| Rec | Team | Site | Date |
|---|
| 46.4 | Germany | Berlin | 8 Aug 1936 |
| | (Emmy Albus, Käthe Krauss, Marie Dollinger, Ilse Dörfeldt) |
| 46.1 | Australia | Helsinki | 27 Jul 1952 |
| | (Verna Johnson, Shirley de la Hunty, Winsome Cripps, Marjorie Jackson) |
| 45.9 | United States | Helsinki | 27 Jul 1952 |
| | (Mae Faggs, Barbara Jones, Janet Moreau, Catherine Hardy) |
| | Germany | Helsinki | 27 Jul 1952 |
| | (Ursula Knab, Maria Sander, Helga Klein, Marga Petersen) |
| 45.6 | Soviet Union | Budapest | 20 Sep 1953 |
| | (Vera Kalashnikova, Zinaida Safronova, Irina Turova, Nadezhda Dvalikshvili) |
| | Soviet Union | Moscow | 11 Sep 1955 |
| | (Lidia Polinichenko, Galina Vinogradova, Zinaida Safronova, Maria Itkina) |
| 45.2 | Soviet Union | Kiev | 27 Jul 1956 |
| | (Vera Krepkina, Olga Kosheleva, Maria Itkina, Irina Botskarova) |
| 45.1 | Germany | Dresden | 30 Sep 1956 |
| | (Erika Fisch, Gisela Köhler, Christa Stubnick, Bärbel Mayer) |
| 44.9 | Australia | Melbourne | 1.12.1956 |
| | (Shirley de la Hunty, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor, Betty Cuthbert) |
| | Germany | Melbourne | 1.12.1956 |
| | (Maria Sander, Christa Stubnick, Gisela Köhler, Bärbel Mayer) |
| 44.5 | Australia | Melbourne | 1.12.1956 |
| | (Shirley de la Hunty, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor, Betty Cuthbert) |
| 44.4 | United States | Rome | 7 Sep 1960 |
| | (Martha Hudson, Lucinda Williams, Barbara Jones, Wilma Rudolph) |
| 44.3 | United States | Moscow | 15 Jul 1961 |
| | (Willie White, Ernestine Pollards, Vivianne Brown, Wilma Rudolph) |
| 43.9 | United States | Tokyo | 21.10.1964 |
| | (Willie White, Wyomia Tyus, Marilyn White, Edith McGuire) |
| | Soviet Union | Leninakan | 16 Aug 1968 |
| | (Lilia Tkatshenko, Galina Bukharina, Vera Poplova, Ludmila Samotesova) |
| 43.6 | Soviet Union | Mexico City | 27 Sep 1968 |
| | (Ludmila Zharkova, Galina Bukharina, Vera Poplova, Ludmila Samotesova) |
| 43.4 | United States | Mexico City | 19 Oct 1968 |
| | (Barbara Ferrell, Margaret Bailes, Mildrette Netter, Wyomia Tyus) |
| | The Netherlands | Mexico City | 19 Oct 1968 |
| | (Wilma van den Berg, Mieke Sterk, Truus Hennipman, Corrie Bakker) |
| 42.8 | United States | Mexico City | 20.10.1968 |
| | (Barbara Ferrell, Margaret Bailes, Mildrette Netter, Wyomia Tyus) |
| | Germany | Munich | 10 Sep 1972 |
| | (Christiane Krause, Ingrid Mickler, Annegret Richter, Heide Rosendahl) |
| 42.6 | East Germany | Potsdam | 1 Sep 1973 |
| | (Petra Kandarr, Renate Stecher, Christine Heinich, Doris Selmigkeit) |
| | East Germany | Berlin | 24 Aug 1974 |
| | (Doris Maletzki, Renate Stecher, Christine Heinich, Bärbel Eckert) |
| 42.5 | East Germany | Rome | 8 Sep 1974 |
| | (Doris Maletzki, Renate Stecher, Christine Heinich, Bärbel Eckert) |
| Rec | Team | Site | Date |
|---|
| 42.51 | East Germany | Rome | 8 Sep 1974 |
| | (Doris Maletzki, Renate Stecher, Christine Heinich, Bärbel Eckert) |
| 42.50 | East Germany | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 29 May 1976 |
| | (Marlies Oelsner, Renate Stecher, Carla Bodendorf, Martina Blos) |
| 42.27 | East Germany | Potsdam | 19 Aug 1978 |
| | (Johanna Klier, Monika Hamann, Carla Bodendorf, Marlies Göhr) |
| 42.10 | East Germany | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 10 Jun 1979 |
| | (Marita Koch, Romy Schneider, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr) |
| 42.09 | East Germany | Turin | 4 Aug 1979 |
| | (Christina Brehmer, Romy Schneider, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr) |
| | East Germany | Berlin | 9 Jul 1980 |
| | (Romy Müller, Bärbel Vöckel, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr) |
| 41.85 | East Germany | Potsdam | 13 Jul 1980 |
| | (Romy Müller, Bärbel Vöckel, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr) |
| 41.60 | East Germany | Moscow | 1 Aug 1980 |
| | (Romy Müller, Bärbel Vöckel, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr) |
| 41.53 | East Germany | Berlin | 31 Jul 1983 |
| | (Silke Gladisch, Marita Koch, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr) |
| 41.37 | East Germany | Canberra | 6.10.1985 |
| | (Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr) |
| Rec | Team | Site | Date |
|---|
| 3:47.4 | Team Moscow, Soviet Union | Moscow | 30 May 1969 |
| | (Ljubov Finogenova, Tatjana Medvedeva, Olga Klein, Tamara Voitenko) |
| 3:43.2 | Team Latvia, Soviet Union | Minsk | 1 Jun 1969 |
| | (Lilita Zagere, Ingrida Verbele, Sarmite Shtula, Anna Dundare) |
| 3:37.6 | Great Britain | London | 22 Jun 1969 |
| | (Jenny Pawsey, Pauline Attwood, Janet Simpson, Lillian Board) |
| 3:34.2 | France | Paris | 6 Jul 1969 |
| | (Michele Mombet, Eliane Jacq, Nicole Duclos, Colette Besson) |
| 3:33.9 | Germany | Athens | 19 Sep 1969 |
| | (Christa Czekay, Antje Gleichfeld, Inge Eckhoff, Christel Frese) |
| 3:30.8 | Great Britain | Athens | 20 Sep 1969 |
| | (Rosemary Stirling, Pat Lowe, Janet Simpson, Lillian Board) |
| | France | Athens | 20 Sep 1969 |
| | (Bernadette Martin, Nicole Duclos, Eliane Jacq, Colette Besson) |
| 3:29.3 | East Germany | Helsinki | 15 Aug 1971 |
| | (Rita Kühne, Ingelore Lohse, Helga Seidler, Monika Zehrt) |
| 3:28.8 | East Germany | Paris | 5 Jul 1972 |
| | (Dagmar Käsling, Helga Seidler, Monika Zehrt, Brigitte Rohde) |
| 3:28.5 | East Germany | Munich | 9 Sep 1972 |
| | (Dagmar Käsling, Rita Kühne, Helga Seidler, Monika Zehrt) |
| 3:23.0 | East Germany | Munich | 10 Sep 1972 |
| | (Dagmar Käsling, Rita Kühne, Helga Seidler, Monika Zehrt) |
| 3:19.23 | East Germany | Montreal | 31 Jul 1976 |
| | (Doris Maletzki, Brigitte Rohde, Ellen Streidt, Christa Brehmer) |
| 3:19.04 | East Germany | Athens | 11 Sep 1982 |
| | (Kirsten Siemon, Sabine Busch, Dagmar Rübsam, Marita Koch) |
| 3:15.92 | East Germany | Erfurt | 3 Jun 1984 |
| | (Gesine Walther, Sabine Busch, Dagmar Rübsam, Marita Koch) |
| 3:15.18 | Soviet Union | Soul | 1.10.1988 |
| | (Tatjana Ledovskaja, Olga Nazarova, Maria Pinigina, Olga Bryzgina) |
