1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

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

GoldFrancesco Arese
 Italy
SilverHenryk Szordykowski
 Poland
BronzeBrendan Foster
 United Kingdom

Results

Final

15 August

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Francesco Arese Italy3:38.43CR
2nd, silver medalist(s)Henryk Szordykowski Poland3:38.73
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Brendan Foster United Kingdom3:39.24
4John Kirkbride United Kingdom3:39.48
5Jacques Boxberger France3:39.57
6Jean-Pierre Dufresne France3:40.68
7Paul-Heinz Wellmann West Germany3:40.78
8Haico Scharn Netherlands3:40.92
9Pekka Vasala Finland3:41.49
10Vladimir Panteley Soviet Union3:42.90
11Viktor Semyashkin Soviet Union3:44.18
12Gerd Larsen Denmark3:45.68

Heats

13 August

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Vladimir Panteley Soviet Union3:42.2Q
2Henryk Szordykowski Poland3:42.3Q
3Jean-Pierre Dufresne France3:42.5Q
4Brendan Foster United Kingdom3:42.8Q
5Atanas Atanasov Bulgaria3:43.2
6Antonio Burgos Spain3:43.3
7Knut Kvalheim Norway3:43.7
8Renzo Finelli Italy3:43.9
9Gilbert Van Manshoven Belgium3:45.0
10Tom Birger Hansen Denmark3:46.3
11Fernando Mamede Portugal3:49.3

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Jacques Boxberger France3:43.6Q
2Pekka Vasala Finland3:43.6Q
3Haico Scharn Netherlands3:43.7Q
4Viktor Semyashkin Soviet Union3:43.7Q
5André De Hertoghe Belgium3:43.7
6Frank Murphy Ireland3:44.0
7Peter Stewart United Kingdom3:45.0
8Slavko Koprivica Yugoslavia3:48.9
9Jerzy Maluśki Poland3:53.7
10Aurelio Falero Gibraltar4:01.3NR
11Gianni Del Buono Italy4:01.8

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Paul-Heinz Wellmann West Germany3:51.8Q
2Francesco Arese Italy3:52.1Q
3John Kirkbride United Kingdom3:52.6Q
4Gerd Larsen Denmark3:52.7Q
5Jan Prasek Poland3:52.8
6Robert Leborgne France3:53.3
7Bram Wassenaar Netherlands3:54.2
8Pavel Pěnkava Czechoslovakia3:55.2
9Mikhail Zhelobovskiy Soviet Union3:55.6
10Mehmet Tümkan Turkey3:57.4

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
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