1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

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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]

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Medalists

Gold John Whetton
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver Frank Murphy
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Bronze Henryk Szordykowski
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland

Results

Final

20 September

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg John Whetton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:39.45CR
Silver medal icon.svg Frank Murphy Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3:39.51NR
Bronze medal icon.svg Henryk Szordykowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:39.87
4 Edgard Salvé Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3:39.91
5 André Dehertoghe Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3:40.9
6 Jean Wadoux Flag of France.svg  France 3:41.7
7 Pavel Pěnkava Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 3:41.7
8 Franco Arese Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:42.2
9 Pekka Vasala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3:44.1
10 Volodymyr Panteley Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3:45.0
11 Jerzy Maluśki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:48.4
12 Pierre Viaux Flag of France.svg  France 3:57.3

Heats

18 September

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Francesco Arese Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:53.4Q
2 John Whetton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:53.6Q
3 Jerzy Maluśki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:53.6Q
4 Pavel Pěnkava Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 3:53.8Q
5 Anatoliy Verlan Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3:54.0
Knut Brustad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DNF

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 André Dehertoghe Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3:44.10Q
2 Henryk Szordykowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:44.1Q
3 Frank Murphy Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3:44.3Q
4 Pierre Viaux Flag of France.svg  France 3:45.4Q
5 Jim Douglas Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:46.4
6 Mehmet Tümkan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3:47.0
7 Hansruedi Knill Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 3:47.9
8 Mikhail Zhelobovskiy Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3:48.2
9 Renzo Finelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:53.0

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Edgard Salvé Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3:53.6Q
2 Volodymyr Panteley Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3:53.6Q
3 Jean Wadoux Flag of France.svg  France 3:53.8Q
4 Pekka Vasala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3:53.8Q
5 John Boulter Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:53.9
6 Atanas Atanasov Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg  Bulgaria 3:56.1
7 Eryk Żelazny Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:57.8

Participation

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

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References

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