The men's 1500 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 6 and 8 September 1974.

Medalists Gold Klaus-Peter Justus Silver Tom Birger Hansen Bronze Thomas Wessinghage

Results Final 8 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Klaus-Peter Justus 3:40.55 Tom Birger Hansen 3:40.75 Thomas Wessinghage 3:41.1 4 Haico Scharn 3:41.3 5 Volodymyr Panteley 3:41.4 6 Pekka Vasala 3:41.5 7 Paul-Heinz Wellmann 3:41.6 8 Rolf Gysin 3:41.8 9 Ulf Högberg 3:42.3 10 Gunnar Ekman 3:42.5 11 Henryk Wasilewski 3:42.7 12 Marcel Philippe 3:46.0

Heats 6 September

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ulf Högberg 3:42.0 Q 2 Haico Scharn 3:42.5 Q 3 Rolf Gysin 3:42.6 Q 4 Klaus-Peter Justus 3:42.8 q 5 Henryk Szordykowski 3:43.7 6 Ivan Kováč 3:44.7 7 John Hartnett 3:46.6 8 Fernando Mamede 3:47.1 9 Gerd Larsen 3:47.7

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Henryk Wasilewski 3:43.0 Q 2 Thomas Wessinghage 3:43.1 Q 3 Gunnar Ekman 3:43.2 Q 4 Gheorghe Ghipu 3:43.4 5 Luigi Zarcone 3:44.4 6 Pyotr Anisim 3:44.7 7 Frank Clement 3:45.0 8 Lars-Martin Kaupang 3:47.0 Günther Hasler DNF

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Paul-Heinz Wellmann 3:42.4 Q 2 Volodymyr Panteley 3:42.6 Q 3 Marcel Philippe 3:42.7 Q 4 Tom Birger Hansen 3:43.1 q 5 Pekka Vasala 3:43.3 q 6 Giulio Riga 3:43.5 7 Ray Smedley 3:43.6 8 Daniel Jańczuk 3:45.2 9 Nicolae Onescu 3:46.7 10 John Charvetto 3:55.4 NR

Participation According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

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