World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". This article includes the world record progression for the 4×100 metres medley relay, and it shows the chronological history of world record times in that competitive swimming event. The 4×100 metres medley relay is a medley race in which each of four swimmers on a team swims a 100-metre leg of the relay, each swimming a different stroke, in the following sequence:
- Backstroke (this can only be the first stroke, due to the necessity of starting this leg in the pool rather than by diving in)
- Breaststroke
- Butterfly
- Freestyle ("freestyle" means anything swum on the front – most swimmers use the front crawl).
Swimming 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 the medley relay event were first recognized by FINA in 1953. 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. On July 25, 2013 FINA Technical Swimming Congress voted to allow world records in the long course mixed 400 free relay and mixed 400 medley relay, as well as in six events in short course meters: the mixed 200 medley and 200 free relays, as well as the men's and women's 200 free relays and the men's and women's 200 medley relays.[2] In October 2013 FINA decided to establish "standards" before something can be recognized as the first world record in these events.[3] But later on March 13, 2014 FINA has officially ratified the eight world records set by Indiana University swimmers at the IU Relay Rally held on September 26, 2013 in Bloomington.[4]
It is possible to set an individual world record in the 100 metres backstroke by swimming the backstroke first leg of the 4×100-metre medley relay, except in the mixed relay.[5] Swimming the other three legs of the medley relay cannot qualify as world records as FINA criteria require a "static start" for world record recognition – swimming relay exchanges are characterized as "dynamic".
The first Olympics at which the 4×100 metres medley relay event was contested was the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
Men
Long course
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Short course
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Records not set in finals: h – heat;
Women
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Records not set in finals: h – heat;
Mixed
Long course
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Short course
| # | Time | Name | Nationality | Date | Meet | Location | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:30.47 | Template:Br separated entries | Template:Unbulleted list | Template:Flagu | 14 December 2024 | World Championships | Script error: No such module "sort". | [76][77] |
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All-time top 10 by country
Men long course
- Correct as of April 2025[78]
Men short course
- Correct as of December 2024[83]
| Pos | Time | Swimmer | Nationality | Date | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:18.68 | Miron Lifintsev (49.31) Kirill Prigoda (55.15) Andrey Minakov (48.80) Egor Kornev (45.42) |
Template:Flagu | 15 December 2024 | Budapest | [84] |
| 2 | 3:18.98 | Isaac Cooper (49.46) Joshua Yong (56.55) Matthew Temple (48.34) Kyle Chalmers (44.63) |
Template:Flagu | 18 December 2022 | Melbourne | [85] |
| Ryan Murphy (48.96) Nic Fink (54.88) Trenton Julian (49.19) Kieran Smith (45.95) |
Template:Flagu | 18 December 2022 | Melbourne | [85] | ||
| 4 | 3:19.06 | Lorenzo Mora (49.48) Nicolò Martinenghi (55.52) Matteo Rivolta (48.50) Alessandro Miressi (45.56) |
Template:Flagu | 18 December 2022 | Melbourne | [85] |
| 5 | 3:21.07 | Ryosuke Irie (49.95) Yasuhiro Koseki (55.91) Takeshi Kawamoto (49.58) Katsumi Nakamura (45.63) |
Template:Flagu | 16 December 2018 | Hangzhou | [86] |
| 6 | 3:21.14 | Guilherme Guido (50.11) Felipe Franca Silva (56.73) Marcos Macedo (49.63) César Cielo (44.67) |
Template:Flagu | 7 December 2014 | Doha | [87] |
| 7 | 3:22.17 | Christian Diener (50.01) Marco Koch (56.68) Marius Kusch (48.91) Damian Wierling (46.57) |
Template:Flagu | 16 December 2018 | Hangzhou | [86] |
| 8 | 3:22.26 | Florent Manaudou (50.35) Giacomo Perez-Dortona (57.00) Mehdy Metella (49.07) Clement Mignon (45.84) |
Template:Flagu | 7 December 2014 | Doha | [88] |
| 9 | 3:22.78 | Chris Walker-Hebborn (50.54) Adam Peaty (56.23) Adam Barrett (49.01) Benjamin Proud (46.97) |
Template:Flagu | 7 December 2014 | Doha | [88] |
| 10 | 3:23.33 | Jake Tapp (50.60) Paul Kornfeld (57.18) Joe Bartoch (50.18) Brent Hayden (45.37) |
Template:Flagu | 9 August 2009 | Leeds |
Women long course
- Correct as of December 2021[89]
Women short course
- Correct as of December 2022
| Pos | Time | Swimmer | Nationality | Date | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:44.35 | Claire Curzan (56.47) Lilly King (1:02.88) Torri Huske (54.53) Kate Douglass (50.47) |
Template:Flagu | 18 December 2022 | Melbourne | [93] |
| 2 | 3:44.92 | Kaylee McKeown (55.74) Jenna Strauch (1:04.49) Emma McKeon (53.93) Meg Harris (50.76) |
Template:Flagu | 18 December 2022 | Melbourne | [94] |
| 3 | 3:46.20 | Louise Hansson (56.25) Sophie Hansson (1:03.70) Sarah Sjöström (54.65) Michelle Coleman (51.60) |
Template:Flagu | 21 December 2021 | Abu Dhabi | [95] |
| 4 | 3:46.22 | Ingrid Wilm (55.36) Sydney Pickrem (1:04.42) Maggie Mac Neil (54.59) Taylor Ruck (51.85) |
Template:Flagu | 18 December 2022 | Melbourne | [94] |
| 5 | 3:47.41 | Peng Xuwei (57.12) Tang Qianting (1:03.25) Zhang Yufei (54.93) Cheng Yujie (52.11) |
Template:Flagu | 21 December 2021 | Abu Dhabi | [95] |
| 6 | 3:47.70 | Kira Toussaint (56.53) Tes Schouten (1:05.28) Maaike de Waard (55.42) Marrit Steenbergen (50.47) |
Template:Flagu | 18 December 2022 | Melbourne | [94] |
| 7 | 3:48.86 | Mie Nielsen (56.86) Rikke Møller-Pedersen (1:04.62) Jeanette Ottesen (54.99) Pernille Blume (52.39) |
Template:Flagu | 7 December 2014 | Doha | [96] |
| 8 | 3:49.94 | Maria Kameneva (56.59) Nika Godun (1:04.53) Svetlana Chimrova (56.18) Ekaterina Nikonova (52.64) |
Template:Flagu | 21 December 2021 | Abu Dhabi | [95] |
| 9 | 3:50.28 | Emi Moronuki (58.25) Miho Teramura (1:03.56) Rikako Ikee (55.43) Tomomi Aoki (53.04) |
Template:Flagu | 11 December 2016 | Windsor | [97] |
| Pauline Mahieu (57.22) Charlotte Bonnet (1:04.12) Béryl Gastaldello (56.20) Mary-Ambre Moluh (52.74) |
Template:Flagu | 18 December 2022 | Melbourne | [94] |
Mixed long course
- Correct as of August 2024
Mixed short course
- Correct as of December 2024
| Pos | Time | Swimmer | Nationality or Club | Date | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:30.47 | Miron Lifintsev Kirill Prigoda Arina Surkova Daria Klepikova |
Template:Flagu | 14 December 2024 | Budapest | [100] |
| 2 | 3:30.55 | Template:Flagu | 14 December 2024 | Budapest | [101] | |
| 3 | 3:31.97 | Template:Flagu | 14 December 2024 | Budapest | [102] | |
| 4 | 3:32.83 | Template:Flagu | 14 December 2024 | Budapest | [103] | |
| 5 | 3:35.46 | Template:Flagu | 14 December 2024 | Budapest | [104] | |
| 6 | 3:35.52 | Template:Flagu | 14 December 2024 | Budapest | [105] | |
| 7 | 3:35.54 | Template:Flagu | 14 December 2024 | Budapest | [106] | |
| 8 | 3:36.04 | Template:Flagu | 14 December 2024 | Budapest | [107] |
All-time top 25
Men long course
- Correct as of April 2025[78]
Men short course
- Correct as of December 2024[83]
Women long course
- Correct as of July 2023[89]
Women short course
- Correct as of December 2022.
Mixed long course
- Correct as of August 2024.
Mixed short course
- Correct as of December 2024
| Pos | Time | Swimmer | Nationality or Club | Date | Venue | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3:30.47 | Miron Lifintsev Kirill Prigoda Arina Surkova Daria Klepikova |
Template:Flagu | 14 December 2024 | Budapest | [135] |
| 2 | 3:30.55 | Template:Flagu | 14 December 2024 | Budapest | [136] | |
| 3 | 3:31.97 | Template:Flagu | 14 December 2024 | Budapest | [137] | |
| 4 | 3:32.83 | Template:Flagu | 14 December 2024 | Budapest | [138] | |
| 5 | 3:33.31 | Ingrid Wilm Christopher Rothbauer Tom Shields Abbey Weitzeil |
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| 6 | 3:35.46 | Template:Flagu | 14 December 2024 | Budapest | [139] | |
| 7 | 3:35.52 | Template:Flagu | 14 December 2024 | Budapest | [140] | |
| 8 | 3:35.54 | Template:Flagu | 14 December 2024 | Budapest | [141] | |
| 9 | 3:36.04 | Template:Flagu | 14 December 2024 | Budapest | [142] |
References
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- ↑ Craig Lord, "A Time of Change for World Records," SwimVortex.com (28 May 2013). Retrieved 20 March 2015.
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