1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

Events at the
1971 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

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]

Medalists

Gold Francesco Arese
 Italy
Silver Henryk Szordykowski
 Poland
Bronze Brendan Foster
 United Kingdom

Results

Final

15 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Francesco Arese  Italy 3:38.43 CR
2nd Henryk Szordykowski  Poland 3:38.73
3rd Brendan Foster  United Kingdom 3:39.24
4 John Kirkbride  United Kingdom 3:39.48
5 Jacques Boxberger  France 3:39.57
6 Jean-Pierre Dufresne  France 3:40.68
7 Paul-Heinz Wellmann  West Germany 3:40.78
8 Haico Scharn  Netherlands 3:40.92
9 Pekka Vasala  Finland 3:41.49
10 Vladimir Panteley  Soviet Union 3:42.90
11 Viktor Semyashkin  Soviet Union 3:44.18
12 Gerd Larsen  Denmark 3:45.68

Heats

13 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vladimir Panteley  Soviet Union 3:42.2 Q
2 Henryk Szordykowski  Poland 3:42.3 Q
3 Jean-Pierre Dufresne  France 3:42.5 Q
4 Brendan Foster  United Kingdom 3:42.8 Q
5 Atanas Atanasov  Bulgaria 3:43.2
6 Antonio Burgos  Spain 3:43.3
7 Knut Kvalheim  Norway 3:43.7
8 Renzo Finelli  Italy 3:43.9
9 Gilbert Van Manshoven  Belgium 3:45.0
10 Tom Birger Hansen  Denmark 3:46.3
11 Fernando Mamede  Portugal 3:49.3

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jacques Boxberger  France 3:43.6 Q
2 Pekka Vasala  Finland 3:43.6 Q
3 Haico Scharn  Netherlands 3:43.7 Q
4 Viktor Semyashkin  Soviet Union 3:43.7 Q
5 André De Hertoghe  Belgium 3:43.7
6 Frank Murphy  Ireland 3:44.0
7 Peter Stewart  United Kingdom 3:45.0
8 Slavko Koprivica  Yugoslavia 3:48.9
9 Jerzy Maluśki  Poland 3:53.7
10 Aurelio Falero  Gibraltar 4:01.3 NR
11 Gianni Del Buono  Italy 4:01.8

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Paul-Heinz Wellmann  West Germany 3:51.8 Q
2 Francesco Arese  Italy 3:52.1 Q
3 John Kirkbride  United Kingdom 3:52.6 Q
4 Gerd Larsen  Denmark 3:52.7 Q
5 Jan Prasek  Poland 3:52.8
6 Robert Leborgne  France 3:53.3
7 Bram Wassenaar  Netherlands 3:54.2
8 Pavel Pěnkava  Czechoslovakia 3:55.2
9 Mikhail Zhelobovskiy  Soviet Union 3:55.6
10 Mehmet Tümkan  Turkey 3:57.4

Participation

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

References

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