Christopher Bailey (runner)

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Christopher Bailey
Alexander Doom Christopher Bailey Glasgow 2024 (cropped).jpg
Bailey in 2024
Personal information
NationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (2000-05-29) May 29, 2000 (age 25)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Education University of Tennessee '22 BS Kinesiology
University of Arkansas '24 MS Operations Management
Sport
Sport Athletics
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)200 m: 21.58 (Starkville, 2019)
400 m: 44.15 (Eugene, 2025)
800 m: 1:49.82 (Palo Alto, 2023)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris 4 × 400 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Budapest 4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Tokyo 4 × 400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Nanjing 400 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Nanjing 4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Glasgow 4 × 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]

Contents

Early life

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

2023: World Championships medalist

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 x 400 metres relay team, running the preliminary round although not the final. [8] [9]

2024: Olympic Games medalist

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

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 400m 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 x 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]

Results

YearChampionshipsVenueEventPlaceTime
2021 NCAA Indoor Championships Randall Tyson Track Center 4 × 400 m3rd3:04.10
NCAA Outdoor Championships Hayward Field 400 mSF3 5th46.83
4 × 400 mSF3 4th3:07.95
US Outdoor Championships 400 mH3 7th46.29
2022 NCAA Indoor Championships Birmingham CrossPlex 4 × 400 m5th3:05.89
NCAA Outdoor Championships Hayward Field 4 × 400 mSF3 3rd3:03.54
2023 NCAA Indoor Championships Albuquerque Convention Center 400 m5th45.32
4 × 400 m1st3:02.09
NCAA Outdoor Championships Mike A. Myers Stadium 400 mSF1 4th45.55
4 × 400 m8th3:03.66
US Outdoor Championships Hayward Field 400 m7th45.25
World Championships National Athletics Centre 4 × 400 m relay H1 1st2:58.47
2024 US Indoor Championships Albuquerque Convention Center 400 m3rd45.76
World Indoor Championships Commonwealth Arena 4 × 400 m relay 2nd3:02.60
Olympic Games Stade de France 4 × 400 m relay 1st2:54.43 OR
2025 World Indoor Championships Nanjing's Cube 400 m 1st45.08
4 × 400 m relay 1st3:03.13

Circuit performances

Grand Slam Track results [28]
SlamRace groupEventPl.TimePrize money
2025 Kingston Slam Long sprints400 m1st44.34US$50,000
200 m5th20.93

References

  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. ↑ "Grand Slam Track Results". Grand Slam Track . Retrieved April 5, 2025.
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