World Records as of Nov 1, 2008


 The oldest Relay Record is:

 800fre wom 50 100+                  USA       9:50.91     JUL 89
 C.LEE-HELTZEL C.COOLEY FLANSBURG REIGER  USA


 The oldest female records is:

  50brs 50 25-29 S.SEMINATORE        ITA         32.01         89


 while the oldest male record is:

  50fre 50 25-29 KEVIN DEFORREST     USA         22.59     AUG 83

Has stood for 25 years now.



Number of Records Standing from:

      2008          308
      2007          219
      2006          197
      2005          121
      2004           82
      2003          104
      2002           65
      2001           51
      2000           48
      All 90s       201
      All 80s         4

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Women outdo men here, lead by Super-Star Karlyn Pipes (54 WR's).
Other greats are Laura Val, Jane Asher, Yoshiko Osaki and Hitomi Matsuda.



KARLYN PIPES       USA   54        KEIJIRO NAKAMURA   JPN   19
LAURA VAL          USA   39        JIM MCCONICA       USA   18
JANE ASHER         GBR   31        WALTER PFEIFFER    USA   16
YOSHIKO OSAKI      JPN   25        GUS LANGNER        USA   16
HITOMI MATSUDA     JPN   24        GRAHAM JOHNSTON    USA   14
S VON DER LIPPE    USA   15        BURWELL JONES      USA   10
RITA SIMONTON      USA   13        HIROMU YOSHIMOTO   JPN    9
JENNY WHITELEY     AUS   12        KAZUNAGA AKUTSU    JPN    9
JEAN TROY          USA   12        TOM LANE           USA    8
CAROLINE KRATTLI   USA   11        MICHAEL ROSS       USA    8
MARGERY MEYER      USA   10        YOSHI OYAKAWA      USA    8
BONNIE PRONK       CAN    9        RICHARD ABRAHAMS   USA    8
JEN THOMASSON      AUS    9        ROBERT STRAND      USA    8
SHEILA TAORMINA    USA    9        GORO KOBAYASHI     JPN    7
JEAN DURSTON       USA    8        PAUL CARTER        USA    7
SHOKO YONEZAWA     JPN    7        RON KARNAUGH       USA    7
CHRISTEL SCHULZ    GER    7        TOM LANDIS         USA    7
LAURA DAVIS        USA    7        KAI DITZEL         GER    7



Most Relay Records:

1  USA      184          2  JPN       31          3  CAN       15
4  SWE        5          5  ITA        4          6  BRA        3





                MOST TOTAL RECORDS (Men-Women-Relays)

The US remains very strong but several countries are doing well.

Japan is now clearly the number two nation.

Followed by GBR, Germany, Canada and Australia, which is finally catching up.


                          1   USA      799

                          2   JPN      202

                          3   GBR       79
                          4   GER       59
                          5   CAN       46
                          6   AUS       33

                          7   ITA       24
                          8   BRA       20
                          9   SWE       18
                         10   NZL       10