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 VIII Pan American Games | |
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| Venue | Estadio Sixto Escobar |
| Winning time | 38.85 |
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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] The defending Pan American Games champion was the United States team.
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Records
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
| KEY: | WR | World Record | GR | Pan American Record |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time[2] | Notes |
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Harvey Glance, Steve Riddick, Mike Roberson, Cliff Wiley |  United States |
38.85 | |
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Alejandro Casañas, Osvaldo Lara, Silvio Leonard, Juan Saborit |  Cuba |
39.14 | |
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Ruy da Silva, Altevir de Araújo, Milton de Castro, Nelson dos Santos |  Brazil |
39.44 | |
| 4 | Colin Bradford, Oliver Haywood, Don Quarrie, George Walcott |  Jamaica |
39.83 | |
| 5 | Marvin Nash, Antony Sharpe, Hugh Spooner, Desai Williams |  Canada |
39.92 | |
| 6 | Luis Alers, Jesús Cabrera, Iván Mangual, Wilfredo Molina |  Puerto Rico |
40.28 | |
| 7 | Hasely Crawford, Eldwin Noel, Ephrain Serrette, Linton Williams |  Trinidad and Tobago |
40.44 | |
| 8 | Rafael Félix, Fernando Reinoso, Gerardo Suero, Esteban Vázquez |  Dominican Republic |
Disqualified |
