Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1983 Summer Universiade was held at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada, on 10 and 11 July 1983.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Gabriella Dorio Italy	Doina Melinte Romania	Maria Radu Romania

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Tamara Koba	Soviet Union	4:15.84	Q
2	1	Doina Melinte	Romania	4:17.63	Q
3	1	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	4:17.98	Q
4	1	Sue Foster	United States	4:19.62	Q
5	1	Lynn Williams	Canada	4:19.90	q
6	2	Yelena Sipatova	Soviet Union	4:24.22	Q
7	2	Maria Radu	Romania	4:24.73	Q
8	2	Martina Krott	West Germany	4:25.64	Q
9	2	Missy Kane	United States	4:25.64	Q
10	1	Mónica Regonesi	Chile	4:26.28	q
11	2	Mercedes Calleja	Spain	4:35.51	q
12	1	Janice Carlo	Puerto Rico	4:37.28	q
13	2	Yolanda González	Mexico	4:40.38
14	2	Glenys Kroon	New Zealand	4:41.03
15	1	Susana Herrera	Mexico	4:42.96
16	2	Alicia Ruano	Guatemala	4:55.09

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Gabriella Dorio	Italy	4:07.26
	Doina Melinte	Romania	4:07.34
	Maria Radu	Romania	4:08.41
4	Martina Krott	West Germany	4:09.07
5	Lynn Williams	Canada	4:12.40
6	Missy Kane	United States	4:15.42
7	Yelena Sipatova	Soviet Union	4:18.41
8	Sue Foster	United States	4:22.10
9	Mónica Regonesi	Chile	4:22.81
10	Mercedes Calleja	Spain	4:28.63
	Janice Carlo	Puerto Rico	DNF
	Tamara Koba	Soviet Union	DNS

^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ "Heats results". Tucson Citizen. 11 July 1983. p. 27. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
^ "Heats results". Edmonton Journal. 11 July 1983. p. 12. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
^ "Final results". Times Colonist. 12 July 1983. p. 5. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
^ "Final results". The Akron Beacon Journal. 12 July 1983. p. 44. Retrieved 9 February 2020.