1938 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Paris, France, at Stade Olympique de Colombes on 3 and 5 September 1938.

Medalists

Gold	Sydney Wooderson Great Britain
Silver	Joseph Mostert Belgium
Bronze	Luigi Beccali Italy

Results

Final

5 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sydney Wooderson	Great Britain	3:53.6	CR
	Joseph Mostert	Belgium	3:54.5
	Luigi Beccali	Italy	3:55.2
4	Niilo Hartikka	Finland	3:56.5
5	Toivo Sarkama	Finland	3:56.7
6	Jan Staniszewski	Poland	3:58.4
7	Jim Alford	Great Britain	4:03.0
8	Ingvar Haglund	Sweden	4:08.2
9	Robert Goix	France	4:10.0
	Pierre Leichtnam	France	DNF

Heats

3 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Joseph Mostert	Belgium	3:57.7	Q
2	Toivo Sarkama	Finland	3:57.8	Q
3	Sydney Wooderson	Great Britain	3:58.1	Q
4	Ingvar Haglund	Sweden	3:59.5	Q
5	Robert Goix	France	4:09.0	Q
6	Renzo Zipoli	Italy	4:11.0
7	Frits de Ruyter	Netherlands	NT

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Luigi Beccali	Italy	4:02.0	Q
2	Niilo Hartikka	Finland	4:02.3	Q
3	Jim Alford	Great Britain	4:02.5	Q
4	Pierre Leichtnam	France	4:03.1	Q
5	Jan Staniszewski	Poland	4:03.6	Q
6	Jean Deloge	Luxembourg	4:12.1
	Åke Jansson	Sweden	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (1)
• Finland (2)
• France (2)
• Italy (2)
• Luxembourg (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Poland (1)
• Sweden (2)
• Great Britain (2)