IAAF unveils relay teams for Beijing 2008

(BEIJING, July 22) -- The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has announced the names of the relay teams that will compete in the men's 4x100m, the men's 4x400m, the women's 4x100m and the women's 4x400m events at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. There are 16 teams in each event.

Men's 4x100m relay:

Brazil, Canada, China, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, South Africa, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago and the United States.

Men's 4x400m relay:

Australia, the Bahamas, Belgium, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, France, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Jamaica, Japan, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago and the United States.

Women's 4x100m relay:

Belgium, Belarus, Brazil, China, Finland, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Jamaica, Poland, Russia, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine and the United States.

Women's 4x400m relay:

Belarus, Brazil, China, France, Great Britain, Germany, India, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and the United States.