1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

Events at the
1962 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
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
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
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

The men's 1500 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Beograd, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 14 and 16 September 1962.[1]

Medalists

Gold Michel Jazy
 France
Silver Witold Baran
 Poland
Bronze Tomás Salinger
 Czechoslovakia

Results

Final

16 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Michel Jazy  France 3:40.9
2nd Witold Baran  Poland 3:42.1
3rd Tomás Salinger  Czechoslovakia 3:42.2
4 Heinz Böthling  West Germany 3:42.7
5 Werner Krause  East Germany 3:43.8
6 Vasiliy Savinkov  Soviet Union 3:44.2
7 Henk Snepvangers  Netherlands 3:44.8
8 Mike Berisford  United Kingdom 3:45.2
9 Harald Norpoth  West Germany DNF

Heats

14 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Heinz Böthling  West Germany 3:47.4 Q
2 Henk Snepvangers  Netherlands 3:47.5 Q
3 Mike Berisford  United Kingdom 3:47.6 Q
4 Ivan Belitskiy  Soviet Union 3:48.3
5 Manuel de Oliveira  Portugal 3:48.8 NR
6 Georgios Mesimertzis  Greece 3:51.8

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Witold Baran  Poland 3:44.1 Q
2 Vasiliy Savinkov  Soviet Union 3:44.4 Q
3 Werner Krause  East Germany 3:44.8 Q
4 Simo Važić  Yugoslavia 3:45.5
5 György Kiss  Hungary 3:45.7
6 Jean Clausse  France 3:46.4
7 Muharrem Dalkılıç  Turkey 3:46.8
8 William Cornell  United Kingdom 3:49.9
9 Hugo Walser  Liechtenstein 4:01.8

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Michel Jazy  France 3:47.7 Q
2 Harald Norpoth  West Germany 3:48.0 Q
3 Tomás Salinger  Czechoslovakia 3:48.0 Q
4 Peter Parsch  Hungary 3:48.4
5 Stan Taylor  United Kingdom 3:49.9
6 Rudolf Klaban  Austria 3:50.0
7 Tomás Barris  Spain 3:50.0
8 Alfredo Rizzo  Italy 4:00.3

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References

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