Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
These are the official results of the men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The event was held on 30 and 31 July 1976. There were a total number of 16 nations competing.[1]
| Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
Medalists
Records
These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 2:56.16 |  Vincent Matthews Ron Freeman Larry James Lee Evans |
Mexico City (MEX) | October 20, 1968 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 2:56.16 | Vincent Matthews Ron Freeman Larry James Lee Evans |
Mexico City (MEX) | October 20, 1968 |
Results
Final
- Held on 31 July 1976. The final was run in a hard rain.
| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
United States (USA) |
• Herman Frazier • Benny Brown • Fred Newhouse • Maxie Parks |
2:58.65 |
 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Poland (POL) |
• Ryszard Podlas • Jan Werner • Zbigniew Jaremski • Jerzy Pietrzyk |
3:01.43 |
 |
 West Germany (FRG) |
• Franz-Peter Hofmeister • Lothar Krieg • Harald Schmid • Bernd Herrmann |
3:01.98 |
| 4. |  Canada (CAN) |
• Ian Seale • Don Domansky • Leighton Hope • Brian Saunders |
3:02.64 |
| 5. |  Jamaica (JAM) |
• Leighton Priestley • Donald Quarrie • Colin Bradford • Seymour Newman |
3:02.84 |
| 6. |  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) |
• Michael Solomon • Horace Tuitt • Joseph Coombs • Charles Joseph |
3:03.46 |
| 7. |  Cuba (CUB) |
• Eddy Gutierrez • Damaso Alfonso • Carlos Alvarez • Alberto Juantorena |
3:03.81 |
| 8. |  Finland (FIN) |
• Hannu Mäkelä • Ossi Karttunen • Stig Lönnqvist • Markku Kukkoaho |
3:06.51 |
Semifinals
- Held on 30 July 1976
Heat 1
| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States (USA) |
• Herman Frazier • Benny Brown • Fred Newhouse • Maxie Parks |
2:59.52 |
| 2. | West Germany (FRG) |
• Franz-Peter Hofmeister • Lothar Krieg • Harald Schmid • Bernd Herrmann |
3:03.24 |
| 3. | Jamaica (JAM) |
• Leighton Priestley • Donald Quarrie • Colin Bradford • Seymour Newman |
3:03.86 |
| 4. | Canada (CAN) |
• Ian Seale • Don Domansky • Leighton Hope • Brian Saunders |
3:03.89 |
| 5. | Finland (FIN) |
• Hannu Mäkelä • Ossi Karttunen • Stig Lönnqvist • Markku Kukkoaho |
3:05.02 |
| 6. | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Puerto Rico (PUR) |
• Pedro Ferrer • Ivan Mangual • Julio Ferrer • Jorge Ortíz |
3:06.08 |
| 7. |  Saudi Arabia (KSA) |
• Kamil Al-Abbasi • Hamed Ali • Ahmed Asiry • Hassan Masallam |
3:17.53 |
| — |  Great Britain (GBR) |
• Ainsley Bennett • Glen Cohen • David Jenkins • Alan Pascoe |
DNF |
Heat 2
| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Poland (POL) |
• Ryszard Podlas • Jan Werner • Zbigniew Jaremski • Jerzy Pietrzyk |
3:03.03 |
| 2. | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) |
• Michael Solomon • Horace Tuitt • Joseph Coombs • Charles Joseph |
3:03.54 |
| 3. | Cuba (CUB) |
• Eddy Gutierrez • Dámaso Alfonso • Carlos Álvarez • Alberto Juantorena |
3:05.19 |
| 4. |  France (FRA) |
• Hugues Roger • Roger Velasquez • Francis Kerbiriou • Hector Llatser |
3:05.48 |
| 5. |  Australia (AUS) |
• Max Binnington • Peter Grant • Don Hanly • Rick Mitchell |
3:05.75 |
| 6. |  Soviet Union (URS) |
• Dmitriy Stukalov • Vladimir Ponomaryov • Viktor Anokhin • Yevgeniy Gavrilenko |
3:07.72 |
| 7. |  Barbados (BAR) |
• Victor Gooding • Harcourt Wason • Hamil Grimes • Orlando Greene |
3:08.13 |
| 8. |  Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) |
• Cuthbert Jacobs • Paul Richards • Elroy Turner • Fred Sowerby |
3:09.66 |
References
- "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
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