Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's shot put
# Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's shot put

The men's shot put event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow on 16 August.

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Valeriy Voykin | Soviet Union | 19.55 | 19.55 | 19.49 | 19.51 | 19.31 | 19.56 | 19.56 |
| | Leszek Gajdziński | Poland | | | | | | | 19.07 |
| | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | Soviet Union | | | | | | | 19.01 |
| 4 | Jesse Stuart | United States | | | | | | | 19.01 |
| 5 | Dana Leduc | United States | | | | | | | 18.43 |
| 6 | Josef Forst | West Germany | | | | | | | 17.85 |
| 7 | Nikola Khristov | Bulgaria | | | | | | | 17.55 |
| 8 | Michal Strýček | Czechoslovakia | | | | | | | 16.95 |
| 9 | Emad Ali Fayez | Egypt | | | | | | | 15.39 |
