European Athletics Championships 1982/1500 m men
| 13th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | 1500 meter run of men |
| city |
 Athens
|
| Stadion | Athens Olympic Stadium |
| Attendees | 29 athletes from 20 countries |
| Competition phase | September 9th (preliminary) September 11th (final) |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Steve Cram ( GBR )
 |
 silver |
Mikalaj Kirau ( URS )
 |
 bronze |
José Manuel Abascal ( ESP )
 |
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The Olympic Stadium of Athens in 2017
The men's 1500 meter race at the 1982 European Athletics Championships was held on September 9 and 11, 1982 in the Olympic Stadium in Athens .
European champion was the Briton Steve Cram . Second place went to the Soviet runner Mikalaj Kirau . The Spaniard José Manuel Abascal won the bronze medal.
Existing records
| World record | 3: 31.36 min |
Steve Ovett
|
Koblenz , Federal Republic of Germany (now Germany ) | August 27, 1980 |
| European record | ||||
| Championship record | 3: 35.59 min | EM Prague , Czechoslovakia | 3rd September 1978 |
The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.
Preliminary round
September 9, 1982
The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the three fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.
Forward 1
After his fifth place over 800 meters , Arno Körmeling did not survive the preliminary round
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pierre Délèze |
 Switzerland
|
3: 42.75 |
| 2 | Graham Williamson |
Great Britain
|
3: 43.01 SB |
| 3 | Dragan Zdravković |
.svg){kind=small} Yugoslavia
|
3: 43.02 |
| 4th | Claudio Patrignani |
 Italy
|
3: 43.12 |
| 5 | Mirosław Żerkowski |
 Poland
|
3: 43.46 SB |
| 6th | Alex Gonzalez |
 France
|
3: 43.70 SB |
| 7th | Hrístos Papahristos |
Greece
|
3: 44.12 |
| 8th | Arno Körmeling |
 Netherlands
|
3: 44.18 |
| 9 | Jan Persson |
 Sweden
|
3: 44.94 SB |
| 10 | Antonio Atabao |
 Portugal
|
3: 46.99 |
| 11 | John Chappory |
 Gibraltar
|
3: 57.91 SB |
Forward 2
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José Manuel Abascal |
Spain
|
3: 40.32 |
| 2 | Uwe Becker |
 BR Germany
|
3: 40.50 |
| 3 | Andreas Busse |
 GDR
|
3: 40.53 SB |
| 4th | Mikalaj Kirau |
Soviet Union
|
3: 40.91 |
| 5 | João Campos |
Spain
|
3: 42.74 SB |
| 6th | Johnny Kroon |
Sweden
|
3: 42.75 SB |
| 7th | Dave Taylor |
 Ireland
|
3: 43.86 SB |
| 8th | Jón Didriksson |
 Iceland
|
3: 44.03 |
| 9 | Sermet Timurlenk |
 Turkey
|
3: 44.24 |
| 10 | Philippe Dien |
France
|
3: 45.13 SB |
Forward 3
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Cram |
Great Britain
|
3: 38.06 |
| 2 | Vitaly Tyschtschenko |
Soviet Union
|
3: 38.46 |
| 3 | Ray Flynn |
Ireland
|
3: 38.62 |
| 4th | Robert Nemeth |
 Austria
|
3: 39.57 |
| 5 | Vinko Pokrajčić |
Yugoslavia
|
3: 40.86 SB |
| 6th | Justin Gloden |
 Luxembourg
|
3: 41.62 SB |
| 7th | Carlos Cabral |
Spain
|
3: 42.29 SB |
| 8th | Stefano Mei |
Italy
|
3: 43.05 SB |
final
September 11, 1982
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Cram |
Great Britain
|
3: 36.49 |
| 2 | Mikalaj Kirau |
Soviet Union
|
3: 36.99 |
| 3 | José Manuel Abascal |
Spain
|
3: 37.04 |
| 4th | Robert Nemeth |
Austria
|
3: 37.81 SB |
| 5 | Vitaly Tyschtschenko |
Soviet Union
|
3: 38.15 SB |
| 6th | Uwe Becker |
BR Germany
|
3: 38.17 |
| 7th | Pierre Délèze |
Switzerland
|
3: 39.64 |
| 8th | Ray Flynn |
Ireland
|
3: 40.44 |
| 9 | Dragan Zdravković |
Yugoslavia
|
3: 42.44 |
| 10 | Vinko Pokrajčić |
Yugoslavia
|
3: 44.00 |
| 11 | Andreas Busse |
GDR
|
3: 44.50 |
| DNS | Graham Williamson |
Great Britain
|
Andreas Busse finished eleventh
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Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Athens 1982 from european-athletics.org, accessed August 17, 2019
- Men 1500m European Championship 1982 Athens on todor66.com, accessed August 17, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1982 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on August 17, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 1500m European Championship 1982 Athens, p. 436f (PDF, 13.363 kB), Spanish / English at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 17, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1982, 1500 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on August 17, 2019
- 13th European Athletics Championships 1982 in Athens, Greece from ifosta.de, accessed on August 17, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 1500m men , accessed August 17, 2019