1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

None Men's 1500 metres European Athletics Championships The men's 1500 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 18 and 20 September 1969. 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 405–412 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold John Whetton GBRSilver Frank Murphy IRLBronze Henryk Szordykowski POL Results Final 20 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes John Whetton GBR 3:39.45 CR Frank Murphy IRL 3:39.51 NR Henryk Szordykowski POL 3:39.87 4 Edgard Salvé BEL 3:39.91 5 André Dehertoghe BEL 3:40.9 6 Jean Wadoux FRA 3:41.7 7 Pavel Pěnkava TCH 3:41.7 8 Franco Arese ITA 3:42.2 9 Pekka Vasala FIN 3:44.1 10 Volodymyr Panteley URS 1955 3:45.0 11 Jerzy Maluśki POL 3:48.4 12 Pierre Viaux FRA 3:57.3 Heats 18 September Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Francesco Arese ITA 3:53.4 Q 2 John Whetton GBR 3:53.6 Q 3 Jerzy Maluśki POL 3:53.6 Q 4 Pavel Pěnkava TCH 3:53.8 Q 5 Anatoliy Verlan URS 1955 3:54.0 6 Knut Brustad NOR DNF Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 André Dehertoghe BEL 3:44.10 Q 2 Henryk Szordykowski POL 3:44.1 Q 3 Frank Murphy IRL 3:44.3 Q 4 Pierre Viaux FRA 3:45.4 Q 5 Jim Douglas GBR 3:46.4 6 Mehmet Tümkan TUR 3:47.0 7 Hansruedi Knill SUI 3:47.9 8 Mikhail Zhelobovskiy URS 1955 3:48.2 9 Renzo Finelli ITA 3:53.0 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Edgard Salvé BEL 3:53.6 Q 2 Volodymyr Panteley URS 1955 3:53.6 Q 3 Jean Wadoux FRA 3:53.8 Q 4 Pekka Vasala FIN 3:53.8 Q 5 John Boulter GBR 3:53.9 6 Atanas Atanasov BUL 1967 3:56.1 7 Eryk Żelazny POL 3:57.8 Participation According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event. 22em BEL (2) BUL 1967 (1) TCH (1) FIN (1) FRA (2) IRL (1) ITA (2) NOR (1) POL (3) URS 1955 (3) SUI (1) TUR (1) GBR (3) References Category:1500 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1969 European Athletics Championships