1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 15 March in Vienna.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Henryk Szordykowski Poland	Frank Murphy Ireland	Volodymyr Panteley Soviet Union

Results

Heats

First 4 in each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Henryk Szordykowski	Poland	3:47.9	Q
2	1	Edgard Salvé	Belgium	3:48.2	Q
3	1	Frank Murphy	Ireland	3:48.4	Q
4	1	Knut Brustad	Norway	3:48.4	Q
5	1	Miodrag Vukomanović	Yugoslavia	3:49.8
6	1	Mehmet Tümkan	Turkey	3:51.2
7	1	Heinrich Händlhuber	Austria	3:51.6
1	2	Volodymyr Panteley	Soviet Union	3:52.6	Q
2	2	Pierre Toussaint	France	3:52.6	Q
3	2	Jerzy Maluśki	Poland	3:52.7	Q
4	2	Ulf Högberg	Sweden	3:52.8	Q
5	2	Ivan Kováč	Czechoslovakia	3:52.9
6	2	Dimko Deribeyev	Bulgaria	3:54.2
7	2	Walter Wilkinson	Great Britain	3:55.4

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Henryk Szordykowski	Poland	3:48.8
	Frank Murphy	Ireland	3:49.0
	Volodymyr Panteley	Soviet Union	3:49.8
4	Pierre Toussaint	France	3:50.2
5	Ulf Högberg	Sweden	3:50.7
6	Jerzy Maluśki	Poland	3:50.7
7	Edgard Salvé	Belgium	3:54.5
8	Knut Brustad	Norway	4:00.7