Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay explained

Event:	Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Games:	1976 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Dates:	30 July & 31 July
Nations:	20
Gold:	Harvey Glance, Johnny Jones, Millard Hampton, Steve Riddick
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Manfred Kokot, Jörg Pfeifer, Klaus-Dieter Kurrat, Alexander Thieme
Silvernoc:	GDR
Bronze:	Aleksandr Aksinin, Nikolay Kolesnikov, Juris Silovs, Valeriy Borzov
Bronzenoc:	URS
Prev:	1972
Next:	1980

These are the official results of the men's 4 × 100 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 20 nations competing.^[1]

Medalists

Harvey Glance Johnny Jones Millard Hampton Steve Riddick

Manfred Kokot Jörg Pfeifer Klaus-Dieter Kurrat Alexander Thieme

Aleksandr Aksinin Nikolay Kolesnikov Juris Silovs Valeriy Borzov

Records

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics.

World Record	38.19	Larry Black Robert Taylor Gerald Tinker Eddie Hart	Munich (FRG)	September 10, 1972
Olympic Record	38.19	Larry Black Robert Taylor Gerald Tinker Eddie Hart	Munich (FRG)	September 10, 1972

Results

Final

• Held on 31 July 1976

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
		• Harvey Glance • Johnny Jones • Millard Hampton • Steve Riddick	38.33
			38.66
		• Aleksandr Aksinin • Nikolay Kolesnikov • Juris Silovs • Valeriy Borzov	38.78
4.			38.83
5.			39.01
6.			39.08
7.			39.16
8.			39.47

Semifinals

• Held on 30 July 1976

Heat 1

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.		• Harvey Glance • Johnny Jones • Millard Hampton • Steve Riddick	38.51
2.			39.25
3.			39.43
4.		• Hugh Spooner • Marvin Nash • Albin Dukowski • Hugh Fraser	39.46
5.			39.78
6.			39.88
7.			40.64
8.			40.68

Heat 2

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.			39.09
2.		• Jean-Claude Amoureux • Joseph Arame • Lucien Sainte-Rose • Dominique Chauvelot	39.33
3.		• Aleksandr Aksinin • Nikolay Kolesnikov • Juris Silovs • Valeriy Borzov	39.36
4.			39.39
5.			39.58
6.			40.37
7.			40.53
-			DQ

Heats

Heat 1

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.		• Harvey Glance • Johnny Jones • Millard Hampton • Steve Riddick	38.76
2.			39.35
3.			39.41
4.			39.90
5.			39.93
6.			40.23
7.			41.84

Heat 2

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.		• Manfred Kokot • Jörg Pfeifer • Klaus-Dieter Kurrat • Alexander Thieme	39.42
2.		• Klaus Ehl • Klaus Bieler • Dieter Steinmann • Reinhard Borchert	39.63
3.		• Aleksandr Aksinin • Nikolay Kolesnikov • Juris Silovs • Valeriy Borzov	39.98
4.		• Christian Dorosario • Momar N'Dao • Barka Sy • Adama Fall	40.40
5.		• Anat Ratanapol • Suchart Chairsuvaparb • Somsak Boontud • Sayan Paratanavong	40.53
6.		• Abdul Aziz Abdul Kareem • Abdul Kareem Al-Awad • Ibrahim Al-Rabeeah • Abdul Latif Abbas	41.61
7.		• Mohamed Al-Sehly • Mohamed Ali Al-Malky • Salem Khalifa • Hamed Ali	42.00

Heat 3

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.		• Francisco Gómez • Alejandro Casañas • Hermes Ramírez • Silvio Leonard	39.54
2.		• Jean-Claude Amoureux • Joseph Arame • Lucien Sainte-Rose • Dominique Chauvelot	39.71
3.		• Hugh Spooner • Marvin Nash • Al Dukowski • Hugh Fraser	39.72
4.		• Anthony Husbands • Chris Brathwaite • Charles Joseph • Frank Adams	40.08
5.		• Danny Smith • Walter Callander • Clive Sands • Leonard Jervis	40.47
5.		• Rawle Clarke • Hamil Grimes • Pearson Jordan • Pearson Trotman	41.15

External links

• Official Report
• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173303/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/ATH/mens-4-x-100-metres-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 18 August 2017 . sports-reference.com.