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

The women'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]^[2]

Results

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	East Germany		44.4	Q
2	1	West Germany		45.0	Q
3	1	United States		45.4	Q
4	1	Italy	Paola Bolognesi, Laura Nappi, Maddalena Grassano, Cecilia Molinari	45.7	^[3]
1	2	Soviet Union	Tatyana Chernikova, Lyudmila Zharkova, Marina Sidorova, Nadezhda Besfamilnaya	43.86	Q^[4]
2	2	Poland		44.5	Q
3	2	Cuba		45.0	Q
	2	Canada		DQ

Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	Soviet Union	Tatyana Chernikova, Lyudmila Zharkova, Marina Sidorova, Nadezhda Besfamilnaya	43.99	^[4]
	Poland	Ewa Długołęcka, Barbara Bakulin, Urszula Styranka, Maria Żukowska	44.42	^[4]
	East Germany	Annerose Krumpholz, Ellen Stropahl, Bärbel Struppert, Doris Maletzki	44.44	^[4]
4	West Germany	Christiane Krause, Sigrid Goydke, Annegret Richter, Elfgard Schittenhelm	44.60
5	Cuba		44.86
6	United States	Madeline Render, Pamelo Green, Rochelle Davis, Kathy Lawson	44.95
7	Italy	Paola Bolognesi, Laura Nappi, Maddalena Grassano, Cecilia Molinari	45.79	^[7]

^ "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.
^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ "L'Universiade a metà azzurri" (in Italian). La Stampa. 20 August 1973. p. 9. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p144)
^ "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.
^ "Maratona fra Italia e Bulgaria con scenimenti e contestazioni" (in Italian). La Stampa. 21 August 1973. p. 9. Retrieved 20 November 2020.