Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 8 and 9 September 1979. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Graham Williamson   Great Britain	Pierre Délèze   Switzerland	Richie Harris   United States

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Graham Williamson	Great Britain	3:53.76	Q
2	1	Pierre Délèze	Switzerland	3:53.79	Q
3	2	Richie Harris	United States	3:54.03	Q
4	1	Tom Duits	United States	3:54.12	Q
5	1	Christos Papachristos	Greece	3:54.24	Q
6	1	Hamad Hussein	Saudi Arabia	3:54.24	Q
7	2	Carlo Grippo	Italy	3:54.68	Q
8	2	John Bowan	New Zealand	3:55.03	Q
9	1	Takao Nakamura	Japan	3:55.26	Q
10	2	Ignacio Melesio	Mexico	3:55.76	Q
11	1	Saïd Aouita	Morocco	3:56.15	q
12	1	Filemón López	Mexico	3:56.87	q
13	1	Michael Feurtado	Jamaica	3:58.56
14	2	Uwe Becker	West Germany	3:58.59
15	2	Manuel Bernardo	Angola	4:02.95
16	2	Peter Lindtner	Austria	4:07.49
	1	David Hoey	Australia	DNS	[3]
	2	Steve Foley	Australia	DNS	[3]

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Graham Williamson	Great Britain	3:45.37
	Pierre Délèze	Switzerland	3:45.8
	Richie Harris	United States	3:46.4
4	Abderrahmane Morceli	Algeria	3:49.5
5	Takao Nakamura	Japan	3:50.7
6	Filemón López	Mexico	3:50.7
7	Ignacio Melesio	Mexico	3:51.3
8	Christos Papachristos	Greece	3:52.2
9	John Bowan	New Zealand	?:??.?
10	Tom Duits	United States	?:??.?
11	Saïd Aouita	Morocco	?:??.?
	Vittorio Fontanella	Italy	DNF	[6]

References

1. Holzbach, Gerd (25 September 1979). "Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico" [Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico]. Leichtathletik (in German). 39/1979. Bartels & Wernitz: 1240–1245. ISSN   0343-5369.
2. Results at Tilastopaja
3. Australian results
4. "Final results". The San Bernardino County Sun. 10 September 1979. p. 20. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
5. "Final results". The Tampa Tribune. 11 September 1979. p. 24. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
6. "Soltanto terza Sara Simeoni" (in Italian). La Stampa. 11 September 1979. p. 20.