List of European swimming records for the 4 × 100 meter freestyle

The swimming European records for the 4 × 100 m freestyle are the best times in the 4 × 100 m freestyle swimming discipline . They are recognized by the European swimming federation LEN . European records are held separately for long courses (50 m) and short courses (25 m) and separately for men and women. The following shows the development of the European record since the first recognized European record.

Long course European records men

Men's European records over 4 × 100 m freestyle (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Zoltan Kiss , Gyula Dienes , Árpád Lengyel , Ferenc Csik	Hungary	04: 10.2	June 26, 1937	Budapest
2	Gyula Zolyomi , Istvan Korosi , Ödön Gróf , Ferenc Csik	Hungary	04: 06.6	August 15, 1937	Budapest
3	Hermann Heibel , Hans Freese , Eduard Askamp , Helmuth Fischer	German Empire	04: 03.6	March 5, 1938	Bremen
4th	Otto Wille , Werner Birr , Werner Plath , Kurt von Eckenbrecher	German Empire	04: 02.4	April 1, 1938	Copenhagen
5	Gyula Zolyomi , Ferenc Csik , Istvan Korosi , Ödön Gróf	Hungary	04: 02.0	July 14, 1938	Budapest
6th	Georges Vallerey , Vallerey, Babey, Alex Jany	France	03: 56.8	December 15, 1946	Toulouse
7th	László Gyongyosi , Imre Nyéki , Zoltán Szilárd , Géza Kádas	Hungary	03: 56.8	August 20, 1949	Budapest
8th	Vyacheslav Kurennoy , Pyotr Breus , Bogacew, Lev Balandin	Soviet Union	03: 49.3	March 9, 1954	Stockholm
9	Igor Lushkovsky , Gennadi Nikolajew , Victor Polevoy , Vitaly Sorokin	Soviet Union	03: 47.40	July 23, 1958	Moscow
10	Vitaly Sorokin , Victor Polevoy , Morgacew, Igor Lushkovsky	Soviet Union	03: 47.10	August 16, 1959	Moscow
11	Gyula Dobay , György Müller , Slanka, László Lantos	Hungary	03: 46.9	September 18, 1960	Budapest
12	Uwe Jacobsen , Hermann Haverkamp , Hans-Joachim Klein , Gerhard Hetz	BR Germany	03: 45.5	May 24, 1962	Moscow
13	Alain Gottvallès , Gérard Gropaiz , Jean-Pierre Curtillet , Robert Christophe	France	03: 42.5	August 10, 1962	Thionville
14th	Alain Gottvallès , Gérard Gropaiz , Robert Christophe , Jean-Pierre Curtillet	France	03: 42.5	September 13, 1964	Budapest
15th	Horst-Günter Gregor , Peter Sommer , Udo Poser , Frank Wiegand	GDR	03: 38.1	August 31, 1965	Leipzig
16	Viktor Masanov , Leonid Ilyichev , Vladimir Berezin , Vladimir Shuvalov	Soviet Union	03: 28.89	March 22, 1966	Moscow
17th	Frank Wiegand , Udo Poser , Horst-Günter Gregor , Peter Sommer	GDR	03: 36.8	August 26, 1966	Utrecht
18th	Sergei Gusew , Semjon Beliz-Geiman , Georgi Kulikow , Leonid Ilyichov	Soviet Union	03: 35.6	September 21, 1967	Tbilisi
	Leonid Ilyichov , Sergei Gusew , Yevgeny Spiridonow , Georgi Kulikow			3rd April 1968	Tallinn
19th	Vladimir Bure , Vladimir Krivtsov , Rybakov, Andrei Smirnov	Soviet Union	03: 28.89	March 14, 1975	Dresden
20th	Vladimir Bure , Andrei Smirnov , Andrei Krylow , Andrei Bogdanow	Soviet Union	03: 26.6	March 12, 1976	Tallinn
21st	Klaus Steinbach , Andreas Schmidt , Jürgen Könnecker , Peter Nocke	BR Germany	03: 26.57	August 16, 1977	Jonkoping
22nd	Per Wikström , Per-Alvar Magnusson , I. Andersson, Anders Holmertz	Sweden	03: 26.34	September 1, 1979	Tokyo
23	Sergey Krasyuk , Andrei Krylow , Alexei Markowski , Sergei Kopljakow	Soviet Union	03: 24.39	March 2, 1980	Leningrad
24	Michael Groß , Peter Knust , Wilfried Kuhlem , Andreas Schmidt	BR Germany	03: 23.87	July 29, 1981	Heidelberg
25th	Sergey Krasyuk , Alexei Markowski , Sergei Kopljakow , Sergey Smiriagin	Soviet Union	03: 21.69	August 21, 1981	Kiev
26th	Sergey Smiriagin , Sergei Krasyuk , Vladimir Tkachenko , Alexei Markovsky	Soviet Union	03: 20.88	July 25, 1983	Rome
27	Sergey Smiriagin , Sergey Krasyuk , Alexei Markowski , Kurbatov	Soviet Union	03: 20.19	23rd August 1984	Moscow
28	Dirk Richter , Thomas Flemming , Steffen Zesner , Sven Lodziewski	GDR	03: 19.17	July 21, 1987	Strasbourg
29	Gennady Prigoda , Yuri Bashkatov , Nikolai Evsejew , Vladimir Tkachenko	Soviet Union	03: 17.11	July 23, 1991	Seoul
30th	Pawel Chnykin , Gennadi Prigoda , Weniamin Tajanowitsch , Alexander Popow	Soviet Union	03: 17.11	July 23, 1991	Athens
31	Roman Jegorow , Alexander Popow , Wladimir Predkin , Wladimir Pyschnenko	Russia	03: 17.06	July 23, 1996	Atlanta
32	Alexander Popov , Roman Egorov , Denis Pimankov , Vladimir Pyschnenko	Russia	03: 16.85	July 22, 1997	Seville
33	Johan Kenkhuis , Mark Veens , Marcel Wouda , Pieter van den Hoogenband	Netherlands	03: 16.27	July 26, 1999	Istanbul
34	Mark Veens , Johan Kenkhuis , Klaas-Erik Zwering , Pieter van den Hoogenband	Netherlands	03: 14.56	July 22, 2001	Fukuoka
35	Alexander Popov , Denis Pimankov , Ivan Usov , Andrei Kapralov	Russia	03: 14.06	July 20, 2003	Barcelona
36	Massimiliano Rosolino , Alessandro Calvi , Christian Galenda , Filippo Magnini	Italy	03: 14.04	March 25, 2007	Melbourne
37	Amaury Leveaux , Fabien Gilot , Frédérick Bousquet , Alain Bernard	France	03: 12.54	June 19, 2008	Paris
38	Amaury Leveaux , Grégory Mallet , Boris Steimetz , Frédérick Bousquet	France	03: 12.36	August 10, 2008	Beijing
39	Amaury Leveaux , Fabien Gilot , Frédérick Bousquet , Alain Bernard	France	03: 08.32	August 11, 2008	Beijing

(This list is not yet complete)

Long course European records for women

European records for women in the 4 × 100 m freestyle (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Isabella Moore , Jennie Fletcher , Annie Speirs , Irene Steer	United Kingdom	05: 52.8	July 15, 1912	Stockholm
2	Jopie Selbach , Anna Timmermans , Rie Mastenbroek , Willy den Ouden	Netherlands	04: 33.3	April 14, 1934	Rotterdam
3	Jopie Selbach , Rie Mastenbroek , Catherina Wagner , Willy den Ouden	Netherlands	04: 32.8	May 24, 1936	Rotterdam
4th	Elvi Svendsen , Gunvor Kraft , Birte Ove-Petersen , Ragnhild Hveger	Denmark	04: 29.7	0February 8, 1938	Copenhagen
5	Eva Arndt , Gunvor Kraft , Birte Ove-Petersen , Ragnhild Hveger	Denmark	04: 27.6	0August 7, 1938	Copenhagen
6th	Mária Littomericzky , Éva Novák , Éva Székely , Katalin Szöke	Hungary	04: 27.2	April 27, 1952	Moscow
7th	Ilona Novák , Judit Temes , Éva Novák , Katalin Szőke	Hungary	04: 24.4	0August 1, 1952	Helsinki
8th	Hennie van der Velde , Willy Lambour , Sieta Posthumus , Cocky van Engelsdorp-Gastelaars	Netherlands	04: 18.20	June 11, 1960	Leipzig
9	Diana Wilkinson , Adrienne Branner , Jennifer Thompson , Linda Amos	United Kingdom	04: 17.6	August 24, 1962	Leipzig
10	Cocky van Engelsdorp-Gastelaars , Adrie Lasterie , Erica Terpstra , Ineke Tigelaar	Netherlands	04: 15.1	August 25, 1962	Leipzig
11	Ann-Christine Hagberg , Thunell, Majvor Welander , Sabine Steinbach	Sweden	04: 14.0	0August 8, 1963	Stockholm
12	Paulina van der Wildt , Erica Terpstra , Ineke Tigelaar , Wilhelmina van Weerdenburg	Netherlands	04: 12.3	June 27, 1964	Groningen
13	Paulina van der Wildt , Catharina Beumer , Wilhelmina van Weerdenburg , Erica Terpstra	Netherlands	04: 12.0	October 15, 1964	Tokyo
14th	Sipchenko, Rudenko, Natalja Ustinowa , Tamara Sosnowa	Soviet Union	04: 11.3	August 27, 1966	Utrecht
	Mietta Strumolo , Mara Sacchi , Camino, Berti	Italy		17th September 1967	Sanremo
15th	Uta Schmuck , Gabriele Wetzko , Gabriele Perthes , Iris Komor	GDR	04: 04.68	04th April 1968	Tallinn
16	Magdolna Patoh , T. Kovacs, Andrea Gyarmati , Judit Turoczy	Hungary	04: 02.6	August 24, 1969	Budapest
17th	Gabriele Wetzko , Iris Komor , Elke Sehmisch , Carola Schulze	GDR	04: 00.8	September 11, 1970	Barcelona
18th	Andrea Eife , Sylvia Eichner , Elke Sehmisch , Kornelia Ender	GDR	03: 58.11	August 30, 1972	Munich
19th	Gabriele Wetzko , Andrea Eife , Elke Sehmisch , Kornelia Ender	GDR	03: 55.55	August 30, 1972	Munich
20th	Andrea Eife , Andrea Hübner , Sylvia Eichner , Kornelia Ender	GDR	03: 52.45	0September 8, 1973	Belgrade
21st	Kornelia Ender , Barbara Krause , Claudia Hempel , Angela Franke ,	GDR	03: 52.23	March 14, 1975	Dresden
22nd	Ute Brückner , Barbara Krause , Claudia Hempel , Kornelia Ender	GDR	03: 49.37	July 26, 1975	Cali
23	Rosemarie Gabriel , Andrea Pollack , Monika Seltmann , Barbara Krause	GDR	03: 48.8	0June 2nd 1976	Berlin
24	Kornelia Ender , Petra Priemer , Andrea Pollack , Claudia Hempel	GDR	03: 45.5	July 25, 1976	Montreal
25th	Barbara Krause , Sarina Hülsenbeck , Caren Metschuck , Carmela Schmidt	GDR	03: 45.19	July 27, 1980	Moscow
26th	Barbara Krause , Caren Metschuck , Ines Diers , Sarina Hülsenbeck	GDR	03: 42.71	July 27, 1980	Moscow
27	Birgit Meineke , Kristin Otto , Karen König , Heike Friedrich	GDR	03: 42.41	August 21, 1984	Moscow
28	Karen König , Sabina Schulze , Heike Friedrich , Kristin Otto	GDR	03: 40.57	August 19, 1986	Madrid
29	Manon van Rooijen , Wilma van Rijn , Thamar Henneken , Inge de Bruijn	Netherlands	03: 39.83	July 16, 2000	Sydney
30th	Katrin Meissner , Petra Dallmann , Sandra Völker , Franziska van Almsick	Germany	03: 36.0	July 29, 2002	Berlin
31	Petra Dallmann , Daniela Götz , Britta Steffen , Annika Liebs	Germany	03: 35.22	July 31, 2006	Budapest
32	Inge Dekker , Ranomi Kromowidjojo , Femke Heemskerk , Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands	03: 33.62	March 18, 2008	Eindhoven
33	Inge Dekker , Ranomi Kromowidjojo , Femke Heemskerk , Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands	03: 31.72	July 26, 2009	Rome

(This list is not yet complete)

Long course European records mixed

European records of the mixed relays over 4 × 100 m freestyle (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Luca Dotto , Luca Leonardi , Erika Ferraioli , Giada Galizi	Italy	03: 25.02	22nd August 2014	Berlin
2	Sebastiaan Verschuren , Joost Reijns , Ranomi Kromowidjojo , Femke Heemskerk	Netherlands	03: 23.10	August 8, 2015	Kazan
3	Ben Schwietert , Kyle Stolk , Femke Heemskerk , Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	03: 21.81	29th July 2017	Budapest

Short course European records for men

Men's European records over 4 × 100 m freestyle (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Gunnar Werner , Michael Söderlund , Andreas Holmertz , Göran Titus	Sweden	03: 16.46	December 14, 1986	Malmo
2	Gennadi Prigoda , Alexei Borislavski , Weniamin Tajanowitsch , Vladimir Tkachenko	Soviet Union	03: 15.07	December 13, 1987	Monte Carlo
3	Gunnar Werner , Andreas Holmertz , Michael Söderlund , Joakim Holmqvist	Sweden	03: 14.00	March 19, 1989	Malmo
4th	Johan Nystrom , Lars Frölander , Mattias Ohlin , Stefan Nystrand	Sweden	03: 09.57	March 16, 2000	Athens
5	Robert Lijesen , Bas van Velthoven , Mitja Zastrow , Robin van Aggele	Netherlands	03: 09.18	April 9, 2008	Manchester
6th	Grégory Mallet , Fabien Gilot , William Meynard , Frédérick Bousquet	France	03: 04.98	December 20, 2008	Istres
7th	Alain Bernard , Frédérick Bousquet , Fabien Gilot , Yannick Agnel	France	03: 04.78	December 15, 2010	Dubai
8th	Clément Mignon , Fabien Gilot , Florent Manaudou , Mehdy Metella	France	03: 03.78	3rd December 2014	Doha

(This list is not yet complete)

European short course records women

European records for women in the 4 × 100 m freestyle (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Sabina Schulze , Katrin Meissner , Daniela Hunger , Manuela Stellmach	GDR	03: 38.77	December 12, 1987	Monte Carlo
2	Simone Osygus , Antje Buschschulte , Katrin Meissner , Sandra Völker	Germany	03: 34.69	April 19, 1997	Gothenburg
3	Inge Dekker , Hinkelien Schreuder , Chantal Groot , Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands	03: 33.32	April 8, 2006	Shanghai
4th	Hinkelien Schreuder , Femke Heemskerk , Ranomi Kromowidjojo , Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands	03: 30.85	December 9, 2007	Eindhoven
5	Hinkelien Schreuder , Femke Heemskerk , Inge Dekker , Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands	03: 29.42	April 12, 2008	Manchester
6th	Hinkelien Schreuder , Inge Dekker , Ranomi Kromowidjojo , Marleen Veldhuis	Netherlands	03: 28.22	December 19, 2008	Amsterdam
7th	Inge Dekker , Femke Heemskerk , Maud van der Meer , Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	03: 26.53	5th December 2014	Doha

(This list is not yet complete)

See also

• List of European swimming records
• List of swimming world records
• List of swimming world records over 4 × 100 meters freestyle
• Freestyle swimming

Web links

• Official list of the European swimming records on the long course (LEN) (PDF file; 22 kB)
• Official list of European swimming records on the short course (LEN) (PDF file; 22 kB)
• Official rankings of the LEN and other national associations in Europe
• Historical development of the European swimming records, www.agendadiana.com (Italian)
• Historical development of the European swimming records, www.zwemkroniek.com (Dutch)