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 | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 21 August 2008 (heats) 22 August 2008 (final) | ||||||||||||
Teams | 16 | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 42.54 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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, selected by the average of the two best marks in the qualifying period. Finland and Cuba qualified but withdrew, and were replaced by Thailand and Nigeria.[1]
Originally, the Russian team won the gold medal but was disqualified in 2016 after Yuliya Chermoshanskaya had her blood and urine samples re-analyzed, and tested positive for two prohibited substances.[2] One of her teammates, Yulia Guschina, was also later sanctioned for doping.[3]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | 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 | |
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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 |
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2 | 7 | Jamaica | Veronica Campbell-Brown
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42.24 | Q, SB |
2 | 3 | Russia | Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya
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42.87 | DSQ ( |
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, Rosângela Santos | 43.38 | Q |
1 | 8 | Nigeria | 43.43 | q, SB | |
1 | 6 | Poland | 43.47 | q | |
2 | 4 | Germany | 43.59 | Q | |
1 | 3 | Belarus | 43.69 | SB | |
2 | 5 | China | Tao Yujia, Wang Jing, Jiang Lan, Qin Wangping | 43.78 | |
2 | 9 | Thailand | Jutamass Thavoncharoen, Nongnuch Sanrat
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44.38 | |
2 | 2 | France | Lina Jacques-Sebastien, Carima Louami
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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 | DSQ |
Final
Rank | Lane | Nation | Competitors | Results | Notes |
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5 | Belgium | Olivia Borlée, Hanna Mariën, Élodie Ouédraogo, Kim Gevaert | 42.54 | NR
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3 | Nigeria | 43.04 | SB | ||
8 | Brazil | Rosemar Coelho Neto, Lucimar de Moura, Thaissa Presti, Rosângela Santos | 43.14 | SB | |
4 | 9 | Germany | 43.28 | ||
DNF | 7 | Great Britain | Jeanette Kwakye, Montell Douglas, Emily Freeman, Emma Ania | DNF | |
DNF | 6 | Jamaica | Veronica Campbell-Brown
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DNF | |
DSQ | 2 | Poland | DSQ | ||
DSQ (1st) | 4 | Russia | Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya
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DSQ (42.31) | Doping case |
References
- Notes
- IAAF. Archived from the originalon 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ^ IOC sanctions Yulia Chermoshanskaya for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008
- ^ "Russia's Gushchina fails 2012 dope test; already stripped of medals". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2020-11-09.
- Sources
- "Best Relay Performances" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-01. Retrieved 2008-07-30.