Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games:
Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay Round One
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Host City: Atlanta, United States
Venue(s): Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Date Started: August 2, 1996
Date Finished: August 2, 1996
Format: Top two in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the semi-finals.
| Rank |
Team |
NOC |
T(A) |
|
| 1 |
Great Britain |
GBR |
3:01.79 |
QU |
| 2 |
Poland |
POL |
3:01.92 |
QU |
| 3 |
Brazil |
BRA |
3:02.51 |
QC |
| 4 |
Australia |
AUS |
3:03.73 |
QC |
| 5 |
Saint Lucia |
LCA |
3:10.51 |
|
| 6 |
Fiji |
FIJ |
3:10.67 |
|
| 7 |
Sierra Leone |
SLE |
3:11.65 |
|
| Rank |
Team |
NOC |
T(A) |
|
| 1 |
United States |
USA |
3:00.56 |
QU |
| 2 |
Russia |
RUS |
3:04.73 |
QU |
| 3 |
Ghana |
GHA |
3:05.53 |
|
| 4 |
Cuba |
CUB |
3:05.75 |
|
| 5 |
Qatar |
QAT |
3:08.25 |
|
| 6 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
ANT |
3:09.46 |
|
| 7 |
Lesotho |
LES |
3:15.67 |
|
| Rank |
Team |
NOC |
T(A) |
|
| 1 |
Kenya |
KEN |
3:02.52 |
QU |
| 2 |
Senegal |
SEN |
3:02.61 |
QU |
| 3 |
Nigeria |
NGR |
3:02.73 |
QC |
| 4 |
Switzerland |
SUI |
3:03.05 |
QC |
| 5 |
Saint Vincent |
VIN |
3:06.52 |
|
| 6 |
British Virgin Islands |
IVB |
3:17.30 |
|
| 7 |
Papua New Guinea |
PNG |
3:19.92 |
|
| Rank |
Team |
NOC |
T(A) |
|
| 1 |
Jamaica |
JAM |
3:02.81 |
QU |
| 2 |
Italy |
ITA |
3:03.60 |
QU |
| 3 |
South Africa |
RSA |
3:03.79 |
QC |
| 4 |
Mauritius |
MRI |
3:08.17 |
|
| 5 |
Zimbabwe |
ZIM |
3:13.35 |
|
| 6 |
Maldives |
MDV |
3:24.88 |
|
| AC |
Grenada |
GRN |
[3:13.67] |
DQ |
| Rank |
Team |
NOC |
T(A) |
|
| 1 |
Japan |
JPN |
3:02.82 |
QU |
| 2 |
Bahamas |
BAH |
3:04.09 |
QU |
| 3 |
Saudi Arabia |
KSA |
3:04.67 |
QC |
| 4 |
Germany |
GER |
3:05.16 |
|
| 5 |
Botswana |
BOT |
3:06.62 |
|
| AC |
Gambia |
GAM |
|
DNF |
| AC |
Guyana |
GUY |
[3:07.19] |
DQ |