1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 14 and 16 September 1962.

Medalists

Gold	Michel Jazy France
Silver	Witold Baran Poland
Bronze	Tomás Salinger Czechoslovakia

Results

Final

16 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Michel Jazy	France	3:40.9
	Witold Baran	Poland	3:42.1
	Tomás Salinger	Czechoslovakia	3:42.2
4	Heinz Böthling	West Germany	3:42.7
5	Werner Krause	East Germany	3:43.8
6	Vasiliy Savinkov	Soviet Union	3:44.2
7	Henk Snepvangers	Netherlands	3:44.8
8	Mike Berisford	Great Britain	3:45.2
	Harald Norpoth	West Germany	DNF

Heats

14 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Heinz Böthling	West Germany	3:47.4	Q
2	Henk Snepvangers	Netherlands	3:47.5	Q
3	Mike Berisford	Great Britain	3:47.6	Q
4	Ivan Belitskiy	Soviet Union	3:48.3
5	Manuel de Oliveira	Portugal	3:48.8	NR
6	Georgios Mesimertzis	Greece	3:51.8

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Witold Baran	Poland	3:44.1	Q
2	Vasiliy Savinkov	Soviet Union	3:44.4	Q
3	Werner Krause	East Germany	3:44.8	Q
4	Simo Važić	Yugoslavia	3:45.5
5	György Kiss	Hungary	3:45.7
6	Jean Clausse	France	3:46.4
7	Muharrem Dalkılıç	Turkey	3:46.8
8	William Cornell	Great Britain	3:49.9
9	Hugo Walser	Liechtenstein	4:01.8

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Michel Jazy	France	3:47.7	Q
2	Harald Norpoth	West Germany	3:48.0	Q
3	Tomás Salinger	Czechoslovakia	3:48.0	Q
4	Peter Parsch	Hungary	3:48.4
5	Stan Taylor	Great Britain	3:49.9
6	Rudolf Klaban	Austria	3:50.0
7	Tomás Barris	Spain	3:50.0
8	Alfredo Rizzo	Italy	4:00.3

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (1)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• East Germany (1)
• France (2)
• Greece (1)
• Hungary (2)
• Italy (1)
• Liechtenstein (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Poland (1)
• Portugal (1)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Spain (1)
• Turkey (1)
• Great Britain (3)
• West Germany (2)
• Yugoslavia (1)