1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
| Events at the 1954 European Athletics Championships  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | |||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 80 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | |||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 10,000 m track walk | men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | |||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Pentathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
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The men's 1500 metres at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 and 29 August 1954.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Roger Bannister United Kingdom |
| Silver | Gunnar Nielsen Denmark |
| Bronze | Stanislav Jungwirth Czechoslovakia |
Results
Final
29 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Roger Bannister | United Kingdom | 3:43.8 | CR NR |
 | Gunnar Nielsen | Denmark | 3:44.4 | NR |
 | Stanislav Jungwirth | Czechoslovakia | 3:45.4 | |
| 4 | Ingvar Ericsson |  Sweden | 3:46.2 | |
| 5 | Werner Lueg |  West Germany | 3:46.4 | |
| 6 | Sándor Iharos | .svg.png){kind=small} Hungary | 3:47.0 | |
| 7 | Denis Johansson |  Finland | 3:47.4 | |
| 8 | Günter Dohrow | West Germany | 3:48.2 | |
| 9 | Ian Boyd | United Kingdom | 3:49.2 | |
| 10 | Jorma Kakko | Finland | 3:51.8 | |
| 11 | Veliša Mugoša |  Yugoslavia | DNF | |
| 12 | Alfred Langenus | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | DNS |
Heats
26 August
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Günter Dohrow | West Germany | 3:51.0 | Q |
| 2 | Stanislav Jungwirth | Czechoslovakia | 3:51.2 | Q |
| 3 | Roger Bannister | United Kingdom | 3:51.8 | Q |
| 4 | Alfred Langenus | Belgium | 3:51.8 | Q |
| 5 | Andrej Vipotnik | Yugoslavia | 3:52.2 | |
| 6 | Edmund Potrzebowski |  Poland | 3:52.2 | |
| 7 | Vladimir Bagreyev | .svg.png){kind=small} Soviet Union | 3:53.0 | |
| 8 | August Sutter |  Switzerland | 3:54.4 | |
| 9 | Ekrem Koçak |  Turkey | 3:57.4 | |
| 10 | Richard Badet |  France | 3:57.8 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veliša Mugoša | Yugoslavia | 3:51.0 | Q |
| 2 | Sándor Iharos | Hungary | 3:51.2 | Q |
| 3 | Ingvar Ericsson | Sweden | 3:51.4 | Q |
| 4 | Jorma Kakko | Finland | 3:51.4 | Q |
| 5 | Roger Müller |  Luxembourg | 3:52.0 | |
| 6 | Gaston Reiff | Belgium | 3:57.0 | |
| 7 | Evangelos Depastas | .svg.png){kind=small} Greece | 3:58.2 | |
| 8 | Heinz Thoet | Switzerland | 4:01.0 | |
| 9 | Manuel Macías | .svg.png){kind=small} Spain | 4:10.6 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Werner Lueg | West Germany | 3:53.2 | Q |
| 2 | Ian Boyd | United Kingdom | 3:53.2 | Q |
| 3 | Gunnar Nielsen | Denmark | 3:53.6 | Q |
| 4 | Denis Johansson | Finland | 3:53.8 | Q |
| 5 | Antoine Vincendon | France | 3:54.6 | |
| 6 | István Rózsavölgyi | Hungary | 3:54.6 | |
| 7 | Alexander Zvolensky | Czechoslovakia | 3:55.2 | |
| 8 | Kazimierz Żbikowski | Poland | 3:56.6 | |
| 9 | Dimitrios Konstantinidis | Greece | 3:57.6 | |
| 10 | Turhan Göker | Turkey | 4:01.2 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
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References
- ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK, European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014
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