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Host City: Los Angeles, United States

Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Date Started: August 10, 1984

Format: Top three in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Date Finished: August 11, 1984

(Competitors: 109; Countries: 25; Finalists: 32/8)

Venue(s): Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

Overview by IAAF

After the fastest time in the heats (3:01.44) and semis (3:00.19), the USA were clearly ready for a very quick time. Sunder Nix ran a solid 45.59 opening leg, but found himself behind fast-starting Bruce Frayne and Sunday Uti, who finished quickly to take a slim lead for Nigeria. A poor exchange by Nigeria allowed Australia to take the lead, and 18 year-old Darren Clark ran away from the field as Ray Armstead zipped past Ugbisie to finish 3m behind Australia, and 2m ahead of Nigeria.The 400m winner Babers settled the race on the third leg with the fastest split of the day – 43.75 – to lead by 8m from Australia. Four metres back, Nigeria were caught by Britain after a 44.17 by Todd Bennett. Antonio McKay lost ground to Britain’s Phil Brown on the last leg, but it was academic as the USA won by 10m, with Britain going past Nigeria’s Egbunike with 20m to go.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

The US team had the fastest time in the heats and semi-finals. But in the semis, Walter McCoy ran a few steps in the wrong lane and a protest was lodged. But it was deemed unintentional and as it did not impeded other runners, the protest was not allowed. The final was very close on the first leg with five teams within a few metres of each other. Australia took the lead on the second leg when Darren Clark ran 43.86, although Ray Armstead ran 43.97 for the US. On the third leg, the open 400 gold medalist, Alonzo Babers, ran 43.75 to open up the race and Antonio McKay held the lead on the anchor as the US won by 10 metres.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.

World Record	2:56.16	Vincent Matthews Ron Freeman Larry James Lee Evans	Mexico City (MEX)	October 20, 1968
Olympic Record	2:56.16	Vincent Matthews Ron Freeman Larry James Lee Evans	Mexico City (MEX)	October 20, 1968

		Results

*4 x 400 m*	Men	Final	11 August

Rank	Mark	Team	Country	NOC	Records
1	2.57.91	Sunder Nix, Ray Armstead, Alonzo Babers, Antonio McKay	United States	USA
2	2.59.13	Kriss Akabusi, Garry Cook, Todd Bennett, Phil Brown	Great Britain	GBR
3	2.59.32	Sunday Uti, Moses Ugbisie, Rotimi Peters, Innocent Egbunike	Nigeria	NGR
4	2.59.70	Bruce Frayne, Darren Clark, Rick Mitchell	Australia	AUS	AR
5	3.01.44	Roberto Tozzi, Ernesto Nocco, Roberto Ribaud, Pietro Mennea	Italy	ITA
6	3.01.60	Richard Louis, David Peltier, Clyde Edwards, Elvis Forde	Barbados	BAR	NR
7	3.02.09	John Goville, Moses Kyeswa, Peter Rwamuhanda, Mike Okot	Uganda	UGA	NR
8	3.02.82	Mike Sokolowski, Doug Hinds, Brian Saunders, Tim Bethune	Canada	CAN
*4 x 400 m*	Men	Semifinal 1	10 August

Rank	Mark	Team	Country	NOC	Records
1	3.00.19	Sunder Nix, Walter McCoy, Willie Smith NAM, Antonio McKay	United States	USA
2	3.02.98	Kriss Akabusi, Garry Cook, Todd Bennett, Phil Brown	Great Britain	GBR
3	3.03.93	Mike Sokolowski, Doug Hinds, Brian Saunders, Tim Bethune	Canada	CAN
4	3.04.02	John Goville, Moses Kyeswa, Mike Okot	Uganda	UGA
5	3.04.69	Martin Weppler GER, Uwe Schmitt GER, Jörg Vaihinger GER, Erwin Skamrahl GER	West Germany	FRG
6	3.04.87	Kablan Degnan, Avognan Nogboum, René Meledje Djédjémel, Gabriel Tiacoh	Cote d'Ivoire	CIV
7	3.09.40	Tommy Björnquist, Eric Josjö, Christer Gullstrand, Thomas Nyberg	Sweden	SWE
8	3.10.73	Shigenobu Omori, Ryoichi Yoshida, Hiroki Fuwa, Susumu Takano	Japan	JPN
*4 x 400 m*	Men	Semifinal 2	10 August

Rank	Mark	Team	Country	NOC	Records
1	3.02.22	Sunday Uti, Moses Ugbisie, Rotimi Peters, Innocent Egbunike	Nigeria	NGR
2	3.03.79	Peter van Miltenburg, Gary Minihan, Bruce Frayne, Darren Clark	Australia	AUS
3	3.03.87	Roberto Tozzi, Ernesto Nocco, Roberto Ribaud, Donato Sabia	Italy	ITA
4	3.03.89	Richard Louis, David Peltier, Clyde Edwards, Elvis Forde	Barbados	BAR
5	3.03.99	João Eugênio da Silva, Wilson dos Santos, José Luiz Barbosa, Gerson de Souza	Brazil	BRA
6	3.04.24	Steve Griffiths, Mark Senior, Karl Smith, Devon Morris	Jamaica	JAM
7	3.04.74	John Anzrah, Elijah Sogomo, Jason Opicho, David Kitur	Kenya	KEN
	DQ	Anton Skerritt CAN, Michael Puckerin, Derek Archer CAN, Mike Paul	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO
*4 x 400 m*	Men	Heat 1	10 August

Rank	Mark	Team	Country	NOC	Records
1	3.03.72	Darren Clark, Gary Minihan, Peter van Miltenburg, Rick Mitchell	Australia	AUS
2	3.04.47	Mike Sokolowski, Doug Hinds, Brian Saunders, Tim Bethune	Canada	CAN
3	3.06.81	Anton Skerritt CAN, Michael Puckerin, Derek Archer CAN, Mike Paul	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO
4	3.07.32	Tommy Björnquist, Eric Josjö, Christer Gullstrand, Sven Nylander	Sweden	SWE
5	3.08.16	Shigenobu Omori, Ryoichi Yoshida, Hiroki Fuwa, Susumu Takano	Japan	JPN
6	3.08.95	Leonardo Loforte, Pedro Gonçalvo, Andre Titos, Henriqué Ferreira	Mozambique	MOZ
7	3.19.90	Rached Al-Jirbi, Khamis Ibrahim Khamis, Moubarak Amber, Ibrahim Aziz	United Arab Emirates	UAE
*4 x 400 m*	Men	Heat 2	10 August

Rank	Mark	Team	Country	NOC	Records
1	3.06.10	Kriss Akabusi, Garry Cook, Todd Bennett, Phil Brown	Great Britain	GBR
2	3.06.28	Roberto Tozzi, Ernesto Nocco, Mauro Zuliani, Donato Sabia	Italy	ITA
3	3.06.65	John Goville, Moses Kyeswa, Peter Rwamuhanda, Mike Okot	Uganda	UGA
4	3.08.33	Yann Quentrec, Didier Dubois, Jacques Fellice, Aldo Canti SMR	France	FRA
5	3.10.95	Alfred Browne, Lawrence Miller, Howard Lindsay, Dale Jones	Antigua and Barbuda	ANT
6	3.11.89	Guy Hill, Jeremy Molyneaux, Dean Greenaway, Lindel Hodge	British Virgin Islands	IVB
7	3.16.00	Ernest Tche, Jean Pierre Abossolo, Barnabe Messomo, Mama Moluh	Cameroon	CMR
*4 x 400 m*	Men	Heat 3	10 August

Rank	Mark	Team	Country	NOC	Records
1	3.03.31	Richard Louis, David Peltier, Clyde Edwards, Elvis Forde	Barbados	BAR
2	3.03.33	Martin Weppler GER, Uwe Schmitt GER, Thomas Giessing GER, Erwin Skamrahl GER	West Germany	FRG
3	3.03.50	Kablan Degnan, Avognan Nogboum, René Meledje Djédjémel, Gabriel Tiacoh	Cote d'Ivoire	CIV
4	3.03.85	Steve Griffiths, Mark Senior, Dennis Wallace, Devon Morris	Jamaica	JAM
5	3.05.08	João Eugênio da Silva, José Luiz Barbosa, Antônio Euzébio Ferreira, Gerson de Souza	Brazil	BRA
	DQ	Boubacar Diallo SEN, Babacar Niang SEN, Moussa Fall SEN, Amadou Dia Bâ SEN	Brazil	BRA
*4 x 400 m*	Men	Heat 4	10 August

Rank	Mark	Team	Country	NOC	Records
1	3.01.44	Willie Smith NAM, Ray Armstead, Alonzo Babers, Walter McCoy	United States	USA
2	3.06.07	John Anzrah, Simon Kitur, Jason Opicho, Elijah Sogomo	Kenya	KEN
3	3.06.34	Sunday Uti, Moses Ugbisie, Rotimi Peters, Innocent Egbunike	Nigeria	NGR
4	3.08.79	Manuel Gonzalez, Benjamín González, António Sánchez, Ángel Heras	Spain	ESP
5	3.15.87	Barakat Al-Sharji, Mohamed Al-Hashimi, Suleiman Al-Akbary, Mohamed Al-Malky	Oman	OMA