Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow with the final on 16 August. ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Dane Korica	Yugoslavia	28:48.90	UR
	Norman Morrison	Great Britain	28:48.99
	Patrick Kiingi	Kenya	28:50.80
4	Richard Bowerman	United States	28:56.42
5	Charles Maguire	United States	28:57.18
6	Sergio González	Mexico	28:59.36
7	Vadim Mochalov	Soviet Union	29:00.27	[7]
8	Giuseppe Ardizzone	Italy	29:16.2
9	Carlos García	Spain	29:17.4
10	Antonino Mangano	Italy	29:18.2	[8]
11	Peter Fredriksson	Sweden	29:21.4
12	Peter Suchan	Czechoslovakia	29:25.6
13	Tom Howard	Canada	29:29.9
14	Takeo Koga	Japan	29:34.8
15	Brian Cole	Great Britain	29:48.0
16	Petras Simonelis	Soviet Union	29:49.70	[7]
17	Brendan Layh	Australia	29:54.03	[9]
18	Zbigniew Pierzynka	Poland	29:56.0
19	Francisco Assis	Portugal	30:49.8
20	Cherif Benali	Algeria	31:17.6
21	Mohammad Vodjdanzadeh	Iran	31:22.4
22	Gabor Bathori	Hungary	32:04.6
23	Mohamed Koivogui	Guinea	36:37.0