Athletics at the 1975 Summer Universiade – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1975 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 18 and 20 September.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Thomas Wessinghage  West Germany	Steve Heidenreich  United States	Gheorghe Ghipu  Romania

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Thomas Wessinghage	West Germany	3:45.82	Q[2]
6	?	Dominique Tellier	France	3:46.36	Q[3]
9	1	Francisco Gordillo	Spain	3:47.24	[2]
10	1	Yevgeniy Volkov	Soviet Union	3:47.50	[4]
7	2	Aleksandr Andrusenko	Soviet Union	3:49.30	[4]
10	2	Paco Recuero	Spain	3:51.85	[2]
11	?	Christian Benezis	France	3:52.81	[3]

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Thomas Wessinghage	West Germany	3:39.73
	Steve Heidenreich	United States	3:40.56
	Gheorghe Ghipu	Romania	3:41.19
4	David Moorcroft	Great Britain	3:42.58
5	Giulio Riga	Italy	3:42.68
6	Jost Wollstein	West Germany	3:43.27
7	Javier Chávez	Mexico	3:43.30
8	Štefan Polák	Czechoslovakia	3:43.45
9	Dominique Tellier	France	3:43.98
	Luigi Zarcone	Italy	DNF	[5]

References

1. Gerardo García (21 September 1975). "Continua la danza de records mundiales universitarios" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 22. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
2. García, Gerardo (19 September 1975). "Mal debut español en los Juegos Mundiales Universitarios de Atletismo" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 30. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
3. French results
4. Soviet results (p43)
5. Perucca, Bruno (21 September 1975). "Dionisi non fa il miracolo" (in Italian). La Stampa. p. 19. Retrieved 9 November 2020.