400 meter hurdles at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
This is a list of
fully automatic timing
was used. The women's race began in 1982.
Women
- Key
- A=Altitude assisted
| Year | Name, (Country) | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Tonja Brown | Florida St | 56.46 |
| 1983 | Judi Brown |
Michigan St | 56.44 |
| 1984 | Nawal El Moutawakil  Morocco |
Iowa St | 55.84 |
| 1985 | LaTanya Sheffield | San Diego St | 54.64 |
| 1986 | Maria Usifo  Nigeria |
Texas Southern | 55.16 |
| 1987 | Linetta Wilson | Nebraska | 55.55 |
| 1988 | Schowonda Williams | Louisiana St | 55.53 |
| 1989 | Janeene Vickers | UCLA | 55.27 |
| 1990 | Janeene Vickers | UCLA | 55.40 |
| 1991 | Janeene Vickers | UCLA | 55.65 |
| 1992 | Tonja Buford |
Illinois | 55.12 |
| 1993 | Debbie-Ann Parris  Jamaica |
Louisiana St | 56.37 |
| 1994 | Debbie-Ann Parris Jamaica |
Louisiana St | 55.54 |
| 1995 | Tonya Williams | Illinois | 55.17 |
| 1996 | Tonya Williams | Illinois | 54.56 |
| 1997 | Ryan Tolbert | Vanderbilt | 54.54 |
| 1998 | Rosa Jolivet | Texas A&M | 55.24 |
| 1999 | Joanna Hayes | UCLA | 55.16 |
| 2000 | Natasha Danvers  United Kingdom |
Southern Cal | 55.26 |
| 2001 | Brenda Taylor |
Harvard | 55.88 |
| 2002 | Lashinda Demus | South Carolina | 54.85 |
| 2003 | Sheena Johnson |
UCLA | 54.24 |
| 2004 | Sheena Johnson |
UCLA | 53.54 |
| 2005 | Shauna Smith | Wyoming | 54.32 |
| 2006 | Markita James | Auburn | 54.47 |
| 2007 | Nicole M. Leach | UCLA | 54.32 |
| 2008 | Nickiesha Wilson Jamaica
|
LSU | 54.45 |
| 2009 | Nicole M. Leach | UCLA | |
| 2010 | Queen Quedith Harrison |
Virginia Tech | 54.55 |
| 2011 | Ti'erra Brown
|
Miami | 55.65 |
| 2012 | Cassandra Tate | LSU | 55.22 |
| 2013 | Kori Carter | Stanford | 53.21 |
| 2014 | Shamier Little | Texas A&M | 55.07 |
| 2015 | Shamier Little | Texas A&M |
53.74 |
| 2016 | Shamier Little | Texas A&M |
53.51 |
| 2017 | Sage Watson  Canada
|
Arizona | 54.52 |
| 2018 | Sydney McLaughlin
|
Kentucky | 53.96 |
| 2019 | Anna Cockrell | USC | 55.23 |
| 2021 | Anna Cockrell | USC | 54.68 |
| 2022 | Britton Wilson | Arkansas |
53.86 |
| 2023 | Savannah Sutherland | Michigan |
54.45 |
Men
- Key
- y=yards
- A=Altitude assisted
| Year | Name, (Country) | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Eugene Beatty
|
Michigan State Normal College | 52.9 |
| 1933 | not held | ||
| 1934 | not held | ||
| 1935 | not held | ||
| 1936 | Bob Osgood | Michigan | 53.4 |
| 1937 | not held | ||
| 1938 | not held | ||
| 1939 | not held | ||
| 1940 | not held | ||
| 1941 | not held | ||
| 1942 | not held | ||
| 1943 | not held | ||
| 1944 | not held | ||
| 1945 | not held | ||
| 1946 | not held | ||
| 1947 | not held | ||
| 1948 | George Walker
|
Illinois | 52.4 |
| 1949 | not held | ||
| 1950 | not held | ||
| 1951 | not held | ||
| 1952 | Bob DeVinney | Kansas | 51.7 |
| 1953 | not held | ||
| 1954 | not held | ||
| 1955 | not held | ||
| 1956 | Aubrey Lewis | Notre Dame | 51 |
| 1957 | not held | ||
| 1958 | not held | ||
| 1959 | Dick Howard
|
New Mexico | 50.6y |
| 1960 | Cliff Cushman
|
Kansas | 50.8 |
| 1961 | Dixon Farmer | Occidental | 50.8y |
| 1962 | Jerry Tarr | Oregon | 50.3y |
| 1963 | Rex Cawley | Southern Cal | 49.6Ay |
| 1964 | Billy Hardin | Louisiana St | 50.2 |
| 1965 | Larry Godfrey | San Diego St | 51.5y |
| 1966 | Bob Steele | Michigan St | 50.4y |
| 1967 | Bob Steele | Michigan St | 50.2Ay |
| 1968 | David Hemery United Kingdom
|
Boston | 49.8 |
| 1969 | Ralph Mann | Brigham Y | 49.6y |
| 1970 | Ralph Mann | Brigham Y | 48.8y |
| 1971 | Ralph Mann | Brigham Y | 49.6y |
| 1972 | Bruce Collins | Pennsylvania | 49.1 |
| 1973 | Robert Primeaux | Texas | 49.63y |
| 1974 | Bruce Collins | Pennsylvania | 50.30y |
| 1975 | Craig Caudill | Indiana | 50.44Ay |
| 1976 | Quentin Wheeler | San Diego St | 48.55 |
| 1977 | Tom Andrews
|
Southern Cal | 49.48 |
| 1978 | James Walker | Auburn | 48.92 |
| 1979 | James Walker | Auburn | 48.68 |
| 1980 | David Lee | Southern Illinois | 48.87 |
| 1981 | Andre Phillips | UCLA | 49.12 |
| 1982 | Dave Patrick
|
Tennessee | 48.44A |
| 1983 | Sven Nylander  Sweden
|
Southern Meth | 48.88 |
| 1984 | Danny Harris | Iowa St | 48.81 |
| 1985 | Danny Harris | Iowa St | 48.42 |
| 1986 | Danny Harris | Iowa St | 48.33 |
| 1987 | Kevin Young
|
UCLA | 48.9 |
| 1988 | Kevin Young
|
UCLA | 47.85 |
| 1989 | Winthrop Graham Jamaica
|
Texas | 48.55A |
| 1990 | McClinton Neal | Texas-Arlington | 49.23 |
| 1991 | Samuel Matete  Zambia
|
Auburn | 49.12 |
| 1992 | Dan Steele | Eastern Illinois | 49.79 |
| 1993 | Bryan Bronson | Rice | 49.07 |
| 1994 | Octavius Terry | Georgia Tech | 49.85 |
| 1995 | Ken Harnden  Zimbabwe
|
North Carolina | 48.72 |
| 1996 | Neil Gardner Jamaica
|
Michigan | 49.27 |
| 1997 | Joey Woody | Northern Iowa | 48.59 |
| 1998 | Angelo Taylor | Georgia Tech | 48.14 |
| 1999 | Bayano Kamani  Panama
|
Baylor | 48.68 |
| 2000 | Félix Sánchez  Dominican Republic
|
Southern Cal | 48.41 |
| 2001 | Bayano Kamani Panama
|
Baylor | 48.99 |
| 2002 | Rickey Harris | Florida | 48.16 |
| 2003 | Dean Griffiths Jamaica
|
Auburn | 48.55 |
| 2004 | Kerron Clement | Florida | 49.05 |
| 2005 | Kerron Clement | Florida | 47.56 |
| 2006 | Michael Tinsley | Jackson St | 48.25 |
| 2007 | Isa Phillips Jamaica |
LSU | 48.51 |
| 2008 | Jeshua Anderson | Washington State | 48.69 |
| 2009 | Jeshua Anderson | Washington State | 48.47 |
| 2010 | Johnny Dutch | South Carolina | 48.75 |
| 2011 | Jeshua Anderson | Washington State | 48.56 |
| 2012 | Amaechi Morton
|
Stanford
|
48.79 |
| 2013 | Reggie Wyatt | USC | 48.58 |
| 2014 | Miles Ukaoma Nigeria |
Nebraska |
49.23 |
| 2015 | Michael Stigler | Kansas | 48.84 |
| 2016 | Eric Futch | Florida | 48.91 |
| 2017 | Eric Futch | Florida | 48.32 |
| 2018 | Rai Benjamin | California | 47.02 |
| 2019 | Quincy Hall | South Carolina | 48.48 |
| 2020 | Cancelled Due To Coronavirus | Cancelled Due To Coronavirus | |
| 2021 | Sean Burrell | LSU Tigers | 47.85 |
| 2022 | Sean Burrell | LSU Tigers | 48.70 |
| 2023 | Chris Robinson | Alabama | 48.12 |