The men's 1500 metres event at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 and 12 March in Milan.[1][2]
Medalists edit
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Antti Loikkanen Finland
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Olaf Beyer West Germany
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Jürgen Straub East Germany
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Results edit
Heats edit
First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Eberhard Helm | West Germany |
3:43.3 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | János Zemen |  Hungary |
3:43.4 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Bernhard Vifian |  Switzerland |
3:43.9 | |
| 4 | 1 | Henryk Wasilewski |  Poland |
3:45.7 | |
| 5 | 1 | Robert Nemeth |  Austria |
3:47.4 | |
| 6 | 1 | Kor Louws |  Netherlands |
3:52.7 | |
| 1 | 2 | Francis Gonzalez |  France |
3:39.6 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Antti Loikkanen | Finland |
3:39.6 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Tamás Szántó | Hungary |
3:40.7 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Joost Borm | Netherlands |
3:43.2 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Vittorio Fontanella |  Italy |
3:52.7 | |
| 1 | 3 | Thomas Wessinghage | West Germany |
Q | |
| 2 | 3 | Jürgen Straub | East Germany |
Q | |
| 3 | 3 | José Manuel Abascal |  Spain |
q | |
| 4 | 3 | Anatoliy Mamontov |  Soviet Union |
q | |
| 5 | 3 | András Zsinka | Hungary |
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| 6 | 3 | Wybo Lelieveld | Netherlands |
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| 7 | 3 | Juhani Sams | Finland |
Note: The judges had the competitors in heat 3 run one extra lap by mistake, so no times were recorded. After much deliberation and protests, it was decided to let four runners from that heat to the final.
Final edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Antti Loikkanen | Finland |
3:38.16 | CR, NR |
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Thomas Wessinghage | West Germany |
3:38.23 | |
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Jürgen Straub | East Germany |
3:40.2 | |
| 4 | José Manuel Abascal | Spain |
3:40.3 | |
| 5 | Anatoliy Mamontov | Soviet Union |
3:41.1 | NR |
| 6 | János Zemen | Hungary |
3:43.0 | |
| 7 | Francis Gonzalez | France |
3:43.4 | |
| 8 | Joost Borm | Netherlands |
3:45.2 | |
| 9 | Eberhard Helm | West Germany |
3:46.8 | |
| 10 | Tamás Szántó | Hungary |
3:49.0 |