Athletics at the 1959 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
# Athletics at the 1959 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1959 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale di Torino in Turin on 5 and 6 September 1959.

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | West Germany | Albert Grawitz, Burkhart Quantz, Walter Oberste, Otto Klappert | 3:21.6 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | France | Daniel Laurent, Paul Haennig, Jean-Marie Kling, René Sadler | 3:21.6 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Poland | Bogusław Gierajewski, Jan Cholewa, Janusz Ludka, Zygmunt Czapracki | 3:21.6 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Luxembourg | Paul Sahl, Lieb, Norbert Haupert, Roger Bofferding | 3:27.1 | |
| 5 | 1 | Switzerland | Eric Harder, Alex Egloff, Franz Thomet, Heinz Bösiger | 3:29.8 | |
| 1 | 2 | Italy | Elio Catola, Nereo Fossati, Mario Fraschini, Germano Gimelli | 3:53.5 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Great Britain | Robert Hay, Mike Robinson, John Holt, Norman Futter | 3:53.6 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Spain | Jesús Rancaño, Elías Reguero, José Gómez Velesca, José Luis Martínez | 3:53.7 | Q |

### Final

| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | West Germany | Albert Grawitz, Burkhart Quantz, Walter Oberste, Otto Klappert | 3:09.5 |
| | Italy | Elio Catola, Nereo Fossati, Mario Fraschini, Germano Gimelli | 3:11.4 |
| | Great Britain | Robert Hay, Mike Robinson, John Holt, Norman Futter | 3:12.2 |
| 4 | Poland | Bogusław Gierajewski, Jan Cholewa, Janusz Ludka, Zygmunt Czapracki | 3:12.8 |
| 5 | France | Daniel Laurent, Paul Haennig, Jean-Marie Kling, René Sadler | 3:16.1 |
| 6 | Spain | Jesús Rancaño, Elías Reguero, José Gómez Velesca, José Luis Martínez | 3:16.6 |
