Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Results

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	2	Italy	Gianfranco Lazzer, Luciano Caravani, Giovanni Grazioli, Pietro Mennea	38.55	Q, NR
2	2	Ivory Coast	Patrice Ouré, Avognan Nogboum, Amadou Meïté, Georges Kablan Degnan	39.34	Q
3	1	Congo	Antoine Kiakouama, Louis Nkanza, Théophile Nkounkou, Jean-Pierre Bassegela	39.54	Q
4	3	France	Jean Gracia, Pierrick Thessard, Gabriel Brothier, Pascal Barré	39.71	Q^[6]
5	3	Poland	Jan Alończyk, Leszek Dunecki, Kazimierz Grubecki, Jerzy Brunner	39.72	Q
6	2	Nigeria	Joshua Kio, Dele Udo, Hammed Adio, Kayode Elegbede	39.81	q
7	3	Japan	Toshio Kawashima, Eiji Natori, Junichi Usui, Akira Harada	39.94	q
8	1	Brazil	Milton de Castro, Geraldo José Pegado, Nelson dos Santos, Altevir de Araújo	40.10	Q
9	1	Hungary	Béla Bakosi, Jozsef Novobáczky, László Szalma, István Nagy	40.41
10	3	Madagascar	Jean-Lalao Razafindranaivo, Jean-Joseph Randrianasolo, Jean-Prosper Rajaonarison, Lucien Ralaivita	41.16
11	2	Mexico	Victor Velazco, Óscar Conde, Francisco Ramírez, Jesús Aguilasocho	41.39
12	2	Gambia	Suleiman Fye, Banana Jarju, Bamba Njie, Oumar Fye	42.37
13	3	Ghana	Ernest Obeng, Emmanuel Wiredu, George Enchill, E. N. Quargraine	42.58
14	1	United States	Mike Roberson, Harvey Glance, Mel Lattany, Fred Taylor	42.82
15	2	Guatemala	Javier Fernández, Nelson González, Orlando Ruano, Arturo Girón	43.71
	2	Switzerland	Franco Fähndrich, Urs Gisler, ?, ?	DNF	^[7]

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	Italy	Gianfranco Lazzer, Luciano Caravani, Giovanni Grazioli, Pietro Mennea	38.42	UR, =AR
	Ivory Coast	Patrice Ouré, Amadou Meïté, Avognan Nogboum, Georges Kablan Degnan	38.73	AR
	France	Jean Gracia, Pierrick Thessard, Gabriel Brothier, Pascal Barré	39.07
4	Poland	Jan Alończyk, Leszek Dunecki, Kazimierz Grubecki, Jerzy Brunner	39.33	^[3]
5	Nigeria	Joshua Kio, Hammed Adio, Dele Udo, Kayode Elegbede	39.90
6	Japan	Toshio Kawashima, Eiji Natori, Junichi Usui, Akira Harada	39.94
7	Congo	Antoine Kiakouama, Louis Nkanza, Théophile Nkounkou, Jean-Pierre Bassegela	40.74
8	Brazil	Milton de Castro, Geraldo José Pegado, Nelson dos Santos, Altevir de Araújo	42.82

^ Holzbach, Gerd (25 September 1979). "Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico" [Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico]. Leichtathletik (in German). 39/1979. Bartels & Wernitz: 1240–1245. ISSN 0343-5369.
^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ ^a ^b Year list
^ Year list
^ "Estafette lukt" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 14 September 1979. p. 23. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
^ French results
^ "Le 4 x 100 m suisse qualifié au temps" (in French). Sion Nouvelliste Et Feuille Davis Du Valais. September 14, 1979. p. 21.
^ "Final results". El Paso Times. 14 September 1979. p. 17. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
^ "Final results". Hartford Courant. 14 September 1979. p. 40. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
^ Rocznik 1979, ed. PZLA, Warszawa 1981, p. 67

Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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