1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 18 and 20 August.

Men's 1500 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold Reyes Estévez
  Spain
Silver Rui Silva
  Portugal
Bronze Fermín Cacho
  Spain

Results

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KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Round 1

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Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Fermín Cacho   Spain 3:38.52 Q
2 2 Andrés Díaz   Spain 3:38.65 Q
3 2 Matthew Yates   Great Britain 3:38.97 Q
4 2 Branko Zorko   Croatia 3:39.31 Q
5 2 Vyacheslav Shabunin   Russia 3:39.45 q
6 2 Rüdiger Stenzel   Germany 3:39.57 q
7 2 Niall Bruton   Ireland 3:39.58 q
8 2 Abdelkader Chékhémani   France 3:39.73 q
9 1 Reyes Estévez   Spain 3:41.53 Q
10 1 John Mayock   Great Britain 3:41.69 Q
11 1 Anthony Whiteman   Great Britain 3:41.71 Q
12 1 Rui Silva   Portugal 3:41.87 Q
13 1 Gert-Jan Liefers   Netherlands 3:42.21
14 1 Andrey Zadorozhniy   Russia 3:42.71
15 1 Peter Philipp   Switzerland 3:43.50
16 1 Panagiotis Stroubakos   Greece 3:44.01
17 2 Luís Feiteira   Portugal 3:45.00
18 1 Nadir Bosch   France 3:46.00
19 1 Dirk Heinze   Germany 3:46.13
20 1 Darko Radomirović   Yugoslavia 3:46.86
21 2 Alexandru Vasile   Romania 3:46.95
22 2 Balázs Tölgyesi   Hungary 3:47.01
23 1 Werner Edler-Muhr   Austria 3:47.62
2 Giuseppe D'Urso   Italy DNF

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Reyes Estévez   Spain 3:41.31
  Rui Silva   Portugal 3:41.84
  Fermín Cacho   Spain 3:42.13
4 Anthony Whiteman   Great Britain 3:42.27
5 John Mayock   Great Britain 3:42.58
6 Matthew Yates   Great Britain 3:42.63
7 Rüdiger Stenzel   Germany 3:42.75
8 Abdelkader Chékhémani   France 3:42.92
9 Vyacheslav Shabunin   Russia 3:42.98
10 Branko Zorko   Croatia 3:43.95
11 Andrés Díaz   Spain 3:46.99
12 Niall Bruton   Ireland 3:47.48

References

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