Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates	August 4 (heats) August 6 (final)
Medalists
Henry Eriksson Sweden   Lennart Strand Sweden   Wim Slijkhuis Netherlands
«1936	1952»

Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
10 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place August 4 and August 6. The final was won by Swede Henry Eriksson.

Results

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Notes
1 !	Henry Eriksson	Sweden	3:49.8
2 !	Lennart Strand	Sweden	3:50.4
3 !	Wim Slijkhuis	Netherlands	3:50.4
4	Václav Čevona	Czechoslovakia	3:51.2
5	Gösta Bergkvist	Sweden	3:52.2
6	Bill Nankeville	Great Britain	3:52.6
7	Don Gehrmann	United States	3:54.4
8	Erik Jørgensen	Denmark	3:54.5
9	Sándor Garay	Hungary	3:56.1
10	Josy Barthel	Luxembourg	3:56.9
11	Denis Johansson	Finland
12	Marcel Hansenne	France	4:02.0

References

• 1948 Summer Olympics results: Men's 1500 metres, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-06-05.