1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 13 and 14 March in Sofia.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Henryk Szordykowski Poland	Volodymyr Panteley Soviet Union	Gianni Del Buono Italy

Results

Heats

Held on 13 March

First 2 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Gianni Del Buono	Italy	3:49.1	Q
2	1	Bram Wassenaar	Netherlands	3:49.7	Q
3	1	Henry Gustafsson	Sweden	3:52.0
4	1	José Maria Alonso	Spain	3:56.3
5	1	Mehmet Tümkan	Turkey	3:57.8
6	1	Edmond van Houwenis	Belgium	4:00.6
1	2	Henryk Szordykowski	Poland	3:45.8	Q
2	2	Mikhail Zhelobovskiy	Soviet Union	3:45.9	Q
3	2	Pierre Toussaint	France	3:49.6
4	2	Haico Scharn	Netherlands	3:50.1
5	2	Pekka Vasala	Finland	3:52.1
6	2	Alberto Esteban	Spain	4:00.8
1	3	Volodymyr Panteley	Soviet Union	3:47.7	Q
2	3	Walter Wilkinson	Great Britain	3:49.0	Q
3	3	Jan Kondzior	France	3:50.4
4	3	Jože Međimurec	Yugoslavia	3:53.0
5	3	Spilios Zakharopoulos	Greece	3:53.3
6	3	Juan Borraz	Spain	3:57.2
1	4	Ulf Högberg	Sweden	3:46.0	Q
2	4	Frank Murphy	Ireland	3:46.2	Q
3	4	Jacky Boxberger	France	3:47.1
4	4	Edgard Salvé	Belgium	3:48.9
5	4	Ivan Kováč	Czechoslovakia	3:55.2
6	4	Nayden Petrov	Bulgaria	3:55.2

Final

Held on 14 March

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Henryk Szordykowski	Poland	3:41.4	CR, NR
	Volodymyr Panteley	Soviet Union	3:41.5	NR
	Gianni Del Buono	Italy	3:42.1
4	Ulf Högberg	Sweden	3:43.2
5	Mikhail Zhelobovskiy	Soviet Union	3:43.7
6	Frank Murphy	Ireland	3:44.3
7	Walter Wilkinson	Great Britain	3:46.9
8	Bram Wassenaar	Netherlands	3:48.1