| Competition | 1961 Summer Universiade |
|---|---|
| Venue |
Sofia
|
| Held | — |
| Status | Medal |
| Competitors | 12 |
| Countries | 3 |
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Japan | 4:17.1 | |||
| Shigeo Fukushima | — | ||||
| Yoshiaki Shikishi | — | ||||
| Haruo Yoshimuta | — | ||||
| Keigo Shimizu | — | ||||
| 🥈 | Czechoslovakia | 4:18.5 | |||
| Vladimír Hopka | — | ||||
| Petr Kováč | — | ||||
| Vlastimil Krček | — | ||||
| Vítězslav Svozil | — | ||||
| 🥉 | Soviet Union | 4:21.4 | |||
| Vsevolod Tarasov | — | ||||
| Yury Funikov | — | ||||
| Grigory Kiselyov | — | ||||
| Igor Luzhkovsky | — |