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4 × 400 metres Relay, Men

Date30 – 31 July 1976
StatusOlympic
LocationStade olympique, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants64 from 16 countries

The US was favored but both Great Britain and Kenya were thought to be legitimate challengers. However, Kenya had joined the African boycott of the 1976 Olympics and was not present. In the heats Britain was eliminated when Alan Pascoe had the baton knocked from his hand by a Jamaican runner at the final exchange. This left the final almost a walkover for the Americans who won over Poland by almost three seconds. The 400/800 champion, Alberto Juantorena of Cuba, anchored their team but he did not have enough support and they finished seventh.

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCR1Final
1–United StatesUSA2:59.52 (1 h1)2:58.65 (1)Gold
Herman Frazier • Benny Brown • Fred Newhouse • Maxie Parks • Edwin Moses (DNS) • James Robinson (DNS)
2–PolandPOL3:03.03 (1 h2)3:01.43 (2)Silver
Ryszard Podlas • Jan Werner • Zbigniew Jaremski • Jerzy Pietrzyk • Henryk Galant (DNS) • Marian Gęsicki (DNS)
3–West GermanyFRG3:03.24 (2 h1)3:01.98 (3)Bronze
Franz-Peter Hofmeister • Lothar Krieg • Harald Schmid • Bernd Herrmann • Karl Honz (DNS) • Horst-Rüdiger Schlöske (DNS)
4–CanadaCAN3:03.89 (4 h1)3:02.64 (4)
Ian Seale • Don Domansky • Leighton Hope • Bryan Saunders • Glenn Bogue (DNS) • Dacre Bowen (DNS)
5–JamaicaJAM3:03.86 (3 h1)3:02.84 (5)
Leighton Priestley • Don Quarrie • Colin Bradford • Seymour Newman • Alfred Daley (DNS)
6–Trinidad and TobagoTTO3:03.54 (2 h2)3:03.46 (6)
Mike Solomon • Horace Tuitt • Joseph Coombs • Charles Joseph • Ainsley Armstrong (DNS) • Hasely Crawford (DNS)
7–CubaCUB3:05.19 (3 h2)3:03.81 (7)
Eddy Gutiérrez • Dámaso Alfonso • Carlos Álvarez • Alberto Juantorena • Leandro Civil (DNS) • Carlos Noroña (DNS)
8–FinlandFIN3:05.02 (5 h1)3:06.51 (8)
Hannu Mäkelä • Ossi Karttunen • Stig Lönnqvist • Markku Kukkoaho • Markku Taskinen (DNS)
4 h2 r1/2–FranceFRA3:05.48 (4 h2)–
Hugues Roger • Roger Vélasques • Francis Kerbiriou • Hector Llatser • Patrick Duvoir (DNS) • Jean-Claude Nallet (DNS)
5 h2 r1/2–AustraliaAUS3:05.75 (5 h2)–
Max Binnington • Peter Grant • Don Hanly • Rick Mitchell • Chris Commons (DNS) • Peter Fitzgerald (DNS)
6 h1 r1/2–Puerto RicoPUR3:06.08 (6 h1)–
Pedro Ferrer • Iván Mangual • Julio Ferrer • Jorge Ortiz • Arnaldo Bristol (DNS) • Tony Colón (DNS)
6 h2 r1/2–Soviet UnionURS3:07.72 (6 h2)–
Dmitry Stukalov • Vladimir Ponomaryov • Viktor Anokhin • Yevgeny Gavrilenko • Viktor Myasnikov (DNS)
7 h1 r1/2–Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKSA3:17.53 (7 h1)–
Kamil Al-Abbasi • Hamed Al-Bishi • Ahmed Al-Assiri • Hassan Masallam • Mohamed Ali Al-Malky (DNS) • Mohammed Al-Mowaled (DNS)
7 h2 r1/2–BarbadosBAR3:08.13 (7 h2)–
Victor Gooding • Harcourt Wason • Hamil Grimes • Orlando Greene • Pearson Jordan (DNS) • Pearson Trotman (DNS)
8 h2 r1/2–Antigua and BarbudaANT3:09.66 (8 h2)–
Cuthbert Jacobs • Paul Richards • Elroy Turner • Fred Sowerby • Conrad Mainwaring (DNS)
AC h1 r1/2–Great BritainGBR– (DNF h1)–
Ainsley Bennett • Glen Cohen • David Jenkins • Alan Pascoe • Peter Hoffmann (DNS) • Danny Laing (DNS)
DNS–EthiopiaETH––
Asfaw Deble • Abera Getahun • Mulugetta Tadesse • Shoangizaw Worku
DNS–The GambiaGAM––
Bambo Fatty • Cheikh Tidiane Faye • Pierre Jallow • Bakary Jarjue • Sheriff Mboge
DNS–GuyanaGUY––
Rayfield Beaton • Dennis Collison • Robert McKenzie • Aubrey Wilson
DNS–ItalyITA––
Pasqualino Abeti • Giovanni Bongiorni • Alfonso Di Guida • Pietro Farina • Carlo Grippo • Pietro Mennea
DNS–KenyaKEN––
Charles Asati • Stephen Chepkwony • Bill Koskei • Tochi Mochache • Mike Murei • Washington Njiri
DNS–NigeriaNGR––
Bruce Ijirighwo • Felix Imadiyi • Taiwo Ogundobi • Ben Omodiale • Rotimi Peters • Dele Udo
DNS–Chinese TaipeiTPE––
Chen Chin-Long • Chen Ming-Chi • Tai Suh-Jun • Tang Kuang-Chia • Wang Jung-Hua • Yang Kuo-Hua
DNS–UgandaUGA––
John Akii-Bua • Silver Ayoo • Pius Olowo • Peter Rwamuhanda

Round One

Date30 July 1976 — 17:00
FormatTop three in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.
PosTeamNOCTime (automatic)
1United StatesUSA2:59.52Q
2PolandPOL3:03.03Q
3West GermanyFRG3:03.24Q
4Trinidad and TobagoTTO3:03.54Q
5JamaicaJAM3:03.86Q
6CanadaCAN3:03.89q
7FinlandFIN3:05.02q
8CubaCUB3:05.19Q
9FranceFRA3:05.48
10AustraliaAUS3:05.75
11Puerto RicoPUR3:06.08
12Soviet UnionURS3:07.72
13BarbadosBAR3:08.13
14Antigua and BarbudaANT3:09.66
15Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKSA3:17.53
DNFGreat BritainGBR–

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)
1–United StatesUSA2:59.52Q
Lead-Off926Herman Frazier –
2nd Leg912Benny Brown –
3rd Leg945Fred Newhouse –
Anchor947Maxie Parks –
2–West GermanyFRG3:03.24Q
Lead-Off421Franz-Peter Hofmeister –
2nd Leg429Lothar Krieg –
3rd Leg439Harald Schmid –
Anchor419Bernd Herrmann –
3–JamaicaJAM3:03.86Q
Lead-Off573Leighton Priestley –
2nd Leg574Don Quarrie –
3rd Leg570Colin Bradford –
Anchor572Seymour Newman –
4–CanadaCAN3:03.89q
Lead-Off171Ian Seale –
2nd Leg147Don Domansky –
3rd Leg155Leighton Hope –
Anchor170Bryan Saunders –
5–FinlandFIN3:05.02q
Lead-Off282Ossi Karttunen –
2nd Leg283Markku Kukkoaho –
3rd Leg289Stig Lönnqvist –
Anchor290Hannu Mäkelä –
6–Puerto RicoPUR3:06.08
Lead-Off763Pedro Ferrer –
2nd Leg764Iván Mangual –
3rd Leg762Julio Ferrer –
Anchor766Jorge Ortiz –
7–Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKSA3:17.53
Lead-Off20Kamil Al-Abbasi –
2nd Leg34Hamed Al-Bishi –
3rd Leg35Ahmed Al-Assiri –
Anchor41Hassan Masallam –
DNF–Great BritainGBR–
Lead-Off352Ainsley Bennett –
2nd Leg359Glen Cohen –
3rd Leg368David Jenkins –
Anchor376Alan Pascoe –

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)
1–PolandPOL3:03.03Q
Lead-Off730Ryszard Podlas –
2nd Leg741Jan Werner –
3rd Leg713Zbigniew Jaremski –
Anchor729Jerzy Pietrzyk –
2–Trinidad and TobagoTTO3:03.54Q
Lead-Off849Mike Solomon –
2nd Leg848Charles Joseph –
3rd Leg851Horace Tuitt –
Anchor845Joseph Coombs –
3–CubaCUB3:05.19Q
Lead-Off214Eddy Gutiérrez –
2nd Leg203Dámaso Alfonso –
3rd Leg204Carlos Álvarez –
Anchor217Alberto Juantorena –
4–FranceFRA3:05.48
Lead-Off336Hugues Roger –
2nd Leg343Roger Vélasques –
3rd Leg321Francis Kerbiriou –
Anchor327Hector Llatser –
5–AustraliaAUS3:05.75
Lead-Off48Max Binnington –
2nd Leg56Peter Grant –
3rd Leg57Don Hanly –
Anchor60Rick Mitchell –
6–Soviet UnionURS3:07.72
Lead-Off906Dmitry Stukalov –
2nd Leg897Vladimir Ponomaryov –
3rd Leg872Viktor Anokhin –
Anchor880Yevgeny Gavrilenko –
7–BarbadosBAR3:08.13
Lead-Off79Victor Gooding –
2nd Leg84Harcourt Wason –
3rd Leg81Hamil Grimes –
Anchor80Orlando Greene –
8–Antigua and BarbudaANT3:09.66
Lead-Off12Cuthbert Jacobs –
2nd Leg15Paul Richards –
3rd Leg17Elroy Turner –
Anchor16Fred Sowerby –

Final Round

Date31 July 1976 — 19:20
PosLaneCompetitorsNOCTime (Automatic)SplitExchange
1–United StatesUSA2:58.65– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off926Herman Frazier –45.3 (1)– (–)
2nd Leg912Benny Brown –44.6 (2)1:29.9 (1)
3rd Leg945Fred Newhouse –43.8 (1)2:13.7 (1)
Anchor947Maxie Parks –45.0 (5)– (–)
2–PolandPOL3:01.43– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off730Ryszard Podlas –46.7 (7)– (–)
2nd Leg741Jan Werner –44.0 (1)1:30.7 (2)
3rd Leg713Zbigniew Jaremski –45.5 (=2)2:16.2 (2)
Anchor729Jerzy Pietrzyk –45.2 (6)– (–)
3–West GermanyFRG3:01.98– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off421Franz-Peter Hofmeister –46.0 (=2)– (–)
2nd Leg429Lothar Krieg –45.3 (=3)1:31.3 (3)
3rd Leg439Harald Schmid –45.8 (4)2:17.1 (3)
Anchor419Bernd Herrmann –44.9 (4)– (–)
4–CanadaCAN3:02.64– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off171Ian Seale –47.0 (8)– (–)
2nd Leg147Don Domansky –45.3 (=3)1:32.3 (4)
3rd Leg155Leighton Hope –45.5 (=2)2:17.8 (4)
Anchor170Bryan Saunders –44.8 (3)– (–)
5–JamaicaJAM3:02.84– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off573Leighton Priestley –46.4 (6)– (–)
2nd Leg574Don Quarrie –46.3 (5)1:32.7 (=6)
3rd Leg570Colin Bradford –46.3 (6)2:19.0 (6)
Anchor572Seymour Newman –43.8 (1)– (–)
6–Trinidad and TobagoTTO3:03.46– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off849Mike Solomon –46.0 (=2)– (–)
2nd Leg851Horace Tuitt –46.4 (6)1:32.4 (5)
3rd Leg845Joseph Coombs –46.2 (5)2:18.6 (5)
Anchor848Charles Joseph –45.9 (7)– (–)
7–CubaCUB3:03.81– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off214Eddy Gutiérrez –46.0 (=2)– (–)
2nd Leg203Dámaso Alfonso –46.7 (=7)1:32.7 (=6)
3rd Leg204Carlos Álvarez –46.4 (7)2:19.1 (7)
Anchor217Alberto Juantorena –44.7 (2)– (–)
8–FinlandFIN3:06.51– (–)– (–)
Lead-Off290Hannu Mäkelä –46.3 (5)– (–)
2nd Leg282Ossi Karttunen –46.7 (=7)1:33.0 (8)
3rd Leg289Stig Lönnqvist –46.9 (8)2:19.9 (8)
Anchor283Markku Kukkoaho –46.6 (8)– (–)