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Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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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

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Heats

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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

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Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States Thomas Whatley, Wardell Gilbreath, Larry Brown, Steve Riddick 39.10 UR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union Aleksandr Zhidkikh, Vladimir Lovetskiy, Juris Silovs, Vladimir Atamas 39.46
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

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  1. ^ Results at Tilastopaja
  2. ^ "L'Universiade a metà azzurri" (in Italian). La Stampa. 20 August 1973. p. 9. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  3. ^ French results
  4. ^ "Final results". The Central New Jersey Home News. 21 August 1973. p. 18. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Final results". Chicago Tribune. 21 August 1973. p. 43. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  6. ^ "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.