The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 12 and 13 September 1979.Results at Tilastopaja

Results Heats Year list Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 2 Hans-Peter Ferner, Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Bernd Herrmann, Harald Schmid 3:03.64 Q 2 1 Fred Taylor, Leslie Kerr, Ronnie Harris, Walter McCoy 3:04.12 Q 3 1 Hugo Pont, Koen Gijsbers, Marcel Klarenbeek, Harry Schulting 3:04.37 Q, NR 4 1 Alfonso Di Guida, Flavio Borghi, Stefano Malinverni, Roberto Tozzi 3:07.27 Q 5 1 Ángel Cruz, Jenaro Iritia, Benjamín González, Isidoro Hornillos 3:08.76 qSpanish toplist 6 1 Rolf Gisler, Peter Haas, Franco Fähndrich, Thomas Wild 3:09.38 q 7 2 Geraldo Pegado, Agberto Guimarães, Altevir de Araújo, Donizete Soares 3:10.58 Q 8 2 Leonard Smith, Lee Davis, Michael Feurtado, Floyd Brown 3:13.57 Q 9 2 Ignacio Melesio, Erasmo Garca, David Martínez, Alfonso Pérez 3:16.39 10 2 Lauwi Adjambao, Adodo Djobokou, Kossivi Attikpo, Yabaty Agbéré 3:18.51 11 1 Emilio Eva, Nelson González, Orlando Ruano, Arturo Girón 3:19.90 12 2 Oscar Muñoz, José Flores, José Guillermo Brenes, Miguel Banegas 3:37.13

Final Rocznik 1979, ed. PZLA, Warszawa 1981, p. 68 Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes Fred Taylor, Leslie Kerr, Ronnie Harris, Walter McCoy 3:00.98 Hugo Pont, Koen Gijsbers, Marcel Klarenbeek, Harry Schulting 3:03.18 NR Stefano Malinverni, Alfonso Di Guida, Flavio Borghi, Roberto Tozzi 3:03.80 NR 4 Ángel Cruz, José Casabona, Benjamín González, Isidoro Hornillos 3:04.22 NR 5 Rolf Gisler, Franco Fähndrich, Peter Haas, Thomas Wild 3:04.90 6 Geraldo Pegado, Agberto Guimarães, Altevir de Araújo, Milton de Castro 3:05.61 1979 toplist 7 Leonard Smith, Lee Davis, Michael Feurtado, Floyd Brown 3:12.04

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