1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
| Men's 1500 metres at the European Athletics Championships |
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The men's 1500 metres at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 and 29 August 1954.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Roger Bannister Great Britain |
| Silver | Gunnar Nielsen Denmark |
| Bronze | Stanislav Jungwirth Czechoslovakia |
Results
Final
29 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Bannister | Great Britain | 3:43.8 | CR NR | |
| Gunnar Nielsen | Denmark | 3:44.4 | NR | |
| Stanislav Jungwirth | Czechoslovakia | 3:45.4 | ||
| 4 | Ingvar Ericsson | Sweden | 3:46.2 | |
| 5 | Werner Lueg | West Germany | 3:46.4 | |
| 6 | Sándor Iharos | Hungary | 3:47.0 | |
| 7 | Denis Johansson | Finland | 3:47.4 | |
| 8 | Günter Dohrow | West Germany | 3:48.2 | |
| 9 | Ian Boyd | Great Britain | 3:49.2 | |
| 10 | Jorma Kakko | Finland | 3:51.8 | |
| Veliša Mugoša | Yugoslavia | DNF | ||
| Alfred Langenus | Belgium | DNS |
Heats
26 August
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Günter Dohrow | West Germany | 3:51.0 | Q |
| 2 | Stanislav Jungwirth | Czechoslovakia | 3:51.2 | Q |
| 3 | Roger Bannister | Great Britain | 3:51.8 | Q |
| 4 | Alfred Langenus | Belgium | 3:51.8 | Q |
| 5 | Andrej Vipotnik | Yugoslavia | 3:52.2 | |
| 6 | Edmund Potrzebowski | Poland | 3:52.2 | |
| 7 | Vladimir Bagreyev | Soviet Union | 3:53.0 | |
| 8 | August Sutter | Switzerland | 3:54.4 | |
| 9 | Ekrem Koçak | Turkey | 3:57.4 | |
| 10 | Richard Badet | France | 3:57.8 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Veliša Mugoša | Yugoslavia | 3:51.0 | Q |
| 2 | Sándor Iharos | Hungary | 3:51.2 | Q |
| 3 | Ingvar Ericsson | Sweden | 3:51.4 | Q |
| 4 | Jorma Kakko | Finland | 3:51.4 | Q |
| 5 | Roger Müller | Luxembourg | 3:52.0 | |
| 6 | Gaston Reiff | Belgium | 3:57.0 | |
| 7 | Evangelos Depastas | Greece | 3:58.2 | |
| 8 | Heinz Thoet | Switzerland | 4:01.0 | |
| 9 | Manuel Macías | Spain | 4:10.6 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Werner Lueg | West Germany | 3:53.2 | Q |
| 2 | Ian Boyd | Great Britain | 3:53.2 | Q |
| 3 | Gunnar Nielsen | Denmark | 3:53.6 | Q |
| 4 | Denis Johansson | Finland | 3:53.8 | Q |
| 5 | Antoine Vincendon | France | 3:54.6 | |
| 6 | István Rózsavölgyi | Hungary | 3:54.6 | |
| 7 | Alexander Zvolensky | Czechoslovakia | 3:55.2 | |
| 8 | Kazimierz Żbikowski | Poland | 3:56.6 | |
| 9 | Dimitrios Konstantinidis | Greece | 3:57.6 | |
| 10 | Turhan Göker | Turkey | 4:01.2 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
- Belgium (2)
- Czechoslovakia (2)
- Denmark (1)
- Finland (2)
- France (2)
- Greece (2)
- Hungary (2)
- Luxembourg (1)
- Poland (2)
- Soviet Union (1)
- Spain (1)
- Sweden (1)
- Switzerland (2)
- Turkey (2)
- Great Britain (2)
- West Germany (2)
- Yugoslavia (2)
References
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014