1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 August and 1 September 1966.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Bodo Tümmler West Germany
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| Silver | Michel Jazy France
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| Bronze | Harald Norpoth West Germany
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Results
Final
1 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Bodo Tümmler | West Germany |
3:41.9 | |
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Michel Jazy | France |
3:42.2 | |
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Harald Norpoth | West Germany |
3:42.4 | |
| 4 | Alan Simpson |  Great Britain |
3:43.8 | |
| 5 | Jürgen May |  East Germany |
3:44.1 | |
| 6 | André De Hertoghe |  Belgium |
3:44.3 | |
| 7 | Jean Wadoux | France |
3:44.5 | |
| 8 | Henryk Szordykowski |  Poland |
3:45.8 | |
| 9 | Eugène Allonsius | Belgium |
3:46.2 | |
| 10 | Stanislav Hoffman |  Czechoslovakia |
3:46.5 | |
| 11 | Walter Wilkinson | Great Britain |
3:46.9 | |
| 12 | Claude Nicolas | France |
3:48.1 |
Heats
30 August
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harald Norpoth | West Germany |
3:44.9 | Q |
| 2 | Michel Jazy | France |
3:45.1 | Q |
| 3 | Walter Wilkinson | Great Britain |
3:45.4 | Q |
| 4 | Stanislav Hoffman | Czechoslovakia |
3:45.4 | Q |
| 5 | Arne Kvalheim |  Norway |
3:45.7 | |
| 6 | Oleg Rayko |  Soviet Union |
3:46.7 | |
| 7 | Roland Brehmer | Poland |
3:49.0 | |
| 8 | Henk Snepvangers |  Netherlands |
3:51.5 | |
| 9 | Frank Murphy |  Ireland |
3:52.4 | |
| 10 | Gani Alia |  Albania |
3:57.2 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | André De Hertoghe | Belgium |
3:40.7 | CR NR Q |
| 2 | Bodo Tümmler | West Germany |
3:41.1 | Q |
| 3 | Jürgen May | East Germany |
3:41.2 | Q |
| 4 | Claude Nicolas | France |
3:41.4 | Q |
| 5 | Josef Odložil | Czechoslovakia |
3:42.1 | |
| 6 | Mart Vilt | Soviet Union |
3:42.7 | |
| 7 | Roman Tkaczyk | Poland |
3:45.1 | |
| 8 | Simo Važić |  Yugoslavia |
3:45.6 | |
| 9 | Preben Glue |  Denmark |
3:45.9 | |
| 10 | Gergely Szentivanyi |  Hungary |
3:47.2 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean Wadoux | France |
3:45.3 | Q |
| 2 | Alan Simpson | Great Britain |
3:45.5 | Q |
| 3 | Eugene Allonsius | Belgium |
3:45.6 | Q |
| 4 | Henryk Szordykowski | Poland |
3:45.7 | Q |
| 5 | Anders Gärderud |  Sweden |
3:45.8 | |
| 6 | Hans-Rudolf Knill |  Switzerland |
3:46.3 | |
| 7 | Franco Arese |  Italy |
3:46.3 | |
| 8 | Stig Rekdal | Norway |
3:46.3 | |
| 9 | Wolf Schulte-Hillen | West Germany |
3:46.5 | |
| 10 | Mikhail Zhelobovskiy | Soviet Union |
3:48.4 | |
| 11 | Manuel de Oliveira |  Portugal |
3:48.9 | |
| 12 | Muharrem Dalkılıç |  Turkey |
3:56.4 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.
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References
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 397–405, retrieved 13 August 2014