Women's 4 × 400 metres relay world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay. The first world record in the event was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1969.^[1]15 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.

Records since 1969

Time	Auto	Team	Country	Venue	Date	Participants^[2]
3:47.4		Moscow	Soviet Union	Moscow	1969-05-30	Ljubov Finogenova, Tatjana Medvedeva, Tamara Voitenko, Olga Klein
3:43.2		Latvia	Soviet Union	Minsk	1969-06-01	Lilita Zāģere, Anna Dundare, Ingrīda Verbele, Sarmīte Štūla
3:37.6		Great Britain & N.I.	Great Britain	London	1969-06-22	Jenny Pawsey, Pauline Attwood, Janet Simpson, Lillian Board
3:34.2		France	France	Colombes	1969-07-06	Michele Mombet, Éliane Jacq, Nicole Duclos, Colette Besson
3:33.9		West Germany	West Germany	Piraeus	1969-09-19	Christa Czekay, Antje Gleichfeld, Inge Eckhoff, Christel Frese
3:30.8	3:30.82	Great Britain & N.I.	Great Britain	Piraeus	1969-09-20	Rosemary Stirling, Pat Lowe, Janet Simpson, Lillian Board
3:30.8	3:30.85	France	France	Athens	1969-09-20	Bernadette Martin, Nicole Duclos, Éliane Jacq, Colette Besson
3:29.3	3:29.28	East Germany	East Germany	Helsinki	1971-08-15	Rita Kühne, Ingelore Lohse, Helga Seidler, Monika Zehrt
3:28.8		East Germany	East Germany	Colombes	1972-07-05	Dagmar Käsling, Rita Kühne, Monika Zehrt, Brigitte Rohde
3:28.5	3:28.48	East Germany	East Germany	Munich	1972-09-09	Dagmar Käsling, Rita Kühne, Helga Seidler, Monika Zehrt
3:23.0	3:22.95	East Germany	East Germany	Munich	1972-09-10	Dagmar Käsling, Rita Kühne, Helga Seidler, Monika Zehrt
3:19.2	3:19.23	East Germany	East Germany	Montreal	1976-07-31	Doris Maletzki, Brigitte Rohde, Ellen Streidt, Christina Brehmer
3:19.04		East Germany	East Germany	Athens	1982-09-11	Kirsten Siemon, Sabine Busch, Dagmar Rübsam, Marita Koch
3:15.92		East Germany	East Germany	Erfurt	1984-06-03	Gesine Walther, Sabine Busch, Dagmar Rübsam, Marita Koch
3:15.17		Soviet Union	Soviet Union	Seoul	1988-10-01	Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina

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References

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