4 x 100M relay women

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The Women's 4 x 100M is an Olympic event. The event is conducted by running one lap around a 400M track with three exchanges of the batton.

2008 Olympic team selection

The top 16 nation teams are invited based on the fastest two relay times prior to the Games.

	MF	2 RACES		1st performance		2nd performance
		TOTAL	AVERAGE	Time	Comp	Time	Comp
1	United States	84.22	42.11	41.98	WC	42.24	WC
2	Jamaica	84.71	42.36	42.01	WC	42.70	WC
3	Russia	85.58	42.79	42.78	ECp	42.80	ECp
4	Belgium	85.60	42.80	42.75	WC	42.85	WC
5	Great Britain	85.69	42.85	42.82	WC	42.87	WC
6	Germany	86.25	43.13	43.08	Bochum	43.17	WC
7	Ukraine	86.43	43.22	43.03	ECp	43.40	ECp
8	Belarus	86.46	43.23	43.16	WC	43.30	ECp
9	Italy	86.48	43.24	43.04	ECp	43.44	Genève
10	France	86.58	43.29	43.09	ECp	43.49	ECp
11	China	86.65	43.33	43.26	Korat	43.39	WC
12	Poland	86.78	43.39	43.25	WC	43.53	ECp
13	Finland	86.89	43.45	43.41	WC	43.48	Univ.	Will not compete in Beijing
14	Brazil	86.90	43.45	43.36	APM	43.54	SAm Ch
15	Trinidad and Tobago	87.19	43.60	43.43	CAC	43.76	Réthimno
16	Cuba	87.26	43.63	43.46	PAm	43.80	PAm	Will not compete in Beijing
17	Thailand	87.30	43.65	43.38	Korat	43.92	Univ.	Invited after cancellation of CUB
18	Nigeria	87.37	43.69	43.58	WC	43.79	AfC	Invited after cancellation of FIN
19	Australia	87.53	43.77	43.62	Osaka GP	43.91	WC
20	Japan	87.60	43.80	43.67	Good Luck	43.93	WC
20	Ghana	87.60	43.80	43.76	WC	43.84	AfG

2008 Olympic Games

Since the names of the national relay teams participating at the Games of XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008, were announced by the IAAF on Monday 21 July there has been one further change in recent days concerning the women’s 4 x100m.

One qualified nation, Finland, has subsequently informed the IAAF that they no longer wish to send a squad to participate in the women’s 4 x 100m relay.

Therefore, Nigeria, which was placed in 18th position in the qualification standings, is applicable to, and will compete in, Beijing.

This brings to a total of three the number of nations^[2] across the four relay events who had teams qualified but who have since declined their invitations to take part in the relays at the Olympics.^[3]

Tori Edwards and Lauryn Williams misconnected in preliminaries of the 400-meter relay Thursday, August 21, dropping the baton. As a result, the USA team will not advance to the finals. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, Williams also misconnected with Marion Jones in the final, and the Americans were disqualified for making the exchange outside the 20-meter handoff zone.

"If people want to assess the blame to me, that's OK," Williams told reporters. "I mean, I can take whatever it is that people are going to dish out. We had good chemistry. The hand was back there. She was there. I don't know what happened."^[4]

Round 1

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

Heat	Lane	Nation	Competitors	Results	Notes
2	7	Jamaica	Shelly-Ann Fraser, Sheri-Ann Brooks, Aleen Bailey, Veronica Campbell-Brown	42.24	Q (SB)
2	3	Russia	Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya	42.87	Q
1	7	Belgium	Olivia Borlee, Hanna Marien, Elodie Ouedraogo, Kim Gevaert	42.92	Q (SB)
1	9	Great Britain	Jeanette Kwakye, Montell Douglas, Emily Freeman, Emma Ania	43.02	Q
1	5	Brazil	Rosemar Coelho Neto, Lucimar de Moura, Thaissa Presti, Rosangela Santos	43.38	Q
1	8	Nigeria	Franca Idoko, Gloria Kemasuode, Agnes Osazuwa, Oludamola Osayomi	43.43	q (SB)
1	6	Poland	Ewelina Klocek, Daria Korczynska, Dorota Jedrusinska, Marta Jeschke	43.47	q
2	4	Germany	Annett Mollinger, Verena Sailer, Cathleen Tschirch, Marion Wagner	43.59	Q
1	3	Belarus	Yuliya Nestsiarenka, Aksana Drahun, Nastassia Shuliak, Anna Bagdanovich	43.69	(SB)
2	5	China	Tao Yujia, Wang Jing, Jiang Lan, Qin Wangping	43.78
2	9	Thailand	Sangwan Jaksunin, Orranut Klomdee, Jutamass Thavoncharoen, Nongnuch Sanrat	44.38
2	2	France	Myriam Soumare, Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, Lina Jacques-Sebastien, Carima Louami	DNF
2	6	Trinidad and Tobago	Wanda Hutson, Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Ayanna Hutchinson, Semoy Hackett	DNF
1	4	Italy	Anita Pistone, Vincenza Gali', Giulia Arcioni, Audrey Alloh	DQ
2	8	Ukraine	Nataliia Pygyda, Natalia Pohrebniak, Iryna Shepetyuk, Oksana Shcherbak	DQ
1	2	United States	Angela Williams, Mechelle Lewis, Torri Edwards, Lauryn Williams	DQ

Final

The Jamaican team was in the lead, but did not pass the baton between the second and third legs. This affected the British team in the next lane which failed to pass the baton in the exchange area as well.

Rank	Lane	Nation	Competitors	Results	Notes
	4	Russia	Evgeniya Polyakova, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yulia Gushchina, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya	42.31	(SB)
	5	Belgium	Olivia Borlée, Hanna Marien, Elodie Ouedraogo, Kim Gevaert	42.54	(NR)
	3	Nigeria	Franca Idoko, Gloria Kemasuode, Halimat Ismaila, Oludamola Osayomi	43.04	(SB)
4	8	Brazil	Rosemar Coelho Neto, Lucimar de Moura, Thaissa Presti, Rosangela Santos	43.14	(SB)
5	9	Germany	Anne Möllinger, Verena Sailer, Cathleen Tschirch, Marion Wagner	43.28
	7	Great Britain	Jeanette Kwakye, Montell Douglas, Emily Freeman, Emma Ania	DNF
	6	Jamaica	Shelly-Ann Fraser, Sherone Simpson, Kerron Stewart, Veronica Campbell-Brown	DNF
	2	Poland	Ewelina Klocek, Daria Korczynska, Dorota Jedrusinska, Joanna Henryka Kocielnik	DQ

References

1. ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/statistics/standards/04/49/21/20080729023920%5fhttppostedfile%5fbeijingrelayteams29july2008%5f4435.pdf Retrieved 2008-08-01.
2. ↑ prior to the original announcement on 21 July, Australia had already declined the invitation for the men’s 4 x100m (replaced by the Netherlands, originally 17th), and Cuba had declined their invitation for the women’s 4 x100m (replaced by Thailand, originally 17th).
3. ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/news/kind=100/newsid=46367.html Retrieved 2008-07-31
4. ↑ http://www.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/news/newsid=243415.html#u+s+4x100m+teams+both+drop+batons Retrieved 2008-08-22.