Athletics at the 1959 Summer Universiade – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1959 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale di Torino in Turin with the final on 5 and 6 September 1959.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Béla Szekeres  Hungary	John Winch  Great Britain	Kuniaki Watanabe  Japan

Results

Heats

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Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Marek Jerzy	Poland	3:59.0	Q
2	1	Sergio Tomatio	Italy	4:00.4	Q
3	1	Kuniaki Watanabe	Japan	4:00.7	Q
4	1	Michel Guilhaumon	France	4:02.8	[3]
1	2	Béla Szekeres	Hungary	3:51.9	Q
2	2	Bolesław Kowalczyk	Poland	3:58.8	Q
3	2	Stephen James	Great Britain	3:58.8	Q
4	2	Fritz Holzer	Switzerland	4:00.7
5	2	Abraham	Venezuela	4:36.4
	2	Luc Baeyens	Belgium	DNF
1	3	John Winch	Great Britain	3:50.7	Q[4]
2	3	Herbert Stichnote	West Germany	3:51.5	Q
3	3	Henk Heida	Netherlands	3:52.0	Q
4	3	László Wittine	Hungary	3:53.8
5	3	Giorgio Porro	Italy	3:54.3
6	3	Hans Johansson	Sweden	4:01.0
	3	Jean-Marie Argelès	France	DQ	[3]

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Béla Szekeres	Hungary	3:50.9
	John Winch	Great Britain	3:52.0
	Kuniaki Watanabe	Japan	3:52.1
4	Stephen James	Great Britain	3:52.1
5	Marek Jerzy	Poland	3:54.0
6	Herbert Stichnote	West Germany	3:56.0
7	Sergio Tomatio	Italy	3:57.0	[6]
8	Bolesław Kowalczyk	Poland	3:59.5
9	Henk Heida	Netherlands	DNF