# Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy on August 29, 30 and 31.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Anthony Whiteman Great Britain | Carlos García Spain | António Travassos Portugal |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Carlos García | Spain | 3:46.31 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Héctor Torres | Mexico | 3:46.39 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Karl Paranya | United States | 3:46.45 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Abdelhamid Slimani | Algeria | 3:46.50 | q |
| 5 | 5 | Eyvind Solbu | Norway | 3:46.92 | q |
| 6 | 5 | Mohamed Fatihi | Morocco | 3:48.21 | q |
| 7 | 4 | Igor Lishchinskiy | Ukraine | 3:48.47 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Andrea Abelli | Italy | 3:48.49 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Bård Kvalheim | Norway | 3:48.64 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Peter Philipp | Switzerland | 3:48.81 | q |
| 11 | 4 | Celso Ficagna | Brazil | 3:48.85 | q |
| 12 | 4 | Alex Hutchinson | Canada | 3:49.20 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Scott Petersen | Australia | 3:49.91 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | António Travassos | Portugal | 3:50.28 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Nasser Ahmed Sulaiman | Qatar | 3:50.45 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Jeremy Deere | Canada | 3:50.68 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | Ebeneza Felix | South Africa | 3:50.68 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | Brian Treacy | Ireland | 3:50.82 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | Michael Gottschalk | Germany | 3:50.87 | |
| 20 | 2 | Thomas Ebner | Austria | 3:51.12 | |
| 21 | 2 | Alexis Sharangabo | Rwanda | 3:51.89 | |
| 22 | 6 | Gert-Jan Liefers | Netherlands | 3:52.46 | Q |
| 23 | 6 | Piotr Rostkowski | Poland | 3:52.56 | Q |
| 24 | 6 | Neil Caddy | Great Britain | 3:52.62 | Q |
| 25 | 6 | Thomas Suter | Switzerland | 3:52.68 | |
| 26 | 1 | Anthony Whiteman | Great Britain | 3:52.81 | Q |
| 27 | 6 | Mark Sivieri | United States | 3:53.23 | |
| 28 | 1 | Đorđe Milić | Yugoslavia | 3:53.35 | Q |
| 29 | 1 | Chris Bowden | Australia | 3:53.80 | Q |
| 30 | 1 | Lorenzo Lazzari | Italy | 3:53.99 | |
| 31 | 6 | Aleš Tomič | Slovenia | 3:54.01 | |
| 32 | 1 | Alexei Scutaru | Moldova | 3:54.54 | |
| 33 | 3 | Aziz El-Kahlaoui | Morocco | 3:54.76 | |
| 34 | 3 | Pedro Antonio Esteso | Spain | 3:56.00 | |
| 35 | 6 | Vanko Stoyanov | Macedonia | 3:57.46 | |
| 36 | 4 | Adamou Aboubakar | Cameroon | 3:57.47 | |
| 37 | 3 | Gilbert Tuhabonye | Burundi | 3:58.06 | |
| 38 | 2 | Mark Harris | New Zealand | 3:59.35 | |
| 39 | 2 | Sylvester Simelane | Swaziland | 3:59.53 | |
| 40 | 3 | Kabemba Mwape | Zambia | 3:59.58 | |
| 41 | 2 | Mathew Koskei | Kenya | 3:59.64 | |
| 42 | 1 | Rachid Amor | Tunisia | 3:59.66 | |
| 43 | 1 | Kim Soon-hyung | South Korea | 4:00.12 | |
| 44 | 1 | Lesedinyana Lekgoba | Botswana | 4:00.50 | |
| 45 | 5 | Jean-Paul Niyonsaba | Burundi | 4:01.52 | |
| 46 | 3 | Rachman Deviandi | Indonesia | 4:01.88 | |
| 47 | 6 | Nicodemus Rerine | Indonesia | 4:02.14 | |
| 48 | 5 | Frank Ndela | Swaziland | 4:02.18 | |
| 49 | 4 | Junior Anguyo | Uganda | 4:05.59 | |
| 50 | 6 | Christophe Irumwa | Rwanda | 4:05.81 | |
| 51 | 1 | Fadi Hatamleh | Jordan | 4:15.13 | |
| 52 | 3 | Ma Wai Hou | Macau | 4:16.68 | |
| 53 | 3 | Chris Musenze | Uganda | 4:18.67 | |
| 54 | 3 | Alfadio Traoré | Guinea | 4:22.18 | |
| 55 | 4 | Tang Win Kin | Hong Kong | 4:26.90 | |
| 56 | 5 | Noor Aslam | Pakistan | 4:30.83 | |
| 57 | 5 | Tam Hoi Keng | Macau | 4:38.62 | |
| 58 | 5 | Shadi Al-Huheidi | Jordan | 4:43.38 | |
| 59 | 2 | Serge Tohme | Lebanon | 4:45.63 | |
| 60 | 2 | Victor Jonah | Sierra Leone | 4:48.29 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Anthony Whiteman | Great Britain | 3:42.20 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Carlos García | Spain | 3:42.39 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Đorđe Milić | Yugoslavia | 3:42.77 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Igor Lishchinskiy | Ukraine | 3:42.89 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Abdelhamid Slimani | Algeria | 3:42.97 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | António Travassos | Portugal | 3:42.98 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Scott Petersen | Australia | 3:43.02 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Gert-Jan Liefers | Netherlands | 3:43.62 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Héctor Torres | Mexico | 3:43.66 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Ebeneza Felix | South Africa | 3:43.75 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Brian Treacy | Ireland | 3:43.87 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Piotr Rostkowski | Poland | 3:43.98 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Chris Bowden | Australia | 3:44.19 | |
| 14 | 2 | Peter Philipp | Switzerland | 3:44.33 | |
| 15 | 1 | Mohamed Fatihi | Morocco | 3:44.53 | |
| 16 | 1 | Karl Paranya | United States | 3:45.11 | |
| 17 | 1 | Jeremy Deere | Canada | 3:45.61 | |
| 18 | 2 | Celso Ficagna | Brazil | 3:46.69 | |
| 19 | 2 | Neil Caddy | Great Britain | 3:47.64 | |
| 20 | 2 | Alex Hutchinson | Canada | 3:50.26 | |
| 21 | 1 | Bård Kvalheim | Norway | 3:53.42 | |
| 22 | 2 | Andrea Abelli | Italy | 3:54.59 | |
| | 2 | Eyvind Solbu | Norway | DNF | |
| | 1 | Nasser Ahmed Sulaiman | Qatar | ? | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Anthony Whiteman | Great Britain | 3:43.57 |
| | Carlos García | Spain | 3:43.97 |
| | António Travassos | Portugal | 3:44.14 |
| 4 | Brian Treacy | Ireland | 3:45.26 |
| 5 | Igor Lishchinskiy | Ukraine | 3:45.67 |
| 6 | Gert-Jan Liefers | Netherlands | 3:46.09 |
| 7 | Đorđe Milić | Yugoslavia | 3:46.32 |
| 8 | Héctor Torres | Mexico | 3:46.35 |
| 9 | Scott Petersen | Australia | 3:46.66 |
| 10 | Ebeneza Felix | South Africa | 3:47.03 |
| 11 | Piotr Rostkowski | Poland | 3:48.34 |
| 12 | Abdelhamid Slimani | Algeria | 3:50.24 |