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

The women'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 |
| Mona-Lisa Pursiainen Finland | Elfgard Schittenhelm West Germany | Ellen Stropahl East Germany |

## Results
### Heats

Held on 16 August
Wind: Heat 1: +1.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +1.2 m/s, Heat 4: ? m/s, Heat 5: -1.3 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Mona-Lisa Pursiainen | Finland | 11.29 | Q, UR |
| 2 | 1 | Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | Soviet Union | 11.52 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Denise Robertson | Australia | 11.73 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Christine Kepplinger | Austria | 12.5 | |
| 5 | 1 | Louise Wanyeki | Kenya | 13.8 | |
| 6 | 1 | Fatoumata Korouma | Guinea | 14.8 | |
| 1 | 2 | Lyudmila Maslakova | Soviet Union | 11.65 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Christiane Krause | West Germany | 11.88 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Catherine Delachanal | France | 12.09 | |
| 4 | 2 | Paola Bolognesi | Italy | 12.3 | |
| 5 | 2 | Diva Bishop | Panama | 12.5 | |
| 1 | 3 | Silvia Chivás | Cuba | 11.57 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Cecilia Molinari | Italy | 11.68 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Kathy Lawson | United States | 11.75 | q |
| 4 | 3 | Ewa Długołęcka | Poland | 11.95 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Brigitte Mariot | France | 12.28 | |
| 1 | 4 | Doris Maletzki | East Germany | 11.78 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Carmen Valdés | Cuba | 11.86 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Patty Loverock | Canada | 11.86 | q |
| 4 | 4 | Mattiline Render | United States | 11.94 | q |
| 5 | 4 | Urszula Styranka | Poland | 11.96 | |
| 1 | 5 | Elfgard Schittenhelm | West Germany | 11.54 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Ellen Stropahl | East Germany | 11.60 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Yordanka Yankova | Bulgaria | 11.75 | q |
| 4 | 5 | Linda Barratt | Great Britain | 12.8 | |

### Semifinals

Held on 17 August
Wind: Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Elfgard Schittenhelm | West Germany | 11.52 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | Soviet Union | 11.59 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Denise Robertson | Australia | 11.64 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Doris Maletzki | East Germany | 11.71 | |
| 5 | 1 | Cecilia Molinari | Italy | 11.72 | |
| 6 | 1 | Carmen Valdés | Cuba | 11.7 | |
| 7 | 1 | Mattiline Render | United States | 11.9 | |
| | 1 | Yordanka Yankova | Bulgaria | ? | |
| 1 | 2 | Mona-Lisa Pursiainen | Finland | 11.34 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Silvia Chivás | Cuba | 11.63 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Lyudmila Maslakova | Soviet Union | 11.68 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Ellen Stropahl | East Germany | 11.69 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Patty Loverock | Canada | 11.7 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Kathy Lawson | United States | 11.90 | |
| 7 | 2 | Christiane Krause | West Germany | 11.9 | |
| 8 | 2 | Ewa Długołęcka | Poland | 12.1 | |

### Final

Held on 17 August
Wind: -0.6 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Mona-Lisa Pursiainen | Finland | 11.41 |
| | Elfgard Schittenhelm | West Germany | 11.62 |
| | Ellen Stropahl | East Germany | 11.63 |
| 4 | Silvia Chivás | Cuba | 11.66 |
| 5 | Lyudmila Maslakova | Soviet Union | 11.73 |
| 6 | Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | Soviet Union | 11.73 |
| 7 | Denise Robertson | Australia | 11.77 |
| 8 | Patty Loverock | Canada | 11.82 |