Olympic Summer Games 2008 / Athletics - 4 × 400 m (women)

sport	athletics
discipline	4 x 400 meter relay
gender	Women
place	Beijing National Stadium
Attendees	68 athletes in 16 relays
Competition phase	August 22nd and 23rd, 2008
Medalist
gold	United States
silver	Jamaica
bronze	Great Britain

The women's 4 x 400 meter relay race at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing was held on August 22 and 23, 2008 in the Beijing National Stadium. 68 athletes took part in 16 teams.

The US-Americans with Mary Wineberg , Allyson Felix , Monique Henderson and Sanya Richards as well as Natasha Hastings, who were also used in the run-up, became Olympic champions . Jamaica won the silver medal with the cast of Novlene Williams-Mills , Shereefa Lloyd , Rosemarie Whyte and Shericka Williams . Bronze went to Great Britain ( Christine Ohuruogu , Kelly Sotherton , Marilyn Okoro , Nicola Sanders ). The runners used in the preliminary run for the medal winners - here only the United States team with a sprinter - received the corresponding precious metal.

Current titleholders

Olympic champions 2004	USA DeeDee Trotter , Monique Henderson , Sanya Richards , Monique Hennagan , in addition: Crystal Cox , Moushaumi Robinson	3: 19.01 min	Athens 2004
World champions 2007	USA DeeDee Trotter , Allyson Felix Mary Wineberg , Sanya Richards	3: 18.55 min	Osaka 2007
European champions 2006	Russia Svetlana Pospelowa , Natalja Iwanowa Olga Saizewa , Tatjana Weschkurowa	3: 25.12 min	Gothenburg 2006
Pan American Champions 2007	Cuba Aymée Martínez , Daimí Pernía , Zulia Calatayud , Indira Terrero	3: 27.51 min	Rio de Janeiro 2007
Central America and Caribbean Champions 2008	Cuba Aymée Martínez , Diosmely Peña , Daisurami Bonne , Indira Terrero	3: 27.97 min	Cali 2008
South American Champions 2007	Brazil Lucimar Teodoro, Maria Laura Almirão, Sheila Ferreira, Josiane Tito	3: 33.34 min	São Paulo 2007
Asian champions 2007	India Mandeep Kaur , Manjeet Kaur , Sini Jose , Chitra Soman	3: 33.39 min	Amman 2007
African champions 2008	Nigeria Oluoma Nwoke, Folashade Abugan , Endurance Abinuwa, Joy Eze	3: 30.07 min	Addis Ababa 2008
Oceania champions 2008	4 × 400 m relay not in the championship program		Saipan 2008

Existing records

World record	3: 15.17 min	Soviet Union ( Tazzjana Ljadouskaja , Olga Nasarowa , Marija Pinigina , Olha Bryshina )	Seoul , South Korea	October 1, 1988
Olympic record			Final from Seoul , South Korea

doping

In this discipline there were three subsequently convicted doping sinners. This affected two seasons, the results of which were canceled.

• Russia - first in second place:
  • Anastassija Kapatschinskaja was subsequently disqualified as a repeat offender on August 19, 2016, her individual placement and the result of the relay were canceled.
  • Tatjana Firowa was subsequently convicted as a doping sinner, her individual placement and the result of the relay were canceled.
• Belarus - initially in fourth place in the finish:
  • Svyatlana Ussowitsch was convicted of doping abuse in November. With her, the Belarusian relay lost their rating.

The season of Jamaica, placed behind the Russians, moved up one place and received the silver medal. All other teams came up two places each, which brought the British women the bronze medal. The damage to the relays of France and Ukraine, which would have qualified for the finals if the results of Russia had been canceled, was irreparable.

Preliminary round

Forward 1

August 22, 2008 , 7:40 p.m.

space	nation	occupation	time	annotation
1	Cuba	Roxana Díaz Zulia Calatayud Susana Clement Indira Terrero	3: 25.46 min
2	Great Britain	Nicola Sanders Kelly Sotherton Marilyn Okoro Christine Ohuruogu	3: 25.48 min
3	Germany	Jonna Tilgner Sorina Nwachukwu Florence Ekpo-Umoh Claudia Hoffmann	3: 25.55 min
4th	Ukraine	Oksana Shcherbak Tatiana Petlyuk Ksenija Karandjuk Natalija Pyhyda	3: 27.44 min	actually qualified for the final
5	Poland	Monika Bejnar Jolanta Wójcik Anna Jesień Grażyna Prokopek	3: 28.23 min
6th	India	Satti Geetha Manjeet Kaur Chithra Kulathummuriyil Soman Mandeep Kaur	3: 28.83 min
7th	Japan	Satomi Kubokura Asami Tanno Mayu Kida Sayaka Aoki	3: 30.52 min
DOP	Russia	Jelena Migunowa Tatiana Weschkurowa Lyudmila Litwinowa Tatiana Firowa		in the final, later disqualified

Forward 2

August 22, 2008 , 7:50 p.m.

space	nation	occupation	time	annotation
1	United States	Mary Wineberg Monique Henderson Natasha Hastings Sanya Richards	3: 22.45 min
2	Jamaica	Novlene Williams-Mills Shereefa Lloyd Bobby-Gaye Wilkins Shericka Williams	3: 22.60 min
3	Nigeria	Folashade Abugan Joy Amechi Eze Oluoma Nwoke Ajoke Odumosu	3: 24.10 min
4th	France	Phara Anacharsis Thelia Sigere Solen Desert Virginie Michanol	3: 26.61 min	actually qualified for the final
5	Brazil	Maria Laura Almirão Josiane Tito Emmily Pinheiro Lucimar Teodoro	3: 30.10 min
6th	Mexico	Ruth Grajeda Gabriela Medina Nallely Vela Zudikey Rodríguez	3: 30.36 min
7th	People's Republic of China	Han Ling Chen Jingwen Wang Jinping Tang Xiaoyin	3: 30.77 min
DOP	Belarus	Juljana Yuschtschanka Irina Kljustawa Ilona Ussowitsch Swjatlana Ussowitsch		in the final, later disqualified

final

space	nation	occupation	time	annotation
1	United States	Mary Wineberg Allyson Felix Monique Henderson Sanya Richards in advance also: Natasha Hastings	3: 18.54 min
2	Jamaica	Novlene Williams-Mills Shereefa Lloyd Rosemarie Whyte Shericka Williams	3: 20.40 min
3	Great Britain	Christine Ohuruogu Kelly Sotherton Marilyn Okoro Nicola Sanders	3: 22.68 min
4th	Cuba	Roxana Díaz Zulia Calatayud Susana Clement Indira Terrero	3: 23.21 min	NO
5	Nigeria	Joy Amechi Eze Folashade Abugan Oluoma Nwoke Ajoke Odumosu	3: 23.74 min
6th	Germany	Jonna Tilgner Sorina Nwachukwu Florence Ekpo-Umoh Claudia Hoffmann	3: 28.45 min
DOP	Russia	Julija Guschtschina Lyudmila Litwinowa Tatjana Firowa Anastassija Kapatschinskaja in the preliminary also: Jelena Migunowa Tatjana Weschkurowa		Firowa and Kapachinskaya doped
	Belarus	Hanna Kosak Irina Kljustawa Ilona Ussowitsch Swjatlana Ussowitsch in addition: Juljana Juschtschanka		S. Ussowitsch doped

August 23, 2008 , 8:40 pm

In the final there was the following line-up change compared to the preliminary:

• USA - Allyson Felix ran instead of Natasha Hastings.

There were also changes in the line-up in the relays that were subsequently disqualified for one runner due to doping fraud. The doping-contaminated athletes were, however, already used in the heats in both relays, so that these results had to be canceled as well.

• Russia - Julija Guschtschina and Anastassija Kapatschinskaja ran instead of Jelena Migunowa and Tatiana Weschkurowa.
• Belarus - Julia Yushchanka was replaced by Hanna Kosak.

The two seasons from the United States and Russia were favored. The Russians had brought three runners into the individual finals, but two of them had to be subsequently disqualified for doping fraud - the same two who were also responsible for the later disqualification of the Russian relay. The US had in 2004 won the gold medal and also the World Cup -Titel 2007 . Jamaica also entered the race with good opportunities as a two-time runner-up in 2007 and 2005 and as a bronze medalist in 2004. Other candidates for a top placement were above all the two-time World Cup third from Great Britain. Because of their disqualifications, the role of Russia and Belarus in the final will not be discussed further below.

After the first change, the leading squadrons were still close together. Jamaica led ahead of the United States, Britain, and Nigeria. The second US runner Allyson Felix put her team in the lead and Jamaica lost the connection in the last hundred meters. Nigeria and the UK were even further behind. Sanya Richards as the last runner made the Olympic victory of the US relay perfect with a strong lap. The distances to the following teams were considerable. Jamaica was second almost two seconds behind. The British won the bronze medal just over two more seconds back. Cuba came fourth with a new national record, ahead of Nigeria and Germany.

It was the fourth Olympic victory in a row in a US season over 4 x 400 meters .

Web links

• SportsReference 4 × 400 meters , accessed June 27, 2018
• Results on the IAAF website, accessed June 26, 2018
• Official Report of the XXVIIIth Olympiad, Results Athletics , English / French (PDF, 3054 kB), accessed on June 27, 2018

Video

• 2008 Beijing Olympics 2008 Women 4X400m Final , posted May 23, 2012 on youtube.com, accessed June 27, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Campeonato CAC de Atletismo 2008 on athlecac.org, accessed on June 27, 2018
2. ↑ Campeonato Sudamericano de Atletismo 2007 on athlecac.org, accessed on June 27, 2018
3. ↑ 17th Asian Athletics Championship 2007 ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at athleticsasia.org (PDF, 417 kB), accessed June 27, 2018 
4. ↑ Oceania Area Championships - 25/06/2008 to 28/06/2008 on athletics-oceania.com (PDF, 130 kB), accessed on June 27, 2018
5. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 804 , accessed on June 27, 2018
6. ↑ ^{a b c} athlete spokeswoman complains: "The worst games we've ever had" Stern, August 20, 2016; accessed on June 27, 2018
7. ↑ ^{a b c} 2008 medal winners will be disqualified. Beijing follow-up tests: IOC takes action. www.sport1.de, August 31, 2016; accessed on June 27, 2018
8. ↑ ^{a b c} IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London 2012 on olympic.org November 25, 2016, accessed on May 28, 2018