The 1973 World Archery Championships was the 27th edition of the event. It was held in Grenoble, France on 23–29 July 1973 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA).

It was the first World Championships to be held since Archery became an Olympic sport.^[1]

Medals summary

Recurve

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual	Victor Sidoruk  Soviet Union	Kyösti Laasonen  Finland	Stephen Lieberman  United States
Women's individual	Linda Myers  United States	Valentina Kovpan  Soviet Union	Emma Gapchenko  Soviet Union
Men's team	United States Stephen Lieberman Edwin Murray Eliason Larry Smith	Soviet Union Victor Sidoruk Alexandr Panzhin Alexandr Aulov	Finland Kyösti Laasonen Aaro Myllymaki Emiel Vercaigne
Women's team	Soviet Union Valentina Kovpan Emma Gapchenko Keto Lossaberidze	United States Linda Myers Doreen Wilber Debbie Green	United Kingdom Pauline Edwards Barbara Strickland Pam White

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	2	2	1	5
2	United States	2	1	1	4
3	Finland	0	1	1	2
4	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		4	4	4	12