List of career achievements by Michael Johnson

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Not to be confused with List of career achievements by Michael Jordan.

This page details the career achievements of American track & field athlete Michael Johnson. Over the course of his career, Johnson consistently dominated his events, winning almost every time he took to the track. He set numerous world and Olympic records in short distance track, both as an individual and as a member of relay teams. His domination of the 400 meter race is unprecedented in the history of track and field, making him surely the greatest 400 m runner of all time. For approximately one decade, Michael Johnson held the world records in the 200 meters, 400 meters and indoor 400 meters, as well as the world's best time in the 300 meters and the world record for the 4 by 400 meter relay. He still holds the world records for the 400 meters, 4 by 400 meter relay, and 300 meters. In 2004, Johnson was voted into the United States Track & Field Hall of Fame. At the ceremony, his record-setting 200-meter performance at the 1996 Olympics was deemed the greatest track and field moment in the past 25 years. These achievements make him the greatest long sprinter in the history of track and field.[1][2]

Contents

Medal record [edit]

Olympics [edit]

Games Event Time Result
1992 Barcelona 4 x 400 m relay 2:55.74 (44.73) World Record Olympic Record Gold
1996 Atlanta 200 m 19.32 World Record Olympic Record Gold
1996 Atlanta 400 m 43.49 Olympic Record Gold
2000 Sydney 400 m 43.84 Gold
2000 Sydney 4 x 400 m relay 2:56.35 (44.29) Disqualified*
*Teammates Antonio Pettigrew and Jerome Young later admitted to use of performance-enhancing drugs,
invalidating this performance and vacating the team of their gold medals.

World Championships [edit]

Games Event Time Result
1991 Tokyo 200 m 20.01 Championships Record Gold
1993 Stuttgart 400 m 43.65 Championships Record Gold
1993 Stuttgart 4 x 400 m relay 2:54.29 (42.91) World Record Championships Record Gold
1995 Gothenburg 200 m 19.79 Championships Record Gold
1995 Gothenburg 400 m 43.39 Championships Record Gold
1995 Gothenburg 4 x 400 m relay 2:57.32 (44.11) Gold
1997 Athens 400 m 44.12 Gold
1999 Seville 400 m 43.18 World Record Championships Record Gold

Awards [edit]

Track & Field News World Rankings [edit]

Event 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
200 meters 1 1 3 4 1 1 1 7 NR 2 8
400 meters 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Personal bests [edit]

200 meters [edit]

Time (sec) Wind Result Date Venue Age Notes
19.32 World Record Olympic Record 0.4 1 01996-08-01August 1, 1996 Atlanta, GA, United States 700128000000000000028 years, 7002323000000000000323 days
19.66 World Record 1.7 1 01996-06-23June 23, 1996 Atlanta, GA, United States 700128000000000000028 years, 7002284000000000000284 days
19.71A 1.8 1 r1 02000-03-18March 18, 2000 Pietersburg, South Africa 700132000000000000032 years, 7002187000000000000187 days
19.77 0.6 1 01996-07-08July 8, 1996 Stockholm, Sweden 700128000000000000028 years, 7002299000000000000299 days
19.79 1.0 1 01992-06-28June 28, 1992 New Orleans, LA, United States 700124000000000000024 years, 7002289000000000000289 days
19.79 Championships Record 0.5 1 01995-08-11August 11, 1995 Göteborg, Sweden 700127000000000000027 years, 7002332000000000000332 days
19.83 1.7 1 01996-05-18May 18, 1996 Atlanta, GA, United States 700128000000000000028 years, 7002248000000000000248 days
19.85 0.4 1 01990-07-06July 6, 1990 Edinburgh, Scotland 700122000000000000022 years, 7002296000000000000296 days
19.85 1.1 2 01996-07-05July 5, 1996 Oslo, Norway 700128000000000000028 years, 7002296000000000000296 days
19.88A 1.5 1 01990-08-08August 8, 1990 Sestriere, Italy 700122000000000000022 years, 7002329000000000000329 days
19.88 –0.9 1 01991-09-20September 20, 1991 Barcelona, Spain 700124000000000000024 years, 70007000000000000007 days
19.89 1.0 1 01991-09-13September 13, 1991 Bruxelles, Belgium 700124000000000000024 years, 50000000000000000000 days
19.89 0.3 1 h4 02000-07-22July 22, 2000 Sacramento, CA, United States 700132000000000000032 years, 7002313000000000000313 days
19.90 0.3 1 01990-06-16June 16, 1990 Norwalk, CA, United States 700122000000000000022 years, 7002276000000000000276 days 1990 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
19.91 1.9 1 01992-07-13July 13, 1992 Salamanca, Spain 700124000000000000024 years, 7002304000000000000304 days
19.91 0.0 1 r1 02000-06-09June 9, 2000 Sevilla, Spain 700132000000000000032 years, 7002270000000000000270 days
19.93 –0.3 1 01995-09-09September 9, 1995 Monaco, Monaco 700127000000000000027 years, 7002361000000000000361 days
19.93 0.8 1 01999-07-07July 7, 1999 Roma, Italy 700131000000000000031 years, 7002297000000000000297 days
19.93 0.4 1 01999-09-03September 3, 1999 Bruxelles, Belgium 700131000000000000031 years, 7002355000000000000355 days
19.94 1.4 1 01991-09-15September 15, 1991 Sheffield, England 700124000000000000024 years, 70002000000000000002 days
19.94 0.0 1 01994-08-02August 2, 1994 Monaco, Monaco 700126000000000000026 years, 7002323000000000000323 days
19.98 –0.4 1 01991-09-06September 6, 1991 Rieti, Italy 700123000000000000023 years, 7002358000000000000358 days
19.98 0.3 1 01992-05-22May 22, 1992 Houston, TX, United States 700124000000000000024 years, 7002252000000000000252 days
20.01 1.0 1 01990-06-29June 29, 1990 Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France 700122000000000000022 years, 7002289000000000000289 days
20.01 Championships Record –3.4 1 01991-08-27August 27, 1991 Tokyo, Japan 700123000000000000023 years, 7002348000000000000348 days
20.01 0.3 1 sf1 01995-08-11August 11, 1995 Göteborg, Sweden 700127000000000000027 years, 7002332000000000000332 days

400 meters [edit]

In the history of track, only 47 times has a runner run the 400 meter in less than 44 seconds. Johnson alone accounts for 22 of these 47 sub-44 performances.

Time (sec) Result Date Venue Age Notes
43.18 World Record Championships Record 1 01999-08-26August 26, 1999 Sevilla, Spain 700131000000000000031 years, 7002347000000000000347 days
43.39 Championships Record 1 01995-08-09August 9, 1995 Göteborg, Sweden 700127000000000000027 years, 7002330000000000000330 days
43.44 1 01996-06-19June 19, 1996 Atlanta, GA, United States 700128000000000000028 years, 7002280000000000000280 days
43.49 Olympic Record 1 01996-07-29July 29, 1996 Atlanta, GA, United States 700128000000000000028 years, 7002320000000000000320 days
43.65 Championships Record 1 01993-08-17August 17, 1993 Stuttgart, Germany 700125000000000000025 years, 7002338000000000000338 days
43.66 1 01995-06-16June 16, 1995 Sacramento, CA, United States 700127000000000000027 years, 7002276000000000000276 days
43.66 1 r1 01996-07-03July 3, 1996 Lausanne, Switzerland 700128000000000000028 years, 7002294000000000000294 days
43.68 1 01998-08-12August 12, 1998 Zürich, Switzerland 700130000000000000030 years, 7002333000000000000333 days
43.68 1 02000-07-16July 16, 2000 Sacramento, CA, United States 700132000000000000032 years, 7002307000000000000307 days
43.74 1 01993-06-19June 19, 1993 Eugene, OR, United States 700125000000000000025 years, 7002279000000000000279 days
43.75 1 01997-04-19April 19, 1997 Waco, TX, United States 700129000000000000029 years, 7002218000000000000218 days
43.76 1 01998-07-21July 21, 1998 Uniondale, NY, United States 700130000000000000030 years, 7002311000000000000311 days
43.84 1 02000-09-25September 25, 2000 Sydney, Australia 700133000000000000033 years, 700112000000000000012 days
43.86 1 01995-07-21July 21, 1995 Oslo, Norway 700127000000000000027 years, 7002311000000000000311 days
43.88 1 01995-08-16August 16, 1995 Zürich, Switzerland 700127000000000000027 years, 7002337000000000000337 days
43.90 1 01994-09-06September 6, 1994 Madrid, Spain 700126000000000000026 years, 7002358000000000000358 days
43.92 1 r2 01999-07-02July 2, 1999 Lausanne, Switzerland 700131000000000000031 years, 7002292000000000000292 days
43.92 1 02000-06-24June 24, 2000 Eugene, OR, United States 700132000000000000032 years, 7002285000000000000285 days
43.94 1 01993-08-27August 27, 1993 Berlin, Germany 700125000000000000025 years, 7002348000000000000348 days
43.95 1 sf1 01999-08-24August 24, 1999 Sevilla, Spain 700131000000000000031 years, 7002345000000000000345 days
43.96 1 01998-08-08August 8, 1998 Monaco, Monaco 700130000000000000030 years, 7002329000000000000329 days
43.98 1 r1 01992-07-10July 10, 1992 London, England 700124000000000000024 years, 7002301000000000000301 days
44.04 1 01994-08-30August 30, 1994 Berlin, Germany 700126000000000000026 years, 7002351000000000000351 days
44.06 1 01998-08-28August 28, 1998 Bruxelles, Belgium 700130000000000000030 years, 7002349000000000000349 days
44.07 1 02000-08-25August 25, 2000 Bruxelles, Belgium 700132000000000000032 years, 7002347000000000000347 days
44.12 1 01997-08-05August 5, 1997 Athína, Greece 700129000000000000029 years, 7002326000000000000326 days
44.17 1 r1 01991-07-10July 10, 1991 Lausanne, Switzerland 700123000000000000023 years, 7002300000000000000300 days

Indoor 400 meters [edit]

Time (sec) Result Date Venue Age Notes
44.63 World Record[3] 1 01995-03-04March 4, 1995 Atlanta, GA, United States 700127000000000000027 years, 7002172000000000000172 days 1995 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
44.66 1 01996-03-02March 2, 1996 Atlanta, GA, United States 700128000000000000028 years, 7002171000000000000171 days
44.97A World Record 1 01995-02-10February 10, 1995 Reno, NV, United States 700127000000000000027 years, 7002150000000000000150 days First athlete to break 45 seconds
45.14 1 01993-02-20February 20, 1993 Birmingham, England 700125000000000000025 years, 7002160000000000000160 days
45.17 1 01994-02-26February 26, 1994 Birmingham, England 700126000000000000026 years, 7002166000000000000166 days
45.32 1 01996-02-24February 24, 1996 Fairfax, VA, United States 700128000000000000028 years, 7002164000000000000164 days
45.46 1 r1 01991-02-28February 28, 1991 Sevilla, Spain 700123000000000000023 years, 7002168000000000000168 days
45.55 1 01995-02-25February 25, 1995 Fairfax, VA, United States 700127000000000000027 years, 7002165000000000000165 days

100 meters [edit]

Time (sec) Wind Result Date Venue Age
10.09 2.0 2 h3 01994-06-15June 15, 1994 Knoxville, TN, United States 700126000000000000026 years, 7002275000000000000275 days

300 meters [edit]

Time (sec) Result Date Venue Age
30.85 WB 1 02000-03-24March 24, 2000 Pretoria, South Africa 700132000000000000032 years, 7002193000000000000193 days
31.56 1 01994-07-22July 22, 1994 Salamanca, Spain 700126000000000000026 years, 7002312000000000000312 days

4 by 200 meters relay [edit]

Time (sec) Result Date Venue Age Team Legs
1:19.47 1 01999-04-24April 24, 1999 Philadelphia, PA, United States 700131000000000000031 years, 7002223000000000000223 days Nike Kenny Brokenburr, Alvin Harrison, Maurice Greene, Michael Johnson

4 by 400 meters relay [edit]

Time (sec) Result Date Venue Age Team Legs Notes
2:54.29 (42.91) World Record Championships Record 1 01993-08-22August 22, 1993 Stuttgart, Germany 700125000000000000025 years, 7002343000000000000343 days United States Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson 1993 World Championships Final. Fastest relay leg in history.
2:55.74 (44.73) World Record Olympic Record 1 01992-08-08August 8, 1992 Barcelona, Spain 700124000000000000024 years, 7002330000000000000330 days United States Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson, Steve Lewis 1992 Summer Olympics Final
2:57.32 (44.11) 1 01995-08-13August 13, 1995 Göteborg, Sweden 700127000000000000027 years, 7002334000000000000334 days United States Marlon Ramsey, Derek Mills, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson 1995 World Championships Final
2:58.72 1 sf2 01993-08-21August 21, 1993 Stuttgart, Germany 700125000000000000025 years, 7002342000000000000342 days United States Andrew Valmon, Antonio Pettigrew, Derek Mills, Michael Johnson 1993 World Championships Qualifying Heat 2

Records [edit]

World records [edit]

Event Time Date Venue Surpassed by
200 meters 19.32 01996-08-01August 1, 1996 Atlanta, GA, United States Usain Bolt (19.30, Beijing, China, 02008-08-20August 20, 2008)
300 meters 30.85 02000-03-24March 24, 2000 Pretoria, South Africa Never been surpassed
400 meters 43.18 01999-08-26August 26, 1999 Sevilla, Spain Never been surpassed
400 meters (indoor) 44.63 01995-03-04March 4, 1995 Atlanta, GA, United States Kerron Clement (44.57, Fayetteville, AR, United States, 02005-03-12March 12, 2005)
4 x 400 meter relay 2:54.29 (42.91) 01993-08-22August 22, 1993 Stuttgart, Germany Never been surpassed
4 by 400 meter U.S. relay team consisted of Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds and Michael Johnson.
Johnson ran the anchor leg in 42.91 seconds, which is the fastest 400 meters ever run by a human.

Fastest 4 x 400 meter relay leg in history: 42.91, fourth leg, United States relay team, 01993-08-22August 22, 1993, Stuttgart, Germany

  • 1993 IAAF World Championships Final (gold)
  • No one else has ever broken 43 seconds.
  • The 4 x 400 m U.S. relay team also set a world record with a time of 2:54.29. Both records still stand.

Consecutive 400 meter finals won: 58[4]

  • Johnson's eight-year winning streak in the 400 m was snapped when he finished fifth in Paris in June 1997. Antonio Pettigrew won the race.

Largest margin of victory in the 200 meters in 55 years (1991 World Championships)

Largest margin of victory in the 200 meters in history (1996 Olympics)

Largest improvement ever on a 200 m world record: .34 seconds

  • Johnson broke his own record

Largest margin of victory in the 400 meters in history (1999 World Championships)

  • Johnson ran a world record 43.18, finishing an incredible 1.11 seconds ahead of second-place Sanderlei Claro Parrela of Brazil.

Only athlete to be ranked #1 in the world in both 200 meters and 400 meters in the same year

  • Five different years (1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996)

Only athlete to break 20 seconds in 200 meters and 44 seconds in 400 meters in a career

Only athlete to break 20 seconds in 200 meters and 44 seconds in 400 meters at the same meet

First athlete to break 45 seconds in indoor 400 meters: 44.97, 01995-02-10February 10, 1995, Reno, NV, United States

Most gold medals won on the track: Twelve (4 Olympics, 8 World Championships)

First athlete to win both 200 meters and 400 meters at U.S. National Championships (1995)

Olympic records [edit]

Event Time Date Venue Surpassed by
200 meters 19.32 01996-08-01August 1, 1996 Atlanta, GA, United States Usain Bolt (19.30, Beijing, China, 02008-08-20August 20, 2008)
400 meters 43.49 01996-07-29July 29, 1996 Atlanta, GA, United States Never been surpassed
4 x 400 meter relay 2:55.74 (44.73) 01992-08-08August 8, 1992 Barcelona, Spain United States (2:55.39, Beijing, China, 02008-08-23August 23, 2008)[5]
1992 4 by 400 meter U.S. relay team consisted of Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson and Steve Lewis.
Johnson ran the third leg in 44.73 seconds.
2008 4 by 400 meter U.S. relay team consisted of LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville and Jeremy Wariner.

Only man to win 200 meters and 400 meters at the same Olympics (1996 Atlanta)

Only man to repeat as Olympic champion in 400 meters (1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney)

IAAF World Championships records [edit]

Event Time Date Venue Surpassed by
200 meters 19.79 01995-08-11August 11, 1995 Gothenburg, Sweden Usain Bolt (19.19 seconds)
400 meters 43.18 01999-08-26August 26, 1999 Sevilla, Spain Never been surpassed
4 x 400 meter relay 2:54.29 (42.91) 01993-08-22August 22, 1993 Stuttgart, Germany Never been surpassed
4 by 400 meter U.S. relay team consisted of Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds and Michael Johnson.
Johnson ran the anchor leg in 42.91 seconds, which is the fastest 400 meters ever run by a human.

Fastest 4 x 400 meter relay leg in World Championships history: 42.91, fourth leg, United States relay team, 01993-08-22August 22, 1993, Stuttgart, Germany

  • 1993 IAAF World Championships Final (gold)
  • No one else has ever broken 43 seconds.
  • The 4 x 400 m U.S. relay team also set a world record with a time of 2:54.29. Both records still stand.

Only athlete to win the 200 meters and 400 meters at the World Championships in a career (1991 Tokyo, 1993 Stuttgart)

Only athlete to win the 200 meters and 400 meters at the same World Championships (1995 Gothenburg)

  • This required running nine races in nine days.

Most gold medals won in World Championships history: Eight

Olympic record [edit]

200 meters [edit]

400 meters [edit]

4 by 400 meters [edit]

Achievements [edit]

Year Meeting Venue Result Event Time
1989 USA Indoor Championships 2nd Indoor 400 m
1989 NCAA Indoor Championships 1st Indoor 200 m 20.59 AR
1990 ? Edinburgh, United Kingdom 1st 200 m 19.85 AC
1990 USA Indoor Championships 1st Indoor 400 m 47.43
1990 USA Indoor Championships 1st Indoor 200 m 20.72
1990 USA Outdoors Championships Norwalk 1st 200 m 19.90
1990 NCAA Outdoors Championships Durham 1st 200 m 20.31
1990 Goodwill Games Seattle, United States 1st 200 m
1991 IAAF World Championships Tokyo, Japan 1st 200 m 20.01
1991 USA Indoor Championships 1st Indoor 400 m 46.70
1991 USA Outdoors Championships New York City, United States 1st 200 m 20.31
1991 IAAF / Mobil Grand Prix Final Barcelona, Spain 1st 200 m 19.88
1992 U.S. Olympic Trials New Orleans, United States 1st 200 m 19.79
1992 Crystal Palace London, United Kingdom 1st 400 m 43.98 AC
1992 1992 Summer Olympics Barcelona, Spain 1st 4 x 400 m Relay 2:55.74 World Record Olympic Record
(3rd leg, 44.73)
1993 IAAF World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 1st 4 x 400 m Relay 2:54.29 World Record
(4th leg, 42.91) World Record
1993 IAAF World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 1st 400 m 43.65 AC
1993 USA Outdoors Championships Eugene, United States 1st 400 m 43.74
1993 IAAF / Mobil Grand Prix Final London, United Kingdom 3rd 200 m
1994 Goodwill Games St. Petersburg, Russia 1st 200 m 20.10 AC
1995 IAAF World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 1st 4 x 400 m Relay 2:57.32 AC
(4th leg, 44.11)
1995 IAAF World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 1st 200 m 19.79
1995 IAAF World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 1st 400 m 43.39 AC
1995 ? Reno, United States 1st Indoor 400 m 44.97 World Record
1995 USA Indoor Championships Atlanta, Georgia 1st Indoor 400 m 44.63 World Record
1995 USA Outdoors Championships 1st 200 m 19.83
1995 USA Outdoors Championships Sacramento, United States 1st 400 m 43.66
1995 IAAF / Mobil Grand Prix Final Monaco 1st 200 m 19.93
1996 Atlanta Grand Prix Final Atlanta, United States 1st 200 m 19.83
1996 U.S. Olympic trials Atlanta, United States 1st 400 m 43.44 US
1996 U.S. Olympic trials Atlanta, United States 1st 200 m 19.66 World Record
1996 1996 Summer Olympics Atlanta, United States 1st 400 m 43.49 Olympic Record
1996 1996 Summer Olympics Atlanta, United States 1st 200 m 19.32 World Record Olympic Record
1996 USA Indoor Championships 1st Indoor 400 m 44.66
1996 IAAF / Mobil Grand Prix Final 1st 400 m
1997 IAAF World Championships Athens, Greece 1st 400 m 44.12
1998 Goodwill Games New York City, United States 1st 400 m 43.76
1998 Oslo, Norway 3rd 400 m 44.58
1999 IAAF World Championships Seville, Spain 1st 4 x 400 m Relay 2:56.47 AC
1999 IAAF World Championships Seville, Spain 1st 400 m 43.18 World Record
2000 Pietersburg, South Africa 1st 200 m 19.71 AC
2000 Pretoria, South Africa 1st 300 m 30.85 WB
2000 South Africa 1st 400 m 43.9
2000 U.S. Olympic Trials Sacramento, United States 1st 400 m 43.68
2000 2000 Summer Olympics Sydney, Australia 1st 400 m 43.84
  • AR - American record
  • AC - All-comers record; fastest time ever run on host nation's soil
  • US - Fastest time ever run on United States soil

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Michael Johnson Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. 1967-09-13. Retrieved 2011-09-23. 
  2. ^  Michael Johnson. "Player Bio: Michael Johnson - Baylor Bears Official Athletic Site". BaylorBears.com. Retrieved 2011-09-23. 
  3. ^ 400 Metres All Time (indoor). (2009-02-08). Retrieved on 2009-04-06.
  4. ^ "Johnson doubled the difficulty". ESPN SportsCentury. ESPN.com. September 14, 1999. Retrieved May 14, 2013. 
  5. ^ "United States powers to record-breaking 4 x 400m Relay gold". The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. August 23, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2008. 
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