List of European swimming records over 4 × 100 meters

The European swimming records in the 4 × 100 m individual medley are the best times in the 4 × 100 m medley 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 medley (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Gustaf Hellsing , Lennart Brock , Roy Dahl , Hakan Westesson	Sweden	04: 39.2	February 22, 1953	Helsingborg
2	Gilbert Bozon , Pierre Dumesnil , Maurice Lusien , Alex Jany	France	04: 32.2	March 22, 1953	Charleroi
3	A. Violas, Pierre Dumesnil , Julian Arene , Aldo Emäne	France	04: 31.5	April 1, 1953	Troyes
4th	Gustaf Hellsing , Lennart Brock , Göran Larsson , Per-Olof Östrand	Sweden	04: 30.8	April 17, 1953	Lund
5	Gustaf Hellsing , Lennart Brock , Göran Larsson , Per-Olof Östrand	Sweden	04: 27.8	April 24, 1953	Borås
6th	V. Lopatine, Vladimir Minashkin , P. Skripchenkov, Lev Balandin	Soviet Union	04: 24.8	May 13, 1953	Moscow
7th	V. Soloviev, Vladimir Minashkin , P. Skripchenkov, Lev Balandin	Soviet Union	04: 21.3	January 26, 1954	Moscow
8th	László Magyar , Ferenc Utassy , György Tumpek , Imre Nyéki	Hungary	04: 18.1	5th August 1954	Budapest
9	Leonid Barbijer , Vladimir Minaschkin , Jenenkov, Victor Polevoj	Soviet Union	04: 16.5	September 6, 1958	Budapest
10	Wolfgang Wagner , Günter Tittes , Horst-Günter Gregor , Frank Wiegand	GDR	04: 16.1	June 18, 1960	Berlin
11	Symar, Leonid Kolesnikow , Grigory Kiselyov , Igor Lushkovsky	Soviet Union	04: 14.0	August 6, 1960	Moscow
12	Leonid Barbijer , Leonid Kolesnikow , Markelov, Morgacev	Soviet Union	04: 11.1	September 11, 1961	Moscow
13	Symar, Leonid Kolesnikov , Valentin Kuzmin , Konoplev	Soviet Union	04: 11.1	February 22, 1962	Moscow
14th	Jürgen Dietze , Egon Henninger , Horst-Günter Gregor , Frank Wiegand	GDR	04: 09.0	August 21, 1962	Leipzig
15th	Ernst-Joachim Küppers , Holm Mrazek , Werner Freitag , Hans-Joachim Klein	BR Germany	04: 07.6	September 28, 1963	Dortmund
16	Viktor Masanow , Georgi Prokopenko , Valentin Kuzmin , Viktor Semchenkow	Soviet Union	04: 02.8	17th May 1964	Berlin
17th	Viktor Masanow , Georgi Prokopenko , Valentin Kuzmin , Leonid Ilyichov	Soviet Union	04: 00.7	March 23, 1966	Moscow
18th	Roland Matthes , Egon Henninger , Horst-Günter Gregor , Frank Wiegand	GDR	03: 56.5	November 7, 1967	Leipzig
19th	Roland Matthes , Klaus Katzur , Udo Poser , Lutz Unger	GDR	03: 54.4	September 8, 1970	Barcelona
20th	Roland Matthes , Klaus Katzur , Hartmut Flöckner , Lutz Unger	GDR	03: 53.8	4th September 1971	Leipzig
21st	Roland Matthes , Klaus Katzur , Hartmut Flöckner , Lutz Unger	GDR	03: 52.12	4th September 1972	Munich
22nd	Klaus Steinbach , Walter Kusch , Michael Kraus , Peter Nocke	BR Germany	03: 47.29	July 22, 1976	Montreal
23	Viktor Kuznetsov , Aleksandr Fedorovsky , Evgeni Seredin , Sergei Koplyakov	Soviet Union	03: 46.20	April 8, 1979	Potsdam
24	Viktor Kuznetsov , Aleksandr Fedorovsky , Evgeni Seredin , Sergei Koplyakov	Soviet Union	03: 45.99	20th August 1979	Moscow
25th	Viktor Kuznetsov , Arsens Miskarovs , Evgeni Seredin , Sergei Koplyakov	Soviet Union	03: 45.92	July 24, 1980	Moscow
26th	Viktor Kuznetsov , Yuriy Kis , Dombrowsky, Sergey Krachuk	Soviet Union	03: 44.79	23rd August 1981	Kiev
27	Viktor Kuznetsov , Yuriy Kis , Aleksey Markovskiy , Sergey Krachuk	Soviet Union	03: 44.23	September 12, 1981	Split
28	Vladimir Shemetov , Yuriy Kis , Aleksey Markovskiy , Sergey Smiriagin	Soviet Union	03: 42.86	August 7, 1982	Guayaquil
29	Vladimir Shemetov , Dimitri Volkov , Aleksey Markovskiy , Sergey Smiriagin	Soviet Union	03: 42.15	August 25, 1985	Moscow
30th	Igor Polyansky , Dimitri Volkov , Konstantin Petrow , Gennady Prigoda	Soviet Union	03: 41.51	23rd August 1987	Strasbourg
31	Igor Polyansky , Dimitri Volkov , Vadim Jaroschtschuk , Gennadi Prigoda	Soviet Union	03: 40.66	March 16, 1988	Tallinn
32	Igor Poljianski , Dimitri Volkov , Vadim Yaroschtschuk , Gennady Prigoda	Soviet Union	03: 39.96	September 25, 1988	Seoul
33	Vladimir Selkow , Vasily Ivanov , Pawel Chnykin , Alexander Popov	United team	03: 38.28	July 31, 1992	Barcelona
34	Vladimir Selkow , Vasily Iwanow , Denis Pankratow , Alexander Popow	Russia	03: 38.28	September 11, 1994	Rome
35	Vladimir Selkow , Andrei Korneev , Denis Pankratow , Alexander Popow	Russia	03: 38.11	August 27, 1995	Vienna
36	Vladimir Selkow , Roman Ivanovski , Denis Pankratow , Alexander Popow	Russia	03: 37.48	April 28, 1996	Moscow
37	Stev Theloke , Jens Kruppa , Thomas Rupprath , Torsten Spanneberg	Germany	03: 35.88	September 23, 2000	Sydney
38	Arkady Vyatchanin , Roman Ivanovski , Igor Martschenko , Alexander Popow	Russia	03: 34.72	July 27, 2003	Barcelona
39	Arkady Vyatchanin , Grigori Falko , Evgeni Korotyshkin , Andrei Grechin	Russia	03: 34.25	March 24, 2008	Eindhoven
40	Liam Tancock , Christopher Cook , Michael Rock , Simon Burnett	United Kingdom	03: 33.83	August 15, 2008	Beijing
41	Arkady Vyatchanin , Roman Sludnow , Nikolai Skworzow , Andrei Gretschin	Russia	03: 33.59	August 15, 2008	Beijing
42	Arkady Vyatchanin , Roman Sludnow , Evgeni Korotyshkin , Evgeny Lagunov	Russia	03: 31.92	August 17, 2008	Beijing
43	Benjamin Starke , Helge Meeuw , Hendrik Feldwehr , Paul Biedermann	Germany	03: 29.48	August 2, 2009	Rome
44	Benjamin Starke , Helge Meeuw , Hendrik Feldwehr , Paul Biedermann	Germany	03: 28.58	August 2, 2009	Rome

Long course European records for women

European records for women over 4 × 100 m individual medley (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Magda Hunyadfi , Klara Killermann , Éva Székely , Valéria Gyenge	Hungary	05: 10.8	July 24, 1953	Budapest
2	Magda Hunyadfi , Klara Killermann , Éva Székely , Valéria Gyenge	Hungary	05: 09.2	August 10, 1953	Bucharest
3	Judit Temes , Klara Killermann , Mária Littomericzky , Katalin Szőke	Hungary	05: 07.8	3rd August 1954	Budapest
4th	Marie-Helene Andre , Francoise Derommeleere , Odette Lusien , Josette Arene	France	05: 06.2	August 16, 1954	Marseille
5	Joke de Korte , Rika Bruins , Mary Kok , Geertje Wielema	Netherlands	05: 02.1	November 27, 1954	Rotterdam
6th	Jopie van Alphen , Rika Bruins , Atie Voorbij , Hetty Balkenende	Netherlands	05: 00.1	17th July 1955	Paris
7th	Eva Pajor , Éva Székely , Rypsyma Székely , Katalin Szőke	Hungary	04: 57.8	3rd September 1955	Budapest
8th	Lenie de Nijs , Rita Kroon , Atie Voorbij , Greetje Kraan	Netherlands	04: 54.3	November 19, 1956	Hilversum
9	Joke de Korte , Ada den Haan , Tineke Lagerberg , Cocky Gastelaars	Netherlands	04: 53.1	December 8, 1956	Zwolle
10	Greetje Kraan , Ada den Haan , Atie Voorbij , Cocky Gastelaars	Netherlands	04: 57.0	May 18, 1957	Blackpool
11	Judy Grinham , Anita Lonsbrough , Chris Gosden , Diana Wilkinson	Society. King	04: 54.0	July 25, 1958	Cardiff
12	Lenie de Nijs , Ada den Haan , Atie Voorbij , Cocky Gastelaars	Netherlands	04: 52.9	5th September 1958	Budapest
13	Ria van Velsen , Ada den Haan , Tineke Lagerberg , Cocky Gastelaars	Netherlands	04: 51.5	July 26, 1959	Waalwijk
14th	Ria van Velsen , Ada den Haan , Tineke Lagerberg , Cockie van Engelsdorp Gastelaars	Netherlands	04: 47.3	June 12, 1960	Leipzig
15th	Ingrid Schmidt , Ursula Küper , Bärbel Fuhrmann , Heidi Pechstein	GDR	04: 46.7	July 15, 1960	Leipzig
16	Veronika Holletz , Karin Beyer , Bärbel Fuhrmann , Heidi Pechstein	GDR	04: 46.4	August 6, 1961	Budapest
17th	Veronika Holletz , Ursula Küper , Ute Noack , Heidi Pechstein	GDR	04: 45.0	August 24, 1962	Moscow
18th	Veronika Holletz , Barbara Göbel , Ute Noack , Heidi Pechstein	GDR	04: 44.1	June 17, 1962	Magdeburg
19th	Veronika Holletz , Barbara Göbel , Ute Noack , Heidi Pechstein	GDR	04: 43.3	July 14, 1962	Wittenberg
20th	Ingrid Schmidt , Barbara Göbel , Ute Noack , Heidi Pechstein	GDR	04: 40.1	23rd August 1962	Leipzig
21st	Ria van Velsen , Klenie Bimolt , Ada Kok , Erica Terpstra	Netherlands	04: 39.1	June 28, 1964	Groningen
22nd	Burbelo, Galina Prozumenshchikova , Tatyana Devyatova , Rudenko	Soviet Union	04: 35.7	20th September 1967	Tbilisi
23	Gunhild Hoffmeister , Eva Wittke , Helga Lindner , Gabriele Wetzko	GDR	04: 34.8	23rd August 1969	Budapest
24	Gunhild Hoffmeister , Hannelore Putz , Helga Lindner , Gabriele Wetzko	GDR	04: 30.20	April 15, 1970	Novosibirsk
25th	Gunhild Hoffmeister , Brigitte Schuchardt , Helga Lindner , Gabriele Wetzko	GDR	04: 30.1	September 9, 1970	Barcelona
26th	Annemarie Groen , Alie te Riet , Anke Rijnders , Enith Brigitha	Netherlands	04: 30.0	April 18, 1972	Hanover
27	Christine Herbst , Renate Vogel , Roswitha Beier , Gabriele Wetzko	GDR	04: 27.58	3rd September 1972	Munich
28	Christine Herbst , Renate Vogel , Roswitha Beier , Kornelia Ender	GDR	04: 24.91	3rd September 1972	Munich
29	Ulrike Richter , Renate Vogel , Roswitha Beier , Andrea Hubner	GDR	04: 21.70	18th August 1973	Utrecht
30th	Rosemarie Kother , Kornelia Ender , Ulrike Richter , Renate Vogel	GDR	04: 16.84	4th September 1973	Belgrade
31	Rosemarie Kother , Renate Vogel , Kornelia Ender , Ulrike Richter	GDR	04: 13.78	August 24, 1974	Vienna
32	Monika Seltmann , Carola Nitschke , Andrea Pollack , Barbara Krause	GDR	04: 13.41	5th June 1976	Berlin
33	Ulrike Richter , Hannelore Anke , Kornelia Ender , Andrea Pollack	GDR	04: 07.95	June 18, 1976	Montreal
34	Rica Reinisch , Ute Geweniger , Andrea Pollack , Caren Metschuck	GDR	04: 06.67	July 20, 1980	Moscow
35	Ines Geißler , Birgit Meineke , Kristin Otto , Ute Geweniger	GDR	04: 05.88	August 6, 1982	Guayaquil
36	Ute Geweniger , Birgit Meineke , Ina Kleber , Ines Geißler	GDR	04: 05.79	August 26, 1983	Rome
37	Sylvia Gerasch , Ines Geißler , Ina Kleber , Birgit Meineke	GDR	04: 03.69	August 24, 1984	Moscow
38	Antje Buschschulte , Simone Weiler , Annika Mehlhorn , Katrin Meißner	Germany	04: 03.06	August 4, 2002	Fukuoka
39	Antje Buschschulte , Simone Weiler , Franziska van Almsick , Sandra Völker	Germany	04: 01.54	August 4, 2002	Berlin
40	Elizabeth Simmonds , Kate Haywood , Jemma Lowe , Francesca Halsall	United Kingdom	03: 59.33	March 24, 2008	Eindhoven
41	Gemma Spofforth , Kate Haywood , Jemma Lowe , Francesca Halsall	United Kingdom	03: 59.14	August 15, 2008	Beijing
42	Gemma Spofforth , Kate Haywood , Jemma Lowe , Francesca Halsall	United Kingdom	03: 57.50	August 17, 2008	Beijing
43	Daniela Samulski , Sarah Poewe , Annika Mehlhorn , Britta Steffen	Germany	03: 55.79	August 1, 2009	Rome
44	Mie Østergaard Nielsen , Rikke Møller Pedersen , Jeanette Ottesen , Pernille Blume	Denmark	03: 55.62	August 24, 2014	Berlin
45	Michelle Coleman , Jennie Johansson , Sarah Sjöström , Louise Hansson	Sweden	03: 55.24	August 9, 2015	Kazan
46	Anastassija Fessikowa , Julija Jefimowa , Swetlana Tschimrowa , Veronika Popowa	Russia	03: 53.38	July 30, 2017	Budapest

(This list is not yet complete)

Long course European records mixed

European records for mixed relays over 4 × 100 m individual medley (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Darja K. Ustinowa , Anton Tschupkow , Alexander Sadownikow , Darja S. Ustinowa	Russia	03: 49.05	July 12, 2014	Dordrecht
2	Christopher Ciccarese , Andrea Toniato , Ilaria Bianchi , Chiara Masini	Italy	03: 48.57	19th August 2014	Berlin
3	Chris Walker-Hebborn , Adam Peaty , Jemma Lowe , Francesca Halsall	United Kingdom	03: 44.02	19th August 2014	Berlin
4th	Chris Walker-Hebborn , Adam Peaty , Siobhan-Marie O'Connor , Francesca Halsall	United Kingdom	03: 41.71	5th August 2015	Kazan
5	Georgia Davies , Adam Peaty , James Guy , Siobhan-Marie O'Connor	United Kingdom	03: 41.56	July 26, 2017	Budapest
6th	Georgia Davies , Adam Peaty , James Guy , Freya Anderson	United Kingdom	03: 40.18	4th August 2018	Glasgow

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course European records for men

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

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Frank Hoffmeister , Rolf Beab , Michael Groß , André Schadt	BR Germany	03: 37.96	February 6, 1987	Bonn
2	Vladimir Selkow , Dimitri Volkov , Denis Pankratow , Roman Egorov	Russia	03: 35.36	February 12, 1993	Gelsenkirchen
3	Vladimir Selkov , Stanislav Lopukhov , Denis Pankratow , Roman Egorov	Russia	03: 32.56	April 17, 1997	Gothenburg
4th	Attias Ohlin , Patrik Isaksson , Daniel Carlsson , Lars Frölander	Sweden	03: 30.32	April 4, 1999	Hong Kong
5	Andrij Oleynik , Oleh Lissohor , Sergij Advena , Andrij Serdinow	Ukraine	03: 28.62	April 9, 2006	Shanghai
6th	Stanislaw Donets , Sergei Geibel , Evgeni Korotyshkin , Alexander Sukhorukov	Russia	03: 28.36	April 13, 2008	Manchester
7th	Stanislaw Donets , Sergei Geibel , Evgeni Korotyshkin , Alexander Sukhorukov	Russia	03: 24.29	April 13, 2008	Manchester
8th	Stanislaw Donets , Sergei Geibel , Evgeni Korotyshkin , Danila Isotov	Russia	03: 19.16	December 20, 2009	St. Petersburg

(This list is not yet complete)

European short course records women

European records for women over 4 × 100 m individual medley (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Therese Alshammar , Hanna Jaltner , Johanna Sjöberg , Malin Svahnström	Sweden	04: 02.42	April 20, 1997	Gothenburg
2	Therese Alshammar , Maria Östling , Johanna Sjöberg , Anna-Karin Kammerling	Sweden	04: 00.84	April 4, 1999	Hong Kong
3	Therese Alshammar , Emma Igelström , Johanna Sjöberg , Anna-Karin Kammerling	Sweden	03: 59.53	March 19, 2000	Athens
4th	Therese Alshammar , Emma Igelström , Anna-Karin Kammerling , Johanna Sjöberg	Sweden	03: 55.78	April 5, 2002	Moscow
5	Elizabeth Simmonds , Kate Haywood , Jemma Lowe , Francesca Halsall	United Kingdom	03: 53.02	April 11, 2008	Manchester
6th	Mie Nielsen , Rikke Møller Pedersen , Jeanette Ottesen , Pernille Blume	Denmark	03: 49.87	December 14, 2012	Istanbul
7th	Mie Nielsen , Rikke Møller Pedersen , Jeanette Ottesen , Pernille Blume	Denmark	03: 48.86	December 7, 2014	Doha

(This list is not yet complete)

See also

• List of European swimming records
• List of swimming world records
• List of German swimming records
• List of swimming world records over 4 × 100 meters
• The swimming pool

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)