Women's 4 × 100 metres relay world record progression

The first world record in the women's 4 × 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 (402.34 m), ratified as a record for this event.

Records 1922-1976 TimeAutoTeamCountryVenueDateParticipants 53.2CzechoslovakiaParis1922-05-21Marie Mejzlíková I, Marie Bakovská, Marie Jirásková, Marie Mejzlíková II51.4+Great Britain & N.I.Paris1922-08-20Mary Lines, Daisy Leach, Gwendoline Porter, Nora Callebout50.4Berliner Sport-ClubCologne1926-07-11Lilli Henoch, Charlotte Köhler, Gerda Pöting, Cläre Voss49.8yGreat Britain & N.I.Gothenburg1926-08-29Dorothy Scouler, Florence Haynes, Eileen Edwards, Rose Thompson50.0Viktoria MagdeburgBreslau1927-08-07Anneliese Jacke, Lieselotte Hellmann, Rose Drieling, Ilse Drieling50.0Linnets Saint-MaurParis1928-07-15Georgette Gagneux, Lucienne Velu, Simone Warnier, Marguerite Radideau49.8TSV 1860 MünchenBerlin1928-07-15Rosa Kellner, Luise Holzer, Agathe Karrer, Lisa Gelius48.4CanadaAmsterdam1928-08-05Fanny Rosenfeld, Etle Smith, Florence Bell, Myrtle Cook49.0Eintracht FrankfurtMannheim1929-06-30Ottilie Fleischer, Detta Lorenz, Emmi Haux, Charlotte Köhler49.0TSV 1860 MünchenFrankfurt1929-07-21Rosa Kellner, Luise Holzer, Agathe Karrer, Lisa Gelius48.8TSV 1860 MünchenNuremberg1930-07-20Rosa Kellner, Luise Holzer, Agathe Karrer, Lisa Gelius46.9United StatesLos Angeles1932-08-07Mary Carew, Evelyn Furtsch, Annette Rogers, Billie von Bremen46.5GermanyCologne1936-06-21Emmy Albus, Käthe Krauß, Marie Dollinger, Grete Winkels46.4GermanyBerlin1936-08-08Emmy Albus, Käthe Krauß, Marie Dollinger, Ilse Dörffeldt46.146.23AustraliaHelsinki1952-07-27Shirley de la Hunty, Verna Johnston, Winsome Cripps, Marjorie Jackson45.946.14United StatesHelsinki1952-07-27Mae Faggs, Barbara Jones, Janet Moreau, Catherine Hardy45.946.18West GermanyHelsinki1952-07-27Ursula Knab, Maria Sander, Helga Klein, Marga Petersen45.6Soviet UnionBudapest1953-09-20Vera Kalashnikova, Sinaida Safronova, Nadezhda Khnykina, Irina Turova45.6Soviet UnionMoscow1955-09-11Lidia Polinitschenko, Galina Vinogradova, Sinaida Safronova, Maria Itkina45.2Soviet UnionKiev1956-07-27Vera Krepkina, Olga Kosheleva, Maria Itkina, Irina Botskarova45.1GermanyDresden1956-09-30Erika Fisch, Gisela Köhler, Christa Stubnick, Bärbel Mayer44.945.00AustraliaMelbourne1956-12-01Shirley de la Hunty, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor, Betty Cuthbert44.945.07GermanyMelbourne1956-12-01Maria Sander, Christa Stubnick, Gisela Köhler, Bärbel Mayer44.544.65AustraliaMelbourne1956-12-01Shirley de la Hunty, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor, Betty Cuthbert44.444.51United StatesRome1960-09-07Martha Hudson, Lucinda Williams, Barbara Jones, Wilma Rudolph44.3United StatesMoscow1961-07-15Willye White, Ernestine Pollards, Vivianne Brown, Wilma Rudolph43.943.92United StatesTokyo1964-10-21Willye White, Wyomia Tyus, Marilyn White, Edith McGuire43.9Soviet UnionLeninakan1968-08-16Lilia Tkatshenko, Galina Bukharina, Vera Popkova, Lyudmila Samotyosova43.6Soviet UnionMexico City1968-09-27Lyudmila Zharkova, Galina Bukharina, Vera Popkova, Lyudmila Samotyosova43.443.50United StatesMexico City1968-10-19Barbara Ferrell, Margaret Bailes, Mildrette Netter, Wyomia Tyus43.443.49NetherlandsMexico City1968-10-19Wilma van den Berg, Mieke Sterk, Truus Hennipman, Corrie Bakker42.842.88United StatesMexico City1968-10-20Barbara Ferrell, Margaret Bailes, Mildrette Netter, Wyomia Tyus42.842.81West GermanyMunich1972-09-10Christiane Krause, Ingrid Mickler-Becker, Annegret Richter, Heide Rosendahl42.6East GermanyPotsdam1973-09-01Petra Kandarr, Renate Stecher, Christina Heinich, Doris Selmigkeit42.6East GermanyEast Berlin1974-08-24Doris Maletzki, Renate Stecher, Christina Heinich, Bärbel Eckert42.542.51East 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. Time Team Country Venue Date Participants42.50East GermanyKarl-Marx-Stadt1976-05-29Marlies Oelsner, Renate Stecher, Carla Bodendorf, Martina Blos42.27East GermanyPotsdam1978-08-19Johanna Klier, Monika Hamann, Carla Bodendorf, Marlies Göhr42.10East GermanyKarl-Marx-Stadt1979-06-10Marita Koch, Romy Schneider, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr42.09East GermanyTurin1979-08-04Christina Brehmer, Romy Schneider, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr42.09East GermanyEast Berlin1980-07-09Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr41.85East GermanyPotsdam1980-07-13Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr41.60East GermanyMoscow1980-08-01Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr41.53East GermanyEast Berlin1983-07-31Silke Gladisch, Marita Koch, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr41.37East GermanyCanberra1985-10-06Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr40.82United StatesLondon2012-08-10Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter

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