Athletics at the 1977 Summer Universiade – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1977 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on 22 and 23 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tom Andrews Bulgaria	Natalia Mărăşescu Romania	Maricica Puică Romania

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Christine Tranter	Great Britain	4:13.7	Q
1	1	Vesela Yatsinska	Bulgaria	4:13.7	Q
3	1	Natalia Mărășescu	Romania	4:13.9	Q
4	1	Lyubov Ivanova	Soviet Union	4:14.0	Q
5	2	Maricica Puică	Romania	4:15.8	Q
6	1	Julie Brown	United States	4:16.1	Q
7	1	Penny Werthner	Canada	4:16.7	q
8	2	Charlotte Bradley	Mexico	4:17.0	Q
9	2	Totka Petrova	Bulgaria	4:17.3	Q
10	2	Waltraud Strotzer	East Germany	4:17.4	Q
11	2	Celina Sokołowska	Poland	4:18.5	Q
12	1	Angela Cook	Australia	4:18.6	q
13	2	Sakina Boutamine	Algeria	4:19.1
14	2	Valentina Ilyinykh	Soviet Union	4:23.1
15	2	Debbie Scott	Canada	4:25.1
16	1	Geertje Meersseman	Belgium	4:25.4
17	1	Margherita Gargano	Italy	4:39.3
18	1	Sosor Sarantuja	Mongolia	4:44.5

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Totka Petrova	Bulgaria	4:05.7
	Natalia Mărășescu	Romania	4:05.8
	Maricica Puică	Romania	4:06.4
4	Vesela Yatsinska	Bulgaria	4:07.2
5	Christine Tranter	Great Britain	4:09.7
6	Lyubov Ivanova	Soviet Union	4:11.8
7	Waltraud Strotzer	East Germany	4:13.2
8	Penny Werthner	Canada	4:13.2
9	Julie Brown	United States	4:13.6
10	Charlotte Bradley	Mexico	4:14.7	NR
11	Celina Sokołowska	Poland	4:18.1
12	Angela Cook	Australia	4:19.6