1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 and 20 September 1969.

Medalists

Gold	Jaroslava Jehličková Czechoslovakia
Silver	Maria Gommers Netherlands
Bronze	Paola Pigni Italy

Results

Final

20 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jaroslava Jehličková	Czechoslovakia	4:10.77	WR
	Maria Gommers	Netherlands	4:11.9	NR
	Paola Pigni	Italy	4:12.0	NR
4	Lyudmila Bragina	Soviet Union	4:13.2	NR
5	Ilja Keizer	Netherlands	4:13.3
6	Regina Kleinau	East Germany	4:15.2	NR
7	Rita Ridley	Great Britain	4:15.9	NR
8	Anne-Marie Nenzell	Sweden	4:16.6	NR
9	Anneloes Bosman	Netherlands	4:17.6
10	Alla Kolesnikova	Soviet Union	4:18.2
11	Gunhild Hoffmeister	East Germany	4:23.2
12	Emília Přivřelová	Czechoslovakia	4:32.8

Heats

19 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Paola Pigni	Italy	4:17.2	CR Q
2	Rita Ridley	Great Britain	4:18.2	Q
3	Lyudmila Bragina	Soviet Union	4:18.3	Q
4	Gunhild Hoffmeister	East Germany	4:18.4	Q
5	Ilja Keizer	Netherlands	4:18.6	Q
6	Emília Přivřelová	Czechoslovakia	4:19.0	Q
7	Lyudmila Safonova	Soviet Union	4:21.3
8	Vasilena Amzina	Bulgaria	4:22.2
9	Maria Linca	Romania	4:24.6
10	Zofia Kołakowska	Poland	4:25.4
11	Anne O'Brien	Ireland

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Maria Gommers	Netherlands	4:17.9	Q
2	Anneloes Bosman	Netherlands	4:18.1	Q
3	Alla Kolesnikova	Soviet Union	4:19.1	Q
4	Regina Kleinau	East Germany	4:21.5	Q
5	Anne-Marie Nenzell	Sweden	4:22.2	Q
6	Jaroslava Jehličková	Czechoslovakia	4:28.4	Q
7	María Budavári	Hungary	4:31.6
8	Thelwyn Bateman	Great Britain	4:35.2
9	Angela Ramello	Italy	4:36.6
10	Veselinka Milošević	Yugoslavia	4:36.9
	Waltraud Pöhland	East Germany	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

• Bulgaria (1)
• Czechoslovakia (2)
• East Germany (3)
• Hungary (1)
• Ireland (1)
• Italy (2)
• Netherlands (3)
• Poland (1)
• Romania (1)
• Soviet Union (3)
• Sweden (1)
• Great Britain (2)
• Yugoslavia (1)