Athletics at the 1970 Summer Universiade – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1970 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale in Turin with the final on 3 September 1970.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Francesco Arese  Italy	John Kirkbride  Great Britain	Gianni Del Buono  Italy

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Francesco Arese	Italy	3:42.0	Q, UR
2	1	Mikhail Zhelobovskiy	Soviet Union	3:42.3	Q
3	1	Robert Leborgne	France	3:42.9	q[2]
4	1	Gilbert Van Manshoven	Belgium	3:43.4	q
5	1	Ingo Sensburg	West Germany	3:46.2	q
1	2	John Kirkbride	Great Britain	3:50.9	Q
2	2	Chuck LaBenz	United States	3:51.4	Q
3	2	Dušan Kranova	Yugoslavia	3:51.9
5	2	Pierre Viaux	France	3:52.5	[2]
1	3	Gianni Del Buono	Italy	3:44.2	Q
2	3	Frank Murphy	Ireland	3:44.2	Q
3	3	Brendan Foster	Great Britain	3:45.0	q
4	3	Vladan Đorđević	Yugoslavia	3:46.4
5	3	Antonio Burgos	Spain	3:48.0
6	3	John Axsentieff	Australia	3:54.4	[3]

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Francesco Arese	Italy	3:52.7
	John Kirkbride	Great Britain	3:52.9
	Gianni Del Buono	Italy	3:53.0
4	Robert Leborgne	France	3:53.0
5	Gilbert Van Manshoven	Belgium	3:53.3
6	Chuck LaBenz	United States	3:53.5
7	Frank Murphy	Ireland	3:53.5
8	Ingo Sensburg	West Germany	3:54.7
9	Mikhail Zhelobovskiy	Soviet Union	3:54.9	[7]
10	Brendan Foster	Great Britain	3:59.7

References

1. García, Gerardo (3 September 1970). "Tallon, Octavo en la final de jabalina, y Jones clasificado para la semifinal en 100 m." (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 19. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
2. French results
3. Australian results
4. "Heidi Rosenthal's fine world record". The Guardian. 4 September 1970. p. 23. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
5. "Zwei Weltrekorde an der Universiade" (in German). Zurich Die Tat. 5 September 1970. p. 10. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
6. "Three British victories in Universiade". Athletics Weekly. Athletics Weekly Ltd. 24 (37): 4, 38. 4 September 1970. ISSN 0004-6671.
7. Soviet results (p42)