| Athletics at the 2016 European Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| High jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Club throw | men | women |
The men's 1,500 metres at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships was held at the Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini in Grosseto from 11-16 June.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T11 [1] | Semih Deniz Muhammed Emin Tan (guide)  Turkey | 4:11.97 CR | Hasan Huseyin Kacar Erdi Aksu (guide) Turkey | 4:14.13 PB | Aleksander Kossakowski Sylwester Lepiarz (guide)  Poland | 4:22.66 |
| T13 [2] | Lukasz Wietecki Poland | 3:57.38 CR | David Devine (T12) Great Britain | 3:58.42 | Aleksandr Kostin Poland | 4:00.36 PB |
| T20 [3] | Daniel Pek Poland | 3:56.28 ER | Alexander Rabotnitskiy  Russia | 3:56.72 PB | Rafal Korc Poland | 3:56.78 SB |
| T38 [4] | Louis Radius  France | 4:20.01 CR | Christoffer Schultz Vienberg  Denmark | 4:26.27 PB | Leonid Varfolomeev Russia | 4:31.37 SB |
| T46 [5] | Aleksandr Iaremchuk Russia | 4:02.69 CR | Hristiyan Stoyanov  Bulgaria | 4:03.63 PB | Bayram Yilmaz Russia | 4:12.63 |
| T52 [6] | Thomas Geierspichler  Austria | 4:06.13 CR | N/A | N/A | ||
| T54 [7] | David Weir Great Britain | 3:18.50 | Aleksei Bychenok Russia | 3:18.53 | Alhassane Balde  Germany | 3:19.34 |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) | ||||||
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