The men's shot put event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow on 16 August.Results at Tilastopaja

Results Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Valeriy Voykin 19.55 19.55 19.49 19.51 19.31 19.56 19.56 Leszek Gajdziński 19.07 Aleksandr Baryshnikov 19.01 Second best throw: 18.93 m Jesse Stuart 19.01 Second best throw: 18.90 m Dana Leduc 18.43 Josef Forst 17.85 Nikola Khristov 17.55 Michal Strýček 16.95 Emad Ali Fayez 15.39

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