Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow on 18, 19 and 20 August.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pietro Mennea  Italy	Chris Monk  Great Britain	Wardell Gilbreath  United States

Results

Heats

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s, Heat 4: -1.5 m/s, Heat 5: -0.5 m/s, Heat 6: ? m/s

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Chris Monk	Great Britain	20.87	Q[3]
2	1	Pietro Mennea	Italy	21.09	Q
3	1	Charles Ducasse	France	21.31	q[4]
1	2	Silvio Leonard	Cuba	21.4	Q
3	2	Andrew Ratcliffe	Australia	22.08	[5]
1	3	Wardell Gilbreath	United States	21.03	Q
2	3	Bernd Borth	East Germany	21.7	Q
1	4	Luigi Benedetti	Italy	21.31	Q
2	4	Mark Lutz	United States	21.39	Q
3	4	Vladimir Lovetskiy	Soviet Union	21.66	q[6]
4	4	Lambert Micha	Belgium	21.8
5	4	Schläfer	West Germany	22.1
6	4	Wolfgang Rabe	East Germany	22.1
1	5	Klaus-Dieter Bieler	West Germany	21.5	Q
2	5	René Metz	France	21.52	Q, [4]
3	5	Aleksandr Zhidkikh	Soviet Union	21.5	q
1	6	Reto Diezi	Switzerland	21.43	Q[7]

Semifinals

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Pietro Mennea	Italy	20.88	Q[3]
2	1	Silvio Leonard	Cuba	21.10	Q
3	1	Wardell Gilbreath	United States	21.12	Q
4	1	René Metz	France	21.36	Q[4]
5	1	Reto Diezi	Switzerland	21.62	[8]
7	1	Vladimir Lovetskiy	Soviet Union	21.84	[6]
1	2	Chris Monk	Great Britain	20.97	Q
2	2	Charles Ducasse	France	21.05	Q[4]
3	2	Luigi Benedetti	Italy	21.13	Q
4	2	Mark Lutz	United States	21.25	Q[9]
5	2	Aleksandr Zhidkikh	Soviet Union	21.46	[6]

Final

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Wind: +0.1 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Pietro Mennea	Italy	20.56
	5	Chris Monk	Great Britain	20.70
	2	Wardell Gilbreath	United States	20.80
4	3	Charles Ducasse	France	20.82
5	6	Mark Lutz	United States	20.88
6	7	Luigi Benedetti	Italy	20.97
7	1	Silvio Leonard	Cuba	21.11
8	8	René Metz	France	21.32

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. Year list
4. French results
5. Australian results
6. Soviet results (p32)
7. "Alle Schweizer vorzeitig ausgeschieden" (in German). Brig Glis Walliser Volksfreund. 20 August 1973. p. 8. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
8. "Die Universiade" (in German). Brig Glis Walliser Bote. 21 August 1973. p. 5. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
9. "Semifinals results". The Boston Globe. 20 August 1973. p. 25. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
10. "Final results". The Central New Jersey Home News. 21 August 1973. p. 18. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
11. "Final results". Chicago Tribune. 21 August 1973. p. 43. Retrieved 8 April 2020.