Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay explained

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

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

RANK	ATHLETES	TIME
	• Herman Frazier • Benny Brown • Fred Newhouse • Maxie Parks	2:58.65
	• Ryszard Podlas • Jan Werner • Zbigniew Jaremski • Jerzy Pietrzyk	3:01.43
	• Franz-Peter Hofmeister • Lothar Krieg • Harald Schmid • Bernd Herrmann	3:01.98
4.		3:02.64
5.		3:02.84
6.		3:03.46
7.		3:03.81
8.		3:06.51

RANK	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	• Herman Frazier • Benny Brown • Fred Newhouse • Maxie Parks	2:59.52
2.	• Franz-Peter Hofmeister • Lothar Krieg • Harald Schmid • Bernd Herrmann	3:03.24
3.		3:03.86
4.		3:03.89
5.		3:05.02
6.		3:06.08
7.		3:17.53
-		DNF

RANK	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	• Ryszard Podlas • Jan Werner • Zbigniew Jaremski • Jerzy Pietrzyk	3:03.03
2.		3:03.54
3.		3:05.19
4.		3:05.48
5.		3:05.75
6.		3:07.72
7.		3:08.13
8.		3:09.66

Web site: Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174947/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/ATH/mens-4-x-400-metres-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 1 September 2017 . sports-reference.com.