1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

None Men's 1500 metres 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. 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 412–420 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Francesco Arese ITASilver Henryk Szordykowski POLBronze Brendan Foster GBR Results Final 15 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Francesco Arese ITA 3:38.43 CR Henryk Szordykowski POL 3:38.73 Brendan Foster GBR 3:39.24 4 John Kirkbride GBR 3:39.48 5 Jacques Boxberger FRA 3:39.57 6 Jean-Pierre Dufresne FRA 3:40.68 7 Paul-Heinz Wellmann FRG 3:40.78 8 Haico Scharn NED 3:40.92 9 Pekka Vasala FIN 3:41.49 10 Volodymyr Panteley URS 1955 3:42.90 11 Viktor Semyashkin URS 1955 3:44.18 12 Gerd Larsen DEN 3:45.68 Heats 13 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Volodymyr Panteley URS 1955 3:42.2 Q 2 Henryk Szordykowski POL 3:42.3 Q 3 Jean-Pierre Dufresne FRA 3:42.5 Q 4 Brendan Foster GBR 3:42.8 Q 5 Atanas Atanasov BUL 1971 3:43.2 6 Antonio Burgos ESP 1945 3:43.3 7 Knut Kvalheim NOR 3:43.7 8 Renzo Finelli ITA 3:43.9 9 Gilbert Van Manshoven BEL 3:45.0 10 Tom Birger Hansen DEN 3:46.3 11 Fernando Mamede POR 3:49.3 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jacques Boxberger FRA 3:43.6 Q 2 Pekka Vasala FIN 3:43.6 Q 3 Haico Scharn NED 3:43.7 Q 4 Viktor Semyashkin URS 1955 3:43.7 Q 5 André De Hertoghe BEL 3:43.7 6 Frank Murphy IRL 3:44.0 7 Peter Stewart GBR 3:45.0 8 Slavko Koprivica SFR Yugoslavia 3:48.9 9 Jerzy Maluśki POL 3:53.7 10 Aurelio Falero GIB 4:01.3 NR 11 Gianni Del Buono ITA 4:01.8 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Paul-Heinz Wellmann FRG 3:51.8 Q 2 Francesco Arese ITA 3:52.1 Q 3 John Kirkbride GBR 3:52.6 Q 4 Gerd Larsen DEN 3:52.7 Q 5 Jan Prasek POL 3:52.8 6 Robert Leborgne FRA 3:53.3 7 Bram Wassenaar NED 3:54.2 8 Pavel Pěnkava TCH 3:55.2 9 Mikhail Zhelobovskiy URS 1955 3:55.6 10 Mehmet Tümkan TUR 3:57.4 Participation According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event. 22em BEL (2) BUL 1971 (1) TCH (1) DEN (2) FIN (1) FRA (3) GIB (1) IRL (1) ITA (3) NED (2) NOR (1) POL (3) POR (1) URS 1955 (3) ESP 1945 (1) TUR (1) GBR (3) FRG (1) SFR Yugoslavia (1) References Category:1500 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1971 European Athletics Championships