The men's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 2011 Summer Universiade was held on 20–21 August.
| width=200 valign=top | Aleksandr Sigalovskiy Dmitry Buryak Artem Vazhov Valentin Kruglyakov Aleksey Kenig | width=200 valign=top | Hiroyuki Nakano Shintaro Horie Hideyuki Hirose Takatoshi Abe | width=200 valign=top | Shane Victor André Olivier Pieter Beneke Willem de Beer Tlou Seloba |
* Athletes who competed in heats only and received medals.
Qualification: First 3 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 3:08.02 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 3:09.76 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 3:10.85 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 3:11.76 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 3:12.68 | Q | |||
| 6 | 1 | 3:14.40 | Q | |||
| 7 | 2 | 3:26.20 | q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 3:26.56 | q | |||
| 9 | 1 | 3:27.87 | ||||
| 1 | 170.9 | |||||
| 2 | 170.9 | |||||
| 2 | 170.9 | |||||
| 1 | ||||||
| 1 |
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:04.51 | |||||
| 3:05.16 | |||||
| 3:05.61 | |||||
| 4 | 3:07.13 | ||||
| 5 | 3:08.68 | ||||
| 6 | 3:12.86 | ||||
| 7 | 3:27.54 | ||||