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.[1]
Results
editHeats
edit| 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
edit| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
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 |
? |