1938 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres at the European Athletics Championships

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)