Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1991 Summer Universiade was held at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on 24 and 25 July 1991.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland	Iulia Besliu Romania	Qu Yunxia China

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Qu Yunxia	China	4:07.71	Q, AR
2	2	Sarah Collins	Australia	4:12.01	Q
3	2	Iulia Besliu	Romania	4:13.09	Q
4	2	Katje Hoffman	Germany	4:13.13	Q
5	2	Lynne Robinson	Great Britain	4:13.67	Q
6	1	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	4:14.92	Q
7	1	Lyudmila Borisova	Soviet Union	4:15.60	Q
8	1	Tuuli Merikoski-Silius	Finland	4:15.93	Q
9	1	Christine Toonstra	Netherlands	4:16.05	Q
10	1	Elisa Rea	Italy	4:16.41	Q
11	1	Heike Oehme	Germany	4:16.42	q
12	1	Darcy Arreola	United States	4:16.96	q
13	1	Edith Nakiyingi	Uganda	4:17.31
14	2	Geraldine Hendricken	Ireland	4:19.35
15	1	Simona Staicu	Romania	4:20.44
16	2	Stephanie Best	United States	4:20.49
17	1	Andrea Sollárová	Czechoslovakia	4:21.01
18	2	Patrizia Morreale	Italy	4:22.82
19	2	Yelena Storchovaya	Soviet Union	4:24.40
20	1	Maxine Newman	Great Britain	4:24.49
21	1	Mireille Sankaatsing	Suriname	4:27.54
22	2	Marcelina Piran	Indonesia	4:58.43

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	4:12.14
	Iulia Besliu	Romania	4:12.24
	Qu Yunxia	China	4:12.43
4	Sarah Collins	Australia	4:12.60
5	Lyudmila Borisova	Soviet Union	4:12.80
6	Lynne Robinson	Great Britain	4:13.40	PB
7	Katje Hoffmann	Germany	4:14.55
8	Heike Oehme	Germany	4:14.64
9	Christine Toonstra	Netherlands	4:14.93
10	Tuuli Merikoski-Silius	Finland	4:15.60
11	Elisa Rea	Italy	4:16.22
12	Darcy Arreola	United States	4:16.97