title: Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's discus throw
text: # Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's discus throw
  
  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.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Viktor Zhurba Soviet Union | Gunnar Müller East Germany | Ferenc Tégla Hungary |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualification
  
  | Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | Result |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 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 |
  | 12 | ? | Zdravko Pečar | Yugoslavia | 54.66 |
  | 13 | ? | Leszek Gajdziński | Poland | 54.64 |
  | 14 | ? | Emil Vladimirov | Bulgaria | 53.50 |
  | 15 | ? | Michel Chabrier | France | 51.56 |
  | 16 | ? | Thomas Andersson | Finland | 49.58 |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | 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 |
  | 12 | Mark Wilkins | United States | 55.20 |
  