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

Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

at the Games of the XXI Olympiad

Venue

Dates

30 July & 31 July

Competitors

from 20 nations

Medalists

01 !	Harvey Glance, Johnny Jones, Millard Hampton, Steve Riddick	United States
02 !	Manfred Kokot, Jörg Pfeifer, Klaus-Dieter Kurrat, Alexander Thieme	East Germany
03 !	Aleksandr Aksinin, Nikolay Kolesnikov, Juris Silovs, Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union

Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men

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 the 30th and the 31st of 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

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

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 Swierczynski • 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

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

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	Poland (POL)	• Andrzej Swierczynski • 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 Callendah • Clive Sands • Leonard Jervis	40.53
—	Spain (ESP)	• José Luis Sánchez Paraíso • Luis Sarria • Francisco Garcia Lopez • Javier Martinez	DQ

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 Swierczynski • 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 Sarria • Francisco Garcia Lopez • Javier Martinez	39.93
6.	Ivory Coast (CIV)	• Kraarsene 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

4 × 100 metres relay at the Summer Olympics
Summary
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Women	1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

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