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.
Medalists
| Gold | Reyes Estévez Spain
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| Silver | Rui Silva Portugal
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| Bronze | Fermín Cacho Spain
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Results
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Round 1
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
| 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 |