Athletics at the 1977 Summer Universiade – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1977 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on 22 and 23 August. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jozef Plachý   Czechoslovakia	Mike Kearns   Great Britain	Abderrahmane Morceli   Algeria

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Juhani Sams	Finland	3:40.6	Q [2]
2	1	Luis Medina	Cuba	3:41.0	Q
3	1	Paul Lawther	Great Britain	3:41.3	q
4	1	Vladimir Yerokhin	Soviet Union	3:42.6	q
5	1	Steve Lacy	United States	3:45.4
6	1	Imre Ötvös	Hungary	3:46.1
7	1	Toshifumi Shigenari	Japan	3:47.3
8	1	Ignacio Melesio	Mexico	3:49.6
9	1	Majid Abdi	Tunisia	4:02.4
10	1	K. P. Chandrosona	Sri Lanka	4:10.1
1	2	Jozef Plachý	Czechoslovakia	3:41.8	Q
2	2	Abderrahmane Morceli	Algeria	3:41.8	Q
3	2	Harald Hudak	West Germany	3:42.2	q
4	2	Valeriy Abramov	Soviet Union	3:43.6	q
5	2	Gheorghe Ghipu	Romania	3:46.6
6	2	Gabriele Ferrero	Italy	3:49.6
7	2	Klaas Lok	Netherlands	3:50.9
8	2	Takashi Ishii	Japan	3:52.4
9	2	Babacar Niang	Senegal	3:54.3
10	2	Samuel Nyariki	Kenya	3:55.9
1	3	Klaus-Peter Weippert	East Germany	3:46.1	Q
2	3	Vladimir Kanev	Bulgaria	3:46.1	Q
3	3	Henryk Wasilewski	Poland	3:46.2
4	3	Joost Borm	Netherlands	3:47.3
5	3	Francisco Gordillo	Spain	3:49.3
6	3	Tzvi Dauber	Israel	3:52.4
7	3	José Gómez	Mexico	3:57.0
8	3	Leonardo Sorbello	Italy	4:01.8
9	3	Abera Asres	Ethiopia	4:12.0
1	4	Mike Kearns	Great Britain	3:46.6	Q
2	4	Michael Lederer	West Germany	3:46.9	Q
3	4	Amar Brahmia	Algeria	3:47.9
4	4	Dimitar Minchev	Bulgaria	3:49.5
5	4	Imre Nagy	Hungary	3:49.8
6	4	Peter Spir	Canada	3:55.1
7	4	Jamie Botten	Australia	3:58.4	[3]
8	4	Mohsen Ouerfelli	Tunisia	3:59.2
9	4	Karl Schönenberger	Switzerland	4:13.8
10	4	Edwin Attard	Malta	4:14.5

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jozef Plachý	Czechoslovakia	3:40.2
	Mike Kearns	Great Britain	3:40.9
	Abderrahmane Morceli	Algeria	3:41.0
4	Luis Medina	Cuba	3:41.4
5	Juhani Sams	Finland	3:41.5
6	Klaus-Peter Weippert	East Germany	3:41.5
7	Vladimir Yerokhin	Soviet Union	3:41.7
8	Paul Lawther	Great Britain	3:41.8
9	Valeriy Abramov	Soviet Union	3:42.0
10	Vladimir Kanev	Bulgaria	3:42.3
11	Harald Hudak	West Germany	3:47.8
12	Michael Lederer	West Germany	3:56.0

References

1. Results at Tilastopaja
2. Year list
3. Australian results
4. "Final results". Chicago Tribune. 24 August 1977. p. 64. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
5. "Final results". The San Bernardino County Sun. 24 August 1977. p. 52. Retrieved 22 March 2020.