1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

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The men's 1500 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 and 25 August 1946. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Lennart Strand
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver Henry Eriksson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze Erik Jørgensen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark

Results

Final

25 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Lennart Strand Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:48.0 CR
Silver medal icon.svg Henry Eriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:48.8
Bronze medal icon.svg Erik Jørgensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3:52.8
4 Václav Čevona Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 3:53.0 NR
5 Sándor Garay Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 3:53.0
6 Douglas Wilson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:53.2
7 Paul Messner Flag of France.svg  France 3:56.6
8 Luboš Vomácka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 4:07.2

Heats

24 August

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Lennart Strand Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:56.6 Q
2 Sándor Garay Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 3:56.8 Q
3 Erik Jørgensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3:57.0 Q
4 Václav Čevona Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 3:57.4 Q
5 Aleksandr Pugachevskiy  [ ru ]Flag SSSR ot 5 dekabria 1936 goda.svg  Soviet Union 3:57.6
6 Óskar Jónsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 3:58.4 NR
7 Willy Sponberg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3:59.2

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Henry Eriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:54.6 Q
2 Douglas Wilson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:55.0 Q
3 Paul Messner Flag of France.svg  France 3:58.0 Q
4 Luboš Vomácka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 3:58.8 Q
5 Asbjørn Hansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3:59.0
6 Walter Lutz  [ de ]Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 4:04.2
7 Jan Staniszewski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 4:10.8

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

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References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, retrieved 13 August 2014