World Records as of Nov 1, 2007


 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 24 years now.



Number of Records Standing from:

      2007          201
      2006          282
      2005          157
      2004          119
      2003          145
      2002          106
      2001           67
      2000           67
      All 90s       196
      All 80s         4

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Karlyn Pipes and Laura Val enter new age groups (45 and 55),

and grab many new records.


KARLYN PIPES       USA   55        JIM MCCONICA       USA   20
LAURA VAL          USA   44        GRAHAM JOHNSTON    USA   18
JANE ASHER         GBR   43        GUS LANGNER        USA   16
YOSHIKO OSAKI      JPN   17        KEIJIRO NAKAMURA   JPN   13
HITOMI MATSUDA     JPN   17        GORO KOBAYASHI     JPN   13
S VON DER LIPPE    USA   13        WALTER PFEIFFER    USA   11
WILLY VAN RYSEL    GBR   11        RICHARD ABRAHAMS   USA   10
SHEILA TAORMINA    USA   11        HIROMU YOSHIMOTO   JPN    9
CAROLINE KRATTLI   USA   10        KAZUNAGA AKUTSU    JPN    9
MARGERY MEYER      USA   10        ROWDY GAINES       USA    9
SHOKO YONEZAWA     JPN    9        TOM LANE           USA    8
BONNIE PRONK       CAN    9        KARL HAUTER        GER    8
JEAN DURSTON       USA    8        ROBERT STRAND      USA    8
JEAN TROY          USA    8        RON KARNAUGH       USA    7
METTE JACOBSEN     DEN    7        JIM EUBANK         USA    7
LOIS KIVI NOCHMANN USA    7        FRANK PIEMME       USA    7
CHRISTEL SCHULZ    GER    7
JUDY WILSON        GBR    7
LAURA DAVIS        USA    7




Most Relay Records:

1  USA      183          2  JPN       33          3  CAN       15
4  ITA        4          5  SWE        3     FIN-BRA-GBR-NED    2



                MOST TOTAL RECORDS (Men-Women-Relays)

The US remains strong, very strong but several countries are doing very well.
Japan is now clearly the number 2 nation.
Followed by GBR, Germany and Canada.
Australia is not doing so well considering its Olympic status.



                          1   USA      787

                          2   JPN      186
                          3   GBR      104

                          4   GER       62
                          5   CAN       48

                          6   ITA       24
                          7   BRA       23
                          8   SWE       19
                          9   AUS       18
                         10   NZL       14
                         11   FRA       11
                         12   DEN       10