Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	21 August 2008 (heats) 22 August 2008 (final)
Teams	16
Winning time	42.54
Medalists
Olivia Borlée Kim Gevaert Hanna Mariën Élodie Ouédraogo   Belgium   Franca Idoko Halimat Ismaila Gloria Kemasuode Oludamola Osayomi Agnes Osazuwa*   Nigeria   Rosemar Coelho Neto Lucimar de Moura Thaissa Presti Rosangela Santos   Brazil

Official Video

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4 × 100 m relay		men		women
4 × 400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 21 and 22 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.^[1]

There were 16 NOCs competing at this event. These 16 NOCs were selected by the average of the two best marks at the qualifying period. Finland and Cuba were qualified but withdrew and were replaced by Thailand and Nigeria.

In 2016, the victorious Russian relay team was disqualified for doping, as Yuliya Chermoshanskaya had her samples reanalyzed and tested positive for two prohibited substances.^[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	East Germany (GDR) (Silke Gladisch, Sabine Rieger, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr)	41.37	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
Olympic record	East Germany (GDR) (Romy Müller, Bärbel Wöckel, Ingrid Auerswald, Marlies Göhr)	41.60	Moscow, Soviet Union	1 August 1980

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Qualification summary

Pos	NOC	2 races		1	2
		Total	Average
1	United States	84.22	42.11	41.98	42.24
2	Jamaica	84.71	42.36	42.01	42.70
3	Russia	85.58	42.79	42.78	42.80
4	Belgium	85.60	42.80	42.75	42.85
5	Great Britain	85.69	42.85	42.82	42.87
6	Germany	86.25	43.13	43.08	43.17
7	Ukraine	86.43	43.22	43.03	43.40
8	Belarus	86.46	43.23	43.16	43.30
9	Italy	86.48	43.24	43.04	43.44
10	France	86.58	43.29	43.09	43.49
11	China	86.65	43.33	43.26	43.39
12	Poland	86.78	43.39	43.25	43.53
—	Finland	86.89	43.45	43.41	43.48
13	Brazil	86.90	43.45	43.36	43.54
14	Trinidad and Tobago	87.19	43.60	43.43	43.76
—	Cuba	87.26	43.63	43.46	43.80
15	Thailand	87.30	43.65	43.38	43.92
16	Nigeria	87.37	43.69	43.58	43.79
Reserves
17	Australia	87.53	43.77	43.62	43.91
18	Japan	87.60	43.80	43.67	43.93
18	Ghana	87.60	43.80	43.76	43.84

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

• Q denotes automatic qualification.
• q denotes fastest losers.
• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• DSQ denotes disqualified
• AR denotes area record.
• NR denotes national record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season's best.

Round 1

First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 2 fastest(q) advance to the Final.

Heat	Lane	Nation	Competitors	Results	Notes
2	7	Jamaica	Shelly-Ann Fraser, Sheri-Ann Brooks, Aleen Bailey, Veronica Campbell-Brown	42.24	Q, SB
2	3	Russia	Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya	42.87	DSQ (Q)
1	7	Belgium	Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Élodie Ouédraogo, Kim Gevaert	42.92	Q, SB
1	9	Great Britain	Jeanette Kwakye, Montell Douglas, Emily Freeman, Emma Ania	43.02	Q
1	5	Brazil	Rosemar Coelho Neto, Lucimar de Moura, Thaissa Presti, Rosangela Santos	43.38	Q
1	8	Nigeria	Franca Idoko, Gloria Kemasuode, Agnes Osazuwa, Oludamola Osayomi	43.43	q, SB
1	6	Poland	Ewelina Klocek, Daria Korczyńska, Dorota Jędrusińska, Marta Jeschke	43.47	q
2	4	Germany	Anne Möllinger, Verena Sailer, Cathleen Tschirch, Marion Wagner	43.59	Q
1	3	Belarus	Yuliya Nestsiarenka, Aksana Drahun, Nastassia Shuliak, Anna Bagdanovich	43.69	SB
2	5	China	Tao Yujia, Wang Jing, Jiang Lan, Qin Wangping	43.78
2	9	Thailand	Sangwan Jaksunin, Orranut Klomdee, Jutamass Thavoncharoen, Nongnuch Sanrat	44.38
2	2	France	Myriam Soumare, Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, Lina Jacques-Sebastien, Carima Louami	DNF
1	4	Italy	Anita Pistone, Vincenza Calì, Giulia Arcioni, Audrey Alloh	DSQ
2	6	Trinidad and Tobago	Wanda Hutson, Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Ayanna Hutchinson, Semoy Hackett	DNF
2	8	Ukraine	Nataliya Pyhyda, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Iryna Shepetyuk, Oksana Shcherbak	DSQ
1	2	United States	Angela Williams, Mechelle Lewis, Torri Edwards, Lauryn Williams	DSQ

Final

Rank	Lane	Nation	Competitors	Results	Notes
	5	Belgium	Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Élodie Ouédraogo, Kim Gevaert	42.54	NR
	3	Nigeria	Franca Idoko, Gloria Kemasuode, Halimat Ismaila, Oludamola Osayomi	43.04	SB
	8	Brazil	Rosemar Coelho Neto, Lucimar de Moura, Thaissa Presti, Rosangela Santos	43.14	SB
4	9	Germany	Anne Möllinger, Verena Sailer, Cathleen Tschirch, Marion Wagner	43.28
DNF	7	Great Britain	Jeanette Kwakye, Montell Douglas, Emily Freeman, Emma Ania	DNF
DNF	6	Jamaica	Shelly-Ann Fraser, Sherone Simpson, Kerron Stewart, Veronica Campbell-Brown	DNF
DSQ	2	Poland	Ewelina Klocek, Daria Korczyńska, Dorota Jędrusińska, Joanna Kocielnik	DSQ
DSQ (1st)	4	Russia	Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya	DSQ (42.31)	Doping case

References

1. "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
2. IOC sanctions Yulia Chermoshanskaya for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008

• "Best Relay Performances" (PDF).