The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 24 and 26 July 1981.Results at Tilastopaja

Results Heats

Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 2 David Lee, Anthony Ketchum, David Patrick, Walter McCoy 3:08.90 Q 2 1 Aleksandr Kurochkin, Aleksandr Zolotaryev, Viktor Markin, Vitaliy Fedotov 3:09.20 QSoviet results (p74) 3 1 Jorge Batista, Carlos Reyté, Lázaro Martínez, Roberto Ramos 3:10.91 Q 4 1 Angel Grigore, Mihai Boroiu, Iosif Korodi, Zsigmond Nagy 3:11.67 Q 5 2 Alphonse Mandonda, Ghislain Obounghat, Jean-Didiace Bémou, Gilbert Mankou-Mankou 3:12.84 Q 6 2 Katsuhiko Nakaya, Paulo Lima, Gérson de Souza, António Euzebio Ferreira 3:13.38 Q 7 2 Wolfgang Richter, Frank Czioska, Manfred Nellesen, Uwe Wegner 3:14.07 q 8 1 Rafael Echavarría, Yukihiro Minami, Ignacio Melesio, Sergio Barajas 3:17.65 q 9 1 Nabil Chouéri, Edward Maadandedjian, Fadi Rahme, Ali Hijazi 3:36.08

Final

Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes Aleksandr Zolotaryev, Vitaliy Fedotov, Viktor Burakov, Viktor Markin 3:02.75 David Lee, Anthony Ketchum, David Patrick, Walter McCoy 3:03.01 Katsuhiko Nakaya, Paulo Lima, Gérson de Souza, António Euzebio Ferreira 3:06.79 4 Lázaro Martínez, Bárbaro Serrano, Carlos Reyté, Roberto Ramos 3:08.58 5 Manfred Nellesen, Frank Czioska, Uwe Wegner, Wolfgang Richter 3:09.75 6 Zsigmond Nagy, Mihai Boroiu, Iosif Korodi, Angel Grigore 3:10.30 7 Jean-Didiace Bémou, Ghislain Obounghat, Alphonse Mandonda, Gilbert Mankou-Mankou 3:11.28 8 Yukihiro Minami, Ignacio Melesio, Sergio Barajas, Rafael Echavarría 3:15.16

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