De 4e wereldkampioenschappen schaatsen sprint werden in 1973 op 3 en 4 februari gehouden op de ijsbaan Valle Hovin Kunstisbane in Oslo.
| # | Schaatser | Land | 500m | 1000m | 500m | 1000m | Punten |
1  | Valeri Moeratov |  Sovjet-Unie | 39,66 (1) | 1.22,00 (3) | 39,79 (4) | 1.21,62 (4) | 161,260 |
2  | Jos Valentijn |  Nederland | 39,80 (3) | 1.21,80 (1) | 40,00 (5) | 1.21,59 (2) | 161,495 |
3  | Eppie Bleeker | Nederland | 40,34 (9) | 1.21,84 (2) | 40,11 (6) | 1.21,11 (1) | 161,925 |
| 4 | Lasse Efskind |  Noorwegen | 39,80 (3) | 1.23,33 (9) | 39,75 (3) | 1.21,61 (3) | 162,020 |
| 5 | Per Bjørang | Noorwegen | 39,74 (2) | 1.23,25 (8) | 39,72 (2) | 1.23,30 (17) | 162,735 |
| 6 | Johan Granath |  Zweden | 40,63 (12) | 1.22,31 (4) | 40,59 (12) | 1.22,41 (6) | 163,580 |
| 7 | Vladimir Komarov | Sovjet-Unie | 40,07 (6) | 1.23,69 (11) | 40,16 (7) | 1.23,17 (14) | 163,660 |
| 8 | Göran Claeson | Zweden | 40,93 (17) | 1.22,89 (6) | 40,77 (15) | 1.21,90 (5) | 164,095 |
| 9 | Masaki Suzuki |  Japan | 40,37 (10) | 1.24,68 (19) | 40,16 (7) | 1.22,86 (9) | 164,300 |
| 10 | Mats Wallberg | Zweden | 40,30 (7) | 1.23,98 (15) | 40,51 (10) | 1.23,19 (16) | 164,395 |
| 11 | Horst Freese |  West-Duitsland | 40,51 (11) | 1.23,34 (10) | 40,73 (14) | 1.23,05 (12) | 164,435 |
| 12 | Ole Christian Iversen | Noorwegen | 40,64 (13) | 1.23,13 (7) | 40,97 (18) | 1.22,62 (7) | 164,485 |
| 13 | Dan Immerfall |  Verenigde Staten | 39,86 (5) | 1.25,73 (23) | 39,70 (1) | 1.25,33 (24) | 165,090 |
| 14 | Vladimir Kasjtsjej | Sovjet-Unie | 40,33 (8) | 1.23,98 (15) | 40,42 (9) | 1.24,92 (21) | 165,200 |
| 15 | Jan Bazen | Nederland | 41,04 (21) | 1.24,23 (17) | 40,59 (12) | 1.23,18 (15) | 165,335 |
| 16 | Hans van Helden | Nederland | 41,38 (25) | 1.22,81 (5) | 41,35 (24) | 1.22,63 (8) | 165,450 |
| 17 | Joeri Moeratov | Sovjet-Unie | 40,84 (16) | 1.25,41 (21) | 40,57 (11) | 1.23,01 (11) | 165,620 |
| 18 | Oloph Granath | Zweden | 40,75 (14) | 1.23,86 (13) | 40,97 (18) | 1.23,98 (18) | 165,640 |
| 19 | Bill Lanigan | Verenigde Staten | 40,96 (18) | 1.23,94 (14) | 41,31 (23) | 1.22,89 (10) | 165,685 |
| 20 | Gary Jonland | Verenigde Staten | 41,24 (24) | 1.23,75 (12) | 41,26 (22) | 1.23,08 (13) | 165,915 |
| 21 | Arnulf Sunde | Noorwegen | 41,00 (19) | 1.25,50 (22) | 40,93 (17) | 1.25,18 (22) | 167,270 |
| 22 | Johnny Olof | Nederland | 41,17 (23) | 1.24,79 (20) | 41,66 (28) | 1.24,84 (20) | 167,645 |
| 23 | Håkan Holmgren | Zweden | 41,02 (20) | 1.26,06 (26) | 41,06 (20) | 1.25,55 (27) | 167,885 |
| 24 | Klaus Knauer |  DDR | 41,11 (22) | 1.26,82 (33) | 40,88 (16) | 1.25,44 (26) | 168,120 |
| 25 | Gerard Cassan |  Canada | 40,81 (15) | 1.27,46 (35) | 41,61 (26) | 1.25,22 (23) | 168,760 |
| 26 | Hans Lichtenstern | West-Duitsland | 41,41 (26) | 1.26,52 (32) | 41,22 (21) | 1.25,85 (30) | 168,815 |
| 27 | Colin Coates |  Australië | 42,39 (32) | 1.24,60 (18) | 42,30 (34) | 1.24,76 (19) | 169,370 |
| 28 | John Cassidy | Canada | 42,03 (30) | 1.26,30 (30) | 41,62 (27) | 1.26,06 (32) | 169,830 |
| 29 | Archie Marshall |  Verenigd Koninkrijk | 41,87 (27) | 1.26,15 (29) | 41,99 (31) | 1.25,80 (29) | 169,835 |
| 30 | Roland Brychcy | DDR | 41,97 (28) | 1.26,03 (25) | 41,71 (29) | 1.26,67 (35) | 170,030 |
| 31 | Shigeki Kobayashi | Japan | 42,81 (35) | 1.26,33 (31) | 42,67 (37) | 1.25,34 (25) | 171,315 |
| 32 | Hansruedi Widmer |  Zwitserland | 42,24 (31) | 1.28,18 (37) | 42,21 (33) | 1.27,10 (36) | 172,090 |
| 33 | Jan Trzebunia |  Polen | 42,71 (33) | 1.27,38 (34) | 42,19 (32) | 1.27,15 (37) | 172,165 |
| 34 | Simo Rinne |  Finland | 42,02 (29) | 1.28,98 (38) | 42,42 (35) | 1.26,61 (34) | 172,235 |
| 35 | Jorma Veistola | Finland | 42,76 (34) | 1.26,08 (27) | 42,98 (38) | 1.27,76 (38) | 172,660 |
| 36 | Henryk Szandala | Polen | 50,78 (36f) | 1.27,61 (36) | 42,55 (36) | 1.26,57 (33) | 180,420 |
| 37 | Johan Lind | Noorwegen | 56,45 (37f) | 1.26,11 (28) | 41,37 (25) | 1.25,97 (31) | 183,860 |
| 38 | Kari Hujanen | Finland | 1.11,99 (38f) | 1.25,91 (24) | 41,93 (30) | 1.25,61 (28) | 199,680 |
| # | Schaatsster | Land | 500m | 1000m | 500m | 1000m | Punten |
| 1 | Sheila Young | Verenigde Staten | 43,34 (1) | 1.30,45 (1) | 43,37 (1) | 1.31,16 (2) | 177,515 |
| 2 | Atje Keulen-Deelstra | Nederland | 44,92 (3) | 1.30,74 (2) | 44,33 (3) | 1.31,55 (4) | 180,395 |
| 3 | Monika Pflug | West-Duitsland | 45,22 (6) | 1.32,50 (5) | 44,82 (7) | 1.29,87 (1) | 181,225 |
| 4 | Sylvia Burka | Canada | 44,70 (2) | 1.32,43 (3) | 44,66 (6) | 1.32,94 (8) | 182,045 |
| 5 | Leah Poulos | Verenigde Staten | 45,28 (8) | 1.33,39 (7) | 44,34 (4) | 1.33,54 (11) | 183,085 |
| 6 | Trijnie Rep | Nederland | 45,66 (9) | 1.32,48 (4) | 45,49 (11) | 1.31,63 (6) | 183,205 |
| 7 | Ljoebov Sadtsjikova | Sovjet-Unie | 46,19 (17) | 1.33,61 (8) | 45,07 (8) | 1.31,57 (5) | 183,850 |
| 8 | Ellie van den Brom | Nederland | 46,11 (15) | 1.32,55 (6) | 45,95 (12) | 1.31,42 (3) | 184,045 |
| 9 | Sigrid Sundby | Noorwegen | 45,25 (7) | 1.33,99 (12) | 45,37 (9) | 1.33,21 (9) | 184,220 |
| 10 | Kay Lunda | Verenigde Staten | 45,00 (5) | 1.33,94 (11) | 45,41 (10) | 1.33,85 (14) | 184,305 |
| 11 | Vera Soerovikina | Sovjet-Unie | 45,93 (12) | 1.33,80 (9) | 46,02 (15) | 1.32,66 (7) | 185,180 |
| 12 | Vera Krasnova | Sovjet-Unie | 44,98 (4) | 1.36,84 (26) | 44,55 (5) | 1.35,23 (21) | 185,565 |
| 13 | Ann-Sofie Järnström | Zweden | 45,76 (10) | 1.34,68 (15) | 45,96 (13) | 1.33,95 (15) | 186,035 |
| 14 | Satomi Koike | Japan | 46,12 (16) | 1.34,43 (13) | 46,32 (19) | 1.33,58 (12) | 186,445 |
| 15 | Yoshiko Onozawa | Japan | 46,07 (14) | 1.35,23 (20) | 46,07 (17) | 1.33,67 (13) | 186,590 |
| 16 | Lena Andersson | Zweden | 45,84 (11) | 1.36,55 (25) | 45,96 (13) | 1.35,00 (18) | 187,575 |
| 17 | Connie Carpenter | Verenigde Staten | 46,41 (18) | 1.34,84 (18) | 46,40 (21) | 1.35,43 (22) | 187,945 |
| 18 | Erwina Ryś | Polen | 46,69 (22) | 1.34,81 (16) | 46,61 (22) | 1.34,75 (17) | 188,080 |
| 19 | Lisbeth Berg | Noorwegen | 46,49 (20) | 1.35,74 (22) | 46,21 (18) | 1.35,17 (20) | 188,155 |
| 20 | Gayle Gordon | Canada | 46,45 (19) | 1.36,33 (24) | 46,02 (15) | 1.35,44 (23) | 188,355 |
| 21 | Alla Boetova | Sovjet-Unie | 46,01 (13) | 1.35,14 (19) | 46,37 (20) | 1.37,56 (26) | 188,730 |
| 22 | Wanda Król | Polen | 46,68 (21) | 1.36,14 (23) | 46,67 (23) | 1.35,11 (19) | 188,975 |
| 23 | Sippie Tigchelaar | Nederland | 47,17 (26) | 1.33,92 (10) | 47,81 (26) | 1.34,15 (16) | 189,015 |
| 24 | Sylvia Filipsson | Zweden | 46,97 (24) | 1.34,81 (16) | 47,02 (25) | 1.36,50 (25) | 189,645 |
| 25 | Peggy Crowe | Verenigde Staten | 46,98 (25) | 1.39,11 (28) | 46,88 (24) | 1.38,74 (28) | 192,785 |
| 26 | Cecilie Funnemark | Noorwegen | 46,74 (23) | 1.39,37 (29) | 48,27 (28) | 1.40,74 (29) | 195,065 |
| 27 | Cathy Priestner | Canada | 1.01,29 (DQ) | 1.34,54 (14) | 44,30 (2) | 1.33,22 (10) | 199,470 |
| 28 | Monika Stützle | West-Duitsland | 1.01,29 (28f) | 1.37,50 (27) | 48,19 (27) | 1.38,02 (27) | 207,240 |
| 29 | Sijtje van der Lende | Nederland | 47,81 (27) | 1.35,62 (21) | 1.11,41 (29f) | 1.35,47 (24) | 214,765 |
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