1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m walk		women
5000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 5 and 6 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ari Suhonen Finland	Ronny Olsson Sweden	Rüdiger Horn East Germany

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Rüdiger Horn	East Germany	3:41.82	Q
2	2	Adelino Hidalgo	Spain	3:42.29	Q
3	2	Jan Kraus	Czechoslovakia	3:42.51	q
4	2	István Knipl	Hungary	3:42.64	q
5	2	Antonio Monteiro	Portugal	3:42.75	q
6	1	Tonino Viali	Italy	3:42.88	Q
7	1	Ronny Olsson	Sweden	3:43.48	Q
8	1	Andrés Vera	Spain	3:43.65
9	1	Tom Hanlon	Great Britain	3:43.75
10	1	Tamás Pocsai	Hungary	3:44.38
11	3	Ari Suhonen	Finland	3:46.33	Q
12	3	Branko Zorko	Yugoslavia	3:46.39	Q
13	3	Enda Fitzpatrick	Ireland	3:46.83
14	3	José Moreira	Portugal	3:47.22
15	3	József Bereczki	Hungary	3:50.29
16	3	Marc Borghans	Netherlands	3:56.38
17	1	Peter Svaricek	Austria	4:02.90
	1	Thorsten Lenhardt	East Germany	DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ari Suhonen	Finland	3:45.72
	Ronny Olsson	Sweden	3:46.16
	Rüdiger Horn	East Germany	3:46.51
4	István Knipl	Hungary	3:46.56
5	Antonio Monteiro	Portugal	3:46.79
6	Tonino Viali	Italy	3:46.96
7	Branko Zorko	Yugoslavia	3:47.69
8	Adelino Hidalgo	Spain	3:48.72
9	Jan Kraus	Czechoslovakia	3:49.60