayhan | 18 February 2024 | Tehran | |
| Togo | 48.19 | Ahmed Sangbana | 27 February 1999 | Blacksburg | |
| El Salvador | 48.21 | Takeshi Fujiwara | 12 March 2010 | Doha | |
| United Arab Emirates | 48.24 | Ali Obaid Hassan Shirook | 15 February 2008 | Doha | |
| Seychelles | 48.29 | Ned Azemia | 11 January 2019 | College Station | |
| Guam | 48.35 | Aaron Whitaker | 20 February 2016 | Nampa | |
| Tanzania | 48.40 | Christopher Mbilo | 8 March 1991 | Seville | |
| Pakistan | 48.40 | Nokar Hussain | 18 September 2017 | Ashgabat | |
| Burkina Faso | 48.42 | Esaie Somda | 10 February 2024 | Rennes | |
| Malaysia | 48.43 | Mohd Zaiful Zainal Abidin | 15 February 2008 | Doha | |
| French Polynesia | 48.45 | Isaac Yaya | 10 March 2006 | Moscow | |
| Singapore | 48.50 | Zubin Percy Muncherji [de] | 6 January 2018 | Bloomington | |
| Tajikistan | 48.57 | Davron Atabaev | 18 September 2017 | Ashgabat | |
| Papua New Guinea | 48.67 | Emmanuel Wanga | 14 January 2022 | Lincoln | |
| Eritrea | 48.68 | Habtom Asgede | 17 February 2024 | Karlstad | |
| Cameroon | 48.7 h | Emmanuel Bitanga | 6 February 1988 | Paris | |
| Hong Kong | 48.89 | Chan Ka Chun | 19 February 2016 | Doha | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 48.90 | Danilson Ricciuli | 27 January 2001 | Espinho | |
| San Marino | 48.95 | Probo Benvenuti | 10 February 2024 | Istanbul | |
| Armenia | 48.96 | Aram Davtyan | 4 March 2011 | Paris | |
| Jordan | 49.01 | Abdelrahman Abu Al-Hummos | 18 September 2017 | Ashgabat | |
| Anguilla | 49.02 | Aiden Hazzard [de] | 16 February 2019 | College Station | |
| Aruba | 49.20 | Anthony Rasmijn | 2 March 2018 | Birmingham | |
| Niger | 49.21 | Sunday Bada | 9 March 1997 | Paris | |
| Mongolia | 49.23 | Tsendsuren Erdene-Munkh | 24 February 1990 | Moscow | |
| Yemen | 49.25 | Ahmed Al-Yaari | 9 January 2023 | Doha | |
| Syria | 49.33 | Zahr-el-Din El-Najem | 8 February 2004 | Tehran | |
| Angola | 49.37 | Milton Hassany | 14 February 2015 | Pombal | |
| Chinese Taipei | 49.39 | Chen Chih-hsuan | 10 February 2006 | Pattaya | |
| Guatemala | 49.48 | Allan Ayala | 20 February 2009 | Spearfish | |
| Central African Republic | 49.48 | Béranger-Aymard Bossé | 24 January 2015 | Reims | |
| Paraguay | 49.49 A | Marcos Antonio González [de] | 27 January 2024 | Cochabamba | |
| Turkmenistan | 49.4 h | Ildar Hojayev | 25 January 2013 | Ashgabat | |
| Kosovo | 49.59 | Astrit Kryeziu [de; no] | 25 February 2016 | Istanbul | |
| Monaco | 49.62 | Brice Etès | 31 January 2015 | Lyon | |
| Macau | 49.66 | Chao Un Kei | 31 October 2007 | Macau | |
| Montenegro | 49.74 | Srđan Marić | 21 February 2018 | Belgrade | |
| Vanuatu | 49.92 | Tikie Terry Mael | 2 March 2018 | Birmingham | |
| Gibraltar | 49.97 | Jerai Torres | 21 January 2018 | Sabadell | |
| Maldives | 49.98 | Mohamed Naail [de; no] | 2 March 2018 | Birmingham | |
| Norfolk Island | 50.14 | Jonathan McKee | 9 December 1989 | Gothenburg | |
| Rwanda | 50.25 | Emmanuel Rubayiza | 7 March 1997 | Paris | |
| Montserrat | 50.32 | Julius Morris | 6 January 2017 | West Lafayette | |
| Mauritania | 50.34 | Mandiaye Seck | 13 January 2002 | Orléans | |
| Belize | 50.35 | Brandon Jones | 10 December 2010 | Princess Anne | |
| Afghanistan | 50.90 | Said Gilani | 6 February 2016 | Hanover | |
| South Sudan | 50.96 | Deng Wiyual Puok | 18 September 2017 | Ashgabat | |
| Brunei | 51.02 | Ak. Hafiy Tajuddin Rositi | 9 March 2012 | Istanbul | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 51.04 | Juan Cabrera | 4 March 2017 | Valencia | |
| Benin | 51.20 | Yaovi Michael Gougou | 9 March 2012 | Istanbul | |
| Liechtenstein | 51.33 | Fabian Haldner | 2 February 2013 | Magglingen | |
| Palestine | 51.65 | Bahaa Al Farra | 9 March 2012 | Istanbul | |
| Suriname | 51.67 A | Jurgen Themen | 6 February 2016 | Alamosa | |
| Laos | 51.70 | Khenmanh Chantavong | 31 October 2009 | Hanoi | |

### Women

| Country | Time | Athlete | Date | Place | Ref. |
| Netherlands | 49.17 | Femke Bol | 2 March 2024 | Glasgow | |
| United States | 49.48 A | Britton Wilson | 11 March 2023 | Albuquerque | [159] [160] |
| Czechia | 49.59 | Jarmila Kratochvílová | 7 March 1982 | Milan | |
| Russia | 49.68 | Natalya Nazarova | 18 February 2004 | Moscow | |
| Germany | 50.01 50.84 | Sabine Busch (GDR) Helga Arendt (FRG) | 2 February 1984 7 February 1988 | Vienna Karlsruhe | |
| Great Britain | 50.02 | Nicola Sanders | 3 March 2007 | Birmingham | |
| Bulgaria | 50.21 | Vanya Stambolova | 12 March 2006 | Moscow | |
| Bahamas | 50.21 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | 13 February 2021 | Staten Island | [159] [161] |
| Ireland | 50.33 | Rhasidat Adeleke | 25 February 2023 | Lubbock | |
| Belarus | 50.55 | Svetlana Usovich | 5 March 2005 | Madrid | |
| Romania | 50.56 | Ionela Târlea | 1 March 1998 | Valencia | |
| Nigeria | 50.73 | Charity Opara | 1 February 1998 | Stuttgart | |
| Jamaica | 50.79 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | 19 March 2022 | Belgrade | |
| Ukraine | 50.81 | Olga Bryzgina | 14 February 1987 | Moscow | |
| Poland | 50.83 | Natalia Kaczmarek | 19 February 2023 | Toruń | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 50.91 | Tiandra Ponteen | 12 March 2005 | Fayetteville | |
| Grenada | 50.92 | Hazel-Ann Regis | 12 March 2005 | Fayetteville | |
| Mexico | 50.93 | Ana Gabriela Guevara | 6 March 1999 | Maebashi | |
| Spain | 50.99 | Sandra Myers | 10 March 1991 | Sevilla | |
| Norway | 51.05 | Henriette Jæger | 6 February 2024 | Toruń | |
| Uzbekistan | 51.22 | Marina Shmonina | 4 March 1990 | Glasgow | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 51.27 | Mariya Pinigina | 22 February 1987 | Liévin | |
| Switzerland | 51.28 | Lea Sprunger | 15 February 2018 | Toruń | |
| Austria | 51.37 | Susanne Gogl-Walli | 2 March 2024 | Glasgow | [159] [162] |
| France | 51.44 | Marie-José Pérec | 18 February 1996 | Liévin | |
| Bahrain | 51.45 | Kemi Adekoya | 19 March 2016 | Portland | [159] [163] |
| Saint Vincent | 51.48 | Kineke Alexander | 10 March 2007 | Fayetteville | |
| Guyana | 51.57 | Aliyah Abrams | 18 March 2022 | Belgrade | |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 51.60 | Laverne Jones-Ferrette | 3 February 2007 | Stuttgart | |
| Canada | 51.60 A 51.53 #A 51.64 | Savannah Sutherland Lauren Gale Lauren Gale | 11 March 2023 29 January 2022 12 March 2022 | Albuquerque Boulder Birmingham, AL | [159] [55] |
| Belgium | 51.62 | Cynthia Bolingo | 2 March 2019 | Glasgow | |
| Lithuania | 51.63 | Modesta Justė Morauskaitė | 2 March 2022 | Madrid | |
| Greece | 51.68 | Fani Chalkia | 6 March 2004 | Budapest | |
| Chad | 51.92 | Kaltouma Nadjina | 10 March 2001 | Lisbon | |
| Cuba | 52.02 | Indira Terrero | 24 February 2013 | Metz | |
| Sweden | 52.04 | Moa Hjelmer | 3 March 2013 | Gothenburg | [159] [164] |
| Colombia | 52.12 | Ximena Restrepo | 9 March 1991 | Indianapolis | |
| Zimbabwe | 52.16 | Vimbayi Maisvoreva | 23 February 2024 | Fayetteville | |
| Australia | 52.17 | Maree Holland | 4 March 1989 | Budapest | |
| Italy | 52.17 | Virna De Angeli | 10 March 1996 | Stockholm | |
| Haiti | 52.21 | Marlena Wesh | 4 February 2012 | New York City | |
| Slovenia | 52.22 | Anita Horvat | 8 February 2018 | Madrid | |
| China | 52.27 | Li Yajun | 24 February 1996 | Beijing | |
| Malaysia | 52.27 | Shereen Vallabouy | 11 March 2023 | Virginia Beach | |
| Barbados | 52.28 | Sada Williams | 11 February 2022 | Fayetteville | |
| Hungary | 52.29 | Judit Forgács | 8 February 1987 | Budapest | |
| Serbia | 52.33 | Maja Ćirić | 3 February 2022 | Ostrava | [159] [165] |
| Botswana | 52.34 | Amantle Montsho | 12 March 2010 | Doha | |
| Finland | 52.37 | Ella Räsänen [fi; pl] | 3 January 2013 | Gothenburg | |
| Sierra Leone | 52.43 | Maggie Barrie | 14 February 2020 | Clemson | |
| Portugal | 52.43 | Cátia Azevedo | 23 February 2024 | Madrid | |
| Croatia | 52.47 | Jelica Pavličić | 22 February 1976 | Munich | [159] [55] |
| Senegal | 52.48 | Amy Mbacké Thiam | 2 February 2006 | Stockholm | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 52.52 | Sparkle Mc Knight | 9 March 2013 | Fayetteville | |
| Kazakhstan | 52.53 | Elina Mikhina | 16 February 2018 | Oskemen | |
| Brazil | 52.54 | Letícia de Souza | 10 February 2017 | Fayetteville | |
| Ghana | 52.56 | Pearl Awanya | 9 February 2024 | Fayetteville | |
| Denmark | 52.59 | Sara Slott Petersen | 13 February 2016 | Växjö | |
| Cameroon | 52.62 | Mireille Nguimgo | 2 March 2003 | Clermont-Ferrand | |
| Slovakia | 52.62 | Iveta Putalová | 15 February 2018 | Toruń | |
| Puerto Rico | 52.64 | Grace Claxton | 26 February 2017 | Boston | [159] [166] |
| Latvia | 52.66 | Gunta Vaičule | 1 March 2019 | Glasgow | |
| Zambia | 52.68 | Kabange Mupopo | 18 March 2016 | Portland | |
| Turks and Caicos | 52.72 | Yanique Haye-Smith | 24 February 2019 | Boston | [159] [167] |
| Cyprus | 52.91 | Androula Sialou | 7 February 2004 | Paiania | |
| Estonia | 52.98 | Maris Mägi | 23 January 2010 | Vienna | |
| Liberia | 52.99 | Kou Luogon | 26 February 2006 | Gainesville | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 53.01 | Samantha Edwards | 12 February 2016 | Boston | |
| British Virgin Islands | 53.01 | Ashley Kelly | 12 February 2016 | Boston | [159] [168] |
| Turkey | 53.04 53.04 52.99 X | Pınar Saka Meliz Redif Pınar Saka | 7 February 2009 29 January 2011 11 February 2011 | Lincoln Karlsruhe New York | |
| Iceland | 53.14 53.11 | Guðrún Arnardóttir | 26 February 2000 26 February 1995 | Ghent Baton Rouge | [159] [55] |
| Uganda | 53.17 | Scovia Ayikoru | 21 February 2023 | Birmingham, AL | |
| Cayman Islands | 53.20 | Shalysa Wray | 25 February 2023 | Lubbock | |
| Togo | 53.22 | Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni | 2 March 2003 | Clermont-Ferrand | |
| Panama | 53.25 | Gianna Woodruff | 16 February 2024 | Fayetteville | |
| Tunisia | 53.34 | Awatef Ben Hassine | 2 March 2003 | Clermont-Ferrand | |
| Albania | 53.34 | Klodiana Shala | 16 February 2005 | Paiania | |
| New Zealand | 53.41 A | Annalies Kalma | 1 March 2025 | Albuquerque | |
| Bermuda | 53.50 | Caitlyn Bobb [de] | 26 February 2022 | Boston | |
| Morocco | 53.54 53.45 y | Nezha Bidouane Nawal El Moutawakel | 7 March 1997 | Paris Lincoln | |
| Suriname | 53.56 | Letitia Vriesde | 19 February 1995 | The Hague | |
| Japan | 53.64 | Asami Tanno | 1 March 2005 | Tianjin | |
| Venezuela | 53.65 | Luisairys Toledo [de] | 8 March 2024 | Pittsburg, Kansas | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 53.68 | Gorete Semedo | 10 February 2024 | Pombal | |
| Philippines | 53.71 | Lauren Hoffman | 9 February 2024 | Clemson | |
| Moldova | 53.72 | Larisa Glavenco | 26 February 1990 | Moscow | |
| Iraq | 53.75 | Gulustan Mahmood Ieso | 1 November 2009 | Hanoi | |
| Saint Lucia | 53.82 | Verneta Lesforis | 20 February 1999 | Cedar Falls | |
| Iran | 53.85 | Maryam Tousi | 18 February 2012 | Hangzhou | |
| India | 53.89 | Pinki Paramanik | 13 November 2005 | Pattaya | |
| Luxembourg | 54.00 | Fanny Arendt | 17 January 2025 | Lubbock | |
| Fiji | 54.02 | Makelesi Batimala | 7 March 2008 | Valencia | |
| Mali | 54.05 | Djénébou Danté | 20 February 2021 | Miramas | |
| Ivory Coast | 54.08 | Louise Ayétotché | 6 March 1999 | Indianapolis | |
| Belize | 54.11 | Lydia Troupe | 23 February 2024 | Boston | |
| Syria | 54.17 53.79 X | Mounira Al-Saleh | 14 November 2005 26 February 2010 | Pattaya Tehran | |
| Kenya | 54.21 | Ruth Waithera | 10 March 1984 | Syracuse | |
| Armenia | 54.24 | Amaliya Sharoyan | 6 March 2015 | Prague | |
| Dominica | 54.32 | Dawn Williams | 25 February 1996 | Jonesboro | |
| Vietnam | 54.41 | Nguyễn Thị Hằng | 19 September 2017 | Ashgabat | |
| Thailand | 54.45 | Atchima Eng-Chuan | 19 September 2017 | Ashgabat | |
| Chile | 54.45 A | Fernanda Mackenna | 1 February 2020 | Cochabamba | |
| Algeria | 54.46 | Loubna Benhadja | 24 February 2024 | Lynchburg | |
| Georgia | 54.53 | Maia Azarashvili | 17 February 1988 | Valencia | |
| Sri Lanka | 54.61 | Damayanthi Dharsha | 14 March 2003 | Birmingham | |
| Guinea | 54.77 | Asta Dramé | 25 February 2012 | Aubière | |
| Argentina | 54.79 | Cora Olivero | 1 March 2003 | Valencia | |
| Malawi | 54.82 | Ambwene Simukonda | 4 February 2012 | Birmingham | |
| South Africa | 54.86 | Gontse Morake [de] | 28 January 2023 | Fayetteville | |
| Indonesia | 54.88 | Sri Maya Sari [de] | 11 February 2023 | Astana | |
| Egypt | 54.90 | Iman Mansour Abdul Muttalib | 1 February 2020 | Mondeville | |
| Benin | 55.11 54.26 X | Noélie Yarigo Bimbo Miel Ayedou | 26 January 2014 9 March 2012 | Bordeaux Istanbul | |
| Dominican Republic | 55.26 | Libia Jackson | 28 January 2006 | State College | |
| Ecuador | 55.28 | Paola Sánchez | 8 February 2009 | Vilafranca del Penedès | |
| Israel | 55.34 | Olga Dor-Dogadko | 14 February 1999 | Ghent | |
| Namibia | 55.40 | Tjipekapora Herunga | 12 March 2010 | Doha | [55] [178] |
| Papua New Guinea | 55.48 | Betty Burua | 27 February 2011 | Baton Rouge | |
| Bolivia | 55.48 A | Cecilia Gómez | 5 February 2022 | Cochabamba | |
| Andorra | 55.50 | Duna Viñals | 9 March 2024 | Salamanca | |
| Central African Republic | 55.63 | Emmanuëlle Kogalama | 15 February 1998 | Bordeaux | |
| Tajikistan | 55.72 | Kristina Pronzhenko | 19 January 2019 | Ust-Kamenogorsk | |
| Malta | 55.77 | Janet Richard | 18 January 2020 | London | |
| Cape Verde | 55.84 | Vera Barbosa | 14 February 2009 | Pombal | |
| North Macedonia | 55.84 | Drita Islami | 4 February 2023 | Budapest | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 55.91 | Jelena Gajić | 24 February 2021 | Belgrade | |
| Anguilla | 56.06 | Artesha Richardson | 18 February 2017 | Birmingham, AL | |
| Congo Republic | 56.07 | Lasnet Nkouka | 19 February 1995 | Bordeaux | |
| South Korea | 56.11 | Lee Yun-Kyung | 18 February 2004 | Tianjin | |
| Azerbaijan | 56.14 | Lamiya Valiyeva | 10 February 2024 | Istanbul | |
| Comoros | 56.15 | Salhate Djamalidine | 21 January 2005 | Eaubonne | |
| Mozambique | 56.18 + | Maria Mutola | 12 March 1995 | Barcelona | |
| Honduras | 56.31 | Heidy Palacios | 12 February 2011 | Boston | |
| Costa Rica | 56.43 | Zoila Stewart | 27 February 1999 | Lincoln | |
| Jordan | 56.46 | Aliya Boshnak | 15 February 2020 | Boston | |
| Uruguay | 56.57 | Claudia Acerenza | 8 March 1991 | Seville | |
| Sudan | 56.59 | Muna Jabir Adam | 15 February 2004 | Belfast | |
| Lebanon | 56.77 | Gretta Taslakian | 7 February 2021 | Istanbul | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 57.02 | Yvonne Bennett | 2 February 2013 | Nampa | |
| Turkmenistan | 57.0 h | Alyona Petrova | 1 December 1997 | Rashd | |
| Congo DR | 57.14 | Maria Bangala | 4 February 2022 | Louisville | |
| Chinese Taipei | 57.38 A | Renee Yang | 28 January 2023 | Albuquerque | |
| Montenegro | 57.53 | Jovana Kljajević | 21 February 2007 | Piraeus | |
| Pakistan | 57.75 | Bushra Parveen | 13 November 2005 | Pattaya | |
| Kosovo | 57.85 | Vijona Kryeziu | 27 February 2016 | Istanbul | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 57.86 | Graciela Martins | 7 January 2012 | Pombal | |
| Angola | 58.19 | Milclénia Francisco | 27 February 2016 | Pombal | |
| Gabon | 58.28 | Pierrick-Linda Moulin | 10 December 2023 | Lyon | |
| Seychelles | 58.52 A | Natasha Chetty | 9 February 2024 | Albuquerque | |
| Macau | 58.85 | Lam Ka Im | 30 October 2007 | Macau | |
| San Marino | 59.28 | Beatrice Berti | 30 January 2021 | Padova | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 59.42 | Marlene Mevong Mba | 14 February 2009 | San Sebastián | |
| Monaco | 59.43 | Marie-Charlotte Gastaud [no] | 28 January 2023 | Miramas | |
| Liechtenstein | 59.53 | Maria Ritter | 21 February 1976 | Munich | |
| Libya | 59.63 | Najla Aqdeir Ali Salem | 1 March 2019 | Glasgow | |
| Guam | 1:00.08 | Christina Francisco | 18 March 2016 | Portland | |
| Gibraltar | 1:00.23 | Norcady Reyes | 30 December 2023 | Antequera | |
| Mauritius | 1:00.29 | Ananxya Lebrasse | 11 February 2024 | Metz | |
| Myanmar | 1:00.78 | Kay Khine Lwin [de] | 12 March 2010 | Doha | |
| Rwanda | 1:00.96 | Fanny Dusabimana | 19 January 2020 | Västeras | |
| Kuwait | 1:01.54 OT | Danah Al-Nasrallah | 18 February 2011 | Allendale | |
| Bangladesh | 1:01.69 | Sumi Akther | 9 February 2018 | Tehran | |
| Oman | 1:02.43 | Hanaa Al Qassimi | 19 February 2016 | Doha | |
| Burkina Faso | 1:09.45 | Lynda Ouédraogo | 5 December 2010 | Montpellier | |
| Afghanistan | 1:12.16 | Yalda Amini | 11 February 2018 | Lahti | |