1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
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| Men's 1500 metres at the European Athletics Championships |
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| 1978 European Athletics Championships | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
These are the official results of the Men's 1,500 metres event at the 1978 European Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.[1] The final was held on 3 September 1978.
Medalists
[edit]| Gold | Steve Ovett Great Britain |
| Silver | Eamonn Coghlan Ireland |
| Bronze | David Moorcroft Great Britain |
Results
[edit]Final
[edit]3 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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 | Steve Ovett | Great Britain | 3:35.59 | CR |
 | Eamonn Coghlan | Ireland | 3:36.57 | |
 | David Moorcroft | Great Britain | 3:36.70 | |
| 4 | Thomas Wessinghage |  West Germany | 3:37.19 | |
| 5 | Antti Loikkanen |  Finland | 3:37.54 | |
| 6 | José Marajo |  France | 3:38.20 | |
| 7 | Jürgen Straub |  East Germany | 3:38.88 | |
| 8 | John Robson | Great Britain | 3:39.6 | |
| 9 | Olaf Beyer | East Germany | 3:39.7 | |
| 10 | Francis Gonzalez | France | 3:40.1 | |
| 11 | Rolf Gysin |  Switzerland | 3:41.0 | |
| 12 | Jozef Plachý |  Czechoslovakia | 3:42.2 |
Heats
[edit]1 September
Heat 1
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Eamonn Coghlan | Ireland | 3:39.98 | Q |
| 2 | David Moorcroft | Great Britain | 3:40.0 | Q |
| 3 | Olaf Beyer | East Germany | 3:40.1 | Q |
| 4 | Thomas Wessinghage | West Germany | 3:40.1 | q |
| 5 | José Marajo | France | 3:40.6 | q |
| 6 | Valeriy Abramov |  Soviet Union | 3:40.9 | |
| 7 | Bernhard Vifian | Switzerland | 3:42.5 | |
| 8 | Robert Nemeth |  Austria | 3:44.1 | |
| 9 | Ari Paunonen | Finland | 3:45.0 | |
| 10 | José Manuel Abascal |  Spain | 3:47.6 | |
| 11 | Marcel Pierrard |  Luxembourg | 3:52.8 | |
| Klaas Lok |  Netherlands | DNF |
Heat 2
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Steve Ovett | Great Britain | 3:42.94 | Q |
| 2 | Jürgen Straub | East Germany | 3:43.1 | Q |
| 3 | Rolf Gysin | Switzerland | 3:43.2 | Q |
| 4 | Marc Nevens |  Belgium | 3:43.2 | |
| 5 | Ray Flynn | Ireland | 3:44.1 | |
| 6 | Dietmar Millonig | Austria | 3:44.8 | |
| 7 | Vladimir Sheronov | Soviet Union | 3:45.1 | |
| 8 | Günther Hasler |  Liechtenstein | 3:46.7 | |
| 9 | Philippe Dien | France | 3:47.4 | |
| 10 | Björn Nilsson |  Sweden | 3:47.9 | |
| 11 | Jón Didriksson |  Iceland | 3:48.1 |
Heat 3
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Antti Loikkanen | Finland | 3:39.66 | Q |
| 2 | John Robson | Great Britain | 3:40.0 | Q |
| 3 | Francis Gonzalez | France | 3:40.4 | Q |
| 4 | Jozef Plachý | Czechoslovakia | 3:40.6 | q |
| 5 | Pierre Délèze | Switzerland | 3:40.7 | |
| 6 | Günther Ruth | East Germany | 3:41.4 | |
| 7 | Lars Ericsson | Sweden | 3:42.5 | |
| 8 | Valeriy Toropov | Soviet Union | 3:45.1 | |
| 9 | Sermet Timurlenk |  Turkey | 3:45.8 | |
| 10 | Fotios Kourtis |  Greece | 3:45.9 | |
| Karl Fleschen | West Germany | DNF |
Participation
[edit]According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
Austria (2)
Belgium (1)
Czechoslovakia (1)
East Germany (3)
Finland (2)
France (3)
Greece (1)
Iceland (1)
Ireland (2)
Liechtenstein (1)
Luxembourg (1)
Netherlands (1)
Soviet Union (3)
Spain (1)
Sweden (2)
Switzerland (3)
Turkey (1)
Great Britain (3)
West Germany (2)
See also
[edit]- 1974 Men's European Championships 1,500 metres (Rome)
- 1976 Men's Olympic 1,500 metres (Montreal)
- 1980 Men's Olympic 1,500 metres (Moscow)
- 1982 Men's European Championships 1,500 metres (Athens)
- 1983 Men's World Championships 1,500 metres (Helsinki)
- 1984 Men's Olympic 1,500 metres (Los Angeles)
References
[edit]- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014
European Athletics Championships champions in men's 1500 metres | |
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