Athletics at the 1985 Summer Universiade – Women's 1500 metres explained

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1985 Summer Universiade was held at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe on 29 and 30 August 1985.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Svetlana Kitova	Margareta Keszeg Romania	Darlene Beckford

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			4:17.91	Q^[2]
2	1			4:18.02	Q
3	1			4:18.08	Q
4	1			4:18.33	Q
5	1			4:18.48	Q
6	1			4:19.32	q
7	1			4:19.72	q
8	2			4:20.25	Q
9	2			4:20.32	Q
10	2			4:20.71	Q
11	2			4:20.81	Q
12	2			4:21.17	Q^[3]
13	2			4:22.98
14	2			4:25.00
15	1			4:36.14
16	2			4:37.66

Final

^[4]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			4:07.12
			4:07.55
			4:08.84
			4:11.58
			4:12.13
			4:13.09
			4:16.40
			4:17.17
			4:17.77
10			4:19.97	^[5]
11			4:19.99

Notes and References

1. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1985&CID=12981261 Results at Tilastopaja
2. News: Gross aprendio la leccion . 8 February 2020 . . 30 August 1985 . 31.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20171223181439/http://cdm.athle.com/upload/ssites/001059/autres_championnats/universiades_annees.pdf French results
4. News: Results . 8 February 2020 . . 31 August 1985 . 31.
5. News: Se cerro la piscina entre Barras y Estrellas . 8 February 2020 . . 30 August 1985 . 31.