1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

Events at the 1946 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
10,000 m track walk		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's 1500 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 and 25 August 1946.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Lennart Strand  Sweden
Silver	Henry Eriksson  Sweden
Bronze	Erik Jørgensen  Denmark

Results

Final

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Lennart Strand	Sweden	3:48.0	CR
02 !	Henry Eriksson	Sweden	3:48.8
03 !	Erik Jørgensen	Denmark	3:52.8
4	Václav Čevona	Czechoslovakia	3:53.0	NR
5	Sándor Garay	Hungary	3:53.0
6	Douglas Wilson	United Kingdom	3:53.2
7	Paul Messner	France	3:56.6
8	Luboš Vomácka	Czechoslovakia	4:07.2

Heats

24 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lennart Strand	Sweden	3:56.6	Q
2	Sándor Garay	Hungary	3:56.8	Q
3	Erik Jørgensen	Denmark	3:57.0	Q
4	Václav Čevona	Czechoslovakia	3:57.4	Q
5	Aleksandr Pugachevskiy	Soviet Union	3:57.6
6	Óskar Jónsson	Iceland	3:58.4	NR
7	Willy Sponberg	Norway	3:59.2

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Henry Eriksson	Sweden	3:54.6	Q
2	Douglas Wilson	United Kingdom	3:55.0	Q
3	Paul Messner	France	3:58.0	Q
4	Luboš Vomácka	Czechoslovakia	3:58.8	Q
5	Asbjørn Hansen	Norway	3:59.0
6	Walter Lutz	Switzerland	4:04.2
7	Jan Staniszewski	Poland	4:10.8

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References