| Event: | Men's 1500 metres |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
These are the official results of the Men's 1,500 metres event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece, held at Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" on 9 and 11 September 1982.
| Gold | Steve Cram | |
| Silver | Nikolay Kirov | |
| Bronze | José Manuel Abascal |
11 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | | 3:36.49 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 3:36.99 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | | 3:37.04 | ||||
| align=left | align=left |  | 3:37.81 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 3:38.15 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 3:38.17 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 3:39.64 | |||||
| align=left | align=left |  | 3:40.44 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 3:42.44 | |||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 3:44.00 | ||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 3:44.50 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | |
9 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 3:42.75 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 3:43.01 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 3:43.02 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 3:43.12 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 3:43.46 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 3:43.70 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 3:44.12 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 3:44.18 | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 3:44.94 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 3:46.99 | ||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left |  | 3:57.91 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 3:40.32 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 3:40.50 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 3:40.53 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 3:40.91 | q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 3:42.74 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 3:42.75 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 3:43.86 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 3:44.03 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 3:44.24 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | | 3:45.13 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 3:38.06 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 3:38.46 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 3:38.62 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 3:39.57 | q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 3:40.86 | q | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 3:41.62 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 3:42.29 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 3:43.05 |
According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.
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