| Event: | Men's 4 x 100 metres relay |
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 11 and 12 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[1]
| width=200 valign=top | David Jenkins Allan Wells Cameron Sharp Drew McMaster | width=200 valign=top | Edwin Noel Hasely Crawford Christopher Brathwaite Ephraim Serrette | width=200 valign=top | Errol Quarrie Colin Bradford Oliver Heywood Floyd Brown |
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 | 1 | 39.83 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 39.92 | Q | |||
| 2 | 2 | 39.92 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 39.96 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 40.03 | Q | |||
| 6 | 1 | 40.36 | q | |||
| 7 | 2 | 40.61 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 40.74 | q | |||
| 9 | 2 | 41.17 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 41.40 | ||||
| 11 | 1 | 43.17 |
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 39.24 | NR | ||||
| 4 | 39.29 | |||||
| 8 | 39.33 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 39.60 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 39.73 | ||||
| 6 | 5 | 40.05 | ||||
| 7 | 6 | 40.24 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | 40.33 |