1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres explained

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

The men's 1500 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 18 and 20 September 1969.

Medalists

Gold	John Whetton
Silver	Frank Murphy
Bronze	Henryk Szordykowski

Results

Final

20 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		3:39.45	CR
	align=left		align=left		3:39.51	NR
	align=left		align=left		3:39.87
4	align=left		align=left		3:39.91
5	align=left		align=left		3:40.9
6	align=left		align=left		3:41.7
7	align=left		align=left		3:41.7
8	align=left		align=left		3:42.2
9	align=left		align=left		3:44.1
10	align=left		align=left		3:45.0
11	align=left		align=left		3:48.4
12	align=left		align=left		3:57.3

Heats

18 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		3:53.4	Q
2	align=left		align=left		3:53.6	Q
3	align=left		align=left		3:53.6	Q
4	align=left		align=left		3:53.8	Q
5	align=left		align=left		3:54.0
	align=left		align=left		DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		3:44.10	Q
2	align=left		align=left		3:44.1	Q
3	align=left		align=left		3:44.3	Q
4	align=left		align=left		3:45.4	Q
5	align=left		align=left		3:46.4
6	align=left		align=left		3:47.0
7	align=left		align=left		3:47.9
8	align=left		align=left		3:48.2
9	align=left		align=left		3:53.0

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		3:53.6	Q
2	align=left		align=left		3:53.6	Q
3	align=left		align=left		3:53.8	Q
4	align=left		align=left		3:53.8	Q
5	align=left		align=left		3:53.9
6	align=left		align=left		3:56.1
7	align=left		align=left		3:57.8

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

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