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.

Medalists

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

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Alejandra Ramos	Chile	4:17.91	Q
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
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
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

Final

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
8	Florence Giolitti	France	4:17.17
9	Leann Warren	United States	4:17.77
10	Asunción Sinovas	Spain	4:19.97
11	Roberta Brunet	Italy	4:19.99
	Ella Kovacs	Romania	DNF