The men's 1500 metres event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 8 and 9 September 1979.Results at Tilastopaja
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeGraham WilliamsonPierre DélèzeRichie Harris
Results Heats Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Graham Williamson 3:53.76 Q 2 1 Pierre Délèze 3:53.79 Q 3 2 Richie Harris 3:54.03 Q 4 1 Tom Duits 3:54.12 Q 5 1 Christos Papachristos 3:54.24 Q 6 1 Hamad Hussein 3:54.24 Q 7 2 Carlo Grippo 3:54.68 Q 8 2 John Bowan 3:55.03 Q 9 1 Takao Nakamura 3:55.26 Q 10 2 Ignacio Melesio 3:55.76 Q 11 1 Saïd Aouita 3:56.15 q 12 1 Filemón López 3:56.87 q 13 1 Michael Feurtado 3:58.56 14 2 Uwe Becker 3:58.59 15 2 Manuel Bernardo 4:02.95 16 2 Peter Lindtner 4:07.49 1 David Hoey 2 Steve Foley
Final
Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Graham Williamson 3:45.37 Pierre Délèze 3:45.8 Richie Harris 3:46.4 Abderrahmane Morceli 3:49.5 Takao Nakamura 3:50.7 Filemón López 3:50.7 Ignacio Melesio 3:51.3 Christos Papachristos 3:52.2 John Bowan 10 Tom Duits 11 Saïd Aouita Vittorio Fontanella
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