Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's 1500 metres explained

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy on August 29, 30 and 31.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Anthony Whiteman	Carlos García	António Travassos

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			3:46.31	Q^[2]
2	5			3:46.39	Q
3	5			3:46.45	Q
4	5			3:46.50	q
5	5			3:46.92	q
6	5			3:48.21	q
7	4			3:48.47	Q
8	4			3:48.49	Q
9	4			3:48.64	Q
10	4			3:48.81	q
11	4			3:48.85	q
12	4			3:49.20	q^[3]
13	2			3:49.91	Q^[4]
14	3			3:50.28	Q^[5]
15	2			3:50.45	Q
16	2			3:50.68	Q
17	3			3:50.68	Q
18	3			3:50.82	Q
19	3			3:50.87
20	2			3:51.12
21	2			3:51.89
22	6			3:52.46	Q
23	6			3:52.56	Q
24	6			3:52.62	Q
25	6			3:52.68
26	1			3:52.81	Q
27	6			3:53.23
28	1			3:53.35	Q
29	1			3:53.80	Q
30	1			3:53.99
31	6			3:54.01
32	1			3:54.54
33	3			3:54.76
34	3			3:56.00
35	6			3:57.46
36	4			3:57.47
37	3			3:58.06
38	2			3:59.35
39	2			3:59.53
40	3			3:59.58
41	2			3:59.64
42	1			3:59.66
43	1			4:00.12
44	1			4:00.50
45	5			4:01.52
46	3			4:01.88
47	6			4:02.14
48	5			4:02.18
49	4			4:05.59
50	6			4:05.81
51	1			4:15.13
52	3			4:16.68
53	3			4:18.67
54	3			4:22.18
55	4			4:26.90
56	5			4:30.83
57	5			4:38.62
58	5			4:43.38
59	2			4:45.63
60	2			4:48.29

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			3:42.20	Q
2	1			3:42.39	Q
3	1			3:42.77	Q
4	1			3:42.89	Q
5	1			3:42.97	Q
6	2			3:42.98	Q
7	1			3:43.02	q
8	2			3:43.62	Q
9	1			3:43.66	q
10	2			3:43.75	Q
11	2			3:43.87	Q
12	2			3:43.98	Q
13	2			3:44.19
14	2			3:44.33	^[6]
15	1			3:44.53
16	1			3:45.11
17	1			3:45.61	^[7]
18	2			3:46.69
19	2			3:47.64
20	2			3:50.26
21	1			3:53.42
22	2			3:54.59
	2
	1

Final

^[8]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			3:43.57
			3:43.97
			3:44.14
			3:45.26
			3:45.67
			3:46.09
			3:46.32
			3:46.35
			3:46.66
10			3:47.03
11			3:48.34
12			3:50.24

Notes and References

1. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1997&CID=12983456 Results at Tilastopaja
2. https://www.rfea.es/aeea/archivos/report_atletismo_esp/1992_2000.pdf Spanish results
3. News: Canadian results . 31 December 2019 . . 30 August 1997 . 4.
4. Web site: Australian 1997 Almanac . 2014-10-08 . 2014-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006091859/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/almanac/Almanac-1997-98.pdf . dead .
5. http://atletismo-estatistica.pt/outras-competicoes-internacionais/universiadas-2/ Portuguese results
6. News: Schweizer erfolgreich wie nie . 27 April 2020 . Thun Thuner Tagblatt . 1 September 1997 . 21 . German.
7. News: How Canada Fared . 1 January 2020 . 31 August 1997 . . 20.
8. Web site: Results . 2014-10-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132326/http://wwwfisu.ulb.ac.be/html/sathletics.html . 2011-07-06 . dead .