List of swimming world records in the 4 × 200 meter freestyle

The swimming world records in the 4 × 200 m freestyle are the best times swum in the 4 × 200 m freestyle swimming discipline. 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 in the 4 × 200 m freestyle (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	John Derbyshire , Paul Radmilovic , William Foster , Henry Taylor	Society. King	10: 55.6	July 24, 1908	London
2		United States	10: 26.4	July 12, 1912	Stockholm
3		Australia	10: 14.0	July 12, 1912	Stockholm
4th	Cecil Healy , Malcolm Champion , Leslie Boardman , Harold Hardwick	Australia New Zealand	10: 11.6	July 15, 1912	Stockholm
5	Perry McGillivray , Pua Kela Kealoha , Norman Ross , Duke Kahanamoku	United States	10: 04.4	August 29, 1920	Antwerp
6th	Wallace O'Connor , Harry Glancy , Ralph Breyer , Johnny Weissmuller	United States	09: 53.4	July 20, 1924	Paris
7th		German Empire	09: 49.6	1927
8th	Paul Samson , Austin Clapp , David Young, Johnny Weissmuller	United States	09: 38.8	August 11, 1928	Amsterdam
9	Austin Clapp , Walter Laufer , George Kojac , Johnny Weissmuller	United States	09: 36.2	August 11, 1928	Amsterdam
10		Hungary	09: 34.0	1931
11	Yasuji Miyazaki , Masanori Yusa , Takashi Yokoyama , Hisakichi Toyoda	Japan	08: 58.4	August 9, 1932	los Angeles
12	Masanori Yusa , Shōzō Makino , S. Isiharada, H. Negami	Japan	08: 52.2	August 19, 1935	Tokyo
13	Masanori Yusa , Shigeo Sugiura , Masaharu Taguchi , Shigeo Arai	Japan	08: 51.5	August 11, 1936	Berlin
14th	Walter Ris , James McLane , Wallace Wolf , William Smith	United States	08: 46.0	August 3, 1948	London
15th	Yoshihiro Hamaguchi , Shuichi Maruyama , Shigeyuki Murayama , Hironoshin Furuhashi	Japan	08: 45.4	August 18, 1949	los Angeles
16	W. Farnsworth, L. Munson, J. Blum, R. Reid	United States	08: 43.2	February 24, 1950	New Haven
17th	Yoshihiro Hamaguchi , S. Murayama, Shiro Hashizume , Hironoshin Furuhashi	Japan	08: 40.6	April 2, 1950	Marília
18th	Joseph Bernardo , Willy Blioch , Jean Boiteux , Alex Jany	France	08: 33.0	2nd August 1951	Marseille
19th	Wayne Moore , James McLane , Donald Sheff , Dick Thoman	United States	08: 29.4	February 16, 1952	New Haven
20th	Boris Nikitin , Vladimir Struschanov , Gennady Nikolayev , Vitaly Sorokin	Soviet Union	08: 24.5	4th November 1956	Moscow
21st	Kevin O'Halloran , John Devitt , Murray Rose , Jon Henricks	Australia	08: 23.6	3rd December 1956	Melbourne
22nd	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka , Toshiro Umemoto , Makoto Fukui , Tatsuo Fujimoto	Japan	08: 21.6	July 22, 1959	Tokyo
23	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka , Makoto Fukui , K. Kenjo, Tatsuo Fujimoto	Japan	08: 18.7	July 26, 1959	Osaka
24	Alan Somers , Peter Sintz , George Breen , Mike Troy	United States	08: 17.0	July 23, 1960	Toledo
25th	David Dickson , John Konrads , Jon Henricks , Murray Rose	Australia	08: 16.6	August 6, 1960	Townsville
26th	George Harrison , Richard Blick , Mike Troy , Jeff Farrell	United States	08: 10.2	September 1, 1960	Rome
27	Tatsuo Fujimoto , Yukiaki Okabe , Makoto Fukui , Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	Japan	08: 09.8	April 21, 1963	Tokyo
28	Steve Clark , Robert Townsend , Don Schollander , Mike Wall	United States	08: 07.6	August 10, 1963	Chicago
29	R McDonough , Don Schollander , Roy Saari , Robert Townsend	United States	08: 03.7	19th August 1963	Tokyo
30th	Dave Lyons , Don Schollander , William Mettler , Mike Wall	United States	08: 01.8	September 28, 1964	los Angeles
31	Roy Saari , Gary Ilman , Don Schollander , Steve Clark	United States	07: 52.1	October 18, 1964	Tokyo
32	Gary Ilman , Mike Wall , Don Schollander , Mark Spitz	United States		1967	Oak Park
33	Greg Rogers , Mike Wenden , Graham White , Bill Devenish	Australia	07: 50.8	July 24, 1970	Edinburgh
34	Gary Hall senior , Mark Lambert , Tom McBreen , John Kinsella	United States	07: 48.0	August 28, 1970	Tokyo
35	Jerry Heidenreich , Frank Heckl , Steve Genter , Jim McConica	United States	07: 45.8	August 9, 1971	Cali
36	Jerry Heidenreich , Tom McBreen , Mark Spitz , Fred Tyler	United States	07: 43.3	September 10, 1971	Minsk
37	John Kinsella , Fred Tyler , Steve Genter , Mark Spitz	United States	07: 35.78	August 31, 1972	Munich
38	Robin Backhaus , Richard Klatt , Kurt Krumpholz , James Montgomery	United States	07: 33.22	7th September 1973	Belgrade
39	Rex Favero , Bruce Furniss , Tim Shaw , Steve Furniss	United States	07: 30.54	22nd August 1975	Kansas City
40	Mike Bruner , Bruce Furniss , Doug Northway , Tim Shaw	United States	07: 30.33	July 21, 1976	Montreal
41	Mike Bruner , Bruce Furniss , John Naber , James Montgomery	United States	07: 23.22	July 21, 1976	Montreal
42	Rowdy Gaines , Bruce Furniss , Bill Forrester , Bobby Hackett	United States	07: 20.82	August 24, 1978	West Berlin
43	Andreas Schmidt , Michael Groß , Alexander Schowtka , Thomas Fahrner	BR Germany	07: 20.40	23rd August 1983	Rome
44	David Larson , Bruce Hayes , Richard Saeger , Geoffrey Gaberino	United States	07: 18.87	July 30, 1984	los Angeles
45	Michael Heath , David Larson , Jeff Float , Bruce Hayes	United States	07: 15.69	July 30, 1984	los Angeles
46	Rainer Henkel , Michael Groß , Thomas Fahrner , Peter Sitt	BR Germany	07: 13.10	August 19, 1987	Strasbourg
47	Troy Dalbey , Matthew Cetlinski , Doug Gjertsen , Matt Biondi	United States	07: 12.51	September 21, 1988	Seoul
48	Dimitri Lepikow , Wladimir Pyschnenko , Veniamin Tayanovich , Evgeni Sadowy	United team	07: 11.95	July 27, 1992	Barcelona
49	Ian Thorpe , Daniel Kowalski , Matthew Dunn , Michael Klim	Australia	07: 11.86	September 13, 1998	Kuala Lumpur
50	Ian Thorpe , Bill Kirby , Grant Hackett , Michael Klim	Australia	07: 08.79	August 25, 1999	Sydney
51	Ian Thorpe , Michael Klim , Todd Pearson , Bill Kirby	Australia	07: 07.05	September 19, 2000	Sydney
52	Grant Hackett , Michael Klim , Bill Kirby , Ian Thorpe	Australia	07: 04.66	July 27, 2001	Fukuoka
53	Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Klete Keller , Peter Vanderkaay	United States	07: 03.24	March 30, 2007	Melbourne
54	Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Ricky Berens , Peter Vanderkaay	United States	06: 58.56	August 13, 2008	Beijing
55	Michael Phelps , Ricky Berens , David Walters , Ryan Lochte	United States	06: 58.55	July 31, 2009	Rome

Long track world records women

World records for women in the 4 × 200 m freestyle (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Kristin Otto , Astrid Strauss , Cornelia Sirch , Birgit Meineke	GDR	08: 02.27	22nd August 1983	Rome
2	Manuela Stellmach , Astrid Strauss , Nadja Bergknecht , Heike Friedrich	GDR	07: 59.33	17th August 1986	Madrid
3	Manuela Stellmach , Astrid Strauss , Anke Möhring , Heike Friedrich	GDR	07: 55.47	August 18, 1987	Strasbourg
4th	Natalie Coughlin , Carly Piper , Dana Vollmer , Kaitlin Sandeno	United States	07: 53.42	August 18, 2004	Athens
5	Petra Dallmann , Daniela Samulski , Britta Steffen , Annika Liebs	Germany	07: 50.82	August 3, 2006	Budapest
6th	Natalie Coughlin , Dana Vollmer , Lacey Nymeyer , Katie Hoff	United States	07: 50.09	March 29, 2007	Melbourne
7th	Stephanie Rice , Bronte Barratt , Kylie Palmer , Linda Mackenzie	Australia	07: 44.31	August 14, 2008	Beijing
8th	Yang Yu , Qian Wei Zhu , Jing Liu , Pang Jiaying	People's Republic of China	07: 42.08	July 30, 2009	Rome
9	Ariarne Titmus , Madison Wilson , Brianna Throssell , Emma McKeon	Australia	07: 41.50	July 25, 2019	Gwangju

Short course world records men

World records for men in the 4 × 200 m freestyle (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Bill Kirby , Ian Thorpe , Grant Hackett , Michael Klim	Australia	06: 56.41	August 7, 2001	Perth
2	Kirk Palmer , Grant Hackett , Grant Brits , Kenrick Monk	Australia	06: 52.66	August 31, 2007	Melbourne
3	Colin Russell , Stefan Hirniak , Brent Hayden , Joel Greenshields	Canada	06: 51.05	August 7, 2009	Leeds
4th	Nikita Lobinzew , Danila Isotow , Evgeni Lagunow , Alexander Sukhorukov	Russia	06: 49.04	December 16, 2010	Dubai
5	Luiz Altamir Melo , Fernando Scheffer , Leonardo Coelho Santos , Breno Correira	Brazil	06: 46.81	December 14, 2018	Hangzhou

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course world records women

World records for women in the 4 × 200 m freestyle (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Xu Yanwei , Zhu Yingven , Tang Jigzhi , Yang Yu	People's Republic of China	07: 46.30	April 3, 2002	Moscow
2	Inge Dekker , Femke Heemskerk , Marleen Veldhuis , Ranomi Kromowidjojo	Netherlands	07: 38.90	April 9, 2008	Manchester
3	Chen Qian , Tang Yi , Liu Jing , Zhu Qianwei	People's Republic of China	07: 35.94	December 15, 2010	Dubai
4th	Inge Dekker , Femke Heemskerk , Ranomi Kromowidjojo , Sharon van Rouwendaal	Netherlands	07: 32.85	3rd December 2014	Doha

(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 for the 4 × 200 meter freestyle
• Freestyle swimming

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)