# Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow on 16 and 17 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Juris Silovs Soviet Union | Silvio Leonard Cuba | Pietro Mennea Italy |

## Results
### Heats

Held on 16 August
Wind: Heat 2: +0.3 m/s, Heat 6: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Lajos Grésa | Hungary | 10.47 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Thomas Whatley | United States | 10.51 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Takao Ishizawa | Japan | 10.57 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Bernd Borth | East Germany | 10.67 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Guillermo González | Puerto Rico | 10.76 | |
| 6 | 1 | Andrzej Świerczyński | Poland | 10.78 | |
| 7 | 1 | Mohamed Hamad Al-Sultan | Kuwait | 11.68 | |
| 1 | 2 | Vladimir Atamas | Soviet Union | 10.53 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Silvio Leonard | Cuba | 10.59 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Tetsumi Shintai | Japan | 10.76 | |
| 4 | 2 | Reto Diezi | Switzerland | 10.78 | |
| 5 | 2 | Selendorj Oimandahk | Mongolia | 11.06 | |
| 6 | 2 | Said Marvez Mir | Pakistan | 11.52 | |
| 7 | 2 | Seidou Mama Gao | Benin | 11.6 | |
| 1 | 3 | Juris Silovs | Soviet Union | 10.53 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Pablo Montes | Cuba | 10.66 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Jean-Pierre Grès | France | 10.77 | |
| 4 | 3 | Wolfgang Rabe | East Germany | 10.80 | |
| 5 | 3 | Ferdinand Geeroms | Belgium | 11.00 | |
| 6 | 3 | Georg Regner | Austria | 11.05 | |
| 7 | 3 | Byambajavyn Enkhbaatar | Mongolia | 11.1 | |
| 8 | 3 | Joseph Woods | Malta | 12.01 | |
| 1 | 4 | Klaus Ehl | West Germany | 10.66 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Steve Riddick | United States | 10.70 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Vincenzo Guerini | Italy | 10.87 | |
| 4 | 4 | Toma Petrescu | Romania | 10.90 | |
| 5 | 4 | Alphonse Yanghat | Congo | 11.07 | |
| 6 | 4 | Agustín Pérez | Spain | 11.15 | |
| 7 | 4 | Eduardo González | Mexico | 11.51 | |
| 1 | 5 | Jerzy Homziuk | Poland | 10.83 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Günther Wessing | West Germany | 10.87 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Jorge Vizcarrondo | Puerto Rico | 10.88 | |
| 4 | 5 | Lambert Micha | Belgium | 10.89 | |
| 5 | 5 | Gheorghe Dulgheru | Romania | 11.0 | |
| 6 | 5 | Pedro Hernández | Spain | 11.27 | |
| 7 | 5 | Younis Abdallah Rabee | Kuwait | 11.41 | |
| 1 | 6 | Pietro Mennea | Italy | 10.55 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Chris Monk | Great Britain | 10.60 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | René Metz | France | 10.76 | q, 0.0 |
| 4 | 6 | Andrew Ratcliffe | Australia | 10.92 | |
| 5 | 6 | Günther Würfel | Austria | 11.01 | |
| 6 | 6 | Sam Musoke | Uganda | 11.33 | |
| 7 | 6 | Yussif Issa Al-Hasawi | Kuwait | 11.36 | |

### Semifinals

Held on 17 August
Wind: Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +2.0 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Juris Silovs | Soviet Union | 10.33 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Lajos Grésa | Hungary | 10.44 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Silvio Leonard | Cuba | 10.52 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Steve Riddick | United States | 10.55 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Vladimir Atamas | Soviet Union | 10.58 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Pablo Montes | Cuba | 10.58 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Pietro Mennea | Italy | 10.59 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Takao Ishizawa | Japan | 10.61 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Thomas Whatley | United States | 10.63 | |
| 10 | 1 | Chris Monk | Great Britain | 10.64 | |
| 11 | 1 | Klaus Ehl | West Germany | 10.66 | |
| 12 | 2 | René Metz | France | 10.71 | |
| 13 | 2 | Bernd Borth | East Germany | 10.71 | |
| 14 | 1 | Tetsumi Shintai | Japan | 10.78 | |
| 15 | 2 | Günther Wessing | West Germany | 10.79 | |
| 16 | 1 | Jerzy Homziuk | Poland | 10.88 | |

### Final

Held on 17 August
Wind: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Juris Silovs | Soviet Union | 10.37 |
| | Silvio Leonard | Cuba | 10.43 |
| | Pietro Mennea | Italy | 10.48 |
| 4 | Steve Riddick | United States | 10.53 |
| 5 | Vladimir Atamas | Soviet Union | 10.55 |
| 6 | Pablo Montes | Cuba | 10.59 |
| 7 | Lajos Grésa | Hungary | 10.61 |
| 8 | Takao Ishizawa | Japan | 10.68 |