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.
Medalists※
| Gold | Roger Bannister Great Britain
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| Silver | Gunnar Nielsen Denmark
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| Bronze | Stanislav Jungwirth Czechoslovakia
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Results※
Final※
29 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Roger Bannister | Great Britain |
3:43.8 | CR NR |
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Gunnar Nielsen | Denmark |
3:44.4 | NR |
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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
European Athletics Championships champions in men's 1500 metres | |
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