Athletics at the 1971 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1971 Pan American Games was held in Cali on 4 and 5 August.

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States Dale Alexander Fred Newhouse Tommy Turner John Smith	Jamaica Leighton Priestley Trevor Campbell Alfred Daley Garth Case	Trinidad and Tobago Edwin Roberts Ben Cayenne Kent Bernard Trevor James

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	2	Jamaica	Leighton Priestley, Trevor Campbell, Alfred Daley, Garth Case	3:07.7	Q
2	2	Trinidad and Tobago	Edwin Roberts, Ben Cayenne, Kent Bernard, Trevor James	3:09.7	Q
3	2	Cuba	Antonio Álvarez, Rodovaldo Díaz, José Triana, Leandro Civil	3:09.8	Q
4	2	Colombia	Migdonio Palacios, Fabio Zúñiga, Julio Escobar, Pedro Grajales	3:10.7	Q
5	2	Argentina	Carlos Heuchert, Alberto Gajate, Juan Carlos Dyrzka, Andrés Calonge	3:11.1
6	1	Canada	Ian Gordon, Brock Aynsley, Craig Blackman, Doug Chapman	3:14.8	Q
7	1	United States	Dale Alexander, Fred Newhouse, Tommy Turner, John Smith	3:14.8	Q
8	2	Mexico	Felipe Cigala, Carmelo Reyes, Manuel Ruiz, Melesio Piña	3:17.8
9	1	Peru	Jorge Alemán, José Siguas, Augusto Machinares, Fernando Acevedo	3:24.3	Q
10	1	Venezuela	Raúl Dome, Víctor Patinez, José Jacinto Hidalgo, Alberto Marchán	3:36.7	Q
	1	Dominican Republic		DNS

Final

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	United States	Dale Alexander, Fred Newhouse, Tommy Turner, John Smith	3:00.63	GR
	Jamaica	Leighton Priestley, Trevor Campbell, Alfred Daley, Garth Case	3:03.98
	Trinidad and Tobago	Edwin Roberts, Ben Cayenne, Kent Bernard, Trevor James	3:04.58
4	Canada	Brock Aynsley, Ian Gordon, Craig Blackman, Doug Chapman	3:04.9
5	Peru	Jorge Alemán, José Siguas, Augusto Machinares, Fernando Acevedo	3:08.5
6	Cuba	Antonio Álvarez, Rodovaldo Díaz, José Triana, Leandro Civil	3:08.9
7	Venezuela	Raúl Dome, Rómulo Carreño, José Jacinto Hidalgo, Alberto Marchán	3:08.9
8	Colombia	Migdonio Palacios, Fabio Zúñiga, Julio Escobar, Pedro Grajales	3:09.5