The 1973 World Modern Pentathlon Championships were held in London, Great Britain.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	Pavel Lednev (URS)	Vladimir Shmelyov (URS)	Boris Onishchenko (URS)
Team	Soviet Union Pavel Lednev Vladimir Shmelyov Boris Onishchenko	West Germany Wolfgang Köpcke Heiner Thade Gerhard Werner	Hungary László Horváth Peter Kelemen Tibor Maracskó

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	2	1	1	4
2	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	0	1
3	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6