The men's 1500 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 13 and 15 August 1971.
Medalists Gold Francesco Arese Silver Henryk Szordykowski Bronze Brendan Foster
Results Final 15 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Francesco Arese 3:38.43 CR Henryk Szordykowski 3:38.73 Brendan Foster 3:39.24 4 John Kirkbride 3:39.48 5 Jacques Boxberger 3:39.57 6 Jean-Pierre Dufresne 3:40.68 7 Paul-Heinz Wellmann 3:40.78 8 Haico Scharn 3:40.92 9 Pekka Vasala 3:41.49 10 Volodymyr Panteley 3:42.90 11 Viktor Semyashkin 3:44.18 12 Gerd Larsen 3:45.68
Heats 13 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Volodymyr Panteley 3:42.2 Q 2 Henryk Szordykowski 3:42.3 Q 3 Jean-Pierre Dufresne 3:42.5 Q 4 Brendan Foster 3:42.8 Q 5 Atanas Atanasov 3:43.2 6 Antonio Burgos 3:43.3 7 Knut Kvalheim 3:43.7 8 Renzo Finelli 3:43.9 9 Gilbert Van Manshoven 3:45.0 10 Tom Birger Hansen 3:46.3 11 Fernando Mamede 3:49.3
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jacques Boxberger 3:43.6 Q 2 Pekka Vasala 3:43.6 Q 3 Haico Scharn 3:43.7 Q 4 Viktor Semyashkin 3:43.7 Q 5 André De Hertoghe 3:43.7 6 Frank Murphy 3:44.0 7 Peter Stewart 3:45.0 8 Slavko Koprivica 3:48.9 9 Jerzy Maluśki 3:53.7 10 Aurelio Falero 4:01.3 NR 11 Gianni Del Buono 4:01.8
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Paul-Heinz Wellmann 3:51.8 Q 2 Francesco Arese 3:52.1 Q 3 John Kirkbride 3:52.6 Q 4 Gerd Larsen 3:52.7 Q 5 Jan Prasek 3:52.8 6 Robert Leborgne 3:53.3 7 Bram Wassenaar 3:54.2 8 Pavel Pěnkava 3:55.2 9 Mikhail Zhelobovskiy 3:55.6 10 Mehmet Tümkan 3:57.4
Participation According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
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