1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres at the European Athletics Championships

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.

Medalists

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

Results

Final

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lennart Strand	Sweden	3:48.0	CR
	Henry Eriksson	Sweden	3:48.8
	Erik Jørgensen	Denmark	3:52.8
4	Václav Čevona	Czechoslovakia	3:53.0	NR
5	Sándor Garay	Hungary	3:53.0
6	Douglas Wilson	Great Britain	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	Great Britain	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.

• Denmark (1)
• Czechoslovakia (2)
• France (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Iceland (1)
• Norway (2)
• Poland (1)
• Soviet Union (1)
• Sweden (2)
• Switzerland (1)
• Great Britain (1)