1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
# 1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 and 25 August 1946.

## Medalists

| Gold | Lennart Strand Sweden |
| - | - |
| Silver | Henry Eriksson Sweden |
| Bronze | Erik Jørgensen Denmark |

## Results

### Final

25 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Lennart Strand | Sweden | 3:48.0 | CR |
| | Henry Eriksson | Sweden | 3:48.8 | |
| | Erik Jørgensen | Denmark | 3:52.8 | |
| 4 | Václav Čevona | Czechoslovakia | 3:53.0 | NR |
| 5 | Sándor Garay | Hungary | 3:53.0 | |
| 6 | Douglas Wilson | Great Britain | 3:53.2 | |
| 7 | Paul Messner | France | 3:56.6 | |
| 8 | Luboš Vomácka | Czechoslovakia | 4:07.2 | |

### Heats

24 August

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lennart Strand | Sweden | 3:56.6 | Q |
| 2 | Sándor Garay | Hungary | 3:56.8 | Q |
| 3 | Erik Jørgensen | Denmark | 3:57.0 | Q |
| 4 | Václav Čevona | Czechoslovakia | 3:57.4 | Q |
| 5 | Aleksandr Pugachevskiy [ru] | Soviet Union | 3:57.6 | |
| 6 | Óskar Jónsson | Iceland | 3:58.4 | NR |
| 7 | Willy Sponberg | Norway | 3:59.2 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Henry Eriksson | Sweden | 3:54.6 | Q |
| 2 | Douglas Wilson | Great Britain | 3:55.0 | Q |
| 3 | Paul Messner | France | 3:58.0 | Q |
| 4 | Luboš Vomácka | Czechoslovakia | 3:58.8 | Q |
| 5 | Asbjørn Hansen | Norway | 3:59.0 | |
| 6 | Walter Lutz [de] | Switzerland | 4:04.2 | |
| 7 | Jan Staniszewski | Poland | 4:10.8 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

* Denmark (1)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* France (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Iceland (1)
* Norway (2)
* Poland (1)
* Soviet Union (1)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Great Britain (1)
