Athletics at the 1985 Summer Universiade – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1985 Summer Universiade was held at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe on 30 and 31 August 1985.^[1]

Medalists edit

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Chris McGeorge Great Britain	Adam Dixon United States	Dragan Zdravković Yugoslavia

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Stefano Mei	Italy	3:43.23	Q
2	3	Anatoliy Legeda	Soviet Union	3:43.46	Q^[2]
3	3	Adam Dixon	United States	3:43.54	Q^[2]
4	3	João Campos	Portugal	3:43.86	q^[3]
5	3	Dave Reid	Canada	3:43.89	q
6	2	Jürgen Grothe	West Germany	3:44.37	Q
7	2	Chris McGeorge	Great Britain	3:44.62	Q^[2]
8	2	Dragan Zdravković	Yugoslavia	3:44.64	Q^[2]
9	2	Andrés Vera	Spain	3:44.79	q^[4]
10	1	David Campbell	Canada	3:46.13	Q
11	2	Sebastien Wschiansky	Switzerland	3:46.15
12	1	Anatoliy Kalutskiy	Soviet Union	3:46.23	Q^[2]
13	2	Roberto López	Mexico	3:46.35
14	1	Petru Drăgoescu	Romania	3:46.41	Q
15	1	Mustapha Lachaal	Morocco	3:46.87
16	3	Rob Harrison	Great Britain	3:47.01
17	2	Yasushi Kano	Japan	3:47.27
18	1	Terry Brahm	United States	3:47.35
19	1	Antonio Selvaggio	Italy	3:47.69
20	1	Rachid Kram	Algeria	3:48.45
21	1	Manuel Balmaceda	Chile	3:51.97
22	1	Joaquim Silva	Portugal	3:52.29	^[3]
23	3	Manuel López	Spain	3:53.32
24	3	Hugo Allan García	Guatemala	3:53.50
25	1	Kouji Kimura	Japan	3:53.53
26	2	Philippos Stylianoudis	Cyprus	3:59.58
27	2	Thierry Payet	Seychelles	4:05.95
28	3	Manuel Miranda	Bolivia	4:08.66
29	1	John Siguria	Papua New Guinea	4:12.63
30	1	José Mayorga	Nicaragua	4:15.05
31	2	Byron Vargas	Honduras	4:21.46
32	2	M. Luveniyali	Fiji	5:00.73

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Chris McGeorge	Great Britain	3:46.22
	Adam Dixon	United States	3:46.29
	Dragan Zdravković	Yugoslavia	3:46.78
4	Anatoliy Legeda	Soviet Union	3:46.79
5	David Campbell	Canada	3:49.11
6	Anatoliy Kalutskiy	Soviet Union	3:47.40
7	Stefano Mei	Italy	3:48.20
8	Petru Drăgoescu	Romania	3:48.66
9	João Campos	Portugal	3:49.09	^[3]
10	Jürgen Grothe	West Germany	3:49.34
11	Dave Reid	Canada	3:50.23
12	Andrés Vera	Spain	3:52.02	^[8]

^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p43)
^ ^a ^b ^c Portuguese results
^ "Se cerro la piscina entre Barras y Estrellas". Mundo Deportivo. 30 August 1985. p. 31. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "Final results". The Orlando Sentinel. 2 September 1985. p. 19. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
^ "Final results". The Des Moines Register. 1 September 1985. p. 31. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
^ "Records broken at University Games". Arizona Daily Sun. 1 September 1985. p. 9. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
^ "El tartan aburre en Japón". Mundo Deportivo. 1 September 1985. p. 39. Retrieved 8 February 2020.