1973 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres
# 1973 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1973 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 10 and 11 March in Rotterdam.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Henryk Szordykowski Poland | Herman Mignon Belgium | Klaus-Peter Justus East Germany |

## Results

### Heats

Held on 10 March.

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Henryk Szordykowski | Poland | 3:43.83 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Herman Mignon | Belgium | 3:43.99 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Klaus-Peter Justus | East Germany | 3:44.12 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Haico Scharn | Netherlands | 3:44.45 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Mikhail Ulimov | Soviet Union | 3:44.48 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Ivan Kováč | Czechoslovakia | 3:44.58 | |
| 7 | 2 | Jürgen Hemmerling | East Germany | 3:44.86 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Włodzimierz Staszak | Poland | 3:45.56 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Bram Wassenaar | Netherlands | 3:45.72 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Edgard Salvé | Belgium | 3:45.81 | |
| 11 | 1 | Roelof Veld | Netherlands | 3:45.85 | |
| 12 | 2 | Vladimir Yarovenko | Soviet Union | 3:48.37 | |
| 13 | 1 | Jean-Louis Benoît | France | 3:48.98 | |
| 14 | 2 | Christian Collisy | West Germany | 3:49.42 | |
| 15 | 2 | Juan Borraz | Spain | 3:54.82 | |
| 16 | 2 | Gerd Larsen | Denmark | 4:00.97 | |

### Final

Held on 11 March.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Henryk Szordykowski | Poland | 3:43.01 |
| | Herman Mignon | Belgium | 3:43.16 |
| | Klaus-Peter Justus | East Germany | 3:43.36 |
| 4 | Jürgen Hemmerling | East Germany | 3:43.59 |
| 5 | Mikhail Ulimov | Soviet Union | 3:44.33 |
| 6 | Haico Scharn | Netherlands | 3:44.45 |
| 7 | Bram Wassenaar | Netherlands | 3:44.98 |
| 8 | Włodzimierz Staszak | Poland | 3:45.75 |
