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Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Graham Williamson  Great Britain	Pierre Délèze  Switzerland	Richie Harris  United States

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Graham Williamson	Great Britain	3:53.76	Q
2	1	Pierre Délèze	Switzerland	3:53.79	Q
3	2	Richie Harris	United States	3:54.03	Q
4	1	Tom Duits	United States	3:54.12	Q
5	1	Christos Papachristos	Greece	3:54.24	Q
6	1	Hamad Hussein	Saudi Arabia	3:54.24	Q
7	2	Carlo Grippo	Italy	3:54.68	Q
8	2	John Bowan	New Zealand	3:55.03	Q
9	1	Takao Nakamura	Japan	3:55.26	Q
10	2	Ignacio Melesio	Mexico	3:55.76	Q
11	1	Saïd Aouita	Morocco	3:56.15	q
12	1	Filemón López	Mexico	3:56.87	q
13	1	Michael Feurtado	Jamaica	3:58.56
14	2	Uwe Becker	West Germany	3:58.59
15	2	Manuel Bernardo	Angola	4:02.95
16	2	Peter Lindtner	Austria	4:07.49
	1	David Hoey	Australia	DNS
	2	Steve Foley	Australia	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Graham Williamson	Great Britain	3:45.37
	Pierre Délèze	Switzerland	3:45.8
	Richie Harris	United States	3:46.4
4	Abderrahmane Morceli	Algeria	3:49.5
5	Takao Nakamura	Japan	3:50.7
6	Filemón López	Mexico	3:50.7
7	Ignacio Melesio	Mexico	3:51.3
8	Christos Papachristos	Greece	3:52.2
9	John Bowan	New Zealand	?:??.?
10	Tom Duits	United States	?:??.?
11	Saïd Aouita	Morocco	?:??.?
	Vittorio Fontanella	Italy	DNF

References

1. Holzbach, Gerd (25 September 1979). "Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico" [Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico]. Leichtathletik (in German). 39/1979. Bartels & Wernitz: 1240–1245. ISSN 0343-5369.
2. Results at Tilastopaja
3. ^ Australian results
4. "Final results". The San Bernardino County Sun. 10 September 1979. p. 20. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
5. "Final results". The Tampa Tribune. 11 September 1979. p. 24. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
6. "Soltanto terza Sara Simeoni" (in Italian). La Stampa. 11 September 1979. p. 20.

• Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade
• 1500 metres at the Summer World University Games