Britton Wilson

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Britton Wilson
Personal information
Born (2000-11-13) 13 November 2000 (age 25)
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Arkansas
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportTrack and field
Event(s)
400 metres hurdles, 400 metres
College teamArkansas Razorbacks
ClubAdidas
Coached byChris Johnson
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  United States
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Eugene 4 × 400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2025 Tokyo 4 × 400 m relay

Britton Wilson (born 13 November 2000) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the 400 meters hurdles and 400 meters. She finished fifth in the 400 m hurdles at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, her major championship debut. Wilson became the North American indoor record holder for the 400 m dash with a time of 49.48 seconds, set on March 11, 2023, in Albuquerque.

She was the first North American woman to break the 50-second barrier and now the third woman ever under 49.50 s in the indoor 400 m. At the same meet in March 2023, she was part of the mixed nationality women's team that set the fastest indoor performance in history in the 4 × 400 m relay with 3:21.75. At the time, her split of 49.19 s was the fastest indoor split in world history. Wilson is a two-time individual NCAA Division I champion.

Career

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2021–2022

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Initially a student at the University of Tennessee, Wilson switched to University of Arkansas in 2021 after suffering mental health issues.[1][2] The change to Arkansas proved a catalyst to her most successful season as she won the 400 meters hurdles at the NCAA Division I Outdoors in June 2022 representing the Arkansas Razorbacks in a time of 53.86, finishing nearly a whole second ahead of second-placed Anna Hall.[3] Prior to this Wilson had won both the 400 m hurdles and 400 m dash at the SEC Championships as well as helped the Razorbacks to third in the 4 × 400 m relay with a split time of 48.60, the fastest ever single lap in collegiate history.[4]

She finished second in the 400 m hurdles to world record holder Sydney McLaughlin at the 2022 USATF Championships as McLaughlin broke her own world record. Wilson ran a personal best time of 53.08 as runner up.[5] She was named in the American squad for the 2022 World Athletics Championships, where she placed fifth in the final in a time of 54.02 s.[6]

2023–present

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Wilson's 2023 indoor season started with a collegiate indoor record in the 600 m with a time of 1:25.16, beating Athing Mu's previous best set in 2021.[7] On March 11 at the NCCA Division I Indoors in Albuquerque, New Mexico (at altitude), she broke the North American indoor 400 m record by over half a second with the second-fastest mark on the respective world all-time list of 49.48 seconds, a time that would have been a world indoor record before February 19 when Femke Bol achieved 49.26 s. It was the fastest ever run by a collegian indoors or out as Wilson's mark bettered Mu's NCAA outdoor record (49.57). She added title for the 4 × 400 m relay with a 49.19 s anchor, the fastest indoor split in world history.[8][9]

Britton showed no mercy to the collegiate record book about a month later again and eventually broke Mu's outdoor record too, clocking 49.51 s at the Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville, Florida.[10] She lowered her record to 49.13 seconds at the SEC Championships in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a further month later, on May 13, to move up to fourth / eighth / 17th on the U.S. / NACAC / world all-time lists respectively.[11] The 22-year-old won also the 400 m hurdles in 53.28 s just an hour later to achieve the best ever one-day such double.[12]

Competing at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in Eugene, Oregon, she finished second in the final of the 400 m.[13] A few days later on July 10, Wilson announced she would forego the rest of her NCAA eligibility and had signed a professional contract with Adidas.[14] She was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023.[15]

On 12 July 2025, having missed a year of racing due to a stress fracture, she won the 400 metres in 50.54 seconds at the Ed Murphey Track Classic, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver event, in Memphis, Tennessee.[16] She qualified for the final of the 400 metres at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, running 50.25 seconds in her semi-final, before placing sixth in the final in 50.88 seconds.[17] She was subsequently selected for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where she ran in the women's x 400 metres relay.[18][19]

Achievements

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Personal bests

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Event Time Venue Date Notes
400 m hurdles 53.08 Eugene, OR, United States June 25, 2022
400 meters 49.13 Baton Rouge, LA, United States May 13, 2023 CR, 4th U.S. all time
4 × 400 m relay split 48.60 Oxford, MS, United States May 14, 2022 fourth leg, 1st collegiate all time
400 meters indoor 49.48 i Albuquerque, NM, United States March 11, 2023 A CR North American record, 2nd all time
4 × 400 m relay indoor split 49.19 i Albuquerque, NM, United States March 11, 2023 A, fourth leg, 1st all time
600 meters indoor 1:25.16 i Fayetteville, AR, United States January 13, 2023 CR
800 meters indoor 2:02.13 i Fayetteville, AR, United States February 17, 2023

International competitions

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Representing the  United States
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
2019 Pan American U20 Championships San José, Costa Rica 5th 400 m hurdles 58.19
2022 World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 5th 400 m hurdles 54.02 (sf: 53.72)
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:17.79 WL (49.39 split)
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 46th (h) 400 m 53.87
2025 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 1st (heats only) 4 × 400 m relay 3:22.53 WL (50.65 split)

National championships

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
Representing Central Virginia T&F Club / Mills E. Godwin High School
2016 NSAF Indoor Nationals New York City 5th 400 m 57.02 SB
NSAF Nationals Greensboro, North Carolina 1st 400 m 54.30 SB
2017 NSAF Indoor Nationals New York City 3rd 400 m 53.25 PB
NSAF Nationals Greensboro, North Carolina 7th 400 m 53.77
25th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 48.18
1st 4 × 200 m relay 1:39.58
2018 NSAF Indoor Nationals New York City 6th 400 m 54.70 (h: SB)
USATF U20 Championships Bloomington, Indiana 5th 400 m hurdles 57.95 SB
2019 NSAF Indoor Nationals New York City 2nd 400 m 52.72 PB
NSAF Nationals Greensboro, North Carolina 1st 400 m hurdles 56.77 PB
31st 4 × 200 m relay 1:42.73
USATF U20 Championships Miramar, Florida 1st 400 m hurdles 56.36 PB
Representing Tennessee Volunteers
2021 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships Fayetteville, Arkansas 12th 4 × 400 m relay 3:36.60
US Olympic Trials Eugene, Oregon 25th (h) 400 m hurdles 59.95
Representing Arkansas Razorbacks
2022 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships Birmingham, Alabama 6th 400 m 51.52
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.23
NCAA Division I Championships Eugene, Oregon 1st 400 m hurdles 53.86
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:23.69
USATF Championships Eugene, Oregon 2nd 400 m hurdles 53.08 PB
2023 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships Albuquerque, New Mexico 1st 400 m 49.48 A CR AR
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:21.75 A CR (49.19 split)
NCAA Division I Championships Austin, Texas 7th 400 m hurdles 55.92
2nd 400 m 49.64
USATF Championships Eugene, Oregon 2nd 400 m 49.79
Representing Adidas

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  20. ^ Britton Wilson profile – Athletic.net
  21. ^ Britton Wilson profile – TFRRS
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