Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Women's 1500 metres
# Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 14 and 16 July 1987.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Paula Ivan Romania | Svetlana Kitova Soviet Union | Mitica Junghiatu Romania |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Paula Ivan | Romania | 4:10.70 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Svetlana Kitova | Soviet Union | 4:10.99 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Birgit Barth | East Germany | 4:19.11 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Suzy Favor | United States | 4:19.34 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Vesna Bajer | Yugoslavia | 4:19.71 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Valentina Tauceri | Italy | 4:20.14 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Mitica Junghiatu | Romania | 4:21.67 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Alisa Harvey | United States | 4:22.04 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Irini Theodoridou | Greece | 4:22.22 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Claudia Borgschulze | West Germany | 4:22.52 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Silvia Rožić | Yugoslavia | 4:25.45 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Nadia Ouaziz | Morocco | 4:27.98 | |
| 13 | 1 | Katalin Racz | Hungary | 4:28.60 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Asunción Sinobas | Spain | 4:29.51 | |
| 15 | 3 | Alison Wyeth | Great Britain | 4:32.74 | |
| 16 | 3 | Elizabeth Casillas | Puerto Rico | 4:45.93 | |
| | 1 | Ghada Kadouda | Sudan | DNF | |
| | 1 | Sarah Collins | Australia | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Paula Ivan | Romania | 4:01.32 |
| | Svetlana Kitova | Soviet Union | 4:03.03 |
| | Mitica Junghiatu | Romania | 4:03.04 |
| 4 | Birgit Barth | East Germany | 4:05.54 |
| 5 | Claudia Borgschulze | West Germany | 4:09.64 |
| 6 | Alisa Harvey | United States | 4:10.49 |
| 7 | Vesna Bajer | Yugoslavia | 4:12.89 |
| 8 | Irini Theodoridou | Greece | 4:13.76 |
| 9 | Suzy Favor | United States | 4:14.77 |
| 10 | Katalin Racz | Hungary | 4:18.16 |
| 11 | Valentina Tauceri | Italy | 4:18.95 |
| 12 | Silvia Rožić | Yugoslavia | 4:20.88 |
