Here are some quick facts and figures regarding the WR's as of Nov 2003.
This includes all 4x100 and 4x200 records and also the 20-24 age groups.

Karlyn Pipes has opened up a big lead ....

Most Records- Women (previous value):     Most Records - Men:

KARLYN PIPES          53  (32)            GUS LANGNER           25  (26)
LAURA VAL             31  (41)            GRAHAM JOHNSTON       17  (23)
JANE ASHER      GB    24  (26)            JIM MCCONICA          13  (15)
YOSHIKO OSAKI         18                  KEIJIRO NAKAMURA JAP  12
MARGERY MEYER         14                  JEFF FARRELL          11
CAROLINE KRATTLI      12                  RON JOHNSON           11
SHEILA TAORMINA       12                  FRANK PIEMME          11
JUNE KRAUSER          11  (15)            RAY TAFT              12  (16)
JEAN DURSTON          10                  ROWDY GAINES          10
BONNIE PRONK    CAN   10  (13)            WALTER PFEIFFER       10
MAXINE MERLINO        10                  TOD SPIEKER           10
                                          TOM LANE              10


Japan has done well during the last 12 months.

Most Records- Women           Men:           Relays:               Total:

USA      308 (305)    USA    368  (374)   USA    197 (201)   USA     873 (880)
GBR       58  (60)    JPN     68   (60)   JPN     22  (20)   JPN     134 (109)
JPN       44  (28)    GER     27   (28)   SWE      6   (6)   GBR      85  (83)
GER       36  (45)    GBR     23   (21)   CAN      5   (4)   GER      64  (74)
AUS       29  (25)    CAN     22   (12)   GBR      4         CAN      51  (47)
CAN       24  (31)    SWE     10          BRA      2         AUS      35  (31)
BRA        6  (12)    BRA      7          FIN      2         SWE      17  (12)
FRA        4          FRA      6   (10)   GER      1         BRA      15  (19)
ISR        4          ITA      6          ITA      1         FRA      10  (15)
BEL        4          AUS      6          DEN      1