Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
These are the official results of the Men's 4 × 100 metre relay event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. There were a total number of 16 nations competing. The top three in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.
Final
The final was held on Friday 1 August 1980, at the Lenin Stadium| RANK | NATION | FINAL | TIME |
| • Vladimir Muravyov • Nikolai Sidorov • Aleksandr Aksinin • Andrey Prokofyev | 38.26 | ||
| • Krzysztof Zwoliński • Zenon Licznerski • Leszek Dunecki • Marian Woronin | 38.33 | ||
| • Antoine Richard • Pascal Barré • Patrick Barré • Hermann Panzo | 38.53 | ||
| 4. | • Mike McFarlane • Allan Wells • Cameron Sharp • Drew McMaster | 38.62 | |
| 5. | • Sören Schlegel • Eugen Ray • Bernhard Hoff • Thomas Munkelt | 38.73 | |
| 6. | • Pavel Pavlov • Vladimir Ivanov • Ivaylo Karanyotov • Petar Petrov | 38.99 | |
| 7. | • Hammed Adio • Kayode Elegbede • Samson Oyeledun • Peter Okodogbe | 39.12 | |
| 8. | • Milton de Castro • Nelson dos Santos • Katsuhiko Nakaya • Altevir de Araújo | 39.54 |
Heats
There were two heats which took place on 31 July 1980 at the Lenin Stadium. The first three in each heat and fastest two others advanced to the final.| RANK | NATION | HEAT 1 | TIME |
| 1. | • Vladimir Muravyov • Nikolai Sidorov • Aleksandr Aksinin • Andrey Prokofyev | 38.68 | |
| 2. | • Antoine Richard • Pascal Barré • Patrick Barré • Hermann Panzo | 39.01 | |
| 3. | • Pavel Pavlov • Vladimir Ivanov • Ivaylo Karanyotov • Petar Petrov | 39.25 | |
| 4. | • Don Quarrie • Colin Bradford • Michael Davis • Albert Lawrence | 39.71 | |
| 5. | • Edwin Noel • Hasely Crawford • Christopher Brathwaite • Andrew Bruce | 39.74 | |
| 6. | • Boubacar Diallo • Momar N'Dao • Cheikh Touradou Diouf • Issa Fall | 40.25 | |
| 7. | • Marc Larose • Régis Tranquille • Casimir Pereira • Vincent Confait | 41.71 | |
| 8. | • Osvaldo Lara • Alejandro Casañas • Silvio Leonard • Tomás González | DNF |
| RANK | NATION | HEAT 2 | TIME |
| 1. | • Sören Schlegel • Eugen Ray • Bernhard Hoff • Thomas Munkelt | 38.65 | |
| 2. | • Krzysztof Zwoliński • Zenon Licznerski • Leszek Dunecki • Marian Woronin | 38.83 | |
| 3. | • Mike McFarlane • Allan Wells • Cameron Sharp • Drew McMaster | 39.20 | |
| 4=. | • Hammed Adio • Kayode Elegbede • Samson Oyeledun • Peter Okodogbe | 39.48 | |
| 4=. | • Milton de Castro • Nelson dos Santos • Katsuhiko Nakaya • Altevir de Araújo | 39.48 | |
| 6. | • István Tatár • István Nagy • László Babály Sr. • Ferenc Kiss | 39.97 | |
| 7. | • Louis Nkanza • Théophile Nkounkou • Jean-Pierre Bassegela • Antoine Kiakouama | 40.09 | |
| 8. | • Rudolph George • Sheku Boima • William Akabi-Davis • Walter During | 42.53 |