Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 14 and 16 July 1987.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Paula Ivan  Romania	Svetlana Kitova  Soviet Union	Mitica Junghiatu  Romania

Results

Heats

[1]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Paula Ivan	Romania	4:10.70	Q
2	1	Svetlana Kitova	Soviet Union	4:10.99	Q
3	3	Birgit Barth	East Germany	4:19.11	Q
4	3	Suzy Favor	United States	4:19.34	Q
5	3	Vesna Bajer	Yugoslavia	4:19.71	Q
6	3	Valentina Tauceri	Italy	4:20.14	q
7	2	Mitica Junghiatu	Romania	4:21.67	Q
8	2	Alisa Harvey	United States	4:22.04	Q
9	3	Irini Theodoridou	Greece	4:22.22	q
10	2	Claudia Borgschulze	West Germany	4:22.52	Q
11	2	Silvia Rožić	Yugoslavia	4:25.45	q
12	2	Nadia Ouaziz	Morocco	4:27.98
13	1	Katalin Racz	Hungary	4:28.60	Q
14	1	Asunción Sinobas	Spain	4:29.51
15	3	Alison Wyeth	Great Britain	4:32.74
16	3	Elizabeth Casillas	Puerto Rico	4:45.93
	1	Sarah Collins	Australia	DNS

Final

[2][3]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Paula Ivan	Romania	4:01.32
	Svetlana Kitova	Soviet Union	4:03.03
	Mitica Junghiatu	Romania	4:03.04
4	Birgit Barth	East Germany	4:05.54
5	Claudia Borgschulze	West Germany	4:09.64
6	Alisa Harvey	United States	4:10.49
7	Vesna Bajer	Yugoslavia	4:12.89
8	Irini Theodoridou	Greece	4:13.76
9	Suzy Favor	United States	4:14.77
10	Katalin Racz	Hungary	4:18.16
11	Valentina Tauceri	Italy	4:18.95
12	Silvia Rožić	Yugoslavia	4:20.88

References

1. "Heats results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 July 1987. p. 40. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
2. "Final results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 July 1987. p. 76. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
3. "Final results". Detroit Free Press. 17 July 1987. p. 52. Retrieved 14 January 2020.