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1976 Olympic Games Montreal - Men's 4 x 400 m

 

 

Host City: Montréal, Canada Format: Top three in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.
Date Started: July 30, 1976  
Date Finished: July 31, 1976  
(Competitors: 64; Countries: 16; Finalists: 32/8)  
    Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Montréal, Québec
Overview by IAAF   1976_olympic_stadium.jpg 
The only surprise of the heats was Britain’s failure to qualify, caused by Alan Pascoe having the baton accidentally knocked out of his hand by the Jamaican team just before the final changeover. Kenya had been lost to the boycott, so the USA were an even bigger favourite than before. Frazier led FRG, Cuba and Trinidad by 6m after the first leg of the final, and Brown maintained that lead as Polish veteran Werner ran a superb 44.0 to move Poland into second place. Newhouse removed any doubt as to whether the US would win by running a blistering 43.8 to give the Americans a lead of more than 20m, which Parks increased slightly to clock the best ever low-altitude time. Poland held off FRG for silver, as Jamaica’s 800m specialist Newman (43.8) ran the fastest anchor leg.
       
Summary by Sports-reference.com      
The US was favored but both Great Britain and Kenya were thought to be legitimate challengers. However, Kenya had joined the African boycott of the 1976 Olympics and was not present. In the heats Britain was eliminated when Alan Pascoe had the baton knocked from his hand by a Jamaican runner at the final exchange. This left the final almost a walkover for the Americans who won over Poland by almost three seconds. The 400/800 champion, Alberto Juantorena of Cuba, anchored their team but he did not have enough support and they finished seventh.
 

Records

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

World Record 2:56.16 United States Vincent Matthews
United States Ron Freeman
United States Larry James
United States Lee Evans
Mexico City (MEX) October 20, 1968
Olympic Record 2:56.16 United States Vincent Matthews
United States Ron Freeman
United States Larry James
United States Lee Evans
Mexico City (MEX) October 20, 1968
 
        Results        
 
4 x 400 m Men     Final 31 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Team Country NOC   Records
1 2.58.65     Herman Frazier, Benny Brown, Fred Newhouse, Maxie Parks United States USA    
2 3.01.43     Ryszard Podlas, Jan Werner, Zbigniew Jaremski, Jerzy Pietrzyk Poland POL    
3 3.01.98     Franz-Peter Hofmeister GER, Lothar Krieg GER, Harald Schmid GER, Bernd Herrmann GER West Germany FRG    
4 3.02.64     Ian Seale, Dan Domansky, Leighton Hope, Brian Saunders Canada CAN   NR
5 3.02.84     Leighton Priestley, Don Quarrie, Colin Bradford, Seymour Newman Jamaica JAM    
6 3.03.46     Mike Solomon, Horace Tuitt, Joseph Coombs, Charles Joseph Trinidad and Tobago TTO    
7 3.03.81     Eddy Gutiérrez, Dámaso Alfonso, Carlos Alvarez, Alberto Juantorena Cuba CUB    
8 3.06.51     Hannu Mäkelä, Ossi Karttunen, Stig Lönnqvist, Markku Kukkoaho Finland FIN    
4 x 400 m Men     Heat 1 30 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Team Country NOC   Records
1 2.59.52     Herman Frazier, Benny Brown, Fred Newhouse, Maxie Parks United States USA    
2 3.03.24     Franz-Peter Hofmeister GER, Lothar Krieg GER, Harald Schmid GER, Bernd Herrmann GER West Germany FRG    
3 3.03.86     Leighton Priestley, Don Quarrie, Colin Bradford, Seymour Newman Jamaica JAM    
4 3.03.89     Ian Seale, Dan Domansky, Leighton Hope, Brian Saunders Canada CAN    
5 3.05.02     Hannu Mäkelä, Ossi Karttunen, Stig Lönnqvist, Markku Kukkoaho Finland FIN    
6 3.06.08     Pedro Ferrer, Ivan Mangual, Julio Ferrer, Jorge Ortiz Puerto Rico PUR    
7 3.17.53     Kamil Al-Abbasi, Hamed Ali, Ahmed Asiry, Hassan Masallah Saudi Arabia KSA    
  DNF     Ainsley Bennett, Glen Cohen, David Jenkins, Alan Pascoe Great Britain GBR    
4 x 400 m Men     Heat 2 30 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Team Country NOC   Records
1 3.03.03     Ryszard Podlas, Jan Werner, Zbigniew Jaremski, Jerzy Pietrzyk Poland POL    
2 3.03.54     Mike Solomon, Horace Tuitt, Joseph Coombs, Charles Joseph Trinidad and Tobago TTO    
3 3.05.19     Eddy Gutiérrez, Dámaso Alfonso, Carlos Alvarez, Alberto Juantorena Cuba CUB    
4 3.05.48     Hugues Roger, Roger Velasquez, Francis Kerbiriou, Hector Llatser France FRA    
5 3.05.75     Max Binnington, Peter Grant, Don Hanly, Rick Mitchell Australia AUS    
6 3.07.72     Dmitriy Stukalov RUS, Vladimir Ponomaryev RUS, Viktor Anokhin RUS, Yevgeniy Gavrilenko BLR Soviet Union URS    
7 3.08.13     Victor Gooding, Harcourt Watson, Hamil Grimes, Orlando Greene Barbados BAR    
8 3.09.66     Cuthbert Jacobs, Paul Richards, Elroy Turner, Fred Sowerby Antigua and Barbuda ANT    
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

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