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)	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]}

Hélio Gomes leading in the final.

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

References

1. "Timetable - European Athletics Indoor Championships Gothenburg 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-02-08. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
2. Round 1 start list Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
3. Round 1 results Archived 2014-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
4. Final start list Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
5. Final results Archived 2014-12-14 at the Wayback Machine