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Athletics (Track & Field) World Records



Women's 4 x 100m. Relay. World Record Progression

Electronic timing (Official from 1 Jan 1975):

 TIME                  COUNTRY	                        DATE	     VENUE
41.37        German Democratic Republic       06 Oct 85   Canberra
41.53        German Democratic Republic       31 Jul 83   Berlin
41.60        German Democratic Republic       01 Aug 80   Moscow
41.85        German Democratic Republic       13 Jul 80   Potsdam
42.09        German Democratic Republic       09 Jul 80   Berlin
42.09        German Democratic Republic       04 Aug 79   Torino
42.10        German Democratic Republic       10 Jun 79   Karl-Marx-Stadt
42.27        German Democratic Republic       19 Aug 78   Potsdam
42.50        German Democratic Republic       29 May 76   Karl-Marx-Stadt
42.51        German Democratic Republic       08 Sep 74   Rome

The following mark was the final performance of the hand-timing era to be
 ratified by the IAAF as a world record: 
42.5a(42.51) German Democratic Republic       08 Sep 74   Rome 
 
IAAF era:                                 
 
42.6         German Democratic Republic       24 Aug 74   Berlin
44.2y        USSR                             05 Jul 74   Durham, NC
42.6         German Democratic Republic       01 Sep 73   Potsdam
42.8a(42.81) Federal Republic of Germany      10 Sep 72   Münich
44.7y        Tennessee State TC, USA          09 Jul 71   Bakersfield
42.8a(42.88) United States                    20 Oct 68   México City
43.4a(43.49) Netherlands                      19 Oct 68   México City
43.4a(43.50) United States                    19 Oct 68   México City
43.6         USSR                             27 Sep 68   México City
45.0y        Great Britain & N.Ireland        14 Sep 68   Portsmouth
43.9         USSR                             16 Aug 68   Leninakan
43.9(43.92)  United States                    21 Oct 64   Tokyo
43.6(43.69)  Poland                           21 Oct 64   Tokyo
44.2         Poland                           13 Sep 64   Lódz
45.2y        Great Britain & N.Ireland        05 Aug 63   London
44.3         United States                    15 Jul 61   Moscow
44.4(44.51)  United States                    07 Sep 60   Rome
45.3y(45.37) England                          26 Jul 58   Cardiff
45.6y        Australia                        05 Dec 56   Sydney
44.5(44.65)  Australia                        01 Dec 56   Melbourne
44.9(45.07)  Germany                          01 Dec 56   Melbourne
44.9(45.00)  Australia                        01 Dec 56   Melbourne
45.1         Germany                          30 Sep 56   Dresden
45.2         Great Britain & N.Ireland        29 Sep 56   Budapest
45.2         German Democratic Republic       12 Aug 56   Erfurt
45.2         USSR                             27 Jul 56   Kiev
45.6         USSR                             11 Sep 55   Moscow
45.6         USSR                             20 Sep 53   Budapest
46.3y        Australia                        04 Aug 52   London
45.9(46.18)  Germany                          27 Jul 52   Helsinki
45.9(46.14)  United States                    27 Jul 52   Helsinki
46.1(46.22)  Australia                        27 Jul 52   Helsinki
46.9y        Australia                        05 Jul 52   London
47.3y        South Africa                     26 Mar 51   Pretoria
47.4y        Netherlands                      27 Jul 48   Rijswijk
48.4y        New South Wales, Austalia        26 Jan 48   Sydney
48.8y        Netherlands                      18 May 44   Amsterdam
46.4         Germany                          08 Aug 36   Berlin
49.8y        Great Britain & N.Ireland        09 Aug 36   Göthenberg

FSFI era:                     
 
46.5         Germany                          21 Jun 36   Cologne
46.6         Germany                          21 Jun 36   Cologne
48.6y        Chicago Park District, USA       02 Jul 34   Toronto
48.7y        Silverwood Lakesiders TC, Canada 03 Sep 33   Toronto
46.9         United States                    07 Aug 32   Los Angeles
49.4y        Illinois Women AA, USA           16 Jul 32   Chicago
49.4y        Millrose AA, USA                 04 Jul 30   Dallas
48.4         Canada                           04 Aug 28   Amsterdam
49.3         Canada                           04 Aug 28   Amsterdam
49.8         TSV Münich 1860 Germany          15 Jul 28   Berlin
50.0         Linnets Saint-Maur, France       15 Jul 28   Paris
49.8         Germany                          10 Jun 28   Braunschweig
49.9         Germany                          03 Jun 28   Berlin
50.0         Viktoria Magdeburg, Germany      07 Aug 27   Breslau
49.8y        Great Britain & N.Ireland        29 Aug 26   Göthenberg
50.2y        Great Britain & N.Ireland        29 Aug 26   Göthenberg
50.4         Berliner Sport-Club, Germany     11 Jul 26   Cologne
50.2y        Toronto Ladies Club, Canada      19 Sep 25   Toronto
51.0y        George School, USA                    1924   Georgetown
51.4/51.8y   Great Britain & N.Ireland        20 Aug 22   Paris
53.2         Czechoslovakia                   21 May 22   Paris
53.8y        Leonia High School, USA               1922   Oaksmere    
   
 The following times in brackets are those set at low altitude 
while a high altitude record was standing.

42.88        German Democratic Republic       09 Sep 72   Münich
43.3a(43.28) Federal Republic of Germany      15 Aug 71   Helsinki
43.5         German Democratic Republic       05 Aug 71   Berlin
43.6a(43.61) German Democratic Republic       20 Sep 69   Athens 

# Record retrospectively disallowed following the exclusion of Ewa Klobukowska 
'y' = 4 x 110 yards 



Womens 4x100m Steeplechase World Records Progression
Les progressions des records du monde d'athlétisme
Récords Mundials de Atletismo
Leichtathletik Weltrekorde

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