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

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 4x100 metre 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.[1]

Contents

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Russia (RUS)
Evgeniya Polyakova
Aleksandra Fedoriva
Yulia Gushchina
Yuliya Chermoshanskaya		  Belgium (BEL)
Olivia Borlée
Hanna Mariën
Élodie Ouédraogo
Kim Gevaert		  Nigeria (NGR)
Franca Idoko
Gloria Kemasuode
Halimat Ismaila
Oludamola Osayomi
Agnes Osazuwa*

(*)Participation only at Round 1.

Records

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

World record  East Germany
Romy Müller
Sabine Günther
Ingrid Auerswald
Marlies Göhr		 41.37 Canberra, Australia 6 October 1985
Olympic record  East Germany (GDR)
Bärbel Wöckel
Marlies Göhr
Ingrid Auerswald
Romy Müller		 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 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 Korczynska, Dorota Jedrusinska, Marta Jeschke 43.47 q
2 4 Germany Annett Mollinger, 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 DQ
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 DQ
1 2 United States Angela Williams, Mechelle Lewis, Torri Edwards, Lauryn Williams DQ

Final

Rank Lane Nation Competitors Results Notes
4 Russia Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya 42.31 SB
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
4 8 Brazil Rosemar Coelho Neto, Lucimar de Moura, Thaissa Presti, Rosangela Santos 43.14 SB
5 9 Germany Anne Möllinger, Verena Sailer, Cathleen Tschirch, Marion Wagner 43.28
7 Great Britain Jeanette Kwakye, Montell Douglas, Emily Freeman, Emma Ania DNF
6 Jamaica Shelly-Ann Fraser, Sherone Simpson, Kerron Stewart, Veronica Campbell-Brown DNF
2 Poland Ewelina Klocek, Daria Korczynska, Dorota Jedrusinska, Joanna Henryka Kocielnik DQ

References

  1. ^ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/results/eventCode=3659/bydiscipline/index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 
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