Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 12 and 13 September 1979.^[1][2]

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	2	West Germany	Hans-Peter Ferner, Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Bernd Herrmann, Harald Schmid	3:03.64	Q
2	1	United States	Fred Taylor, Leslie Kerr, Ronnie Harris, Walter McCoy	3:04.12	Q
3	1	Netherlands	Hugo Pont, Koen Gijsbers, Marcel Klarenbeek, Harry Schulting	3:04.37	Q, NR
4	1	Italy	Alfonso Di Guida, Flavio Borghi, Stefano Malinverni, Roberto Tozzi	3:07.27	Q
5	1	Spain	Ángel Cruz, Jenaro Iritia, Benjamín González, Isidoro Hornillos	3:08.76	q[5]
6	1	Switzerland	Rolf Gisler, Peter Haas, Franco Fähndrich, Thomas Wild	3:09.38	q[6]
7	2	Brazil	Geraldo Pegado, Agberto Guimarães, Altevir de Araújo, Donizete Soares	3:10.58	Q
8	2	Jamaica	Leonard Smith, Lee Davis, Michael Feurtado, Floyd Brown	3:13.57	Q[6]
9	2	Mexico	Ignacio Melesio, Erasmo Garca, David Martínez, Alfonso Pérez	3:16.39
10	2	Togo	Lauwi Adjambao, Adodo Djobokou, Kossivi Attikpo, Yabaty Agbéré	3:18.51
11	1	Guatemala	Emilio Eva, Nelson González, Orlando Ruano, Arturo Girón	3:19.90
12	2	Honduras	Oscar Muñoz, José Flores, José Guillermo Brenes, Miguel Banegas	3:37.13

Final

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Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	United States	Fred Taylor, Leslie Kerr, Ronnie Harris, Walter McCoy	3:00.98
	Netherlands	Hugo Pont, Koen Gijsbers, Marcel Klarenbeek, Harry Schulting	3:03.18	NR
	Italy	Stefano Malinverni, Alfonso Di Guida, Flavio Borghi, Roberto Tozzi	3:03.80	NR
4	Spain	Ángel Cruz, José Casabona, Benjamín González, Isidoro Hornillos	3:04.22	NR[3]
5	Switzerland	Rolf Gisler, Franco Fähndrich, Peter Haas, Thomas Wild	3:04.90	[3]
6	Brazil	Geraldo Pegado, Agberto Guimarães, Altevir de Araújo, Milton de Castro	3:05.61	[10]
7	Jamaica	Leonard Smith, Lee Davis, Michael Feurtado, Floyd Brown	3:12.04
	West Germany		DNS

References

1. Holzbach, Gerd (25 September 1979). "Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico" [Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico]. Leichtathletik (in German). 39/1979. Bartels & Wernitz: 1240–1245. ISSN 0343-5369.
2. Results at Tilastopaja
3. Year list
4. "Estafette lukt" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 14 September 1979. p. 23. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
5. Spanish toplist
6. "Le 4 x 100 m suisse qualifié au temps" (in French). Sion Nouvelliste Et Feuille Davis Du Valais. September 14, 1979. p. 21.
7. "Final results". El Paso Times. 14 September 1979. p. 17. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
8. "Final results". Hartford Courant. 14 September 1979. p. 40. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
9. Rocznik 1979, ed. PZLA, Warszawa 1981, p. 68
10. 1979 toplist