1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 2 and 3 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
José Luis González Spain	Marcus O'Sullivan Ireland	José Luis Carreira Spain

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Antti Loikkanen	Finland	3:40.42	Q
2	2	José Luis González	Spain	3:40.44	Q
3	1	Andrés Vera	Spain	3:40.51	Q
4	2	José Luis Carreira	Spain	3:40.55	Q
5	1	Stefano Mei	Italy	3:40.66	Q
6	2	Uwe Becker	West Germany	3:40.89	Q
7	2	Marcus O'Sullivan	Ireland	3:41.09	q
8	2	Riccardo Materazzi	Italy	3:41.37	q
9	1	Johnny Kroon	Sweden	3:41.40	q
10	1	István Knipl	Hungary	3:41.55
11	1	Han Kulker	Netherlands	3:41.88
12	1	Carlos Cabral	Portugal	3:42.20
13	2	Mirosław Żerkowski	Poland	3:43.63
14	2	Gerald Miedler	Austria	3:47.11
15	1	Jürgen Grothe	West Germany	3:48.44
	1	Viktor Kalinkin	Soviet Union	DNS
	2	Leonid Masunov	Soviet Union	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	José Luis González	Spain	3:39.26
	Marcus O'Sullivan	Ireland	3:39.75
	José Luis Carreira	Spain	3:40.43
4	Andrés Vera	Spain	3:40.56
5	Riccardo Materazzi	Italy	3:40.85
6	Antti Loikkanen	Finland	3:41.19
7	Stefano Mei	Italy	3:41.26
8	Johnny Kroon	Sweden	3:45.91
	Uwe Becker	West Germany	DNS