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