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

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Teams
  
16

Winning time
  
42.54

Venue
  
Beijing National Stadium

Dates
  
21 August 2008 (heats) 22 August 2008 (final)

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.

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. Finland and Cuba were qualified but withdrew and were replaced by Thailand and Nigeria.[1]

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.

Records

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

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

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.

    References

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