The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1959 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale di Torino in Turin on 6 September 1959.

Results Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes Nelli Yeliseyeva, Larisa Kuleshova, Tamara Makarova, Lyudmila Nechayeva 46.9 Anna Doro, Fausta Galluzzi, Giuseppina Leone, Nadia Mecocci 47.5 Ilsabe Heider, Antje Gleichfeld, Kristianne Foss, Inge Fuhrmann 48.1 4 Micheline Fluchot, Nicole Gouilleux, Simone Henry, Catherine Capdevielle 48.3 French results 5 Janet Simpson, Francie Edington, Anita Follows, Helen Mason 49.2 6 Jarosława Jóźwiakowska, Barbara Janiszewska, Elżbieta Krzesińska, Maria Ciastowska 49.2

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