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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