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The men's 1500 metres event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 6 and 8 September 1957.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Josef Cegledi Austria	Jonas Pipynė Soviet Union	Harald Mengler West Germany

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Jonas Pipynė	Soviet Union	3:52.5	Q^[3]
2	1	Josef Cegledi	Austria	3:53.0	Q
3	1	Harald Mengler	West Germany	3:55.0	Q
4	1	Joško Murat	Yugoslavia	3:55.8	Q
5	1	John Evans	Great Britain	3:58.5	Q
6	1	Jean-Marie Argelès	France	4:03.0
7	1	Félix Arribas	Spain	4:10.8
8	1	Michel Lallemand	Belgium	4:15.6
9	1	Garo Kazandijan	Lebanon	4:35.0
1	2	Olaf Lawrenz	West Germany	3:56.8	Q^[3]
2	2	Roger Dunkley	Great Britain	3:57.2	Q^[3]
3	2	Rudolf Klaban	Austria	3:57.6	Q
4	2	Somkutt	Hungary	3:57.8	Q
5	2	Henryk Gralewski	Poland	3:58.4	Q
6	2	André Guilhaumon	France	3:59.2
7	2	Tadahiko Fujii	Japan	4:00.9
8	2	Jaime Rodrigo	Spain	4:12.0
9	2	Pérez	Spain	4:15.6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Josef Cegledi	Austria	3:50.5
	Jonas Pipynė	Soviet Union	3:51.0
	Harald Mengler	West Germany	3:51.3
4	Joško Murat	Yugoslavia	3:52.1
5	Roger Dunkley	Great Britain	3:52.8
6	John Evans	Great Britain	3:54.0
7	Henryk Gralewski	Poland	3:55.6
	Rudolf Klaban	Austria	?
	Somkutt	Hungary	?
	Olaf Lawrenz	West Germany	DNS

^ García, Gerardo. "Los Juegos Universitarios Mundiales" (PDF). Atletismo (in Spanish). October 1957: 15–19. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ L'Athletisme (September 1957, p5)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Britain gains her first medal". The Manchester Guardian. 7 September 1957. p. 6. Retrieved 22 November 2021.