Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria,[1] with the final on 3 September 1961.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Tomáš Salinger
 Czechoslovakia
Zoltan Vamoş
 Romania
Rudolf Klaban
 Austria

Results

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Heats

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Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
2 1 Tomáš Salinger  Czechoslovakia 3:52.2 Q
3 1 Lech Boguszewicz  Poland 3:52.4 Q
4 1 John Boulter  Great Britain 3:55.3 q
5 1 Luc Baeyens  Belgium 3:58.7 q
6 1 Karl Eyerkaufer  West Germany 3:58.8 q
7 1 Volker Tulzer  Austria 3:59.0 q
1 2 Rudolf Klaban  Austria 3:53.1 Q
2 2 Stylian Kostov  Bulgaria 3:53.3 Q
3 2 Bolesław Kowalczyk  Poland 3:58.5 Q
4 2 Colin Shillington  Great Britain 3:59.0 q
1 3 Karl-Heinz Czock  West Germany 3:53.1 Q
2 3 Valentin Karaulov  Soviet Union 3:58.3 Q
3 3 Norbert Haupert  Luxembourg 3:58.7 Q
4 3 Dimitar Angelov  Bulgaria 4:00.9
5 3 Sokol Morina  Albania 4:01.4

Final

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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tomáš Salinger  Czechoslovakia 3:45.75
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zoltan Vamoş  Romania 3:45.85
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rudolf Klaban  Austria 3:46.16
4 Valentin Karaulov  Soviet Union 3:48.05
5 Karl-Heinz Czock  West Germany 3:48.32
6 Lech Boguszewicz  Poland 3:48.79
7 Bolesław Kowalczyk  Poland 3:50.0
8 Karl Eyerkaufer  West Germany 3:50.3
9 Luc Baeyens  Belgium 3:51.5
10 Norbert Haupert  Luxembourg 3:55.8
11 Colin Shillington  Great Britain 3:58.3
John Boulter  Great Britain DNS
Volker Tulzer  Austria DNS
Stylian Kostov  Bulgaria DNS

References

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