World Records as of Nov 1, 2011


 The oldest Relay Records are:

  400fre men 50 100+ S.MARINIUK J.PARRACK M.MOORE MORTENSEN  USA  3 39.63
  800fre men 50 100+ S.MARINIUK MORTENSEN J.PARRACK M.MOORE  USA  8  4.17
  400med men 50 120+ S.MURPHY S.CORLISS D.LUNDBERG M.KECK    USA  4  4.49

                                                all 3 from MAY 94


 The oldest female records is:

  50fre 50 00-04 MARY MAINA          AUS       5 10.84     OCT 94


 while the oldest male record is:

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

Has stood for 28 years now.



Number of Records Standing from:

      2011          227
      2010          193
      2009          354
      2008          161
      2007           78
      2006           85
      2005           53
      2004           28
      2003           53
      2002           20
      2001           24
      2000           16
      1990-1999      70
      1983-1989       1


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Super-Star Karlyn Pipes (40 WR's) has been overtaken by Laura Val (61)
and Jane Asher (43).

Lynn Marshall has 11 WRs.


LAURA VAL          USA   61        WALTER PFEIFFER    USA   18
JANE ASHER         GBR   43        KEIJIRO NAKAMURA   JPN   17
KARLYN PIPES       USA   40        JIM MCCONICA       USA   15
S VON DER LIPPE    USA   21        DAVID RADCLIFF     USA   13
HITOMI MATSUDA     JPN   18        RICHARD ABRAHAMS   USA   13
MIEKO NAGAOKA      JPN   18        BARRY YOUNG        NZL   13
YOSHIKO OSAKI      JPN   17        HIROMU YOSHIMOTO   JPN   12
RITA SIMONTON      USA   16        GUS LANGNER        USA   12
SHOKO YONEZAWA     JPN   14        MICHAEL MANN       USA   11
LOIS KIVI NOCHMANN USA   11        MICHAEL ROSS       USA   11
LYNN MARSHALL      CAN   11        BURWELL JONES      USA    9
CHRISTEL SCHULZ    GER   10        ALEX KOSTICH       USA    8
CAROLYN BOAK       USA    9        GRAHAM JOHNSTON    USA    8
MARGERY MEYER      USA    8        ALBERTO MONTINI    ITA    7
JENNY WHITELEY     AUS    8        RICHARD BURNS      USA    7
OLGA KOKORINA      RUS    7        DIVANO GIULIO      ITA    7
A VAN OBBERGHEN    BEL    6        GORO KOBAYASHI     JPN    7
DAWN HECKMAN       USA    6        THOMAS MAINE       USA    7



Most Relay Records:

1  USA      165          2  JPN       40          3  CAN       12
4  GBR        9          5  GER        7          6  BRA        6




                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 a group of GBR, Germany, and Canada.



                          1  USA      773

                          2  JPN      226

                          3  GBR       70
                          4  GER       65
                          5  CAN       44

                          6  AUS       28
                          7  ITA       27
                          8  BRA       24
                          9  NZL       20