Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
These are the official results of the men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The event was held on 30 and 31 July 1976. There were a total number of 16 nations competing.
Medalists
Records
These were the standing World and Olympic records prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics.| World Record | 2:56.16 |  Vincent Matthews Ron Freeman Larry James Lee Evans | Mexico City | October 20, 1968 |
| Olympic Record | 2:56.16 | Vincent Matthews Ron Freeman Larry James Lee Evans | Mexico City | October 20, 1968 |
Results
Final
| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
| • Herman Frazier • Benny Brown • Fred Newhouse • Maxie Parks | 2:58.65 | ||
| • Ryszard Podlas • Jan Werner • Zbigniew Jaremski • Jerzy Pietrzyk | 3:01.43 | ||
| • Franz-Peter Hofmeister • Lothar Krieg • Harald Schmid • Bernd Herrmann | 3:01.98 | ||
| 4. | • Ian Seale • Don Domansky • Leighton Hope • Brian Saunders | 3:02.64 | |
| 5. | • Leighton Priestley • Donald Quarrie • Colin Bradford • Seymour Newman | 3:02.84 | |
| 6. | • Michael Solomon • Horace Tuitt • Joseph Coombs • Charles Joseph | 3:03.46 | |
| 7. | • Eddy Gutierrez • Damaso Alfonso • Carlos Alvarez • Alberto Juantorena | 3:03.81 | |
| 8. | • Hannu Mäkelä • Ossi Karttunen • Stig Lönnqvist • Markku Kukkoaho | 3:06.51 |