Athletics at the 1979 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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Men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1979 Pan American Games
VenueEstadio Sixto Escobar
Dates14 July
Winning time38.85
Medalists
Gold medal Mike Roberson, Harvey Glance, Cliff Wiley, Steve Riddick  United States
Silver medal Osvaldo Lara, Alejandro Casañas, Silvio Leonard, Juan Saborit  Cuba
Bronze medal Milton de Castro, Nelson dos Santos, Rui da Silva, Altevir de Araújo  Brazil
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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 × 100 metres relay competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place 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 38.03 Düsseldorf, West Germany September 3, 1977
Pan American Games record  United States 38.31 Mexico City, Mexico 1975

Results[edit]

KEY: WR World Record GR Pan American Record

Final[edit]

[3]

Held on 14 July

Rank Competitors Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States Mike Roberson, Harvey Glance, Cliff Wiley, Steve Riddick 38.85
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Cuba Osvaldo Lara, Alejandro Casañas, Silvio Leonard, Juan Saborit 39.14
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil Milton de Castro, Nelson dos Santos, Rui da Silva, Altevir de Araújo 39.44
4  Jamaica George Walcott, Colin Bradford, Don Quarrie, Oliver Haywood 39.83
5  Canada Tony Sharpe, Desai Williams, Hugh Spooner, Marvin Nash 39.92
6  Puerto Rico Luis Alers, Jesús Cabrera, Iván Mangual, Wilfredo Molina 40.28
7  Trinidad and Tobago Edwin Noel, Ephraim Serrette, Linton Williams, Hasely Crawford 40.44
 Dominican Republic Mariano Reyes, Francisco Solis, Rafael Félix, Gerardo Suero DQ

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. 251. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
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