Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 22 and 23 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.
There were only 16 NOCs competing at this event. These 16 NOCs were selected by the average of the two best marks at the qualifying period.
In 2016, it was announced that a reanalysis of samples from the 2008 Summer Olympics resulted in a doping violation by Tatyana Firova; accordingly, the Russian team was disqualified, and fourth placed Belarus was also disqualified due to a doping violation by anchor runner Sviatlana Usovich. As a result, the Great Britain quartet were elevated from 5th place to the bronze medal.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
Qualification summary
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.
- DQ denotes disqualified
- AR denotes area record.
- NR denotes national record.
- PB denotes personal best.
- SB denotes season's best.
Round 1
Final
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Competitors | Results | Notes |
| 4 | Mary Wineberg, Allyson Felix, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards | 3:18.54 | SB | ||
| 7 | Novelene Williams, Shereefa Lloyd, Rosemarie Whyte, Shericka Williams | 3:20.40 | SB | ||
| 9 | Christine Ohuruogu, Kelly Sotherton, Marilyn Okoro, Nicola Sanders | 3:22.68 | SB | ||
| 4 | 6 | Roxana Díaz, Zulia Calatayud, Susana Clement, Indira Terrero | 3:23.21 | NR | |
| 5 | 2 | Joy Amechi Eze, Folashade Abugan, Oluoma Nwoke, Ajoke Odumosu | 3:23.74 | SB | |
| 6 | 3 | Jonna Valesca Tilgner, Sorina Nwachukwu, Florence Ekpo-Umoh, Claudia Hoffmann | 3:28.45 | ||
| 5 | Yulia Gushchina, Lyudmila Litvinova, Tatyana Firova, Anastasiya Kapachinskaya | Doping | |||
| 8 | Anna Kozak, Iryna Khliustava, Ilona Usovich, Sviatlana Usovich | Doping |