Athletics at the 1965 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
# Athletics at the 1965 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1965 Summer Universiade was held at the People's Stadium in Budapest on 26 and 29 August 1965.

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | West Germany | Werner Tiemann, Manfred Hanike, Dirk von Maltitz, Fritz Roth | 3:11.3 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Italy | Gian Paolo Iraldo, Bruno Bianchi, Sergio Bello, Roberto Frinolli | 3:11.4 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Sweden | Anders Lärkert, Ulle Heed, Hans-Olof Johansson, Bo Althoff | 3:11.7 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | France | Jean-Jacques Behm, Pierre Gaudry, Didier Gustin, Didier Samper | 3:11.7 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Great Britain | Jim Barry, John Sherwood, Menzies Campbell, Neil Palmer | 3:12.6 | |
| 6 | 1 | Japan | Masami Yoshida, Kiyoo Yui, Toru Honda, Yoshinori Sakai | 3:14.1 | |
| 1 | 2 | United States | Bill Toomey, Ron Whitney, George German, Lynn Saunders | 3:12.6 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Hungary | Csaba Csutorás, István Gyulai, Gyula Rábai, László Mihályfi | 3:12.9 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Czechoslovakia | Svatopluk Matolín, Jaromír Berger, Petr Blaha, Viktor Eichler | 3:14.5 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Soviet Union | Anatoliy Kazakov, Vladimir Rusin, Vladimir Koshakov, Valeriy Simarev | 3:16.8 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Belgium | Herman Van Coppenolle, Karel Brems, Jacques Pennewaert, Henri De Ridder | 3:20.0 | |
| | 2 | Poland | Joachim Sznapka, Marian Filipiuk, Wojciech Lipoński, Zbigniew Makulec | DQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Italy | Gian Paolo Iraldo, Bruno Bianchi, Roberto Frinolli, Sergio Bello | 3:08.5 | UR |
| | Hungary | Csaba Csutorás, István Gyulai, Gyula Rábai, László Mihályfi | 3:08.7 | |
| | West Germany | Werner Tiemann, Manfred Hanike, Dirk von Maltitz, Fritz Roth | 3:08.8 | |
| 4 | France | Jean-Jacques Behm, Pierre Gaudry, Didier Gustin, Didier Samper | 3:09.1 | |
| 5 | Sweden | Anders Lärkert, Ulle Heed, Hans-Olof Johansson, Bo Althoff | 3:09.4 | |
| 6 | United States | Bill Toomey, Ron Whitney, George German, Lynn Saunders | 3:10.1 | |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia | Svatopluk Matolín, Jaromír Berger, Petr Blaha, Viktor Eichler | 3:15.5 | |
| | Soviet Union | | DNS | |
