1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 24 and 25 February in Vienna.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Eamonn Coghlan Ireland	Thomas Wessinghage West Germany	John Robson Great Britain

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Thomas Wessinghage	West Germany	3:44.6	Q
2	2	Ray Flynn	Ireland	3:45.1	Q
3	2	John Robson	Great Britain	3:45.3	Q
4	2	Marc Nevens	Belgium	3:45.5	Q
5	1	Eamonn Coghlan	Ireland	3:45.6	Q
6	1	Harald Hudak	West Germany	3:46.1	Q
7	1	Antti Loikkanen	Finland	3:46.4	Q
8	1	Wybo Lelieveld	Netherlands	3:46.4	Q
9	2	Joost Borm	Netherlands	3:46.6
10	1	Laurent Rutton	France	3:46.8
11	1	Jozef Plachý	Czechoslovakia	3:47.1
12	1	Claudio Patrignani	Italy	3:47.6
13	2	Vinko Pokrajčić	Yugoslavia	3:48.2	^[3]
14	1	Erwin Wagger	Austria	3:49.4
15	1	Ruben Sørensen	Denmark	3:50.8
16	2	Arpad Bari	Czechoslovakia	3:50.9

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Eamonn Coghlan	Ireland	3:41.8	SB
	Thomas Wessinghage	West Germany	3:42.2	SB
	John Robson	Great Britain	3:42.8	PB
4	Antti Loikkanen	Finland	3:44.7	SB
5	Marc Nevens	Belgium	3:45.2	PB
6	Harald Hudak	West Germany	3:45.9	PB
7	Ray Flynn	Ireland	3:51.5
8	Wybo Lelieveld	Netherlands	3:55.4