1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 18 and 20 September 1969.[1]

Medalists

GoldJohn Whetton
 Great Britain
SilverFrank Murphy
 Ireland
BronzeHenryk Szordykowski
 Poland

Results

Final

20 September

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
John Whetton Great Britain3:39.45CR
Frank Murphy Ireland3:39.51NR
Henryk Szordykowski Poland3:39.87
4Edgard Salvé Belgium3:39.91
5André Dehertoghe Belgium3:40.9
6Jean Wadoux France3:41.7
7Pavel Pěnkava Czechoslovakia3:41.7
8Francesco Arese Italy3:42.2
9Pekka Vasala Finland3:44.1
10Volodymyr Panteley Soviet Union3:45.0
11Jerzy Maluśki Poland3:48.4
12Pierre Viaux France3:57.3

Heats

18 September

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Francesco Arese Italy3:53.4Q
2John Whetton Great Britain3:53.6Q
3Jerzy Maluśki Poland3:53.6Q
4Pavel Pěnkava Czechoslovakia3:53.8Q
5Anatoliy Verlan Soviet Union3:54.0
Knut Brustad NorwayDNF

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1André Dehertoghe Belgium3:44.10Q
2Henryk Szordykowski Poland3:44.1Q
3Frank Murphy Ireland3:44.3Q
4Pierre Viaux France3:45.4Q
5Jim Douglas Great Britain3:46.4
6Mehmet Tümkan Turkey3:47.0
7Hansruedi Knill  Switzerland3:47.9
8Mikhail Zhelobovskiy Soviet Union3:48.2
9Renzo Finelli Italy3:53.0

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Edgard Salvé Belgium3:53.6Q
2Volodymyr Panteley Soviet Union3:53.6Q
3Jean Wadoux France3:53.8Q
4Pekka Vasala Finland3:53.8Q
5John Boulter Great Britain3:53.9
6Atanas Atanasov Bulgaria3:56.1
7Eryk Żelazny Poland3:57.8

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References

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