2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres event at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 2, 2013 at 13:10 (round 1), and March 3, 18:00 (final) local time.[1]
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)
|
3:31.18 | Stuttgart, Germany | 2 February 1997 |
| European record |  Andrés Manuel Díaz (ESP)
|
3:33.32 | Piraeus, Greece | 24 February 1999 |
| Championship record |  Ivan Heshko (UKR)
|
3:36.70 | Madrid, Spain | 6 March 2005 |
| World Leading |  Galen Rupp (USA)
|
3:34.78 | Boston, United States | 26 January 2013 |
| European Leading |  Ciarán Ó Lionáird (IRL)
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3:36.85 | New York City, United States | 16 February 2013 |
Results
Round 1
Qualification: First 2 (Q) or and the 3 fastest athletes (q) advanced to the final.[2][3]
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | İlham Tanui Özbilen |  Turkey |
3:39.58 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | David Bustos | Spain |
3:39.90 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Bartosz Nowicki |  Poland |
3:40.15 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Hélio Gomes |  Portugal |
3:40.82 | q, PB |
| 5 | 1 | Oleksandr Borysyuk | Ukraine |
3:41.87 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland |
3:42.60 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Simon Denissel |  France |
3:42.75 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | France |
3:43.33 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Arturo Casado | Spain |
3:43.33 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Florian Orth |  Germany |
3:43.57 | |
| 11 | 3 | Yegor Nikolayev |  Russia |
3:43.58 | |
| 12 | 1 | Andréas Dimitrákis |  Greece |
3:44.83 | |
| 13 | 2 | Ioan Zaizan |  Romania |
3:45.46 | |
| 14 | 3 | Andreas Vojta |  Austria |
3:45.54 | |
| 15 | 2 | Goran Nava |  Serbia |
3:45.58 | |
| 16 | 2 | Jozef Pelikán |  Slovakia |
3:45.81 | |
| 17 | 1 | Bryan Cantero | France |
3:46.85 | |
| 18 | 3 | Mitja Krevs |  Slovenia |
3:47.06 | |
| 19 | 3 | Mohad Abdikadar Sheik Ali |  Italy |
3:47.21 | |
| 20 | 3 | Szymon Krawczyk | Poland |
3:47.84 | |
| 21 | 2 | Álvaro Rodríguez | Spain |
3:49.10 | |
| 22 | 3 | Mark Nouws |  Netherlands |
3:49.78 | |
| 23 | 2 | Volodymyr Kyts | Ukraine |
3:50.65 | |
| 23 | 1 | Najibe Salami | Italy |
3:54.04 |
Final
The final was held at 18:00.[4][5]
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | France |
3:37.17 | |
 |
İlham Tanui Özbilen | Turkey |
3:37.22 | SB |
 |
Simon Denissel | France |
3:37.70 | PB |
| 4 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland |
3:39.19 | |
| 5 | Arturo Casado | Spain |
3:39.36 | SB |
| 6 | Hélio Gomes | Portugal |
3:39.46 | PB |
| 7 | Bartosz Nowicki | Poland |
3:39.74 | |
| 8 | David Bustos | Spain |
3:40.14 | |
| 9 | Oleksandr Borysyuk | Ukraine |
3:42.15 |