Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres
| Men's 1500 metres at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Dates | August 4 (heats) August 6 (final) | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics | ||
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| 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
Heats
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Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
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Henry Eriksson |  Sweden |
3:49.8 | |
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Lennart Strand | Sweden |
3:50.4 | |
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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 |
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| 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.