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4 × 100 metres relay

Track and field relay event covering 400 metres

Field	Value
event	4 × 100 metres relay
image	Bolt se aposenta com medalha de ouro no 4 x 100 metros 1039075-19.08.2016 frz-0955.jpg
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caption	The finish at the [Rio 2016 Olympics](2016-summer-olympics)
WRmen	(Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt) 36.84 (2012)
ORmen	(Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt) 36.84 (2012)
CRmen	(Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt) 37.04 (2011)
WRwomen	(Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter) 40.82 (2012)
ORwomen	(Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter) 40.82 (2012)
CRwomen	(Tamari Davis, Twanisha Terry, Gabrielle Thomas, Sha'Carri Richardson) 41.03 (2023)

The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race. Each runner carries a relay baton. Before 2018, the baton had to be passed within a 20 m changeover box, preceded by a 10-metre acceleration zone. With a rule change effective November 1, 2017, that zone was modified to include the acceleration zone as part of the passing zone, making the entire zone 30 metres in length. The outgoing runner cannot touch the baton until it has entered the zone, and the incoming runner cannot touch it after it has left the zone. The zone is usually marked in yellow, frequently using lines, triangles or chevrons. While the rule book specifies the exact positioning of the marks, the colours and style are only "recommended". While most legacy tracks will still have the older markings, the rule change still uses existing marks. Not all governing body jurisdictions have adopted the rule change.

The transfer of the baton in this race is typically blind. The outgoing runner reaches a straight arm backwards when entering the changeover box or when the incoming runner makes a verbal signal. The outgoing runner does not look back, and it is the responsibility of the incoming runner to thrust the baton into the outstretched hand and not let go until the outgoing runner takes hold of it without crossing the changeover box and stops after the baton is exchanged. Runners on the first and third legs typically run on the inside of the lane with the baton in their right hand, while runners on the second and fourth legs take the baton in their left. Polished handovers can compensate for lack of basic speed to some extent, and disqualification for dropping the baton or failing to transfer it within the box is common, even at the highest level. Relay times are typically 2–3 seconds faster than the sum of best times of individual runners.

The United States men and women historically dominated this event through the 20th century, winning Olympic gold medals and the most IAAF/World Athletics championships. Carl Lewis ran the anchor leg on U.S. relay teams that set six world records from 1983 to 1992, including the first team to break 38 seconds.

The current men's world record stands at 36.84, set by the Jamaican team at the final of the 2012 London Olympic Games on 11 August 2012. As the only team to break 37 seconds to date, Jamaica has been the dominant team in the sport, winning two consecutive Olympic Gold Medals and four consecutive World Championships. The Jamaican team also set the previous record of 37.04 seconds at the 2011 World Championships.

The fastest electronically timed anchor leg run is 8.65 seconds by Usain Bolt at the 2015 IAAF World Relays, while Bob Hayes was hand-timed as running 8.7 seconds on a cinder track in the 1964 Tokyo Games Final. The Tokyo Games also had electronic timing. High-speed modern video analysis shows his time to be a more realistic 8.95-9.0 seconds in the final, a much more consistent time relative to his Fully Automatic Timing 10.06 s 100 m world record and more in line with the usual +0.25 s-0.3 s hand time to FAT conversion.

The women's world record stands at 40.82 seconds, set by the United States in 2012 at the London Olympics. The fastest anchor leg run by a woman was run by Christine Arron of France, timed unofficially at 9.67 s.

According to the IAAF rules, world records in relays can only be set if all team members have the same nationality.

History

From the beginnings to the first official world record

If on the European continent the metric system is the one almost exclusively used (4 × 100 metres, or a lap of 400 m), where the imperial system is still used (UK, USA and Australia, mainly) this relay was rather ran over the distance of 4 × 110 yards, a total of 402.34 m, and that, until the late 1960s. The runway at Hayward Field was shortened to 400 m only in 1987.

Paradoxically, the first race recognized as certain, without however being an official world record, dates back to 1897, shortly after the creation, on 8 May, of the Česká amatérská atletická unie (ČAAU). On June 26 of that year, during Sparta's 5th match in Prague, the organizing team, AC Sparta Praha, defeated MAC Budapest, in 48 1/5 seconds.

Unlike the "long" 4 × 400 m relay, whose origins are clearly American, because it derives from the 4 × 440 yards, the 4 × 100 m relay is therefore of European origin. The Scandinavians, in particular, have introduced this new specialty into their programmes, in the hope of being able to play a decisive role in it.

Before World War I, this foundation period of the relay was gradually enhanced by various German or Swedish teams (such as AIK Stockholm), until the semi-finals of the Stockholm Olympic Games (1912) where this event made its Olympic appearance:

in the 1st semi-final, the Great Britain team (consisting of David Jacobs, Henry Macintosh, Victor d'Arcy, and William Applegarth) reached 43 seconds 0 tenths (43 s) for the first time, behind the Americans who had finished in 42 seconds 5 , but who were disqualified for passing the baton out of the area;
in the second semifinal, the Swedish team (Ivan Möller, Charles Luther, Ture Person and Knut Lindberg) took this record to 42 s 5, ahead of Hungary in 42 s 9.

These two runs have not been recognized by the IAAF as the first world records, despite their official nature. The first officially recognized world record for the fast relay is that of the German team, which on 8 July 1912, during the 3rd semifinal, runs in 42 seconds 3 tenths. The team consisted of Otto Röhr, Max Herrmann, Erwin Kern, and Richard Rau. In the final Great Britain, despite having finished second again, behind the favorites and the new world record holders, still won the gold medal, due to the loss of the German baton. Sweden is second in 42 s 6. The bronze medal is not awarded, because the Americans, still clumsy in passing the baton, were also downgraded. The German record in the semifinal (42"3) will remain the best result of the year. In 1913 it will be recognized by the newly formed IAAF as the first official world record of the specialty.

After this first Olympic event, in addition to the 4 × 400 m relay, the 4 × 100 m relay established itself as a classic Olympic event and will always remain on the programme, first for men, then extended to women. The two relays undergo little transformation over time. However, since 1926, the baton bearer has to remain in the baton transmission area, which is 20 m long. It wasn't until 1963 that the rules were relaxed: a 10 m run-up zone, before this zone, allowed him to better tackle the run-up.

Continental records

Updated 16 August 2024.

Area	Women	Time (s)	Athletes	Time (s)	Athletes	Team
Africa (records)	37.57	Bayanda Walaza, Shaun Maswanganyi, Bradley Nkoana, Akani Simbine	South Africa	41.90	Murielle Ahouré-Demps, Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Jessika Gbai, Maboundou Koné	Ivory Coast
Asia (records)	37.43	Shuhei Tada, Kirara Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	Japan	42.23	Li Xuemei, Liu Xiaomei, Li Yali, Xiao Lin	Sichuan
(China)
Europe (records)	37.36	Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	Great Britain	41.37	Marlies Göhr, Ingrid Auerswald-Lange, Sabine Rieger, Silke Möller	East Germany
North, Central America
and Caribbean (records)	36.84	Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt	Jamaica	40.82	Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter	United States
Oceania (records)	37.87	Lachlan Kennedy, Joshua Azzopardi, Christopher Ius, Calab Law	Australia	42.48	Ella Connolly, Bree Masters, Kristie Edwards, Torrie Lewis		Australia
South America (records)	37.72	Rodrigo do Nascimento, Vitor Hugo dos Santos, Derick Silva, Paulo André Camilo	Brazil	42.29	Evelyn dos Santos, Ana Cláudia Lemos, Franciela Krasucki, Rosângela Santos	Brazil

All-time top 10 by country

Key to tables: X = annulled due to doping violation

Men

Updated September 2025

Rank	Time	Team	Nation	Date	Place	Ref	1	2	3
36.84	Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt	Jamaica	11 August 2012	London	title=The XXX Olympic Games - 4x100 metres Relay Men Final - Results	url=https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxx-olympic-games-4871/results/men/4x100-metres-relay/final/result	work=IAAF	date=11 August 2012	access-date=13 August 2017}}
37.04 X	Trell Kimmons, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Ryan Bailey	United States	11 August 2012	London	title=4x100 Metres Relay Results	url=http://www.iaaf.org/mini/oly12/Results/ResultsByDate.aspx?racedate=08-11-2012/sex=M/discCode=4X1/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#detM_4X1_hash_f	publisher=IAAF	date=11 August 2012	access-date=10 September 2021}}
37.10	Christian Coleman, Justin Gatlin, Mike Rodgers, Noah Lyles	United States	5 October 2019	[Doha](2019-world-athletics-championships-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)	title=4×100m Relay Men − Final − Results	url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-4X1-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=2047066313	publisher=IAAF	date=5 October 2019	access-date=6 October 2019}}
37.36	Adam Gemili, Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	Great Britain	5 October 2019	[Doha](2019-world-athletics-championships-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
37.43	Shuhei Tada, Kirara Shiraishi, Yoshihide Kiryu, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	Japan	5 October 2019	[Doha](2019-world-athletics-championships-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
37.48	Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse	Canada	23 July 2022	Eugene
37.50	Lorenzo Patta, Marcell Jacobs, Fausto Desalu, Filippo Tortu	Italy	6 August 2021	Tokyo
37.57	Bayanda Walaza, Shaun Maswanganyi, Bradley Nkoana, Akani Simbine	South Africa	9 August 2024	Saint-Denis
37.62	Darrel Brown, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callander, Richard Thompson	Trinidad and Tobago	22 August 2009	[Berlin](2009-world-championships-in-athletics-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
37.72	Rodrigo do Nascimento, Vitor Hugo dos Santos, Derick Silva, Paulo André de Oliveira	Brazil	5 October 2019	[Doha](2019-world-athletics-championships-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
37.79	Su Bingtian, Xu Zhouzheng, Wu Zhiqiang, Xie Zhenye	China	4 October 2019	[Doha](2019-world-athletics-championships-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
Tang Xingqiang, Xie Zhenye, Su Bingtian, Wu Zhiqiang	China	6 August 2021	Tokyo
Max Morinière, Daniel Sangouma, Jean-Charles Trouabal, Bruno Marie-Rose	France	1 September 1990	[Split](1990-european-athletics-championships-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
Ibrahim Fuseini, Benjamin Azamati, Joseph Amoah, Abdul-Rasheed Saminu	Ghana	20 September 2025	[Tokyo](2025-world-athletics-championships-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)

Women

Correct as of August 2023

Rank	Time	Team	Nation	Date
40.82	Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter	United States	10 August 2012	London
41.02	Briana Williams, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	6 August 2021	Tokyo
41.37	Silke Gladisch-Möller, Sabine Rieger-Günther, Ingrid Auerswald-Lange, Marlies Göhr	German Democratic Republic	6 October 1985	Canberra
41.49	Olga Bogoslovskaya, Galina Malchugina, Natalya Voronova, Irina Privalova	Russia	22 August 1993	[Stuttgart](1993-world-championships-in-athletics-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
41.55	Asha Philip, Imani Lansiquot, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita	Great Britain	5 August 2021	Tokyo
Dina Asher-Smith, Imani Lansiquot, Amy Hunt, Daryll Neita	20 July 2024	London
41.62	Tatjana Pinto, Lisa Mayer, Gina Lückenkemper, Rebekka Haase	Germany	29 July 2016	Mannheim
41.78	Patricia Girard, Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, Sylviane Félix, Christine Arron	France	30 August 2003	[Paris](2003-world-championships-in-athletics-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
41.90	Murielle Ahouré-Demps, Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Jessika Gbai, Maboundou Koné	Ivory Coast	25 August 2023	Budapest
41.92	Savatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson	Bahamas	29 August 1999	[Sevilla](1999-world-championships-in-athletics-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
42.00	Antonina Pobyubko, Natalya Voronova, Marina Zhirova, Elvira Barbashina	Soviet Union	17 August 1985	Moscow

All-time top 25

Men

Updated September 2025{{cite web|title=All-time men's best 4 × 100m Relay

Rank	Time	Team	Nation	Date	Place	Ref	1	2
36.84	Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt	Jamaica	11 August 2012	London
37.04	Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Yohan Blake
Usain Bolt	Jamaica	4 September 2011	[Daegu](2011-world-championships-in-athletics)
37.04	Trell Kimmons
Justin Gatlin
Tyson Gay
Ryan Bailey	United States	11 August 2012	London
37.10	Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Usain Bolt
Asafa Powell	Jamaica	22 August 2008	Beijing
37.10	Christian Coleman
Justin Gatlin
Michael Rodgers
Noah Lyles	United States	5 October 2019	[Doha](2019-world-athletics-championships-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
37.27	Asafa Powell
Yohan Blake
Nickel Ashmeade
Usain Bolt	Jamaica	19 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro
37.29	Christian Coleman
Kenneth Bednarek
Courtney Lindsey
Noah Lyles	United States	21 September 2025	[Tokyo](2025-world-athletics-championships-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
37.31	Steve Mullings
Michael Frater
Usain Bolt
Asafa Powell	Jamaica	22 August 2009	[Berlin](2009-world-championships-in-athletics)
37.36	Nesta Carter
Kemar Bailey-Cole
Nickel Ashmeade
Usain Bolt	Jamaica	18 August 2013	[Moscow](2013-world-championships-in-athletics)
37.36	Nesta Carter
Asafa Powell
Nickel Ashmeade
Usain Bolt	Jamaica	29 August 2015	[Beijing](2015-world-championships-in-athletics)
37.36	Adam Gemili
Zharnel Hughes
Richard Kilty
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	Great Britain	5 October 2019	[Doha](2019-world-athletics-championships-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
37.38	Jeff Demps
Darvis Patton
Trell Kimmons
Justin Gatlin	United States	10 August 2012	London
37.38	Mike Rodgers
Justin Gatlin
Tyson Gay
Ryan Bailey	United States	2 May 2015	Nassau
Christian Coleman
Fred Kerley
Brandon Carnes
Noah Lyles	United States	26 August 2023	Budapest	title=Treble for Lyles and a relay championship record on night when Kipyegon and Duplantis shine News Budapest 23 World Athletics Championships	url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/budapest23/news/report/wch-budapest-23-day-eight-lyles-kipyegon-duplantis	access-date=2023-08-27	website=worldathletics.org}}
37.39	Nesta Carter
Michael Frater
Yohan Blake
Kemar Bailey-Cole	Jamaica	10 August 2012	London
37.40	Michael Marsh
Leroy Burrell
Dennis Mitchell
Carl Lewis	United States	8 August 1992	Barcelona
Jon Drummond
Andre Cason
Dennis Mitchell
Leroy Burrell	United States	21 August 1993	Stuttgart
Courtney Lindsey
Kenneth Bednarek
Kyree King
Noah Lyles	United States	5 May 2024	Nassau
37.41	Nesta Carter
Asafa Powell
Rasheed Dwyer
Nickel Ashmeade	Jamaica	29 August 2015	[Beijing](2015-world-championships-in-athletics)
37.43	Shuhei Tada
Kirara Shiraishi
Yoshihide Kiryu
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	Japan	5 October 2019	[Doha](2019-world-athletics-championships-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
37.45	Trell Kimmons
Wallace Spearmon
Tyson Gay
Mike Rodgers	United States	19 August 2010	Zürich
37.46		Daniel Bailey
Yohan Blake
Mario Forsythe
Usain Bolt	Antigua and Barbuda
Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica	25 July 2009	London
37.47	Chijindu Ujah
Adam Gemili
Danny Talbot
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	Great Britain	12 August 2017	[London](2017-world-championships-in-athletics-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)	title=4×100m Relay Results	url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5151/AT-4X1-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-1233490875	publisher=IAAF	date=12 August 2017	access-date=13 August 2017}}
37.48	Jon Drummond
Andre Cason
Dennis Mitchell
Leroy Burrell	United States	22 August 1993	[Stuttgart](1993-world-championships-in-athletics)
Aaron Brown
Jerome Blake
Brendon Rodney
Andre De Grasse	Canada	23 July 2022	Eugene
37.49	Courtney Lindsey
Kenneth Bednarek
Kyree King
Noah Lyles	United States	4 May 2024	Nassau
37.50	Andre Cason
Leroy Burrell
Dennis Mitchell
Carl Lewis	United States	1 September 1991	[Tokyo](1991-world-championships-in-athletics-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
Lorenzo Patta
Marcell Jacobs
Eseosa Desalu
Filippo Tortu	Italy	6 August 2021	Tokyo
Aaron Brown
Jerome Blake
Brendon Rodney
Andre De Grasse	Canada	9 August 2024	Paris

Note:

A USA team ran 37.04 in London in 2012 but the performance was annulled due to use of performance-enhancing drugs by Tyson Gay
A Jamaican team ran 37.10 in Beijing in 2008 but the performance was annulled due to use of performance-enhancing drugs by Nesta Carter
A USA team ran 37.38 in the heats in London in 2012 but the performance was retrospectively disqualified following drug test failure by Tyson Gay, even though Gay only ran in the final and not the heat.

Women

Correct as of July 2024

Rank	Time	Team	Nationality
40.82	Tianna Bartoletta
Allyson Felix
Bianca Knight
Carmelita Jeter	United States	10 August 2012	London
41.01	Tianna Bartoletta
Allyson Felix
English Gardner
Tori Bowie	United States	19 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro
41.02	Briana Williams
Elaine Thompson-Herah
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	6 August 2021	Tokyo
41.03	Tamari Davis
Twanisha Terry
Gabrielle Thomas
Sha'Carri Richardson	United States	26 August 2023	Budapest
41.07	Veronica Campbell-Brown
Natasha Morrison
Elaine Thompson
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	29 August 2015	Beijing
41.14	Melissa Jefferson
Abby Steiner
Jenna Prandini
Twanisha Terry	United States	23 July 2022	Eugene
41.18	Kemba Nelson
Elaine Thompson-Herah
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	23 July 2022	Eugene
41.21	Natasha Morrison
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Shashalee Forbes
Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	26 August 2023	Budapest
41.29	Carrie Russell
Kerron Stewart
Schillonie Calvert
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	18 August 2013	Moscow
41.36	Christania Williams
Elaine Thompson
Veronica Campbell-Brown
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	19 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro
41.37	Silke Gladisch-Möller
Sabine Rieger-Günther
Ingrid Auerswald-Lange
Marlies Göhr	German Democratic Republic	6 October 1985	Canberra
41.41	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Sherone Simpson
Veronica Campbell-Brown
Kerron Stewart	Jamaica	10 August 2012	London
41.44	Natalliah Whyte
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Jonielle Smith
Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	5 October 2019	Doha
41.45	Javianne Oliver
Teahna Daniels
Jenna Prandini
Gabrielle Thomas	United States	6 August 2021	Tokyo
41.47	Chryste Gaines
Marion Jones
Inger Miller
Gail Devers	United States	9 August 1997	Athens
41.49	Olga Bogoslovskaya
Galina Malchugina
Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova
Irina Privalova	Russia	22 August 1993	Stuttgart
Michelle Finn-Burrell
Gwen Torrence
Wendy Vereen
Gail Devers	United States	22 August 1993	Stuttgart
41.52	Chryste Gaines
Marion Jones
Inger Miller
Gail Devers	United States	8 August 1997	Athens
41.53	Silke Gladisch-Möller
Marita Koch
Ingrid Auerswald-Lange
Marlies Göhr	German Democratic Republic	31 July 1983	Berlin
41.55	Alice Brown
Diane Williams
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Pam Marshall	United States	21 August 1987	Berlin
Asha Philip
Imani Lansiquot
Dina Asher-Smith
Daryll Neita	Great Britain	5 August 2021	Tokyo
Texas Longhorns
Julien Alfred
Ezinne Abba
Rhasidat Adeleke
Kevona Davis
St. Lucia
United States
Ireland
Jamaica	8 June 2023	Austin
Dina Asher-Smith
Imani Lansiquot
Amy Hunt
Daryll Neita	Great Britain	20 July 2024	London
41.56	Bianca Knight
Allyson Felix
Marshevet Myers
Carmelita Jeter	United States	4 September 2011	Daegu
Melissa Jefferson
Aleia Hobbs
Jenna Prandini
Twanisha Terry	United States	22 July 2022	Eugene

Olympic Games medalists

Men

Women

World Championships medalists

Men

Women

Season's Bests

Men

Year	Time	Team	Athletes	Place	Event	Ref
[2024](2024-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.40	United States	Courtney Lindsey, Kenneth Bednarek, Kyree King, Noah Lyles	BAH Nassau	[2024 World Athletics Relays](2024-world-athletics-relays-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[2023](2023-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.38	United States	Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Brandon Carnes, Noah Lyles	HUN Budapest	[2023 World Athletics Championships](2023-world-athletics-championships-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[2022](2022-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.48	Canada	Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney, Andre De Grasse	USA Eugene	[2022 World Athletics Championships](2022-world-athletics-championships-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[2021](2021-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.50	Italy	Lorenzo Patta, Marcell Jacobs, Fausto Desalu, Filippo Tortu	JPN Tokyo	2020 Summer Olympics
[2020](2020-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	38.56	Jamaica Sprintec Lions	Andrew Fisher, Everton Clarke, Romario Williams, Demish Gaye	JAM Spanish Town	2020 Milo Western Relays	title=Results - Milo Western Relays - Feb 2020	url=https://trackalerts.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2020_Milo_Western_Relays_Results.pdf	work=trackalerts	date=11 February 2020	access-date=6 September 2024}}
[2019](2019-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.10	United States	Christian Coleman, Justin Gatlin, Mike Rodgers, Noah Lyles	QAT Doha	[2019 World Athletics Championships](2019-world-athletics-championships-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[2018](2018-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.61	Great Britain	Chijindu Ujah, Zharnel Hughes, Adam Gemili, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	ENG London	2018 London Müller Anniversary Games	title=IAAF Diamond League Results - 4 x 100 Relay Men	url=https://london.diamondleague.com/archive/2018/london/re4340040.pdf	work=IAAF	date=22 July 2018	access-date=6 September 2024}}
[2017](2017-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.47	Great Britain	Chijindu Ujah, Adam Gemili, Danny Talbot, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	ENG London	[2017 IAAF World Championships](2017-world-championships-in-athletics-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[2016](2016-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.27	Jamaica	Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt	BRA Rio de Janeiro	2016 Summer Olympics
[2015](2015-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.36	Jamaica	Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt	CHN Beijing	[2015 IAAF World Championships](2015-world-championships-in-athletics-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[2014](2014-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.58	Jamaica	Jason Livermore, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt	ScotlandGlasgow	2014 Commonwealth Games
[2013](2013-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.36	Jamaica	Nesta Carter, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt	RUS Moscow	[2013 IAAF World Championships](2013-world-championships-in-athletics-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[2012](2012-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	36.84	Jamaica	Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt	ENG London	2012 Summer Olympics
[2011](2011-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.04	Jamaica	Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt	ROK Daegu	[2011 IAAF World Championships](2011-world-championships-in-athletics-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[2010](2010-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.45	United States	Trell Kimmons, Wallace Spearmon, Tyson Gay, Mike Rodgers	SUI Zurich	2010 Weltklasse Zürich	title= 4 x 100m Men Zürich Trophy Results	url=https://zurich.diamondleague.com/archive/2010/zurich/re4340040.pdf	work=IAAF	date=19 August 2010	access-date=6 September 2024}}
[2009](2009-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.31	Jamaica	Steve Mullings, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt	DEU Berlin	[2009 IAAF World Championships](2009-world-championships-in-athletics-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[2008](2008-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.80	United States United States Red	Rodney Martin, Travis Padgett, Shawn Crawford, Darvis Patton	ENG London	2008 London Grand Prix	title=London Athletics Meet Results Archive	url=https://london.diamondleague.com/programme-results/results-archive	work=IAAF	date=19 August 2010	access-date=6 September 2024}}
[2007](2007-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.78	United States	Darvis Patton, Wallace Spearmon, Tyson Gay, Leroy Dixon	JPN Osaka	[2007 IAAF World Championships](2007-world-championships-in-athletics-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[2006](2006-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.59	United States	Kaaron Conwright, Wallace Spearmon, Tyson Gay, Jason Smoots	GRE Athens	[2006 IAAF World Cup](2006-iaaf-world-cup-results-4-x-100-m-relay)
[2005](2005-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	38.08	France	Ladji Doucouré, Ronald Pognon, Eddy De Lépine, Lueyi Dovy	FIN Helsinki	[2005 IAAF World Championships](2005-world-championships-in-athletics-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[2004](2004-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.92	USA United States I	Shawn Crawford, Justin Gatlin, Coby Miller, Maurice Greene	DEU Munich	Athletics Team Challenge	title=Team USA sets world-leading marks in Munich	url=https://archive.dyestat.com/results/trk2004/8-August/08Munich/Rslt.htm	work=DyeStatCal	date=9 August 2004	access-date=6 September 2024}}
[2003](2003-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.77	United States United States I	Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Darvis Patton, Maurice Greene	DEU Berlin	2003 ISTAF Berlin	title=Results - ISTAF Berlin 2003	url=https://www.istaf.de/wp-content/uploads/ISTAF-Results-2003.pdf	work=ISTAF	date=10 August 2003	access-date=6 September 2024}}
[2002](2002-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.95	United States	Jon Drummond, Jason Smoots, Kaaron Conwright, Coby Miller	ESP Madrid	[2002 IAAF World Cup](2002-iaaf-world-cup-results-4-x-100-m-relay)
[2001](2001-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.88	United States Hudson Smith International	Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Curtis Johnson, Maurice Greene	USA Austin	2001 Texas Relays	title=PLUS: TRACK AND FIELD; Greene's Team Wins Race in Texas Relays	url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/08/sports/plus-track-and-field-greene-s-team-wins-race-in-texas-relays.html	work=The New York Times	date=8 April 2001	access-date=6 September 2024}}
[2000](2000-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.61	United States	Jon Drummond, Bernard Williams, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene	AUS Sydney	2000 Summer Olympics
[1999](1999-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.59	United States	Jon Drummond, Tim Montgomery, Bernard Williams, Maurice Greene	ESP Seville	[1999 IAAF World Championships](1999-world-championships-in-athletics-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[1998](1998-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	38.04	Texas Christian University	USA Bryan Howard, USA Jarmiene Holloway, Jamaica Syan Williams, Jamaica Percival Spencer	USA Buffalo	[1998 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships](1998-ncaa-division-i-outdoor-track-and-field-championships-4x100-meter-relay)
[1997](1997-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.86	Canada	Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey	GRE Athens	[1997 IAAF World Championships](1997-world-championships-in-athletics-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[1996](1996-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.69	Canada	Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey	USA Atlanta	1996 Summer Olympics
[1995](1995-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	38.16	Canada	Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey	SWE Gothenburg	[1995 IAAF World Championships](1995-world-championships-in-athletics-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay-semifinals) (Semifinal)
[1994](1994-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.79	USA Santa Monica Track Club	Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Floyd Heard, Carl Lewis	USA Walnut	1994 Mt. SAC Relays	title=MT. SAN ANTONIO RELAYS Results 1994	url=https://trackattic.xyz/MSAC-Relays/MSACresults-1994.pdf	work=Mt SAC Relays	date=18 April 1994	access-date=6 September 2024}}
[1993](1993-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.40	United States	Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell	DEU Stuttgart	[1993 IAAF World Championships](1993-world-championships-in-athletics-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[1992](1992-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.40	United States	Michael Marsh, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis	ESP Barcelona	1992 Summer Olympics
[1991](1991-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.50	United States	Andre Cason, Leroy Burrell, Dennis Mitchell, Carl Lewis	JPN Tokyo	[1991 IAAF World Championships](1991-world-championships-in-athletics-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[1990](1990-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.79	France	Max Morinière, Daniel Sangouma, Jean-Charles Trouabal, Bruno Marie-Rose	YUG Split	[1990 European Athletics Championships](1990-european-athletics-championships-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[1989](1989-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	38.23	Texas Christian University	USA Horatio Porter, Jamaica Andrew Smith, USA Greg Sholars, Jamaica Raymond Stewart	USA Provo	[1989 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships](1989-ncaa-division-i-outdoor-track-and-field-championships)	title=1989 NCAA D1 Track and Field Championships Results - Men	url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1989.pdf	work=Track and Field News	date=18 April 1994	access-date=6 September 2024}}
[1988](1988-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	38.19	Soviet Union	Viktor Bryzhin, Vladimir Krylov, Vladimir Muravyov, Vitaliy Savin	ROK Seoul	1988 Summer Olympics
[1987](1987-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.90	United States	Lee McRae, Lee McNeill, Harvey Glance, Carl Lewis	ITA Rome	[1987 IAAF World Championships](1987-world-championships-in-athletics-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[1986](1986-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.98	United States	Lee McRae, Floyd Heard, Harvey Glance, Carl Lewis	URS Moscow	1986 Goodwill Games
[1985](1985-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	38.10	United States	Harvey Glance, Kirk Baptiste, Calvin Smith, Dwayne Evans	AUS Canberra	[1985 IAAF World Cup](1985-iaaf-world-cup-results-4-x-100-m-relay)
[1984](1984-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.83	United States	Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis	USA Los Angeles	1984 Summer Olympics
[1983](1983-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	37.86	United States	Emmit King, Willie Gault, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis	FIN Helsinki	[1983 IAAF World Championships](1983-world-championships-in-athletics-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[1982](1982-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	38.13	United States	Mel Lattany, Stanley Floyd, Calvin Smith, Carl Lewis	SUI Zurich	1982 Weltklasse Zürich	title=Track Newsletter Volume 28, No.16 - 1982	url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/eTN1982_16_Zurich_Brussels.pdf	work=Track and Field News	date=8 September 1982	access-date=6 September 2024}}
[1981](1981-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	38.66	Poland	Krzysztof Zwoliński, Zenon Licznerski, Leszek Dunecki, Marian Woronin	YUG Zagreb	[1981 European Cup](1981-european-cup-athletics-men-s-events)
[1980](1980-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	38.26	Soviet Union	Vladimir Muravyov, Nikolay Sidorov, Andrey Prokofyev, Aleksandr Aksinin	URS Moscow	1980 Summer Olympics
[1979](1979-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	38.30	USA South Team	Mike Roberson, Harvey Glance, Bill Collins, Mel Lattany	USA Colorado Springs	1979 U.S. Olympic Festival	title=Powell Victor, Oerter 2d	url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/07/31/archives/powell-victor-oerter-2d-powell-tops-oerter-in-discus.html	work=The New York Times	date=31 July 1979	access-date=6 September 2024}}
[1978](1978-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	38.55	Tobias Striders	PAN Guy Abrahams, USA Michael Simmons, JAM Don Quarrie, GUY James Gilkes	USA Tempe	1978 Sun Devil Classic	title=8 Trojans Break Relay Record	url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/eTN1978_14.pdf	work=Track and Field News	date=30 May 1978	access-date=6 September 2024}}
1977	38.03	United States	Bill Collins, Steve Riddick, Cliff Wiley, Steve Williams	FRG Düsseldorf	[1977 IAAF World Cup](1977-iaaf-world-cup-results-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
1976	38.33	United States	Harvey Glance, Johnny Jones, Millard Hampton, Steve Riddick	CAN Montreal	1976 Summer Olympics
1975	38.31	United States	Clancy Edwards, Larry Brown, Donald Merrick, Bill Collins	MEX Mexico City	1975 Pan American Games
1974	38.69	France	Lucien Sainte-Rose, Joseph Arame, Bruno Cherrier, Dominique Chauvelot	ITA Rome	[1974 European Athletics Championships](1974-european-athletics-championships-men-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
1973	38.8	East Germany	Eberhard Weise, Michael Droese, Hans-Jürgen Bombach, Siegfried Schenke	GDR East Berlin		title=Track Newsletter and TrackStats Vol.20, No.2	url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/eTN1973_vol20_02.pdf	work=Track and Field News	date=20 December 1973	access-date=6 September 2024}}
1972	38.19	United States	Larry Black, Robert Taylor, Gerald Tinker, Eddie Hart	FRG Munich	1972 Summer Olympics

Women

Year	Time	Team	Athletes	Place	Event	Ref
[2024](2024-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.55	Great Britain	Dina Asher-Smith, Imani Lansiquot, Amy Hunt, Daryll Neita	ENG London	2024 London Athletics Meet	title=Wanda Diamond League London Results - 4 x 100 Relay Women	url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/LONDON_2024/PDF_ATHW4X100M--ADDITIONALFNL-000100--_C73D.PDF?h=fkpWovwrXeDWWNCLVm58pNPy3ig=	work=World Athletics	date=20 July 2024	access-date=10 September 2024}}
[2023](2023-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.03	United States	Tamari Davis, Twanisha Terry, Gabrielle Thomas, Sha'Carri Richardson	HUN Budapest	[2023 World Athletics Championships](2023-world-athletics-championships-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[2022](2022-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.14	United States	Melissa Jefferson, Abby Steiner, Jenna Prandini, Twanisha Terry	USA Eugene	[2022 World Athletics Championships](2022-world-athletics-championships-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[2021](2021-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.02	Jamaica	Briana Williams, Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson	JPN Tokyo	2020 Summer Olympics
[2020](2020-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	43.47	Jamaica Sprintec	Shashalee Forbes, Natasha Morrison, Anastasia Natalie Le-Roy, Ronda Whyte	JAM Kingston	2020 Gibson McCook Relays	title=Gibson McCook Relays Results 2020	url=https://gibsonmccookrelays.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/gmr2020_result.pdf	work=On Di Run	date=29 February 2020	access-date=10 September 2024}}
[2019](2019-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.44	Jamaica	Natalliah Whyte, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jonielle Smith, Shericka Jackson	QAT Doha	[2019 World Athletics Championships](2019-world-athletics-championships-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[2018](2018-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.88	Great Britain	Asha Philip, Bianca Williams, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Dina Asher-Smith	DEU Berlin	[2018 European Athletics Championships](2018-european-athletics-championships-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[2017](2017-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.82	United States	Aaliyah Brown, Allyson Felix, Morolake Akinosun, Tori Bowie	ENG London	[2017 IAAF World Championships](2017-world-championships-in-athletics-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[2016](2016-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.01	United States	Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, English Gardner, Tori Bowie	BRA Rio de Janeiro	2016 Summer Olympics
[2015](2015-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.07	Jamaica	Veronica Campbell-Brown, Natasha Morrison, Elaine Thompson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	CHN Beijing	[2015 IAAF World Championships](2015-world-championships-in-athletics-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[2014](2014-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.83	Jamaica	Kerron Stewart, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Schillonie Calvert, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	SCO Glasgow	2014 Commonwealth Games
[2013](2013-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.29	Jamaica	Carrie Russell, Kerron Stewart, Schillonie Calvert, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	RUS Moscow	[2013 IAAF World Championships](2013-world-championships-in-athletics-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[2012](2012-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	40.82	United States	Tianna Bartoletta, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, Carmelita Jeter	ENG London	2012 Summer Olympics
[2011](2011-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.56	United States	Bianca Knight, Allyson Felix, Marshevet Myers, Carmelita Jeter	ROK Daegu	[2011 IAAF World Championships](2011-world-championships-in-athletics-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[2010](2010-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	42.29	Ukraine	Olesya Povh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Yelizaveta Bryzgina	ESP Barcelona	[2010 European Athletics Championships](2010-european-athletics-championships-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[2009](2009-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.58	United States	Lauryn Williams, Allyson Felix, Muna Lee, Carmelita Jeter	DEU Cottbus	2009 International Lausitzer Leichtathletik Meeting	{{cite web	title=
[2008](2008-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	42.24	Jamaica	Shelly-Ann Fraser, Sheri-Ann Brooks, Aleen Bailey, Veronica Campbell-Brown	CHN Beijing	2008 Summer Olympics (Heat 2)
[2007](2007-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.98	United States	Lauryn Williams, Allyson Felix, Mikele Barber, Torri Edwards	JPN Osaka	[2007 IAAF World Championships](2007-world-championships-in-athletics-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[2006](2006-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	42.26	Americas	JAM Aleen Bailey, BAH Debbie Ferguson, CYM Cydonie Mothersille, JAM Sherone Simpson	GRE Athens	[2006 IAAF World Cup](2006-iaaf-world-cup-results-4-x-100-m-relay)
[2005](2005-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.78	United States	Angela Daigle, Muna Lee, Me'Lisa Barber, Lauryn Williams	FIN Helsinki	[2005 IAAF World Championships](2005-world-championships-in-athletics-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
	[2004](2004-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.73	Jamaica	Tayna Lawrence, Sherone Simpson, Aleen Bailey, Veronica Campbell	GRE Athens	2004 Summer Olympics
[2003](2003-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.78	France	Patricia Girard-Léno, Muriel Hurtis, Sylviane Félix, Christine Arron	FRA Paris	[2003 IAAF World Championships](2003-world-championships-in-athletics-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[2002](2002-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.91	Americas	JAM Tayna Lawrence, JAM Juliet Campbell, JAM Beverly McDonald, BAH Debbie Ferguson	ESP Madrid	[2002 IAAF World Cup](2002-iaaf-world-cup-results-4-x-100-m-relay)
[2001](2001-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	42.32	Germany	Melanie Paschke, Gabi Rockmeier, Birgit Rockmeier, Marion Wagner	CAN Edmonton	[2001 IAAF World Championships](2001-world-championships-in-athletics-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[2000](2000-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.95	Bahamas	Sevatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson	AUS Sydney	2000 Summer Olympics
[1999](1999-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.92	Bahamas	Sevatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson	ESP Seville	[1999 IAAF World Championships](1999-world-championships-in-athletics-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[1998](1998-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	42.00	United States	Cheryl Taplin, Chryste Gaines, Inger Miller, Carlette Guidry-White	RSA Johannesburg	[1998 IAAF World Cup](1998-iaaf-world-cup-results-4-x-100-m-relay)
[1997](1997-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.47	United States	Chryste Gaines, Marion Jones, Inger Miller, Gail Devers	GRE Athens	[1997 IAAF World Championships](1997-world-championships-in-athletics-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[1996](1996-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.95	United States	Chryste Gaines, Gail Devers, Inger Miller, Gwen Torrence	USA Atlanta	1996 Summer Olympics
[1995](1995-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	42.12	United States	Celena Mondie-Milner, Carlette Guidry-White, Chryste Gaines, Gwen Torrence	SWE Gothenburg	[1995 IAAF World Championships](1995-world-championships-in-athletics-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[1994](1994-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	42.45	United States	Chryste Gaines, Carlette Guidry, Cheryl Taplin, Dannette Young	USA Durham	1994 Pan Africa-USA International	title=JOHNSON'S 400 HIGHLIGHTS PAN AFRICA-USA MEET	url=https://www.deseret.com/1994/8/14/19124975/johnson-s-400-highlights-pan-africa-usa-meet/	work=Deseret News	date=14 August 1994	access-date=10 September 2024}}
[1993](1993-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.49	Russia	Olga Bogoslovskaya, Galina Malchugina, Natalya Voronova, Irina Privalova	DEU Stuttgart	[1993 IAAF World Championships](1993-world-championships-in-athletics-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[1992](1992-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	42.11	United States	Evelyn Ashford, Esther Jones, Carlette Guidry, Gwen Torrence	ESP Barcelona	1992 Summer Olympics
[1991](1991-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.91	Germany	Grit Breuer, Katrin Krabbe, Sabine Richter, Heike Drechsler	JPN Tokyo	[1991 IAAF World Championships](1991-world-championships-in-athletics-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay-heat-2) (Heat 2)
[1990](1990-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.68	East Germany	Silke Möller, Katrin Krabbe, Kerstin Behrendt, Sabine Günther	YUG Split	[1990 European Athletics Championships](1990-european-athletics-championships-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[1989](1989-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.68	East Germany	Silke Möller, Katrin Krabbe, Kerstin Behrendt, Sabine Günther	ENG Gateshead	[1989 European Cup](1989-european-cup-athletics-women-s-events)
[1988](1988-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.73	East Germany	Silke Möller, Kerstin Behrendt, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr	GDR East Berlin
[1987](1987-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.55	United States	Alice Brown, Diane Williams, Florence Griffith-Joyner, Pam Marshall	West Germany West Berlin	1987 ISTAF Berlin
[1986](1986-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.84	East Germany	Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr	West Germany Stuttgart	[1986 European Athletics Championships](1986-european-athletics-championships-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
[1985](1985-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.37	East Germany	Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr	Australia Canberra	[1985 IAAF World Cup](1985-iaaf-world-cup-results-4-x-100-m-relay)
[1984](1984-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.65	United States	Alice Brown, Jeanette Bolden, Chandra Cheeseborough, Evelyn Ashford	USA Los Angeles	1984 Summer Olympics
[1983](1983-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.53	East Germany	Silke Gladisch, Marita Koch, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr	GDR East Berlin
[1982](1982-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.97	East Germany	Gesine Walther, Bärbel Wöckel, Bärbel Schölzel, Marlies Göhr	GDR Potsdam
[1981](1981-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	42.22	East Germany	Kirsten Siemon, Bärbel Wöckel, Gesine Walther, Marlies Göhr	ITA Rome	[1981 IAAF World Cup](1981-iaaf-world-cup-results-4-x-100-m-relay)
[1980](1980-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	41.60	East Germany	Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr	URS Moscow	1980 Summer Olympics
[1979](1979-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	42.09	East Germany	Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr	ITA Turin	[1979 European Cup](1979-european-cup-athletics-women-s-events)
[1978](1978-in-the-sport-of-athletics)	42.27	East Germany	Johanna Klier, Monika Hamann, Carla Bodendorf, Marlies Göhr	GDR Potsdam
1977	42.51	Europe	FRG Elvira Possekel, GBR Andrea Lynch, FRG Annegret Richter, GBR Sonia Lannaman	FRG Düsseldorf	[1977 IAAF World Cup](1977-iaaf-world-cup-results-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
1976	42.50	East Germany	Marlies Oelsner, Renate Stecher, Carla Bodendorf, Martina Blos	GDR Karl-Marx-Stadt		title=Women's Relay Mark Set	url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/05/30/archives/womens-relay-mark-set.html	access-date=16 September 2024	work=The New York Times	agency=AP	date=30 May 1976	pages=130}}
1975	42.74	East Germany	Doris Maletzki, Monika Hamann, Sybille Priebsch, Renate Stecher	PRB Sofia	[1975 European Cup](1975-european-cup-athletics-women) (Semifinal)
1974	42.51	East Germany	Doris Maletzki, Renate Stecher, Christina Heinich, Bärbel Eckert	ITA Rome	[1974 European Athletics Championships](1974-european-athletics-championships-women-s-4-x-100-metres-relay)
1973	42.6	East Germany	Petra Kandarr, Renate Stecher, Christina Heinich, Doris Selmigkeit	GDR Potsdam		title=Relay Record Broken	url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/09/02/archives/relay-record-broken.html	access-date=16 September 2024	work=The New York Times	agency=UPI	date=2 September 1973	pages=150}}
1972	42.81	West Germany	Christiane Krause, Ingrid Mickler-Becker, Annegret Richter, Heide Rosendahl	FRG Munich	1972 Summer Olympics

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