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Men    Women 100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m 10000 m Marathon Half Marathon 80 m Hurdles 100 m Hurdles 400 m Hurdles 3000 m Steeplechase 4 x 100 m Relay 4 x 400 m Relay 10 km Road Walk 20 km Road Walk 50 km Road Walk 35 km Road Walk High Jump Pole Vault Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put Discus Throw Hammer Throw Javelin Throw Pentathlon/Heptathlon

Women, 4 x 100 m Relay World    World Indoor    Europe    Olympic    World Champ.    Europe Champ. All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated Manual Timing   55.0 Turnerbund Elbeck Hamburg GER Hamburg Jun 13, 1920   53.9 SCC Berlin GER Dresden Aug 14, 1920     Wolff, Utech, Birkner, Haase   53.3 TSV München 1860 GER Dresden Aug 14, 1920     Bauer, Rädler, Heiss, Kiessling   53.0 TSV München 1860 GER Dresden Aug 15, 1920     Heiss, Rädler, Bauer, Kiessling   52.9 TSV München 1860 GER Frankfurt/Main Jun 26, 1921     Born, Theimann, Cron, Bühlmaier   52.1 TSV München 1860 GER Hamburg Aug 20, 1921     Bauer, Rädler, Heiss, Kiessling   51.8y England Paris Oct 30, 1921     Garton, Hatt, Cast, Lines • 51.4 Great Britain Paris Aug 20, 1922     Lines, Leach, Porter, Callebout   51.3 German Workers Team GER Frankfurt/Main Jul 28, 1925     Dittmar, Rau, Hochholzer, Hipler • 50.4 Berliner SC GER Köln Jul 11, 1926     Henoch, Köhler, Pöting, Voss   50.2*y Great Britain Göteborg Aug 29, 1926     Scoular, Haynes, Edwards, Thompson   49.8y Great Britain Göteborg Aug 29, 1926     Scoular, Haynes, Edwards, Thompson   49.8 Germany Braunschweig Jun 10, 1928     Kellner, Holdmann, Haux, Junker   48.8 Germany Berlin Jul 14, 1928     Kellner, Schmidt, Holdmann, Junker   48.7 Great Britain Düsseldorf Aug 18, 1929     Thompson, Hiscock, Ridgley, Walker   48.5 Great Britain Hannover Aug 23, 1931     Cornell, Walker, Johnson, Halstead   47.6 Great Britain Los Angeles Aug 07, 1932     Hiscock, Porter, Webb, Halstead   47.5 Germany Lennep Jun 24, 1934     Albus, Krauss, Dollinger, Dörffeldt • 46.5 Germany Köln Jun 21, 1936     Albus, Krauss, Dollinger, Winkels   46.4 Germany Berlin Aug 08, 1936     Albus, Krauss, Dollinger, Dörfeldt • 46.3 West Germany Helsinki Jul 27, 1952     Knabe, Sander, Klein, Petersen • 45.9 West Germany Helsinki Jul 27, 1952     Knab, Sander, Klein, Petersen • 45.6 Soviet Union Budapest Sep 20, 1953     Kalashnikova, Safronova, Turova, Dvalikshvili • 45.6* Soviet Union Moscow Sep 11, 1955     Polinichenko, Vinogradova, Safronova, Itkina • 45.2 Soviet Union Kiev Jul 27, 1956     Krepkina, Kosheleva, Itkina, Botskarova • 45.1 Germany Dresden Sep 30, 1956     Fisch, Köhler, Stubnick, Mayer • 44.9 Germany Melbourne Dec 01, 1956     Sander, Stubnick, Köhler, Mayer • 44.7 Great Britain Melbourne Dec 01, 1956     Pashley, Scrivens, Paul, Armitage • 44.5 Soviet Union Moscow Jul 15, 1961     Krepkina, Maslovskaya, Itkina, Shchelkanova • 44.5* Poland Belgrad Sep 16, 1962     Piatkowska, Sobotta, Szyroka, Ciepla   44.5* West Germany Lódz Sep 13, 1964     Meyer, Pollmann, Pensberger, Heine   44.0 Great Britain Tokyo Oct 21, 1964     Simpson, Rand, Arden, Hyman • 43.9* Soviet Union Leninakan Aug 16, 1968     Tkatshenko, Bukharina, Poplova, Samotesova • 43.6 Soviet Union Mexico City Sep 27, 1968     Zharkova, Bukharina, Poplova, Samotesova • 43.4 The Netherlands Mexico City Oct 19, 1968     van den Berg, Sterk, Hennipman, Bakker • 43.4* Soviet Union Mexico City Oct 20, 1968     Zharkova, Bukharina, Popkova, Samotyosova • 43.3 West Germany Helsinki Aug 15, 1971     Schittenhelm, Helten, Irrgang, Mickler • 42.8* West Germany München Sep 10, 1972     Krause, Mickler, Richter, Rosendahl • 42.6 East Germany Potsdam Sep 01, 1973     Kandarr, Stecher, Heinich, Selmigkeit • 42.6* East Germany Berlin Aug 24, 1974     Maletzki, Stecher, Heinich, Eckert • 42.5 East Germany Rome Sep 08, 1974     Maletzki, Stecher, Heinich, Eckert Electronic Timing • 42.51 East Germany Rome Sep 08, 1974     Maletzki, Stecher, Heinich, Eckert • 42.50 East Germany Karl-Marx-Stadt May 29, 1976     Oelsner, Stecher, Bodendorf, Blos • 42.27 East Germany Potsdam Aug 19, 1978     Klier, Hamann, Bodendorf, Göhr • 42.10 East Germany Karl-Marx-Stadt Jun 10, 1979     Koch, Schneider, Auerswald, Göhr • 42.09 East Germany Turin Aug 04, 1979     Brehmer, Schneider, Auerswald, Göhr • 42.09* East Germany Berlin Jul 09, 1980     Müller, Vöckel, Auerswald, Göhr • 41.85 East Germany Potsdam Jul 13, 1980     Müller, Vöckel, Auerswald, Göhr • 41.60 East Germany Moscow Aug 01, 1980     Müller, Vöckel, Auerswald, Göhr • 41.53 East Germany Berlin Jul 31, 1983     Gladisch, Koch, Auerswald, Göhr • 41.37 East Germany Canberra Oct 06, 1985     Gladisch, Rieger, Auerswald, Göhr