The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 11 and 12 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Medalists Washington NjiriDaniel KimaiyoBill KoskeiJoel NgetichClive BarriffeBertland CameronColin BradfordFloyd BrownSeymour Newman*John HighamChum DarvallGarry BrownRick Mitchell *Athletes who competed in heats only

Results Heats Qualification: First 3 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final. Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 2 Frank Van Doorn, Brian Saunders, Dacre Bowen, Glenn Bogue 3:06.75 Q 2 2 Washington Njiri, Daniel Kimaiyo, Bill Koskei, Joel Ngetich 3:06.82 Q 3 2 Terry Whitehead, Alan Pascoe, Richard Ashton, Glen Cohen 3:06.88 Q 4 2 Roger Jenkins, Paul Forbes, Peter Hoffman, David Jenkins 3:06.90 q 5 1 Clive Barriffe, Bertland Cameron, Colin Bradford, Floyd Brown, Seymour NewmanExact composition of the team unknown 3:09.17 Q 6 1 Joseph Coombs, Mike Solomon, Mike Paul, Roy Astor 3:09.31 Q 7 1 John Higham, Chum Darvall, Garry Brown, Rick Mitchell 3:09.32 Q 8 1 Elroy Turner, Cuthbert Jacobs, Lester Flax, Fred Sowerby 3:11.72 q 9 1 Berwyn Price, Jeff Griffiths, Michael Delaney, Steve James 3:11.89 10 1 Genevieve Nestor, Heligar Calderon, John Erysthee, Linus Ambrose 3:22.96 2

Final Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes Washington Njiri, Daniel Kimaiyo, Bill Koskei, Joel Ngetich 3:03.54 Clive Barriffe, Bertland Cameron, Colin Bradford, Floyd Brown 3:04.00 John Higham, Chum Darvall, Garry Brown, Rick Mitchell 3:04.23 4 Frank Van Doorn, Brian Saunders, Dacre Bowen, Glenn Bogue 3:05.94 5 Joseph Coombs, Mike Solomon, Mike Paul, Roy Astor 3:06.73 6 Roger Jenkins, Paul Forbes, Peter Hoffman, David Jenkins 3:07.73 7 Elroy Turner, Cuthbert Jacobs, Lester Flax, Fred Sowerby 3:10.45 Terry Whitehead, Alan Pascoe, Glen Cohen, Richard Ashton England had originally finished first in the same time as Kenya but were disqualified for jostling with the Kenyan team on the third leg

References

Heats results (The Canberra Times) Final results (The Canberra Times) Australian results