To June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 35 world records in the event.
[1] The following table shows the world record progression in the men's 4 x 100 metre relay, as ratified by the IAAF.
"y" denotes time for 4 x 110 yards (402.34 m), ratified as a record for this event.
Key to tables: Time rescinded Retrospectively ratified From 1975 onwards, the IAAF (now World Athletics) accepted separate automatically electronically timed records for events up to 400 metres.
Starting January 1, 1977, the IAAF required fully automatic timing to the hundredth of a second for these events.