World Records as of Nov 1, 2009


 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 26 years now.



Number of Records Standing from:

      2009          304
      2008          297
      2007          137
      2006          136
      2005           89
      2004           60
      2003           82
      2002           50
      2001           41
      2000           36
      1990-1999     121
      1983-1989       3

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Women outdo men here, lead by Super-Star Karlyn Pipes (46 WR's).
Other greats are Laura Val, Jane Asher, Yoshiko Osaki and Hitomi Matsuda.


KARLYN PIPES       USA   46        WALTER PFEIFFER    USA   20
LAURA VAL          USA   35        KEIJIRO NAKAMURA   JPN   19
JANE ASHER         GBR   29        GUS LANGNER        USA   14
YOSHIKO OSAKI      JPN   25        DAVID RADCLIFF     USA   13
HITOMI MATSUDA     JPN   23        MICHAEL ROSS       USA   13
RITA SIMONTON      USA   16        JIM MCCONICA       USA   11
S VON DER LIPPE    USA   16        BURWELL JONES      USA   10
LOIS KIVI NOCHMANN USA   14        BARRY YOUNG        NZL   10
JENNY WHITELEY     AUS   13        KAZUNAGA AKUTSU    JPN    9
MIEKO NAGAOKA      JPN   11        RICHARD BURNS      USA    8
CAROLINE KRATTLI   USA   11        RICHARD ABRAHAMS   USA    8
GAIL ROPER         USA   11        HIROMU YOSHIMOTO   JPN    8
MARGERY MEYER      USA    9        
SHEILA TAORMINA    USA    9
JEN THOMASSON      AUS    8

Most Relay Records:

1  USA      181          2  JPN       33          3  CAN       15
4  SWE        4          5  GBR        4          6  FRA        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 and still improving.

Followed by a group of GBR, Germany, Canada and Australia.
AUS and NZL moving up slowly.



                          1  USA      790

                          2  JPN      216

                          3  GBR       70
                          4  GER       57
                          5  CAN       49
                          6  AUS       40

                          7  NZL       18
                          8  BRA       17
                          9  ITA       16
                         10  SWE       14