title: 1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
text: # 1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
  
  The men's 1500 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 and 25 August 1946.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Lennart Strand Sweden |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Henry Eriksson Sweden |
  | Bronze | Erik Jørgensen Denmark |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  25 August
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Lennart Strand | Sweden | 3:48.0 | CR |
  | | Henry Eriksson | Sweden | 3:48.8 | |
  | | Erik Jørgensen | Denmark | 3:52.8 | |
  | 4 | Václav Čevona | Czechoslovakia | 3:53.0 | NR |
  | 5 | Sándor Garay | Hungary | 3:53.0 | |
  | 6 | Douglas Wilson | Great Britain | 3:53.2 | |
  | 7 | Paul Messner | France | 3:56.6 | |
  | 8 | Luboš Vomácka | Czechoslovakia | 4:07.2 | |
  
  ### Heats
  
  24 August
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Lennart Strand | Sweden | 3:56.6 | Q |
  | 2 | Sándor Garay | Hungary | 3:56.8 | Q |
  | 3 | Erik Jørgensen | Denmark | 3:57.0 | Q |
  | 4 | Václav Čevona | Czechoslovakia | 3:57.4 | Q |
  | 5 | Aleksandr Pugachevskiy [ru] | Soviet Union | 3:57.6 | |
  | 6 | Óskar Jónsson | Iceland | 3:58.4 | NR |
  | 7 | Willy Sponberg | Norway | 3:59.2 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Henry Eriksson | Sweden | 3:54.6 | Q |
  | 2 | Douglas Wilson | Great Britain | 3:55.0 | Q |
  | 3 | Paul Messner | France | 3:58.0 | Q |
  | 4 | Luboš Vomácka | Czechoslovakia | 3:58.8 | Q |
  | 5 | Asbjørn Hansen | Norway | 3:59.0 | |
  | 6 | Walter Lutz [de] | Switzerland | 4:04.2 | |
  | 7 | Jan Staniszewski | Poland | 4:10.8 | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Denmark (1)
  * Czechoslovakia (2)
  * France (1)
  * Hungary (1)
  * Iceland (1)
  * Norway (2)
  * Poland (1)
  * Soviet Union (1)
  * Sweden (2)
  * Switzerland (1)
  * Great Britain (1)
  