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.
Medalists
Herman FrazierBenny BrownFred NewhouseMaxie Parks Ryszard PodlasJan WernerZbigniew JaremskiJerzy Pietrzyk Franz-Peter HofmeisterLothar KriegHarald SchmidBernd 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 EvansMexico City (MEX)October 20, 1968 Olympic record 2:56.16 Vincent Matthews Ron Freeman Larry James Lee EvansMexico City (MEX)October 20, 1968
Results
Final Held on 31 July 1976. The final was run in a hard rain. RANKNATIONATHLETESTIME• Herman Frazier• Benny Brown• Fred Newhouse• Maxie Parks2:58.65• Ryszard Podlas• Jan Werner• Zbigniew Jaremski• Jerzy Pietrzyk3:01.43• Franz-Peter Hofmeister• Lothar Krieg• Harald Schmid• Bernd Herrmann3:01.984.• Ian Seale• Don Domansky• Leighton Hope• Brian Saunders 3:02.645.• Leighton Priestley• Donald Quarrie• Colin Bradford• Seymour Newman 3:02.846.• Michael Solomon• Horace Tuitt• Joseph Coombs• Charles Joseph 3:03.467.• Eddy Gutierrez• Damaso Alfonso• Carlos Alvarez• Alberto Juantorena 3:03.818.• Hannu Mäkelä• Ossi Karttunen• Stig Lönnqvist• Markku Kukkoaho 3:06.51
Semifinals Held on 30 July 1976
Heat 1 RANKNATIONATHLETESTIME1.• Herman Frazier• Benny Brown• Fred Newhouse• Maxie Parks2:59.522.• Franz-Peter Hofmeister• Lothar Krieg• Harald Schmid• Bernd Herrmann3:03.243.• Leighton Priestley• Donald Quarrie• Colin Bradford• Seymour Newman 3:03.864.• Ian Seale• Don Domansky• Leighton Hope• Brian Saunders 3:03.895.• Hannu Mäkelä• Ossi Karttunen• Stig Lönnqvist• Markku Kukkoaho 3:05.026.• Pedro Ferrer• Ivan Mangual• Julio Ferrer• Jorge Ortíz 3:06.087.• Kamil Al-Abbasi• Hamed Ali• Ahmed Asiry• Hassan Masallam 3:17.53—• Ainsley Bennett• Glen Cohen• David Jenkins• Alan Pascoe DNF
Heat 2 RANKNATIONATHLETESTIME1.• Ryszard Podlas• Jan Werner• Zbigniew Jaremski• Jerzy Pietrzyk3:03.032.• Michael Solomon• Horace Tuitt• Joseph Coombs• Charles Joseph 3:03.543.• Eddy Gutierrez• Dámaso Alfonso• Carlos Álvarez• Alberto Juantorena 3:05.194.• Hugues Roger• Roger Velasquez• Francis Kerbiriou• Hector Llatser 3:05.485.• Max Binnington• Peter Grant• Don Hanly• Rick Mitchell 3:05.756.• Dmitriy Stukalov• Vladimir Ponomaryov• Viktor Anokhin• Yevgeniy Gavrilenko 3:07.727.• Victor Gooding• Harcourt Wason• Hamil Grimes• Orlando Greene 3:08.138.• Cuthbert Jacobs• Paul Richards• Elroy Turner• Fred Sowerby 3:09.66
References
External links Official Report Results