1969 European Athletics Championships – Women'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 women's 1500 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 and 20 September 1969.[1]

Medalists

Gold Jaroslava Jehličková
 Czechoslovakia
Silver Maria Gommers
 Netherlands
Bronze Paola Pigni
 Italy

Results

Final

20 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Jaroslava Jehličková  Czechoslovakia 4:10.77 WR
2nd Maria Gommers  Netherlands 4:11.9 NR
3rd Paola Pigni  Italy 4:12.0 NR
4 Lyudmila Bragina  Soviet Union 4:13.2 NR
5 Ilja Keizer  Netherlands 4:13.3
6 Regina Kleinau  East Germany 4:15.2 NR
7 Rita Ridley  United Kingdom 4:15.9 NR
8 Anne-Marie Nenzell  Sweden 4:16.6 NR
9 Anneloes Bosman  Netherlands 4:17.6
10 Alla Kolesnikova  Soviet Union 4:18.2
11 Gunhild Hoffmeister  East Germany 4:23.2
12 Emilia Privrelova  Czechoslovakia 4:32.8

Heats

19 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Paola Pigni  Italy 4:17.2 CR Q
2 Rita Ridley  United Kingdom 4:18.2 Q
3 Lyudmila Bragina  Soviet Union 4:18.3 Q
4 Gunhild Hoffmeister  East Germany 4:18.4 Q
5 Ilja Keizer  Netherlands 4:18.6 Q
6 Emilia Privrelova  Czechoslovakia 4:19.0 Q
7 Lyudmila Safonova  Soviet Union 4:21.3
8 Vasilena Amzina  Bulgaria 4:22.2
9 Maria Linca  Romania 4:24.6
10 Zofia Kołakowska  Poland 4:25.4
11 Anne O'Brien  Ireland

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Maria Gommers  Netherlands 4:17.9 Q
2 Anneloes Bosman  Netherlands 4:18.1 Q
3 Alla Kolesnikova  Soviet Union 4:19.1 Q
4 Regina Kleinau  East Germany 4:21.5 Q
5 Anne-Marie Nenzell  Sweden 4:22.2 Q
6 Jaroslava Jehličková  Czechoslovakia 4:28.4 Q
7 María Budavári  Hungary 4:31.6
8 Thelwyn Bateman  United Kingdom 4:35.2
9 Angela Ramello  Italy 4:36.6
10 Veselinka Milošević  Yugoslavia 4:36.9
11 Waltraud Pöhland  East Germany DNF

Participation

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

References