Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 21 and 22 July 1981.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Saïd Aouita  Morocco	Vinko Pokrajčić  Yugoslavia	Amar Brahmia  Algeria

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Vinko Pokrajčić	Yugoslavia	3:47.28	Q
2	1	Jim Spivey	United States	3:47.48	Q
3	1	Saïd Aouita	Morocco	3:47.48	Q
1	2	Abdarrahman Morcelli	Algeria	3:44.75	Q
2	2	Claudio Patrignani	Italy	3:45.68	Q
3	2	Melenen	France	3:45.95	Q
1	3	Andreas Hauch	East Germany	3:44.82	Q
2	3	Nicolae Onescu	Romania	3:44.00	Q
3	3	Ralf Eckert	West Germany	3:44.97	Q
5	3	Steve Foley	Australia	3:45.53	q[2]

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Saïd Aouita	Morocco	3:38.43	UR
	Vinko Pokrajčić	Yugoslavia	3:39.83
	Amar Brahmia	Algeria	3:39.85
4	Jim Spivey	United States	3:40.12
5	Abdarrahman Morcelli	Algeria	3:40.42
6	Andreas Hauch	East Germany	3:40.62
7	Sergey Astapenko	Soviet Union	3:40.94	[5]
8	Claudio Patrignani	Italy	3:40.97	[6]
9	Dan Aldridge	United States	3:41.02
11	Franco Boffi	Italy	3:41.87	[6]
13	Steve Foley	Australia	3:43.83

References

1. "Jury achter Comaneci" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 22 July 1981. p. 9.
2. Australian results
3. "Final results". The Town Talk. 23 July 1981. p. 30. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
4. "Final results". United Press International. 22 July 1981. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
5. Soviet results (p43)
6. "Una splendida (e polemica) Dorio conquista l'oro sui 1500" (in Italian). La Stampa. 23 July 1981. p. 21.