en 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 5 and 6 March.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

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

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	2	Johan Engholm	Sweden	3:44.14
11	2	Mark Kirk	Great Britain	3:44.35
12	1	Tamás Pocsai	Hungary	3:44.38
13	3	Ari Suhonen	Finland	3:46.33	Q
14	3	Branko Zorko	Yugoslavia	3:46.39	Q
15	3	Enda Fitzpatrick	Ireland	3:46.83
16	3	José Moreira	Portugal	3:47.22
17	3	József Bereczki	Hungary	3:50.29
18	3	Marc Borghans	Netherlands	3:56.38
19	1	Peter Svaricek	Austria	4:02.90
	1	Thorsten Lenhardt	East Germany	DNF

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	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