List of swimming world records over 4 × 100 meters

The swimming world records over 4 × 100 meters are the best times swum in the swimming discipline 4 × 100 meters. They are recognized by the international swimming federation FINA . World records are held separately for long courses (50 m) and short courses (25 m) and separately for men and women. In the following, the world record development since the first recognized world record is listed.

Long track world records men

World records for men 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	G. Kuvaldin, Vladimir Minashkin , Vladimir Struschanow , Lev Balandin	Soviet Union	04: 14.8	August 14, 1956	Moscow
9	Katsuki Ishikara , Masaru Furukawa , Kazuo Tomita , Takashi Ishimoto	Japan	04: 17.8	September 7, 1957	Tokyo
10	K. Hase, Takashi Ishimoto , Masaru Furukawa , M. Koga	Japan	04: 17.2	May 28, 1958	Tokyo
11		Japan	04: 16.7	June 29, 1958	los Angeles
12	Terry Gathercole , John Monckton , John Devitt , Brian Wilkinson	Australia	04: 14.2	July 25, 1958	Cardiff
13	Brian Wilkinson , Terry Gathercole , John Devitt , John Monckton	Australia	04: 10.4	August 22, 1958	Osaka
14th	Frank McKinney , Mike Troy , Peter Sintz , Chet Jastremski	United States	04: 09.2	July 24, 1960	Toledo
15th	Paul Hait , Steve Clark , David Gillanders , Robert Bennett	United States	04: 08.2	August 27, 1960	Rome
16	Frank McKinney , Paul Hait , Lance Larson , Jeff Farrell	United States	04: 05.4	September 1, 1960	Rome
17th	Lary Schulhof , Tom Stock , Peter Sintz , Chet Jastremski	United States	04: 03.0	August 20, 1961	los Angeles
18th	Tom Stock , Fred Schmidt , Peter Sintz , Chet Jastremski	United States	04: 01.6	August 12, 1962	Cuyahoga Falls
19th	Bill Craig , Richard McGeagh , Walter Richardson , Steve Clark	United States	04: 00.1	August 24, 1963	Osaka
20th	Tom Mann , Bill Craig , Fred Schmidt , Steve Clark	United States	03: 58.4	October 16, 1964	Tokyo
21st	Ken Walsh , Ken Merten , Doug Russell , Charles Hickcox	United States	03: 57.2	August 31, 1967	Tokyo
22nd	Roland Matthes , Egon Henninger , Horst-Günter Gregor , Frank Wiegand	GDR	03: 56.5	November 7, 1967	Leipzig
23	Charles Hickcox , Don McKenzie , Doug Russell , Ken Walsh	United States	03: 54.9	October 26, 1968	Mexico city
24	Roland Matthes , Klaus Katzur , Udo Poser , Lutz Unger	GDR	03: 54.4	September 8, 1970	Barcelona
25th	Mark Spitz , Jerry Heidenreich , Peter Dahlberg , Charles F. Campbell	United States	03: 50.4	3rd September 1971	Leipzig
26th	Mike Stamm , Tom Bruce , Mark Spitz , Jerry Heidenreich	United States	03: 48.16	4th September 1972	Munich
27	Chris Woo , Peter Rocca , Joseph Bottom , Jack Babashoff	United States	03: 47.28	July 22, 1976	Montreal
28	John Naber , John Hencken , Matt Vogel , James Montgomery	United States	03: 42.22	July 22, 1976	Montreal
29	Rick Carey , Steve Lundquist , Matt Gribble , Rowdy Gaines	United States	03: 40.84	August 8, 1982	Guayaquil
30th	Rick Carey , Steve Lundquist , Matt Gribble , Rowdy Gaines	United States	03: 40.42	22nd August 1983	Caracas
31	Rick Carey , Steve Lundquist , Pablo Morales , Rowdy Gaines	United States	03: 39.30	4th August 1984	los Angeles
32	Pablo Morales , John Moffet , Rick Carey , Matt Biondi	United States	03: 38.28	August 18, 1985	Tokyo
33	David Berkoff , Richard Schroeder , Matt Biondi , Christopher Jacobs	United States	03: 36.93	September 25, 1988	Seoul
34	Jeff Rouse , Jeremy Linn , Mark Henderson , Gary Hall junior	United States	03: 34.84	July 26, 1996	Atlanta
35	Lenny Krayzelburg , Ed Moses , Ian Crocker , Gary Hall junior	United States	03: 33.73	September 23, 2000	Sydney
36	Aaron Peirsol , Brendan Hansen , Michael Phelps , Jason Lezak	United States	03: 33.48	August 29, 2002	Yokohama
37	Aaron Peirsol , Brendan Hansen , Ian Crocker , Jason Lezak	United States	03: 31.54	July 27, 2003	Barcelona
38	Aaron Peirsol , Brendan Hansen , Ian Crocker , Jason Lezak	United States	03: 30.68	August 21, 2004	Athens
39	Aaron Peirsol , Brendan Hansen , Michael Phelps , Jason Lezak	United States	03: 29.34	August 17, 2008	Beijing
40	Aaron Peirsol , Eric Shanteau , Michael Phelps , David Walters	United States	03: 27.28	August 2, 2009	Rome

Long track world records women

World records for women in 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 Szöke	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 Szöke	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	United Kingdom	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	Carin Cone , Ann Bancroft , Becky Collins , Chris from Saltza	United States	04: 44.6	September 6, 1959	Chicago
15th	Lynn Burke , Patty Kempner , Carolyn Schuler , Chris von Saltza	United States	04: 41.1	September 9, 1960	Rome
16	Ingrid Schmidt , Barbara Göbel , Ute Noack , Heidi Pechstein	GDR	04: 40.1	23rd August 1962	Leipzig
17th	Ria van Velsen , Klenie Bimolt , Ada Kok , Erica Terpstra	Netherlands	04: 39.1	June 28, 1964	Groningen
18th	Judy Haroun , Claudia Kolb , Donna de Varona , Pokey Watson	United States	04: 38.1	4th July 1964	Los Altos
19th	Cathy Ferguson , Cynthia Goyette , Kathy Ellis , Martha Randall	United States	04: 34.6	September 28, 1964	los Angeles
20th	Cathy Ferguson , Cynthia Goyette , Sharon Stouder , Kathy Ellis	United States	04: 33.9	October 18, 1964	Tokyo
21st	Kendis Moore , Catie Ball , Ellie Daniel , Wendy Fordyce	United States	04: 30.0	July 30, 1967	Winnipeg
22nd	Kaye Hall , Catie Ball , Ellie Daniel , Susan Pedersen	United States	04: 28.1	September 14, 1968	Colorado Springs
23	Sue Atwood , Kim Brecht , Alice Jones , Cindy Schilling	United States	04: 27.4	September 1, 1970	Tokyo
24	Claudia Clevenger , Sue Atwood , Ellie Daniel , Linda Johnson	United States	04: 27.3	11th September 1971	Minsk
25th	Lynn Vidali , Jane Barkman , Susan Atwood , Ellie Daniel	United States	04: 25.34	18th August 1972	Knoxville
26th	Melissa Belote , Catherine Carr , Deena Deardurff , Sandy Neilson	United States	04: 20.75	3rd September 1972	Munich
27	Ulrike Richter , Renate Vogel , Rosemarie Kother , Kornelia Ender	GDR	04: 16.84	4th September 1973	Belgrade
28	Ulrike Richter , Renate Vogel , Rosemarie Kother , Kornelia Ender	GDR	04: 13.78	August 24, 1974	Vienna
29	Monika Seltmann , Carola Nitschke , Andrea Pollack , Barbara Krause	GDR	04: 13.41	5th June 1976	Berlin
30th	Ulrike Richter , Hannelore Anke , Andrea Pollack , Kornelia Ender	GDR	04: 07.95	July 18, 1976	Montreal
31	Rica Reinisch , Ute Geweniger , Andrea Pollack , Caren Metschuck	GDR	04: 06.67	July 20, 1980	Moscow
32	Kristin Otto , Ute Geweniger , Ines Geißler , Birgit Meineke	GDR	04: 05.88	August 6, 1982	Guayaquil
33	Ina Kleber , Ute Geweniger , Ines Geißler , Birgit Meineke	GDR	04: 05.79	August 26, 1983	Rome
34	Ina Kleber , Sylvia Gerasch , Ines Geißler , Birgit Meineke	GDR	04: 03.69	August 24, 1984	Moscow
35	Lea Loveless , Anita Nall , Crissie Ahmann-Leighton , Jenny Thompson	United States	04: 02.54	July 30, 1992	Barcelona
36	Cihong He , Dai Guohong , Liu Limin , Le Jingyi	People's Republic of China	04: 01.67	September 10, 1994	Rome
37	Barbara Bedford , Megan Quann , Jenny Thompson , Dara Torres	United States	03: 58.30	September 23, 2000	Sydney
38	Giaan Rooney , Leisel Jones , Petria Thomas , Jodie Henry	Australia	03: 57.32	August 21, 2004	Athens
39	Sophie Edington , Leisel Jones , Jessicah Schipper , Lisbeth Lenton	Australia	03: 56.30	March 21, 2006	Melbourne
40	Emily Seebohm , Leisel Jones , Jessicah Schipper , Lisbeth Lenton	Australia	03: 55.74	March 31, 2007	Melbourne
41	Emily Seebohm , Leisel Jones , Jessicah Schipper , Lisbeth Lenton	Australia	03: 52.69	August 17, 2008	Beijing
42	Zhao Jing , Chen Huijia , Jiao Liuyang , Li Zhesi	People's Republic of China	03: 52.19	August 1, 2009	Rome
43	Missy Franklin , Rebecca Soni , Dana Vollmer , Allison Schmitt	United States	03: 52.05	4th August 2012	London
44	Kathleen Baker , Lilly King , Kelsi Worrell , Simone Manuel	United States	03: 51.55	July 30, 2017	Budapest
45	Regan Smith , Lilly King , Kelsi Dahlia , Simone Manuel	United States	03: 50.40	28th July 2019	Gwangju

Long track world records mixed

World records of the mixed relays over 4 × 100 m layers (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Ashley Delaney , Daniel Tranter , Alicia Coutts , Emma McKeon	Australia	03: 46.52	January 31, 2014	Perth
2	Chris Walker-Hebborn , Adam Peaty , Jemma Lowe , Francesca Halsall	United Kingdom	03: 44.02	19th August 2014	Berlin
3	Ryan Murphy , Kevin Cordes , Kendyl Stewart , Lia Neal	United States	03: 42.33	5th August 2015	Kazan
4th	Chris Walker-Hebborn , Adam Peaty , Siobhan-Marie O'Connor , Francesca Halsall	United Kingdom	03: 41.71	5th August 2015	Kazan
5	Ryan Murphy , Kevin Cordes , Kelsi Worrell , Mallory Comerford	United States	03: 40.28	July 26, 2017	Budapest
6th	Matt Grevers , Lilly King , Caeleb Dressel , Simone Manuel	United States	03: 38.56	July 26, 2017	Budapest

Short course world records men

World records for men over 4 × 100 m medley (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Aaron Peirsol , Brendan Hansen , Ian Crocker , Jason Lezak	United States	03: 25.09	September 11, 2004	Indianapolis
2	Stanislaw Donets , Sergei Geibel , Evgeni Korotyshkin , Alexander Sukhorukov	Russia	03: 24.29	April 13, 2008	Manchester
3	Jake Tapp , Joe Bartoch , Paul Kornfeld , Brent Hayden	Canada	03: 23.33	August 9, 2009	Leeds
4th	Nick Thoman , Mark Gangloff , Michael Phelps , Nathan Adrian	United States	03: 20.71	December 18, 2009	Manchester
5	Stanislaw Donets , Sergei Geibel , Evgeni Korotyshkin , Danila Isotov	Russia	03: 19.16	December 20, 2009	St. Petersburg

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course world records women

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

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Tayliah Zimmer , Jade Edmistone , Jessicah Schipper , Lisbeth Lenton	Australia	03: 51.84	April 7, 2006	Shanghai
2	Margaret Hoelzer , Jessica Hardy , Rachel Komisarz , Kara Denby	United States	03: 51.36	April 11, 2008	Manchester
3	Katie Murdoch , Annamay Pierse , Audrey Lacroix , Victoria Poon	Canada	03: 49.45	August 9, 2009	Leeds
4th	Margaret Hoelzer , Jessica Hardy , Dana Vollmer , Amanda Weir	United States	03: 47.97	December 18, 2009	Manchester
5	Natalie Coughlin , Rebecca Soni , Dana Vollmer , Missy Franklin	United States	03: 45.56	December 16, 2011	Atlanta
6th	Courtney Bartholomew , Katie Melli , Kelsi Worrell , Simone Manuel	United States	03: 45.20	December 11, 2015	Indianapolis

(This list is not yet complete)

See also

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

Web links

• Historical development of the swimming world records, www.olympic.org (English)
• Historical development of the swimming world records, www.agendadiana.it (Italian)
• Historical development of the swimming world records, www.zwemkroniek.com (Dutch)