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

Men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	August 21 August 22 (final)
Teams	16
Winning time	37.10 WR
Medalists
01 ! Nesta Carter Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa Powell  Jamaica 02 ! Keston Bledman Marc Burns Emmanuel Callender Richards Thompson  Trinidad and Tobago 03 ! Naoki Tsukahara Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Nobuharu Asahara  Japan
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01 !		Nesta Carter Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa Powell	Jamaica
02 !		Keston Bledman Marc Burns Emmanuel Callender Richards Thompson	Trinidad and Tobago
03 !		Naoki Tsukahara Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Nobuharu Asahara	Japan

The Men's 4 × 100 metre relay event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 21 and 22 August at the Beijing National Stadium.

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. Australia was 14th but withdrew and the Netherlands was invited instead. The final was won by Jamaica in the new World record time 37.10.

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

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

All times shown are in seconds.

First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 2 fastest(q) advance to the Final.

Heat 1

Heat 2