Athletics events were contested at the 1973 Summer Universiade in Moscow, Soviet Union, between 16 and 20 August.
Medal summary Men's events 10.3710.4310.4820.5620.7020.8045.3646.3246.391:46.881:47.291:47.513:42.32 UR3:42.703:43.2013:41.2513:41.8713:43.6028:48.9028:48.9928:50.8013.6913.7313.8049.6249.9450.548:26.498:28.328:28.66Thomas WhatleyWardell GilbreathLarry BrownSteve Riddick39.10 URAleksandr ZhidkikhVladimir LovetskiyJuris SilovsVladimir Atamas39.46Vincenzo GueriniLuigi BenedettiSergio MorselliPietro Mennea39.55Mark LutzDarwin BondRon JenkinsDennis Schultz3:04.40David JenkinsJoe ChiversStephen BlackStewart McCallum3:05.38Franz-Josef GleenSiegfried GötzWolfgang DruschkyBernd Herrmann3:06.112.182.182.155.425.308.157.857.8517.2017.0016.7619.5619.0719.0161.6059.7259.4872.4271.8271.1880.0879.6578.36796579037825
Women's events 11.4111.6211.6322.3922.7222.7352.0452.8253.441:59.522:00.192:00.854:10.694:12.504:13.5013.2313.3813.50Tatyana ChernikovaLyudmila ZharkovaMarina SidorovaNadezhda Besfamilnaya43.99Ewa DługołęckaBarbara BakulinUrszula StyrankaMaria Żukowska44.42Annerose KrumpholzEllen StropahlBärbel StruppertDoris Maletzki44.441.841.841.816.636.516.4820.82 UR18.6418.3164.5463.9259.2662.0060.3459.04462944444370
Medal table
References World Student Games (Universiade - Men) - GBR Athletics World Student Games (Universiade - Women) - GBR Athletics