title: Athletics at the 1959 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
text: # Athletics at the 1959 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
  
  The men'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
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Italy | Guido De Murtas, Salvatore Giannone, Giorgio Mazza, Livio Berruti | 41.2 | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | Poland | Bogusław Gierajewski, Janusz Ludka, Jerzy Pilaczyński, Jan Cholewa | 42.5 | Q |
  | 3 | 1 | Great Britain | Brian Anson, Jim Railton, Archie MacDonald, Ian Taylor | 42.8 | Q |
  | 4 | 1 | Belgium | Romain Poté, Gaston Knockaert, Julien De Decker, Jean-Pierre Barra | 43.3 | |
  | 1 | 2 | West Germany | Rudolf Sundermann, Martin Reichert, Burkhart Quantz, Fritz Helfrich | 41.6 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | France | Ali Brakchi, Joël Caprice, Jean-Claude Penez, Guy Lagorce | 41.6 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Japan | Hiroshi Shibata, Yoshiaki Osada, Koji Sakurai, Norihiko Kubo | 42.6 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | Greece | Giorgos Katsibardis, Dimitrios Skourtis, Georgios Marsellos, Nikolaos Georgopoulos | 43.3 | |
  | 5 | 2 | Pakistan | Iftikhar Shah, Mohd, Farooq, Tahir | 43.6 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Italy | Guido De Murtas, Salvatore Giannone, Giorgio Mazza, Livio Berruti | 41.0 |
  | | West Germany | Rudolf Sundermann, Martin Reichert, Burkhart Quantz, Fritz Helfrich | 41.0 |
  | | France | Ali Brakchi, Joël Caprice, Jean-Claude Penez, Guy Lagorce | 41.4 |
  | 4 | Great Britain | Brian Anson, Jim Railton, Archie MacDonald, Ian Taylor | 42.0 |
  | 5 | Poland | Bogusław Gierajewski, Janusz Ludka, Jerzy Pilaczyński, Jan Cholewa | 42.0 |
  | 6 | Japan | Hiroshi Shibata, Yoshiaki Osada, Koji Sakurai, Norihiko Kubo | 42.3 |
  