1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

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These are the official results of the Men's 1,500 metres event at the 1978 European Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia. [1] The final was held on 3 September 1978.

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Medalists

Gold Steve Ovett
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver Eamonn Coghlan
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Bronze David Moorcroft
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

Results

Final

3 September

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Steve Ovett Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:35.59CR
Silver medal icon.svg Eamonn Coghlan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3:36.57
Bronze medal icon.svg David Moorcroft Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:36.70
4 Thomas Wessinghage Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 3:37.19
5 Antti Loikkanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3:37.54
6 José Marajo Flag of France.svg  France 3:38.20
7 Jürgen Straub Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 3:38.88
8 John Robson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:39.6
9 Olaf Beyer Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 3:39.7
10 Francis Gonzalez Flag of France.svg  France 3:40.1
11 Rolf Gysin Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 3:41.0
12 Jozef Plachý Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 3:42.2

Heats

1 September

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Eamonn Coghlan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3:39.98Q
2 David Moorcroft Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:40.0Q
3 Olaf Beyer Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 3:40.1Q
4 Thomas Wessinghage Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 3:40.1q
5 José Marajo Flag of France.svg  France 3:40.6q
6 Valeriy Abramov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3:40.9
7 Bernhard Vifian Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 3:42.5
8 Robert Nemeth Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3:44.1
9 Ari Paunonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3:45.0
10 José Manuel Abascal Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain 3:47.6
11 Marcel Pierrard Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 3:52.8
Klaas Lok Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands DNF

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Steve Ovett Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:42.94Q
2 Jürgen Straub Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 3:43.1Q
3 Rolf Gysin Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 3:43.2Q
4 Marc Nevens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3:43.2
5 Ray Flynn Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3:44.1
6 Dietmar Millonig Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3:44.8
7 Vladimir Sheronov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3:45.1
8 Günther Hasler Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 3:46.7
9 Philippe Dien Flag of France.svg  France 3:47.4
10 Björn Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:47.9
11 Jón Didriksson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 3:48.1

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Antti Loikkanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3:39.66Q
2 John Robson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:40.0Q
3 Francis Gonzalez Flag of France.svg  France 3:40.4Q
4 Jozef Plachý Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 3:40.6q
5 Pierre Délèze Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 3:40.7
6 Günther Ruth Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 3:41.4
7 Lars Ericsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:42.5
8 Valeriy Toropov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3:45.1
9 Sermet Timurlenk Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3:45.8
10 Fotios Kourtis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 3:45.9
Karl Fleschen Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

See also

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References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014