| Final | time | | | 1. Roger Bannister |  GBR | 3:43.8 | CR NR | | 2. Gunnar Nielsen |  DEN | 3:44.4 | NR | | 3. Stanislav Jungwirth |  TCH | 3:45.4 | | | 4. Ingvar Ericsson |  SWE | 3:46.2 | | | 5. Werner Lueg |  FRG | 3:46.4 | | | 6. Iharos Sándor |  HUN | 3:47.0 | | | 7. Denis Johansson |  FIN | 3:47.4 | | | 8. Dohrow Günter | FRG | 3:48.2 | | | 9. Ian Boyd | GBR | 3:49.2 | | | 10.Jorma Kakko | FIN | 3:51.8 | | | -. Veliša Mugoša |  YUG | DNF | | | -. Alfred Langenus |  BEL | DNS | |
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| History Men 1500m | | European Record: Banister (GBR) 3:42.1 | | Championship Record: Slikhujs (NED) 3:47.2 | | Heats |
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Heats - Thursday 26.08 17:30 | | First 4 progress to Final. |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Dohrow Günter | FRG | 3:51.0 | Q | | 2. Stanislav Jungwirth | TCH | 3:51.2 | Q | | 3. Roger Bannister | GBR | 3:51.8 | Q | | 4. Alfred Langenus | BEL | 3:51.8 | Q | | 5. Andrej Vipotnik | YUG | 3:52.2 | | | 6. Edmund Potrzebowski |  POL | 3:52.2 | | | 7. Vladimir Bagreyev |  URS | 3:53.0 | | | 8. August Sutter |  SUI | 3:54.4 | | | 9. Ekrem Koçak |  TUR | 3:57.4 | | | 10.Richard Badet |  FRA | 3:57.8 | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Veliša Mugoša | YUG | 3:51.0 | Q | | 2. Iharos Sándor | HUN | 3:51.2 | Q | | 3. Ingvar Ericsson | SWE | 3:51.4 | Q | | 4. Jorma Kakko | FIN | 3:51.4 | Q | | 5. Roger Müller |  LUX | 3:52.0 | | | 6. Gaston Reiff | BEL | 3:57.0 | | | 7. Evangelos Depastas |  GRE | 3:58.2 | | | 8. Heinz Thoet | SUI | 4:01.0 | | | 9. Manuel Macías |  ESP | 4:10.6 | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Werner Lueg | FRG | 3:53.2 | Q | | 2. Ian Boyd | GBR | 3:53.2 | Q | | 3. Gunnar Nielsen | DEN | 3:53.6 | Q | | 4. Denis Johansson | FIN | 3:53.8 | Q | | 5. Antoine Vincendon | FRA | 3:54.6 | | | 6. István Rózsavölgyi | HUN | 3:54.6 | | | 7. Alexander Zvolensky | TCH | 3:55.2 | | | 8. Kazimierz Żbikowski | POL | 3:56.6 | | | 9. Dimitrios Konstantinidis | GRE | 3:57.6 | | | 10.Turhan Göker | TUR | 4:01.2 | |
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