| 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| | ||
| Track events | ||
| 60 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | men | |
| 60 m hurdles | men | women |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
The men's 1500 metres event at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 and 12 March in Milan. [1] [2]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Antti Loikkanen | Olaf Beyer | Jürgen Straub |
First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Eberhard Helm | 3:43.3 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | János Zemen | 3:43.4 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | Bernhard Vifian | 3:43.9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Henryk Wasilewski | 3:45.7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Robert Nemeth | 3:47.4 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Kor Louws | 3:52.7 | ||
| 1 | 2 | Francis Gonzalez | 3:39.6 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Antti Loikkanen | 3:39.6 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Tamás Szántó | 3:40.7 | q | |
| 4 | 2 | Joost Borm | 3:43.2 | q | |
| 5 | 2 | Vittorio Fontanella | 3:52.7 | ||
| 1 | 3 | Thomas Wessinghage | Q | ||
| 2 | 3 | Jürgen Straub | Q | ||
| 3 | 3 | José Manuel Abascal | q | ||
| 4 | 3 | Anatoliy Mamontov | q | ||
| 5 | 3 | András Zsinka | |||
| 6 | 3 | Wybo Lelieveld | |||
| 7 | 3 | Juhani Sams |
Note: The judges had the competitors in heat 3 run one extra lap by mistake, so no times were recorded. After much deliberation and protests, it was decided to let four runners from that heat to the final.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antti Loikkanen | 3:38.16 | CR , NR | ||
| Thomas Wessinghage | 3:38.23 | |||
| Jürgen Straub | 3:40.2 | |||
| 4 | José Manuel Abascal | 3:40.3 | ||
| 5 | Anatoliy Mamontov | 3:41.1 | NR | |
| 6 | János Zemen | 3:43.0 | ||
| 7 | Francis Gonzalez | 3:43.4 | ||
| 8 | Joost Borm | 3:45.2 | ||
| 9 | Eberhard Helm | 3:46.8 | ||
| 10 | Tamás Szántó | 3:49.0 |