2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadion on 18 and 20 July. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Medalists

Gold	Mounir Yemmouni   France
Silver	Xavier Areny   Spain
Bronze	Lorenzo Perrone   Italy

Results

Final

20 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mounir Yemmouni	France	3:44.02
	Xavier Areny	Spain	3:44.65
	Lorenzo Perrone	Italy	3:45.05
4	Tom Carter	United Kingdom	3:45.63
5	Ignacio del Castillo	Spain	3:45.75
6	Ed Jackson	United Kingdom	3:45.95
7	Arturo Casado	Spain	3:46.17
8	Grzegorz Wojtczak	Poland	3:46.28
9	Aleksandr Krivchonkov	Russia	3:50.73
10	Mark Ramanchuk	Belarus	3:51.03
11	Conor Sweeney	Ireland	3:54.73
12	Guillaume Éraud	France	4:19.35
	Toni Mohr	Germany	DNF

Heats

18 July
Qualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Final

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mark Ramanchuk	Belarus	3:45.83	Q
2	Toni Mohr	Germany	3:45.93	Q
3	Aleksandr Krivchonkov	Russia	3:46.30	Q
4	Ignacio del Castillo	Spain	3:46.44	Q
5	Mounir Yemmouni	France	3:46.98	q
6	Ed Jackson	United Kingdom	3:47.09	Q†
7	Daniel Spitzl	Austria	3:48.29
8	Colm Rooney	Ireland	3:48.69
9	Cosimo Caliandro	Italy	3:49.33
10	Panayiotis Ikonomou	Greece	3:49.42
11	Dawid Kulik	Poland	3:52.88

^†: Ed Jackson, United Kingdom, in final according to the decision of the Jury of Appeal.

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lorenzo Perrone	Italy	3:43.06	Q
2	Xavier Areny	Spain	3:43.72	Q
3	Guillaume Éraud	France	3:43.78	Q
4	Conor Sweeney	Ireland	3:44.03	Q
5	Tom Carter	United Kingdom	3:45.08	q
6	Arturo Casado	Spain	3:46.14	q
7	Grzegorz Wojtczak	Poland	3:46.55	q
8	Mark van der Koelen	Netherlands	3:48.28
9	Rob Whittle	United Kingdom	3:52.18
10	Abdel Mahmoudi	France	4:02.74
	Ioan Zaizan	Romania	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

•   Austria (1)
•   Belarus (1)
•   France (3)
•   Germany (1)
•   Greece (1)
•   Ireland (2)
•   Italy (2)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   Poland (2)
•   Romania (1)
•   Russia (1)
•   Spain (3)
•   United Kingdom (3)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 4th European Athletics U23 Championships - Bydgoszcz, Poland 17.-20. 7. 2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 43–55, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. European Championships U23 - Bydgoszcz/POL - 17.-20.07.03 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-05, retrieved 4 November 2014
3. European Championships U'23 Bydgoszcz 2003 - Zawisza Stadion - 17 - 20 July 2003 - Result lists - As of 18/07/2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, 18 July 2003, archived from the original on 7 December 2003, retrieved 4 November 2014
4. European Championships U'23 Bydgoszcz 2003 - Zawisza Stadion - 17 - 20 July 2003 - Result lists - As of 20/07/2003 (PDF), European Athletics Association, 20 July 2003, archived from the original on 7 December 2003, retrieved 4 November 2014