Morning session
| Date Time | Sex | Event | Round | Status |
|---|
| 21/08 09:00 | W | 20 Kilometres Race Walk | Final | Startlist | Results | . |
| 21/08 09:20 | M | 100 Metres | Decathlon | Startlist | Results | Summary |
| 21/08 10:10 | M | Javelin Throw | Qualification | Startlist | Results | . |
| 21/08 10:50 | W | High Jump | Qualification | Startlist | Results | . |
| 21/08 11:00 | M | Long Jump | Decathlon | Startlist | Results | Summary |
| 21/08 11:40 | M | Javelin Throw | Qualification | Startlist | Results | . |
| 21/08 13:10 | M | Shot Put | Decathlon | Startlist | Results | Summary |
Afternoon session
| Date Time | Sex | Event | Round | Status |
|---|
| 21/08 19:00 | W | 1500 Metres | Heats | Startlist | Results | . |
| 21/08 19:10 | M | High Jump | Decathlon | Startlist | Results | Summary |
| 21/08 19:20 | W | Javelin Throw | Final | Startlist | Results | . |
| 21/08 19:30 | W | 200 Metres | Final | Startlist | Results | . |
| 21/08 19:50 | M | 800 Metres | Semi-Final | Startlist | Results | . |
| 21/08 20:20 | M | 4x100 Metres Relay | Heats | Startlist | Results | . |
| 21/08 20:25 | M | Triple Jump | Final | Startlist | Results | . |
| 21/08 20:50 | W | 4x100 Metres Relay | Heats | Startlist | Results | . |
| 21/08 21:20 | M | 400 Metres | Final | Startlist | Results | . |
| 21/08 21:40 | M | 110 Metres Hurdles | Final | Startlist | Results | . |
| 21/08 22:00 | M | 400 Metres | Decathlon | Startlist | Results | Summary |
4x100 Metres Relay - W Heats
Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.
Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.
Heat 1
21 August 2008 - 20:50
| Position | Lane | Team | Country | Mark | . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Belgium (Olivia Borlee; Hanna Mariën; Elodie Ouédraogo; Kim Gevaert) |
42.92 Q | (SB) | |
| 2 | 9 | Great Britain & N.I. (Jeanette Kwakye; Montell Douglas; Emily Freeman; Emma Ania) |
43.02 Q | . | |
| 3 | 5 | Brazil (Rosemar Maria Neto; Lucimar Aparecida de Moura; Thaissa Presti; Rosângela Santos) |
43.38 Q | . | |
| 4 | 8 | Nigeria (Ene Franca Idoko; Gloria Kemasuode; Agnes Osazuwa; Oludamola Osayomi) |
43.43 q | (SB) | |
| 5 | 6 | Poland (Ewelina Klocek; Daria Korczynska; Dorota Jedrusinska; Marta Jeschke) |
43.47 q | . | |
| 6 | 3 | Belarus (Yulia Nestsiarenka; Aksana Drahun; Nastassia Shuliak; Hanna Bahdanovich) |
43.69 | (SB) | |
| . | 4 | Italy (Anita Pistone; Vincenza Calì; Giulia Arcioni; Audrey Alloh) |
DQ | . | |
| . | 2 | United States (Angela Williams; Mechelle Lewis; Torri Edwards; Lauryn Williams) |
DQ | . |
Heat 2
21 August 2008 - 21:00
| Position | Lane | Team | Country | Mark | . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Jamaica () |
42.24 Q | (SB) | |
| 2 | 3 | Russia (Yevgeniya Polyakova; Aleksandra Fedoriva; Yulia Gushchina; Yuliya Chermoshanskaya) |
42.87 Q | . | |
| 3 | 4 | Germany (Anne Möllinger; Verena Sailer; Cathleen Tschirch; Marion Wagner) |
43.59 Q | . | |
| 4 | 5 | PR of China (Yujia Tao; Jing Wang; Lan Jiang; Wangping Qin) |
43.78 | . | |
| 5 | 9 | Thailand (Sangwan Jaksunin; Oranut Klomdee; Jutamass Thavoncharoen; Nongnuch Sanrat) |
44.38 | . | |
| . | 8 | Ukraine (Nataliya Pyhyda; Nataliya Pohrebnyak; Iryna Shepetyuk; Oksana Shcherbak) |
DQ | . | |
| . | 6 | Trinidad and Tobago (Wanda Hutson; Kelly-Ann Baptiste; Ayanna Hutchinson; Semoy Hackett) |
DNF | . | |
| . | 2 | France (Myriam Soumaré; Muriel Hurtis-Houairi; Lina Jacques-Sébastien; Carima Louami) |
DNF | . |