Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 25 and 26 July 1981.

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	Soviet Union	Aleksandr Aksinin, Andrey Shlyapnikov, Nikolay Sidorov, Vladimir Muravyov	39.32	Q[1]
1	2	United States	Mel Lattany, Anthony Ketchum, Jason Grimes, Calvin Smith	38.95	Q[1]
2	2	France	Philippe Le Joncour, Stéphane Adam, Gabriel Brothier, Aldo Canti	39.55	Q[1]
3	2	Italy	Gianfranco Lazzer, Diego Nodari, Stefano Curini, Mauro Zuliani	39.66	Q[2]

Final

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Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	United States	Mel Lattany, Anthony Ketchum, Jason Grimes, Calvin Smith	38.70
	Soviet Union	Andrey Shlyapnikov, Nikolay Sidorov, Aleksandr Aksinin, Vladimir Muravyov	38.94
	France	Philippe Le Joncour, Stéphane Adam, Gabriel Brothier, Aldo Canti	39.50
4	Cuba	Israel Alfonso, Juan Saborit, Tomás González, Leandro Peñalver	39.58	[1]
5	Romania		40.09
6	Italy	Gianfranco Lazzer, Diego Nodari, Stefano Curini, Mauro Zuliani	40.14
7	Ivory Coast		40.37
8	Senegal		40.75

References

1. Year list
2. "Universiadi, Masullo d'argento nei 200" (in Italian). La Stampa. 26 July 1981. p. 20.
3. "Final results". The Santa Fe New Mexican. 27 July 1981. p. 26. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
4. "Final results". United Press International. 26 July 1981. Retrieved 9 February 2020.