1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres explained

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 and 12 March in Milan.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Antti Loikkanen	Olaf Beyer	Jürgen Straub

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			3:43.3	Q
2	1			3:43.4	Q
3	1			3:43.9
4	1			3:45.7
5	1			3:47.4
6	1			3:52.7
1	2			3:39.6	Q
2	2			3:39.6	Q
3	2			3:40.7	q
4	2			3:43.2	q
5	2			3:52.7
1	3				Q
2	3				Q
3	3				q
4	3				q
5	3
6	3
7	3

Note: The judges had the competitors in heat 3 run one extra lap by mistake, so no times were recorded. After much deliberation and protests, it was decided to let four runners from that heat to the final.

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			3:38.16	CR, NR
			3:38.23
			3:40.2
			3:40.3
			3:41.1	NR
			3:43.0
			3:43.4
			3:45.2
			3:46.8
10			3:49.0

Notes and References

1. http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-indoor-championships/history/year=1978/results/index.html Results
2. http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/28/07/76/StatisticsHandbookEICH2017_FINAL_Neutral.pdf Results