1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

Events at the 1978 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		women
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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These are the official results of the Men's 1,500 metres event at the 1978 European Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.^[1] The final was held on 3 September 1978.

Medalists

Gold	Steve Ovett  United Kingdom
Silver	Eamonn Coghlan  Ireland
Bronze	David Moorcroft  United Kingdom

Results

Final

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Steve Ovett	United Kingdom	3:35.59	CR
02 !	Eamonn Coghlan	Ireland	3:36.57
03 !	David Moorcroft	United Kingdom	3:36.70
4	Thomas Wessinghage	West Germany	3:37.19
5	Antti Loikkanen	Finland	3:37.54
6	José Marajo	France	3:38.20
7	Jürgen Straub	East Germany	3:38.88
8	John Robson	United Kingdom	3:39.6
9	Olaf Beyer	East Germany	3:39.7
10	Francis Gonzalez	France	3:40.1
11	Rolf Gysin	Switzerland	3:41.0
12	Jozef Plachý	Czechoslovakia	3:42.2

Heats

1 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Eamonn Coghlan	Ireland	3:39.98	Q
2	David Moorcroft	United Kingdom	3:40.0	Q
3	Olaf Beyer	East Germany	3:40.1	Q
4	Thomas Wessinghage	West Germany	3:40.1	q
5	José Marajo	France	3:40.6	q
6	Valeriy Abramov	Soviet Union	3:40.9
7	Bernhard Vifian	Switzerland	3:42.5
8	Robert Nemeth	Austria	3:44.1
9	Ari Paunonen	Finland	3:45.0
10	José Manuel Abascal	Spain	3:47.6
11	Marcel Pierrard	Luxembourg	3:52.8
12	Klaas Lok	Netherlands	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Steve Ovett	United Kingdom	3:42.94	Q
2	Jürgen Straub	East Germany	3:43.1	Q
3	Rolf Gysin	Switzerland	3:43.2	Q
4	Marc Nevens	Belgium	3:43.2
5	Ray Flynn	Ireland	3:44.1
6	Dietmar Millonig	Austria	3:44.8
7	Vladimir Sheronov	Soviet Union	3:45.1
8	Günther Hasler	Liechtenstein	3:46.7
9	Philippe Dien	France	3:47.4
10	Björn Nilsson	Sweden	3:47.9
11	Jon Didriksson	Iceland	3:48.1

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Antti Loikkanen	Finland	3:39.66	Q
2	John Robson	United Kingdom	3:40.0	Q
3	Francis Gonzalez	France	3:40.4	Q
4	Jozef Plachý	Czechoslovakia	3:40.6	q
5	Pierre Délèze	Switzerland	3:40.7
6	Günther Ruth	East Germany	3:41.4
7	Lars Ericsson	Sweden	3:42.5
8	Valeriy Toporov	Soviet Union	3:45.1
9	Sermet Timurlenk	Turkey	3:45.8
10	Fotios Kourtis	Greece	3:45.9
11	Karl Fleschen	West Germany	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

See also

• 1974 Men's European Championships 1,500 metres (Rome)
• 1976 Men's Olympic 1,500 metres (Montreal)
• 1980 Men's Olympic 1,500 metres (Moscow)
• 1982 Men's European Championships 1,500 metres (Athens)
• 1983 Men's World Championships 1,500 metres (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic 1,500 metres (Los Angeles)

References

• Results