1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres explained

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 5 and 6 March.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Ari Suhonen	Ronny Olsson	Rüdiger Horn

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			3:41.82	Q
2	2			3:42.29	Q
3	2			3:42.51	q
4	2			3:42.64	q
5	2			3:42.75	q
6	1			3:42.88	Q
7	1			3:43.48	Q
8	1			3:43.65
9	1			3:43.75
10	2			3:44.14
11	2			3:44.35
12	1			3:44.38
13	3			3:46.33	Q
14	3			3:46.39	Q
15	3			3:46.83
16	3			3:47.22
17	3			3:50.29
18	3			3:56.38
19	1			4:02.90
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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			3:45.72
			3:46.16
			3:46.51
4			3:46.56
5			3:46.79
6			3:46.96
7			3:47.69
8			3:48.72
9			3:49.60

Notes and References

1. http://www.european-athletics.org/files/eich/EICH2013-statistics.pdf Results
2. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6384549b/f20.item.zoom L'Athletisme