Athletics at the 1977 Summer Universiade – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1977 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on 22 and 23 August.[1]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Silver Bronze
Jozef Plachý
 Czechoslovakia
Mike Kearns
 Great Britain
Abderrahmane Morceli
 Algeria

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Juhani Sams  Finland 3:40.6 Q[2]
2 1 Luis Medina  Cuba 3:41.0 Q
3 1 Paul Lawther  Great Britain 3:41.3 q
4 1 Vladimir Yerokhin  Soviet Union 3:42.6 q
5 1 Steve Lacy  United States 3:45.4
6 1 Imre Ötvös  Hungary 3:46.1
7 1 Toshifumi Shigenari  Japan 3:47.3
8 1 Ignacio Melesio  Mexico 3:49.6
9 1 Majid Abdi  Tunisia 4:02.4
10 1 K. P. Chandrosona  Sri Lanka 4:10.1
1 2 Jozef Plachý  Czechoslovakia 3:41.8 Q
2 2 Abderrahmane Morceli  Algeria 3:41.8 Q
3 2 Harald Hudak  West Germany 3:42.2 q
4 2 Valeriy Abramov  Soviet Union 3:43.6 q
5 2 Gheorghe Ghipu  Romania 3:46.6
6 2 Gabriele Ferrero  Italy 3:49.6
7 2 Klaas Lok  Netherlands 3:50.9
8 2 Takashi Ishii  Japan 3:52.4
9 2 Babacar Niang  Senegal 3:54.3
10 2 Samuel Nyariki  Kenya 3:55.9
1 3 Klaus-Peter Weippert  East Germany 3:46.1 Q
2 3 Vladimir Kanev  Bulgaria 3:46.1 Q
3 3 Henryk Wasilewski  Poland 3:46.2
4 3 Joost Borm  Netherlands 3:47.3
5 3 Francisco Gordillo  Spain 3:49.3
6 3 Tzvi Dauber  Israel 3:52.4
7 3 José Gómez  Mexico 3:57.0
8 3 Leonardo Sorbello  Italy 4:01.8
9 3 Abera Asres  Ethiopia 4:12.0
1 4 Mike Kearns  Great Britain 3:46.6 Q
2 4 Michael Lederer  West Germany 3:46.9 Q
3 4 Amar Brahmia  Algeria 3:47.9
4 4 Dimitar Minchev  Bulgaria 3:49.5
5 4 Imre Nagy  Hungary 3:49.8
6 4 Peter Spir  Canada 3:55.1
7 4 Jamie Botten  Australia 3:58.4 [3]
8 4 Mohsen Ouerfelli  Tunisia 3:59.2
9 4 Karl Schönenberger  Switzerland 4:13.8
10 4 Edwin Attard  Malta 4:14.5

Final[edit]

[4][5]

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jozef Plachý  Czechoslovakia 3:40.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mike Kearns  Great Britain 3:40.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Abderrahmane Morceli  Algeria 3:41.0
4 Luis Medina  Cuba 3:41.4
5 Juhani Sams  Finland 3:41.5
6 Klaus-Peter Weippert  East Germany 3:41.5
7 Vladimir Yerokhin  Soviet Union 3:41.7
8 Paul Lawther  Great Britain 3:41.8
9 Valeriy Abramov  Soviet Union 3:42.0
10 Vladimir Kanev  Bulgaria 3:42.3
11 Harald Hudak  West Germany 3:47.8
12 Michael Lederer  West Germany 3:56.0

References[edit]

  1. ^ Results at Tilastopaja
  2. ^ Year list
  3. ^ Australian results
  4. ^ "Final results". Chicago Tribune. 24 August 1977. p. 64. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Final results". The San Bernardino County Sun. 24 August 1977. p. 52. Retrieved 22 March 2020.