The men's 1500 metres event at the 1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 24 and 25 February in Vienna.[1][2]
Medalists edit
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Eamonn Coghlan Ireland
|
Thomas Wessinghage West Germany
|
John Robson Great Britain
|
Results edit
Heats edit
First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Thomas Wessinghage | West Germany |
3:44.6 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Ray Flynn | Ireland |
3:45.1 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | John Robson | Great Britain |
3:45.3 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Marc Nevens |  Belgium |
3:45.5 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Eamonn Coghlan | Ireland |
3:45.6 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Harald Hudak | West Germany |
3:46.1 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Antti Loikkanen |  Finland |
3:46.4 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Wybo Lelieveld |  Netherlands |
3:46.4 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Joost Borm | Netherlands |
3:46.6 | |
| 10 | 1 | Laurent Rutton |  France |
3:46.8 | |
| 11 | 1 | Jozef Plachý |  Czechoslovakia |
3:47.1 | |
| 12 | 1 | Claudio Patrignani |  Italy |
3:47.6 | |
| 13 | 2 | Vinko Pokrajčić |  Yugoslavia |
3:48.2 | [3] |
| 14 | 1 | Erwin Wagger |  Austria |
3:49.4 | |
| 15 | 1 | Ruben Sørensen |  Denmark |
3:50.8 | |
| 16 | 2 | Arpad Bari | Czechoslovakia |
3:50.9 |
Final edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Eamonn Coghlan | Ireland |
3:41.8 | SB |
 |
Thomas Wessinghage | West Germany |
3:42.2 | SB |
 |
John Robson | Great Britain |
3:42.8 | PB |
| 4 | Antti Loikkanen | Finland |
3:44.7 | SB |
| 5 | Marc Nevens | Belgium |
3:45.2 | PB |
| 6 | Harald Hudak | West Germany |
3:45.9 | PB |
| 7 | Ray Flynn | Ireland |
3:51.5 | |
| 8 | Wybo Lelieveld | Netherlands |
3:55.4 |