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

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

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Anthony Whiteman Great Britain	Carlos García Spain	António Travassos Portugal

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Carlos García	Spain	3:46.31	Q^[2]
2	5	Héctor Torres	Mexico	3:46.39	Q
3	5	Karl Paranya	United States	3:46.45	Q
4	5	Abdelhamid Slimani	Algeria	3:46.50	q
5	5	Eyvind Solbu	Norway	3:46.92	q
6	5	Mohamed Fatihi	Morocco	3:48.21	q
7	4	Igor Lishchinskiy	Ukraine	3:48.47	Q
8	4	Andrea Abelli	Italy	3:48.49	Q
9	4	Bård Kvalheim	Norway	3:48.64	Q
10	4	Peter Philipp	Switzerland	3:48.81	q
11	4	Celso Ficagna	Brazil	3:48.85	q
12	4	Alex Hutchinson	Canada	3:49.20	q^[3]
13	2	Scott Petersen	Australia	3:49.91	Q^[4]
14	3	António Travassos	Portugal	3:50.28	Q^[5]
15	2	Nasser Ahmed Sulaiman	Qatar	3:50.45	Q
16	2	Jeremy Deere	Canada	3:50.68	Q^[3]
17	3	Ebeneza Felix	South Africa	3:50.68	Q
18	3	Brian Treacy	Ireland	3:50.82	Q
19	3	Michael Gottschalk	Germany	3:50.87
20	2	Thomas Ebner	Austria	3:51.12
21	2	Alexis Sharangabo	Rwanda	3:51.89
22	6	Gert-Jan Liefers	Netherlands	3:52.46	Q
23	6	Piotr Rostkowski	Poland	3:52.56	Q
24	6	Neil Caddy	Great Britain	3:52.62	Q
25	6	Thomas Suter	Switzerland	3:52.68
26	1	Anthony Whiteman	Great Britain	3:52.81	Q
27	6	Mark Sivieri	United States	3:53.23
28	1	Đorđe Milić	Yugoslavia	3:53.35	Q
29	1	Chris Bowden	Australia	3:53.80	Q^[4]
30	1	Lorenzo Lazzari	Italy	3:53.99
31	6	Aleš Tomič	Slovenia	3:54.01
32	1	Alexei Scutaru	Moldova	3:54.54
33	3	Aziz El-Kahlaoui	Morocco	3:54.76
34	3	Pedro Antonio Esteso	Spain	3:56.00	^[2]
35	6	Vanko Stoyanov	Macedonia	3:57.46
36	4	Adamou Aboubakar	Cameroon	3:57.47
37	3	Gilbert Tuhabonye	Burundi	3:58.06
38	2	Mark Harris	New Zealand	3:59.35
39	2	Sylvester Simelane	Swaziland	3:59.53
40	3	Kabemba Mwape	Zambia	3:59.58
41	2	Mathew Koskei	Kenya	3:59.64
42	1	Rachid Amor	Tunisia	3:59.66
43	1	Kim Soon-hyung	South Korea	4:00.12
44	1	Lesedinyana Lekgoba	Botswana	4:00.50
45	5	Jean-Paul Niyonsaba	Burundi	4:01.52
46	3	Rachman Deviandi	Indonesia	4:01.88
47	6	Nicodemus Rerine	Indonesia	4:02.14
48	5	Frank Ndela	Swaziland	4:02.18
49	4	Junior Anguyo	Uganda	4:05.59
50	6	Christophe Irumwa	Rwanda	4:05.81
51	1	Fadi Hatamleh	Jordan	4:15.13
52	3	Ma Wai Hou	Macau	4:16.68
53	3	Chris Musenze	Uganda	4:18.67
54	3	Alfadio Traoré	Guinea	4:22.18
55	4	Tang Win Kin	Hong Kong	4:26.90
56	5	Noor Aslam	Pakistan	4:30.83
57	5	Tam Hoi Keng	Macau	4:38.62
58	5	Shadi Al-Huheidi	Jordan	4:43.38
59	2	Serge Tohme	Lebanon	4:45.63
60	2	Victor Jonah	Sierra Leone	4:48.29

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Anthony Whiteman	Great Britain	3:42.20	Q
2	1	Carlos García	Spain	3:42.39	Q^[2]
3	1	Đorđe Milić	Yugoslavia	3:42.77	Q
4	1	Igor Lishchinskiy	Ukraine	3:42.89	Q
5	1	Abdelhamid Slimani	Algeria	3:42.97	Q
6	2	António Travassos	Portugal	3:42.98	Q^[5]
7	1	Scott Petersen	Australia	3:43.02	q^[4]
8	2	Gert-Jan Liefers	Netherlands	3:43.62	Q
9	1	Héctor Torres	Mexico	3:43.66	q
10	2	Ebeneza Felix	South Africa	3:43.75	Q
11	2	Brian Treacy	Ireland	3:43.87	Q
12	2	Piotr Rostkowski	Poland	3:43.98	Q
13	2	Chris Bowden	Australia	3:44.19	^[4]
14	2	Peter Philipp	Switzerland	3:44.33	^[6]
15	1	Mohamed Fatihi	Morocco	3:44.53
16	1	Karl Paranya	United States	3:45.11
17	1	Jeremy Deere	Canada	3:45.61	^[7]
18	2	Celso Ficagna	Brazil	3:46.69
19	2	Neil Caddy	Great Britain	3:47.64
20	2	Alex Hutchinson	Canada	3:50.26	^[7]
21	1	Bård Kvalheim	Norway	3:53.42
22	2	Andrea Abelli	Italy	3:54.59
	2	Eyvind Solbu	Norway	DNF
	1	Nasser Ahmed Sulaiman	Qatar	?

Final

^[8]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Anthony Whiteman	Great Britain	3:43.57
	Carlos García	Spain	3:43.97
	António Travassos	Portugal	3:44.14
4	Brian Treacy	Ireland	3:45.26
5	Igor Lishchinskiy	Ukraine	3:45.67
6	Gert-Jan Liefers	Netherlands	3:46.09
7	Đorđe Milić	Yugoslavia	3:46.32
8	Héctor Torres	Mexico	3:46.35
9	Scott Petersen	Australia	3:46.66	^[4]
10	Ebeneza Felix	South Africa	3:47.03
11	Piotr Rostkowski	Poland	3:48.34
12	Abdelhamid Slimani	Algeria	3:50.24

References

↑ Results at Tilastopaja
1 2 3 Spanish results (p304)
1 2 "Canadian results". Calgary Herald. 30 August 1997. p. 4. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
1 2 3 4 5 "Australian 1997 Almanac" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
1 2 Portuguese results
↑ "Schweizer erfolgreich wie nie" (in German). Thun Thuner Tagblatt. 1 September 1997. p. 21. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
1 2 "How Canada Fared". No. 31 August 1997. Calgary Herald. p. 20. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
↑ "Results". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2014-10-01.

[1] Results at Tilastopaja

[RFEA-2] 1 2 3 Spanish results (p304)

[Canada-3] 1 2 "Canadian results". Calgary Herald. 30 August 1997. p. 4. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

[Australia-4] 1 2 3 4 5 "Australian 1997 Almanac" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-08.

[POR-5] 1 2 Portuguese results

[Thun-6] "Schweizer erfolgreich wie nie" (in German). Thun Thuner Tagblatt. 1 September 1997. p. 21. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[Canada1-7] 1 2 "How Canada Fared". No. 31 August 1997. Calgary Herald. p. 20. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

[8] "Results". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2014-10-01.

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