The men's 1500 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 18 and 20 September 1969.
Medalists Gold John Whetton Silver Frank Murphy Bronze Henryk Szordykowski
Results Final 20 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes John Whetton 3:39.45 CR Frank Murphy 3:39.51 NR Henryk Szordykowski 3:39.87 4 Edgard Salvé 3:39.91 5 André Dehertoghe 3:40.9 6 Jean Wadoux 3:41.7 7 Pavel Pěnkava 3:41.7 8 Franco Arese 3:42.2 9 Pekka Vasala 3:44.1 10 Volodymyr Panteley 3:45.0 11 Jerzy Maluśki 3:48.4 12 Pierre Viaux 3:57.3
Heats 18 September
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Francesco Arese 3:53.4 Q 2 John Whetton 3:53.6 Q 3 Jerzy Maluśki 3:53.6 Q 4 Pavel Pěnkava 3:53.8 Q 5 Anatoliy Verlan 3:54.0 Knut Brustad DNF
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 André Dehertoghe 3:44.10 Q 2 Henryk Szordykowski 3:44.1 Q 3 Frank Murphy 3:44.3 Q 4 Pierre Viaux 3:45.4 Q 5 Jim Douglas 3:46.4 6 Mehmet Tümkan 3:47.0 7 Hansruedi Knill 3:47.9 8 Mikhail Zhelobovskiy 3:48.2 9 Renzo Finelli 3:53.0
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Edgard Salvé 3:53.6 Q 2 Volodymyr Panteley 3:53.6 Q 3 Jean Wadoux 3:53.8 Q 4 Pekka Vasala 3:53.8 Q 5 John Boulter 3:53.9 6 Atanas Atanasov 3:56.1 7 Eryk Żelazny 3:57.8
Participation According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
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