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

GoldJohn Whetton
SilverFrank Murphy
BronzeHenryk 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.