400m Hurdles

Table of Contents:

• Best Male performances in 400m Hurdles
• Best Female performances in 400m Hurdles
• Outdoor Male record progression in 400m Hurdles
• Outdoor Female record progression in 400m Hurdles
• T&F Male medalists in 400m Hurdles / 440y Hurdles
• T&F Female medalists in 400m Hurdles / 440y Hurdles
• Winning performances in 400m Hurdles / 440y Hurdles

Best Male performances in 400m Hurdles

Rank	Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Championship	Race	Venue
198	Philip Beattie	QUB	51.00	1986-05-02 to 1986-05-03	T&F	400mH	Santry & College Park
112	Brian Liddy	TCD	51.50	1999-04-24	T&F	400mH	Mary Peters
203	Philip Beattie	QUB	52.20	1984-05-04 to 1984-05-05	T&F	400mH	Belfield
119	James Matthews	Guest	52.75	1999-04-24	T&F	400mH	Mary Peters
214	Clive Beattie	QUB	52.90	1979-05-04 to 1979-05-05	T&F	400mH	Belfield
199	Denis Finnerty	TCD	52.90	1986-05-02 to 1986-05-03	T&F	400mH	Santry & College Park
175	Brian Liddy	UCD	53.14	1996-04-19 to 1996-04-20	T&F	400mH	Antrim Forum
194	J.J. Barry	TCD	53.22	1988-04-29 to 1988-04-30	T&F	400mH	Santry
39	Brian Liddy	IUAA	53.27	1999-06-22	Celtic T&F	400mH	Antrim Forum
294	John Fagan	DCU	53.29	2010-04-24	T&F	400mH	Santry
113	Colin Byrne	WIT	53.31	1999-04-24	T&F	400mH	Mary Peters
176	Jeremy Lyons	Waterford RTC	53.43	1996-04-19 to 1996-04-20	T&F	400mH	Antrim Forum
195	J.J. Barry	TCD	53.50	1987-05-08 to 1987-05-09	T&F	400mH	Antrim Forum
90	Colin Byrne	DCU	53.51	2003-04-26	T&F	400mH	Dangan & Tullamore Track
287	John Fagan	DCU	53.57	2010-04-23	T&F	400mH SF 1	Santry
25	Matthew Douglas	NI U23	53.60	1996-06-25	Celtic T&F	400mH	Antrim Forum
217	Clive Beattie	QUB	53.60	1978-05-05 to 1978-05-06	T&F	400mH	Mary Peters
257	Jonathan Miller	Guest	53.61	2007-04-14	T&F	400mH	Santry
204	J.J. Barry	UCD	53.70	1983-05-06 to 1983-05-07	T&F	400mH	Upper Malone Road
124	James Matthews	Guest	53.75	1999-04-23 to 1999-04-24	T&F	400mH SF 2	Mary Peters

Best Female performances in 400m Hurdles

Rank	Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Championship	Race	Venue
181	Brona Furlong	DCU	59.41	2010-04-24	T&F	400mH	Santry
12	Vicki Jamison	NI U20	60.24	1994-06-28	Celtic T&F	400mH	Antrim Forum
172	Brona Furlong	DCU	60.52	2009-04-25	T&F	400mH	Plassey
173	Jessie Barr	UL	60.70	2009-04-25	T&F	400mH	Plassey
13	Lorna Silver	SU	61.18	1994-06-28	Celtic T&F	400mH	Antrim Forum
16	Vicki Jamison	NI U23	61.23	1995-06-20	Celtic T&F	400mH	Antrim Forum
10	S. McCann	Guest	61.27	1993-06-22	Celtic T&F	400mH	Antrim Forum
171	Brona Furlong	DCU	61.39	2008-04-19	T&F	400mH	Irishtown Stadium & Belfield
180	Jessie Barr	UL	61.51	2010-04-24	T&F	400mH	Santry
146	A. Leonard	UU	61.80	1986-05-02 to 1986-05-03	T&F	400mH	Santry & College Park
166	Niamh Cremin	UL	62.39	2007-04-14	T&F	400mH	Santry
170	Jessie Barr	UL	62.58	2008-04-19	T&F	400mH	Irishtown Stadium & Belfield
142	Joanne FitzGerald	UCD	62.66	1988-04-29	T&F	400mH	Santry
6	Vicki Jamison	NI U20	62.78	1993-06-22	Celtic T&F	400mH	Antrim Forum
160	Niamh Cremin	UCC	62.89	2006-04-22	T&F	400mH	Antrim Forum
57	Dawn Kelly	IUAA	62.90	2004-06-08	Celtic T&F	400mH	Antrim Forum
22	Lorna Silver	SU	63.00	1996-06-25	Celtic T&F	400mH	Antrim Forum
110	Dawn Kelly	UCC	63.28	2005-04-23	T&F	400mH	Irishtown Stadium & Belfield
132	Fidelma Kirwin	UCC	63.34	1992-04-24 to 1992-04-25	T&F	400mH	Belfield
25	Maoilíosa Hynes	IUAA	63.40	1996-06-25	Celtic T&F	400mH	Antrim Forum

Outdoor Male record progression in 400m Hurdles

Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Venue
John Dillon	TCD	57.20	1970-05-09	Belfast
John Dillon	TCD	55.00	1971-05-07 to 1971-05-08	Mardyke
Paul Beattie	QUB	53.90	1974-05-03 to 1974-05-04	Belfield
Clive Beattie	QUB	53.60	1978-05-05 to 1978-05-06	Mary Peters
Clive Beattie	QUB	52.90	1979-05-04 to 1979-05-05	Belfield
Philip Beattie	QUB	52.20	1984-05-04 to 1984-05-05	Belfield
Philip Beattie	QUB	51.00	1986-05-02 to 1986-05-03	Santry & College Park

Outdoor Female record progression in 400m Hurdles

Athlete	College	Mark	Date	Venue
A. O'Leary	UCC	68.00	1981-05-01 to 1981-05-02	Plassey
A. Lyons	TCE	66.20	1983-05-06 to 1983-05-07	Upper Malone Road
Barbara Johnson	UCC	63.90	1984-05-04 to 1984-05-05	Belfield
Mary Nolan	TCD	63.50	1985-05-03 to 1985-05-04	Mardyke
A. Leonard	UU	61.80	1986-05-02 to 1986-05-03	Santry & College Park
Brona Furlong	DCU	61.39	2008-04-19	Irishtown Stadium & Belfield
Brona Furlong	DCU	60.52	2009-04-25	Plassey
Brona Furlong	DCU	59.41	2010-04-24	Santry

T&F Male medalists in 400m Hurdles / 440y Hurdles

Date	Event	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark
1966-05-07	440yH	S. O'Muirceartaigh	UCD	59.60	C. O'Muirceartaigh	UCD	NT	Brian Geraghty	UCG	NT
1967-05-06	440yH	Sean McDermott	UCD	57.40	S. O'Muirceartaigh	UCD	NT	J. Keyes	TCD	NT
1968-05-11	440yH	Sean O'Muirceartaigh	UCD	59.30	J. Keyes	TCD	NT	J. Toomey	UCD	NT
1969-05-03	440yH	S. O'Muirceartaigh	UCD	54.80
1970-05-09	400mH	John Dillon	TCD	57.20	G. Morton	QUB	NT	B. Mailey	QUB	NT
1971-05-07 to 1971-05-08	400mH	John Dillon	TCD	55.00	Robin Knox	QUB	NT	J. Keyes	TCD	NT
1972-05-05 to 1972-05-06	400mH	D. Baird	TCD	58.90	C.J. Kirkpatrick	QUB	NT	D. Tilsey	TCD	NT
1973-05-11 to 1973-05-12	400mH	Paul Beattie	QUB	57.40	P. Kelly	TCE	59.90	M. Kennedy	TCD	60.30
1974-05-03 to 1974-05-04	400mH	Paul Beattie	QUB	53.90	Tim Crowe	TCE	54.40	P. Kelly	TCE	57.10
1975-05-02 to 1975-05-03	400mH	Paul Beattie	QUB	57.40	C.J. Kirkpatrick	QUB	58.40	G. Murphy	UCD	58.70
1976-04-30 to 1976-05-01	400mH	Paul Beattie	QUB	56.00	C.J. Kirkpatrick	QUB		D. Lang	TCD	NT
1977-05-06 to 1977-05-07	400mH	Clive Beattie	QUB	55.90	K. Walsh	TCD	58.20	C.J. Kirkpatrick	QUB	59.40
1978-05-05 to 1978-05-06	400mH	Clive Beattie	QUB	53.60	K. Walsh	TCD	56.50	Brian Tremble	UCD	59.20
1979-05-04 to 1979-05-05	400mH	Clive Beattie	QUB	52.90	A. Barry	TCD	56.70	K. Walsh	TCD	58.80
1980-05-02 to 1980-05-03	400mH	J.J. Barry	UCD	56.00	F. McNamara	TCD	56.40	A. Chestnut	QUB	57.60
1981-05-01 to 1981-05-02	400mH	Denis Finnerty	TCD	55.10	J.J. Barry	UCD	NT	C. Chestnut	QUB	NT
1982-04-30 to 1982-05-01	400mH	J.J. Barry	UCD	58.00	J. Conway	UCD	59.80	A. Chestnut	QUB	59.80
1983-05-06 to 1983-05-07	400mH	J.J. Barry	UCD	53.70	A. Foley	UCD	57.20	A. McEvoy	QUB	61.60
1984-05-04 to 1984-05-05	400mH	Philip Beattie	QUB	52.20	J.J. Barry	UCD	NT	Denis Finnerty	TCD	NT
1985-05-03 to 1985-05-04	400mH	Denis Finnerty	TCD	54.60	Darragh Conway	NIHED	55.63	Enda Fitzpatrick	UCD	57.20
1986-05-02 to 1986-05-03	400mH	Philip Beattie	QUB	51.00	Denis Finnerty	TCD	52.90	Darragh Conway	NIHED	NT
1987-05-08 to 1987-05-09	400mH	J.J. Barry	TCD	53.50	Padraig Greally	TCD	54.40	Brian Dunne	UCD	58.20
1988-04-29 to 1988-04-30	400mH	J.J. Barry	TCD	53.22
1989-05-05 to 1989-05-06	400mH	J.J. Barry	TCD	55.40
1990-04-27 to 1990-04-28	400mH	J.J. Barry	TCD	NT	A.N. Other	Cork RTC	NT	A.N. Other	TCD	NT
1991-05-03 to 1991-05-04	400mH	John Connolly	TCD	56.96	Colm Moore	UCD	NT	Peter Clancy	UL	NT
1992-04-24 to 1992-04-25	400mH	John Connolly	TCD	56.33	Alan Kelly	UCD	59.66	Peter Clancy	UL	61.54
1993-04-23 to 1993-04-24	400mH	John Connolly	TCD	55.80	Michael Cooke	QUB	56.80	Paul McCauley	UCD	57.30
1994-04-22 to 1994-04-23	400mH	Ian Neely	UU	55.40	Brian Long	UL	56.50	Paul McCauley (OYD)	UCD	57.10
1995-04-21 to 1995-04-22	400mH	Jeremy Lyons	Waterford RTC	56.50	Brian Long	UL	57.30	O. Bannon	UL	62.02
1996-04-19 to 1996-04-20	400mH	Brian Liddy	UCD	53.14	Jeremy Lyons	Waterford RTC	53.43	Colm Farry	UCD	57.04
1998-04-24 to 1998-04-25	400mH	Brian Liddy	TCD	54.16	Colin Byrne	WIT	55.82	Paul McHale	DIT	56.78
1999-04-24	400mH	Brian Liddy	TCD	51.50	Colin Byrne	WIT	53.31	David Murphy	UU	56.04
2000-04-15	400mH	Colin Byrne	WIT	55.33	Alex Brennan	UL	56.55	Joe Rafferty	TCD	57.33
2001-04-21	400mH	Alex Brennan	UL	55.17	Jonathan Miller	TCD	57.50	Paul McMullan	QUB	58.30
2002-04-19 to 2002-04-20	400mH	Brian Liddy	TCD	56.56	Paul Howard	TCD	57.57	John Paul O'Brien	NUIG	58.78
2003-04-26	400mH	Colin Byrne	DCU	53.51	Brian Liddy (OYD)	TCD	56.65	Philip Kearney	UL	58.14
2004-04-17	400mH	Philip Kearney	UL	56.90	Paul McMullan	QUB	58.00	Derek Callan	DCU	59.80
2005-04-23	400mH	Maurice Donoghue	UL	55.32	Barry Upton	WIT	55.58	Philip Kearney (OYD)	UL	55.84
2006-04-22	400mH	James Ruxton	IT Sligo	56.07	Patrick O'Donnell	UU	61.04	Damien Walsh	WIT	62.32
2007-04-14	400mH	Barry Upton	WIT	54.52	Philip Kearney	UL	54.90	James Ruxton	IT Sligo	55.61
2008-04-19	400mH	Barry Upton	WIT	55.06	James Ruxton	DCU	55.23	Philip Kearney	UL	55.69
2009-04-25	400mH	Greg O'Leary	DCU	58.77	Paul Byrne	DCU	60.07	Fabien Bosc	UL	64.15
2010-04-24	400mH	John Fagan	DCU	53.29	Barry Upton	WIT	54.27	James Ruxton	DCU	54.36

T&F Female medalists in 400m Hurdles / 440y Hurdles

Date	Event	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark	Athlete	College	Mark
1981-05-01 to 1981-05-02	400mH	A. O'Leary	UCC	68.00	M. Crosse	TCE	NT	P. Turley	QUB	NT
1983-05-06 to 1983-05-07	400mH	A. Lyons	TCE	66.20	Forename Brady	TCE	68.50	Forename Gregan	UCD	69.30
1984-05-04 to 1984-05-05	400mH	Barbara Johnson	UCC	63.90	Anne Brady	TCD	NT	Kathy Fulcher	UCD	NT
1985-05-03 to 1985-05-04	400mH	Mary Nolan	TCD	63.50	Anne Brady	TCD	63.60	Kathy Fulcher	UCD	66.70
1986-05-02 to 1986-05-03	400mH	A. Leonard	UU	61.80	Fidelma Kirwin	UCC	NT	Anne Brady	TCD	NT
1987-05-08 to 1987-05-09	400mH	A. Leonard	UU	64.30	C. Mann	UCD	64.30	Fidelma Kirwin	UCC	65.10
1988-04-29	400mH	Joanne FitzGerald	UCD	62.66
1989-05-05 to 1989-05-06	400mH	Joanne FitzGerald	UCD	63.80	R. Leonard	UU	66.60	J. Alexander	QUB	69.90
1990-04-27 to 1990-04-28	400mH	Joanne FitzGerald	UCD	64.06	J. Heffernan	SPM	NT	J. Alexander	QUB	NT
1991-05-03 to 1991-05-04	400mH	Joanne FitzGerald	UCD	66.60	Liz Carey	UCD	NT	Siobhan Hillery	TCE	NT
1992-04-24 to 1992-04-25	400mH	Fidelma Kirwin	UCC	63.34	T. McGurr	UU	67.31	F. Muldowney	UCD	70.65
1993-04-23 to 1993-04-24	400mH	Fidelma Kirwin	UCC	65.40	Marie O'Meara	UL	66.80	Sandra Ball	UL	68.00
1994-04-22 to 1994-04-23	400mH	Marie Surname	UL	67.90	Aisling McCarthy	UCC	73.80	Brigitta Nystrom	TCD	77.50
1995-04-21 to 1995-04-22	400mH	Marie O'Meara	UL	63.92	Patricia Naughton	UCD	65.84	Maura Prenderville	UCC	71.48
1996-04-19 to 1996-04-20	400mH	Marie O'Meara (OYD)	UL	63.40	Maoilíosa Hynes	UL	63.70	Josephine Bradshaw	UL	71.70
1997-04-25 to 1997-04-26	400mH	Josephine Bradshaw	UL	71.00	Sinead Kissane	UCD	72.11	Clodagh McGrath	UCC	73.06
1998-04-24 to 1998-04-25	400mH	Maolissa Hynes	UL	64.97	Sinead Kissane	UCD	71.44	Muriel Cummins	TCD	72.78
1999-04-23 to 1999-04-24	400mH	Gail Doyle	UCD	69.19	Una McCarthy	TCD	72.55	Juliet Claffey	UL	73.47
2000-04-15	400mH	Marie O'Connell	UCC	65.87	Kerry Mitchell	UU	65.92	Lynne Cantwell	UL	66.06
2001-04-21	400mH	Orna Donoghue	UL	63.99	Kerry Mitchell	UU	64.46	Sarah Kelly	NUIG	65.15
2002-04-19 to 2002-04-20	400mH	Mary McLoone	TCD	66.05	Maria Sheehan	UL	66.50	Kerry Mitchell	UU	68.04
2003-04-26	400mH	Mary McLoone	TCD	64.77	Dawn Kelly	UCC	65.41	Orla Power	UL	65.84
2004-04-17	400mH	Mary McLoone	TCD	64.57	Niamh Cremin	UCC	64.57	Dawn Kelly	UCC	66.03
2005-04-23	400mH	Dawn Kelly	UCC	63.28	Mary McLoone (OYD)	TCD	64.78	Lesley O'Connor (OYD)	TCD	67.90
2006-04-22	400mH	Niamh Cremin	UCC	62.89	Jennifer Reddy	UL	66.03	Brona Furlong	DCU	66.56
2007-04-14	400mH	Niamh Cremin	UL	62.39	Orna Donoghue (OYD)	UL	65.33	Jennifer Reddy	DCU	69.30
2008-04-19	400mH	Brona Furlong	DCU	61.39	Jessie Barr	UL	62.58	Miller Allison (OYD)	WIT	71.88
2009-04-25	400mH	Brona Furlong	DCU	60.52	Jessie Barr	UL	60.70	Sarah Woods	UCD	69.47
2010-04-24	400mH	Brona Furlong	DCU	59.41	Jessie Barr	UL	61.51	Megan Kiely	Guest	63.96

Winning performances in 400m Hurdles / 440y Hurdles

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