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	Notes
	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