Track and field event
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1977 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on 22 and 23 August.[1]
Results
Heats
Rank |
Heat |
Nation |
Athletes |
Time |
Notes
|
1 |
1 |
Cuba |
Silvio Leonard, Osvaldo Lara, Alejandro Casañas, Juan Saborit |
39.97 |
Q
|
2 |
1 |
United States |
William Snoddy, Mike Kee, Clancy Edwards, Harvey Glance |
40.03 |
Q
|
3 |
1 |
Poland |
Andrzej Świerczyński, Kazimierz Grubecki, Jan Alończyk, Leszek Dunecki |
40.05 |
Q
|
4 |
1 |
Canada |
Hugh Fraser, Cole Doty, Richard Rock, Dacre Bowen |
40.69 |
q
|
5 |
1 |
Switzerland |
Franco Fändrich, Urs Gisler, Peter Muster, Patrick Wamister |
40.89 |
[2]
|
1 |
2 |
Soviet Union |
Nikolay Kolesnikov, Aleksandr Aksinin, Juris Silovs, Vladimir Ignatenko |
39.76 |
Q
|
2 |
2 |
Italy |
Stefano Curini, Stefano Rasori, Pietro Farina, Luciano Caravani |
39.91 |
Q
|
3 |
2 |
West Germany |
Bernward Plenker, Ulrich Haupt, Hans-Jürgen Berger, Dieter Gebhard |
39.99 |
Q
|
4 |
2 |
France |
Éric Bigon, Serge Dalbon, Philippe Pastre, Jean-Marc Lauzanas |
40.45 |
q[3]
|
5 |
2 |
Kuwait |
Karam, Salem, Bello Akele Misban, Mohamed Kamal |
45.18 |
|
|
2 |
Bulgaria |
Stoyko Stoykov, Petar Petrov, Mirolyub Petkov, Lyubomir Zapryanov |
40.61 |
|
Final
[4][5]
Rank |
Nation |
Athletes |
Time |
Notes
|
![1st place, gold medalist(s)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png) |
Soviet Union |
Nikolay Kolesnikov, Aleksandr Aksinin, Juris Silovs, Vladimir Ignatenko |
38.75 |
|
![2nd place, silver medalist(s)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png) |
Italy |
Stefano Curini, Stefano Rasori, Pietro Farina, Luciano Caravani |
39.15 |
|
![3rd place, bronze medalist(s)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png) |
United States |
William Snoddy, Mike Kee, Clancy Edwards, Harvey Glance |
39.17 |
|
4 |
Cuba |
Silvio Leonard, Osvaldo Lara, Alejandro Casañas, Juan Saborit |
39.31 |
[6]
|
5 |
Poland |
Andrzej Świerczyński, Kazimierz Grubecki, Jan Alończyk, Leszek Dunecki |
39.41 |
[6]
|
6 |
West Germany |
Bernward Plenker, Ulrich Haupt, Hans-Jürgen Berger, Dieter Gebhard |
39.67 |
|
7 |
France |
Eric Bigon, Serge Dalbon, Philippe Pastre, Jean-Marc Lauzanas |
39.94 |
[3]
|
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Canada |
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DNS |
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References