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Host City: Montréal, Canada
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Montréal, Québec
Date Started: July 28, 1976
Date Finished: July 28, 1976
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Alberto Juantorena |
| Silver: | Fred Newhouse |
| Bronze: | Herman Frazier |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Juantorena | 25 | Cuba | CUB | 45.10 | 7 | QU |
| 2 | Fons Brijdenbach | 21 | Belgium | BEL | 45.28 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Maxie Parks | 25 | United States | USA | 45.61 | 5 | QU |
| 4 | Rick Mitchell | 21 | Australia | AUS | 45.69 | 1 | QU |
| 5 | Bernd Herrmann | 24 | West Germany | FRG | 45.94 | 8 | |
| 6 | Brian Saunders | 24 | Canada | CAN | 46.46 | 2 | |
| 7 | Alfonso Di Guida | 22 | Italy | ITA | 46.50 | 4 | |
| 8 | Delmo da Silva | 22 | Brazil | BRA | 46.69 | 6 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fred Newhouse | 27 | United States | USA | 44.89 | 2 | QU |
| 2 | David Jenkins | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | 45.20 | 7 | QU |
| 3 | Herman Frazier | 21 | United States | USA | 45.24 | 4 | QU |
| 4 | Jan Werner | 29 | Poland | POL | 45.44 | 6 | QU |
| 5 | Jerzy Pietrzyk | 21 | Poland | POL | 45.65 | 3 | |
| 6 | Franz-Peter Hofmeister | 24 | West Germany | FRG | 46.05 | 8 | |
| 7 | Mike Solomon | 21 | Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 46.20 | 1 | |
| 8 | Karl Honz | 25 | West Germany | FRG | 46.63 | 5 |