The following table shows the world record progression in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay. The first world record in the event was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1969. 15 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.
Records since 1969 TimeAutoTeamCountryVenueDateParticipants3:47.4MoscowMoscow1969-05-30Ljubov Finogenova, Tatjana Medvedeva, Tamara Voitenko, Olga Klein3:43.2LatviaMinsk1969-06-01Lilita Zāģere, Anna Dundare, Ingrīda Verbele, Sarmīte Štūla3:37.6Great Britain & N.I.London1969-06-22Jenny Pawsey, Pauline Attwood, Janet Simpson, Lillian Board3:34.2FranceColombes1969-07-06Michele Mombet, Éliane Jacq, Nicole Duclos, Colette Besson3:33.9West GermanyPiraeus1969-09-19Christa Czekay, Antje Gleichfeld, Inge Eckhoff, Christel Frese3:30.83:30.82Great Britain & N.I.Piraeus1969-09-20Rosemary Stirling, Pat Lowe, Janet Simpson, Lillian Board3:30.83:30.85FranceAthens1969-09-20Bernadette Martin, Nicole Duclos, Éliane Jacq, Colette Besson3:29.33:29.28East GermanyHelsinki1971-08-15Rita Kühne, Ingelore Lohse, Helga Seidler, Monika Zehrt3:28.8East GermanyColombes1972-07-05Dagmar Käsling, Rita Kühne, Monika Zehrt, Brigitte Rohde3:28.53:28.48East GermanyMunich1972-09-09Dagmar Käsling, Rita Kühne, Helga Seidler, Monika Zehrt3:23.03:22.95East GermanyMunich1972-09-10Dagmar Käsling, Rita Kühne, Helga Seidler, Monika Zehrt3:19.23:19.23East GermanyMontreal1976-07-31Doris Maletzki, Brigitte Rohde, Ellen Streidt, Christina Brehmer3:19.04East GermanyAthens1982-09-11Kirsten Siemon, Sabine Busch, Dagmar Rübsam, Marita Koch3:15.92East GermanyErfurt1984-06-03Gesine Walther, Sabine Busch, Dagmar Rübsam, Marita Koch3:15.17Soviet UnionSeoul1988-10-01Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina
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