Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone wins gold in 400m hurdles, sets new World Record
She did it again. After cruising through the opening rounds and semifinals, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone asserted her dominance in the 400-meter hurdles finals, winning gold and setting a new world record of 50.37 seconds. It’s the fifth time she’s broken her own world record since first setting it in June 2021.
This is Sydney’s second Olympic gold medal in the event and third overall (4x400m relay, 2020). She won her first 400mH gold in Tokyo three years ago, finishing in 51.46 seconds, the previous Olympic record. She now owns the three fastest times in Women’s 400mH history and hasn’t lost in the event since the 2019 World Championships.
1Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone50.372Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone50.653Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone50.684Femke Bol50.955Femke Bol51.306Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone51.417Femke Bol51.458Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone51.469Dalilah Muhammad51.5810Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone51.6111Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone51.68
Sydney ran her lone season of college track at Kentucky in 2017-18, winning the SEC and NCAA titles in the 400m hurdles. She still holds the collegiate record of 52.75 seconds. Two years prior, she made her Olympics debut in Rio, becoming the youngest athlete to make the US Olympic Track & Field team since Carl Lewis and Denean Howard qualified for the boycotted Moscow Olympics in 1980.
At just 25 years old (her birthday was yesterday), Sydney could run it back in 2028 in Los Angeles. Either way, there’s no doubt she is the queen of the 400m hurdles.
Women’s 400mH Results
RankNOCNameResult1USASydney McLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE50.372USAAnna COCKRELL51.873NEDFemke BOL52.154USAJasmine JONES52.295JAMRushell CLAYTON52.686JAMShiann SALMON53.297CANSavannah SUTHERLAND53.888FRALouise MARAVAL54.53
Cats in Paris Schedule
Sydney’s gold brings the University of Kentucky’s medal count to four in the Paris Olympics. Lee Keifer won two golds in fencing and Rhyne Howard the bronze in 3×3 women’s basketball. Incoming Kentucky transfer Tapiwanashe Makarawu finished sixth in the 200 meters earlier this afternoon and former Cat Daniel Roberts is about to run in the finals of the 110m hurdles. Tomorrow, four more Kentucky track alums are in action, three in the 100m hurdles.
Here is the complete schedule:
Thursday, August 8
DIVING — 4:00 AM: Women’s 3m Springboard Semifinal (Julia Vincent, South Africa — ADVANCED); E!; Peacock
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL — 10:00 AM: United States (Avery Skinner — ADVANCED) vs. Brazil; Semifinals; NBC, Peacock
TRACK & FIELD — 2:30 PM: Men’s 200m Final (Tapiwanashe Makarawu, Zimbabwe – Sixth, 20.10); NBC, Peacock
MEN’S 5×5 BASKETBALL — 3:00 PM: USA (Bam Adebayo, Devin Booker, Anthony Davis) vs. Serbia vs. Serbia; Semifinals; NBC, Peacock
TRACK & FIELD — 3:25 PM: Women’s 400mH Final (Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, USA — GOLD); NBC, Peacock
TRACK & FIELD — 3:45 PM: Men’s 110mH Final (Daniel Roberts, USA); NBC, Peacock
Friday, August 9
TRACK & FIELD — 4:40 AM: Women’s 4x400m Relay Round 1 (Alexis Holmes, USA); USA, Peacock
TRACK & FIELD — 6:05 AM: Women’s 100mH Semifinal (Masai Russell, USA; Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Puerto Rico; Devynne Charlton, Bahamas); USA, Peacock
DIVING — 9:00 AM: Women’s 3m Springboard Final (Julia Vincent, South Africa); NBC, Peacock
TRACK & FIELD — 2:00 PM: Women’s 400m Final (Alexis Holmes, USA); NBC, Peacock
Saturday, August 10
TRACK & FIELD — 1:45 PM: Women’s 100mH Final (Masai Russell, USA; Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Puerto Rico; Devynne Charlton, Bahamas); USA, Peacock
TRACK & FIELD — 3:22 PM: Women’s 4x400m Relay Final (Alexis Holmes, USA); NBC, Peacock
MEN’S 5×5 BASKETBALL — Bronze and Gold Medal Games
Sunday, August 11
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL — 7:00 AM: United States (Avery Skinner) vs. Turkey/Italy; Gold Medal Match; NBC, Peacock
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