Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The 4-by- 400-meter relay race of men in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing was held on August 22 and 23, 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 22, 2008

Flow 2

August 22, 2008

Final

23 August, 2008

The U.S. Season erlief the 16th gold medal in 22 Olympic final. For the Russian squadron was the first medal in the Olympic relay competitions over 4 x 400 meters. Both the Russian and the Belgian season could during the competition, the respective national records improve equal twice.

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