Athletics at the 1973 Summer Universiade – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1973 Summer Universiade was held at the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow on 19 and 20 August.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Frank Clement Great Britain	Tony Waldrop United States	Reggie McAfee United States

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Philip Banning	Great Britain	3:48.9	Q
2	1	Vladimir Panteley	Soviet Union	3:49.1	Q
3	1	Jürgen Roters	West Germany	3:49.3	Q
4	1	Giulio Riga	Italy	3:49.5	^[5]
5	1	Jan Sychra	Czechoslovakia	3:50.5
6	1	José Bordón	Cuba	3:51.5
7	1	Liévin De Reymaecker	Belgium	3:52.5
8	1	Jaime Valencia	Chile	4:00.6
9	1	Benjamin Abati	Ghana	4:07.1
1	2	Mikhail Ulymov	Soviet Union	3:44.31	Q^[6]
2	2	Tony Waldrop	United States	3:44.9	Q
3	2	John Hartnett	Ireland	3:45.6	Q
4	2	Kamel Guemar	Algeria	3:48.0
5	2	Francisco Méndez	Mexico	3:51.1
6	2	Jean Kaiser	Luxembourg	3:51.66
7	2	Piet Bouquillon	Belgium	3:51.9
8	2	Resan Khrabit	Iraq	4:00.6
9	2	Marc Ounezoui	Central African Republic	4:21.1
1	3	Frank Clement	Great Britain	3:43.5	Q
2	3	Reggie McAfee	United States	3:44.1	Q
3	3	Thomas Wessinghage	West Germany	3:44.6	Q
4	3	Azzedine Azzouzi	Algeria	3:44.6	q
5	3	Ivan Kováč	Czechoslovakia	3:44.9	q
6	3	Francesco Dal Corso	Italy	3:45.2	q^[5]
7	3	José Cobo	Cuba	3:45.4
8	3	Mohammad Vodjdanzadeh	Iran	3:57.7
9	3	Alfredo Palomares	Mexico	4:00.0
10	3	Lafta Askar Sabri	Kuwait	4:11.9
11	3	Clovis Morales	Honduras	4:17.6

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Frank Clement	Great Britain	3:42.32	UR
	Tony Waldrop	United States	3:42.69
	Reggie McAfee	United States	3:43.24
4	Philip Banning	Great Britain	3:43.9
5	Vladimir Panteley	Soviet Union	3:43.99
6	John Hartnett	Ireland	3:44.6
7	Jürgen Roters	West Germany	3:44.95
8	Mikhail Ulymov	Soviet Union	3:45.00	^[6]
9	Azzedine Azzouzi	Algeria	3:45.4
10	Ivan Kováč	Czechoslovakia	3:45.4
11	Francesco Dal Corso	Italy	3:45.8	^[9]
	Thomas Wessinghage	West Germany	DNF

^ "Zweite Plätze für Schittenhelm und Karst" [Second places for Schittenhelm und Karst]. Leichtathletik (in German). 34/1973. Bartels & Wernitz: 1202–1204. 21 August 1973. ISSN 0343-5369.
^ "Nur ein Finale ohne einheimische Athleten" [Only one final without local athletes]. Leichtathletik (in German). 35/1973. Bartels & Wernitz: 1250–1251. 28 August 1973. ISSN 0343-5369.
^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ "Heats results". The Boston Globe. 20 August 1973. p. 25. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b "L'Universiade a metà azzurri" (in Italian). La Stampa. 20 August 1973. p. 9. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p42–43)
^ "Final results". The Central New Jersey Home News. 21 August 1973. p. 18. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
^ "Final results". Chicago Tribune. 21 August 1973. p. 43. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
^ "Maratona fra Italia e Bulgaria con scenimenti e contestazioni" (in Italian). La Stampa. 21 August 1973. p. 9. Retrieved 20 November 2020.