| All-time women's best performance 4x400m |
| 1 | 3.15.17 | Soviet Union -91 | URS | 1 | Seoul | 881001 |
| 2 | 3.15.51 | United States | USA | 2 | Seoul | 881001 |
| 3 | 3.15.92 | German Democratic Republic | GDR | 1 | Erfurt | 840603 |
| 4 | 3.16.71 | United States | USA | 1 | Stuttgart | 930822 |
| 5 | 3.16.87 | German Democratic Republic | GDR | 1 | Stuttgart | 860831 |
| 6 | 3.18.29 | United States | USA | 1 | Los Angeles | 840811 |
| 7 | 3.18.29 | German Democratic Republic | GDR | 3 | Seoul | 881001 |
| 8 | 3.18.38 | Russia | RUS | 2 | Stuttgart | 930822 |
| 9 | 3.18.43 | Commonwealth of Independent States | EUN | 1 | Tokyo | 910901 |
| 10 | 3.18.58 | Soviet Union -91 | URS | 1 | Moskva | 850818 |
| 11 | 3.18.63 | German Democratic Republic | GDR | 1 | Roma | 870906 |
| 12 | 3.19.04 | German Democratic Republic | GDR | 1 | Athína | 820911 |
| 13 | 3.19.12 | Soviet Union -91 | URS | 1 | Praha | 840818 |
| 14 | 3.19.23 | German Democratic Republic | GDR | 1 | Montreal | 760731 |
| 15 | 3.19.49 | German Democratic Republic | GDR | 1 | Canberra | 851004 |
| 16 | 3.19.50 | Soviet Union -91 | URS | 2 | Roma | 870906 |
| 17 | 3.19.60 | United States | USA | 1 | Walnut | 840725 |
| 18 | 3.19.62 | German Democratic Republic | GDR | 1 | Torino | 790805 |
| 19 | 3.19.66 | German Democratic Republic | GDR | 1 | Düsseldorf | 880620 |
| 20 | 3.19.73 | German Democratic Republic | GDR | 1 | Helsinki | 830814 |
| 21 | 3.19.83 | German Democratic Republic | GDR | 1 | Zagreb | 810816 |
| 22 | 3.20.10 | German Democratic Republic | GDR | 2 | Moskva | 850818 |
| 23 | 3.20.12 | Soviet Union -91 | URS | 1 | Moskva | 800801 |
| 24 | 3.20.15 | United States | USA | 2 | Tokyo | 910901 |
| 25 | 3.20.20 | Commonwealth of Independent States | EUN | 1 | Barcelona | 920808 |
| 26 | 3.20.21 | German Democratic Republic | GDR | 1 | Erfurt | 850623 |
| 27 | 3.20.23 | German Democratic Republic | GDR | 1 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 820710 |
| 28 | 3.20.32 | Czechoslovakia | CS | 2 | Helsinki | 830814 |
| 29 | 3.20.35 | German Democratic Republic | GDR | 2 | Moskva | 800801 |
| 30 | 3.20.37 | German Democratic Republic | GDR | 1 | Montreal | 790824 |
| 31 | 3.20.39 | Soviet Union -91 | URS | 2 | Torino | 790805 |
| 32 | 3.20.41 | Soviet Union -91 | URS | 1 | Praha | 870628 |
| 33 | 3.20.60 | Soviet Union -91 | URS | 2 | Canberra | 851004 |
| 34 | 3.20.60 | German Democratic Republic | GDR | 2 | Praha | 870628 |
| 35 | 3.20.62 | German Democratic Republic | GDR | 1 | Roma | 810906 |
| 36 | 3.20.79 | Czechoslovakia | CS | 1 | London | 830821 |
| 37 | 3.20.91 | United States | USA | 1 | Atlanta | 960803 |
| 38 | 3.20.92 | United States | USA | 2 | Barcelona | 920808 |
| 39 | 3.20.92 | Germany / Tyskland | GER | 1 | Athína | 970810 |
| 40 | 3.21.02 | German Democratic Republic | GDR | 1 | Split, YUG | 900901 |
| 41 | 3.21.03 | United States | USA | 2 | Athína | 970810 |
| 42 | 3.21.04 | United States | USA | 3 | Roma | 870906 |
| 43 | 3.21.04 | Nigeria | NGR | 2 | Atlanta | 960803 |
