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

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

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

Heats
Two heats determined the finalists. The eight fastest teams qualified for the final:
- United States
- Soviet Union
- France
- Cuba
- Italy
- Romania
- Ivory Coast
- Senegal

Final results
- 1st (gold) – United States — Mel Lattany, Anthony Ketchum, Jason Grimes, Calvin Smith — 38.70 seconds
- 2nd (silver) – Soviet Union — Andrey Shlyapnikov, Nikolay Sidorov, Aleksandr Aksinin, Vladimir Muravyov — 38.94
- 3rd (bronze) – France — Philippe Le Joncour, Stéphane Adam, Gabriel Brothier, Aldo Canti — 39.50
- 4th – Cuba — Israel Alfonso, Juan Saborit, Tomás González, Leandro Peñalver — 39.58
- 5th – Romania — Pal Palffy, Cornel Hapaianu, Vasile Selever, Paul Stanciu — 40.09
- 6th – Italy — Gianfranco Lazzer, Diego Nodari, Stefano Curini, Mauro Zuliani — 40.14
- 7th – Ivory Coast — Avognan Nogboum, Degnan Kablan, Barthélémy Koffi, Kouadio Otokpa — 40.37
- 8th – Senegal — Siong Gomis, Sory Sangaré, Mamadou Sène, Hamidou Diawara — 40.75