Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
International sporting event
Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar | |||||||||
Dates | 13 & 14 July | |||||||||
Winning time | 3:03.8 | |||||||||
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The men's 4 × 400 metres relay competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 13 and 14 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion was the United States team.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record | ![]() | 2:56.16 | Mexico City, Mexico | October 20, 1968 |
Pan American Games record | ![]() | 3:00.60 | Cali, Colombia | 1971 |
Results
KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Heats
Rank | Heat | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | ![]() | James Walker, Herman Frazier, Maurice Peoples, Tony Darden | 3:06.4 | Q |
2 | 1 | ![]() | Michael Solomon, Raffer Mahammed, Joseph Coombs, Willie Alexander | 3:09.3 | Q |
3 | 1 | ![]() | Dough Hinds, Frank van Doorn, Glenn Bogue, Bryan Saunders | 3:10.1 | Q |
4 | 2 | ![]() | Ian Stapleton, Floyd Brown, Bert Cameron, Colin Bradford | 3:10.15 | Q |
5 | 1 | ![]() | Lester Flax, Elroy Turner, Fred Sowerby, Paul Richards | 3:12.4 | q |
6 | 2 | ![]() | Donizete Araújo, Geraldo José Pegado, Delmo da Silva, Antônio Dias Ferreira | 3:14.51 | Q |
7 | 2 | ![]() | Frank Montiéh, Carlos Álvarez, Alberto Juantorena, Pedro Tanis | 3:15.5 | Q |
8 | 1 | ![]() | Francisco Solis, Anatalio Ramírez, Gil Fortuna, Rafael Félix | 3:15.7 | q |
2 | ![]() | Víctor Ramos, Gustavo Rivera, Carlos Yambot, Julio Ferrer | DQ |
Final
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Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
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![]() | ![]() | James Walker, Herman Frazier, Maurice Peoples, Tony Darden | 3:03.8 | |
![]() | ![]() | Ian Stapleton, Floyd Brown, Bert Cameron, Colin Bradford | 3:04.7 | |
![]() | ![]() | Frank Montiéh, Carlos Álvarez, Alberto Juantorena, Pedro Tanis | 3:06.3 | |
4 | ![]() | Dough Hinds, Frank van Doorn, Glenn Bogue, Bryan Saunders | 3:09.2 | |
5 | ![]() | Donizete Araújo, Geraldo José Pegado, Delmo da Silva, Antônio Dias Ferreira | 3:10.9 | |
6 | ![]() | Michael Solomon, Raffer Mahammed, Joseph Coombs, Willie Alexander | 3:11.6 | |
7 | ![]() | Francisco Solis, Anatalio Ramírez, Gil Fortuna, Rafael Félix | 3:14.1 | |
8 | ![]() | Lester Flax, Elroy Turner, Fred Sowerby, Paul Richards | 3:14.6 |
References
- ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 197. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
- ^ Full results
- ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 252. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-16.