title: Athletics at the 2013 Summer Universiade – Men's 1500 metres
text: # Athletics at the 2013 Summer Universiade – Men's 1500 metres
  
  The men's 1500 metres event at the 2013 Summer Universiade was held on 7–9 July.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Valentin Smirnov Russia | Jeremy Rae Canada | Jeremiah Motsau South Africa |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Jeremiah Motsau | South Africa | 3:40.29 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Yegor Nikolayev | Russia | 3:41.14 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Paul Chelimo | Kenya | 3:43.27 | Q |
  | 4 | 1 | Valentin Smirnov | Russia | 3:43.72 | Q, SB |
  | 5 | 1 | Ali Hamdi | Belgium | 3:43.77 | Q |
  | 6 | 2 | Jesús Arturo Esparza | Mexico | 3:43.81 | q |
  | 7 | 1 | Dmitrijs Jurkevičs | Latvia | 3:43.93 | Q |
  | 8 | 1 | Andries Hlaselo | South Africa | 3:44.28 | q |
  | 9 | 1 | Ross Proudfoot | Canada | 3:44.66 | q |
  | 10 | 2 | Mitja Krevs | Slovenia | 3:45.45 | |
  | 11 | 3 | José Juan Esparza | Mexico | 3:45.74 | Q |
  | 12 | 2 | Ivan Obezchik | Kazakhstan | 3:46.36 | |
  | 13 | 1 | Cristian Vorovenci | Romania | 3:47.07 | |
  | 14 | 3 | Jeremy Rae | Canada | 3:47.81 | Q |
  | 15 | 3 | Johannes Alnes | Norway | 3:48.63 | Q, SB |
  | 16 | 3 | Allar Lamp | Estonia | 3:49.20 | |
  | 17 | 2 | Ashot Hayrapetyan | Armenia | 3:51.06 | |
  | 18 | 3 | Jean Ferrugem | Brazil | 3:58.52 | |
  | 19 | 1 | Herbert Gidadui | Uganda | 4:00.00 | |
  | 20 | 2 | Gayan Paradiya Waththalage | Sri Lanka | 4:03.67 | |
  | 21 | 3 | William Awunime Akuka | Ghana | 4:04.65 | |
  | 22 | 1 | Ahmad Ghalie | Lebanon | 4:07.49 | |
  | 23 | 2 | Abdullahi Barre | Somalia | 4:14.69 | |
  | 24 | 3 | Balla Sanogo | Mali | 4:47.69 | |
  | | 3 | Jaad Ahmed Aballa | Qatar | DNF | |
  | | 3 | Ibrahim Omar Abdi | Djibouti | DNS | |
  | | 1 | Víctor Manuel González | Guatemala | DNS | |
  | | 1 | Alex Ngouari-Mouissi | Congo | DNS | |
  | | 2 | Tuomo Salonen | Finland | DNS | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Valentin Smirnov | Russia | 3:39.39 | SB |
  | | Jeremy Rae | Canada | 3:39.45 | |
  | | Jeremiah Motsau | South Africa | 3:39.51 | |
  | 4 | Yegor Nikolayev | Russia | 3:39.59 | |
  | 5 | Dmitrijs Jurkevičs | Latvia | 3:39.79 | |
  | 6 | Paul Chelimo | Kenya | 3:40.41 | |
  | 7 | Andries Hlaselo | South Africa | 3:40.95 | |
  | 8 | José Juan Esparza | Mexico | 3:42.00 | |
  | 9 | Ross Proudfoot | Canada | 3:44.33 | |
  | 10 | Ali Hamdi | Belgium | 3:44.38 | |
  | 11 | Jesús Arturo Esparza | Mexico | 3:45.57 | |
  | 12 | Johannes Alnes | Norway | 3:53.01 | |
  