Women's 4 × 100 metres relay world record progression


The first world record in the women's 4 x 100 metres relay was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1922.
45 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event. The following table shows the world record progression in the women's 4 × 100 metre relay, as ratified by the IAAF. "y" denotes time for 4 × 110 yards, ratified as a record for this event.

Records 1922-1976

TimeAutoTeamCountryVenueDateParticipants,
53.2CzechoslovakiaParis1922-05-21Marie Mejzlíková I, Marie Bakovská, Marie Jirásková, Marie Mejzlíková II
51.4+Great Britain & N.I.Paris1922-08-20Mary Lines, Daisy Leach, Gwendoline Porter, Nora Callebout
50.4Berliner Sport-ClubCologne1926-07-11Lilli Henoch, Charlotte Köhler, Gerda Pöting, Cläre Voss
49.8yGreat Britain & N.I.Gothenburg1926-08-29Dorothy Scouler, Florence Haynes, Eileen Edwards, Rose Thompson
50.0Viktoria MagdeburgBreslau1927-08-07Anneliese Jacke, Lieselotte Hellmann, Rose Drieling, Ilse Drieling
50.0Linnets Saint-MaurParis1928-07-15Georgette Gagneux, Lucienne Velu, Simone Warnier, Marguerite Radideau
49.8TSV 1860 MünchenBerlin1928-07-15Rosa Kellner, Luise Holzer, Agathe Karrer, Lisa Gelius
48.4CanadaAmsterdam1928-08-05Fanny Rosenfeld, Etle Smith, Florence Bell, Myrtle Cook
49.0Eintracht FrankfurtMannheim1929-06-30Ottilie Fleischer, Detta Lorenz, Emmy Haux, Charlotte Köhler
49.0TSV 1860 MünchenFrankfurt1929-07-21Rosa Kellner, Luise Holzer, Agathe Karrer, Lisa Gelius
48.8TSV 1860 MünchenNuremberg1930-07-20Rosa Kellner, Luise Holzer, Agathe Karrer, Lisa Gelius
46.9United StatesLos Angeles1932-08-07Mary Carew, Evelyn Furtsch, Annette Rogers, Billie von Bremen
46.5GermanyNazi GermanyCologne1936-06-21Emmy Albus, Käthe Krauß, Marie Dollinger, Grete Winkels
46.4GermanyNazi GermanyBerlin1936-08-08Emmy Albus, Käthe Krauß, Marie Dollinger, Ilse Dörffeldt
46.146.23AustraliaHelsinki1952-07-27Shirley de la Hunty, Verna Johnston, Winsome Cripps, Marjorie Jackson
45.946.14United StatesHelsinki1952-07-27Mae Faggs, Barbara Jones, Janet Moreau, Catherine Hardy
45.946.18West GermanyHelsinki1952-07-27Ursula Knab, Maria Sander, Helga Klein, Marga Petersen
45.6Soviet UnionBudapest1953-09-20Vera Kalashnikova, Sinaida Safronova, Nadezhda Khnykina, Irina Turova
45.6Soviet UnionMoscow1955-09-11Lidia Polinitschenko, Galina Vinogradova, Sinaida Safronova, Maria Itkina
45.2Soviet UnionKiev1956-07-27Vera Krepkina, Olga Kosheleva, Maria Itkina, Irina Botskarova
45.1GermanyDresden1956-09-30Erika Fisch, Gisela Köhler, Christa Stubnick, Bärbel Mayer
44.945.00AustraliaMelbourne1956-12-01Shirley de la Hunty, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor, Betty Cuthbert
44.945.07GermanyMelbourne1956-12-01Maria Sander, Christa Stubnick, Gisela Köhler, Bärbel Mayer
44.544.65AustraliaMelbourne1956-12-01Shirley de la Hunty, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor, Betty Cuthbert
44.444.51United StatesRome1960-09-07Martha Hudson, Lucinda Williams, Barbara Jones, Wilma Rudolph
44.3United StatesMoscow1961-07-15Willye White, Ernestine Pollards, Vivianne Brown, Wilma Rudolph
43.943.92United StatesTokyo1964-10-21Willye White, Wyomia Tyus, Marilyn White, Edith McGuire
43.9Soviet UnionLeninakan1968-08-16Lilia Tkatshenko, Galina Bukharina, Vera Popkova, Lyudmila Samotyosova
43.6Soviet UnionMexico City1968-09-27Lyudmila Zharkova, Galina Bukharina, Vera Popkova, Lyudmila Samotyosova
43.443.50United StatesMexico City1968-10-19Barbara Ferrell, Margaret Bailes, Mildrette Netter, Wyomia Tyus
43.443.49NetherlandsMexico City1968-10-19Wilma van den Berg, Mieke Sterk, Truus Hennipman, Corrie Bakker
42.842.88United StatesMexico City1968-10-20Barbara Ferrell, Margaret Bailes, Mildrette Netter, Wyomia Tyus
42.842.81West GermanyMunich1972-09-10Christiane Krause, Ingrid Mickler-Becker, Annegret Richter, Heide Rosendahl
42.6East GermanyPotsdam1973-09-01Petra Kandarr, Renate Stecher, Christina Heinich, Doris Selmigkeit
42.6East GermanyEast Berlin1974-08-24Doris Maletzki, Renate Stecher, Christina Heinich, Bärbel Eckert
42.542.51East GermanyRome1974-09-08Doris Maletzki, Renate Stecher, Christina Heinich, Bärbel Eckert

Records since 1977

From 1975, the IAAF accepted separate automatically electronically timed records for events up to 400 metres. From 1977, the IAAF required fully automatic timing to the hundredth of a second for these events.
TimeTeamCountryVenueDateParticipants
42.50East GermanyKarl-Marx-Stadt1976-05-29Marlies Oelsner, Renate Stecher, Carla Bodendorf, Martina Blos
42.27East GermanyPotsdam1978-08-19Johanna Klier, Monika Hamann, Carla Bodendorf, Marlies Göhr
42.10East GermanyKarl-Marx-Stadt1979-06-10Marita Koch, Romy Schneider, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr
42.09East GermanyTurin1979-08-04Christina Brehmer, Romy Schneider, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr
42.09East GermanyEast Berlin1980-07-09Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr
41.85East GermanyPotsdam1980-07-13Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr
41.60East GermanyMoscow1980-08-01Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr
41.53East GermanyEast Berlin1983-07-31Silke Gladisch, Marita Koch, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr
41.37East GermanyCanberra1985-10-06Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr
40.82United StatesLondon2012-08-10Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter