| Date | 21 August 2008 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Beijing Guojia Tiyuchang, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing | |
| Format | Top 3 in each heat and next 2 fastest advanced to the final round. | |
| Pos | Team | NOC | Time (automatic) | Reaction Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 38.26 | 0.201 | ||||
| 2 | Japan | 38.52 | 0.170 | ||||
| 3 | Canada | 38.77 | 0.139 | ||||
| 4 | Netherlands | 38.87 | 0.185 | ||||
| 5 | Germany | 38.93 | 0.197 | ||||
| 6 | Brazil | 39.01 | 0.182 | ||||
| 7 | People's Republic of China | 39.13 | 0.172 | ||||
| 8 | Thailand | 39.40 | 0.218 | ||||
| 9 | France | 39.53 | 0.163 | ||||
| Nigeria | – | 0.202 | |||||
| Poland | – | 0.178 | |||||
| South Africa | – | 0.171 | |||||
| United States | – | 0.203 | |||||
| Jamaica | [38.31] | [0.181] | 1 | ||||
| Great Britain | – | [0.176] | |||||
| Italy | – | [0.153] |
| Time | 20:20 |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time (Automatic) | Reaction Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Trinidad and Tobago | 38.26 | 0.201 | |||
| Lead-Off | 3017 | Keston Bledman | – | – | |||
| 2nd Leg | 3019 | Marc Burns | – | – | |||
| 3rd Leg | 3016 | Aaron Armstrong | – | – | |||
| Anchor | 3025 | Richard Thompson | – | – | |||
| 2 | 4 | Japan | 38.52 | 0.170 | |||
| Lead-Off | 2222 | Naoki Tsukahara | – | – | |||
| 2nd Leg | 2185 | Shingo Suetsugu | – | – | |||
| 3rd Leg | 2186 | Shinji Takahira | – | – | |||
| Anchor | 2184 | Nobuharu Asahara | – | – | |||
| 3 | 3 | Netherlands | 38.87 | 0.185 | |||
| Lead-Off | 2487 | Maarten Heisen | – | – | |||
| 2nd Leg | 2488 | Guus Hoogmoed | – | – | |||
| 3rd Leg | 2498 | Patrick van Luijk | – | – | |||
| Anchor | 2486 | Caimin Douglas | – | – | |||
| 4 | 2 | Brazil | 39.01 | 0.182 | |||
| Lead-Off | 1231 | Codó | – | – | |||
| 2nd Leg | 1222 | Bruno de Barros | – | – | |||
| 3rd Leg | 1238 | Vicente Lenílson | – | – | |||
| Anchor | 1237 | Sandro Viana | – | – | |||
| 6 | Nigeria | – | 0.202 | ||||
| Lead-Off | 2524 | Onyeabor Ngwogu | – | – | |||
| 2nd Leg | 2503 | Obinna Metu | – | – | |||
| 3rd Leg | 2519 | Chinedu Oriala | – | – | |||
| Anchor | 2520 | Uchenna Emedolu | – | – | |||
| 9 | Poland | – | 0.178 | ||||
| Lead-Off | 2631 | Marcin Nowak | – | – | |||
| 2nd Leg | 2574 | Łukasz Chyła | – | – | |||
| 3rd Leg | 2588 | Marcin Jędrusiński | – | – | |||
| Anchor | 2596 | Dariusz Kuć | – | – | |||
| 5 | South Africa | – | 0.171 | ||||
| Lead-Off | 2740 | Hannes Dreyer | – | – | |||
| 2nd Leg | 2735 | Leigh Julius | – | – | |||
| 3rd Leg | 2726 | Kagisho Kumbane | – | – | |||
| Anchor | 2741 | Thuso Mpuang | – | – | |||
| 7 | United States | – | 0.203 | ||||
| Lead-Off | 3200 | Rodney Martin | – | – | |||
| 2nd Leg | 3286 | Travis Padgett | – | – | |||
| 3rd Leg | 3215 | Darvis Patton | – | – | |||
| Anchor | 3265 | Tyson Gay | – | – |
| Time | 20:30 |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time (Automatic) | Reaction Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Canada | 38.77 | 0.139 | |||
| Lead-Off | 1315 | Hank Palmer | – | – | |||
| 2nd Leg | 1291 | Anson Henry | – | – | |||
| 3rd Leg | 1300 | Jared Connaughton | – | – | |||
| Anchor | 1308 | Pierre Browne | – | – | |||
| 2 | 3 | Germany | 38.93 | 0.197 | |||
| Lead-Off | 1900 | Tobias Unger | – | – | |||
| 2nd Leg | 1892 | Till Helmke | – | – | |||
| 3rd Leg | 1902 | Alexander Kosenkow | – | – | |||
| Anchor | 1918 | Martin Keller | – | – | |||
| 3 | 9 | People's Republic of China | 39.13 | 0.172 | |||
| Lead-Off | 1352 | Wen Yongyi | – | – | |||
| 2nd Leg | 1331 | Zhang Peimeng | – | – | |||
| 3rd Leg | 1366 | Lu Bin | – | – | |||
| Anchor | 1355 | Hu Kai | – | – | |||
| 4 | 7 | Thailand | 39.40 | 0.218 | |||
| Lead-Off | 2982 | Apinan Sukkaarphai | – | – | |||
| 2nd Leg | 2992 | Siriroj Darasuriyong | – | – | |||
| 3rd Leg | 2979 | Sompote Suwannarangsri | – | – | |||
| Anchor | 2980 | Sittichai Suwonprateep | – | – | |||
| 5 | 4 | France | 39.53 | 0.163 | |||
| Lead-Off | 1747 | Yannick Lesourd | – | – | |||
| 2nd Leg | 1771 | Martial Mbandjock | – | – | |||
| 3rd Leg | 1762 | Manuel Reynaert | – | – | |||
| Anchor | 1727 | Samuel Coco-Viloin | – | – | |||
| 5 | Great Britain | – | [0.176] | ||||
| Lead-Off | 1844 | Simeon Williamson | – | – | |||
| 2nd Leg | 1801 | Tyrone Edgar | – | – | |||
| 3rd Leg | 1797 | Marlon Devonish | – | – | |||
| Anchor | 1824 | Craig Pickering | – | – | |||
| 8 | Italy | – | [0.153] | ||||
| Lead-Off | 2091 | Fabio Cerutti | – | – | |||
| 2nd Leg | 2092 | Simone Collio | – | – | |||
| 3rd Leg | 2124 | Emanuele Di Gregorio | – | – | |||
| Anchor | 2110 | Jacques Riparelli | – | – | |||
| 6 | Jamaica | [38.31] | [0.181] | 2 | |||
| 3rd Leg | 2160 | Nesta Carter | – | – | 3 | ||
| Lead-Off | 2158 | Dwight Thomas | – | – | |||
| 2nd Leg | 2148 | Michael Frater | – | – | |||
| Anchor | 2142 | Asafa Powell | – | – |