The men's 1500 metres event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 15 March in Vienna. [1] [2]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Henryk Szordykowski | Frank Murphy | Volodymyr Panteley |
First 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Henryk Szordykowski | 3:47.9 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | Edgard Salvé | 3:48.2 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | Frank Murphy | 3:48.4 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | Knut Brustad | 3:48.4 | Q | |
| 5 | 1 | Miodrag Vukomanović | 3:49.8 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Mehmet Tümkan | 3:51.2 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Heinrich Händlhuber | 3:51.6 | ||
| 1 | 2 | Volodymyr Panteley | 3:52.6 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Pierre Toussaint | 3:52.6 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Jerzy Maluśki | 3:52.7 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | Ulf Högberg | 3:52.8 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | Ivan Kováč | 3:52.9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Dimko Deribeyev | 3:54.2 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Walter Wilkinson | 3:55.4 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henryk Szordykowski | 3:48.8 | |||
| Frank Murphy | 3:49.0 | |||
| Volodymyr Panteley | 3:49.8 | |||
| 4 | Pierre Toussaint | 3:50.2 | ||
| 5 | Ulf Högberg | 3:50.7 | ||
| 6 | Jerzy Maluśki | 3:50.7 | ||
| 7 | Edgard Salvé | 3:54.5 | ||
| 8 | Knut Brustad | 4:00.7 |