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1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

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Men's 1500 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

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

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Gold Steve Ovett
 Great Britain
Silver Eamonn Coghlan
 Ireland
Bronze David Moorcroft
 Great Britain

Results

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Final

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3 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Steve Ovett  Great Britain 3:35.59 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eamonn Coghlan  Ireland 3:36.57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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1 September

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
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

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
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

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
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

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According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014