2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

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.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
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:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal 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 Labovskyi	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
	Mehdi Baala	France	3:39.02
	Ivan Heshko	Ukraine	3:39.50
	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 Labovskyi	Ukraine	3:43.47
12	Michal Šneberger	Czech Republic	3:45.99

External links

• Results