Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 21 and 22 July 1981.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Gabriella Dorio Italy	Doina Melinte Romania	Olga Dvirna Soviet Union

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Olga Dvirna	Soviet Union	4:18.78	Q
2	1	Maria Radu	Romania	4:18.83	Q
3	1	Breda Pergar	Yugoslavia	4:21.83	Q
1	2	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	4:16.00	Q
2	2	Doina Melinte	Romania	4:16.27	Q
3	2	Ravilya Agletdinova	Soviet Union	4:18.33	Q
4	2	Wendy Smith	Great Britain	4:18.54	Q

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	4:05.35	UR
	Doina Melinte	Romania	4:05.74
	Olga Dvirna	Soviet Union	4:06.39
4	Ravilya Agletdinova	Soviet Union	4:07.03
5	Maria Radu	Romania	4:10.28
6	Wendy Smith	Great Britain	4:10.76
10	Maggie Keyes	United States	4:15.59
11	Linda Goen	United States	4:16.03