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
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates21 August 2008 (heats)
22 August 2008 (final)
Teams16
Winning time42.54
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
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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.

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
1st, gold medalist(s) 5 Belgium Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Élodie Ouédraogo, Kim Gevaert 42.54 NR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 3 Nigeria Franca Idoko, Gloria Kemasuode, Halimat Ismaila, Oludamola Osayomi 43.04 SB
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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
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