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

^[5]

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

References

1. Results at Tilastopaja
2. "Resultados Universiada - 1959" (PDF). Atletismo (in Spanish). November 1959: 9. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
3. French results
4. Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p42)
5. García, Gerardo (7 September 1959). "Terminaron los Juegos de la Universiada" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 6. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
6. Boccacini, Gigi (7 September 1959). "L'Universiade si è chiusa con un record italiano" (in Italian). La Stampa. p. 24. Retrieved 26 February 2021.