The men's 4 × 400 metres relay competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 13 and 14 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.Full results The defending Pan American Games champion was the United States team.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record 2:56.16Mexico City, MexicoOctober 20, 1968Pan American Games record 3:00.60Cali, Colombia1971
Results KEY:WRWorld RecordGRPan American Record
Heats Rank Heat Nation Competitors Time Notes 1 1 James Walker, Herman Frazier, Maurice Peoples, Tony Darden 3:06.4 Q 2 1 Michael Solomon, Raffer Mahammed, Joseph Coombs, Willie Alexander 3:09.3 Q 3 1 Dough Hinds, Frank van Doorn, Glenn Bogue, Bryan Saunders 3:10.1 Q 4 2 Ian Stapleton, Floyd Brown, Bert Cameron, Colin Bradford 3:10.15 Q 5 1 Lester Flax, Elroy Turner, Fred Sowerby, Paul Richards 3:12.4 q 6 2 Donizete Soares, Geraldo José Pegado, Delmo da Silva, Antônio Dias Ferreira 3:14.51 Q 7 2 Frank Montiéh, Carlos Álvarez, Alberto Juantorena, Pedro Tanis 3:15.5 Q 8 1 Francisco Solis, Anatalio Ramírez, Gil Fortuna, Rafael Félix 3:15.7 q 2 Víctor Ramos, Gustavo Rivera, Carlos Yambot, Julio Ferrer
Final
RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotesJames Walker, Herman Frazier, Maurice Peoples, Tony Darden3:03.8Ian Stapleton, Floyd Brown, Bert Cameron, Colin Bradford3:04.7Frank Montiéh, Carlos Álvarez, Alberto Juantorena, Pedro Tanis3:06.34Dough Hinds, Frank van Doorn, Glenn Bogue, Bryan Saunders3:09.25Donizete Soares, Geraldo José Pegado, Delmo da Silva, Antônio Dias Ferreira3:10.96Michael Solomon, Raffer Mahammed, Joseph Coombs, Willie Alexander3:11.67Francisco Solis, Anatalio Ramírez, Gil Fortuna, Rafael Félix3:14.18Lester Flax, Elroy Turner, Fred Sowerby, Paul Richards3:14.6
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