1971 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 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 13 and 15 August 1971. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Francesco Arese
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver Henryk Szordykowski
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Bronze Brendan Foster
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

Results

Final

15 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Francesco Arese Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:38.43CR
Silver medal icon.svg Henryk Szordykowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:38.73
Bronze medal icon.svg Brendan Foster Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:39.24
4 John Kirkbride Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:39.48
5 Jacques Boxberger Flag of France.svg  France 3:39.57
6 Jean-Pierre Dufresne Flag of France.svg  France 3:40.68
7 Paul-Heinz Wellmann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 3:40.78
8 Haico Scharn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3:40.92
9 Pekka Vasala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3:41.49
10 Volodymyr Panteley Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3:42.90
11 Viktor Semyashkin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3:44.18
12 Gerd Larsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3:45.68

Heats

13 August

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Volodymyr Panteley Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3:42.2Q
2 Henryk Szordykowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:42.3Q
3 Jean-Pierre Dufresne Flag of France.svg  France 3:42.5Q
4 Brendan Foster Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:42.8Q
5 Atanas Atanasov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 3:43.2
6 Antonio Burgos Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 3:43.3
7 Knut Kvalheim Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3:43.7
8 Renzo Finelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:43.9
9 Gilbert Van Manshoven Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3:45.0
10 Tom Birger Hansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3:46.3
11 Fernando Mamede Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 3:49.3

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Jacques Boxberger Flag of France.svg  France 3:43.6Q
2 Pekka Vasala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3:43.6Q
3 Haico Scharn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3:43.7Q
4 Viktor Semyashkin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3:43.7Q
5 André De Hertoghe Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3:43.7
6 Frank Murphy Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3:44.0
7 Peter Stewart Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:45.0
8 Slavko Koprivica Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 3:48.9
9 Jerzy Maluśki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:53.7
10 Aurelio Falero Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 4:01.3NR
11 Gianni Del Buono Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:01.8

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Paul-Heinz Wellmann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 3:51.8Q
2 Francesco Arese Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:52.1Q
3 John Kirkbride Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:52.6Q
4 Gerd Larsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3:52.7Q
5 Jan Prasek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:52.8
6 Robert Leborgne Flag of France.svg  France 3:53.3
7 Bram Wassenaar Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3:54.2
8 Pavel Pěnkava Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 3:55.2
9 Mikhail Zhelobovskiy Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3:55.6
10 Mehmet Tümkan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3:57.4

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

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References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014