1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 1,500 metres event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece, held at Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" on 9 and 11 September 1982.[1]

Men's 1500 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold Steve Cram
  Great Britain
Silver Nikolay Kirov
  Soviet Union
Bronze José Manuel Abascal
  Spain

Results

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Final

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11 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Steve Cram   Great Britain 3:36.49
  Nikolay Kirov   Soviet Union 3:36.99
  José Manuel Abascal   Spain 3:37.04
4 Robert Nemeth   Austria 3:37.81
5 Vitaliy Tyshchenko   Soviet Union 3:38.15
6 Uwe Becker   West Germany 3:38.17
7 Pierre Délèze    Switzerland 3:39.64
8 Ray Flynn   Ireland 3:40.44
9 Dragan Zdravković   Yugoslavia 3:42.44
10 Vinko Pokrajčić   Yugoslavia 3:44.00
11 Andreas Busse   East Germany 3:44.50
Graham Williamson   Great Britain DNF

Heats

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9 September

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Pierre Délèze    Switzerland 3:42.75 Q
2 Graham Williamson   Great Britain 3:43.01 Q
3 Dragan Zdravković   Yugoslavia 3:43.02 Q
4 Claudio Patrignani   Italy 3:43.12
5 Mirosław Żerkowski   Poland 3:43.46
6 Alexandre Gonzalez   France 3:43.70
7 Hristos Papahristos   Greece 3:44.12
8 Arno Körmeling   Netherlands 3:44.18
9 Jan Persson   Sweden 3:44.94
10 Antonio Atabao   Portugal 3:46.99
11 John Chappory   Gibraltar 3:57.91

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 José Manuel Abascal   Spain 3:40.32 Q
2 Uwe Becker   West Germany 3:40.50 Q
3 Andreas Busse   East Germany 3:40.53 Q
4 Nikolay Kirov   Soviet Union 3:40.91 q
5 João Campos   Portugal 3:42.74
6 Johnny Kroon   Sweden 3:42.75
7 Dave Taylor   Ireland 3:43.86
8 Jón Diðriksson   Iceland 3:44.03
9 Sermet Timurlenk   Turkey 3:44.24
10 Philippe Dien   France 3:45.13

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Steve Cram   Great Britain 3:38.06 Q
2 Vitaliy Tyshchenko   Soviet Union 3:38.46 Q
3 Ray Flynn   Ireland 3:38.62 Q
4 Robert Nemeth   Austria 3:39.57 q
5 Vinko Pokrajčić   Yugoslavia 3:40.86 q
6 Justin Gloden   Luxembourg 3:41.62
7 Carlos Cabral   Portugal 3:42.29
8 Stefano Mei   Italy 3:43.05

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 436–443, retrieved 13 August 2014