| Final 19:15 | | time | | | 1. Michel Jazy |  France | 3:40.9 | | | 2. Witold Baran |  Poland | 3:42.1 | | | 3. 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 | | | 9. Harald Norpoth | West Germany | DNF | |
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| History Men 1500m | | World Record: Elliott, Australia 3:35.6 | | European Record: Jungwirth, Czechoslovakia 3:38.1 |
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Heats - Friday 14th September 19:10 | | First 3 from each Heat advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 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 | | | -. Joseph Lambrechts |  Belgium | DNS | | | -. M. Bernard | France | DNS | | | -. J. Lambrechts | Belgium | DNS | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 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 |  Liechtenstain | 4:01.8 | | | -. T. Holmestrand |  Sweden | DNS | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 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 | | | -. N. Haupert |  Luxembourg | DNS | | | -. R. Jelinek |  Switzerland | DNS | |
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