| | Event type
4 x 100 metres Medley Relay, Men
| Date | 22 July 1976 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Piscine olympique, Montréal, Québec |
| Participants | 68 from 14 countries |
The world record was the 1972 Olympic-winning mark of 3:48.16, set by the United States and anchored by Mark Spitz. But in the Montréal heats the USA B team broke that mark with 3:47.28, lending further proof to the Americans as heavy favorites for the final. In that final, John Naber, winner of the 100 and 200 backstrokes in Montréal, put the US out to insurmountable lead on the opening backstroke leg. Every member of the gold-medal winning US team posted the fastest individual time for their leg, as they won in a world record 3:45.70. This marked the fifth consecutive win in this event for the US, which has never lost the medley relay at an Olympics at which they competed.
TPERound One (22 July 1976 — 11:30)
Fastest eight advanced to the final.
Heat One
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | 50 m | Time | Exchange (Pos) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Canada |  CAN | 3:50.61 | |||||
| Steve Pickell | – | 58.25 | 58.25 (3) | ||||||
| Graham Smith | – | 1:04.45 | 2:02.70 (1) | ||||||
| Bruce Robertson | – | 55.83 | 2:58.53 (1) | ||||||
| Gary MacDonald | – | 52.08 | 3:50.61 (1) | ||||||
| 2 | 5 | Great Britain |  GBR | 3:52.35 | |||||
| Gary Abraham | – | 1:00.24 | 1:00.24 (4) | ||||||
| Duncan Goodhew | – | 1:03.79 | 2:04.03 (2) | ||||||
| John Mills | – | 55.85 | 2:59.88 (2) | ||||||
| Kevin Burns | – | 52.47 | 3:52.35 (2) | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | Australia |  AUS | 3:53.98 | |||||
| Mark Kerry | – | 58.20 | 58.20 (1) | ||||||
| Paul Jarvie | – | 1:06.27 | 2:04.47 (3) | ||||||
| Neil Rogers | – | 56.31 | 3:00.78 (3) | ||||||
| Peter Coughlan | – | 53.20 | 3:53.98 (3) | ||||||
| 4 | 2 | Puerto Rico |  PUR | 3:58.62 | |||||
| Carlos Berrocal | – | 58.22 | 58.22 (2) | ||||||
| Carlos Nazario | – | 1:08.52 | 2:06.74 (4) | ||||||
| John Daly | – | 57.31 | 3:04.05 (4) | ||||||
| Fernando Canales | – | 54.57 | 3:58.62 (4) | ||||||
| 5 | 6 | Sweden |  SWE | 3:58.82 | |||||
| Mikael Brandén | – | 1:00.82 | 1:00.82 (6) | ||||||
| Anders Norling | – | 1:06.61 | 2:07.43 (5) | ||||||
| Bengt Gingsjö | – | 58.76 | 3:06.19 (5) | ||||||
| Dan Larsson | – | 52.63 | 3:58.82 (5) | ||||||
| 6 | 7 | Mexico |  MEX | 4:02.69 | |||||
| Ignacio Álvarez | – | 1:00.69 | 1:00.69 (5) | ||||||
| Gustavo Lozano | – | 1:08.72 | 2:09.41 (6) | ||||||
| José Luis Prado | – | 58.67 | 3:08.08 (6) | ||||||
| Guillermo García | – | 54.61 | 4:02.69 (6) |
Heat Two
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | 50 m | Time | Exchange (Pos) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | United States |  USA | 3:47.28 | |||||
| Peter Rocca | – | 57.94 | 57.94 (1) | ||||||
| Chris Woo | – | 1:04.46 | 2:02.40 (1) | ||||||
| Joe Bottom | – | 54.27 | 2:56.67 (1) | ||||||
| Jack Babashoff | – | 50.61 | 3:47.28 (1) | ||||||
| 2 | 5 | West Germany |  FRG | 3:51.57 | |||||
| Klaus Steinbach | – | 58.55 | 58.55 (2) | ||||||
| Peter Lang | – | 1:04.82 | 2:03.37 (2) | ||||||
| Michael Kraus | – | 55.73 | 2:59.10 (2) | ||||||
| Dirk Braunleder | – | 52.47 | 3:51.57 (2) | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | Soviet Union |  URS | 3:53.64 | |||||
| Igor Omelchenk'o | – | 58.89 | 58.89 (3) | ||||||
| Nikolay Pankin | – | 1:05.33 | 2:04.22 (3) | ||||||
| Yevgeny Seredin | – | 56.66 | 3:00.88 (3) | ||||||
| Andrey Bogdanov | – | 52.76 | 3:53.64 (3) | ||||||
| 4 | 2 | Japan |  JPN | 3:56.18 | |||||
| Tadashi Honda | – | 1:01.07 | 1:01.07 (6) | ||||||
| Nobutaka Taguchi | – | 1:04.75 | 2:05.82 (4) | ||||||
| Hideaki Hara | – | 56.53 | 3:02.35 (4) | ||||||
| Tsuyoshi Yanagidate | – | 53.83 | 3:56.18 (4) | ||||||
| 5 | 6 | Italy |  ITA | 3:57.30 | |||||
| Enrico Bisso | – | 1:01.39 | 1:01.39 (7) | ||||||
| Giorgio Lalle | – | 1:05.84 | 2:07.23 (5) | ||||||
| Paolo Barelli | – | 58.30 | 3:05.53 (6) | ||||||
| Marcello Guarducci | – | 51.77 | 3:57.30 (5) | ||||||
| 6 | 7 | Spain |  ESP | 3:58.22 | |||||
| Santiago Esteva | – | 1:00.03 | 1:00.03 (4) | ||||||
| Pedro Balcells | – | 1:07.80 | 2:07.83 (6) | ||||||
| Mario Lloret | – | 57.39 | 3:05.22 (5) | ||||||
| Jorge Comas | – | 53.00 | 3:58.22 (6) | ||||||
| 7 | 1 | Venezuela |  VEN | 4:05.07 | |||||
| Ramón Volcán | – | 1:01.03 | 1:01.03 (5) | ||||||
| Glen Sochasky | – | 1:09.67 | 2:10.70 (7) | ||||||
| Luis Goicoechea | – | 58.50 | 3:09.20 (7) | ||||||
| Andrés Arraez | – | 55.87 | 4:05.07 (7) | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | Portugal |  POR | 4:20.84 | |||||
| Paulo Frischknecht | – | 1:06.80 | 1:06.80 (8) | ||||||
| Henrique Vicêncio | – | 1:15.07 | 2:21.87 (8) | ||||||
| José Gomes Pereira | – | 1:03.87 | 3:25.74 (8) | ||||||
| António Botelho de Melo | – | 55.10 | 4:20.84 (8) |
Final (22 July 1976 — 20:00)
| Pos | Lane | Swimmer | NOC | 50 m | Time | Exchange (Pos) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | United States | USA | 3:42.22 | |||||
| John Naber | – | 55.89 | 55.89 (1) | ||||||
| John Hencken | – | 1:02.50 | 1:58.39 (1) | ||||||
| Matt Vogel | – | 54.26 | 2:52.65 (1) | ||||||
| Jim Montgomery | – | 49.57 | 3:42.22 (1) | ||||||
| 2 | 5 | Canada | CAN | 3:45.94 | |||||
| Steve Pickell | – | 57.58 | 57.58 (2) | ||||||
| Graham Smith | – | 1:02.59 | 2:00.17 (2) | ||||||
| Clay Evans | – | 54.43 | 2:54.60 (2) | ||||||
| Gary MacDonald | – | 51.34 | 3:45.94 (2) | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | West Germany | FRG | 3:47.29 | |||||
| Klaus Steinbach | – | 57.82 | 57.82 (3) | ||||||
| Walter Kusch | – | 1:03.74 | 2:01.56 (3) | ||||||
| Michael Kraus | – | 55.38 | 2:56.94 (3) | ||||||
| Peter Nocke | – | 50.35 | 3:47.29 (3) | ||||||
| 4 | 6 | Great Britain | GBR | 3:49.56 | |||||
| Jim Carter | – | 59.60 | 59.60 (6) | ||||||
| David Wilkie | – | 1:02.81 | 2:02.41 (4) | ||||||
| John Mills | – | 55.70 | 2:58.11 (4) | ||||||
| Brian Brinkley | – | 51.45 | 3:49.56 (4) | ||||||
| 5 | 2 | Soviet Union | URS | 3:49.90 | |||||
| Igor Omelchenk'o | – | 59.10 | 59.10 (5) | ||||||
| Arvydas Juozaitis | – | 1:04.41 | 2:03.51 (5) | ||||||
| Yevgeny Seredin | – | 56.19 | 2:59.70 (6) | ||||||
| Andrey Krylov | – | 50.20 | 3:49.90 (5) | ||||||
| 6 | 7 | Australia | AUS | 3:51.54 | |||||
| Mark Kerry | – | 57.94 | 57.94 (4) | ||||||
| Paul Jarvie | – | 1:05.70 | 2:03.64 (6) | ||||||
| Neil Rogers | – | 55.50 | 2:59.14 (5) | ||||||
| Peter Coughlan | – | 52.40 | 3:51.54 (6) | ||||||
| 7 | 8 | Italy | ITA | 3:52.92 | |||||
| Enrico Bisso | – | 1:00.25 | 1:00.25 (7) | ||||||
| Giorgio Lalle | – | 1:04.33 | 2:04.58 (7) | ||||||
| Paolo Barelli | – | 1:06.38 | 3:10.96 (8) | ||||||
| Marcello Guarducci | – | 51.96 | 3:52.92 (7) | ||||||
| 8 | 1 | Japan | JPN | 3:54.74 | |||||
| Tadashi Honda | – | 1:01.28 | 1:01.28 (8) | ||||||
| Nobutaka Taguchi | – | 1:04.15 | 2:05.43 (8) | ||||||
| Hideaki Hara | – | 55.70 | 3:10.13 (7) | ||||||
| Tsuyoshi Yanagidate | – | 53.61 | 3:54.74 (8) |