The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1970 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale in Turin on 6 September 1970.[1][2]
Records edit
| Standing records prior to the 1970 Summer Universiade | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  United States
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2:56.2 | Mexico City, Mexico | 20 October 1968 |
| Universiade record |  West Germany
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3:06.7 | Tokyo, Japan | 1967 |
Results edit
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
United States |
Tom Ulan, Roger Colgrazier, Tommie Turner, Larry James | 3:03.3 | UR |
 |
 Soviet Union |
Yevgeniy Borisenko, Yuriy Zorin, Borys Savchuk, Aleksandr Bratchikov | 3:04.2 | |
 |
 France |
Patrice Viel, Christian Nicolau, Gilles Bertould, Jacques Carette | 3:04.4 | |
| 4 |  Great Britain |
Jim Aukett, Martin Reynolds, David Hemery, Martin Winbolt-Lewis | 3:05.3 | [3] |
| 5 | West Germany |
Siegfried Götz, Herbert Moser, Roland Rossmeissl, Martin Jellinghaus | 3:06.3 | [3] |
| 6 |  Italy |
Claudio Trachelio, Alessandro Scatena, Gian Lorenzo Cellerino, Furio Fusi | 3:08.3 | [4] |
| 7 |  Cuba |
Antonio Álvarez, Leandro Civil, José Triana Pérez, Robobaldo Díaz | 3:09.5 | |
| 8 |  Portugal |
Eduardo Marques, Mario Oliveira, João Merlin Nobre, Joaquím Paralta | 3:17.4 |