The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria,[1] with the final on 1 September 1961.
Results
editHeats
edit| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  West Germany |
Hans-Jürgen Felsen, Rudolf Sundermann, Hinrick Helmke, Joachim Guter | 41.6 | Q |
| 2 | 1 |  Great Britain |
Berwyn Jones, Michael Robinson, George Cmela, Brian Smouha | 41.7 | Q |
| 3 | 1 |  Poland |
Bogusław Gierajewski, Zdzisław Szczerbański, Andrzej Tynel, ? | 42.1 | Q |
| 4 | 1 |  Cuba |
Enrique Figuerola, Evelio Planas, Miguel Conill, Armando Gómez | 42.4 | |
| 1 | 2 |  Soviet Union |
Leonid Bartenyev, Anatoly Mikhaylov, Edvin Ozolin, Igor Ter-Ovanesyan | 41.2 | Q |
| 2 | 2 |  Japan |
Kiyoshi Asai, Yojiro Muro, Takayuki Okazaki, Hirotada Hayase | 41.5 | Q |
| 3 | 2 |  Bulgaria |
Mikhail Bachvarov, Veselin Valov, Petar Petrov, Borislav Stoynev | 41.6 | Q |
| 4 | 2 |  Turkey |
Aydin Onur, Ferruh Oygur, Ahmet Akbaş, Hüseyin Çakmak | 43.8 |
Final
edit| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Soviet Union |
Leonid Bartenyev, Valentin Chistyakov, Anatoly Mikhaylov, Edvin Ozolin | 41.22 | |
 |
Japan |
Kiyoshi Asai, Hirotada Hayase, Yojiro Muro, Takayuki Okazaki | 41.30 | |
 |
West Germany |
Hans-Jürgen Felsen, Rudolf Sundermann, Hinrick Helmke, Joachim Guter | 41.35 | |
| 4 | Great Britain |
Berwyn Jones, Michael Robinson, George Cmela, Brian Smouha | 41.50 | |
| 5 | Bulgaria |
Ivan Ivanov, Veselin Valov, Petar Petrov, Borislav Stoynev | 41.67 | |
| 6 | Poland |
Bogusław Gierajewski, Zdzisław Szczerbański, Andrzej Tynel, ? | 41.9 |