Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 4x100 metre relay

The Men's 4x100 metre relay event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 21 and 22 August at the Beijing National Stadium. []

There were 16 NOCs competing at this event. These 16 NOCs were selected by the average of the two best marks at the qualifying period. Australia was 14th but withdrew and the Netherlands was invited instead. [http://www.singaporeathletics.com/world-news/australia-finland-cuba-relay-teams-withdraw-from-beijing-olympics] The final was won by Jamaica in the new World record time 37.10.

Medalists

Results

All times shown are in seconds.
*Q denotes automatic qualification.
*q denotes fastest losers.
*DNS denotes did not start.
*DNF denotes did not finish.
*DSQ denotes disqualified
*AR denotes area record.
*NR denotes national record.
*PB denotes personal best.
*SB denotes season's best.

Round 1

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

References

*PDFlink| [http://iaaf.org/mm/document/statistics/standards/04/49/21/20080729023920_httppostedfile_beijingrelayteams29july2008_4435.pdf Best Relay Performances]