1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

None Men's 1500 metres European Athletics Championships The men's 1500 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 24 and 27 August 1950. 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 372–377 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Wim Slijkhuis NEDSilver Patrick El Mabrouk FRABronze William Nankeville GBR Results Final 27 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Wim Slijkhuis NED 3:47.2 CR Patrick El Mabrouk FRA 3:47.8 Bill Nankeville GBR 3:48.0 NR 4 Ilmari Taipale FIN 3:50.4 5 Len Eyre GBR 3:51.0 6 Václav Čevona TCH 3:51.4 7 Ingvar Ericsson SWE 3:52.4 8 Jean Vernier FRA 3:53.2 9 Andrija Otenhajmer SFR Yugoslavia 3:53.4 10 Daniel Janssens BEL 3:56.8 11 Frans Herman BEL 4:05.2 12 Lennart Strand SWE DNF Heats 24 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Len Eyre GBR 3:53.0 Q 2 Ilmari Taipale FIN 3:53.2 Q 3 Frans Herman BEL 3:54.6 Q 4 Lennart Strand SWE 3:58.2 Q 5 Zdravko Ceraj SFR Yugoslavia 4:01.8 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jean Vernier FRA 3:54.6 Q 2 Ingvar Ericsson SWE 3:54.7 Q 3 Andrija Otenhajmer SFR Yugoslavia 3:55.0 Q 4 Bill Nankeville GBR 3:55.6 Q 5 Hans Harting NED 3:56.8 6 Alois Imfeld SUI 4:01.2 7 Angelo Tagliapietra ITA 4:01.8 Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Patrick El Mabrouk FRA 4:01.8 Q 2 Wim Slijkhuis NED 4:02.6 Q 3 Václav Čevona TCH 4:02.8 Q 4 Daniel Janssens BEL 4:04.2 Q 5 Bruno Schneider AUT 4:04.8 6 Loukas Adamopoulos GRE old 4:06.6 7 Pétur Einarsson ISL 4:08.8 Participation According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event. 22em AUT (1) BEL (2) TCH (1) FIN (1) FRA (2) GRE old (1) ISL (1) ITA (1) NED (3) SWE (2) SUI (1) GBR (2) SFR Yugoslavia (2) References Category:1500 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1950 European Athletics Championships