European Athletics Championships 1969/1500 m men
| 9th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | 1500 meter run of men |
| city |
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|
| Stadion | Karaiskakis Stadium |
| Attendees | 22 athletes from 13 countries |
| Competition phase | September 18th (preliminary) September 20th (final) |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
John Whetton ( GBR )
 |
 silver |
Frank Murphy ( IRL )
 |
 bronze |
Henryk Szordykowski ( POL )
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The men's 1,500-meter run at the European Athletics Championships in 1969 was held on September 18 and 20, 1969 in the Karaiskakis Stadium in Athens .
The European champion was the Briton John Whetton . Irishman Frank Murphy won the silver medal. Third place went to Henryk Szordykowski from Poland .
Records
Existing records
| World record | 3: 33.1 min |
 Jim Ryun
|
Los Angeles , USA | July 8, 1967 |
| European record | 3: 36.3 min |
 Michel Jazy
|
Sochaux , France | June 25, 1966 |
| Championship record | 3: 40.7 min |
 André De Hertoghe
|
EM Budapest , Hungary | August 31, 1966 |
Record improvement
In the final, European champion John Whetton improved the existing EM record by 1.3 seconds to 3: 39.4 minutes.
Preliminary round
September 18, 1969, 10:40 a.m.
The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
The division of the preliminary runs is hardly comprehensible. Six runners were scheduled for the first race, one of which did not start, so that in the end only one participant was eliminated. Nine athletes competed in the second run - five were eliminated. The third and final race was occupied by seven middle distance athletes - so three participants were eliminated here.
Forward 1
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francesco Arese |
 Italy
|
3: 53.4 |
| 2 | John Whetton |
Great Britain
|
3: 53.6 |
| 3 | Jerzy Maluśki |
Poland
|
3: 53.6 |
| 4th | Pavel Pěnkava |
 Czechoslovakia
|
3: 53.8 |
| 5 | Anatoli Werlan |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union
|
3: 54.0 |
| DNS | Knut Brustad |
 Norway
|
Forward 2
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | André De Hertoghe |
Belgium
|
3: 44.1 |
| 2 | Henryk Szordykowski |
Poland
|
3: 44.1 |
| 3 | Frank Murphy |
Ireland
|
3: 44.3 |
| 4th | Pierre Viaux |
France
|
3: 45.4 |
| 5 | Jim Douglas |
Great Britain
|
3: 46.4 SB |
| 6th | Mehmet Tümkan |
 Turkey
|
3: 47.0 SB |
| 7th | Hansruedi Knill |
 Switzerland
|
3: 47.9 SB |
| 8th | Mikhail Shelobovsky |
Soviet Union
|
3: 48.2 SB |
| 9 | Renzo Finelli |
Italy
|
3; 53.0 SB |
Forward 3
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edgard Salvé |
Belgium
|
3: 53.6 |
| 2 | Volodymyr Pantelej |
Soviet Union
|
3: 53.6 |
| 3 | Jean Wadoux |
France
|
3: 53.8 |
| 4th | Pekka Vasala |
 Finland
|
3: 53.8 |
| 5 | John Boulter |
Great Britain
|
3: 53.9 SB |
| 6th | Atanas Atanasov |
.svg){kind=small} Bulgaria
|
3: 56.1 SB |
| 7th | Eryk Żelazny |
Poland
|
3: 57.8 |
final
September 20, 1969, 7:40 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation |
Official time (min) hand-stopped |
Unofficial time (min) electronically |
| 1 | John Whetton |
Great Britain
|
3: 39.4 CR | 3: 39.45 |
| 2 | Frank Murphy |
Ireland
|
3: 39.5 NO | 3: 39.51 |
| 3 | Henryk Szordykowski |
Poland
|
3: 39.8 | 3: 39.87 |
| 4th | Edgard Salvé |
Belgium
|
3: 39.9 PB | 3: 39.91 |
| 5 | André De Hertoghe |
Belgium
|
3: 40.9 SB | k. A. |
| 6th | Jean Wadoux |
France
|
3: 41.7 SB | |
| 7th | Pavel Pěnkava |
Czechoslovakia
|
3: 41.7 SB | |
| 8th | Francesco Arese |
Italy
|
3: 42.2 SB | |
| 9 | Pekka Vasala |
Finland
|
3: 44.1 SB | |
| 10 | Volodymyr Pantelej |
Soviet Union
|
3: 45.0 SB | |
| 11 | Jerzy Maluśki |
Poland
|
3: 48.4 | |
| 12 | Pierre Viaux |
France
|
3: 57.3 |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Athens 1969 from european-athletics.org, accessed June 7, 2019
- Men 1500m European Championship 1969 Athens on todor66.com, accessed June 7, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1969 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed June 7, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 1500m European Championship 1969 Athens, p. 406 (PDF, 13.363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on June 7, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1969, 1500 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on June 7, 2019
- 9th European Athletics Championships 1969 in Athens, Greece from ifosta.de, accessed on June 7, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 1500m men , accessed June 7, 2019
- ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 1500 m Men , p. 12 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on June 7, 2019 (French / English)