Beijing Olympics 2008 4 X 400 Mens Field Events Athletics

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States (USA) Mary Wineberg Allyson Felix Monique Henderson Sanya Richards Natasha Hastings*	Russia (RUS) Yulia Gushchina Lyudmila Litvinova Tatyana Firova Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Elena Migunova* Tatyana Veshkurova*	Jamaica (JAM) Shericka Williams Shereefa Lloyd Rosemarie Whyte Novlene Williams

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

World Record	Soviet Union Tatyana Ledovskaya Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina Olga Bryzgina	3:15.17	Seoul, South Korea	1 October 1988
Olympic Record	Soviet Union (URS) Tatyana Ledovskaya Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina Olga Bryzgina	3:15.17	Seoul, South Korea	1 October 1988

Pos	NOC	2 races		1	2
Pos	NOC	Total	Average	1	2
1	United States	6:40.71	3:20.35	3:18.55	3:22.16
2	Russia	6:43.74	3:21.87	3:20.25	3:23.49
3	Great Britain	6:45.49	3:22.74	3:20.04	3:25.45
4	Belarus	6:45.55	3:22.77	3:21.88	3:23.67
5	Jamaica	6:45.87	3:22.93	3:19.73	3:26.14
6	Poland	6:52.81	3:26.41	3:26.36	3:26.45
7	Cuba	6:54.09	3:27.04	3:27.04	3:27.05
8	Mexico	6:54.89	3:27.44	3:27.14	3:27.75
9	France	6:55.25	3:27.62	3:26.63	3:28.62
10	Ukraine	6:55.82	3:27.91	3:27.15	3:28.67
11	Germany	6:56.83	3:28.41	3:27.31	3:29.52
12	Nigeria	6:57.71	3:28.85	3:27.97	3:29.74
13	Brazil	6:58.00	3:29.00	3:28.89	3:29.11
14	Japan	7:00.70	3:30.35	3:30.17	3:30.53
15	India	7:00.84	3:30.42	3:28.29	3:32.55
16	China	7:01.89	3:30.95	3:29.75	3:32.14
Reserves
17	Italy	7:01.96	3:30.98	3:30.89	3:31.07
18	Canada	7:02.71	3:31.35	3:30.34	3:32.37
19	Greece	7:03.27	3:31.64	3:30.20	3:33.07
20	Romania	7:05.79	3:32.90	3:30.22	3:35.57

All times shown are in seconds.

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

Heat	Lane	Nation	Competitors	Results	Notes
2	7	United States	Mary Wineberg, Monique Henderson, Natasha Hastings, Sanya Richards	3:22.45	Q (SB)
2	3	Jamaica	Novelene Williams, Shereefa Lloyd, Bobby-Gaye Wilkins, Shericka Williams	3:22.60	Q (SB)
2	6	Belarus	Yulyana Yushchanka, Iryna Khliustava, Ilona Usovich, Sviatlana Usovich	3:22.78	Q (SB)
1	3	Russia	Elena Migunova, Tatyana Veshkurova, Liudmila Litvinova, Tatiana Firova	3:23.71	Q (SB)
2	2	Nigeria	Folashade Abugan, Joy Amechi Eze, Oluoma Nwoke, Ajoke Odumosu	3:24.10	q (SB)
1	7	Cuba	Roxana Diaz, Zulia Calatayud, Susana Clement, Indira Terrero	3:25.46	Q (SB)
1	5	Great Britain	Nicola Sanders, Kelly Sotherton, Marilyn Okoro, Christine Ohuruogu	3:25.48	Q (SB)
1	6	Germany	Jonna Valesca Tilgner, Sorina Nwachukwu, Florence Ekpo-Umoh, Claudia Hoffmann	3:25.55	q (SB)
2	4	France	Phara Anacharsis, Thelia Sigere, Solen Desert, Virginie Michanol	3:26.61	(SB)
1	8	Ukraine	Oksana Shcherbak, Tetiana Petliuk, Kseniya Karandyuk, Nataliia Pygyda	3:27.44
1	2	Poland	Monika Bejnar, Jolanta Wojcik, Anna Jesien, Grażyna Prokopek	3:28.23
1	4	India	Geetha Satti, Manjeet Kaur, Chithra Kulathummuriyil Soman, Mandeep Kaur	3:28.83
2	9	Brazil	Maria Laura Almirao, Josiane Tito, Emmily Pinheiro, Lucimar Teodoro	3:30.10
2	5	Mexico	Ruth Grajeda, Gabriela Medina, Nallely Vela, Zudikey Rodriguez	3:30.36
1	9	Japan	Satomi Kubokura, Asami Tanno, Mayu Kida, Sayaka Aoki	3:30.52	(SB)
2	8	China	Han Ling, Chen Jingwen, Wang Jinping, Tang Xiaoyin	3:30.77

Rank	Lane	Nation	Competitors	Results	Notes
1	4	United States	Mary Wineberg, Allyson Felix, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards	3:18.54	(SB)
2	5	Russia	Yulia Gushchina, Lyudmila Litvinova, Tatyana Firova, Anastasiya Kapachinskaya	3:18.82	(SB)
3	7	Jamaica	Novelene Williams, Shereefa Lloyd, Bobby-Gaye Wilkins, Shericka Williams	3:20.40	(SB)
4	8	Belarus	Anna Kozak, Iryna Khliustava, Ilona Usovich, Sviatlana Usovich	3:21.85	(NR)
5	9	Great Britain	Christine Ohuruogu, Kelly Sotherton, Marilyn Okoro, Nicola Sanders	3:22.68	(SB)
6	6	Cuba	Roxana Diaz, Zulia Calatayud, Susana Clement, Indira Terrero	3:23.21	(NR)
7	2	Nigeria	Joy Amechi Eze, Folashade Abugan, Oluoma Nwoke, Ajoke Odumosu	3:23.74	(SB)
8	3	Germany	Jonna Valesca Tilgner, Sorina Nwachukwu, Florence Ekpo-Umoh, Claudia Hoffmann	3:28.45