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Christopher Bailey (runner)

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Christopher Bailey
Bailey in 2024
Personal information
Nationality United States
Born (2000-05-29) May 29, 2000 (age 26)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Tennessee '22 BS Kinesiology
University of Arkansas '24 MS Operations Management
Sport
SportAthletics
Achievements and titles
Personal bests200 m: 21.58 (Starkville, 2019)
400 m: 43.97 (Brussels, 2026)
800 m: 1:49.82 (Palo Alto, 2023)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2024 Paris4 × 400 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Budapest4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2025 Tokyo4 × 400 m relay
World Ultimate Championship
First place2026 Budapest4 × 400 m mixed
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 Nanjing400 m
Gold medal – first place2025 Nanjing4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place2024 Glasgow4 × 400 m relay

Christopher Bailey (born May 29, 2000) is an American track and field athlete. He has won gold medals at the Olympic Games, the World Athletics Championships and World Athletics Indoors Championships.[1]

Early life

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From Atlanta, Georgia he attended Carver High School, Mississippi Valley State University, and the University of Tennessee, before attending the University of Arkansas.[2][3]

Career

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2023: World Championships medalist

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In January 2023, Bailey set a new Arkansas Razorbacks College record over 400 m of 45:09 to break the previous record of 45:29 set in 2005 by Terry Gatson.[4] Bailey won the NCAA Indoors 4 × 400 m title as part of the Arkansas Razorbacks in March 2023 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[5]

Competing at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Bailey qualified fastest from the 400 m heats.[6] He then reached the final with the fifth fastest time.[7] He was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, winning a gold medal as part of the men's 4 × 400 metres relay team, running the preliminary round although not the final.[8][9]

2024: Olympic Games medalist

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He was a silver medalist running the anchor leg for the American 4 × 400 m relay team at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow in March 2024.[10]

In April 2024, he was selected as part of the American team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.[11] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024, qualifying for the final and placing sixth overall.[12] He also competed in the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the Games, winning the gold medal with the American relay team.[13]

2025: World Indoor Champion

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He won the 400 metres at the 2025 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.[14] He was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025, where he led a clean sweep for the USA of the medals in the individual 400 metres, winning the gold ahead of compatriots Brian Faust and Jacory Patterson.[15][16][17]

He won the opening Grand Slam Track race in the Long Sprints category at the inaugural slam in Kingston, Jamaica on 4 April 2025, running 44.34 for the 400 metres.[18] He ran a personal best 44.27 seconds to finish second in the 400 metres at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025.[19] Competing at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League on 3 May 2025, he won the men's 400 m in 44.17 seconds.[20] He ran a personal best 44.15 seconds at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic on 5 July.[21] On 2 August, he finished second at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 44.43 seconds.[22] He placed fifth in the 400 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August.[23]

In September 2025, he competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, reaching the semi-finals of the men's 400 metres.[24] He later won a silver medal in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay.[25] Initially, his American team had not qualified for the final but the handover between his teammates Bryce Deadmon and Demarius Smith was adjudged to have been impacted by a runner for Zambia, and they were put forward for a run-off with the same team in the same lanes against Kenya, who had also been impacted. He ran as they won the run-off on the morning of the final, with a time of 2:58.48, before a different quartet ran the final later that day, placing second behind Botswana.[26][27]

2026: American champion

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Bailey ran 44.70 seconds to place fourth in the 400 metre at the 2026 Xiamen Diamond League. On 6 June, he ran 44.35 seconds to win at the USATF Lone Star Grand Prix in College Station, Texas, before later winning the LA Grand Prix in 44.57 seconds the following week.[28][29][30] On 28 June, he placed finished third with 44.06 seconds as Collen Kebinatshipi broke the Diamond League record in the 400 metres at the 2026 Meeting de Paris.[31] On 4 July, Bailey placed third in the 400 m at the 2026 Prefontaine Classic.[32] On 25 July, he won the 400 metres at the 2026 USA Championships in New York, running 44.39 seconds.[33] At the 2026 Diamond League Final in Brussels on 4 September, Bailey broke 44 seconds for the first time, running a new personal best of 43.97 seconds to place fourth. It was just the second 400 m race in which four men ran under 44 seconds, after the 2024 Olympic final.[34] The following week, he ran 44.27 seconds to place fourth at the inaugural World Ultimate Championship in Budapest.[35] On the final day of the championship, Bailey was a member of the American team that won the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay.[36][37]

Results

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Year Championships Venue Event Place Time
2021 NCAA Indoor Championships Randall Tyson Track Center 4 × 400 m 3rd 3:04.10
NCAA Outdoor Championships Hayward Field 400 m SF3 5th 46.83
4 × 400 m SF3 4th 3:07.95
US Outdoor Championships 400 m H3 7th 46.29
2022 NCAA Indoor Championships Birmingham CrossPlex 4 × 400 m 5th 3:05.89
NCAA Outdoor Championships Hayward Field 4 × 400 m SF3 3rd 3:03.54
2023 NCAA Indoor Championships Albuquerque Convention Center 400 m 5th 45.32
4 × 400 m 1st 3:02.09
NCAA Outdoor Championships Mike A. Myers Stadium 400 m SF1 4th 45.55
4 × 400 m 8th 3:03.66
US Outdoor Championships Hayward Field 400 m 7th 45.25
World Championships National Athletics Centre 4 × 400 m relay H1 1st 2:58.47
2024 US Indoor Championships Albuquerque Convention Center 400 m 3rd 45.76
World Indoor Championships Commonwealth Arena 4 × 400 m relay 2nd 3:02.60
Olympic Games Stade de France 4 × 400 m relay 1st 2:54.43 OR
2025 World Indoor Championships Nanjing's Cube 400 m 1st 45.08
4 × 400 m relay 1st 3:03.13

Circuit performances

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Grand Slam Track results[38]
SlamRace groupEventPl.TimePrize money
2025 Kingston SlamLong sprints 400 m1st44.34US$50,000
200 m5th20.93

References

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  1. ↑ "Cristopher Bailey". World Athletics. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Cristopher Bailey". mvsusports. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Cristopher Bailey". utsports.com. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  4. ↑ Hilton, Kendall (January 23, 2023). "Hogs sprinter Chris Bailey sets new 400-meter Arkansas record". razorbackswire.USAtoday.com. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  5. ↑ Becton, Stan (April 14, 2023). "Arkansas sweeps the 2023 NCAA DI men's and women's indoor track and field championships". ncaa. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  6. ↑ Price, Shawn (July 6, 2023). "Chris Bailey Posts Fastest Time In 400m Qualifying At USATF". Arkansas Razorbacks. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Men's 400m Results: USATF Outdoor Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. July 7, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  8. ↑ Gault, Jonathan (August 7, 2023). "USATF Announces 2023 World Championship Roster". letsrun.com. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  9. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023". World Athletics. August 27, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Doom delivers again to anchor Belgium to 4x400m gold in Glasgow". World Athletics. March 3, 2024. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  11. ↑ "USA TRACK & FIELD ANNOUNCES FULL TEAM FOR WORLD ATHLETICS RELAYS BAHAMAS 24". USATF. April 17, 2024. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Men's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. August 7, 2024. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Men's 4 x 400 Metres Relay - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. August 10, 2024. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
  14. ↑ Gault, Jonathan (February 23, 2025). "2025 USA Indoors Men's Recap: Josh Hoey Rips 1:43.24 AR to Move to #2 All-Time, Hobbs Kessler Doubles Up". Lets Run. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  15. ↑ Hall, Dan (March 14, 2025). "USATF Announces 56 Athletes For Team USA At 2025 World Indoor Championships". Flotrack. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
  16. ↑ "Duplantis and Holloway claim third successive world indoor titles at WIC Nanjing 25". World Athletics. March 22, 2025. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
  17. ↑ "USA dominates men's 4x400m in Nanjing". World Athletics. March 23, 2025. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
  18. ↑ Crumley, Euan (April 5, 2025). "Grand Slam Track gets off and running". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  19. ↑ "Results - Xiamen Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. April 26, 2025. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  20. ↑ "Stark, Tinch, and Allman Lead U.S. Charge at Shanghai Diamond League". May 3, 2025. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  21. ↑ "Results - Eugene Diamond League - Pre Classic 2025". Watch Athletics Weekly. July 5, 2025. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
  22. ↑ "Patterson tops Bailey, McRae in 400m in Eugene". nbcsports.com. August 2, 2025. Retrieved August 3, 2025.
  23. ↑ Collett, Jasmine (August 28, 2025). "Results - Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  24. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. September 13, 2025. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  25. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. September 13, 2025. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  26. ↑ Johnson, Robert (September 20, 2025). "Team USA wins runoff, advances to 4 x 400 final – Demarius Smith addresses favoritism concerns". Lets Run. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  27. ↑ "Botswana claims gold in men's 4x400m in Tokyo". World Athletics. September 21, 2025. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  28. ↑ "Thomas scorches to 21.70 at Lone Star Grand Prix". World Athletics. June 6, 2026. Retrieved June 6, 2026.
  29. ↑ "Results - Xiamen Diamond League 2026". Watch Athletics. May 23, 2026. Retrieved May 26, 2026.
  30. ↑ "BRANDON MILLER IMPRESSES AHEAD OF JOSH KERR AT THE LOS ANGELES GRAND PRIX". Athletics Weekly. June 15, 2026. Retrieved June 16, 2026.
  31. ↑ "Werro, Kebinatshipi and Paulino break Diamond League records in Paris". World Athletics. June 28, 2026. Retrieved June 28, 2026.
  32. ↑ Johnson, Robert; Gault, Jonathan (July 4, 2026). "Fireworks at Pre: Hiltz Stuns Kipyegon, High Schooler Taylor Rips 19.75 on the 4th of July". Lets Run. Retrieved June 5, 2026.
  33. ↑ Gault, Jonathan (July 26, 2026). "Nikki Hiltz wins 9th straight US title, Green completes 1500 sweep – USATF Day 3". Lets Run. Retrieved July 26, 2026.
  34. ↑ Gault, Jonathan; Johnson, Robert (September 4, 2026). "DL final day 1: Myers stays cool to win 1500, Kebinatshipi runs 43.40 DL record in 400". Lets Run. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  35. ↑ "KEBINATSHIPI RUNS RACE OF HIS LIFE TO WIN ULTIMATE 400M IN BUDAPEST". World Athletics. September 12, 2026. Retrieved September 13, 2026.
  36. ↑ "USA ASSERTS RELAY DOMINANCE WITH ULTIMATE MIXED 4X400M VICTORY IN BUDAPEST". World Athletics. Retrieved September 13, 2026.
  37. ↑ "World Athletics Ultimate Championship". World Athletics. September 13, 2026. Retrieved September 13, 2026.
  38. ↑ "Grand Slam Track Results". Grand Slam Track. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
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