1969 European Athletics Championships – Men'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

The men's 1500 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 18 and 20 September 1969.[1]

Medalists

Gold John Whetton
 United Kingdom
Silver Frank Murphy
 Ireland
Bronze Henryk Szordykowski
 Poland

Results

Final

20 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) John Whetton  United Kingdom 3:39.45 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Frank Murphy  Ireland 3:39.51 NR
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Henryk Szordykowski  Poland 3:39.87
4 Edgard Salvé  Belgium 3:39.91
5 André Dehertoghe  Belgium 3:40.9
6 Jean Wadoux  France 3:41.7
7 Pavel Pěnkava  Czechoslovakia 3:41.7
8 Francesco Arese  Italy 3:42.2
9 Pekka Vasala  Finland 3:44.1
10 Vladimir Panteley  Soviet Union 3:45.0
11 Jerzy Maluśki  Poland 3:48.4
12 Pierre Viaux  France 3:57.3

Heats

18 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Francesco Arese  Italy 3:53.4 Q
2 John Whetton  United Kingdom 3:53.6 Q
3 Jerzy Maluśki  Poland 3:53.6 Q
4 Pavel Pěnkava  Czechoslovakia 3:53.8 Q
5 Anatoliy Verlan  Soviet Union 3:54.0
6 Knut Brustad  Norway DNF

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 André Dehertoghe  Belgium 3:44.10 Q
2 Henryk Szordykowski  Poland 3:44.1 Q
3 Frank Murphy  Ireland 3:44.3 Q
4 Pierre Viaux  France 3:45.4 Q
5 Jim Douglas  United Kingdom 3:46.4
6 Mehmet Tümkan  Turkey 3:47.0
7 Hansruedi Knill   Switzerland 3:47.9
8 Mikhail Zhelobovskiy  Soviet Union 3:48.2
9 Renzo Finelli  Italy 3:53.0

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Edgard Salvé  Belgium 3:53.6 Q
2 Vladimir Panteley  Soviet Union 3:53.6 Q
3 Jean Wadoux  France 3:53.8 Q
4 Pekka Vasala  Finland 3:53.8 Q
5 John Boulter  United Kingdom 3:53.9
6 Atanas Atanasov  Bulgaria 3:56.1
7 Eryk Żelazny  Poland 3:57.8

Participation

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

References

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