# Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow on 18, 19 and 20 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Pietro Mennea Italy | Chris Monk Great Britain | Wardell Gilbreath United States |

## Results
### Heats

Wind: Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s, Heat 4: -1.5 m/s, Heat 5: -0.5 m/s, Heat 6: ? m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Chris Monk | Great Britain | 20.87 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Pietro Mennea | Italy | 21.09 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Charles Ducasse | France | 21.31 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Selendorj Oimandahk | Mongolia | 22.1 | |
| 5 | 1 | Georg Regner | Austria | 22.6 | |
| | 1 | Eduardo González | Mexico | DNF | |
| 1 | 2 | Silvio Leonard | Cuba | 21.4 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Gheorghe Dulgheru | Romania | 22.0 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Andrew Ratcliffe | Australia | 22.08 | |
| 4 | 2 | Susumu Shimizu | Japan | 22.4 | |
| 5 | 2 | José Antônio Rabaca | Brazil | 22.8 | |
| 6 | 2 | Houshemy Yar Arshadi | Iran | 22.95 | |
| 7 | 2 | Sam Musoke | Uganda | 23.1 | |
| 1 | 3 | Wardell Gilbreath | United States | 21.03 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Bernd Borth | East Germany | 21.7 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Witold Ziendalski | Poland | 21.8 | q |
| 4 | 3 | Toma Petrescu | Romania | 21.9 | |
| 5 | 3 | Mohamed Hassan | Iraq | 23.1 | |
| 6 | 3 | Younis Abdallah Rabee | Kuwait | 23.40 | |
| 1 | 4 | Luigi Benedetti | Italy | 21.31 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Mark Lutz | United States | 21.39 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Vladimir Lovetskiy | Soviet Union | 21.66 | q |
| 4 | 4 | Lambert Micha | Belgium | 21.8 | |
| 5 | 4 | Uwe Schläfer | West Germany | 22.09 | |
| 6 | 4 | Wolfgang Rabe | East Germany | 22.10 | |
| 7 | 4 | Said Marvez Mir | Pakistan | 23.8 | |
| 1 | 5 | Klaus-Dieter Bieler | West Germany | 21.5 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | René Metz | France | 21.52 | Q, |
| 3 | 5 | Aleksandr Zhidkikh | Soviet Union | 21.5 | q |
| 4 | 5 | Pablo Bandomo | Cuba | 21.8 | |
| 5 | 5 | Jesús Rohena | Puerto Rico | 22.2 | |
| 6 | 5 | Doljinsouren Ganbat | Mongolia | 23.5 | |
| 1 | 6 | Reto Diezi | Switzerland | 21.43 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Jerzy Homziuk | Poland | 21.9 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Guillermo González | Puerto Rico | 21.9 | |
| 4 | 6 | Günther Würfel | Austria | 22.0 | |
| 5 | 6 | Yussif Issa Al-Hasawi | Kuwait | 23.1 | |
| 6 | 6 | Carlos Abbott | Costa Rica | 23.2 | |
| 7 | 6 | Michele Komane | Central African Republic | 23.6 | |

### Semifinals

Wind: Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Pietro Mennea | Italy | 20.88 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Silvio Leonard | Cuba | 21.10 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Wardell Gilbreath | United States | 21.12 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | René Metz | France | 21.36 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Reto Diezi | Switzerland | 21.62 | |
| 6 | 1 | Jerzy Homziuk | Poland | 21.6 | |
| 7 | 1 | Vladimir Lovetskiy | Soviet Union | 21.84 | |
| 1 | 2 | Chris Monk | Great Britain | 20.97 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Charles Ducasse | France | 21.05 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Luigi Benedetti | Italy | 21.13 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Mark Lutz | United States | 21.25 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Aleksandr Zhidkikh | Soviet Union | 21.46 | |
| 6 | 2 | Bernd Borth | East Germany | 21.62 | |
| 7 | 2 | Witold Ziendalski | Poland | 21.8 | |
| 8 | 2 | Gheorghe Dulgheru | Romania | 21.9 | |

### Final

Wind: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Pietro Mennea | Italy | 20.56 |
| | 5 | Chris Monk | Great Britain | 20.70 |
| | 2 | Wardell Gilbreath | United States | 20.80 |
| 4 | 3 | Charles Ducasse | France | 20.82 |
| 5 | 6 | Mark Lutz | United States | 20.88 |
| 6 | 7 | Luigi Benedetti | Italy | 20.97 |
| 7 | 1 | Silvio Leonard | Cuba | 21.11 |
| 8 | 8 | René Metz | France | 21.32 |