The women's 4×100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 9th and 10 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre. This swimming event used freestyle as a relay, with swimmers typically using the front crawl. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block; timing of the starts was thus important. Two heats were held, with each containing the maximum number of teams . The heat in which a team... competed did not formally matter for advancement, as the teams with the top eight times from the entire field qualified for the final; there, they all competed in a single final heat to earn final placements. A team could use different swimmers in the final than had swum in the heats. There were 16 NOCs competing at this event. These 16 NOCs consisted on the 12 best placed teams at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships plus the 4 best times after the qualifying period. * Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
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August 9, 2008 - August 10, 2008
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