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{{Infobox athletics event
|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 [[2016 Summer Olympics|Rio 2016 Olympics]]
|WRmen= {{JAM}} <small>([[Nesta Carter]], [[Michael Frater]], [[Yohan Blake]], [[Usain Bolt]])</small> 36.84 (2012)
|ORmen= {{JAM}} <small>([[Nesta Carter]], [[Michael Frater]], [[Yohan Blake]], [[Usain Bolt]])</small> 36.84 (2012)
|CRmen= {{JAM}} <small>([[Nesta Carter]], [[Michael Frater]], [[Yohan Blake]], [[Usain Bolt]])</small> 37.04 (2011)
|WRwomen= {{USA}} <small>([[Tianna Bartoletta]], [[Allyson Felix]], [[Bianca Knight]], [[Carmelita Jeter]])</small> 40.82 (2012)
|ORwomen= {{USA}} <small>([[Tianna Bartoletta]], [[Allyson Felix]], [[Bianca Knight]], [[Carmelita Jeter]])</small> 40.82 (2012)
|CRwomen= {{USA}} <small>([[Tamari Davis]], [[Twanisha Terry]], [[Gabrielle Thomas]], [[Sha'Carri Richardson]])</small> 41.03 (2023)
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The '''4&nbsp;×&nbsp;100&nbsp;metres relay''' or [[sprint (running)|sprint]] [[Relay race|relay]] is an [[Sport of athletics|athletics]] [[track and field|track]] event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100&nbsp;metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the individual [[400 metres|400&nbsp;m]] race. Each runner carries a relay baton. Before 2018, the baton had to be passed within a 20&nbsp;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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Library {{!}} World Athletics {{!}} World Athletics|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/library|access-date=2021-12-05|website=www.worldathletics.org}}</ref> Not all [[Sports governing body|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.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Price|first1=Satchel|title=How do track relay handoffs work?|url=https://www.sbnation.com/2016/8/19/12552154/track-relay-handoffs-womens-mens-4x100-rules-dq-explanation|website=SB Nation|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Keys to secure a smooth baton handoff|url=http://www.humankinetics.com/excerpts/excerpts/keys-to-secure-a-smooth-baton-handoff|website=Human Kinetics|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ellis|first1=Aaron|title=Why Do Baton Drops Happen So Often in Professional Relay Races?|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/quora/why-do-baton-drops-happen_b_1708441.html|website=Huffington post|access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref> 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 [[Men's 4 × 100 metres relay world record progression#Records since 1977|six world records]] from 1983 to 1992, including the first team to break 38 seconds.

The current men's [[Men's 4 × 100 metres relay world record progression#Records since 1977|world record]] stands at 36.84, set by the [[Jamaica]]n team at the final of the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|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 in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|2011 World Championships]].

The fastest electronically timed anchor leg run is 8.65 seconds by [[Usain Bolt]] at the [[2015 IAAF World Relays – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|2015 IAAF World Relays]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Men's 4x100m relay|url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/m4x100ok.htm|access-date=2020-11-12|website=alltime-athletics.com}}</ref> while [[Bob Hayes]] was hand-timed as running 8.7 seconds on a cinder track in the [[Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|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]] 10.06s 100m world record and more in line with the usual +0.25s-0.3s hand time to FAT conversion.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bob Hayes|url=http://www.espn.com/olympics/summer08/fanguide/athlete?athlete=5325|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309033811/http://www.espn.com/olympics/summer08/fanguide/athlete?athlete=5325|archive-date=9 March 2020|access-date=5 December 2021|website=ESPN}}</ref>

The women's world record stands at 40.82 seconds, set by the United States in 2012 at the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|London Olympics]]. The fastest anchor leg run by a woman was run by [[Christine Arron]] of France, timed unofficially at 9.67s.<ref>{{cite web |title=50 Golden Moments: Arron’s brilliance in Budapest |url=https://www.european-athletics.com/news/golden-moments-arron-brilliance-budapest |website=European Athletics |access-date=23 June 2022}}</ref>

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 [[Czech Athletics Federation|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 [[1912 Summer Olympics|Stockholm Olympic Games]] (1912) where this event made its Olympic appearance:

*in the 1st semi-final, the Great Britain team (consisting of [[David Jacobs (Welsh athlete)|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 Persson|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.<ref>''La Fabuleuse Histoire de l'athlétisme'', Robert Parienté, éditions O.D.I.L., Paris 1978, p. 1006.</ref>

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 10m run-up zone, before this zone, allowed him to better tackle the run-up.

== Continental records ==

* Updated 16 August 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|title=World Athletics|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/records/by-discipline/relays/4x100-metres-relay/outdoor/men|access-date=2024-08-09|website=www.worldathletics.org}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2|Area
! colspan=3|Men
! colspan=3|Women
|-
! Time (s)
! Athletes
! Team
! Time (s)
! Athletes
! Team
|-
| [[Confederation of African Athletics|Africa]] {{small|(''[[List of African records in athletics|records]]'')}}
|| '''37.57''' || [[Bayanda Walaza]], [[Shaun Maswanganyi]], [[Bradley Nkoana]], [[Akani Simbine]] || {{Flagu|RSA}}
|| '''41.90''' || [[Murielle Ahouré-Demps]], [[Marie-Josée Ta Lou]], [[Jessika Gbai]], [[Maboundou Koné]]|| {{flaglinkteam|CIV}}
|- 
| [[Asian Athletics Association|Asia]] {{small|(''[[List of Asian records in athletics|records]]'')}}
|| '''37.43''' || [[Shuhei Tada]], [[Kirara Shiraishi]], [[Yoshihide Kiryu]], [[Abdul Hakim Sani Brown]] || {{Flagu|Japan}}
|| '''42.23''' || [[Li Xuemei]], [[Liu Xiaomei (athlete)|Liu Xiaomei]], [[Li Yali]], [[Xiao Lin (athlete)|Xiao Lin]] || [[Sichuan]] <br/><small>({{Flagu|China}})</small>
|-
| [[European Athletic Association|Europe]] {{small|(''[[List of European records in athletics|records]]'')}}
|| '''37.36''' || [[Adam Gemili]], [[Zharnel Hughes]], [[Richard Kilty]], [[Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake]] || {{Flagu|UK}}
|| '''41.37''' || [[Marlies Göhr]], [[Ingrid Auerswald-Lange]], [[Sabine Rieger]], [[Silke Möller]] || {{Flagu|GDR}}
|-
| [[North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association|North, Central America<br/> and Caribbean]] {{small|(''[[List of North, Central American and Caribbean records in athletics|records]]'')}}
|| '''36.84''' {{AthAbbr|WR}} || [[Nesta Carter]], [[Michael Frater]], [[Yohan Blake]], [[Usain Bolt]]|| {{Flagu|Jamaica}}
|| '''40.82''' {{AthAbbr|WR}} || [[Tianna Madison]], [[Allyson Felix]], [[Bianca Knight]], [[Carmelita Jeter]] || {{Flagu|USA}}
|-
|[[Oceania Athletics Association|Oceania]] {{small|(''[[List of Oceanian records in athletics|records]]'')}}
|| '''38.12''' || [[Joshua Azzopardi]], [[Lachlan Kennedy]], [[Calab Law]], [[Jacob Despard]] || {{Flagu|Australia}}
|| '''42.48''' || [[Ella Connolly]], [[Bree Masters]], [[Kristie Edwards]], [[Torrie Lewis]] 
|| {{Flagu|Australia}}
|-
| [[CONSUDATLE|South America]] {{small|(''[[List of South American records in athletics|records]]'')}}
|| '''37.72''' || [[Rodrigo do Nascimento]], [[Vitor Hugo dos Santos]], [[Derick Silva]], [[Paulo André Camilo]] || {{Flagu|Brazil}}
|| '''42.29''' || [[Evelyn dos Santos]], [[Ana Cláudia Lemos]], [[Franciela Krasucki]], [[Rosângela Santos]] || {{Flagu|Brazil}}
|}

==All-time top 10 by country==

'''Key to tables''':
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<small>X = annulled due to doping violation</small>

===Men===
*Updated August 2024<ref>{{cite web|title=All-time men's best 4 × 100m Relay|url=https://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/relays/4x100-metres-relay/outdoor/men/senior|publisher=IAAF|date=13 August 2017|access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref><ref name="All-time men's best 4×100m Relay">{{cite web|title=All-time men's best 4×100m Relay|url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/m4x100ok.htm|publisher=alltime-athletics.com|date=27 July 2019|access-date=28 July 2019}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%;"
!Rank
!Time
!Team
!Nation
!Date
!Place
!Ref
|-
!1
|'''36.84'''
|[[Nesta Carter]], [[Michael Frater]], [[Yohan Blake]], [[Usain Bolt]]
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|11 August 2012
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|London]]
|<ref name="IAAF">{{cite web|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}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan=3|2
|-style="background:pink"
|37.04 X
|[[Trell Kimmons]], [[Justin Gatlin]], [[Tyson Gay]], [[Ryan Bailey (athlete)|Ryan Bailey]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|11 August 2012
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|London]]
|<ref name="4x100 Metres Relay Results">{{cite web|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}}</ref>
|-
|'''37.10'''
|[[Christian Coleman]], [[Justin Gatlin]], [[Mike Rodgers]], [[Noah Lyles]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|5 October 2019
|[[2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|Doha]]
|<ref name=WC2019>{{cite web|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}}</ref>
|-
!3
|'''37.36'''
|[[Adam Gemili]], [[Zharnel Hughes]], [[Richard Kilty]], [[Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake]]
|{{flagu|Great Britain}}
|5 October 2019
|[[2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|Doha]]
|<ref name=WC2019/>
|-
!4
|'''37.43'''
|[[Shuhei Tada]], [[Kirara Shiraishi]], [[Yoshihide Kiryu]], [[Abdul Hakim Sani Brown]]
|{{flagu|Japan}}
|5 October 2019
|[[2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|Doha]]
|<ref name=WC2019/>
|-
!5
|'''37.48'''
|[[Aaron Brown (sprinter)|Aaron Brown]], [[Jerome Blake]], [[Brendon Rodney]], [[Andre De Grasse]]
|{{flagu|Canada}}
|23 July 2022
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 4×100m Relay Final Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-4X1-M-f----.RS6.pdf|work=World Athletics|date=23 July 2022|access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref>
|-
!6
|'''37.50'''
|[[Lorenzo Patta]], [[Marcell Jacobs]], [[Fausto Desalu]], [[Filippo Tortu]]
|{{flagu|Italy}}
|6 August 2021
|[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|Tokyo]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 4×100m Relay Final Result|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHM4X100M------------FNL-000100--.pdf|website=olympics.com|date=6 August 2021|access-date=26 August 2021|archive-date=9 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009211355/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHM4X100M------------FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
!7
|'''37.57'''
|[[Bayanda Walaza]], [[Shaun Maswanganyi]], [[Bradley Nkoana]], [[Akani Simbine]]
|{{flagu|South Africa}}
|9 August 2024
|[[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 August 2024 |title=Men's 4x100 Metres Relay Final |url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7153115?eventId=204593&gender=M |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808104613/https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7153115?eventId=204593&gender=M |archive-date=8 August 2024 |access-date=23 October 2024 |website=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref>
|-
!8
|'''37.62'''
|[[Darrel Brown]], [[Marc Burns]], [[Emmanuel Callander]], [[Richard Thompson (athlete)|Richard Thompson]]
|{{flagu|Trinidad and Tobago}}
|22 August 2009
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|Berlin]]
|
|-
!9
|'''37.72'''
|[[Rodrigo do Nascimento]], [[Vitor Hugo dos Santos]], [[Derick Silva]], [[Paulo André de Oliveira]]
|{{flagu|Brazil}}
|5 October 2019
|[[2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|Doha]]
|<ref name="WC2019" />
|-
!rowspan=3|10
|rowspan=3|'''37.79'''
|[[Su Bingtian]], [[Xu Zhouzheng]], [[Wu Zhiqiang]], [[Xie Zhenye]]
|{{flagu|China}}
|4 October 2019
|[[2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|Doha]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=4×100m Relay Round 1 Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-4X1-M-h----.RS6.pdf?v=-1822750985|work=IAAF|date=4 October 2019|access-date=5 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
|[[Tang Xingqiang]], [[Xie Zhenye]], [[Su Bingtian]], [[Wu Zhiqiang]]
|{{flagu|China}}
|6 August 2021
|[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|Tokyo]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 4×100m Relay Final Result|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHM4X100M------------FNL-000100--.pdf|website=olympics.com|date=6 August 2021|access-date=26 August 2021|archive-date=9 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009211355/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHM4X100M------------FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|[[Max Morinière]], [[Daniel Sangouma]], [[Jean-Charles Trouabal]], [[Bruno Marie-Rose]]
|{{flagu|France}}
|1 September 1990
|[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|Split]]
|
|}

===Women===
*Correct as of August 2023<ref>{{cite web|title=All-time women's best 4 × 100m Relay|url=https://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/relays/4x100-metres-relay/outdoor/women/senior|publisher=IAAF|date=24 August 2019|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="All-time women's best 4×100m Relay">{{cite web|title=All-time women's best 4×100m Relay|url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/w4x100ok.htm|publisher=alltime-athletics.com|date=21 July 2019|access-date=28 July 2019}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%;"
!Rank
!Time
!Team
!Nation
!Date
!Place
!Ref
|-
!1
|'''40.82'''
|[[Tianna Bartoletta|Tianna Madison]], [[Allyson Felix]], [[Bianca Knight]], [[Carmelita Jeter]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|10 August 2012
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|London]]
|
|-
!2
|'''41.02'''
|[[Briana Williams]], [[Elaine Thompson-Herah]], [[Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce]], [[Shericka Jackson]]
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|6 August 2021
|[[Tokyo]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 4×400m Relay Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHW4X100M------------FNL-000100--.pdf|website=olympics.com|date=6 August 2021|access-date=25 August 2021|archive-date=6 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006064405/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHW4X100M------------FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
!3
|'''41.37'''
|[[Silke Gladisch-Möller]], [[Sabine Günther|Sabine Rieger-Günther]], [[Ingrid Auerswald-Lange]], [[Marlies Göhr]]
|{{flagu|German Democratic Republic}}
|6 October 1985
|[[Canberra]]
|
|-
!4
|'''41.49'''
|[[Olga Bogoslovskaya]], [[Galina Malchugina]], [[Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova|Natalya Voronova]], [[Irina Privalova]]
|{{flagu|Russia}}
|22 August 1993
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|Stuttgart]]
|
|-
!rowspan=2|5
|rowspan=2|'''41.55'''
|[[Asha Philip]], [[Imani-Lara Lansiquot|Imani Lansiquot]], [[Dina Asher-Smith]], [[Daryll Neita]]
| rowspan="2" |{{flagu|Great Britain}}
|5 August 2021
|[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|Tokyo]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 4×100m Relay Round 1 Results Summary|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C74A_ATHW4X100M------------RND1--------.pdf|publisher=olympics.com|date=5 August 2021|access-date=24 August 2021|archive-date=8 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808073310/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C74A_ATHW4X100M------------RND1--------.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|[[Dina Asher-Smith]], [[Imani Lansiquot]], [[Amy Hunt]], [[Daryll Neita]]
|20 July 2024
|[[London Athletics Meet|London]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 4 × 100m Relay Results|url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/LONDON_2024/PDF_ATHW4X100M--ADDITIONALFNL-000100--_C73D.PDF?h=fkpWovwrXeDWWNCLVm58pNPy3ig=|website=swisstiming.com|date=20 July 2024|access-date=20 July 2024}}</ref>
|-
!6
|'''41.62'''
|[[Tatjana Pinto]], [[Lisa Mayer]], [[Gina Lückenkemper]], [[Rebekka Haase]]
|{{flagu|Germany}}<ref>Germany is considered the same state as the former 'West Germany', with the official title Federal Republic of Germany. Germany did not inherit the results of the former 'East Germany' or 'German Democratic Republic' on unification. </ref>
| 29 July 2016
| [[Mannheim]]
|
|-
!7
|'''41.78'''
|[[Patricia Girard]], [[Muriel Hurtis-Houairi]], [[Sylviane Félix]], [[Christine Arron]]
|{{flagu|France}}
| 30 August 2003
| [[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|Paris]]
|
|-
!8
|'''41.90'''
|[[Murielle Ahouré-Demps]], [[Marie-Josée Ta Lou]], [[Jessika Gbai]], [[Maboundou Koné]]
|{{flagu|Ivory Coast}}
|25 August 2023
|[[Budapest]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 4×100m Relay Round 1 Results Summary|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-4X1-W-h----.RS4.pdf|work=World Athletics|date=25 August 2023|access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref>
|-
!9
|'''41.92'''
|[[Savatheda Fynes]], [[Chandra Sturrup]], [[Pauline Davis-Thompson]], [[Debbie Ferguson]]
|{{flagu|Bahamas}}
| 29 August 1999
| [[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|Sevilla]]
|
|-
!10
|'''42.00'''
|[[Antonina Pobyubko]], [[Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova|Natalya Voronova]], [[Marina Zhirova]], [[Elvira Barbashina]]
|{{flagu|Soviet Union}}
| 17 August 1985
| [[Moscow]]
|
|}

==All-time top 25==
{{see also|Men's 4 × 100 metres relay world record progression|Women's 4 × 100 metres relay world record progression}}

===Men===
*Updated August 2024<ref>{{cite web|title=All-time men's best 4 × 100m Relay
|url=https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/relays/4x100-metres-relay/outdoor/men/senior|access-date=16 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="All-time men's best 4×100m Relay"/>

{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Time
!Team
!Nation
!Date
!Place
!Ref
|-
!1
|'''36.84'''
|[[Nesta Carter]]<br />[[Michael Frater]]<br />[[Yohan Blake]]<br />[[Usain Bolt]]
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|11 August 2012
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|London]]
|<ref name="IAAF"/>
|-
!rowspan=2|2
|'''37.04'''
|[[Nesta Carter]]<br />[[Michael Frater]]<br />[[Yohan Blake]]<br />[[Usain Bolt]]
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|4 September 2011
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|Daegu]]
|
|- style="background:pink"
|37.04 X
|[[Trell Kimmons]]<br />[[Justin Gatlin]]<br />[[Tyson Gay]]<br />[[Ryan Bailey (athlete)|Ryan Bailey]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|11 August 2012
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|London]]
|align=center|<ref name="4x100 Metres Relay Results"/>
|-
!rowspan=3|3
|- style="background:pink"
|37.10 X
|[[Nesta Carter]]<br />[[Michael Frater]]<br />[[Usain Bolt]]<br />[[Asafa Powell]]
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|22 August 2008
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|Beijing]]
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-01-25|title=Usain Bolt stripped of 2008 Olympic relay gold after Nesta Carter fails drug test|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jan/25/usain-bolt-jamaica-olympic-relay-gold-nesta-carter-drugs|access-date=2022-02-14|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|'''37.10'''
|[[Christian Coleman]]<br />[[Justin Gatlin]]<br />[[Mike Rodgers|Michael Rodgers]]<br />[[Noah Lyles]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|5 October 2019
|[[2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|Doha]]
|<ref name="WC2019"/>
|-
!4
|'''37.27'''
|[[Asafa Powell]]<br />[[Yohan Blake]]<br />[[Nickel Ashmeade]]<br />[[Usain Bolt]]
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|19 August 2016
|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|Rio de Janeiro]]
|
|-
!5
|'''37.31'''
|[[Steve Mullings]]<br />[[Michael Frater]]<br />[[Usain Bolt]]<br />[[Asafa Powell]]
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|22 August 2009
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|Berlin]]
|
|-
!rowspan=3|6
|'''37.36'''
|[[Nesta Carter]]<br />[[Kemar Bailey-Cole]]<br />[[Nickel Ashmeade]]<br />[[Usain Bolt]]
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|18 August 2013
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics|Moscow]]
|
|-
|'''37.36'''
|[[Nesta Carter]]<br />[[Asafa Powell]]<br />[[Nickel Ashmeade]]<br />[[Usain Bolt]]
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|29 August 2015
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics|Beijing]]
|
|-
|'''37.36'''
|[[Adam Gemili]]<br />[[Zharnel Hughes]]<br />[[Richard Kilty]]<br />[[Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake]]
|{{flagu|Great Britain}}
|5 October 2019
|[[2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|Doha]]
|<ref name=WC2019/>
|-
! rowspan="4" |9
|- style="background:pink"
|37.38 X
|[[Jeff Demps]]<br />[[Darvis Patton]]<br />[[Trell Kimmons]]<br />[[Justin Gatlin]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|10 August 2012
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|London]]
|align=center|<ref>{{Cite web|title=The XXX Olympic Games {{!}} World Athletics|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxx-olympic-games-6999193/results/men/4x100-metres-relay/heats/result|access-date=2022-02-14|website=www.worldathletics.org}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''37.38'''
|[[Mike Rodgers]]<br />[[Justin Gatlin]]<br />[[Tyson Gay]]<br />[[Ryan Bailey (athlete)|Ryan Bailey]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|2 May 2015
|[[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]]
|
|-
|[[Christian Coleman]]<br />[[Fred Kerley]]<br />[[Brandon Carnes]]<br />[[Noah Lyles]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|26 August 2023
|[[Budapest]]
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |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}}</ref>
|-
!11
|'''37.39'''
|[[Nesta Carter]]<br />[[Michael Frater]]<br />[[Yohan Blake]]<br />[[Kemar Bailey-Cole]]
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|10 August 2012
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|London]]
|
|-
! rowspan="3" |12
| rowspan="3" |'''37.40'''
|[[Michael Marsh (sprinter)|Michael Marsh]]<br />[[Leroy Burrell]]<br />[[Dennis Mitchell]]<br />[[Carl Lewis]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|8 August 1992
|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|Barcelona]]
|
|-
|[[Jon Drummond]]<br />[[Andre Cason]]<br />[[Dennis Mitchell]]<br />[[Leroy Burrell]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|21 August 1993
|[[Stuttgart]]
|
|-
|[[Courtney Lindsey]]<br />[[Kenny Bednarek|Kenneth Bednarek]]<br />[[Kyree King]]<br />[[Noah Lyles]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|5 May 2024
|[[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=FINAL {{!}} 4x100 Metres Relay {{!}} Results {{!}} Bahamas 24 {{!}} World Athletics Relays |url=https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-relays/bahamas24/results/men/4x100-metres-relay/final/result |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
|-
!15
|'''37.41'''
|[[Nesta Carter]]<br />[[Asafa Powell]]<br />[[Rasheed Dwyer]]<br />[[Nickel Ashmeade]]
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|29 August 2015
|[[2015 World Championships in Athletics|Beijing]]
|
|-
!16
|'''37.43'''
|[[Shuhei Tada]]<br />[[Kirara Shiraishi]]<br />[[Yoshihide Kiryu]]<br />[[Abdul Hakim Sani Brown]]
|{{flagu|Japan}}
|5 October 2019
|[[2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|Doha]]
|<ref name="WC2019" />
|-
!17
|'''37.45'''
|[[Trell Kimmons]]<br />[[Wallace Spearmon]]<br />[[Tyson Gay]]<br />[[Mike Rodgers]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|19 August 2010
|[[Zürich]]
|
|-
!18
|'''37.46'''
||[[Daniel Bailey]]<br />[[Yohan Blake]]<br />[[Mario Forsythe]]<br />[[Usain Bolt]]
|{{flagu|Antigua and Barbuda}}<br />{{flagu|Jamaica}}<br />{{flagu|Jamaica}}<br />{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|25 July 2009
|[[London]]
|
|-
!19
|'''37.47'''
|[[Chijindu Ujah]]<br />[[Adam Gemili]]<br />[[Danny Talbot]]<br />[[Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake]]
|{{flagu|Great Britain}}
|12 August 2017
|[[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|London]]
|<ref name="4×100m Relay Results">{{cite web|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}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="2" |20
| rowspan="2" |'''37.48'''
|[[Jon Drummond]]<br />[[Andre Cason]]<br />[[Dennis Mitchell]]<br />[[Leroy Burrell]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|22 August 1993
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|Stuttgart]]
|
|-
|[[Aaron Brown (sprinter)|Aaron Brown]]<br />[[Jerome Blake]]<br />[[Brendon Rodney]]<br />[[Andre De Grasse]]
|{{flagu|Canada}}
|23 July 2022
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 4×100m Relay Final Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-4X1-M-f----.RS6.pdf|work=World Athletics|date=23 July 2022|access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref>
|-
!22
|'''37.49'''
|[[Courtney Lindsey]]<br />[[Kenny Bednarek|Kenneth Bednarek]]<br />[[Kyree King]]<br />[[Noah Lyles]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|4 May 2024
|[[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=OLYMPIC-QUALIFYING-ROUND-1 {{!}} 4x100 Metres Relay {{!}} Results {{!}} Bahamas 24 {{!}} World Athletics Relays |url=https://worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-relays/bahamas24/results/men/4x100-metres-relay/olympic-qualifying-round-1/result |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="3" |23
| rowspan="3" |'''37.50'''
|[[Andre Cason]]<br />[[Leroy Burrell]]<br />[[Dennis Mitchell]]<br />[[Carl Lewis]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|1 September 1991
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|Tokyo]]
|
|-
|[[Lorenzo Patta]]<br />[[Marcell Jacobs]]<br />[[Eseosa Desalu]]<br />[[Filippo Tortu]]
|{{flagu|Italy}}
|6 August 2021
|[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|Tokyo]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 4×100m Relay Final Result|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHM4X100M------------FNL-000100--.pdf|website=olympics.com|date=6 August 2021|access-date=26 August 2021|archive-date=9 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009211355/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHM4X100M------------FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|[[Aaron Brown (sprinter)|Aaron Brown]]<br />[[Jerome Blake]]<br />[[Brendon Rodney]]<br />[[Andre De Grasse]]
|{{flagu|Canada}}
|9 August 2024
|[[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|Paris]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Men's 4 x 100m Relay Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/ATH/OG2024_ATH_C73D_ATHM4X100M------------FNL-000100--.pdf|website=olympics.com|date=9 August 2024|access-date=23 August 2024}}</ref>
|}

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<ref>{{cite web|title=All-time women's best 4 × 100m Relay|url=https://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/relays/4x100-metres-relay/outdoor/women/senior|publisher=IAAF|date=19 August 2017|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="All-time women's best 4×100m Relay"/>

{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Time
!Team
!Nationality
!Date
!Place
!Ref
|-
!1
|'''40.82'''
|[[Tianna Bartoletta]]<br />[[Allyson Felix]]<br />[[Bianca Knight]]<br />[[Carmelita Jeter]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|10 August 2012
|[[London]]
|
|-
!2
|'''41.01'''
|[[Tianna Bartoletta]]<br />[[Allyson Felix]]<br />[[English Gardner]]<br />[[Tori Bowie]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|19 August 2016
| [[Rio de Janeiro]]
|
|-
!3
|'''41.02'''
|[[Briana Williams]]<br />[[Elaine Thompson-Herah]]<br />[[Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce]]<br />[[Shericka Jackson]]
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|6 August 2021
|[[Tokyo]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 4×400m Relay Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHW4X100M------------FNL-000100--.pdf|website=olympics.com|date=6 August 2021|access-date=25 August 2021|archive-date=6 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006064405/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHW4X100M------------FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
!4
|'''41.03'''
|[[Tamari Davis]]<br />[[Twanisha Terry]]<br />[[Gabrielle Thomas]]<br />[[Sha'Carri Richardson]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|26 August 2023
|[[Budapest]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!5
|'''41.07'''
|[[Veronica Campbell-Brown]]<br />[[Natasha Morrison]]<br />[[Elaine Thompson]]<br />[[Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce]]
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|29 August 2015
|[[Beijing]]
|
|-
!6
|'''41.14'''
|[[Melissa Jefferson (athlete)|Melissa Jefferson]]<br>[[Abby Steiner]]<br>[[Jenna Prandini]]<br>[[Twanisha Terry]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|23 July 2022
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 4×100m Relay Final Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-4X1-W-f----.RS6.pdf|work=World Athletics|date=23 July 2022|access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref>
|-
!7
|'''41.18'''
|[[Kemba Nelson]]<br />[[Elaine Thompson-Herah]]<br />[[Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce]]<br />[[Shericka Jackson]]
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|23 July 2022
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|<ref>{{cite web |date=23 July 2022 |title=Women's 4×100m Relay Final Results |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-4X1-W-f----.RS6.pdf |access-date=24 July 2022 |work=World Athletics}}</ref>
|-
!8
|'''41.21'''
|[[Natasha Morrison]]<br />[[Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce]]<br />[[Shashalee Forbes]]<br />[[Shericka Jackson]]
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|26 August 2023
|[[Budapest]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!9
|'''41.29'''
|[[Carrie Russell]]<br />[[Kerron Stewart]]<br />[[Schillonie Calvert]]<br />[[Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce]]
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
| 18 August 2013
| [[Moscow]]
|
|-
!10
|'''41.36'''
|[[Christania Williams]]<br />[[Elaine Thompson]]<br />[[Veronica Campbell-Brown]]<br />[[Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce]]
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
| 19 August 2016
|[[Rio de Janeiro]]
|
|-
!11
|'''41.37'''
|[[Silke Gladisch-Möller]]<br />[[Sabine Günther|Sabine Rieger-Günther]]<br />[[Ingrid Auerswald-Lange]]<br />[[Marlies Göhr]]
|{{flagu|German Democratic Republic}}
|6 October 1985
|[[Canberra]]
|
|-
!12
|'''41.41'''
|[[Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce]]<br />[[Sherone Simpson]]<br />[[Veronica Campbell-Brown]]<br />[[Kerron Stewart]]
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|10 August 2012
|[[London]]
|
|-
!13
|'''41.44'''
|[[Natalliah Whyte]]<br />[[Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce]]<br />[[Jonielle Smith]]<br />[[Shericka Jackson]]
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|5 October 2019
|Doha
|<ref>{{cite web|title=4×400m Relay Women − Final − Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-4X1-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=228811080|publisher=IAAF|date=5 October 2019|access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
!14
|'''41.45'''
|[[Javianne Oliver]]<br />[[Teahna Daniels]]<br />[[Jenna Prandini]]<br />[[Gabrielle Thomas]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|6 August 2021
|[[Tokyo]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 4×400m Relay Final Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHW4X100M------------FNL-000100--.pdf|website=olympics.com|date=6 August 2021|access-date=25 August 2021|archive-date=6 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006064405/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73E_ATHW4X100M------------FNL-000100--.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
!15
|'''41.47'''
|[[Chryste Gaines]]<br />[[Marion Jones]]<br />[[Inger Miller]]<br />[[Gail Devers]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
| 9 August 1997
|Athens
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |16
| rowspan="2" |'''41.49'''
|[[Olga Bogoslovskaya]]<br />[[Galina Malchugina]]<br />[[Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova]]<br />[[Irina Privalova]]
|{{flagu|Russia}}
|22 August 1993
|[[Stuttgart]]
|
|-
|[[Michelle Finn-Burrell]]<br />[[Gwen Torrence]]<br />[[Wendy Vereen]]<br />[[Gail Devers]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|22 August 1993
|[[Stuttgart]]
|
|-
!18
|'''41.52'''
|[[Chryste Gaines]]<br />[[Marion Jones]]<br />[[Inger Miller]]<br />[[Gail Devers]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|8 August 1997
|[[Athens]]
|
|-
!19
|'''41.53'''
|[[Silke Gladisch-Möller]]<br />[[Marita Koch]]<br />[[Ingrid Auerswald-Lange]]<br />[[Marlies Göhr]]
|{{flagu|German Democratic Republic}}
|31 July 1983
|[[Berlin]]
|
|-
!rowspan=4|20
|rowspan=4|'''41.55'''
|[[Alice Brown (sprinter)|Alice Brown]]<br />[[Diane Williams (athlete)|Diane Williams]]<br />[[Florence Griffith-Joyner]]<br />[[Pam Marshall]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
| 21 August 1987
|[[Berlin]]
|
|-
|[[Asha Philip]]<br />[[Imani-Lara Lansiquot|Imani Lansiquot]]<br />[[Dina Asher-Smith]]<br />[[Daryll Neita]]
|{{flagu|Great Britain}}
|5 August 2021
|[[Tokyo]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 4×100m Relay Round 1 Results Summary|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C74A_ATHW4X100M------------RND1--------.pdf|publisher=olympics.com|date=5 August 2021|access-date=24 August 2021|archive-date=8 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808073310/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C74A_ATHW4X100M------------RND1--------.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|[[Texas Longhorns]]<br>[[Julien Alfred]]<br>[[Ezinne Abba]]<br>[[Rhasidat Adeleke]]<br>[[Kevona Davis]]
|<br>{{flagu|St. Lucia}}<br>{{flagu|United States}}<br>{{flagu|Ireland}}<br>{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|8 June 2023
|[[Mike A. Myers Stadium|Austin]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=4×100m Relay Semifinals Results|url=https://flashresults.ncaa.com/Outdoor/2023/031-1.pdf|work=flashresults.ncaa.com|date=8 June 2023|access-date=9 June 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[Dina Asher-Smith]]<br>[[Imani Lansiquot]]<br>[[Amy Hunt]]<br>[[Daryll Neita]]
|{{flagu|Great Britain}}
|20 July 2024
|[[London Stadium|London]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 4 × 100m Relay Results|url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/LONDON_2024/PDF_ATHW4X100M--ADDITIONALFNL-000100--_C73D.PDF?h=fkpWovwrXeDWWNCLVm58pNPy3ig=|website=swisstiming.com|date=20 July 2024|access-date=20 July 2024}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="2" |24
| rowspan="2" |'''41.56'''
|[[Bianca Knight]]<br />[[Allyson Felix]]<br />[[Marshevet Myers]]<br />[[Carmelita Jeter]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
| 4 September 2011
| [[Daegu]]
|
|-
|[[Melissa Jefferson (athlete)|Melissa Jefferson]]<br>[[Aleia Hobbs]]<br>[[Jenna Prandini]]<br>[[Twanisha Terry]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|22 July 2022
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's 4×100m Relay Round 1 Results Summary|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-4X1-W-h----.RS4.pdf|work=World Athletics|date=22 July 2022|access-date=23 July 2022}}</ref>
|}

==Olympic Games medalists==
{{Seealso|4 × 100 metres relay at the Olympics}}

===Men===
{{Olympic medalists in men's 4x100 metres relay}}

===Women===
{{Olympic medalists in women's 4x100 metres relay}}

==World Championships medalists==
{{further|4 × 100 metres relay at the World Championships in Athletics}}

===Men===
{{World Championships in Athletics medalists in men's 4 × 100 metres relay}}

===Women===
{{World Championships in Athletics medalists in women's 4 × 100 metres relay}}

==Season's Bests==
===Men ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"
|-
!Year
!Time
!Team
!Athletes
!Place
!Event
!Ref
|-
|[[2024 in the sport of athletics|2024]] || 37.40 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Courtney Lindsey]], [[Kenneth Bednarek]], [[Kyree King]], [[Noah Lyles]] || {{Flag icon|BAH}} [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]] || [[2024 World Athletics Relays – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|2024 World Athletics Relays]] || 
|-
|[[2023 in the sport of athletics|2023]] || 37.38 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Christian Coleman]], [[Fred Kerley]], [[Brandon Carnes]], [[Noah Lyles]] || {{Flag icon|HUN}} [[Budapest]] || [[2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|2023 World Athletics Championships]] ||
|-
|[[2022 in the sport of athletics|2022]] || 37.48 || {{flag|Canada}} || [[Aaron Brown (sprinter)|Aaron Brown]], [[Jerome Blake]], [[Brendon Rodney]], [[Andre De Grasse]] || {{Flag icon|USA}} [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]] || [[2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|2022 World Athletics Championships]] ||
|-
|[[2021 in the sport of athletics|2021]] || 37.50 || {{flag|Italy}} || [[Lorenzo Patta]], [[Marcell Jacobs]], [[Fausto Desalu]], [[Filippo Tortu]] || {{Flag icon|JPN}} [[Tokyo]] || [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|2020 Summer Olympics]] ||
|-
|[[2020 in the sport of athletics|2020]]|| 38.56 || {{Flag icon|Jamaica}} Sprintec Lions || [[Andrew Fisher (sprinter)|Andrew Fisher]], [[Everton Clarke]], Romario Williams, [[Demish Gaye]] || {{Flag icon|JAM}} [[Spanish Town]] || 2020 Milo Western Relays || <ref name="Western Relays 2020">{{cite web|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}}</ref>
|-
|[[2019 in the sport of athletics|2019]] || 37.10 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Christian Coleman]], [[Justin Gatlin]], [[Mike Rodgers]], [[Noah Lyles]] || {{Flag icon|QAT}}  [[Doha]] || [[2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|2019 World Athletics Championships]] ||
|-
|[[2018 in the sport of athletics|2018]] || 37.61 || {{flag|Great Britain}} || [[Chijindu Ujah]], [[Zharnel Hughes]], [[Adam Gemili]], [[Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake]] || {{Flag icon|ENG}} [[London]] || 2018 [[London Athletics Meet|London Müller Anniversary Games]] || <ref name="London Diamond League 2018">{{cite web|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}}</ref>
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|[[2017 in the sport of athletics|2017]] || 37.47 || {{flag|Great Britain}} || [[Chijindu Ujah]], [[Adam Gemili]], [[Danny Talbot]], [[Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake]] || {{Flag icon|ENG}} [[London]] || [[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|2017 IAAF World Championships]] ||
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|[[2016 in the sport of athletics|2016]] || 37.27 || {{flag|Jamaica}} || [[Asafa Powell]], [[Yohan Blake]], [[Nickel Ashmeade]], [[Usain Bolt]] || {{Flag icon|BRA}} [[Rio de Janeiro]] || [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|2016 Summer Olympics]] ||
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|[[2015 in the sport of athletics|2015]] || 37.36 || {{flag|Jamaica}} || [[Nesta Carter]], [[Asafa Powell]], [[Nickel Ashmeade]], [[Usain Bolt]] || {{Flag icon|CHN}} [[Beijing]] || [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|2015 IAAF World Championships]] ||
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|[[2014 in the sport of athletics|2014]] || 37.58 || {{flag|Jamaica}} || [[Jason Livermore]], [[Kemar Bailey-Cole]], [[Nickel Ashmeade]], [[Usain Bolt]] || {{Flag icon|Scotland}}[[Glasgow]] || [[Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|2014 Commonwealth Games]] ||
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|[[2013 in the sport of athletics|2013]] || 37.36 || {{flag|Jamaica}} || [[Nesta Carter]], [[Kemar Bailey-Cole]], [[Nickel Ashmeade]], [[Usain Bolt]] || {{Flag icon|RUS}} [[Moscow]] || [[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|2013 IAAF World Championships]] ||
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|[[2012 in the sport of athletics|2012]] || 36.84 || {{flag|Jamaica}} || [[Nesta Carter]], [[Michael Frater]], [[Yohan Blake]], [[Usain Bolt]] || {{Flag icon|ENG}} [[London]] || [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|2012 Summer Olympics]] ||
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|[[2011 in the sport of athletics|2011]] || 37.04 || {{flag|Jamaica}} || [[Nesta Carter]], [[Michael Frater]], [[Yohan Blake]], [[Usain Bolt]] || {{Flag icon|ROK}} [[Daegu]] || [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|2011 IAAF World Championships]] ||
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|[[2010 in the sport of athletics|2010]] || 37.45 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Trell Kimmons]], [[Wallace Spearmon]], [[Tyson Gay]], [[Mike Rodgers]] || {{Flag icon|SUI}} [[Zurich]] || 2010 [[Weltklasse Zürich]] || <ref name="Weltklasse Zürich 2010 Results">{{cite web|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}}</ref> 
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|[[2009 in the sport of athletics|2009]] || 37.31 || {{flag|Jamaica}} || [[Steve Mullings]], [[Michael Frater]], [[Yohan Blake]], [[Usain Bolt]] || {{Flag icon|DEU}} [[Berlin]] || [[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|2009 IAAF World Championships]] ||
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|[[2008 in the sport of athletics|2008]] || 37.80 || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[United States|United States Red]] || [[Rodney Martin (sprinter)|Rodney Martin]], [[Travis Padgett]], [[Shawn Crawford]], [[Darvis Patton]] || {{Flag icon|ENG}} [[London]] || 2008 [[London Athletics Meet|London Grand Prix]] || <ref name="London DL Results Archive">{{cite web|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}}</ref> 
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|[[2007 in the sport of athletics|2007]] || 37.78 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Darvis Patton]], [[Wallace Spearmon]], [[Tyson Gay]], [[Leroy Dixon]] || {{Flag icon|JPN}} [[Osaka]] || [[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|2007 IAAF World Championships]] ||
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|[[2006 in the sport of athletics|2006]] || 37.59 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Kaaron Conwright]], [[Wallace Spearmon]], [[Tyson Gay]], [[Jason Smoots]] || {{Flag icon|GRE}} [[Athens]] || [[2006 IAAF World Cup – Results#4 × 100 m relay|2006 IAAF World Cup]] ||
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|[[2005 in the sport of athletics|2005]] || 38.08 || {{flag|France}} || [[Ladji Doucouré]], [[Ronald Pognon]], [[Eddy De Lépine]], [[Lueyi Dovy]] || {{Flag icon|FIN}} [[Helsinki]] || [[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|2005 IAAF World Championships]] ||
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|[[2004 in the sport of athletics|2004]] || 37.92 || {{Flag icon|USA}} [[United States|United States I]] || [[Shawn Crawford]], [[Justin Gatlin]], [[Coby Miller]], [[Maurice Greene (sprinter)|Maurice Greene]] || {{Flag icon|DEU}} [[Munich]] || Athletics Team Challenge || <ref name="Team Challenge Results">{{cite web|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}}</ref>  
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|[[2003 in the sport of athletics|2003]] || 37.77 || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[United States|United States I]] || [[Jon Drummond]], [[Bernard Williams (sprinter)|Bernard Williams]], [[Darvis Patton]], [[Maurice Greene (sprinter)|Maurice Greene]] || {{Flag icon|DEU}} [[Berlin]] || 2003 [[ISTAF Berlin]] || <ref name="ISTAF Berlin 2003 Results">{{cite web|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}}</ref>   
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|[[2002 in the sport of athletics|2002]] || 37.95 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Jon Drummond]], [[Jason Smoots]], [[Kaaron Conwright]], [[Coby Miller]] || {{Flag icon|ESP}} [[Madrid]] || [[2002 IAAF World Cup – Results#4 × 100 m relay|2002 IAAF World Cup]] ||
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|[[2001 in the sport of athletics|2001]] || 37.88 || {{Flag icon|United States}} [[HSI (track team)|Hudson Smith International]] || [[Jon Drummond]], [[Bernard Williams (sprinter)|Bernard Williams]], [[Curtis Johnson (sprinter)|Curtis Johnson]], [[Maurice Greene (sprinter)|Maurice Greene]] || {{Flag icon|USA}} [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] || 2001 [[Texas Relays]] || <ref name="HSI Texas Relays 2001">{{cite web|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}}</ref>
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|[[2000 in the sport of athletics|2000]] || 37.61 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Jon Drummond]], [[Bernard Williams (sprinter)|Bernard Williams]], [[Brian Lewis (sprinter)|Brian Lewis]], [[Maurice Greene (sprinter)|Maurice Greene]] || {{Flag icon|AUS}} [[Sydney]] || [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|2000 Summer Olympics]]
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|[[1999 in the sport of athletics|1999]] || 37.59 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Jon Drummond]], [[Tim Montgomery]], [[Bernard Williams (sprinter)|Bernard Williams]], [[Maurice Greene (sprinter)|Maurice Greene]] || {{Flag icon|ESP}} [[Seville]] || [[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|1999 IAAF World Championships]] ||
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|[[1998 in the sport of athletics|1998]] || 38.04 || [[TCU Horned Frogs|Texas Christian University]] || {{Flag icon|USA}} [[Bryan Howard (athlete)|Bryan Howard]], {{Flag icon|USA}} Jarmiene Holloway, {{Flag icon|Jamaica}} Syan Williams, {{Flag icon|Jamaica}} [[Percival Spencer (athlete)|Percival Spencer]] || {{Flag icon|USA}} [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] || [[1998 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships#4x100-meter relay|1998 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships]] ||
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|[[1997 in the sport of athletics|1997]] || 37.86 || {{flag|Canada}} || [[Robert Esmie]], [[Glenroy Gilbert]], [[Bruny Surin]], [[Donovan Bailey]] || {{Flag icon|GRE}} [[Athens]] || [[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|1997 IAAF World Championships]] ||
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|[[1996 in the sport of athletics|1996]] || 37.69 || {{flag|Canada}} || [[Robert Esmie]], [[Glenroy Gilbert]], [[Bruny Surin]], [[Donovan Bailey]] || {{Flag icon|USA}} [[Atlanta]] || [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|1996 Summer Olympics]] ||
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|[[1995 in the sport of athletics|1995]] || 38.16 || {{flag|Canada}} || [[Robert Esmie]], [[Glenroy Gilbert]], [[Bruny Surin]], [[Donovan Bailey]] || {{Flag icon|SWE}} [[Gothenburg]] || [[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay#Semifinals|1995 IAAF World Championships]] (Semifinal)||
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|[[1994 in the sport of athletics|1994]] || 37.79 || {{Flag icon|USA}} [[Santa Monica Track Club]] || [[Michael Marsh (sprinter)|Michael Marsh]], [[Leroy Burrell]], [[Floyd Heard]], [[Carl Lewis]] || {{Flag icon|USA}} [[Walnut, California|Walnut]] || 1994 [[Mt. SAC Relays]] || 
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|[[1993 in the sport of athletics|1993]] || 37.40 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Jon Drummond]], [[Andre Cason]], [[Dennis Mitchell]], [[Leroy Burrell]] || {{Flag icon|DEU}} [[Stuttgart]] || [[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|1993 IAAF World Championships]] ||
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|[[1992 in the sport of athletics|1992]] || 37.40 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Michael Marsh (sprinter)|Michael Marsh]], [[Leroy Burrell]], [[Dennis Mitchell]], [[Carl Lewis]] || {{Flag icon|ESP}} [[Barcelona]] || [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|1992 Summer Olympics]] ||
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|[[1991 in the sport of athletics|1991]] || 37.50 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Andre Cason]], [[Leroy Burrell]], [[Dennis Mitchell]], [[Carl Lewis]] || {{Flag icon|JPN}} [[Tokyo]] || [[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|1991 IAAF World Championships]] ||
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|[[1990 in the sport of athletics|1990]] || 37.79 || {{flag|France}} || [[Max Morinière]], [[Daniel Sangouma]], [[Jean-Charles Trouabal]], [[Bruno Marie-Rose]] || {{Flag icon|YUG}} [[Split, Croatia|Split]] || [[1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|1990 European Athletics Championships]] ||
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|[[1989 in the sport of athletics|1989]] || 38.23 {{AthAbbr|A}}|| [[TCU Horned Frogs|Texas Christian University]] || {{Flag icon|USA}} Horatio Porter, {{Flag icon|Jamaica}} [[Andrew Smith (sprinter)|Andrew Smith]], {{Flag icon|USA}} [[Greg Sholars]], {{Flag icon|Jamaica}} [[Raymond Stewart (sprinter)|Raymond Stewart]] || {{Flag icon|USA}} [[Provo, Utah|Provo]] ||  [[1989 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships]] || <ref name="1989 NCAA D1 Results">{{cite web|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}}</ref>
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|[[1988 in the sport of athletics|1988]] || 38.19 || {{flag|Soviet Union}} || [[Viktor Bryzhin]], [[Vladimir Krylov]], [[Vladimir Muravyov (athlete)|Vladimir Muravyov]], [[Vitaliy Savin]] || {{Flag icon|ROK}} [[Seoul]] || [[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|1988 Summer Olympics]] ||
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|[[1987 in the sport of athletics|1987]] || 37.90 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Lee McRae]], [[Lee McNeill]], [[Harvey Glance]], [[Carl Lewis]] || {{Flag icon|ITA}} [[Rome]] || [[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|1987 IAAF World Championships]] ||
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|[[1986 in the sport of athletics|1986]] || 37.98 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Lee McRae]], [[Floyd Heard]], [[Harvey Glance]], [[Carl Lewis]] || {{Flag icon|URS}} [[Moscow]] || [[Athletics at the 1986 Goodwill Games#Medal Summary|1986 Goodwill Games]] ||
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|[[1985 in the sport of athletics|1985]] || 38.10 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Harvey Glance]], [[Kirk Baptiste]], [[Calvin Smith]], [[Dwayne Evans]] || {{Flag icon|AUS}} [[Canberra]] || [[1985 IAAF World Cup – Results#4 × 100 m relay|1985 IAAF World Cup]] ||
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|[[1984 in the sport of athletics|1984]] || 37.83 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Sam Graddy]], [[Ron Brown]], [[Calvin Smith]], [[Carl Lewis]] || {{Flag icon|USA}} [[Los Angeles]] || [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|1984 Summer Olympics]] ||
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|[[1983 in the sport of athletics|1983]] || 37.86 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Emmit King]], [[Willie Gault]], [[Calvin Smith]], [[Carl Lewis]] || {{Flag icon|FIN}} [[Helsinki]] || [[1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|1983 IAAF World Championships]] ||
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|[[1982 in the sport of athletics|1982]] || 38.13 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Mel Lattany]], [[Stanley Floyd]], [[Calvin Smith]], [[Carl Lewis]] || {{Flag icon|SUI}} [[Zurich]] || 1982 [[Weltklasse Zürich]] || <ref name="1982 Track Newsletter">{{cite web|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}}</ref>
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|[[1981 in the sport of athletics|1981]] || 38.66 || {{flag|Poland}} || [[Krzysztof Zwoliński]], [[Zenon Licznerski]], [[Leszek Dunecki]], [[Marian Woronin]] || {{Flag icon|YUG}} [[Zagreb]] || [[1981 European Cup (athletics)#Men's events|1981 European Cup]] ||
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|[[1980 in the sport of athletics|1980]] || 38.26 ||{{flag|Soviet Union}} || [[Vladimir Muravyov (athlete)|Vladimir Muravyov]], [[Nikolay Sidorov]], [[Andrey Prokofyev]], [[Aleksandr Aksinin]] || {{Flag icon|URS}} [[Moscow]] || [[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|1980 Summer Olympics]] ||
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|[[1979 in the sport of athletics|1979]] || 38.30 {{AthAbbr|A}} || {{Flag icon|USA}} South Team || [[Mike Roberson]], [[Harvey Glance]], [[Bill Collins (athlete)|Bill Collins]], [[Mel Lattany]] || {{Flag icon|USA}} [[Colorado Springs]] || 1979 [[U.S. Olympic Festival]] || <ref name="1979 US Olympic Festival Article">{{cite web|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}}</ref>
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|[[1978 in the sport of athletics|1978]] || 38.55 || [[Southern California Striders|Tobias Striders]] || {{Flag icon|PAN}} [[Guy Abrahams]], {{Flag icon|USA}} Michael Simmons, {{Flag icon|JAM}} [[Don Quarrie]], {{Flag icon|GUY}} [[James Gilkes]] || {{Flag icon|USA}} [[Tempe, Arizona|Tempe]] || 1978 Sun Devil Classic || <ref name="1978 Track Newsletter">{{cite web|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}}</ref>
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|1977 || 38.03 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Bill Collins (athlete)|Bill Collins]], [[Steve Riddick]], [[Cliff Wiley]], [[Steve Williams (sprinter)|Steve Williams]] || {{Flag icon|FRG|1977}} [[Düsseldorf]] || [[1977 IAAF World Cup – Results#Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|1977 IAAF World Cup]] ||
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|1976 || 38.33 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Harvey Glance]], [[Lam Jones|Johnny Jones]], [[Millard Hampton]], [[Steve Riddick]] || {{Flag icon|CAN}} [[Montreal]] || [[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|1976 Summer Olympics]] ||
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|1975 || 38.31 {{AthAbbr|A}} || {{flag|United States}} || [[Clancy Edwards]], [[Larry Brown (athlete)|Larry Brown]], [[Donald Merrick (athlete)|Donald Merrick]], [[Bill Collins (athlete)|Bill Collins]] || {{Flag icon|MEX}} [[Mexico City]] || [[Athletics at the 1975 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|1975 Pan American Games]] ||
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|1974 || 38.69 || {{flag|France}} || [[Lucien Sainte-Rose]], [[Joseph Arame]], [[Bruno Cherrier]], [[Dominique Chauvelot]] || {{Flag icon|ITA}} [[Rome]] || [[1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|1974 European Athletics Championships]] ||
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|1973 || 38.8 || {{flag|East Germany}} || [[Eberhard Weise]], [[Michael Droese]], [[Hans-Jürgen Bombach]], [[Siegfried Schenke]] || {{Flag icon|GDR}} [[East Berlin]] || || <ref name="1973 Track Newsletter">{{cite web|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}}</ref>
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|1972 || 38.19 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Larry Black (sprinter)|Larry Black]], [[Robert Taylor (sprinter, born 1948)|Robert Taylor]], [[Gerald Tinker]], [[Eddie Hart (sprinter)|Eddie Hart]] || {{Flag icon|FRG|1972}} [[Munich]] || [[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|1972 Summer Olympics]] ||
|}

===Women===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"
|-
!Year
!Time
!Team
!Athletes
!Place
!Event
!Ref
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|[[2024 in the sport of athletics|2024]] || 41.55 || {{flag|Great Britain}} || [[Dina Asher-Smith]], [[Imani Lansiquot]], [[Amy Hunt]], [[Daryll Neita]] || {{Flag icon|ENG}} [[London]] || 2024 [[London Athletics Meet]] || <ref name="London Diamond League 2024">{{cite web|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}}</ref>
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|[[2023 in the sport of athletics|2023]] || 41.03 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Tamari Davis]], [[Twanisha Terry]], [[Gabrielle Thomas]], [[Sha'Carri Richardson]] || {{Flag icon|HUN}} [[Budapest]] || [[2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2023 World Athletics Championships]] || 
|-
|[[2022 in the sport of athletics|2022]] || 41.14 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Melissa Jefferson]], [[Abby Steiner]], [[Jenna Prandini]], [[Twanisha Terry]] || {{Flag icon|USA}} [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]] || [[2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2022 World Athletics Championships]] ||
|-
|[[2021 in the sport of athletics|2021]] || 41.02 || {{flag|Jamaica}} || [[Briana Williams]], [[Elaine Thompson-Herah]], [[Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce]], [[Shericka Jackson]] || {{Flag icon|JPN}} [[Tokyo]] || [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2020 Summer Olympics]] ||
|-
|[[2020 in the sport of athletics|2020]] || 43.47 || {{Flag icon|Jamaica}} Sprintec || [[Shashalee Forbes]], [[Natasha Morrison]], [[Anastasia Le-Roy|Anastasia Natalie Le-Roy]], [[Ronda Whyte]] || {{Flag icon|JAM}} [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]] || 2020 Gibson McCook Relays || <ref name="Gibson McCook Relays 2020">{{cite web|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}}</ref>
|-
|[[2019 in the sport of athletics|2019]] || 41.44 || {{flag|Jamaica}} || [[Natalliah Whyte]], [[Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce]], [[Jonielle Smith]], [[Shericka Jackson]] || {{Flag icon|QAT}} [[Doha]] || [[2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2019 World Athletics Championships]] ||
|-
|[[2018 in the sport of athletics|2018]] || 41.88 || {{flag|Great Britain}} || [[Asha Philip]], [[Bianca Williams]], [[Imani-Lara Lansiquot]], [[Dina Asher-Smith]] || {{Flag icon|DEU}} [[Berlin]] || [[2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2018 European Athletics Championships]] ||
|-
|[[2017 in the sport of athletics|2017]] || 41.82 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Aaliyah Brown]], [[Allyson Felix]], [[Morolake Akinosun]], [[Tori Bowie]] || {{Flag icon|ENG}} [[London]] || [[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2017 IAAF World Championships]] ||
|-
|[[2016 in the sport of athletics|2016]] || 41.01 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Tianna Bartoletta]], [[Allyson Felix]], [[English Gardner]], [[Tori Bowie]] || {{Flag icon|BRA}} [[Rio de Janeiro]] || [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2016 Summer Olympics]] ||
|-
|[[2015 in the sport of athletics|2015]] || 41.07 || {{flag|Jamaica}} || [[Veronica Campbell-Brown]], [[Natasha Morrison]], [[Elaine Thompson]], [[Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce]] || {{Flag icon|CHN}} [[Beijing]] || [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2015 IAAF World Championships]] ||
|-
|[[2014 in the sport of athletics|2014]] || 41.83 || {{flag|Jamaica}} || [[Kerron Stewart]], [[Veronica Campbell-Brown]], [[Schillonie Calvert]], [[Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce]] || {{Flag icon|SCO}} [[Glasgow]] || [[Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2014 Commonwealth Games]] ||
|-
|[[2013 in the sport of athletics|2013]] || 41.29 || {{flag|Jamaica}} || [[Carrie Russell]], [[Kerron Stewart]], [[Schillonie Calvert]], [[Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce]] || {{Flag icon|RUS}} [[Moscow]] || [[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2013 IAAF World Championships]] ||
|-
|[[2012 in the sport of athletics|2012]] || 40.82 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Tianna Bartoletta]], [[Allyson Felix]], [[Bianca Knight]], [[Carmelita Jeter]] || {{Flag icon|ENG}} [[London]] || [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2012 Summer Olympics]] ||
|-
|[[2011 in the sport of athletics|2011]] || 41.56 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Bianca Knight]], [[Allyson Felix]], [[Marshevet Myers]], [[Carmelita Jeter]] || {{Flag icon|ROK}} [[Daegu]] || [[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2011 IAAF World Championships]] ||
|-
|[[2010 in the sport of athletics|2010]] || 42.29 || {{flag|Ukraine}} || [[Olesya Povh]], [[Nataliya Pohrebnyak]], [[Mariya Ryemyen]], [[Yelizaveta Bryzgina]] || {{Flag icon|ESP}} [[Barcelona]] || [[2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2010 European Athletics Championships]] ||
|-
|[[2009 in the sport of athletics|2009]] || 41.58 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Lauryn Williams]], [[Allyson Felix]], [[Muna Lee (athlete)|Muna Lee]], [[Carmelita Jeter]] || {{Flag icon|DEU}} [[Cottbus]] || 2009 International Lausitzer Leichtathletik Meeting || <ref>{{cite web|title=
20. Internationales Lausitzer Meeting Ergebnisse|url=http://www.leichtathletik.de:80/results/2305_cottbus_080809.htm|website=Olympics|publisher=SELTEC|date=8 August 2009|access-date=10 September 2024|archive-date=18 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918223827/http://www.leichtathletik.de:80/results/2305_cottbus_080809.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|[[2008 in the sport of athletics|2008]] || 42.24 || {{flag|Jamaica}} || [[Shelly-Ann Fraser]], [[Sheri-Ann Brooks]], [[Aleen Bailey]], [[Veronica Campbell-Brown]] || {{Flag icon|CHN}} [[Beijing]] || [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay#Round 1|2008 Summer Olympics]] (Heat 2) ||
|-
|[[2007 in the sport of athletics|2007]] || 41.98  || {{flag|United States}} || [[Lauryn Williams]], [[Allyson Felix]], [[Mikele Barber]], [[Torri Edwards]] || {{Flag icon|JPN}} [[Osaka]] || [[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2007 IAAF World Championships]] ||
|-
|[[2006 in the sport of athletics|2006]] || 42.26 || [[Americas]] || {{Flag icon|JAM}} [[Aleen Bailey]], {{Flag icon|BAH}} [[Debbie Ferguson]], {{Flag icon|CYM}} [[Cydonie Mothersille]], {{Flag icon|JAM}} [[Sherone Simpson]] || {{Flag icon|GRE}} [[Athens]] || [[2006 IAAF World Cup – Results#4 × 100 m relay|2006 IAAF World Cup]] || 
|-
|[[2005 in the sport of athletics|2005]] || 41.78 || {{flag|United States}} ||  [[Angela Daigle]], [[Muna Lee (athlete)|Muna Lee]], [[Me'Lisa Barber]], [[Lauryn Williams]] || {{Flag icon|FIN}} [[Helsinki]] || [[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2005 IAAF World Championships]] ||
|-
||[[2004 in the sport of athletics|2004]] || 41.73 || {{flag|Jamaica}} || [[Tayna Lawrence]], [[Sherone Simpson]], [[Aleen Bailey]], [[Veronica Campbell]] || {{Flag icon|GRE}} [[Athens]] || [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2004 Summer Olympics]] ||
|-
|[[2003 in the sport of athletics|2003]] || 41.78 || {{flag|France}} || [[Patricia Girard-Léno]], [[Muriel Hurtis]], [[Sylviane Félix]], [[Christine Arron]] || {{Flag icon|FRA}} [[Paris]] || [[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2003 IAAF World Championships]] ||
|-
|[[2002 in the sport of athletics|2002]] || 41.91 || [[Americas]] || {{Flag icon|JAM}} [[Tayna Lawrence]], {{Flag icon|JAM}} [[Juliet Campbell (athlete)|Juliet Campbell]], {{Flag icon|JAM}} [[Beverly McDonald]], {{Flag icon|BAH}} [[Debbie Ferguson]] || {{Flag icon|ESP}} [[Madrid]] || [[2002 IAAF World Cup – Results#4 × 100 m relay|2002 IAAF World Cup]] ||
|-
|[[2001 in the sport of athletics|2001]] || 42.32 || {{flag|Germany}} || [[Melanie Paschke]], [[Gabi Rockmeier]], [[Birgit Rockmeier]], [[Marion Wagner]] || {{Flag icon|CAN}} [[Edmonton]] || [[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2001 IAAF World Championships]] ||
|-
|[[2000 in the sport of athletics|2000]] || 41.95 || {{flag|Bahamas}} || [[Sevatheda Fynes]], [[Chandra Sturrup]], [[Pauline Davis-Thompson]], [[Debbie Ferguson]] || {{Flag icon|AUS}} [[Sydney]] || [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|2000 Summer Olympics]] ||
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|[[1999 in the sport of athletics|1999]] || 41.92 || {{flag|Bahamas}} || [[Sevatheda Fynes]], [[Chandra Sturrup]], [[Pauline Davis-Thompson]], [[Debbie Ferguson]] || {{Flag icon|ESP}} [[Seville]] || [[1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|1999 IAAF World Championships]] ||
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|[[1998 in the sport of athletics|1998]] || 42.00 {{AthAbbr|A}} || {{flag|United States}} || [[Cheryl Taplin]], [[Chryste Gaines]], [[Inger Miller]], [[Carlette Guidry-White]] || {{Flag icon|RSA}} [[Johannesburg]] || [[1998 IAAF World Cup – Results#4 × 100 m relay|1998 IAAF World Cup]] ||
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|[[1997 in the sport of athletics|1997]] || 41.47 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Chryste Gaines]], [[Marion Jones]], [[Inger Miller]], [[Gail Devers]] || {{Flag icon|GRE}} [[Athens]] || [[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|1997 IAAF World Championships]] ||
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|[[1996 in the sport of athletics|1996]] || 41.95 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Chryste Gaines]], [[Gail Devers]], [[Inger Miller]], [[Gwen Torrence]] || {{Flag icon|USA}} [[Atlanta]] || [[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|1996 Summer Olympics]] ||
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|[[1995 in the sport of athletics|1995]] || 42.12 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Celena Mondie-Milner]], [[Carlette Guidry-White]], [[Chryste Gaines]], [[Gwen Torrence]] || {{Flag icon|SWE}} [[Gothenburg]] || [[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|1995 IAAF World Championships]] ||
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|[[1994 in the sport of athletics|1994]] || 42.45 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Chryste Gaines]], [[Carlette Guidry]], [[Cheryl Taplin]], [[Dannette Young]] || {{Flag icon|USA}} [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]] || 1994 Pan Africa-USA International || <ref name="1994 Pan Africa-USA Meet">{{cite web|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}}</ref>
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|[[1993 in the sport of athletics|1993]] || 41.49 || {{flag|Russia}} || [[Olga Bogoslovskaya]], [[Galina Malchugina]], [[Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova|Natalya Voronova]], [[Irina Privalova]] || {{Flag icon|DEU}} [[Stuttgart]] || [[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|1993 IAAF World Championships]] ||
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|[[1992 in the sport of athletics|1992]] || 42.11 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Evelyn Ashford]], [[Esther Jones (athlete)|Esther Jones]], [[Carlette Guidry]], [[Gwen Torrence]] || {{Flag icon|ESP}} [[Barcelona]] || [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|1992 Summer Olympics]] ||
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|[[1991 in the sport of athletics|1991]] || 41.91 || {{flag|Germany}} || [[Grit Breuer]], [[Katrin Krabbe]], [[Sabine Richter]], [[Heike Drechsler]] || {{Flag icon|JPN}} [[Tokyo]] || [[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay#Heat 2|1991 IAAF World Championships]] (Heat 2) ||
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|[[1990 in the sport of athletics|1990]] || 41.68 || {{flag|East Germany}} || [[Silke Möller]], [[Katrin Krabbe]], [[Kerstin Behrendt]], [[Sabine Günther]] || {{Flag icon|YUG}} [[Split, Croatia|Split]] || [[1990 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|1990 European Athletics Championships]] ||
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|[[1989 in the sport of athletics|1989]] || 41.68 || {{flag|East Germany}} || [[Silke Möller]], [[Katrin Krabbe]], [[Kerstin Behrendt]], [[Sabine Günther]] || {{Flag icon|ENG}} [[Gateshead]] || [[1989 European Cup (athletics)#Women's events|1989 European Cup]] ||
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|[[1988 in the sport of athletics|1988]] || 41.73 || {{flag|East Germany}} || [[Silke Möller]], [[Kerstin Behrendt]], [[Ingrid Auerswald]], [[Marlies Göhr]] || {{Flag icon|GDR}} [[East Berlin]] || 
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|[[1987 in the sport of athletics|1987]] || 41.55 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Alice Brown (sprinter)|Alice Brown]], [[Diane Williams (athlete)|Diane Williams]], [[Florence Griffith-Joyner]], [[Pam Marshall]] || {{Flag icon |West Germany}} [[West Berlin]] ||1987 [[ISTAF Berlin]] || <ref>{{cite web |title=ISTAF-Gewinner - Frauen |url=https://www.istaf.de/en/istaf-gewinner/ |publisher=ISTAF Berlin |access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref>
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|[[1986 in the sport of athletics|1986]] || 41.84 || {{flag|East Germany}} || [[Silke Gladisch]], [[Sabine Rieger]], [[Ingrid Auerswald]], [[Marlies Göhr]] || {{Flag icon|West Germany}} [[Stuttgart]] || [[1986 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|1986 European Athletics Championships]] || 
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|[[1985 in the sport of athletics|1985]] || 41.37 || {{flag|East Germany}} || [[Silke Gladisch]], [[Sabine Rieger]], [[Ingrid Auerswald]], [[Marlies Göhr]] || {{Flag icon|Australia}} [[Canberra]] || [[1985 IAAF World Cup – Results#4 × 100 m relay|1985 IAAF World Cup]] || 
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|[[1984 in the sport of athletics|1984]] || 41.65 || {{flag|United States}} || [[Alice Brown (sprinter)|Alice Brown]], [[Jeanette Bolden]], [[Chandra Cheeseborough]], [[Evelyn Ashford]] || {{Flag icon|USA}} [[Los Angeles]] || [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|1984 Summer Olympics]] ||
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|[[1983 in the sport of athletics|1983]] || 41.53 || {{flag|East Germany}} || [[Silke Gladisch]], [[Marita Koch]], [[Ingrid Auerswald]], [[Marlies Göhr]] || {{Flag icon|GDR}} [[East Berlin]] || || <ref>{{cite news |title=Relay Mark Set |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/01/sports/coe-loses-again-finishing-4th-in-800.html |access-date=16 September 2024 |work=The New York Times |agency=AP |publisher=The New York Times Company |date=1 August 1983 |ref=Relay1983W |page=2}}</ref>
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|[[1982 in the sport of athletics|1982]] || 41.97 || {{flag|East Germany}} || [[Gesine Walther]], [[Bärbel Wöckel]], [[:de:Bärbel Schölzel|Bärbel Schölzel]], [[Marlies Göhr]] || {{Flag icon|GDR}} [[Potsdam]] || 
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|[[1981 in the sport of athletics|1981]] || 42.22 || {{flag|East Germany}} || [[Kirsten Siemon]], [[Bärbel Wöckel]], [[Gesine Walther]], [[Marlies Göhr]] || {{Flag icon|ITA}} [[Rome]] || [[1981 IAAF World Cup – Results#4 × 100 m relay|1981 IAAF World Cup]] ||
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|[[1980 in the sport of athletics|1980]] || 41.60 || {{flag|East Germany}} || [[Romy Müller]], [[Bärbel Wöckel]], [[Ingrid Auerswald]], [[Marlies Göhr]] || {{Flag icon|URS}} [[Moscow]] || [[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|1980 Summer Olympics]] ||
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|[[1979 in the sport of athletics|1979]] || 42.09 || {{flag|East Germany}} || [[Romy Müller]], [[Bärbel Wöckel]], [[Ingrid Auerswald]], [[Marlies Göhr]] || {{Flag icon|ITA}} [[Turin]] || [[1979 European Cup (athletics)#Women's events|1979 European Cup]] ||
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|[[1978 in the sport of athletics|1978]] || 42.27 || {{flag|East Germany}} || [[Johanna Klier]], [[Monika Hamann]], [[Carla Bodendorf]], [[Marlies Göhr]] || {{Flag icon|GDR}} [[Potsdam]] || ||
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|1977 || 42.51 || {{flag|Europe}} || {{Flag icon|FRG}} [[Elvira Possekel]], {{Flag icon|GBR}} [[Andrea Lynch]], {{Flag icon|FRG}} [[Annegret Richter]], {{Flag icon|GBR}} [[Sonia Lannaman]] || {{Flag icon|FRG}} [[Düsseldorf]] || [[1977 IAAF World Cup – Results#Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|1977 IAAF World Cup]] || 
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|1976 || 42.50 || {{flag|East Germany}} || [[Marlies Oelsner]], [[Renate Stecher]], [[Carla Bodendorf]], [[Martina Blos]] || {{Flag icon|GDR}} [[Karl-Marx-Stadt]] || || <ref name="Relay1976W">{{cite news |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 |publisher=The New York Times Company |date=30 May 1976 |pages=130}}</ref>
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|1975 || 42.74 || {{flag|East Germany}} || [[Doris Maletzki]], [[Monika Hamann]], Sybille Priebsch, [[Renate Stecher]] || {{Flag icon|PRB}} [[Sofia]] || [[1975 European Cup (athletics)#Women|1975 European Cup]] (Semifinal) ||
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|1974 || 42.51 || {{flag|East Germany}} || [[Doris Maletzki]], [[Renate Stecher]], [[Christina Heinich]], [[Bärbel Eckert]] || {{Flag icon|ITA}} [[Rome]] || [[1974 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|1974 European Athletics Championships]] || 
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|1973 || 42.6 {{AthAbbr|h}} || {{flag|East Germany}} || [[Petra Kandarr]], [[Renate Stecher]], [[Christina Heinich]], [[:de:Doris Selmigkeit|Doris Selmigkeit]] || {{Flag icon|GDR}} [[Potsdam]] || || <ref name="1973RelayW">{{cite news |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 |publisher=The New York Times Company |date=2 September 1973 |pages=150}}</ref>
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|1972 || 42.81 || {{flag|West Germany}} || [[Christiane Krause]], [[Ingrid Mickler-Becker]], [[Annegret Richter]], [[Heide Rosendahl]] || {{Flag icon|FRG}} [[Munich]] || [[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|1972 Summer Olympics]] ||
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==See also==
*[[Men's 4 × 100 metres relay world record progression]]
*[[Women's 4 × 100 metres relay world record progression]]
*[[Italy national relays team at the international athletics championships]]
*[[Anchor leg#All-time top 10 (men)|List of fastest anchor legs]]

==Notes and references==
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==External links==
*[https://iaaf.gekko.de/?a=relays&d=4x100-metres-relay IAAF list of 4x100-metres-relay records in XML]

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