Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The 4-by- 100-meter relay race of men in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing was held on 21 and 22 August 2008 in the Beijing National Stadium. 16 teams took part.

There were two heats. It qualified in each case the first three and the two fastest time scales for the final.

The directly qualified teams are light blue, highlighted the over time scales of qualified light green.

Abbreviations: WR = World Record, OR = Olympic Record, NR = National record, PB = personal best, JWB = Jahresweltbestzeit

Existing Records

Title holders

Leader

Flow 1

August 21, 2008

Flow 2

August 21, 2008

Final

August 22, 2008

For Usain Bolt, it was the third gold medal of these Olympics after his victories in the 100 and 200 meters. In all his three victories, he broke the current world records that had ever accomplished an athlete before him.

4 × 100 metres relay Michael Marsh (athlete) Leroy Burrell Carl Lewis Jon Drummond Andre Cason Barcelona Jason Gardener Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Darvis Patton Tyson Gay Leroy Dixon 2007 World Championships in Athletics Dwain Chambers 2006 European Athletics Championships Marc Burns Richard Thompson (athlete) Naoki Tsukahara Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Guus Hoogmoed Caimin Douglas Brazil Bruno de Barros Vicente de Lima Marcin Nowak (athlete) Rodney Martin Jamaica Dwight Thomas Michael Frater Nesta Carter Asafa Powell Tobias Unger Till Helmke Alexander Kosenkow Martin Keller (athlete) France Yannick Lesourd Martial Mbandjock Simeon Williamson Tyrone Edgar Craig Pickering Italy Fabio Cerutti Simone Collio Emanuele Di Gregorio Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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