Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow on 19 and 20 August.[1]
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  United States |
Thomas Whatley, Wardell Gilbreath, Larry Brown, Steve Riddick | 39.63 | Q |
| 2 | 1 |  Poland |
40.4 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 |  East Germany |
40.4 | q | |
| 4 | 1 |  Japan |
40.9 | ||
| 5 | 1 |  Belgium |
41.0 | ||
| 1 | 2 |  West Germany |
39.9 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 |  Italy |
Vincenzo Guerini, Luigi Benedetti, Sergio Morselli, Pietro Mennea | 40.1 | Q[2] |
| 3 | 2 |  Cuba |
40.4 | q | |
| 4 | 2 |  Kuwait |
43.7 | ||
| 2 |  Romania |
DNF | |||
| 1 | 3 |  Soviet Union |
Aleksandr Zhidkikh, Vladimir Lovetskiy, Juris Silovs, Vladimir Atamas | 39.63 | Q |
| 2 | 3 |  France |
Philippe Leroux, Marc Davidovici, Charles Ducasse, Jean-Pierre Grès | 39.98 | Q[3] |
| 3 | 3 |  Great Britain |
40.7 | ||
| 4 | 3 |  Mongolia |
42.6 | ||
| 3 |  Puerto Rico |
DNF |
Final
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
United States |
Thomas Whatley, Wardell Gilbreath, Larry Brown, Steve Riddick | 39.10 | UR |
 |
Soviet Union |
Aleksandr Zhidkikh, Vladimir Lovetskiy, Juris Silovs, Vladimir Atamas | 39.46 | |
 |
Italy |
Vincenzo Guerini, Luigi Benedetti, Sergio Morselli, Pietro Mennea | 39.55 | |
| 4 | France |
Philippe Leroux, Marc Davidovici, Charles Ducasse, Jean-Pierre Grès | 39.83 | |
| 5 | West Germany |
Klaus-Dieter Bieler, Günther Wessing, Uwe Schläfer, Klaus Ehl | 39.91 | |
| 6 | Poland |
40.3 | ||
| 7 | East Germany |
Thomas Munkelt, Bernd Borth, Wolfgang Rabe, Raimund Bethge | 40.61 | |
| Cuba |
DNF |
References
[edit]- ^ Results at Tilastopaja
- ^ "L'Universiade a metà azzurri" (in Italian). La Stampa. 20 August 1973. p. 9. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ French results
- ^ "Final results". The Central New Jersey Home News. 21 August 1973. p. 18. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "Final results". Chicago Tribune. 21 August 1973. p. 43. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "Nur ein Finale ohne einheimische Athleten" [Only one final without local athletes]. Leichtathletik (in German). 35/1973. Bartels & Wernitz: 1250–1251. 28 August 1973. ISSN 0343-5369.