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Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 x 400 metres relay

Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates 22 August 2008 (heats)
23 August 2008 (final)
Teams 16
Winning time 3:18.54
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Mary Wineberg
Allyson Felix
Monique Henderson
Sanya Richards
Natasha Hastings*
 United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) vacant
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Shericka Williams
Shereefa Lloyd
Rosemarie Whyte
Novlene Williams
 Jamaica
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2012
1st, gold medalist(s) Mary Wineberg
Allyson Felix
Monique Henderson
Sanya Richards
Natasha Hastings*
 United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) vacant
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Shericka Williams
Shereefa Lloyd
Rosemarie Whyte
Novlene Williams
 Jamaica

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. 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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