Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow on 16 and 17 August.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Juris Silovs  Soviet Union	Silvio Leonard  Cuba	Pietro Mennea  Italy

Results

Heats

Wind:
Heat 2: +0.3 m/s, Heat 6: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Lajos Grésa	Hungary	10.47	Q[3]
2	1	Thomas Whatley	United States	10.51	Q[4]
3	1	Takao Ishizawa	Japan	10.57	q
4	1	Bernd Borth	East Germany	10.67	q
1	2	Vladimir Atamas	Soviet Union	10.53	Q[4]
2	2	Silvio Leonard	Cuba	10.59	Q
4	2	Reto Diezi	Switzerland	10.78	[5]
1	3	Juris Silovs	Soviet Union	10.53	Q[3]
2	3	Pablo Montes	Cuba	10.55	Q
3	3	Jean-Pierre Grès	France	10.77	[6]
4	3	Wolfgang Rabe	East Germany	10.80
1	4	Klaus Ehl	West Germany	10.66	Q
2	4	Steve Riddick	United States	10.77	Q[7]
3	4	Vincenzo Guerini	Italy	10.87
1	5	Jerzy Homziuk	Poland	10.83	Q
2	5	Günther Wessing	West Germany	10.87	Q
1	6	Pietro Mennea	Italy	10.55	Q[8]
2	6	Chris Monk	Great Britain	10.60	Q
3	6	René Metz	France	10.76	q, 0.0[6]
4	6	Andrew Ratcliffe	Australia	10.92	[9]

Semifinals

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Wind:
Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +2.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Juris Silovs	Soviet Union	10.33	Q[4]
2	2	Lajos Grésa	Hungary	10.44	Q[4]
3	2	Silvio Leonard	Cuba	10.52	Q[3]
4	2	Steve Riddick	United States	10.55	q
5	1	Vladimir Atamas	Soviet Union	10.58	Q
6	1	Pablo Montes	Cuba	10.58	Q
7	1	Pietro Mennea	Italy	10.59	Q
8	2	Takao Ishizawa	Japan	10.61	q
9	1	Thomas Whatley	United States	10.63
10	1	Chris Monk	Great Britain	10.64
11	1	Klaus Ehl	West Germany	10.66
12	2	René Metz	France	10.71
13	2	Bernd Borth	East Germany	10.71
14	1	Shintai	Japan	10.78
15	2	Günther Wessing	West Germany	10.79
	1	Jerzy Homziuk	Poland	?

Final

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Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Juris Silovs	Soviet Union	10.37
	Silvio Leonard	Cuba	10.43
	Pietro Mennea	Italy	10.48
4	Steve Riddick	United States	10.53
5	Vladimir Atamas	Soviet Union	10.56
6	Pablo Montes	Cuba	10.59
7	Lajos Grésa	Hungary	10.61
8	Takao Ishizawa	Japan	10.68

References

1. "Zweite Plätze für Schiitenhelm und Karst" [Second places for Schiitenhelm und Karst]. Leichtathletik (in German). Bartels & Wernitz. 34/1973: 1202–1204. 21 August 1973. ISSN 0343-5369.
2. "Nur ein Finale ohne einheimische Athleten" [Only one final without local athletes]. Leichtathletik (in German). Bartels & Wernitz. 35/1973: 1250–1251. 28 August 1973. ISSN 0343-5369.
3. ATFS Annual 1974. 1974.
4. Year list
5. "Vreni Leiser und Beat Pfister im Halbfinal" (in German). Zurich Die Tat. 19 August 1973. p. 10. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
6. French results
7. "American results". Hartford Courant. 17 August 1973. p. 53. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
8. "I risultati delle gare di ieri" (in Italian). La Stampa. 17 August 1973. p. 14. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
9. Australian results
10. "Semifinals results". Spokane Chronicle. 18 August 1973. p. 10. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
11. "El frncés Tracanelli (5'42) segunda mejor marca del año" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 18 August 1973. p. 11. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
12. "Final results". Poughkeepsie Journal. 18 August 1973. p. 16. Retrieved 20 April 2020.