Van Niekerk breaks world record to win 400 goldSky Sport South African sprinter Wayde van Niekerk has broken Michael Johnson's 17-year-old world record with a time of 43.03 seconds (0.15 seconds faster than Johnson ran in 1999) to win gold in the 400m. Bursting out of the blocks in lane eight, Wayde van Niekerk didn't see another runner during the entire Olympic 400-metre final. EZRA SHAW/GETTY IMAGES Wayde van Niekerk was shocked at the end of the race. As he did so, Van Niekerk pointed at the clock to make sure everyone saw his time. "That was a massacre from Wayde van Niekerk.

Source: Stuff August 15, 2016 01:11 UTC