1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

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 West Germany
Silver	Michel Jazy France
Bronze	Harald Norpoth West Germany

Results

Final

1 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Bodo Tümmler	West Germany	3:41.9
	Michel Jazy	France	3:42.2
	Harald Norpoth	West Germany	3:42.4
4	Alan Simpson	Great Britain	3:43.8
5	Jürgen May	East Germany	3:44.1
6	André De Hertoghe	Belgium	3:44.3
7	Jean Wadoux	France	3:44.5
8	Henryk Szordykowski	Poland	3:45.8
9	Eugène Allonsius	Belgium	3:46.2
10	Stanislav Hoffman	Czechoslovakia	3:46.5
11	Walter Wilkinson	Great Britain	3:46.9
12	Claude Nicolas	France	3:48.1

Heats

30 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Harald Norpoth	West Germany	3:44.9	Q
2	Michel Jazy	France	3:45.1	Q
3	Walter Wilkinson	Great Britain	3:45.4	Q
4	Stanislav Hoffman	Czechoslovakia	3:45.4	Q
5	Arne Kvalheim	Norway	3:45.7
6	Oleg Rayko	Soviet Union	3:46.7
7	Roland Brehmer	Poland	3:49.0
8	Henk Snepvangers	Netherlands	3:51.5
9	Frank Murphy	Ireland	3:52.4
10	Gani Alia	Albania	3:57.2

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	André De Hertoghe	Belgium	3:40.7	CR NR Q
2	Bodo Tümmler	West Germany	3:41.1	Q
3	Jürgen May	East Germany	3:41.2	Q
4	Claude Nicolas	France	3:41.4	Q
5	Josef Odložil	Czechoslovakia	3:42.1
6	Mart Vilt	Soviet Union	3:42.7
7	Roman Tkaczyk	Poland	3:45.1
8	Simo Važić	Yugoslavia	3:45.6
9	Preben Glue	Denmark	3:45.9
10	Gergely Szentivanyi	Hungary	3:47.2

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jean Wadoux	France	3:45.3	Q
2	Alan Simpson	Great Britain	3:45.5	Q
3	Eugene Allonsius	Belgium	3:45.6	Q
4	Henryk Szordykowski	Poland	3:45.7	Q
5	Anders Gärderud	Sweden	3:45.8
6	Hans-Rudolf Knill	Switzerland	3:46.3
7	Franco Arese	Italy	3:46.3
8	Stig Rekdal	Norway	3:46.3
9	Wolf Schulte-Hillen	West Germany	3:46.5
10	Mikhail Zhelobovskiy	Soviet Union	3:48.4
11	Manuel de Oliveira	Portugal	3:48.9
12	Muharrem Dalkılıç	Turkey	3:56.4

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

• Albania (1)
• Belgium (2)
• Czechoslovakia (2)
• Denmark (1)
• East Germany (1)
• France (3)
• Hungary (1)
• Ireland (1)
• Italy (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Norway (2)
• Poland (3)
• Portugal (1)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Sweden (1)
• Switzerland (1)
• Turkey (1)
• Great Britain (2)
• West Germany (3)
• Yugoslavia (1)