| Final | | time | | | 1. Bodo Tümmler |  FRG | 3:41.9 | | | 2. Michel Jazy |  FRA | 3:42.2 | | | 3. Harald Norpoth | FRG | 3:42.4 | | | 4. Alan Simpson |  GBR | 3:43.8 | | | 5. Jürgen May |  GDR | 3:44.1 | | | 6. André De Hertoghe |  BEL | 3:44.3 | | | 7. Jean Wadoux | FRA | 3:44.5 | | | 8. Henryk Szordykowski |  POL | 3:45.8 | | | 9. Eugène Allonsius | BEL | 3:46.2 | | | 10.Stanislav Hoffman |  TCH | 3:46.5 | | | 11.Walter Wilkinson | GBR | 3:46.9 | | | 12.Claude Nicolas | FRA | 3:48.1 | |
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| History Men 1500m. -- Competitors from -- Nations. Venue: Nepstadion. | | Heats |
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Heats - Wednesday 31.08 | | First 4 progress to Final. |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Harald Norpoth | FRG | 3:44.9 | Q | | 2. Michel Jazy | FRA | 3:45.1 | Q | | 3. Walter Wilkinson | GBR | 3:45.4 | Q | | 4. Stanislav Hoffman | TCH | 3:45.4 | Q | | 5. Arne Kvalheim |  NOR | 3:45.7 | | | 6. Oleg Rayko |  URS | 3:46.7 | | | 7. Roland Brehmer | POL | 3:49.0 | | | 8. Henk Snepvangers |  NED | 3:51.5 | | | 9. Frank Murphy |  IRL | 3:52.4 | | | 10.Gani Alia |  ALB | 3:57.2 | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. André De Hertoghe | BEL | 3:40.7 | CR NR Q | | 2. Bodo Tümmler | FRG | 3:41.1 | Q | | 3. Jürgen May | GDR | 3:41.2 | Q | | 4. Claude Nicolas | FRA | 3:41.4 | Q | | 5. Josef Odložil | TCH | 3:42.1 | | | 6. Mart Vilt | URS | 3:42.7 | | | 7. Roman Tkaczyk | POL | 3:45.1 | | | 8. Simo Važić |  YUG | 3:45.6 | | | 9. Preben Glue |  DEN | 3:45.9 | | | 10.Gergely Szentivanyi |  HUN | 3:47.2 | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Jean Wadoux | FRA | 3:45.3 | Q | | 2. Alan Simpson | GBR | 3:45.5 | Q | | 3. Eugene Allonsius | BEL | 3:45.6 | Q | | 4. Henryk Szordykowski | POL | 3:45.7 | Q | | 5. Anders Gärderud |  SWE | 3:45.8 | | | 6. Hans-Rudolf Knill |  SUI | 3:46.3 | | | 7. Franco Arese |  ITA | 3:46.3 | | | 8. Stig Rekdal | NOR | 3:46.3 | | | 9. Wolf Schulte-Hillen | FRG | 3:46.5 | | | 10.Mikhail Zhelobovskiy | URS | 3:48.4 | | | 11.Manuel de Oliveira |  POR | 3:48.9 | | | 12.Muharrem Dalkılıç |  TUR | 3:56.4 | |
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