1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 14 and 16 September 1962.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Michel Jazy France
Silver	Witold Baran Poland
Bronze	Tomás Salinger Czechoslovakia

16 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Michel Jazy	France	3:40.9
	Witold Baran	Poland	3:42.1
	Tomás Salinger	Czechoslovakia	3:42.2
4	Heinz Böthling	West Germany	3:42.7
5	Werner Krause	East Germany	3:43.8
6	Vasiliy Savinkov	Soviet Union	3:44.2
7	Henk Snepvangers	Netherlands	3:44.8
8	Mike Berisford	Great Britain	3:45.2
	Harald Norpoth	West Germany	DNF

14 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Heinz Böthling	West Germany	3:47.4	Q
2	Henk Snepvangers	Netherlands	3:47.5	Q
3	Mike Berisford	Great Britain	3:47.6	Q
4	Ivan Belitskiy	Soviet Union	3:48.3
5	Manuel de Oliveira	Portugal	3:48.8	NR
6	Georgios Mesimertzis	Greece	3:51.8

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Witold Baran	Poland	3:44.1	Q
2	Vasiliy Savinkov	Soviet Union	3:44.4	Q
3	Werner Krause	East Germany	3:44.8	Q
4	Simo Važić	Yugoslavia	3:45.5
5	György Kiss	Hungary	3:45.7
6	Jean Clausse	France	3:46.4
7	Muharrem Dalkılıç	Turkey	3:46.8
8	William Cornell	Great Britain	3:49.9
9	Hugo Walser	Liechtenstein	4:01.8

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Michel Jazy	France	3:47.7	Q
2	Harald Norpoth	West Germany	3:48.0	Q
3	Tomás Salinger	Czechoslovakia	3:48.0	Q
4	Peter Parsch	Hungary	3:48.4
5	Stan Taylor	Great Britain	3:49.9
6	Rudolf Klaban	Austria	3:50.0
7	Tomás Barris	Spain	3:50.0
8	Alfredo Rizzo	Italy	4:00.3

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.