1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

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The men's 1500 metres at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 and 29 August 1954. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Roger Bannister
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver Gunnar Nielsen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Bronze Stanislav Jungwirth
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia

Results

Final

29 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Roger Bannister Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:43.8CR NR
Silver medal icon.svg Gunnar Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3:44.4NR
Bronze medal icon.svg Stanislav Jungwirth Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 3:45.4
4 Ingvar Ericsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:46.2
5 Werner Lueg Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 3:46.4
6 Sándor Iharos Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 3:47.0
7 Denis Johansson Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3:47.4
8 Günter Dohrow Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 3:48.2
9 Ian Boyd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:49.2
10 Jorma Kakko Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3:51.8
Veliša Mugoša Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia DNF
Alfred Langenus Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium DNS

Heats

26 August

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Günter Dohrow Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 3:51.0Q
2 Stanislav Jungwirth Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 3:51.2Q
3 Roger Bannister Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:51.8Q
4 Alfred Langenus Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3:51.8Q
5 Andrej Vipotnik Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 3:52.2
6 Edmund Potrzebowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:52.2
7 Vladimir Bagreyev Flag SSSR ot 5 dekabria 1936 goda.svg  Soviet Union 3:53.0
8 August Sutter Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 3:54.4
9 Ekrem Koçak Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3:57.4
10 Richard Badet Flag of France.svg  France 3:57.8

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Veliša Mugoša Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 3:51.0Q
2 Sándor Iharos Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 3:51.2Q
3 Ingvar Ericsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:51.4Q
4 Jorma Kakko Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3:51.4Q
5 Roger Müller Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 3:52.0
6 Gaston Reiff Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3:57.0
7 Evangelos Depastas Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece 3:58.2
8 Heinz Thoet Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 4:01.0
9 Manuel Macías Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 4:10.6

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Werner Lueg Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 3:53.2Q
2 Ian Boyd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:53.2Q
3 Gunnar Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3:53.6Q
4 Denis Johansson Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3:53.8Q
5 Antoine Vincendon Flag of France.svg  France 3:54.6
6 István Rózsavölgyi Flag of Hungary (1949-1956; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Hungary 3:54.6
7 Alexander Zvolensky Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 3:55.2
8 Kazimierz Żbikowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:56.6
9 Dimitrios Konstantinidis Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece 3:57.6
10 Turhan Göker Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 4:01.2

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

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References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014