Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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| Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 22 August 2008 (heats) 23 August 2008 (final) |
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| Teams | 16 | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:18.54 | ||||||||||||
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Mary Wineberg Allyson Felix Monique Henderson Sanya Richards Natasha Hastings* |
 United States
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Shericka Williams Shereefa Lloyd Rosemarie Whyte Novlene Williams |
 Jamaica
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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 resulted in a doping violation by Tatyana Firova. She was disqualified from the competition, and she and her Russian teammates were stripped of their 4 × 400 m relay silver medals. 4th place Belarus was also disqualified due to doping of anchor runner Sviatlana Vusovich. Medals of other teams have not been reallocated as yet.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
All times shown are in seconds.
First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.
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