# Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 2009 Summer Universiade was held on 7–9 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Vyacheslav Sokolov Russia | Samir Khadar Algeria | Goran Nava Serbia |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Mohammed Shaween | Saudi Arabia | 3:41.30 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Goran Nava | Serbia | 3:41.65 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Byron Piedra | Ecuador | 3:43.08 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Mthobisi Baloyi | South Africa | 3:43.37 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Artem Kossinov | Kazakhstan | 3:43.43 | q, PB |
| 6 | 1 | Hélio Gomes | Portugal | 3:44.48 | q |
| 7 | 4 | Samir Jouaher | Morocco | 3:44.49 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Timothy Konoval | Canada | 3:44.62 | |
| 9 | 4 | Mirko Petrović | Serbia | 3:44.81 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Robert Boorsma | Canada | 3:45.00 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Oleksandr Borysyuk | Ukraine | 3:45.28 | |
| 12 | 4 | Aleksei Popov | Russia | 3:45.99 | |
| 13 | 4 | Ajmal Amirov | Tajikistan | 3:46.18 | PB |
| 14 | 4 | Pharson Magagane | South Africa | 3:46.60 | |
| 15 | 4 | Pablo Solares | Mexico | 3:46.85 | |
| 16 | 2 | Ryan Gregson | Australia | 3:47.83 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | Samir Khadar | Algeria | 3:47.87 | Q |
| 18 | 2 | Cristian Vorovenci | Romania | 3:47.92 | Q |
| 19 | 2 | Mario Scapini | Italy | 3:48.07 | |
| 20 | 1 | Roman Fosti | Estonia | 3:48.15 | |
| 21 | 2 | Tomáš Belada | Czech Republic | 3:48.89 | |
| 22 | 2 | Vasilios Papaioanov | Greece | 3:48.90 | |
| 23 | 1 | Luca Leone | Italy | 3:51.07 | |
| 24 | 1 | Isaiah Msibi | Swaziland | 3:51.37 | |
| 25 | 1 | Kristof Shaanika | Namibia | 3:52.17 | PB |
| 26 | 2 | Nikolai Vedehin | Estonia | 3:52.54 | |
| 27 | 2 | Sin Sang-min | South Korea | 3:52.74 | |
| 28 | 2 | Johan Bagge | Sweden | 3:55.76 | |
| 29 | 3 | Vyacheslav Sokolov | Russia | 3:56.27 | Q |
| 30 | 3 | Víctor Montaner | Spain | 3:56.97 | Q |
| 31 | 3 | Ahmed Mainy | Morocco | 3:57.45 | Q |
| 32 | 3 | Mikael Bergdahl | Finland | 3:57.83 | |
| 33 | 3 | Raul Botezan | Romania | 3:58.60 | |
| 34 | 3 | Peter Kastelić | Slovenia | 3:59.28 | |
| 35 | 3 | Nenad Tosović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4:01.68 | |
| 36 | 2 | Chan Ka Ho | Hong Kong | 4:11.15 | |
| 37 | 2 | Jaber Al-Shabibi | Oman | 4:22.72 | |
| 38 | 1 | Tariq Al-Maashani | Oman | 4:45.74 | |
| 39 | 3 | Rachid Idriss | Libya | 4:46.93 | |
| 40 | 4 | Sami Al-Shehri | Saudi Arabia | 5:02.11 | |
| | 2 | Sajjad Moradi | Iran | DNF | |
| | 3 | Bruno Albuquerque | Portugal | DNF | q |
| | 1 | Moritz Waldmann | Germany | DNS | |
| | 3 | Simon Ayeko | Uganda | DNS | |
| | 3 | Brian Lindberg | Denmark | DNS | |
| | 4 | Abdelmunim Tibin | Sudan | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Vyacheslav Sokolov | Russia | 3:42.49 | |
| | Samir Khadar | Algeria | 3:42.50 | |
| | Goran Nava | Serbia | 3:42.88 | |
| 4 | Ryan Gregson | Australia | 3:43.10 | |
| 5 | Ahmed Mainy | Morocco | 3:43.76 | PB |
| 6 | Víctor Montaner | Spain | 3:44.02 | |
| 7 | Cristian Vorovenci | Romania | 3:44.60 | |
| 8 | Mthobisi Baloyi | South Africa | 3:45.03 | |
| 9 | Artem Kossinov | Kazakhstan | 3:45.32 | |
| 10 | Hélio Gomes | Portugal | 3:45.48 | |
| 11 | Mirko Petrović | Serbia | 3:46.29 | |
| 12 | Bruno Albuquerque | Portugal | 3:47.92 | |
| 13 | Byron Piedra | Ecuador | 3:50.11 | |
| 14 | Samir Jouaher | Morocco | 3:54.59 | |
| 15 | Robert Boorsma | Canada | 3:54.64 | |
| | Mohammed Shaween | Saudi Arabia | DNF | |