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1976 Olympic Games Montreal - Men's 4 x 100 m

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Host City: Montréal, Canada

Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Date Started: July 30, 1976

Format: Top five in each heat and next fastest advanced to the semi-final.

Date Finished: July 31, 1976

(Competitors: 80; Countries: 20; Finalists: 32/8)

Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Montréal, Québec

Overview by IAAF

The Americans were keen to make up for not gaining any medal in the individual 100m, and were fastest in the heats (38.76) and semi-finals (38.51). In the final Glance was level with Kokot and Aksinin, before Jones blasted away from the opposition, passing well to Hampton with a 1.5m lead. Hampton ran the bend well, and sent Riddick away with a lead of 3m, which he increased slightly. Behind him, Thieme held off Borzov, who finished his career with his fifth Olympic medal.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

For the first time since 1928 and only the second time in Olympic history, no American had won a medal in the 100 metres. And for possibly the only time ever, the US was not favored in this event, with the Soviet Union, led by 1972 100/200 champion Valery Borzov, and East Germany thought to have the better of them. But in the first semi-final, the US team won easily over Cuba and the GDR. Unusually for an American relay squad, in the final they produced crisp passes and won quite easily.

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

*4 x 100 m*	Men	Final	31 July

Rank	Mark	Team	Country	NOC	Records
1	38.33	Harvey Glance, Johnny Jones, Millard Hampton, Steve Riddick	United States	USA
2	38.66	Manfred Kokot GER, Jörg Pfeifer GER, Klaus-Dieter Kurrat GER, Alexander Thieme GER	East Germany	GDR
3	38.78	Aleksandr Aksinin RUS, Nikolay Kolesnikov RUS, Juris Silovs LAT, Valeriy Borzov UKR	Soviet Union	URS
4	38.83	Andrzej Swierczynski, Marian Woronin, Bogdan Grzejszczak, Zenon Licznerski	Poland	POL
5	39.01	Francisco Gómez, Alejandro Casañas, Hermes Ramírez, Silvio Leonard	Cuba	CUB
6	39.08	Vincenzo Guerini, Luciano Caravani, Luigi Benedetti, Pietro Mennea	Italy	ITA
7	39.16	Jean-Claude Amoureux, Joseph Arame, Lucien Sainte-Rose, Dominique Chauvelot	France	FRA
8	39.47	Hugh Spooner, Marvin Nash, Albin Dukowski, Hugh Fraser	Canada	CAN
*4 x 100 m*	Men	Semifinal 1	30 July

Rank	Mark	Team	Country	NOC	Records
1	38.51	Harvey Glance, Johnny Jones, Millard Hampton, Steve Riddick	United States	USA
2	39.25	Francisco Gómez, Alejandro Casañas, Hermes Ramírez, Silvio Leonard	Cuba	CUB
3	39.43	Manfred Kokot GER, Jörg Pfeifer GER, Klaus-Dieter Kurrat GER, Alexander Thieme GER	East Germany	GDR
4	39.46	Hugh Spooner, Marvin Nash, Albin Dukowski, Hugh Fraser	Canada	CAN
5	39.78	Michael Sharpe, Dennis Trott, Calvin Dill, Greg Simons	Bermuda	BER
6	39.88	Anthony Husbands, Chris Brathwaite, Charles Joseph, Francis Adams	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO
7	40.64	Arsene Kra Konan, Kablan Degnan, Gaston Kouadio, Amadou Meité	Cote d'Ivoire	CIV
8	40.68	Anat Ratanopol, Suchart Chairsuvaparb, Somskadi Boontud, Sayan Paratanavong	Thailand	THA
*4 x 100 m*	Men	Semifinal 2	30 July

Rank	Mark	Team	Country	NOC	Records
1	39.09	Andrzej Swierczynski, Marian Woronin, Bogdan Grzejszczak, Zenon Licznerski	Poland	POL
2	39.33	Jean-Claude Amoureux, Joseph Arame, Lucien Sainte-Rose, Dominique Chauvelot	France	FRA
3	39.36	Aleksandr Aksinin RUS, Nikolay Kolesnikov RUS, Juris Silovs LAT, Valeriy Borzov UKR	Soviet Union	URS
4	39.39	Vincenzo Guerini, Luciano Caravani, Luigi Benedetti, Pietro Mennea	Italy	ITA
5	39.58	Klaus Ehl GER, Klaus-Dieter Bieler GER, Dieter Steinmann GER, Reinhard Borchert GER	West Germany	FRG
6	40.37	Christian Dorosario, Momar N'Dao, Barka Sy, Adama Fall	Senegal	SEN
7	40.53	Danny Smith, Walter Callandar, Clive Sands, Leonard Jervis	Bahamas	BAH
	DQ	José Luis Sánchez, Luis Sarria, Francisco García, Javier Martínez	Spain	ESP
*4 x 100 m*	Men	Heat 1	30 July

Rank	Mark	Team	Country	NOC	Records
1	38.76	Harvey Glance, Johnny Jones, Millard Hampton, Steve Riddick	United States	USA
2	39.35	Vincenzo Guerini, Luciano Caravani, Luigi Benedetti, Pietro Mennea	Italy	ITA
3	39.41	Andrzej Swierczynski, Marian Woronin, Bogdan Grzejszczak, Zenon Licznerski	Poland	POL
4	39.90	Michael Sharpe, Dennis Trott, Calvin Dill, Greg Simons	Bermuda	BER
5	39.93	José Luis Sánchez, Luis Sarria, Francisco García, Javier Martínez	Spain	ESP
6	40.23	Arsene Kra Konan, Kablan Degnan, Gaston Kouadio, Amadou Meité	Cote d'Ivoire	CIV
7	41.84	Calvin Greenaway, Paul Richards, Everton Cornelius, Elroy Turner	Antigua and Barbuda	ANT
*4 x 100 m*	Men	Heat 2	30 July

Rank	Mark	Team	Country	NOC	Records
1	39.42	Manfred Kokot GER, Jörg Pfeifer GER, Klaus-Dieter Kurrat GER, Alexander Thieme GER	East Germany	GDR
2	39.63	Klaus Ehl GER, Klaus-Dieter Bieler GER, Dieter Steinmann GER, Reinhard Borchert GER	West Germany	FRG
3	39.68	Aleksandr Aksinin RUS, Nikolay Kolesnikov RUS, Juris Silovs LAT, Valeriy Borzov UKR	Soviet Union	URS
4	40.40	Christian Dorosario, Momar N'Dao, Barka Sy, Adama Fall	Senegal	SEN
5	40.53	Anat Ratanopol, Suchart Chairsuvaparb, Somskadi Boontud, Sayan Paratanavong	Thailand	THA
6	41.61	Abdulazeez Hadba Abdulkareem, Abdelkrim Al-Awad, Ibrahim Al-Rabiah, Abdulatif Abbas Yusuf Hashem	Kuwait	KUW
7	42.00	Mohamed Al-Sehly, Ali Al-Malki, Salem Khalifa, Hamed Ali	Saudi Arabia	KSA
*4 x 100 m*	Men	Heat 3	30 July

Rank	Mark	Team	Country	NOC	Records
1	39.54	Francisco Gómez, Alejandro Casañas, Hermes Ramírez, Silvio Leonard	Cuba	CUB
2	39.71	Jean-Claude Amoureux, Joseph Arame, Lucien Sainte-Rose, Dominique Chauvelot	France	FRA
3	39.72	Hugh Spooner, Marvin Nash, Albin Dukowski, Hugh Fraser	Canada	CAN
4	40.08	Anthony Husbands, Chris Brathwaite, Charles Joseph, Francis Adams	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO
5	40.47	Danny Smith, Walter Callandar, Clive Sands, Leonard Jervis	Bahamas	BAH
6	41.15	Rawle Clarke, Hamil Grimes, Pearson Jordan, Pearson Trotman BAH	Barbados	BAR