1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 and 12 March in Milan.[1][2]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Antti Loikkanen
 Finland
Olaf Beyer
 West Germany
Jürgen Straub
 East Germany

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Eberhard Helm West Germany3:43.3Q
21János Zemen Hungary3:43.4Q
31Bernhard Vifian  Switzerland3:43.9
41Henryk Wasilewski Poland3:45.7
51Robert Nemeth Austria3:47.4
61Kor Louws Netherlands3:52.7
12Francis Gonzalez France3:39.6Q
22Antti Loikkanen Finland3:39.6Q
32Tamás Szántó Hungary3:40.7q
42Joost Borm Netherlands3:43.2q
52Vittorio Fontanella Italy3:52.7
13Thomas Wessinghage West GermanyQ
23Jürgen Straub East GermanyQ
33José Manuel Abascal Spainq
43Anatoliy Mamontov Soviet Unionq
53András Zsinka Hungary
63Wybo Lelieveld Netherlands
73Juhani Sams Finland

Note: The judges had the competitors in heat 3 run one extra lap by mistake, so no times were recorded. After much deliberation and protests, it was decided to let four runners from that heat to the final.

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Antti Loikkanen Finland3:38.16CR, NR
Thomas Wessinghage West Germany3:38.23
Jürgen Straub East Germany3:40.2
4José Manuel Abascal Spain3:40.3
5Anatoliy Mamontov Soviet Union3:41.1NR
6János Zemen Hungary3:43.0
7Francis Gonzalez France3:43.4
8Joost Borm Netherlands3:45.2
9Eberhard Helm West Germany3:46.8
10Tamás Szántó Hungary3:49.0

References

  1. Results
  2. Results (p. 471)
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