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1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

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Men's 1500 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

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

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Gold John Whetton
 Great Britain
Silver Frank Murphy
 Ireland
Bronze Henryk Szordykowski
 Poland

Results

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Final

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20 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Whetton  Great Britain 3:39.45 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Frank Murphy  Ireland 3:39.51 NR
3rd place, 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 Franco Arese  Italy 3:42.2
9 Pekka Vasala  Finland 3:44.1
10 Volodymyr Panteley  Soviet Union 3:45.0
11 Jerzy Maluśki  Poland 3:48.4
12 Pierre Viaux  France 3:57.3

Heats

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18 September

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Francesco Arese  Italy 3:53.4 Q
2 John Whetton  Great Britain 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
Knut Brustad  Norway DNF

Heat 2

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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  Great Britain 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

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Edgard Salvé  Belgium 3:53.6 Q
2 Volodymyr 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  Great Britain 3:53.9
6 Atanas Atanasov  Bulgaria 3:56.1
7 Eryk Żelazny  Poland 3:57.8

Participation

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

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014