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World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay

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This article includes the world record progression for the 4×200 metres freestyle relay, and it shows the chronological history of world record times in that competitive swimming event. The 4×200 metres freestyle relay is a relay event in which each of four swimmers on a team swims a 200-metre freestyle leg in sequence. The world records are recognized by and maintained by FINA ("Fédération Internationale de Natation"), the international competitive swimming and aquatics federation that oversees the sport in international competition.

World records in swimming were first recognized by FINA in 1908. The long course (50-metre pool) world records are historically older than the short course (25-metre pool) records. FINA amended its regulations governing the recognition of world records in 1956; specifically, FINA mandated that only record times that were contested in 50-metre (or 55-yard) pools were eligible for recognition after that time.^[1] The short-course world records have been separately recognized since 1991.

The men's 4×200-metre event was first contested at 1908 Summer Olympics in London, but the women's 4×200-metre event didn't appear until the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Prior to 1996, the shorter 4×100-metre freestyle relay was the only women's freestyle relay event staged.

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1	10:55.6		John Derbyshire Paul Radmilovic William Foster Henry Taylor	Great Britain	24 Jul 1908	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom
2	10:26.4		Ken Huszagh Duke Kahanamoku Perry McGillivray Harry Hebner	United States	12 Jul 1912	Olympic Games	Stockholm, Sweden
3	10:14.0		Harold Hardwick Malcolm Champion Leslie Boardman Cecil Healy	Australasia	12 Jul 1912	Olympic Games	Stockholm, Sweden
4	10:11.6		Cecil Healy Malcolm Champion Leslie Boardman Harold Hardwick	Australasia	15 Jul 1912	Olympic Games	Stockholm, Sweden
5	10:04.4		Perry McGillivray Pua Kealoha Norman Ross Duke Kahanamoku	United States	29 Aug 1920	Olympic Games	Antwerp, Belgium
6	9:53.4		Wally O'Connor Harry Glancy Ralph Breyer Johnny Weissmuller	United States	20 Jul 1924	Olympic Games	Paris, France
7	9:49.6		August Heitmann Joachim Rademacher Friedrich Berger Herbert Heinrich	Germany	1927	European Championships	Bologna, Italy
8	9:38.8		Paul Samson Austin Clapp David Young Johnny Weissmuller	United States	11 Aug 1928	Olympic Games	Amsterdam, Netherlands
9	9:36.2		Austin Clapp Walter Laufer George Kojac Johnny Weissmuller	United States	11 Aug 1928	Olympic Games	Amsterdam, Netherlands
10	9:34.0		András Wanié László Szabados András Székely István Bárány	Hungary	1931	European Championships	Paris, France
11	8:58.4		Yasuji Miyazaki (2:14.1) Masanori Yusa (2:14.7) Takashi Yokoyama (2:14.8) Hisakichi Toyoda (2:14.8)	Japan	9 Aug 1932	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States
12	8:52.2		Masanori Yusa Shozo Makino Sunao Ishiharada Hiroshi Negami	Japan	19 Aug 1935	-	Tokyo, Japan
13	8:51.5		Masanori Yusa Shigeo Sugiura Masaharu Taguchi Shigeo Arai	Japan	11 Aug 1936	Olympic Games	Berlin, Germany
14	8:46.0		Wally Ris Jimmy McLane Wally Wolf Bill Smith	United States	3 Aug 1948	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom
15	8:45.4		Yoshihiro Hamaguchi Shigeyuki Maruyama Shuichi Murayama Hironoshin Furuhashi	Japan	18 Aug 1949	-	Los Angeles, United States
16	8:43.2		W. Farnsworth L. Munson J. Blum R. Reid	United States	24 Feb 1950	-	New Haven, United States
17	8:40.6		Yoshihiro Hamaguchi Shuichi Murayama Shiro Hashizume Hironoshin Furuhashi	Japan	2 Apr 1950	-	Marília, Brazil
18	8:33.0		Joseph Bernardo Willy Blioch Jean Boiteux Alex Jany	France	2 Aug 1951	-	Marseille, France
19	8:29.4		Wayne Moore Jimmy McLane Don Sheff Dick Thoman	United States	16 Feb 1952	-	New Haven, United States
20	8:24.5		Boris Nikitin Vladimir Strushanov Gennadi Nikolayev Vitaly Sorokin	Soviet Union	4 Nov 1956	-	Moscow, Soviet Union
21	8:23.6		Kevin O'Halloran John Devitt Murray Rose Jon Henricks	Australia	3 Dec 1956	Olympic Games	Melbourne, Australia
22	8:21.6		Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Toshizo Umemoto Makoto Fukui Tatsuo Fujimoto	Japan	22 Jul 1959	-	Tokyo, Japan
23	8:18.7		Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Makoto Fukui Katsunori Kenjo Tatsuo Fujimoto	Japan	26 Jul 1959	-	Osaka, Japan
24	8:17.0		Alan Somers Peter Sintz George Breen Mike Troy	United States	23 Jul 1960	-	Toledo, Ohio, United States
25	8:16.6		David Dickson John Konrads Jon Henricks Murray Rose	Australia	6 Aug 1960	-	Townsville, Australia
26	8:10.2		George Harrison Dick Blick Mike Troy Jeff Farrell	United States	1 Sep 1960	Olympic Games	Rome, Italy
27	8:09.8		Tatsuo Fujimoto Yukiaki Okabe Makoto Fukui Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	Japan	21 Apr 1963	-	Tokyo, Japan
28	8:07.6		Steve Clark Ed Townsend Don Schollander Michael Wall	United States	10 Aug 1963	-	Chicago, United States
29	8:03.7		Richard McDonough Don Schollander Roy Saari Ed Townsend	United States	19 Aug 1963	-	Tokyo, Japan
30	8:01.8		David Lyons Don Schollander Bill Mettler Michael Wall	United States	28 Sep 1964	-	Los Angeles, United States
31	7:52.1		Roy Saari Gary Ilman Don Schollander Steve Clark	United States	18 Oct 1964	-	Tokyo, Japan
32	7:50.8		Greg Rogers Mike Wenden Graham White Bill Devenish	Australia	24 Jul 1970	British Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, United Kingdom
33	7:48.0		Gary Hall, Sr. Mark Lambert Tom McBreen John Kinsella	United States	28 Aug 1970	-	Tokyo, Japan
34	7:45.8		Jerry Heidenreich Frank Heckl Steve Genter Jim McConica	United States	9 Aug 1971	Pan American Games	Cali, Colombia
35	7:43.3		Jerry Heidenreich Tom McBreen Mark Spitz Fred Tyler	United States	10 Sep 1971	-	Minsk, Soviet Union
36	7:35.78		John Kinsella Fred Tyler Steve Genter Mark Spitz	United States	31 Aug 1972	Olympic Games	Munich, Germany
37	7:33.22		Robin Backhaus Richard Klatt Kurt Krumpholz Jim Montgomery	United States	7 Sep 1973	World Championships	Belgrade, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
38	7:30.54		Rex Favero Bruce Furniss Tim Shaw Steve Furniss	United States	22 Aug 1975	-	Kansas City, United States
39	7:30.33	(h)	Mike Bruner Bruce Furniss Doug Northway Tim Shaw	United States	21 Jul 1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada
40	7:23.22		Mike Bruner Bruce Furniss John Naber Jim Montgomery	United States	21 Jul 1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada
41	7:20.82		Rowdy Gaines Bruce Furniss Bill Forrester Bobby Hackett	United States	24 Aug 1978	World Championships	West Berlin, West Germany
42	7:20.40		Andreas Schmidt Michael Gross Alexander Schowtka Thomas Fahrner	West Germany	23 Aug 1983	European Championships	Rome, Italy
43	7:18.87	(h)	Geoff Gaberino (1:49.80) David Larson (1:50.18) Bruce Hayes (1:50.04) Richard Saeger (1:48.85)	United States	30 Jul 1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States
44	7:15.69		Mike Heath (1:48.67) David Larson (1:49.01) Jeff Float (1:49.60) Bruce Hayes (1:48.41)	United States	30 Jul 1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States
45	7:13.10		Peter Sitt Rainer Henkel Thomas Fahrner Michael Gross	West Germany	19 Aug 1987	European Championships	Strasbourg, France
46	7:12.51		Troy Dalbey (1:49.37) Matt Cetlinski (1:48.44) Doug Gjertsen (1:48.26) Matt Biondi (1:46.44)	United States	21 Sep 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea
47	7:11.95		(1:49.55) Dmitry Lepikov (1:46.58) Vladimir Pyshnenko (1:48.99) Veniamin Tayanovich (1:46.83) Yevgeny Sadovyi	Unified Team	27 Jul 1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain
48	7:11.86		Ian Thorpe (1:47.48) Daniel Kowalski (1:47.81) Matthew Dunn (1:49.15) Michael Klim (1:47.42)	Australia	13 Sep 1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	^[2]
49	7:08.79		Ian Thorpe (1:46.28) Bill Kirby (1:48.96) Grant Hackett (1:46.30) Michael Klim (1:47.25)	Australia	25 Aug 1999	Pan Pacific Championships	Sydney, Australia
50	7:07.05		Ian Thorpe (1:46.03) Michael Klim (1:46.40) Todd Pearson (1:47.36) Bill Kirby (1:47.26)	Australia	19 Sep 2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia
51	7:04.66		Grant Hackett (1:46.11) Michael Klim (1:46.49) Bill Kirby (1:47.92) Ian Thorpe (1:44.14)	Australia	27 Jul 2001	World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan
52	7:03.24		Michael Phelps (1:45.36) Ryan Lochte (1:45.86) Klete Keller (1:46.31) Peter Vanderkaay (1:45.71)	United States	30 Mar 2007	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia
53	6:58.56		Michael Phelps (1:43.31) Ryan Lochte (1:44.28) Ricky Berens (1:46.29) Peter Vanderkaay (1:44.68)	United States	13 Aug 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China
54	6:58.55		Michael Phelps (1:44.49) Ricky Berens (1:44.13) David Walters (1:45.47) Ryan Lochte (1:44.46)	United States	31 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[3]

#	Time	Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
1	7:02.74	Michael Klim (1:45.21) Grant Hackett (1:45.61) William Kirby (1:46.41) Matthew Dunn (1:45.51)	Australia	18 Apr 1997	Short Course Worlds	Gothenburg, Sweden
2	7:01.60	Michael Klim Matthew Dunn William Kirby Todd Pearson	Australia	1 Sep 1999	Australian SC Championships Time Trial	Canberra, Australia
3	7:01.33	Joshua Davis Neil Walker Scott Tucker Chad Carvin	United States	17 Mar 2000	Short Course Worlds	Athens, Greece
4	6:56.41	William Kirby (1:44.97) Ian Thorpe (1:42.63) Michael Klim (1:45.55) Grant Hackett (1:43.26)	Australia	7 Aug 2001	Australian SC Championships	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
5	6:52.66	Kirk Palmer (1:43.12) Grant Hackett (1:42.75) Grant Brits (1:44.01) Kenrick Monk (1:42.78)	Australia	31 Aug 2007	Australian SC Championships	Melbourne, Australia
6	6:51.05	Colin Russell (1:43.60) Stefan Hirniak (1:43.41) Brent Hayden (1:41.49) Joel Greenshields (1:42.55)	Canada	7 Aug 2009	British Grand Prix	Leeds, United Kingdom	^[4]
7	6:49.04	Nikita Lobintsev (1:42.10) Danila Izotov (1:42.15) Yevgeny Lagunov (1:42.32) Alexander Sukhorukov (1:42.47)	Russia	16 Dec 2010	Short Course Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[5]
8	6:46.81	Luiz Altamir Melo (1:42.03) Fernando Scheffer (1:40.99) Leonardo Coelho Santos (1:42.81) Breno Correia (1:40.87)	Brazil	14 December 2018	World Championships	Hangzhou, China	^[6]
9	6:44.12	Kieran Smith (1:41.04) Carson Foster (1:40.48) Trenton Julian (1:41.44) Drew Kibler (1:41.16)	United States	16 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	^[7]

#	Time	Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
1	8:02.27	Kristin Otto Astrid Strauss Cornelia Sirch Birgit Meineke	East Germany	22 Aug 1983	European Championships	Rome, Italy	^[8]
2	7:59.33	Manuela Stellmach (2:00.31) Astrid Strauss (1:59.44) Nadja Bergknecht (2:00.42) Heike Friedrich (1:59.16)	East Germany	17 Aug 1986	World Championships	Madrid, Spain	^[8]
3	7:55.47	Manuela Stellmach (2:00.23) Astrid Strauss (1:58.90) Anke Möhring (1:58.73) Heike Friedrich (1:57.61)	East Germany	18 Aug 1987	European Championships	Strasbourg, France	^[9] ^[10]
4	7:53.42	Natalie Coughlin (1:57.74) Carly Piper (1:59.39) Dana Vollmer (1:58.12) Kaitlin Sandeno (1:58.17)	United States	18 Aug 2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	^[9]
5	7:50.82	Petra Dallmann (1:59.14) Daniela Samulski (1:58.27) Britta Steffen (1:57.77) Annika Lurz (1:55.64)	Germany	3 Aug 2006	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	^[9]
6	7:50.09	Natalie Coughlin (1:56.43) Dana Vollmer (1:57.49) Lacey Nymeyer (1:59.19) Katie Hoff (1:56.98)	United States	29 Mar 2007	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia
7	7:44.31	Stephanie Rice (1:56.60) Bronte Barratt (1:56.58) Kylie Palmer (1:55.22) Linda Mackenzie (1:55.91)	Australia	14 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China
8	7:42.08	Yang Yu (1:55.47) Zhu Qianwei (1:55.79) Liu Jing (1:56.09) Pang Jiaying (1:54.73)	China	30 July 2009	World Championships	Rome, Italy	^[11]
9	7:41.50	Ariarne Titmus (1:54.27) Madison Wilson (1:56.73) Brianna Throssell (1:55.60) Emma McKeon (1:54.90)	Australia	25 July 2019	World Championships	Gwangju, South Korea	^[12]
10	7:40.33	Yang Junxuan (1:54.37) Tang Muhan (1:55.00) Zhang Yufei (1:55.66) Li Bingjie (1:55.30)	China	29 July 2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	^[13]
11	7:39.29	Madison Wilson (1:56.27) Kiah Melverton (1:55.40) Mollie O'Callaghan (1:54.80) Ariarne Titmus (1:52.82)	Australia	31 July 2022	Commonwealth Games	Birmingham, United Kingdom	^[14]
12	7:37.50	Mollie O'Callaghan (1:53.66) Shayna Jack (1:55.63) Brianna Throssell (1:55.80) Ariarne Titmus (1:52.41)	Australia	27 July 2023	World Championships	Fukuoka, Japan	^[15]

#	Time	Name	Nationality	Date	Meet	Location	Ref
1	7:58.74	?	?	198_?	?		^[16] ^[17]
2	7:52.45	Shan Ying Zhou Guanbin Le Jingyi Lü Bin	China	3 December 1993	SC Worlds	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	^[16] ^[18]
3	7:51.92	Luna Wang (1:57.01) Nian Yun (1:56.35) Chen Yan (1:59.76) Shan Ying (1:58.80)	China	17 April 1997	SC Worlds	Gothenburg, Sweden	^[18] ^[19] ^[20]
4	7:51.70	Josefin Lillhage (1:57.80) Louise Jöhncke (1:59.01) Johanna Sjöberg (1:57.27) Malin Svahnström (1:57.62)	Sweden	1 April 1999	SC Worlds	Hong Kong, Hong Kong	^[20] ^[21]
5	7:49.11	Claire Huddart (1:58.19) Nicola Jackson (1:56.20) Karen Legg (1:57.51) Karen Pickering (1:57.21)	Great Britain	16 March 2000	SC Worlds	Athens, Greece	^[22]
6	7:47.14	Karen Legg (1:57.18) Janine Belton (1:58.52) Nicola Jackson (1:55.51) Karen Pickering (1:55.86)	Great Britain	10 August 2001	National 25m Championships	Norwich, United Kingdom	^[23] ^[24]
7	7:46.30	Xu Yanwei (1:55.73) Zhu Yingwen (1:57.04) Tang Jingzhi (1:58.37) Yang Yu (1:55.16)	China	3 April 2002	SC Worlds	Moscow, Russia	^[25] ^[26]
8	7:38.90	Inge Dekker (1:55.36) Femke Heemskerk (1:53.44) Marleen Veldhuis (1:54.17) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (1:55.93)	Netherlands	9 April 2008	SC Worlds	Manchester, United Kingdom	^[27]
9	7:35.94	Chen Qian (1:54.73) Tang Yi (1:53.54) Liu Jing (1:53.59) Zhu Qianwei (1:54.08)	China	15 December 2010	SC Worlds	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	^[28]
10	7:32.85	Inge Dekker (1:54.73) Femke Heemskerk (1:51.22) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (1:54.17) Sharon van Rouwendaal (1:52.73)	Netherlands	3 Dec 2014	SC Worlds	Doha, Qatar	^[29]
11	7:30.87	Madison Wilson (1:53.13) Mollie O'Callaghan (1:52.83) Leah Neale (1:52.67) Lani Pallister (1:52.24)	Australia	14 December 2022	World Championships	Melbourne, Australia	^[30]

Pos	Time	Swimmer	Nationality	Date	Venue	Ref
1	6:58.55	Michael Phelps (1:44.49) Ricky Berens (1:44.13) David Walters (1:45.47) Ryan Lochte (1:44.46)	United States	31 July 2009	Rome
2	6:58.58	Thomas Dean (1:45.72) James Guy (1:44.40) Matthew Richards (1:45.01) Duncan Scott (1:43.45)	Great Britain	28 July 2021	Tokyo	^[32]
3	6:59.15	Nikita Lobintsev (1:45.10) Mikhail Polischuk (1:45.42) Danila Izotov (1:44.48) Alexander Sukhorukov (1:44.15)	Russia	31 July 2009	Rome
4	7:00.85	Clyde Lewis (1:45.58) Kyle Chalmers (1:45.37) Alexander Graham (1:45.05) Mack Horton (1:44.85)	Australia	26 July 2019	Gwangju
5	7:01.73	Yang Jae-hoon (1:46.83) Lee Ho-joon (1:45.36) Kim Woo-min (1:44.50) Hwang Sun-woo (1:44.53)	South Korea	26 September 2023	Hangzhou	^[33]
6	7:01.84	Ji Xinjie (1:46.45) Wang Haoyu (1:45.69) Pan Zhanle (1:43.90) Zhang Zhanshuo (1:45.80)	China	16 February 2024	Doha	^[34]
7	7:02.01	Filippo Megli (1:45.86) Gabriele Detti (1:45.30) Stefano Ballo (1:45.27) Stefano Di Cola (1:45.58)	Italy	26 July 2019	Gwangju
8	7:02.26	Sho Uchida (1:45.90) Yoshihiro Okumura (1:45.83) Shogo Hihara (1:45.99) Takeshi Matsuda (1:44.54)	Japan	31 July 2009	Rome
9	7:02.77	Amaury Leveaux (1:46.70) Grégory Mallet (1:46.83) Clément Lefert (1:46.00) Yannick Agnel (1:43.24)	France	31 July 2012	London
10	7:03.19	Paul Biedermann (1:42.81) Felix Wolf (1:47.65) Yannick Lebherz (1:47.31) Clemens Rapp (1:45.42)	Germany	31 July 2019	Rome

World_record_progression_4_×_200_metres_freestyle_relay

World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay

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Women

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All-time top 10 by country

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Mixed long course

All-time top 25