Teams 16 | ||
Venue Beijing National Stadium Dates August 21
August 22 (final) |
The Men's 4 × 100 metre relay event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 21 and 22 August at the Beijing National Stadium.
Contents
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. Australia was 14th but withdrew and the Netherlands was invited instead. The final was won by Jamaica in the new World record time 37.10.
On 25 January 2017, the Jamaican team was stripped of the gold medal place due to Nesta Carter testing positive for the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Results
All times shown are in seconds.
Heats
First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 2 fastest(q) advance to the Final.
Heat 1
Heat 2