2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

Events at the
2006 European
Athletics Championships

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

The men's 1500 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi stadium on August 7 and August 9, 2006.

Baala successfully defended his 2002 title, while Heshko pipped Higuero on the final stretch.[1]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Mehdi Baala
 France
Ivan Heshko
 Ukraine
Juan Carlos Higuero
 Spain

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 7, 2006 19:10 Semifinals
August 9, 2006 19:20 Final

Results

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Mehdi Baala  France 3:39.74 Q
2 2 Mykola Labovskyy  Ukraine 3:40.10 Q
3 2 Juan Carlos Higuero  Spain 3:40.97 Q
4 2 Christian Obrist  Italy 3:41.32 Q
5 2 Mirosław Formela  Poland 3:41.38 q
6 2 Rizak Dirshe  Sweden 3:41.67 q
7 2 Andrew Baddeley  United Kingdom 3:41.92 q
8 2 Liam Reale  Ireland 3:41.97 q
9 2 Manuel Damião  Portugal 3:42.56
10 2 Carsten Schlangen  Germany 3:42.62
11 2 Aleksandr Krivchonkov  Russia 3:43.03
12 2 Daniel Spitzl  Austria 3:46.08
13 1 Ivan Heshko  Ukraine 3:47.12 Q
14 1 Arturo Casado  Spain 3:47.16 Q
15 1 Sergio Gallardo  Spain 3:47.82 Q
16 1 Michal Šneberger  Czech Republic 3:47.96 Q
17 1 Abdelkader Bakhtache  France 3:48.09
18 1 Sergey Ivanov  Russia 3:48.27
19 1 Mounir Yemmouni  France 3:48.34
20 1 Bob Winter  Netherlands 3:48.35
21 1 Tim Clerbout  Belgium 3:48.43
22 1 Joel Bodén  Sweden 3:48.54
23 1 Stephen Davies  United Kingdom 3:48.64
24 1 Christian Neunhäuserer  Italy 3:49.34
25 1 Bård Kvalheim  Norway 3:49.55
26 1 James Nolan  Ireland 3:49.94
27 2 Matthieu Vandiest  Belgium 3:50.28
28 1 Michael East  United Kingdom 4:11.89
2 Jonas Hamm  Finland DNF

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Mehdi Baala  France 3:39.02
2nd Ivan Heshko  Ukraine 3:39.50
3rd Juan Carlos Higuero  Spain 3:39.62
4 Arturo Casado  Spain 3:40.86
5 Sergio Gallardo  Spain 3:41.24
6 Andrew Baddeley  United Kingdom 3:42.31
7 Christian Obrist  Italy 3:42.59
8 Liam Reale  Ireland 3:42.65
9 Rizak Dirshe  Sweden 3:42.87
10 Mirosław Formela  Poland 3:43.16
11 Mykola Labovskyy  Ukraine 3:43.47
12 Michal Šneberger  Czech Republic 3:45.99

References

  1. Superb Baala defends 1500m title, from BBC, retrieved 10 August 2006

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