# Swimming at the 1973 Summer Universiade

The swimming competition at the 1973 Summer Universiade took place in Moscow, USSR in August 1973.

## Men's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Vladimir Bure Soviet Union | 52.03 | Kenneth Knox United States | 52.90 | Dean Anderson United States | 53.31 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Jack Tingley United States | 4:02.87 | Aleksandr Samsonov Soviet Union | 4:12.09 | José Namorado Brazil | 4:12.74 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | Jack Tingley United States | 16:02.20 | Anton Van Klooster Netherlands | 16:30.03 | Jim McConica United States | 16:37.79 |
| 100 m backstroke details | David Johnson United States | 59.94 | Igor Potyakin Soviet Union | 1:00.59 | Erik Fish Canada | 1:00.67 |
| 200 m backstroke details | David Johnson United States | 2:10.53 | Steve Furniss United States | 2:12.72 | John Hawes Canada | 2:13.93 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Nikolai Pankin Soviet Union | 1:06.67 | Igor Tcherdakov Soviet Union | 1:07.19 | Mark Chatfield United States | 1:07.74 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Nikolai Pankin Soviet Union | 2:23.81 | Igor Tcherdakov Soviet Union | 2:24.06 | Felipe Muñoz Mexico | 2:27.89 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Allan Poucher United States | 56.36 | Byron MacDonald Canada | 57.17 | Pat O'Connor United States | 57.77 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Allen Poucher United States | 2:05.67 | Folkert Meeuw West Germany | 2:06.53 | Viktor Sharygin Soviet Union | 2:09.00 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Sergei Zacharov Soviet Union | 4:37.96 | Steve Furniss United States | 4:39.54 | Lee Engstrand United States | 4:40.13 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay details | United States (USA) Mark Elliot Elliot Tietre Dean Anderson Kenneth Knox | - | Soviet Union (URS) | - | West Germany (FRG) | - |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay details | Soviet Union (URS) | 7:43.28 | United States (USA) Mark Elliot Elliot Reeder Jack Tingley Steve Furniss | 7:43.61 | Brazil (BRA) José Namorado José Aranha James Huxley Adams Alfredo Machado | 8:02.06 |
| 4×100 m medley relay details | United States (USA) David Johnson Mark Chatfield Allan Poucher Kenneth Knox | 3:55.15 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3:56.07 | West Germany (FRG) | 4:02.65 |
Legend: CR – Championship record; CWR – Commonwealth record; NR – National record

## Women's events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m freestyle details | Sally Tuttle United States | 1:00.33 | Jutta Weber West Germany | 1:00.59 | Heidi Reineck West Germany | 1:00.82 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Ann Simmons United States | 4:28.80 | Jill Strong United States | 4:39.15 | Nadezhda Matyukhina Soviet Union | 4:41.56 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Mary Feldman United States | 1:07.04 | Elizabeth Tullis United States | 1:07.38 | Benedicte Duprez France | 1:09.65 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Lyubov Rusanova Soviet Union | 1:15.54 | Catherine Carr United States | 1:15.60 | Galina Stepanova Soviet Union | 1:17.03 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Catherine Carr United States | 2:42.30 | Lyudmila Porubayko Soviet Union | 2:42.68 | Robyn Farrell Australia | 2:48.49 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Irene Arden United States | 1:06.05 | Cathy Corcione United States | 1:07.34 | Alexandra Meerzon Soviet Union | 1:07.46 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Susie Atwood United States | 2:26.38 | Catherine Carr United States | 2:28.65 | Birutė Užkuraitytė Soviet Union | 2:29.30 |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay details | United States (USA) Cathy Corcione Elizabeth Tullis Eadie Wetsel Sally Tuttle | 4:01.04 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:07.83 | West Germany (FRG) | 4:10.41 |
| 4×100 m medley relay details | United States (USA) Elizabeth Tullis Catherine Carr Irene Arden Sally Tuttle | 4:29.78 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4:31.27 | West Germany (FRG) | 4:46.63 |
Legend: CR – Championship record; CWR – Commonwealth record; NR – National record

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 16 | 9 | 5 | 30 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |