Britton Wilson

Personal information
Born	(2000-11-13)13 November 2000 (age 25) Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Education	University of Arkansas
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	400 metres hurdles,400 metres
College team	Arkansas Razorbacks
Club	Adidas
Coached by	Chris Johnson
Achievements and titles
Personalbests	400 m hurdles: 53.08 (Eugene 2022) 400 m: 49.13CR (Baton Rouge 2023) Indoors 400 m: 49.48iAR (Albuquerque 2023)
Medal record Women'sathletics Representingthe United States World Championships 2022 Eugene 4 × 400 m relay 2025 Tokyo 4 × 400 m relay

Britton Wilson (born 13 November 2000) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the400 meters hurdles and400 meters. She finished fifth in the 400 m hurdles at the2022 World Athletics Championships, her major championship debut. Wilson became theNorth American indoor record holder for the 400 m dash with a time of 49.48 seconds, set on March 11, 2023, inAlbuquerque.

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 the4 × 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 individualNCAA Division I champion.

Initially a student at theUniversity of Tennessee, Wilson switched toUniversity 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 theNCAA Division I Outdoors in June 2022 representing theArkansas Razorbacks in a time of 53.86, finishing nearly a whole second ahead of second-placedAnna Hall.^[3] Prior to this Wilson had won both the 400 m hurdles and 400 m dash at theSEC 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 holderSydney McLaughlin at the2022 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 the2022 World Athletics Championships, where she placed fifth in the final in a time of 54.02 s.^[6]

Wilson's 2023 indoor season started with a collegiate indoor record in the 600 m with a time of 1:25.16, beatingAthing Mu's previous best set in 2021.^[7] On March 11 at theNCCA Division I Indoors inAlbuquerque, 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 whenFemke 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 inGainesville, Florida.^[10] She lowered her record to 49.13 seconds at the SEC Championships inBaton 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 the2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, inEugene, 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 withAdidas.^[14] She was selected for the2023 World Athletics Championships inBudapest 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, inMemphis, Tennessee.^[16] She qualified for the final of the 400 metres at the2025 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 the2025 World Athletics Championships inTokyo, Japan, where she ran in the women's x 400 metres relay.^[18][19]

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)

Sources:^[20][21]

• Britton Wilson atWorld Athletics
• Britton Wilson atwww.USATF.org
• Britton Wilson atTFRRS
• Arkansas Razorbacks bio
• Tennessee Volunteers bio

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• World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States
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• Tennessee Volunteers women's track and field athletes
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• World Athletics Championships medalists
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• United States collegiate record holders in athletics (track and field)
• NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
• NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
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