1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 1,500 metres event at the 1978 European Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The final was held on 3 September 1978.

Men's 1500 metres at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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

Results

Final

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Steve Ovett	Great Britain	3:35.59	CR
	Eamonn Coghlan	Ireland	3:36.57
	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

1 September

Heat 1

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

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

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

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

• Austria (2)
• Belgium (1)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• East Germany (3)
• Finland (2)
• France (3)
• Greece (1)
• Iceland (1)
• Ireland (2)
• Liechtenstein (1)
• Luxembourg (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Spain (1)
• Sweden (2)
• Switzerland (3)
• Turkey (1)
• Great Britain (3)
• West Germany (2)

See also

• 1974 Men's European Championships 1,500 metres (Rome)
• 1976 Men's Olympic 1,500 metres (Montreal)
• 1980 Men's Olympic 1,500 metres (Moscow)
• 1982 Men's European Championships 1,500 metres (Athens)
• 1983 Men's World Championships 1,500 metres (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic 1,500 metres (Los Angeles)

References

• Results