The women's

4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the individu ...

event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 21 and 22 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. There were 16 NOCs competing at this event, selected by the average of the two best marks at the qualifying period. Finland and Cuba qualified but withdrew, and were replaced by Thailand and Nigeri

Originally, the Russian team won the gold medal, but were disqualified in 2016 after

Yuliya Chermoshanskaya Yuliya Igorevna Chermoshanskaya (russian: link=no, Юлия Игоревна Чермошанская; born 6 January 1986 in Bryansk, Russian SFSR) is a Russian track and field athlete. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 4x100 metre ...

had her blood and urine samples re-analyzed, and tested positive for two prohibited substances. One of her teammates, Yulia Guschina, was also later sanctioned for doping.Guschina fails 2012 drug test after forfeiting 2008 gold
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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.

Qualification summary

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.

Final

References

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