The men's 1500 metres at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 and 29 August 1954.
Medalists Gold Roger Bannister Silver Gunnar Nielsen Bronze Stanislav Jungwirth
Results Final 29 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Roger Bannister 3:43.8 CR NR Gunnar Nielsen 3:44.4 NR Stanislav Jungwirth 3:45.4 4 Ingvar Ericsson 3:46.2 5 Werner Lueg 3:46.4 6 Sándor Iharos 3:47.0 7 Denis Johansson 3:47.4 8 Günter Dohrow 3:48.2 9 Ian Boyd 3:49.2 10 Jorma Kakko 3:51.8 Veliša Mugoša DNF Alfred Langenus DNS
Heats 26 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Günter Dohrow 3:51.0 Q 2 Stanislav Jungwirth 3:51.2 Q 3 Roger Bannister 3:51.8 Q 4 Alfred Langenus 3:51.8 Q 5 Andrej Vipotnik 3:52.2 6 Edmund Potrzebowski 3:52.2 7 Vladimir Bagreyev 3:53.0 8 August Sutter 3:54.4 9 Ekrem Koçak 3:57.4 10 Richard Badet 3:57.8
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Veliša Mugoša 3:51.0 Q 2 Sándor Iharos 3:51.2 Q 3 Ingvar Ericsson 3:51.4 Q 4 Jorma Kakko 3:51.4 Q 5 Roger Müller 3:52.0 6 Gaston Reiff 3:57.0 7 Evangelos Depastas 3:58.2 8 Heinz Thoet 4:01.0 9 Manuel Macías 4:10.6
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Werner Lueg 3:53.2 Q 2 Ian Boyd 3:53.2 Q 3 Gunnar Nielsen 3:53.6 Q 4 Denis Johansson 3:53.8 Q 5 Antoine Vincendon 3:54.6 6 István Rózsavölgyi 3:54.6 7 Alexander Zvolensky 3:55.2 8 Kazimierz Żbikowski 3:56.6 9 Dimitrios Konstantinidis 3:57.6 10 Turhan Göker 4:01.2
Participation According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
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