The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow on 19 and 20 August.Results at Tilastopaja

Results Heats Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 1 Thomas Whatley, Wardell Gilbreath, Larry Brown, Steve Riddick 39.63 Q 2 1 40.4 Q 3 1 40.4 q 4 1 40.9 5 1 41.0 1 2 39.9 Q 2 2 Vincenzo Guerini, Luigi Benedetti, Sergio Morselli, Pietro Mennea 40.1 Q 3 2 40.4 q 4 2 43.7 2 1 3 Aleksandr Zhidkikh, Vladimir Lovetskiy, Juris Silovs, Vladimir Atamas 39.63 Q 2 3 Philippe Leroux, Marc Davidovici, Charles Ducasse, Jean-Pierre Grès 39.98 QFrench results 3 3 40.7 4 3 42.6 3

Final

Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes Thomas Whatley, Wardell Gilbreath, Larry Brown, Steve Riddick 39.10 UR Aleksandr Zhidkikh, Vladimir Lovetskiy, Juris Silovs, Vladimir Atamas 39.46 Vincenzo Guerini, Luigi Benedetti, Sergio Morselli, Pietro Mennea 39.55 4 Philippe Leroux, Marc Davidovici, Charles Ducasse, Jean-Pierre Grès 39.83 5 Klaus-Dieter Bieler, Günther Wessing, Uwe Schläfer, Klaus Ehl 39.91 6 40.3 7 Thomas Munkelt, Bernd Borth, Wolfgang Rabe, Raimund Bethge 40.61

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