Norway’s Karsten Warholm delivered yet another jaw-dropping performance on home soil at the Oslo Diamond League, setting a world record in the rarely-run 300m hurdles with a time of 32.67 seconds.
He shattered his own 33.05sec set in the opening meet on the circuit in Xiamen, China. Benjamin Rai of USA came in second position with personal best- 33.32 as Brazilian Star Alisson Dos Santos finished third.
Final Results
- Karsten Warholm (Norway) – 32.67 (WR, WBP, DLR, MR)
- Rai Benjamin (USA) – 33.22 (PB)
- Alison dos Santos (Brazil) – 33.38
- Abderrahman Samba (Qatar) – 33.84
- Matheus Lima (Brazil) – 34.34 –
- Emil Agyekum (Germany) – 34.58 (PB)
- Trevor Bassitt (USA) – 34.65 (PB)
- Berke Akçam (Turkey) – 34.95
Karsten, roared through the line and ripped off his singlet. He smacked his chest in delight when he saw the time flash up on the stadium big screen.
The 300m hurdles, an event that was granted official status earlier this year, is yet to have a ratified world record. The layout included 50 meters before the first of seven hurdles, compared to ten in the traditional 400m hurdles. This tweak made for a faster, more explosive race.
Warholm, reigning world champion and world record holder in the 400m hurdles, was up against Bislett debutant Rai Benjamin of the USA, the Olympic champion, and Brazil’s Alison dos Santos.
The trio’s personal bests are the three fastest times ever run in the 400m hurdles. Between them they own the 19 fastest races in the event’s history and also won all medals at both the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games.
Benjamin faltered as he neared the line, but still had enough to come in second in a personal best of 33.22sec.
Alison Dos Santos, the 2022 world champion, had beaten Warholm over 400m hurdles in Oslo last season. This time he could only manage to come third in the fierce Competition.