1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
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.[1]
Medalists[edit]
| Gold | Roger Bannister Great Britain |
| Silver | Gunnar Nielsen Denmark |
| Bronze | Stanislav Jungwirth Czechoslovakia |
Results[edit]
Final[edit]
29 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Roger Bannister | Great Britain | 3:43.8 | CR NR |
 | Gunnar Nielsen | Denmark | 3:44.4 | NR |
 | 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[edit]
26 August
Heat 1[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014
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