1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
# 1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 24 and 27 August 1950.

## Medalists

| Gold | Wim Slijkhuis Netherlands |
| - | - |
| Silver | Patrick El Mabrouk France |
| Bronze | William Nankeville Great Britain |

## Results

### Final

27 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Wim Slijkhuis | Netherlands | 3:47.2 | CR |
| | Patrick El Mabrouk | France | 3:47.8 | |
| | Bill Nankeville | Great Britain | 3:48.0 | NR |
| 4 | Ilmari Taipale | Finland | 3:50.4 | |
| 5 | Len Eyre | Great Britain | 3:51.0 | |
| 6 | Václav Čevona | Czechoslovakia | 3:51.4 | |
| 7 | Ingvar Ericsson | Sweden | 3:52.4 | |
| 8 | Jean Vernier | France | 3:53.2 | |
| 9 | Andrija Otenhajmer | Yugoslavia | 3:53.4 | |
| 10 | Daniel Janssens | Belgium | 3:56.8 | |
| 11 | Frans Herman | Belgium | 4:05.2 | |
| | Lennart Strand | Sweden | DNF | |

### Heats

24 August

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Len Eyre | Great Britain | 3:53.0 | Q |
| 2 | Ilmari Taipale | Finland | 3:53.2 | Q |
| 3 | Frans Herman | Belgium | 3:54.6 | Q |
| 4 | Lennart Strand | Sweden | 3:58.2 | Q |
| 5 | Zdravko Ceraj | Yugoslavia | 4:01.8 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jean Vernier | France | 3:54.6 | Q |
| 2 | Ingvar Ericsson | Sweden | 3:54.7 | Q |
| 3 | Andrija Otenhajmer | Yugoslavia | 3:55.0 | Q |
| 4 | Bill Nankeville | Great Britain | 3:55.6 | Q |
| 5 | Hans Harting | Netherlands | 3:56.8 | |
| 6 | Alois Imfeld | Switzerland | 4:01.2 | |
| 7 | Angelo Tagliapietra | Italy | 4:01.8 | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Patrick El Mabrouk | France | 4:01.8 | Q |
| 2 | Wim Slijkhuis | Netherlands | 4:02.6 | Q |
| 3 | Václav Čevona | Czechoslovakia | 4:02.8 | Q |
| 4 | Daniel Janssens | Belgium | 4:04.2 | Q |
| 5 | Bruno Schneider | Austria | 4:04.8 | |
| 6 | Loukas Adamopoulos | Greece | 4:06.6 | |
| 7 | Pétur Einarsson | Iceland | 4:08.8 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

* Austria (1)
* Belgium (2)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Greece (1)
* Iceland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Netherlands (3)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Great Britain (2)
* Yugoslavia (2)
