The men's 1500 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 30 August and 1 September 1966.
Medalists Gold Bodo Tümmler Silver Michel Jazy Bronze Harald Norpoth
Results Final 1 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Bodo Tümmler 3:41.9 Michel Jazy 3:42.2 Harald Norpoth 3:42.4 4 Alan Simpson 3:43.8 5 Jürgen May 3:44.1 6 André De Hertoghe 3:44.3 7 Jean Wadoux 3:44.5 8 Henryk Szordykowski 3:45.8 9 Eugène Allonsius 3:46.2 10 Stanislav Hoffman 3:46.5 11 Walter Wilkinson 3:46.9 12 Claude Nicolas 3:48.1
Heats 30 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Harald Norpoth 3:44.9 Q 2 Michel Jazy 3:45.1 Q 3 Walter Wilkinson 3:45.4 Q 4 Stanislav Hoffman 3:45.4 Q 5 Arne Kvalheim 3:45.7 6 Oleg Rayko 3:46.7 7 Roland Brehmer 3:49.0 8 Henk Snepvangers 3:51.5 9 Frank Murphy 3:52.4 10 Gani Alia 3:57.2
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 André De Hertoghe 3:40.7 CR NR Q 2 Bodo Tümmler 3:41.1 Q 3 Jürgen May 3:41.2 Q 4 Claude Nicolas 3:41.4 Q 5 Josef Odložil 3:42.1 6 Mart Vilt 3:42.7 7 Roman Tkaczyk 3:45.1 8 Simo Važić 3:45.6 9 Preben Glue 3:45.9 10 Gergely Szentivanyi 3:47.2
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jean Wadoux 3:45.3 Q 2 Alan Simpson 3:45.5 Q 3 Eugene Allonsius 3:45.6 Q 4 Henryk Szordykowski 3:45.7 Q 5 Anders Gärderud 3:45.8 6 Hans-Rudolf Knill 3:46.3 7 Franco Arese 3:46.3 8 Stig Rekdal 3:46.3 9 Wolf Schulte-Hillen 3:46.5 10 Mikhail Zhelobovskiy 3:48.4 11 Manuel de Oliveira 3:48.9 12 Muharrem Dalkılıç 3:56.4
Participation According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.
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