1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 1,500 metres event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece, held at Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" on 9 and 11 September 1982.^[1]

Medalists

11 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Steve Cram	Great Britain	3:36.49
	Nikolay Kirov	Soviet Union	3:36.99
	José Manuel Abascal	Spain	3:37.04
4	Robert Nemeth	Austria	3:37.81
5	Vitaliy Tyshchenko	Soviet Union	3:38.15
6	Uwe Becker	West Germany	3:38.17
7	Pierre Délèze	Switzerland	3:39.64
8	Ray Flynn	Ireland	3:40.44
9	Dragan Zdravković	Yugoslavia	3:42.44
10	Vinko Pokrajčić	Yugoslavia	3:44.00
11	Andreas Busse	East Germany	3:44.50
	Graham Williamson	Great Britain	DNF

9 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Pierre Délèze	Switzerland	3:42.75	Q
2	Graham Williamson	Great Britain	3:43.01	Q
3	Dragan Zdravković	Yugoslavia	3:43.02	Q
4	Claudio Patrignani	Italy	3:43.12
5	Mirosław Żerkowski	Poland	3:43.46
6	Alexandre Gonzalez	France	3:43.70
7	Hristos Papahristos	Greece	3:44.12
8	Arno Körmeling	Netherlands	3:44.18
9	Jan Persson	Sweden	3:44.94
10	Antonio Atabao	Portugal	3:46.99
11	John Chappory	Gibraltar	3:57.91

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	José Manuel Abascal	Spain	3:40.32	Q
2	Uwe Becker	West Germany	3:40.50	Q
3	Andreas Busse	East Germany	3:40.53	Q
4	Nikolay Kirov	Soviet Union	3:40.91	q
5	João Campos	Portugal	3:42.74
6	Johnny Kroon	Sweden	3:42.75
7	Dave Taylor	Ireland	3:43.86
8	Jón Diðriksson	Iceland	3:44.03
9	Sermet Timurlenk	Turkey	3:44.24
10	Philippe Dien	France	3:45.13

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Steve Cram	Great Britain	3:38.06	Q
2	Vitaliy Tyshchenko	Soviet Union	3:38.46	Q
3	Ray Flynn	Ireland	3:38.62	Q
4	Robert Nemeth	Austria	3:39.57	q
5	Vinko Pokrajčić	Yugoslavia	3:40.86	q
6	Justin Gloden	Luxembourg	3:41.62
7	Carlos Cabral	Portugal	3:42.29
8	Stefano Mei	Italy	3:43.05

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.