Athletics at the 1959 Summer Universiade – Men's 1500 metres

Athletics at the
1959 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmen
800 mmenwomen
1500 m
5000 mmen
80 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymen
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Triple jumpmen
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Combined events
Pentathlonmen

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

[2]

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Béla Szekeres  Hungary 3:50.9
2nd place, silver medalist(s) John Winch  Great Britain 3:52.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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. ^ a b 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.
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