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 discus throw event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow on 17 and 18 August.^[1][2][3]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Viktor Zhurba  Soviet Union	Gunnar Müller  East Germany	Ferenc Tégla  Hungary

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Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	?	Viktor Zhurba	Soviet Union	58.74
2	?	Ferenc Tégla	Hungary	57.54
3	?	Mark Wilkins	United States	57.14
4	?	Silvano Simeon	Italy	56.94
5	?	Gunnar Müller	East Germany	56.76
6	?	Markku Tuokko	Finland	56.34
7	?	Jim Penrose	United States	55.68
8	?	Velislav Prokhaska	Bulgaria	55.52
9	?	Ain Roost	Canada	55.48
10	?	Igor Spasovkhodskiy	Soviet Union	55.36
11	?	Frédéric Piette	France	54.88	[5]
12	?	Zdravko Pečar	Yugoslavia	54.66
13	?	Leszek Gajdziński	Poland	54.64
14	?	Emil Vladimirov	Bulgaria	53.50
15	?	Michel Chabrier	France	51.56	[5]
16	?	Thomas Andersson	Finland	49.58

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Viktor Zhurba	Soviet Union	61.60
	Gunnar Müller	East Germany	59.72
	Ferenc Tégla	Hungary	59.48
4	Silvano Simeon	Italy	58.20
5	Markku Tuokko	Finland	58.16
6	Igor Spasovkhodskiy	Soviet Union	57.80
7	Zdravko Pečar	Yugoslavia	57.72
8	Ain Roost	Canada	56.12
9	Jim Penrose	United States	55.92
10	Velislav Prokhaska	Bulgaria	55.66
11	Frédéric Piette	France	55.22	[5]
12	Mark Wilkins	United States	55.20