World Record Progression

4 x 100 m. Relay men

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A. OFFICIALY RATIFIED BY THE IAAF

Hand Timing
42" 3+   Germany, 08 Jul 1912, Stockholm (Rohr, Kern, Herman, Rau)
42" 2+   United States, 22 Aug 1920, Antwerpen (Paddock, Scholz, Murchison, Kirksey)
42" 0+   Great Britain, 12 Jul 1924, Paris (Abrahams, Rangeley, Royle, Nichol)
41" 0+   United States, 13 Jul 1924, Paris (Hussey, Clarke, Murchison, Leconey)
41" 0+   Newark A.C., USA, 04 Jul 1927, Lincoln (Bowman, Curie, Pappas, Cumming)
40" 8+   Germany, 02 Sep 1928, Berlin (Jonath, Corts, Houben, Kornig)
40" 8+   SC Charlottenburg, GER, 22 Jul 1929, Breslau (Kornig, Grosser, Natan, Schloske)
40" 8+   Univ. of Southern Cal., USA, 09 May 1931, Fresno (Delby, Maurer, Guyer, Wykoff)
40" 7+   Germany, 14 Jun 1932, Kassel (Hendrix, Geerlin, Borchmeyer, Jonath)
40" 6+   Germany, 14 Jun 1932, Kassel  (Kornig, Lammers, Borchmeyer, Jonath)
40" 0+   United States, 07 Aug 1932, Los Angeles (Kiesel, Toppino, Dyer, Wykoff)
39" 8+   United States, 09 Aug 1936, Berlin (Owens, Metcalfe, Draper, Wykoff)
39" 5+   United States, 01 Dec 1956, Melbourne (Murchison, King, Baker, Morrow)
39" 5+   Federal Republic of Germany, 29 Aug 1958, Cologne (Steinback, Lauer, Futterer, Germar)
39" 5+   Federal Republic of Germany, 07 Sep 1960, Rome (Cullmann, Hary, Mahlendorf, Lauer)
39" 1+   United States, 15 Jun 1961, Moscow (Jones, Budd, Frazier, Drayton)
39" 0+   United States, 21 Oct 1964, Tokyo (Drayton, Ashworth, Stebbins, Hayes)
38" 6+   Univ. of Southern Cal., MULTI, 17 Jun 1967, Provo (McCullough, Kuller, Simpson, Miller)
38" 3+   Jamaica, 19 Oct 1968, Mexico City (Stewart, Fray, Forbes, Miller)
38" 2+   United States, 20 Oct 1968, Mexico City (Greene, Pender, Ray Smith, Hines)
38" 2+   United States, 10 Sep 1972, Munchen (Black, Taylor, Tinker, Hart)

Automatic Timing
38" 19   United States, 20 Oct 1968, Mexico City (Greene, Pender, Smith, Hines)
38" 19   United States, 10 Sep, 1972, Munich (Black, Taylor, Tinker, Hart)
38" 03   United States, 03 Oct 1977, Dusseldorf (Collins, Riddick, Wiley, Williams)
37" 86   United States, 10 Aug 1983, Helsinki (King, Gault, Smith, Lewis)
37" 83   United States, 11 Aug 1984, Los Angeles (Graddy, Brown, Smith, Lewis)
37" 79   France, 01 Oct 1990, Split (Moriniere, Sangouma, Trouabal, Marie-Rose)
37" 79   United States, 03 Aug 91, Monte Carlo (Marsh, Burrell, Heard, C.Lewis)
37" 67   United States, 07 Aug 1991, Zurich (Marsh, Burrell, Mitchell, Lewis)
37" 50   United States, 01 Sep 1991, Tokyo (Cason, Burrell, Mitchell, Lewis)
37" 40   United States, 08 Aug 1992, Barcelona. (Marsh, Burrell, Mitchell, Lewis)
37" 40   United States, 21 Oct 1993, Stuttgart. (Drummond, Cason, Mitchell, Burrell)

B. STATISTICALLY VALID BUT NEVER RATIFIED

Hand Timing
42" 0  Netherlands, 12 Jul 1924, Paris (Boot, Broos, de Vries, van den Berge)
41" 0  United States, 05 Aug 1928, Amsterdam (Wykoff, Quinn, Borah, Russell)
41" 0  Sport Club Eintracht, Germany, 10 Jun 1928, Halle (Geerling, Wichmann, Metzner, Salz)
41" 0  Germany, 20 May 1928, Dusseldorf (Lammers, Wichmann, Houben, Kornig)
41" 0  Germany, 20 May 1928, Dusseldorf ( Lammers, Wichmann, Houben, Kornig)
41" 0  Germany, 31 Jul 1927, Dusseldorf (Buchner, Wichmann, Houben, Scholler)

Automatic Timing
38" 39   Jamaica, 19 Oct 1968, Mexico City (Stewart, Fray, Forbes, Miller)
38" 6+   Jamaica, 19 Oct 1968, Mexico City (Stewart, Fray, Forbes, Miller)