Olympic Summer Games 2008 / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (men)
 
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| sport | athletics |
| discipline | 4 x 100 meter relay |
| gender | Men |
| place | Beijing National Stadium |
| Attendees | 66 athletes from 16 countries |
| Competition phase | August 21 and 22, 2008 |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
 TTO
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 silver |
 JPN
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 bronze |
 BRA
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The 4 x 100 meter relay at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing was held on August 21 and 22, 2008 in the Beijing National Stadium. 66 athletes took part in 16 relays.
The Olympic champion was the relay from Trinidad and Tobago in the line-up of Keston Bledman , Marc Burns , Emmanuel Callender and Richard Thompson as well as Aaron Armstrong in the lead . Silver went to Japan ( Naoki Tsukahara , Shingo Suetsugu , Shinji Takahira , Nobuharu Asahara ). Brazil won bronze with Vicente de Lima , Sandro Viana , Bruno de Barros and José Carlos Moreira .
The runner from Trinidad and Tobago, who was used in the preliminary run, also received a gold medal.
Current title holders
Existing records
| World record | 37.40 s |
 USA ( Michael Marsh , Leroy Burrell , Dennis Mitchell , Carl Lewis ) |
Barcelona , Spain | August 8, 1992 |
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USA ( Jon Drummond , Andre Cason , Dennis Mitchell , Leroy Burrell ) |
Stuttgart , Germany | August 21, 1993 | ||
| Olympic record |
USA ( Michael Marsh , Leroy Burrell , Dennis Mitchell , Carl Lewis ) |
Final of Barcelona , Spain | August 8, 1992 |
Prelims
There were two preliminary runs. The first three teams - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest seasons - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.
Due to the later disqualification of the Jamaican relay because of the doped runner Nesta Carter, the eliminated relay of Thailand would have had the right to start the final. However, this could no longer be realized and repaired.
Forward 1
August 21, 2008 , 8:20 pm
Forward 2
August 21, 2008 , 8:30 p.m.
| space | nation | Surname | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Canada
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Hank Palmer Anson Henry Jared Connaughton Pierre Browne |
38.77 s | |
| 2 |
 Germany
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Tobias Unger Till Helmke Alexander Kosenkow Martin Keller |
38.93 s | |
| 3 |
 People's Republic of China
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Wen Yongyi Zhang Peimeng Lu Bin Hu Kai |
39.13 s | |
| 4th |
 Thailand
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Apinan Sukaphan Siriroj Darasuriyong Sompote Suwannarangsri Sittichai Suwonprateep |
39.40 s |
actually qualified for the final because of Jamaica's doping-related disqualification |
| 5 |
 France
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Yannick Lesourd Martial Mbandjock Manuel Reynaert Samuel Coco-Viloin |
39.53 s | |
| DSQ |
 Great Britain
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Simeon Williamson Tyrone Edgar Marlon Devonish Craig Pickering |
Alternation fault under rule 170.14 | |
 Italy
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Fabio Cerutti Simone Collio Emanuele Di Gregorio Jacques Riparelli |
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 Jamaica
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Dwight Thomas Michael Frater Nesta Carter Asafa Powell |
Proof of doping on June 2, 2016 at Nesta Carter |
final
| space | nation | Surname | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Trinidad and Tobago
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Keston Bledman Marc Burns Emmanuel Callender Richard Thompson |
38.06 s | |
| 2 |
Japan
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Naoki Tsukahara Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Nobuharu Asahara |
38.15 s | |
| 3 |
Brazil
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Vicente de Lima Sandro Viana Bruno de Barros José Carlos Moreira |
38.24 s | |
| 4th |
Germany
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Tobias Unger Till Helmke Alexander Kosenkow Martin Keller |
38.58 s | |
| 5 |
Canada
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Hank Palmer Anson Henry Jared Connaughton Pierre Browne |
38.66 s | |
| DSQ |
People's Republic of China
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Wen Yongyi Zhang Peimeng Lu Bin Hu Kai |
Alternation fault under rule 170.14 | |
 Netherlands
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Maarten Heisen Guus Hoogmoed Patrick van Luijk Caimin Douglas |
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Jamaica
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Nesta Carter Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa Powell |
Proof of doping on June 2, 2016 at Nesta Carter |
August 22, 2008 , 10:10 p.m.
The following line-up changes were made for the finale:
- Trinidad and Tobago - Emmanuel Callender ran in place of Aaron Armstrong.
- Jamaica (later disqualified because Nesta Carter was doped) - Usain Bolt was used for Dwight Thomas.
The favorites for this race were actually the relay teams with the best individual runners. H. the US team, which had become world champions the previous year , and the team of the runner-up world champions Jamaica. However, the US season had already been eliminated in advance, so that the vice world champion was clearly favored. Jamaica won the competition with a new world record in the time of 37.10 s . But on June 2, 2016, the use of the banned substance methylhexaneamine in the B-sample of starter Nesta Carter was proven with an improved analytical method. Therefore, in January 2017, the entire Jamaican relay was disqualified. Further medal candidates were Great Britain, Brazil and Japan as the World Cup third, fourth and fifth respectively of the previous year. Trinidad and Tobago should not be underestimated either. With Richard Thompson and Marc Burns they had brought two runners into the 100 meter individual final.
In the final, the following eight seasons met each other: Brazil, China, Germany, Japan, Canada, the Netherlands, Trinidad and Tobago and the later disqualified Jamaicans.
Jamaica's final runner, Asafa Powell, was the first to cross the finish line by a clear margin. Behind him, as it turned out after the investigation and assessment of Carter's doping offense, there was the real battle for Olympic gold. In the last move, Trinidad and Tobago and Japan were almost tied. The Japanese handover worked clearly better and Japan even led. At first, Trinidad and Tobago and Brazil followed closely. But the strong Richard Thompson, decorated with silver in the 100-meter individual final, overtook the Japanese Nobuharu Asahara with his running fortune, which finally brought Trinidad and Tobago the Olympic victory before Japan. The Brazilian last runner José Carlos Moreira crossed the finish line in third place, just under a tenth of a second behind Japan. Martin Keller defended fourth place in the German relay on the final straight ahead of Canada. The teams from China and the Netherlands were disqualified due to substitution errors.
Web links
- SportsReference 4 × 100 m relay , accessed June 5, 2018
- Official Report of the XXVIIIth Olympiad, Results Athletics , English / French (PDF, 3054 kB), accessed on June 5, 2018
Video
- Beijing 2008: Jamaica 4x100m Final Full Competition , published September 18, 2008 on youtube.com, accessed June 5, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Campeonato CAC de Atletismo 2008 on athlecac.org, accessed on June 5, 2018
- ↑ Campeonato Sudamericano de Atletismo 2007 on athlecac.org, accessed on June 5, 2018
- ↑ 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 5, 2018
- ↑ Oceania Area Championships - 25/06/2008 to 28/06/2008 on athletics-oceania.com (PDF, 130 kB), accessed on June 5, 2018
- ↑ IAAF, 4 × 100 m men , accessed on June 5, 2018
- ↑ a b c d e IOC sanctions two athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008. International Olympic Committee , January 25, 2017, accessed on June 5, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Regulations for Athletics on retrolympics.de p. 22 (PDF, 580 kB)
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