Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Half marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

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

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

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

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

• Results (archived)