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Host City: Montréal, Canada
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Montréal, Québec
Date Started: July 26, 1976
Date Finished: July 26, 1976
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Alberto Juantorena |
| Silver: | Fred Newhouse |
| Bronze: | Herman Frazier |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herman Frazier | 21 | United States | USA | 46.52 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Fons Brijdenbach | 21 | Belgium | BEL | 46.56 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Karl Honz | 25 | West Germany | FRG | 46.94 | 1 | QU |
| 4 | Alfonso Di Guida | 22 | Italy | ITA | 47.07 | 5 | QU |
| 5 | Ossi Karttunen | 28 | Finland | FIN | 47.45 | 2 | |
| 6 | Peter Grant | 22 | Australia | AUS | 47.69 | 4 | |
| 7 | Alfred Daley | 26 | Jamaica | JAM | 48.46 | 7 | |
| 8 | Glenn Bogue | 20 | Canada | CAN | 48.98 | 8 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rick Mitchell | 21 | Australia | AUS | 45.76 | 1 | QU |
| 2 | Alberto Juantorena | 25 | Cuba | CUB | 45.92 | 7 | QU |
| 3 | Jerzy Pietrzyk | 21 | Poland | POL | 46.30 | 4 | QU |
| 4 | Brian Saunders | 24 | Canada | CAN | 46.42 | 8 | QU |
| 5 | Leighton Priestley | 25 | Jamaica | JAM | 46.45 | 3 | |
| 6 | Mike Sands | 23 | Bahamas | BAH | 46.48 | 5 | |
| 7 | Iván Mangual | 24 | Puerto Rico | PUR | 46.56 | 2 | |
| 8 | Charles Joseph | 24 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 46.61 | 6 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Solomon | 21 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 45.83 | 7 | QU |
| 2 | Jan Werner | 29 | Poland | POL | 45.88 | 8 | QU |
| 3 | Maxie Parks | 25 | United States | USA | 45.99 | 2 | QU |
| 4 | Bernd Herrmann | 24 | West Germany | FRG | 46.07 | 3 | QU |
| 5 | Markku Kukkoaho | 29 | Finland | FIN | 46.24 | 1 | |
| 6 | Eddy Gutiérrez | 24 | Cuba | CUB | 46.65 | 6 | |
| 7 | Glen Cohen | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 47.67 | 4 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Newhouse | 27 | United States | USA | 45.97 | 1 | QU |
| 2 | David Jenkins | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | 46.18 | 2 | QU |
| 3 | Franz-Peter Hofmeister | 24 | West Germany | FRG | 46.20 | 7 | QU |
| 4 | Delmo da Silva | 22 | Brazil | BRA | 46.48 | 8 | QU |
| 5 | Jozo Alebić | 29 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 46.94 | 4 | |
| 6 | Zbigniew Jaremski | 27 | Poland | POL | 47.10 | 3 | |
| 7 | Fred Sowerby | 27 | Antigua and Barbuda | ANT | 48.03 | 6 | |
| 8 | Raymond Heerenveen | 27 | Netherlands Antilles | AHO | 48.88 | 5 |