Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

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Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates13 & 14 July
Winning time3:03.8
Medalists
Gold medal James Walker, Herman Frazier, Maurice Peoples, Tony Darden  United States
Silver medal Ian Stapleton, Floyd Brown, Bert Cameron, Colin Bradford  Jamaica
Bronze medal Frank Montiéh, Carlos Álvarez, Alberto Juantorena, Pedro Tanis  Cuba
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Athletics at the
1979 Pan American Games
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

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[edit]

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record  United States 2:56.16 Mexico City, Mexico October 20, 1968
Pan American Games record  United States 3:00.60 Cali, Colombia 1971

Results[edit]

KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record

Heats[edit]

Rank Heat Nation Competitors Time Notes
1 1  United States James Walker, Herman Frazier, Maurice Peoples, Tony Darden 3:06.4 Q
2 1  Trinidad and Tobago Michael Solomon, Raffer Mahammed, Joseph Coombs, Willie Alexander 3:09.3 Q
3 1  Canada Dough Hinds, Frank van Doorn, Glenn Bogue, Bryan Saunders 3:10.1 Q
4 2  Jamaica Ian Stapleton, Floyd Brown, Bert Cameron, Colin Bradford 3:10.15 Q
5 1  Antigua and Barbuda Lester Flax, Elroy Turner, Fred Sowerby, Paul Richards 3:12.4 q
6 2  Brazil Donizete Araújo, Geraldo José Pegado, Delmo da Silva, Antônio Dias Ferreira 3:14.51 Q
7 2  Cuba Frank Montiéh, Carlos Álvarez, Alberto Juantorena, Pedro Tanis 3:15.5 Q
8 1  Dominican Republic Francisco Solis, Anatalio Ramírez, Gil Fortuna, Rafael Félix 3:15.7 q
2  Puerto Rico Víctor Ramos, Gustavo Rivera, Carlos Yambot, Julio Ferrer DQ

Final[edit]

[3]

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States James Walker, Herman Frazier, Maurice Peoples, Tony Darden 3:03.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Jamaica Ian Stapleton, Floyd Brown, Bert Cameron, Colin Bradford 3:04.7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Cuba Frank Montiéh, Carlos Álvarez, Alberto Juantorena, Pedro Tanis 3:06.3
4  Canada Dough Hinds, Frank van Doorn, Glenn Bogue, Bryan Saunders 3:09.2
5  Brazil Donizete Araújo, Geraldo José Pegado, Delmo da Silva, Antônio Dias Ferreira 3:10.9
6  Trinidad and Tobago Michael Solomon, Raffer Mahammed, Joseph Coombs, Willie Alexander 3:11.6
7  Dominican Republic Francisco Solis, Anatalio Ramírez, Gil Fortuna, Rafael Félix 3:14.1
8  Antigua and Barbuda Lester Flax, Elroy Turner, Fred Sowerby, Paul Richards 3:14.6

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Full results
  3. ^ 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.
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