1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
| Events at the 1969 European Athletics Championships  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | |||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| 20 km walk | 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 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 18 and 20 September 1969.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | John Whetton United Kingdom |
| Silver | Frank Murphy Ireland |
| Bronze | Henryk Szordykowski Poland |
Results
Final
20 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | John Whetton | United Kingdom | 3:39.45 | CR |
 | Frank Murphy | Ireland | 3:39.51 | NR |
 | Henryk Szordykowski | Poland | 3:39.87 | |
| 4 | Edgard Salvé | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 3:39.91 | |
| 5 | André De Hertoghe | Belgium | 3:40.9 | |
| 6 | Jean Wadoux |  France | 3:41.7 | |
| 7 | Pavel Pěnkava |  Czechoslovakia | 3:41.7 | |
| 8 | Francesco Arese |  Italy | 3:42.2 | |
| 9 | Pekka Vasala |  Finland | 3:44.1 | |
| 10 | Vladimir Panteley | .svg.png){kind=small} Soviet Union | 3:45.0 | |
| 11 | Jerzy Maluśki | Poland | 3:48.4 | |
| 12 | Pierre Viaux | France | 3:57.3 |
Heats
18 September
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francesco Arese | Italy | 3:53.4 | Q |
| 2 | John Whetton | United Kingdom | 3:53.6 | Q |
| 3 | Jerzy Maluśki | Poland | 3:53.6 | Q |
| 4 | Pavel Pěnkava | Czechoslovakia | 3:53.8 | Q |
| 5 | Anatoliy Verlan | Soviet Union | 3:54.0 | |
| 6 | Knut Brustad |  Norway | DNF |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | André De Hertoghe | Belgium | 3:44.10 | Q |
| 2 | Henryk Szordykowski | Poland | 3:44.1 | Q |
| 3 | Frank Murphy | Ireland | 3:44.3 | Q |
| 4 | Pierre Viaux | France | 3:45.4 | Q |
| 5 | Jim Douglas | United Kingdom | 3:46.4 | |
| 6 | Mehmet Tümkan |  Turkey | 3:47.0 | |
| 7 | Hansruedi Knill |  Switzerland | 3:47.9 | |
| 8 | Mikhail Zhelobovskiy | Soviet Union | 3:48.2 | |
| 9 | Renzo Finelli | Italy | 3:53.0 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edgard Salvé | Belgium | 3:53.6 | Q |
| 2 | Vladimir Panteley | Soviet Union | 3:53.6 | Q |
| 3 | Jean Wadoux | France | 3:53.8 | Q |
| 4 | Pekka Vasala | Finland | 3:53.8 | Q |
| 5 | John Boulter | United Kingdom | 3:53.9 | |
| 6 | Atanas Atanasov | .svg.png){kind=small} Bulgaria | 3:56.1 | |
| 7 | Eryk Żelazny | Poland | 3:57.8 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
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References
- ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK, European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014
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