Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 21 and 22 July 1981.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Gabriella Dorio Italy	Doina Melinte Romania	Olga Dvirna Soviet Union

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Olga Dvirna	Soviet Union	4:18.78	Q
2	1	Maria Radu	Romania	4:18.83	Q
3	1	Breda Pergar	Yugoslavia	4:21.83	Q
4	1	Maggie Keyes	United States	4:22.63	Q
5	1	Mercedes Calleja	Spain	4:27.43	Q
6	1	Eloína Kerr	Cuba	4:33.01
7	1	Susana Herrera	Mexico	4:37.86
8	1	Hala El-Moughrabi	Syria	4:44.64
1	2	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	4:16.00	Q
2	2	Doina Melinte	Romania	4:16.27	Q
3	2	Ravilya Agletdinova	Soviet Union	4:18.39	Q
4	2	Wendy Smith	Great Britain	4:18.54	Q
5	2	Linda Goen	United States	4:19.18	Q
7	2	Katharina Sävestrand	Sweden	4:23.31	q
8	2	Gloria Pallé	Spain	4:23.52	q
9	2	Sergia Martínez	Cuba	4:23.70	q
10	2	Angelita Lind	Puerto Rico	4:25.50	q
11	2	Tuija Toivonen	Finland	4:25.93

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	4:05.35	UR
	Doina Melinte	Romania	4:05.74
	Olga Dvirna	Soviet Union	4:06.39
4	Ravilya Agletdinova	Soviet Union	4:07.03
5	Maria Radu	Romania	4:10.28
6	Wendy Smith	Great Britain	4:10.76
8	Breda Pergar	Yugoslavia	4:12.95
9	Mercedes Calleja	Spain	4:15.38	^[5]
10	Maggie Keyes	United States	4:15.59
11	Linda Goen	United States	4:16.03
12	Gloria Pallé	Spain	4:18.03	PB^[5]
13	Katharina Sävestrand	Sweden	4:19.44
14	Sergia Martínez	Cuba	4:34.18
	Angelita Lind	Puerto Rico	DNF

^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ "Jury achter Comaneci" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 22 July 1981. p. 9.
^ "Final results". The Town Talk. 23 July 1981. p. 30. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
^ "Final results". United Press International. 22 July 1981. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Jornada de decepción para las aspiraciones españolas" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 23 July 1981. p. 22. Retrieved 25 November 2020.