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. ^[1] 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.

Time	Auto	Team	Country	Venue	Date	Participants [2][3]
53.2		Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovakia	Paris	1922-05-21	Marie Mejzlíková I, Marie Bakovská, Marie Jirásková, Marie Mejzlíková II
51.4+		Great Britain & N.I.	United Kingdom	Paris	1922-08-20	Mary Lines, Daisy Leach, Gwendoline Porter, Nora Callebout
50.4		Berliner Sport-Club	Germany	Cologne	1926-07-11	Lilli Henoch, Charlotte Köhler, Gerda Pöting, Cläre Voss
49.8y		Great Britain & N.I.	United Kingdom	Gothenburg	1926-08-29	Dorothy Scouler, Florence Haynes, Eileen Edwards, Rose Thompson
50.0		Viktoria Magdeburg	Germany	Breslau	1927-08-07	Anneliese Jacke, Lieselotte Hellmann, Rose Drieling, Ilse Drieling
50.0		Linnets Saint-Maur	France	Paris	1928-07-15	Georgette Gagneux, Lucienne Velu, Simone Warnier, Marguerite Radideau
49.8		TSV 1860 München	Germany	Berlin	1928-07-15	Rosa Kellner, Luise Holzer, Agathe Karrer, Lisa Gelius
48.4		Canada	Canada	Amsterdam	1928-08-05	Fanny Rosenfeld, Etle Smith, Florence Bell, Myrtle Cook
49.0		Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	Mannheim	1929-06-30	Ottilie Fleischer, Detta Lorenz, Emmy Haux, Charlotte Köhler
49.0		TSV 1860 München	Germany	Frankfurt	1929-07-21	Rosa Kellner, Luise Holzer, Agathe Karrer, Lisa Gelius
48.8		TSV 1860 München	Germany	Nuremberg	1930-07-20	Rosa Kellner, Luise Holzer, Agathe Karrer, Lisa Gelius
46.9		United States	United States	Los Angeles	1932-08-07	Mary Carew, Evelyn Furtsch, Annette Rogers, Billie von Bremen
46.5		Germany	Germany	Cologne	1936-06-21	Emmy Albus, Käthe Krauß, Marie Dollinger, Grete Winkels
46.4		Germany	Germany	Berlin	1936-08-08	Emmy Albus, Käthe Krauß, Marie Dollinger, Ilse Dörffeldt
46.1	46.23	Australia	Australia	Helsinki	1952-07-27	Shirley de la Hunty, Verna Johnston, Winsome Cripps, Marjorie Jackson
45.9	46.14	United States	United States	Helsinki	1952-07-27	Mae Faggs, Barbara Jones, Janet Moreau, Catherine Hardy
45.9	46.18	West Germany	West Germany	Helsinki	1952-07-27	Ursula Knab, Maria Sander, Helga Klein, Marga Petersen
45.6		Soviet Union	Soviet Union	Budapest	1953-09-20	Vera Kalashnikova, Sinaida Safronova, Nadezhda Khnykina, Irina Turova
45.6		Soviet Union	Soviet Union	Moscow	1955-09-11	Lidia Polinitschenko, Galina Vinogradova, Sinaida Safronova, Maria Itkina
45.2		Soviet Union	Soviet Union	Kiev	1956-07-27	Vera Krepkina, Olga Kosheleva, Maria Itkina, Irina Botskarova
45.1		Germany	Germany	Dresden	1956-09-30	Erika Fisch, Gisela Köhler, Christa Stubnick, Bärbel Mayer
44.9	45.00	Australia	Australia	Melbourne	1956-12-01	Shirley de la Hunty, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor, Betty Cuthbert
44.9	45.07	Germany	Germany	Melbourne	1956-12-01	Maria Sander, Christa Stubnick, Gisela Köhler, Bärbel Mayer
44.5	44.65	Australia	Australia	Melbourne	1956-12-01	Shirley de la Hunty, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor, Betty Cuthbert
44.4	44.51	United States	United States	Rome	1960-09-07	Martha Hudson, Lucinda Williams, Barbara Jones, Wilma Rudolph
44.3		United States	United States	Moscow	1961-07-15	Willye White, Ernestine Pollards, Vivianne Brown, Wilma Rudolph
43.9	43.92	United States	United States	Tokyo	1964-10-21	Willye White, Wyomia Tyus, Marilyn White, Edith McGuire
43.9		Soviet Union	Soviet Union	Leninakan	1968-08-16	Lilia Tkatshenko, Galina Bukharina, Vera Popkova, Lyudmila Samotyosova
43.6		Soviet Union	Soviet Union	Mexico City	1968-09-27	Lyudmila Zharkova, Galina Bukharina, Vera Popkova, Lyudmila Samotyosova
43.4	43.50	United States	United States	Mexico City	1968-10-19	Barbara Ferrell, Margaret Bailes, Mildrette Netter, Wyomia Tyus
43.4	43.49	Netherlands	Netherlands	Mexico City	1968-10-19	Wilma van den Berg, Mieke Sterk, Truus Hennipman, Corrie Bakker
42.8	42.88	United States	United States	Mexico City	1968-10-20	Barbara Ferrell, Margaret Bailes, Mildrette Netter, Wyomia Tyus
42.8	42.81	West Germany	West Germany	Munich	1972-09-10	Christiane Krause, Ingrid Mickler-Becker, Annegret Richter, Heide Rosendahl
42.6		East Germany	East Germany	Potsdam	1973-09-01	Petra Kandarr, Renate Stecher, Christina Heinich, Doris Selmigkeit
42.6		East Germany	East Germany	East Berlin	1974-08-24	Doris Maletzki, Renate Stecher, Christina Heinich, Bärbel Eckert
42.5	42.51	East Germany	East Germany	Rome	1974-09-08	Doris Maletzki, Renate Stecher, Christina Heinich, Bärbel Eckert

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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.^[1]

Time	Team	Country	Venue	Date	Participants[2]
42.50	East Germany	East Germany	Karl-Marx-Stadt	1976-05-29	Marlies Oelsner, Renate Stecher, Carla Bodendorf, Martina Blos
42.27	East Germany	East Germany	Potsdam	1978-08-19	Johanna Klier, Monika Hamann, Carla Bodendorf, Marlies Göhr
42.10	East Germany	East Germany	Karl-Marx-Stadt	1979-06-10	Marita Koch, Romy Schneider, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr
42.09	East Germany	East Germany	Turin	1979-08-04	Christina Brehmer, Romy Schneider, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr
42.09	East Germany	East Germany	East Berlin	1980-07-09	Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr
41.85	East Germany	East Germany	Potsdam	1980-07-13	Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr
41.60	East Germany	East Germany	Moscow	1980-08-01	Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr
41.53	East Germany	East Germany	East Berlin	1983-07-31	Silke Gladisch, Marita Koch, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr
41.37	East Germany	East Germany	Canberra	1985-10-06	Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr
40.82	United States	United States	London	2012-08-10[4]	Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter

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