| Event: | Men's 1500 metres |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The men's 1500 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 August and 1 September 1966.
| Gold | Bodo Tümmler | |
| Silver | Michel Jazy | |
| Bronze | Harald Norpoth |
1 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | 3:41.9 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | | 3:42.2 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 3:42.4 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 3:43.8 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 3:44.1 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 3:44.3 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 3:44.5 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 3:45.8 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | | 3:46.2 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 3:46.5 | ||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | | 3:46.9 | |||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | | 3:48.1 |
30 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 3:44.9 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 3:45.1 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 3:45.4 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 3:45.4 | Q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 3:45.7 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 3:46.7 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 3:49.0 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 3:51.5 | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 3:52.4 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 3:57.2 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 3:40.7 | CR NR Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 3:41.1 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 3:41.2 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 3:41.4 | Q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 3:42.1 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 3:42.7 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 3:45.1 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 3:45.6 | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 3:45.9 | ||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 3:47.2 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 3:45.3 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 3:45.5 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 3:45.6 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 3:45.7 | Q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 3:45.8 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 3:46.3 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 3:46.3 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 3:46.3 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 3:46.5 | ||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 3:48.4 | ||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 3:48.9 | ||||
| 12 | align=left | align=left |  | 3:56.4 |
According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.
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