1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

Events at the
1974 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
3000 m 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 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Roma, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 6 and 8 September 1974.[1]

Medalists

Gold Klaus-Peter Justus
 East Germany
Silver Tom Birger Hansen
 Denmark
Bronze Thomas Wessinghage
 West Germany

Results

Final

8 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Klaus-Peter Justus  East Germany 3:40.55
2nd Tom Birger Hansen  Denmark 3:40.75
3rd Thomas Wessinghage  West Germany 3:41.1
4 Haico Scharn  Netherlands 3:41.3
5 Vladimir Panteley  Soviet Union 3:41.4
6 Pekka Vasala  Finland 3:41.5
7 Paul-Heinz Wellmann  West Germany 3:41.6
8 Rolf Gysin  Switzerland 3:41.8
9 Ulf Högberg  Sweden 3:42.3
10 Gunnar Ekman  Sweden 3:42.5
11 Henryk Wasilewski  Poland 3:42.7
12 Marcel Philippe  France 3:46.0

Heats

6 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ulf Högberg  Sweden 3:42.0 Q
2 Haico Scharn  Netherlands 3:42.5 Q
3 Rolf Gysin  Switzerland 3:42.6 Q
4 Klaus-Peter Justus  East Germany 3:42.8 q
5 Henryk Szordykowski  Poland 3:43.7
6 Ivan Kováč  Czechoslovakia 3:44.7
7 John Hartnett  Ireland 3:46.6
8 Fernando Mamede  Portugal 3:47.1
9 Gerd Larsen  Denmark 3:47.7

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Henryk Wasilewski  Poland 3:43.0 Q
2 Thomas Wessinghage  West Germany 3:43.1 Q
3 Gunnar Ekman  Sweden 3:43.2 Q
4 Gheorghe Ghipu  Romania 3:43.4
5 Luigi Zarcone  Italy 3:44.4
6 Pyotr Anisim  Soviet Union 3:44.7
7 Frank Clement  United Kingdom 3:45.0
8 Lars-Martin Kaupang  Norway 3:47.0
9 Günther Hasler  Liechtenstein DNF

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Paul-Heinz Wellmann  West Germany 3:42.4 Q
2 Vladimir Panteley  Soviet Union 3:42.6 Q
3 Marcel Philippe  France 3:42.7 Q
4 Tom Birger Hansen  Denmark 3:43.1 q
5 Pekka Vasala  Finland 3:43.3 q
6 Giulio Riga  Italy 3:43.5
7 Ray Smedley  United Kingdom 3:43.6
8 Daniel Jańczuk  Poland 3:45.2
9 Nicolae Onescu  Romania 3:46.7
10 John Charvetto  Gibraltar 3:55.4 NR

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

References