Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
These are the official results of the women'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 11 nations competing.
Medalists
Records
These were the standing World and Olympic records prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics.| World Record | 3:22.95 |  Dagmar Käsling Rita Kühne Helga Seidler Monika Zehrt | Munich | 10 September 1972 |
| Olympic Record | 3:22.95 | Dagmar Käsling Rita Kühne Helga Seidler Monika Zehrt | Munich | 10 September 1972 |
Results
Final
- Held on 31 July 1976
| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
| • Doris Maletzki • Brigitte Rohde • Ellen Streidt • Christina Brehmer | 3:19.23 | ||
| • Debra Sapenter • Sheila Ingram • Pamela Jiles • Rosalyn Bryant | 3:22.81 | ||
| • Inta Kļimoviča • Lyudmila Aksyonova • Natalya Sokolova • Nadezhda Ilyina | 3:24.24 | ||
| 4. | • Judy Canty • Verna Burnard • Charlene Rendina • Bethanie Nail | 3:25.56 | |
| 5. | • Claudia Steger • Dagmar Fuhrmann • Elke Barth • Rita Wilden | 3:25.71 | |
| 6. | • Marika Lindholm • Pirjo Häggman • Mona-Lisa Pursiainen • Riitta Salin | 3:25.87 | |
| 7. | • Liz Barnes • Gladys Taylor • Verona Elder • Donna Murray | 3:28.01 | |
| 8. | • Margaret Stride • Joyce Yakubowich • Rachelle Campbell • Yvonne Saunders | 3:28.91 |