1938 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Decathlon	men
v t e

The men's 1500 metres at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Paris, France, at Stade Olympique de Colombes on 3 and 5 September 1938.^[1]

Gold	Sydney Wooderson  Great Britain
Silver	Joseph Mostert  Belgium
Bronze	Luigi Beccali  Italy

5 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sydney Wooderson	Great Britain	3:53.6	CR
	Joseph Mostert	Belgium	3:54.5
	Luigi Beccali	Italy	3:55.2
4	Niilo Hartikka	Finland	3:56.5
5	Toivo Sarkama	Finland	3:56.7
6	Jan Staniszewski	Poland	3:58.4
7	Jim Alford	Great Britain	4:03.0
8	Ingvar Haglund	Sweden	4:08.2
9	Robert Goix	France	4:10.0
	Pierre Leichtnam	France	DNF

3 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Joseph Mostert	Belgium	3:57.7	Q
2	Toivo Sarkama	Finland	3:57.8	Q
3	Sydney Wooderson	Great Britain	3:58.1	Q
4	Ingvar Haglund	Sweden	3:59.5	Q
5	Robert Goix	France	4:09.0	Q
6	Renzo Zipoli	Italy	4:11.0
7	Frits de Ruyter	Netherlands	NT

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Luigi Beccali	Italy	4:02.0	Q
2	Niilo Hartikka	Finland	4:02.3	Q
3	Jim Alford	Great Britain	4:02.5	Q
4	Pierre Leichtnam	France	4:03.1	Q
5	Jan Staniszewski	Poland	4:03.6	Q
6	Jean Deloge	Luxembourg	4:12.1
	Åke Jansson	Sweden	DNF

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.