1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres explained

Event:Men's 1500 metres
Competition:European Athletics Championships

The men's 1500 metres at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 and 29 August 1954.

Medalists

GoldRoger Bannister
SilverGunnar Nielsen
BronzeStanislav Jungwirth

Results

Final

29 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
align=left align=left 3:43.8 CR NR
align=left align=left 3:44.4 NR
align=left align=left 3:45.4
4 align=left align=left 3:46.2
5 align=left align=left 3:46.4
6 align=left align=left 3:47.0
7 align=left align=left 3:47.4
8 align=left align=left 3:48.2
9 align=left align=left 3:49.2
10 align=left align=left 3:51.8
align=left align=left DNF
align=left align=left DNS

Heats

26 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 align=left align=left 3:51.0 Q
2 align=left align=left 3:51.2 Q
3 align=left align=left 3:51.8 Q
4 align=left align=left 3:51.8 Q
5 align=left align=left 3:52.2
6 align=left align=left 3:52.2
7 align=left align=left 3:53.0
8 align=left align=left 3:54.4
9 align=left align=left 3:57.4
10 align=left align=left 3:57.8

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 align=left align=left 3:51.0 Q
2 align=left align=left 3:51.2 Q
3 align=left align=left 3:51.4 Q
4 align=left align=left 3:51.4 Q
5 align=left align=left 3:52.0
6 align=left align=left 3:57.0
7 align=left align=left 3:58.2
8 align=left align=left 4:01.0
9 align=left align=left 4:10.6

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 align=left align=left 3:53.2 Q
2 align=left align=left 3:53.2 Q
3 align=left align=left 3:53.6 Q
4 align=left align=left 3:53.8 Q
5 align=left align=left 3:54.6
6 align=left align=left 3:54.6
7 align=left align=left 3:55.2
8 align=left align=left 3:56.6
9 align=left align=left 3:57.6
10 align=left align=left 4:01.2

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.