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]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States (USA) Herman Frazier Benny Brown Fred Newhouse Maxie Parks	Poland (POL) Ryszard Podlas Jan Werner Zbigniew Jaremski Jerzy Pietrzyk	West Germany (FRG) Franz-Peter Hofmeister Lothar Krieg Harald Schmid Bernd Herrmann

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
	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.	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

1. "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.

External links

• Official Report
• Results