# Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1999 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Son Moix in Palma de Mallorca, Spain on 10, 11 and 13 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Bernard Lagat Kenya | Leszek Zblewski Poland | Lorenzo Lazzari Italy |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Bernard Lagat | Kenya | 3:47.40 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Gareth Turnbull | Ireland | 3:47.52 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Spencer Barden | Great Britain | 3:47.74 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Michael Stember | United States | 3:47.85 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Lorenzo Lazzari | Italy | 3:47.85 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Stephen Willis | New Zealand | 3:47.89 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Rachid Boulahdid | Morocco | 3:47.98 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Gezachw Yossef | Israel | 3:48.04 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Igor Lishchynskyy | Ukraine | 3:48.11 | q |
| 10 | 3 | Peter Philipp | Switzerland | 3:48.17 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Mark Gorski | Australia | 3:48.36 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Mark Hauser | United States | 3:48.45 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Rich Tremain | Canada | 3:48.54 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Stanislav Lambev | Bulgaria | 3:48.57 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Luis Mezquida | Spain | 3:48.57 | q |
| 16 | 2 | Hicham Lamalem | Morocco | 3:49.65 | q |
| 17 | 2 | Alexander Greaux | Puerto Rico | 3:52.50 | q |
| 18 | 3 | Jhonny Loría | Costa Rica | 3:53.39 | q |
| 19 | 2 | Soren Helmer | Denmark | 3:53.52 | |
| 20 | 1 | Đorđe Milić | Yugoslavia | 3:57.82 | Q |
| 21 | 2 | Xandru Grecht | Malta | 3:58.40 | |
| 22 | 3 | Damien Shirley | New Zealand | 3:58.62 | |
| 23 | 1 | Paul Cleary | Australia | 3:58.76 | Q |
| 24 | 1 | Juan José Viña | Spain | 3:59.10 | Q |
| 25 | 1 | Leszek Zblewski | Poland | 3:59.24 | Q |
| 26 | 1 | Abednigo Sibandze | Swaziland | 3:59.43 | Q |
| 27 | 1 | Ronny Bravo | Chile | 3:59.76 | Q |
| 28 | 1 | Jamal Abdi Hassan | Qatar | 4:00.24 | |
| 29 | 1 | Ramiro Paris | Argentina | 4:03.16 | |
| 30 | 1 | Luis Abaya | Costa Rica | 4:04.17 | |
| 31 | 1 | Rachman Deviandi | Indonesia | 4:04.55 | |
| 32 | 1 | Gerald Grecht | Malta | 4:06.18 | |
| 33 | 3 | Vullnet Manushi | Albania | 4:12.02 | |
| 34 | 3 | Manuel Méndez | Argentina | 4:13.66 | |
| 35 | 3 | Mohamed Berim | Sudan | 4:28.25 | |
| | 1 | Eliud Wainaina | Kenya | DNS | |
| | 1 | Daryl Fillion | Canada | DNS | |
| | 2 | Alexis Sharanyabo | Rwanda | DNS | |
| | 2 | Henry Bakumpe | Uganda | DNS | |
| | 3 | Wissam Mattar | Lebanon | DNS | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Michael Stember | United States | 3:46.78 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Stephen Willis | New Zealand | 3:46.94 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Gareth Turnbull | Ireland | 3:47.06 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Juan José Viña | Spain | 3:47.14 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Igor Lishchynskyy | Ukraine | 3:47.16 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Mark Gorski | Australia | 3:47.21 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Rachid Boulahdid | Morocco | 3:47.26 | q, PB |
| 8 | 2 | Spencer Barden | Great Britain | 3:47.65 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Peter Phillip | Switzerland | 3:47.76 | |
| 10 | 1 | Bernard Lagat | Kenya | 3:48.35 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Paul Cleary | Australia | 3:48.54 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Lorenzo Lazzari | Italy | 3:48.71 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Leszek Zblewski | Poland | 3:49.09 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Hicham Lamalem | Morocco | 3:49.68 | |
| 15 | 1 | Gezachw Yossef | Israel | 3:52.28 | |
| 16 | 1 | Luis Mezquida | Spain | 3:53.17 | |
| 17 | 2 | Stanislav Lambev | Bulgaria | 3:53.50 | |
| 18 | 1 | Alexander Greaux | Puerto Rico | 3:54.26 | |
| 19 | 2 | Rich Tremain | Canada | 3:54.79 | |
| 20 | 2 | Jhonny Loría | Costa Rica | 3:55.01 | |
| 21 | 1 | Mark Hauser | United States | 3:55.59 | |
| 22 | 1 | Abednigo Sibandze | Swaziland | 3:59.79 | |
| 23 | 1 | Đorđe Milić | Yugoslavia | 4:03.15 | |
| 24 | 2 | Ronny Bravo | Chile | 4:03.86 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Bernard Lagat | Kenya | 3:40.99 | |
| | Leszek Zblewski | Poland | 3:41.81 | |
| | Lorenzo Lazzari | Italy | 3:42.36 | |
| 4 | Michael Stember | United States | 3:42.99 | |
| 5 | Stephen Willis | New Zealand | 3:43.49 | |
| 6 | Paul Cleary | Australia | 3:44.06 | |
| 7 | Gareth Turnbull | Ireland | 3:44.23 | |
| 8 | Spencer Barden | Great Britain | 3:44.86 | |
| 9 | Rachid Boulahdid | Morocco | 3:46.40 | PB |
| 10 | Juan José Viña | Spain | 3:48.16 | |
| 11 | Igor Lishchynskyy | Ukraine | 3:49.02 | |
| 12 | Mark Gorski | Australia | 3:49.67 | |