The women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 22 and 23 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.
There were only 16 NOCs competing at this event. These 16 NOCs were selected by the average of the two best marks at the qualifying period.
In 2016, it was announced that a reanalysis of samples from the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...
resulted in a doping violation by
Tatyana Firova
Tatyana Pavlovna Firova (russian: Татьяна Павловна Фирова; born October 10, 1982) is a Russian former sprint athlete. She was awarded the silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
In 2016, it was ann ...
. Accordingly, the Russian team was disqualified, and the Russian team were stripped of their 4 × 400 m relay silver medals.
[ 4th placed Belarus was also disqualified due to a doping violation by anchor runner ]Sviatlana Vusovich
Sviatlana Usovich ( be, Святлана Вусовіч; born 14 October 1980) is a Belarusian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Her younger sister, Ilona, is also an athlete.
On 25 November 2016 the IOC disqualified her (and her rela ...
. Medals of the other teams have been reallocated by the IAAF. Another Russian relay team member, Tatyana Firova, also failed her drug test and was disqualified.
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.
*DQ 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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Heat 1 Results
Heat 2 Results
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Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Relay foot races at the Olympics
Olympics 2008
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Women's events at the 2008 Summer Olympics