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

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.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| United States (USA) Harvey Glance Johnny Jones Millard Hampton Steve Riddick | East Germany (GDR) Manfred Kokot Jörg Pfeifer Klaus-Dieter Kurrat Alexander Thieme | Soviet Union (URS) 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 |
| | United States (USA) | • Harvey Glance • Johnny Jones • Millard Hampton • Steve Riddick | 38.33 |
| | East Germany (GDR) | • Manfred Kokot • Jörg Pfeifer • Klaus-Dieter Kurrat • Alexander Thieme | 38.66 |
| | Soviet Union (URS) | • Aleksandr Aksinin • Nikolay Kolesnikov • Juris Silovs • Valeriy Borzov | 38.78 |
| 4. | Poland (POL) | • Andrzej Świerczyński • Marian Woronin • Bogdan Grzejszczak • Zenon Licznerski | 38.83 |
| 5. | Cuba (CUB) | • Francisco Gomez • Alejandro Casanas • Hermes Ramirez • Silvio Leonard | 39.01 |
| 6. | Italy (ITA) | • Vincenzo Guerini • Luciano Caravani • Luigi Benedetti • Pietro Mennea | 39.08 |
| 7. | France (FRA) | • Jean-Claude Amoureux • Joseph Arame • Lucien Sainte-Rose • Dominique Chauvelot | 39.16 |
| 8. | Canada (CAN) | • Hugh Spooner • Marvin Nash • Albin Dukowski • Hugh Fraser | 39.47 |

### Semifinals

* Held on 30 July 1976

#### Heat 1

| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
| 1. | United States (USA) | • Harvey Glance • Johnny Jones • Millard Hampton • Steve Riddick | 38.51 |
| 2. | Cuba (CUB) | • Francisco Gomez • Alejandro Casanas • Hermes Ramirez • Silvio Leonard | 39.25 |
| 3. | East Germany (GDR) | • Manfred Kokot • Jörg Pfeifer • Klaus-Dieter Kurrat • Alexander Thieme | 39.43 |
| 4. | Canada (CAN) | • Hugh Spooner • Marvin Nash • Albin Dukowski • Hugh Fraser | 39.46 |
| 5. | Bermuda (BER) | • Michael Sharpe • Dennis Trott • Calvin Dill • Gregory Simons | 39.78 |
| 6. | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | • Anthony Husbands • Chris Brathwaite • Charles Joseph • Francis Adams | 39.88 |
| 7. | Ivory Coast (CIV) | • Kraarsene Konan • Georges Kablan Degnan • Gastom Kouadio • Meite Amadou | 40.64 |
| 8. | Thailand (THA) | • Anat Ratanapol • Suchart Jairsuraparp • Somsakdi Boontud • Sayan Paratanavong | 40.68 |

#### Heat 2

| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
| 1. | Poland (POL) | • Andrzej Świerczyński • Marian Woronin • Bogdan Grzejszczak • Zenon Licznerski | 39.09 |
| 2. | France (FRA) | • Jean-Claude Amoureux • Joseph Arame • Lucien Sainte-Rose • Dominique Chauvelot | 39.33 |
| 3. | Soviet Union (URS) | • Aleksandr Aksinin • Nikolay Kolesnikov • Juris Silovs • Valeriy Borzov | 39.36 |
| 4. | Italy (ITA) | • Vincenzo Guerini • Luciano Caravani • Luigi Benedetti • Pietro Mennea | 39.39 |
| 5. | West Germany (FRG) | • Klaus Ehl • Klaus-Dieter Bieler • Dieter Steinmann • Reinhard Borchert | 39.58 |
| 6. | Senegal (SEN) | • Christian Dorosario • Momar Ndao • Barka Sy • Adama Fall | 40.37 |
| 7. | Bahamas (BAH) | • Danny Smith • Walter Callander • Clive Sands • Leonard Jervis | 40.53 |
| — | Spain (ESP) | • José Luis Sánchez Paraíso • Luis Sarría • Francisco Garcia Lopez • Javier Martinez | DQ |

### Heats
#### Heat 1

| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
| 1. | United States (USA) | • Harvey Glance • Johnny Jones • Millard Hampton • Steve Riddick | 38.76 |
| 2. | Italy (ITA) | • Vincenzo Guerini • Luciano Caravani • Luigi Benedetti • Pietro Mennea | 39.35 |
| 3. | Poland (POL) | • Andrzej Świerczyński • Marian Woronin • Bogdan Grzejszczak • Zenon Licznerski | 39.41 |
| 4. | Bermuda (BER) | • Michael Sharpe • Dennis Trott • Calvin Dill • Gregory Simons | 39.90 |
| 5. | Spain (ESP) | • José Luis Sánchez Paraíso • Luis Sarría • Francisco Garcia Lopez • Javier Martínez | 39.93 |
| 6. | Ivory Coast (CIV) | • Arsène Kra Konan • Georges Kablan Degnan • Gastom Kouadio • Meite Amadou | 40.23 |
| 7. | Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) | • Calvin Greenaway • Paul Richards • Everton Cornelius • Elroy Turner | 41.84 |

#### Heat 2

| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
| 1. | East Germany (GDR) | • Manfred Kokot • Jörg Pfeifer • Klaus-Dieter Kurrat • Alexander Thieme | 39.42 |
| 2. | West Germany (FRG) | • Klaus Ehl • Klaus Bieler • Dieter Steinmann • Reinhard Borchert | 39.63 |
| 3. | Soviet Union (URS) | • Aleksandr Aksinin • Nikolay Kolesnikov • Juris Silovs • Valeriy Borzov | 39.98 |
| 4. | Senegal (SEN) | • Christian Dorosario • Momar N'Dao • Barka Sy • Adama Fall | 40.40 |
| 5. | Thailand (THA) | • Anat Ratanapol • Suchart Chairsuvaparb • Somsak Boontud • Sayan Paratanavong | 40.53 |
| 6. | Kuwait (KUW) | • Abdul Aziz Abdul Kareem • Abdul Kareem Al-Awad • Ibrahim Al-Rabeeah • Abdul Latif Abbas | 41.61 |
| 7. | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | • Mohamed Al-Sehly • Mohamed Ali Al-Malky • Salem Khalifa • Hamed Ali | 42.00 |

#### Heat 3

| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
| 1. | Cuba (CUB) | • Francisco Gómez • Alejandro Casañas • Hermes Ramírez • Silvio Leonard | 39.54 |
| 2. | France (FRA) | • Jean-Claude Amoureux • Joseph Arame • Lucien Sainte-Rose • Dominique Chauvelot | 39.71 |
| 3. | Canada (CAN) | • Hugh Spooner • Marvin Nash • Al Dukowski • Hugh Fraser | 39.72 |
| 4. | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | • Anthony Husbands • Chris Brathwaite • Charles Joseph • Frank Adams | 40.08 |
| 5. | Bahamas (BAH) | • Danny Smith • Walter Callander • Clive Sands • Leonard Jervis | 40.47 |
| 5. | Barbados (BAR) | • Rawle Clarke • Hamil Grimes • Pearson Jordan • Pearson Trotman | 41.15 |