Rank |
Heat |
Nation |
Athletes |
Time |
Notes
|
1 |
1 |
United States |
Jim Green, Tommie Turner, Ron Draper, Roger Colglazier |
40.5 |
Q
|
2 |
1 |
Italy |
Giovanni Lai, Ennio Preatoni, Franco Ossola, Pasqualino Abeti |
40.7 |
Q
|
3 |
1 |
Ivory Coast |
Allechi Alliko, Hauhout Assamo, Gaoussou Koné, Amadou Meïté |
41.0 |
|
4 |
1 |
Australia |
Mal Baird, Alan Bradshaw, David Stokes, Lawrie Walkley |
41.1 |
|
5 |
1 |
Madagascar |
Augustin Miadana, Jean-Aime Randrianalijaona, Henri Rafaralahy, Jean-Louis Ravelomamantsoa |
41.7 |
|
1 |
2 |
West Germany |
Günther Nickel, Klaus-Dieter Bieler, Günther Rudolph, Joachim Eigenherr |
39.9 |
Q
|
2 |
2 |
Cuba |
Bárbaro Bandomo, Juan Morales, Pablo Montes, José Triana Matamoros |
40.1 |
Q
|
3 |
2 |
France |
Jacques Broux, Patrick Bourbeillon, Charles Ducasse, Jean-Pierre Carette |
40.2 |
q
|
4 |
2 |
Spain |
Julián Marco, Pedro Aguadé, José Luis Sánchez Paraíso, Juan Carlos Jones |
41.4 |
|
5 |
2 |
Nigeria |
A. Otusanya, Ethelbert Nwagbo, David Urhobo Tonitse, O. T. Kelani |
41.9 |
|
6 |
2 |
Kuwait |
Thanyan Al-Ghanim, Abdulghalil Al-Kassim, Abdulaziz Al-Hadba, Abdulrahman Al-Kaoud |
45.8 |
|
|
2 |
Congo |
Antoine Nkounkou, Louis Nkanza, Rigobert David Ibata, Jean-Pierre Bassegela |
DQ |
|
1 |
3 |
Poland |
Stanisław Wagner, Gerard Gramse, Jan Werner, Zenon Nowosz |
39.7 |
Q, UR
|
2 |
3 |
Soviet Union |
Aleksandr Kornelyuk, Vladislav Sapeya, Boris Izmestyev, Valentin Maslakov |
40.2 |
Q
|
3 |
3 |
Great Britain |
Ian Green, Martin Reynolds, John Williams, Ralph Banthorpe |
40.2 |
q
|
4 |
3 |
Japan |
Masahide Jinno, Naoki Abe, Kyoichiro Inoue, Shinji Ogura |
41.1 |
|
5 |
3 |
Austria |
Erich Bonesch, Gert Herunter, Axel Nepraunik, Peter Culk |
41.6 |
|
6 |
3 |
Portugal |
Abreu Matos, Carlos Cardoso, Fernando Lamy de Fortuna, Mario Oliveira |
42.2 |
|