1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres explained

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

The women's 1500 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 and 20 September 1969.

Medalists

Gold	Jaroslava Jehličková
Silver	Maria Gommers
Bronze	Paola Pigni

Results

Final

20 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		4:10.77	WR
	align=left		align=left		4:11.9	NR
	align=left		align=left		4:12.0	NR
4	align=left		align=left		4:13.2	NR
5	align=left		align=left		4:13.3
6	align=left		align=left		4:15.2	NR
7	align=left		align=left		4:15.9	NR
8	align=left		align=left		4:16.6	NR
9	align=left		align=left		4:17.6
10	align=left		align=left		4:18.2
11	align=left		align=left		4:23.2
12	align=left		align=left		4:32.8

Heats

19 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		4:17.2	CR Q
2	align=left		align=left		4:18.2	Q
3	align=left		align=left		4:18.3	Q
4	align=left		align=left		4:18.4	Q
5	align=left		align=left		4:18.6	Q
6	align=left		align=left		4:19.0	Q
7	align=left		align=left		4:21.3
8	align=left		align=left		4:22.2
9	align=left		align=left		4:24.6
10	align=left		align=left		4:25.4
11	align=left		align=left

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		4:17.9	Q
2	align=left		align=left		4:18.1	Q
3	align=left		align=left		4:19.1	Q
4	align=left		align=left		4:21.5	Q
5	align=left		align=left		4:22.2	Q
6	align=left		align=left		4:28.4	Q
7	align=left		align=left		4:31.6
8	align=left		align=left		4:35.2
9	align=left		align=left		4:36.6
10	align=left		align=left		4:36.9
	align=left		align=left		DNF

Participation

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

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