Starting list for men's 400 meter hurdles during the Bislett Games:
Karsten Warholm from Norway.
Our own world record holder with 45.94 tops the world ranking.
Olympic champion from 2021. World champion 2017, 2019 and 2023. European champion 2018 and 2022.
Won the Wanda Diamond League in 2019 and 2021.
Kyron McMaster from the British Virgin Islands.
Number three in the world ranking.
Personal record: 47.08.
Number four in the 2021 Olympics. Number two in the WCH 2023. Number four in 2019.
Won the Wanda Diamond League in 2017 and 2018.
Alison dos Santos from Brazil.
Number four in the world ranking.
Personal best: 46.29.
Number three in the Olympics 2021. World champion 2022. Number five in 2023.
Won the Wanda Diamond League in 2022.
CJ Allen from the USA.
Number five in the world ranking.
Personal best: 47.58.
Wilfried Happio from France.
Number seven in the world ranking.
Personal best: 47.41.
Number four in WCH 2022. Number two in ECH 2022.
Rasmus Mägi from Estonia.
Number eight in the world ranking.
Personal best: 47.82.
Number six in the 2016 Olympics. Number seven in 2021. Number seven in the WCH 2023. Eight in 2022. Number two in the EC 2014.
The women's 400 meters offers a new world class field with three of the top four and five of the top eight in the world rankings at the start. In addition, we get a very exciting start from our own Henriette Jæger.
Starting list for women’s 400 meters during the Bislett Games:
Marileidy Paulina from the Dominican Republic.
Number one in the world ranking.
Personal best: 48.76.
Number two in the Olympics 2021. World champion 2023. Number two in 2022.
Won the Wanda Diamond League in 2022 and 2023.
Natalia Kaczmarek from Poland.
Number two in the world ranking.
Personal best: 49.48.
Number two in WCH 2023. Number two in ECH 2022.
Lieke Klaver from the Netherlands.
Number four in the world ranking.
Personal best: 49.81.
Number four in the WCH 2022. Number six 2023. Number six in the ECH 2023. Number two in the indoor WCH 2024.
Sada Williams from Barbados.
Number five in the world ranking.
Personal best: 49.58.
Number three in the WCH 2022 and 2023.
Cynthia Bolingo from Belgium.
Number eight in the world ranking.
Personal best: 49.96.
Number five in WCH 2023. Number seven in ECH 2022.
Henriette Jæger from Norway.
Number 21 in the world ranking.
Personal record: 51.03. 51.05 indoors.
Number four in the WCH U20 2022. Number two in the ECH U23 2023.
Norwegian record holder.
With 73.09 from Oklahoma in the USA in mid-April, Yaime Perez from Cuba climbed from twelfth to seventh place in the world rankings before the season had properly started. With that result, she is ninth in the all-time world statistics with the 18th longest throw ever. The last time someone threw longer was when Ilke Wyludda threw 74.56 in 1989. Up against "all", apart from the American girls.
Starting list for women’s discus throw the Bislett Games:
Bin Feng from China.
Number two in the world ranking.
Personal record: 69.12.
World champion 2022. Number three in 2023. Number eight in the 2016 Olympics.
Sandra Elkasevic from Croatia.
Number three in the world ranking.
Personal best: 71.41.
Olympic champion 2012 and 2016. Number four 2021. World champion 2013 and 2017. Number two in 2015 and 2022. Number three in 2019. European champion 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2022.
Won the Wanda Diamond League in 2010 as well as 2012-2017.
Jorinde van Klinken from the Netherlands.
Number five in the world ranking.
Personal best: 70.22.
Number four in WCH 2022 and 2023. Number three in ECH 2022. Number four 2023.
Kristin Pudenz from Germany.
Number six in the world ranking.
Personal best 67.87.
Number two in the 2021 Olympics. Number six in the WCH 2023. Number two in the ECH 2022.
Yaime Perez from Cuba.
Number seven in the world ranking.
Personal record: 73.09.
Number three in the 2021 Olympics. World champion 2019. Number four in 2015 and 2017.
Won the Wanda Diamond League in 2018 and 2019.
Shanice Craft from Germany
Number eight in the world ranking.
Personal best: 66.73.
Number seven in the WCH 2021 and 2023. Number three in the ECH 2014, 2016 and 2018.
Melina Robert-Michon from France.
Number eleven in the world ranking.
Personal best: 66.73.
Number two in the 2016 Olympics. Number five in 2012. Number two in the WC 2013. Number three in 2017. Number two in the EC 2014.
