| 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.
| Gold | Roger Bannister | |
| Silver | Gunnar Nielsen | |
| Bronze | Stanislav Jungwirth |
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 |
26 August
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
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