1938 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

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Events at the
1938 European
Athletics Championships

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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
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 at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Paris, France, at Stade Olympique de Colombes on 3 and 5 September 1938.[1]

Medalists

Gold Sydney Wooderson
 United Kingdom
Silver Joseph Mostert
 Belgium
Bronze Luigi Beccali
 Italy

Results

Final

5 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Sydney Wooderson  United Kingdom 3:53.6 CR
2nd Joseph Mostert  Belgium 3:54.5
3rd Luigi Beccali  Italy 3:55.2
4 Niilo Hartikka  Finland 3:56.5
5 Toivo Sarkama  Finland 3:56.7
6 Jan Staniszewski  Poland 3:58.4
7 Jim Alford  United Kingdom 4:03.0
8 Ingvar Haglund  Sweden 4:08.2
9 Robert Goix  France 4:10.0
Pierre Leichtnam  France DNF

Heats

3 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Joseph Mostert  Belgium 3:57.7 Q
2 Toivo Sarkama  Finland 3:57.8 Q
3 Sydney Wooderson  United Kingdom 3:58.1 Q
4 Ingvar Haglund  Sweden 3:59.5 Q
5 Robert Goix  France 4:09.0 Q
6 Renzo Zipoli  Italy 4:11.0
7 Frits de Ruyter  Netherlands NT

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Luigi Beccali  Italy 4:02.0 Q
2 Niilo Hartikka  Finland 4:02.3 Q
3 Jim Alford  United Kingdom 4:02.5 Q
4 Pierre Leichtnam  France 4:03.1 Q
5 Jan Staniszewski  Poland 4:03.6 Q
6 Jean Deloge  Luxembourg 4:12.1
Åke Jansson  Sweden DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References

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