Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria, with the final on 3 September 1961.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tomáš Salinger Czechoslovakia	Zoltan Vamoş Romania	Rudolf Klaban Austria

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
2	1	Tomáš Salinger	Czechoslovakia	3:52.2	Q
3	1	Lech Boguszewicz	Poland	3:52.4	Q
4	1	John Boulter	Great Britain	3:55.3	q
5	1	Luc Baeyens	Belgium	3:58.7	q
6	1	Karl Eyerkaufer	West Germany	3:58.8	q
7	1	Volker Tulzer	Austria	3:59.0	q
1	2	Rudolf Klaban	Austria	3:53.1	Q
2	2	Stylian Kostov	Bulgaria	3:53.3	Q
3	2	Bolesław Kowalczyk	Poland	3:58.5	Q
4	2	Colin Shillington	Great Britain	3:59.0	q
1	3	Karl-Heinz Czock	West Germany	3:53.1	Q
2	3	Valentin Karaulov	Soviet Union	3:58.3	Q
3	3	Norbert Haupert	Luxembourg	3:58.7	Q
4	3	Dimitar Angelov	Bulgaria	4:00.9
5	3	Sokol Morina	Albania	4:01.4

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tomáš Salinger	Czechoslovakia	3:45.75
	Zoltan Vamoş	Romania	3:45.85
	Rudolf Klaban	Austria	3:46.16
4	Valentin Karaulov	Soviet Union	3:48.05
5	Karl-Heinz Czock	West Germany	3:48.32
6	Lech Boguszewicz	Poland	3:48.79
7	Bolesław Kowalczyk	Poland	3:50.0
8	Karl Eyerkaufer	West Germany	3:50.3
9	Luc Baeyens	Belgium	3:51.5
10	Norbert Haupert	Luxembourg	3:55.8
11	Colin Shillington	Great Britain	3:58.3
	John Boulter	Great Britain	DNS
	Volker Tulzer	Austria	DNS
	Stylian Kostov	Bulgaria	DNS