1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

none January 2024 Men's 1500 metres European Athletics Championships These are the official results of the Men's 1,500 metres event at the 1978 European Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf 427–435 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 The final was held on 3 September 1978. Medalists Gold Steve Ovett GBRSilver Eamonn Coghlan IRLBronze David Moorcroft GBR Results Final 3 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Steve Ovett GBR 3:35.59 CR Eamonn Coghlan IRL 3:36.57 David Moorcroft GBR 3:36.70 4 Thomas Wessinghage FRG 3:37.19 5 Antti Loikkanen FIN 3:37.54 6 José Marajo FRA 3:38.20 7 Jürgen Straub GDR 3:38.88 8 John Robson GBR 3:39.6 9 Olaf Beyer GDR 3:39.7 10 Francis Gonzalez FRA 3:40.1 11 Rolf Gysin SUI 3:41.0 12 Jozef Plachý TCH 3:42.2 Heats 1 September Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Eamonn Coghlan IRL 3:39.98 Q 2 David Moorcroft GBR 3:40.0 Q 3 Olaf Beyer GDR 3:40.1 Q 4 Thomas Wessinghage FRG 3:40.1 q 5 José Marajo FRA 3:40.6 q 6 Valeriy Abramov URS 1955 3:40.9 7 Bernhard Vifian SUI 3:42.5 8 Robert Nemeth AUT 3:44.1 9 Ari Paunonen FIN 3:45.0 10 José Manuel Abascal ESP 1977 3:47.6 11 Marcel Pierrard LUX 3:52.8 12 Klaas Lok NED DNF Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Steve Ovett GBR 3:42.94 Q 2 Jürgen Straub GDR 3:43.1 Q 3 Rolf Gysin SUI 3:43.2 Q 4 Marc Nevens BEL 3:43.2 5 Ray Flynn IRL 3:44.1 6 Dietmar Millonig AUT 3:44.8 7 Vladimir Sheronov URS 1955 3:45.1 8 Günther Hasler LIE 3:46.7 9 Philippe Dien FRA 3:47.4 10 Björn Nilsson SWE 3:47.9 11 Jón Didriksson ISL 3:48.1 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Antti Loikkanen FIN 3:39.66 Q 2 John Robson GBR 3:40.0 Q 3 Francis Gonzalez FRA 3:40.4 Q 4 Jozef Plachý TCH 3:40.6 q 5 Pierre Délèze SUI 3:40.7 6 Günther Ruth GDR 3:41.4 7 Lars Ericsson SWE 3:42.5 8 Valeriy Toropov URS 1955 3:45.1 9 Sermet Timurlenk TUR 3:45.8 10 Fotios Kourtis GRE 3:45.9 11 Karl Fleschen FRG DNF Participation According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event. 22em AUT (2) BEL (1) TCH (1) GDR (3) FIN (2) FRA (3) GRE (1) ISL (1) IRL (2) LIE (1) LUX (1) NED (1) URS 1955 (3) ESP 1977 (1) SWE (2) SUI (3) TUR (1) GBR (3) FRG (2) See also 1974 Men's European Championships 1,500 metres (Rome) 1976 Men's Olympic 1,500 metres (Montreal) 1980 Men's Olympic 1,500 metres (Moscow) 1982 Men's European Championships 1,500 metres (Athens) 1983 Men's World Championships 1,500 metres (Helsinki) 1984 Men's Olympic 1,500 metres (Los Angeles) References Results Category:1500 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships