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[]
| 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 | Finland |
3:51.8 | ||
| Veliša Mugoša |  Yugoslavia |
DNF | ||
 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 | Belgium |
3:51.8 | Q | |
| 5 | Yugoslavia |
3:52.2 | ||
| 6 | Edmund Potrzebowski |  Poland |
3:52.2 | |
| 7 |  Soviet Union |
3:53.0 | ||
| 8 | August Sutter |  Switzerland |
3:54.4 | |
| 9 | Ekrem Koçak |  Turkey |
3:57.4 | |
| 10 |  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 | Finland |
3:51.4 | Q | |
| 5 |  Luxembourg |
3:52.0 | ||
| 6 | Gaston Reiff | Belgium |
3:57.0 | |
| 7 | Evangelos Depastas |  Greece |
3:58.2 | |
| 8 | Switzerland |
4:01.0 | ||
| 9 |  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 | France |
3:54.6 | ||
| 6 | István Rózsavölgyi | Hungary |
3:54.6 | |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia |
3:55.2 | ||
| 8 | 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.
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References[]
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014
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- Events at the 1954 European Athletics Championships
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