1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 and 12 March in Milan.[1][2]

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Antti Loikkanen
  Finland
Olaf Beyer
  West Germany
Jürgen Straub
  East Germany

Results

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Heats

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First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Eberhard Helm   West Germany 3:43.3 Q
2 1 János Zemen   Hungary 3:43.4 Q
3 1 Bernhard Vifian   Switzerland 3:43.9
4 1 Henryk Wasilewski   Poland 3:45.7
5 1 Robert Nemeth   Austria 3:47.4
6 1 Kor Louws   Netherlands 3:52.7
1 2 Francis Gonzalez   France 3:39.6 Q
2 2 Antti Loikkanen   Finland 3:39.6 Q
3 2 Tamás Szántó   Hungary 3:40.7 q
4 2 Joost Borm   Netherlands 3:43.2 q
5 2 Vittorio Fontanella   Italy 3:52.7
1 3 Thomas Wessinghage   West Germany Q
2 3 Jürgen Straub   East Germany Q
3 3 José Manuel Abascal   Spain q
4 3 Anatoliy Mamontov   Soviet Union q
5 3 András Zsinka   Hungary
6 3 Wybo Lelieveld   Netherlands
7 3 Juhani Sams   Finland

Note: The judges had the competitors in heat 3 run one extra lap by mistake, so no times were recorded. After much deliberation and protests, it was decided to let four runners from that heat to the final.

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Antti Loikkanen   Finland 3:38.16 CR, NR
  Thomas Wessinghage   West Germany 3:38.23
  Jürgen Straub   East Germany 3:40.2
4 José Manuel Abascal   Spain 3:40.3
5 Anatoliy Mamontov   Soviet Union 3:41.1 NR
6 János Zemen   Hungary 3:43.0
7 Francis Gonzalez   France 3:43.4
8 Joost Borm   Netherlands 3:45.2
9 Eberhard Helm   West Germany 3:46.8
10 Tamás Szántó   Hungary 3:49.0

References

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  1. ^ Results
  2. ^ Results (p. 471)