Main > Women, 4 x 100 m Relay > World Records Progression
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
• 51.0y George School USA Georgetown Jan 01, 1924
  50.2y Toronto Ladies Club Canada Toronto Sep 19, 1925
  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
• 48.4 Canada Amsterdam Aug 04, 1928
    Smith, Rosenfeld, Bell, Cook
• 46.9 United States Los Angeles Aug 07, 1932
    Carew, Furtsch, Rogers, Bremen
• 46.5 Germany Köln Jun 21, 1936
    Albus, Krauss, Dollinger, Winkels
  46.4 Germany Berlin Aug 08, 1936
    Albus, Krauss, Dollinger, Dörfeldt
• 46.1 Australia Helsinki Jul 27, 1952
    Johnson, de la Hunty, Cripps, Jackson
• 45.9 United States Helsinki Jul 27, 1952
    Faggs, Jones, Moreau, Hardy
• 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 Australia Melbourne Dec 01, 1956
    de la Hunty, Croker, Mellor, Cuthbert
• 44.9 Germany Melbourne Dec 01, 1956
    Sander, Stubnick, Köhler, Mayer
• 44.5 Australia Melbourne Dec 01, 1956
    de la Hunty, Croker, Mellor, Cuthbert
• 44.4 United States Rome Sep 07, 1960
    Hudson, Williams, Jones, Rudolph
• 44.3 United States Moscow Jul 15, 1961
    White, Pollards, Brown, Rudolph
• 43.9 United States Tokyo Oct 21, 1964
    White, Tyus, White, McGuire
• 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 United States Mexico City Oct 19, 1968
    Ferrell, Bailes, Netter, Tyus
• 42.8 United States Mexico City Oct 20, 1968
    Ferrell, Bailes, Netter, Tyus
• 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
• 40.82 United States London Aug 10, 2012
    T.Madison, A.Felix, B.Knight, C.Jeter