1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 6 and 8 September 1974.

Medalists

Gold	Klaus-Peter Justus East Germany
Silver	Tom Birger Hansen Denmark
Bronze	Thomas Wessinghage West Germany

Results

Final

8 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Klaus-Peter Justus	East Germany	3:40.55
	Tom Birger Hansen	Denmark	3:40.75
	Thomas Wessinghage	West Germany	3:41.1
4	Haico Scharn	Netherlands	3:41.3
5	Volodymyr Panteley	Soviet Union	3:41.4
6	Pekka Vasala	Finland	3:41.5
7	Paul-Heinz Wellmann	West Germany	3:41.6
8	Rolf Gysin	Switzerland	3:41.8
9	Ulf Högberg	Sweden	3:42.3
10	Gunnar Ekman	Sweden	3:42.5
11	Henryk Wasilewski	Poland	3:42.7
12	Marcel Philippe	France	3:46.0

Heats

6 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ulf Högberg	Sweden	3:42.0	Q
2	Haico Scharn	Netherlands	3:42.5	Q
3	Rolf Gysin	Switzerland	3:42.6	Q
4	Klaus-Peter Justus	East Germany	3:42.8	q
5	Henryk Szordykowski	Poland	3:43.7
6	Ivan Kováč	Czechoslovakia	3:44.7
7	John Hartnett	Ireland	3:46.6
8	Fernando Mamede	Portugal	3:47.1
9	Gerd Larsen	Denmark	3:47.7

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Henryk Wasilewski	Poland	3:43.0	Q
2	Thomas Wessinghage	West Germany	3:43.1	Q
3	Gunnar Ekman	Sweden	3:43.2	Q
4	Gheorghe Ghipu	Romania	3:43.4
5	Luigi Zarcone	Italy	3:44.4
6	Pyotr Anisim	Soviet Union	3:44.7
7	Frank Clement	Great Britain	3:45.0
8	Lars-Martin Kaupang	Norway	3:47.0
	Günther Hasler	Liechtenstein	DNF

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Paul-Heinz Wellmann	West Germany	3:42.4	Q
2	Volodymyr Panteley	Soviet Union	3:42.6	Q
3	Marcel Philippe	France	3:42.7	Q
4	Tom Birger Hansen	Denmark	3:43.1	q
5	Pekka Vasala	Finland	3:43.3	q
6	Giulio Riga	Italy	3:43.5
7	Ray Smedley	Great Britain	3:43.6
8	Daniel Jańczuk	Poland	3:45.2
9	Nicolae Onescu	Romania	3:46.7
10	John Charvetto	Gibraltar	3:55.4	NR

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

• Czechoslovakia (1)
• Denmark (2)
• East Germany (1)
• Finland (1)
• France (1)
• Gibraltar (1)
• Ireland (1)
• Italy (2)
• Liechtenstein (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Norway (1)
• Poland (3)
• Portugal (1)
• Romania (2)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Sweden (2)
• Switzerland (1)
• Great Britain (2)
• West Germany (2)