1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

Events at the
1950 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men
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

The men's 1500 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 24 and 27 August 1950.[1]

Medalists

Gold Wim Slijkhuis
 Netherlands
Silver Patrick El Mabrouk
 France
Bronze William Nankeville
 United Kingdom

Results

Final

27 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Wim Slijkhuis  Netherlands 3:47.2 CR
2nd Patrick El Mabrouk  France 3:47.8
3rd William Nankeville  United Kingdom 3:48.0 NR
4 Ilmari Taipale  Finland 3:50.4
5 Len Eyre  United Kingdom 3:51.0
6 Václav Čevona  Czechoslovakia 3:51.4
7 Ingvar Ericsson  Sweden 3:52.4
8 Jean Vernier  France 3:53.2
9 Andrija Otenhajmer  Yugoslavia 3:53.4
10 Daniel Janssens  Belgium 3:56.8
11 Frans Herman  Belgium 4:05.2
12 Lennart Strand  Sweden DNF

Heats

24 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Len Eyre  United Kingdom 3:53.0 Q
2 Ilmari Taipale  Finland 3:53.2 Q
3 Frans Herman  Belgium 3:54.6 Q
4 Lennart Strand  Sweden 3:58.2 Q
5 Zdravko Ceraj  Yugoslavia 4:01.8

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jean Vernier  France 3:54.6 Q
2 Ingvar Ericsson  Sweden 3:54.7 Q
3 Andrija Otenhajmer  Yugoslavia 3:55.0 Q
4 William Nankeville  United Kingdom 3:55.6 Q
5 Hans Harting  Netherlands 3:56.8
6 Alois Imfeld   Switzerland 4:01.2
7 Angelo Tagliapietra  Italy 4:01.8

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Patrick El Mabrouk  France 4:01.8 Q
2 Wim Slijkhuis  Netherlands 4:02.6 Q
3 Václav Čevona  Czechoslovakia 4:02.8 Q
4 Daniel Janssens  Belgium 4:04.2 Q
5 Bruno Schneider  Austria 4:04.8
6 Loukas Adamopoulos  Greece 4:06.6
7 Pétur Einarsson  Iceland 4:08.8

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References

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