Athletics at the 1985 Summer Universiade – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1985 Summer Universiade was held at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe on 29 and 30 August 1985.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Svetlana Kitova Soviet Union	Margareta Keszeg Romania	Darlene Beckford United States

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Alejandra Ramos	Chile	4:17.91	Q^[2]
2	1	Florence Giolitti	France	4:18.02	Q
3	1	Darlene Beckford	United States	4:18.08	Q
4	1	Ulla Marquette	Canada	4:18.33	Q
5	1	Asunción Sinovas	Spain	4:18.48	Q^[2]
6	1	Ella Kovacs	Romania	4:19.32	q
7	1	Roberta Brunet	Italy	4:19.72	q
8	2	Leann Warren	United States	4:20.25	Q
9	2	Svetlana Kitova	Soviet Union	4:20.32	Q
10	2	Angela Chalmers	Canada	4:20.71	Q
11	2	Margareta Keszeg	Romania	4:20.81	Q
12	2	Annette Sergent	France	4:21.17	Q^[3]
13	2	Vesna Bajer	Yugoslavia	4:22.98
14	2	Fatima Aouam	Morocco	4:25.00
15	1	Mirela Šket	Yugoslavia	4:36.14
16	2	Yukiko Tajima	Japan	4:37.66

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Svetlana Kitova	Soviet Union	4:07.12
	Margareta Keszeg	Romania	4:07.55
	Darlene Beckford	United States	4:08.84
4	Ulla Marquette	Canada	4:11.58
5	Angela Chalmers	Canada	4:12.13
6	Alejandra Ramos	Chile	4:13.09
7	Annette Sergent	France	4:16.40	^[3]
8	Florence Giolitti	France	4:17.17
9	Leann Warren	United States	4:17.77
10	Asunción Sinovas	Spain	4:19.97	^[5]
11	Roberta Brunet	Italy	4:19.99
	Ella Kovacs	Romania	DNF

^ Results at Tilastopaja
^ ^a ^b "Gross aprendio la leccion". Mundo Deportivo. 30 August 1985. p. 31. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b French results
^ "Results". The Boston Globe. 31 August 1985. p. 31. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "Se cerro la piscina entre Barras y Estrellas". Mundo Deportivo. 30 August 1985. p. 31. Retrieved 8 February 2020.