# Athletics at the 1993 Summer Universiade – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1993 Summer Universiade was held at the UB Stadium in Buffalo, United States on 16, 17 and 18 July 1993.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Abdelkader Chékhémani France | Bill Burke United States | Gary Lough Great Britain |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Rich Kenah | United States | 3:50.59 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Allan Klassen | Canada | 3:50.70 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Desmond English | Ireland | 3:50.74 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Mohamed Zerfaoui | Morocco | 3:50.90 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Waldemar Glinka | Poland | 3:51.94 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Phil Spratley | New Zealand | 3:52.56 | q |
| 7 | 3 | Dmitriy Drozdov | Russia | 3:53.96 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama | Qatar | 3:54.03 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Mark Carroll | Ireland | 3:54.18 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Sergey Kostylev | Russia | 3:54.41 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Andy Keith | Great Britain | 3:54.86 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Abdelkader Chékhémani | France | 3:55.07 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Pierre Morath | Switzerland | 3:55.07 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | Themba Makhanya | Swaziland | 3:55.16 | q |
| 15 | 3 | Alex Davey | Australia | 3:55.48 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Bill Burke | United States | 3:55.72 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | Fabio Olivo | Italy | 3:55.75 | Q |
| 18 | 2 | Dejan Pajkić | Independent Participants | 3:55.77 | Q |
| 19 | 2 | Gary Lough | Great Britain | 3:55.80 | Q |
| 20 | 2 | Kim Soon-hyung | South Korea | 3:55.90 | Q |
| 21 | 2 | Mohamed Shawki Abdullah | Qatar | 3:55.98 | Q |
| 22 | 2 | Eyvind Solbu | Norway | 3:56.44 | q |
| 23 | 2 | Sandu Rebenciuc | United States | 3:56.62 | q |
| 24 | 2 | Riad Gatt | Algeria | 3:56.72 | |
| 25 | 4 | Luis Díaz | Venezuela | 3:57.44 | |
| 26 | 1 | Jean-Pierre Ndahimana | Rwanda | 3:57.61 | |
| 27 | 2 | Peter Philipp | Switzerland | 3:57.80 | |
| 28 | 3 | Javier Soto | Puerto Rico | 3:57.94 | Q |
| 29 | 3 | Charles Baryamujura | Uganda | 4:01.73 | |
| 30 | 2 | Abdelmajid Mehir | Morocco | 4:02.68 | |
| 31 | 4 | Xandru Grech | Malta | 4:04.16 | |
| 32 | 2 | Jonny Gallo | Costa Rica | 4:04.36 | |
| 33 | 1 | Vilho Namufinda | Namibia | 4:06.14 | |
| 34 | 1 | Thompson Harokave | Papua New Guinea | 4:18.74 | |
| 35 | 3 | Jonathan Jonah | Sierra Leone | 4:27.19 | |
| | 3 | Jihad Al-Balaoui | Jordan | DNF | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Rich Kenah | United States | 3:45.15 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Allan Klassen | Canada | 3:45.36 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Abdelkader Chékhémani | France | 3:45.40 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Mark Carroll | Ireland | 3:45.66 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Andy Keith | Great Britain | 3:45.71 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Mohamed Shawki Abdullah | Qatar | 3:46.10 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Waldemar Glinka | Poland | 3:46.72 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Mohamed Zerfaoui | Morocco | 3:47.34 | |
| 9 | 2 | Sandu Rebenciuc | United States | 3:48.19 | |
| 10 | 2 | Sergey Kostylev | Russia | 3:50.81 | |
| 11 | 2 | Phil Spratley | New Zealand | 3:50.82 | |
| 12 | 1 | Bill Burke | United States | 3:52.57 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Dejan Pajkić | Independent Participants | 3:52.77 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Gary Lough | Great Britain | 3:52.92 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama | Qatar | 3:52.99 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Desmond English | Ireland | 3:53.09 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | Fabio Olivo | Italy | 3:53.10 | |
| 18 | 1 | Alex Davey | Australia | 3:53.15 | |
| 19 | 1 | Pierre Morath | Switzerland | 3:53.48 | |
| 20 | 1 | Eyvind Solbu | Norway | 3:54.08 | |
| 21 | 1 | Dmitriy Drozdov | Russia | 3:54.75 | |
| 22 | 2 | Kim Soon-hyung | South Korea | 3:56.74 | |
| 23 | 1 | Javier Soto | Puerto Rico | 3:56.81 | |
| 24 | 1 | Themba Makhanya | Swaziland | 4:00.65 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Abdelkader Chékhémani | France | 3:46.32 |
| | Bill Burke | United States | 3:46.33 |
| | Gary Lough | Great Britain | 3:46.77 |
| 4 | Allan Klassen | Canada | 3:47.62 |
| 5 | Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama | Qatar | 3:47.70 |
| 6 | Rich Kenah | United States | 3:47.72 |
| 7 | Mark Carroll | Ireland | 3:48.08 |
| 8 | Waldemar Glinka | Poland | 3:48.73 |
| 9 | Andy Keith | Great Britain | 3:48.89 |
| 10 | Dejan Pajkić | Independent Participants | 3:49.40 |
| 11 | Mohamed Shawki Abdullah | Qatar | 3:52.16 |
| 12 | Desmond English | Ireland | 3:53.59 |