Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held on 30 and 31 August at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Gabriela Szabo Romania	Carla Sacramento Portugal	Lidia Chojecka Poland

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	4:12.59	Q
2	2	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:12.82	Q
3	2	Kathy Butler	Canada	4:13.13	Q
4	2	Miesha Marzell	United States	4:13.38	Q
5	2	Carlien Cornelissen	South Africa	4:13.54	Q
6	2	Kumiko Okamoto	Japan	4:16.94	q
7	1	Luminiţa Gogârlea	Romania	4:19.01	Q
8	1	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:19.24	Q
9	1	Hayley Parry	United Kingdom	4:19.56	Q
10	1	Mélanie Choinière	Canada	4:19.70	Q
11	1	Marjana Zajfrid	Slovenia	4:20.43	Q
12	2	Veslemøy Hausken	Norway	4:20.51	q
13	1	Samira Raïf	Morocco	4:21.02
14	2	Svetlana Svekla	Moldova	4:22.62
15	2	Susana Estiveira	Portugal	4:23.31
16	2	Chan-Ropper Man Yee	Hong Kong	4:25.39
17	1	Sylvia Kühnemund	Germany	4:27.83
18	2	Susana Rebolledo	Chile	4:28.79
19	1	Natalia Cercheș	Moldova	4:30.30
20	2	Niamh Beirne	Ireland	4:31.09
21	1	Mari-Luise Henning	South Africa	4:35.83
22	2	Marques Sylla Kensa	Guinea	5:46.22
	?	Stine Larsen	Norway	DNF

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	4:10.31
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:10.40
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:12.38
4	Hayley Parry	United Kingdom	4:13.26
5	Kathy Butler	Canada	4:13.27
6	Luminiţa Gogârlea	Romania	4:13.44
7	Miesha Marzell	United States	4:13.62
8	Mélanie Choinière	Canada	4:14.71
9	Carlien Cornelissen	South Africa	4:16.20
10	Kumiko Okamoto	Japan	4:17.32
11	Marjana Zajfrid	Slovenia	4:18.08
12	Veslemøy Hausken	Norway	4:29.19