1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 1500 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 13 and 15 August 1971.[1]

Medalists

Gold Francesco Arese
 Italy
Silver Henryk Szordykowski
 Poland
Bronze Brendan Foster
 Great Britain

Results

Final

15 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Francesco Arese  Italy 3:38.43 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Henryk Szordykowski  Poland 3:38.73
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Brendan Foster  Great Britain 3:39.24
4 John Kirkbride  Great Britain 3:39.48
5 Jacques Boxberger  France 3:39.57
6 Jean-Pierre Dufresne  France 3:40.68
7 Paul-Heinz Wellmann  West Germany 3:40.78
8 Haico Scharn  Netherlands 3:40.92
9 Pekka Vasala  Finland 3:41.49
10 Volodymyr Panteley  Soviet Union 3:42.90
11 Viktor Semyashkin  Soviet Union 3:44.18
12 Gerd Larsen  Denmark 3:45.68

Heats

13 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Volodymyr Panteley  Soviet Union 3:42.2 Q
2 Henryk Szordykowski  Poland 3:42.3 Q
3 Jean-Pierre Dufresne  France 3:42.5 Q
4 Brendan Foster  Great Britain 3:42.8 Q
5 Atanas Atanasov  Bulgaria 3:43.2
6 Antonio Burgos  Spain 3:43.3
7 Knut Kvalheim  Norway 3:43.7
8 Renzo Finelli  Italy 3:43.9
9 Gilbert Van Manshoven  Belgium 3:45.0
10 Tom Birger Hansen  Denmark 3:46.3
11 Fernando Mamede  Portugal 3:49.3

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jacques Boxberger  France 3:43.6 Q
2 Pekka Vasala  Finland 3:43.6 Q
3 Haico Scharn  Netherlands 3:43.7 Q
4 Viktor Semyashkin  Soviet Union 3:43.7 Q
5 André De Hertoghe  Belgium 3:43.7
6 Frank Murphy  Ireland 3:44.0
7 Peter Stewart  Great Britain 3:45.0
8 Slavko Koprivica  Yugoslavia 3:48.9
9 Jerzy Maluśki  Poland 3:53.7
10 Aurelio Falero  Gibraltar 4:01.3 NR
11 Gianni Del Buono  Italy 4:01.8

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Paul-Heinz Wellmann  West Germany 3:51.8 Q
2 Francesco Arese  Italy 3:52.1 Q
3 John Kirkbride  Great Britain 3:52.6 Q
4 Gerd Larsen  Denmark 3:52.7 Q
5 Jan Prasek  Poland 3:52.8
6 Robert Leborgne  France 3:53.3
7 Bram Wassenaar  Netherlands 3:54.2
8 Pavel Pěnkava  Czechoslovakia 3:55.2
9 Mikhail Zhelobovskiy  Soviet Union 3:55.6
10 Mehmet Tümkan  Turkey 3:57.4

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014