Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1989 Summer Universiade was held at the Wedaustadion in Duisburg on 27 and 28 August 1989.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Paula Ivan Romania	Suzy Favor United States	Lyudmila Rogachova Soviet Union

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Heike Oehme	East Germany	4:23.50	Q
2	1	Lyudmila Rogachova	Soviet Union	4:23.53	Q
3	1	Violeta Beclea	Romania	4:23.64	Q
4	1	Beverley Nicholson	Great Britain	4:23.90	Q
5	1	Leah Pells	Canada	4:24.03	Q
1	2	Paula Ivan	Romania	4:15.87	Q
2	2	Suzy Favor	United States	4:16.37	Q
3	2	Katalin Rácz	Hungary	4:17.08	Q
4	2	Ursula McKee	Ireland	4:17.18	Q
5	2	Rita Cassia Jesus	Brazil	4:17.22	Q
6	2	Robyn Meagher	Canada	4:17.42	q

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Paula Ivan	Romania	4:13.58
	Suzy Favor	United States	4:14.92
	Lyudmila Rogachova	Soviet Union	4:15.11
4	Heike Oehme	East Germany	4:15.46
5	Beverley Nicholson	Great Britain	4:18.07
6	Katalin Rácz	Hungary	4:18.31
7	Leah Pells	Canada	4:18.50
8	Violeta Beclea	Romania	4:19.33
9	Ursula McKee	Ireland	4:20.77
10	Rita Cassia Jesus	Brazil	4:23.10
11	Gina Procaccio	United States	4:23.98
12	Robyn Meagher	Canada	4:24.75