Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
# Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria, in September 1961.

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Czechoslovakia | Josef Trousil, Josef Odložil, Milan Jílek, Tomáš Salinger | 3:44.5 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Italy | Bruno Bianchi, Elio Catalo, Salvatore Morale, ? | 3:53.5 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Great Britain | Ming Campbell, John Cooper, Mike Fleet, Mike Robinson | 3:53.5 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Bulgaria | Dimitar Dimitrov, Georgi Latchev, Anton Antonov, Georgi Zapundzhiev | 3:19.5 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | West Germany | Peter Hoppe, Wolfgang Schöll, Otto Graßhoff, Albert Grawitz | 3:21.1 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Poland | Wiesław Król, Bogusław Gierajewski, Janusz Ludka, ? | 3:24.1 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Turkey | Aydin Onur, Özen Tuncel, Ahmet Akbaş, Hüseyin Çakmak | 3:25.6 | |

### Final

| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | West Germany | Peter Hoppe, Wolfgang Schöll, Otto Graßhoff, Albert Grawitz | 3:10.56 |
| | Czechoslovakia | Josef Trousil, Josef Odložil, Milan Jílek, Tomáš Salinger | 3:12.93 |
| | Great Britain | Ming Campbell, John Cooper, Mike Fleet, Mike Robinson | 3:14.63 |
| 4 | Poland | Wiesław Król, Bogusław Gierajewski, Janusz Ludka, Jerzy Kloze | 3:16.76 |
| 5 | Bulgaria | Dimitar Dimitrov, Georgi Latchev, Anton Antonov, Georgi Zapundzhiev | 3:17.86 |
| | Italy | | ? |
