| Final | time | | Birth | | 1. Luigi Beccali |  ITA | 3:54.6 | CR | 19.12.07 | | 2. Miklós Szabó |  HUN | 3:55.2 | | 06.12.08 | | 3. Roger Normand |  FRA | 3:57.0 | | 09.02.12 | | 4. Friedrich Schaumburg |  GER | 3:57.8 | | 30.12.05 | | 5. Janusz Kusociński |  POL | 3:59.4 | | 15.01.07 | | 6. Martti Matilainen |  FIN | 3:59.6 | | 18.04.07 | | 7. Robert Goix | FRA | 4:04.0 | | 07.01.06 | | 8. Ademar Jürlau |  EST | 4:05.8 | | 28.03.07 | | 9. Paul Martin |  SUI | 4:06.6 | | 11.08.01 | | 10.Umberto Cerati | ITA | No time | | 24.03.11 | | 11.Rene Geeraert |  BEL | No time | | 13.10.08 |
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| Venue: Estadio Benito Mussolini. | | History Men 1500m |
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| Heat 1 | time | | Birth | | 1. Friedrich Schaumburg | GER | 4:02.4 | Q | 30.12.05 | | 2. Luigi Beccali | ITA | 4:03.2 | Q | 19.12.07 | | 3. Roger Normand | FRA | 4:03.4 | Q | 09.02.12 | | 4. Ademar Jürlau | EST | 4:04.2 | Q | 28.03.07 | | 5. Georg Puchberger |  AUT | 4:04.9 | | 15.08.08 |
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| Heat 2 | time | | Birth | | 1. Rene Geeraert | BEL | 4:01.2 | CR Q | 13.10.08 | | 2. Paul Martin | SUI | 4:01.8 | Q | 11.08.01 | | 3. Janusz Kusociński | POL | 4:01.8 | Q | 15.01.07 | | 4. Umberto Cerati | ITA | 4:01.8 | Q | 24.03.11 | | 5. Bedrich Hosek |  TCH | 4:02.0 | | 02.12.11 | | 6. Eduard Prööm | EST | 4:04.8 | | 08.09.09 |
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| Heat 3 | time | | Birth | | 1. Miklós Szabó | HUN | 4:19.0 | Q | 06.12.08 | | 2. Martti Matilainen | FIN | 4:19.0 | Q | 18.04.07 | | 3. Robert Goix | FRA | 4:19.3 | Q | 07.01.06 | | Only 3 Competitors. |
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