The European Athletics Indoor Championships is a biennial indoor track and field competition for European athletes that is organised by the European Athletic Association. It was held for the first time in 1970, replacing the European Indoor Games, its predecessor event first held in 1966.
Totka Nikolaeva Petrova is a retired female middle distance runner who represented Bulgaria in the 1970s and the early 1980s. She specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres, and won numerous international medals. She is still the Bulgarian 1500 metres record holder.
The men's 1500 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 7 and 9 July. The gold medal was won by Filip Ingebrigtsen from Norway while David Bustos from Spain won silver and Henrik Ingebrigtsen, older brother of Filip, won bronze medal.
Filip Mangen Ingebrigtsen is a Norwegian middle distance runner who represents Sandnes Idrettslag. In 2016, Ingebrigtsen became European Champion at 1500 meters during the European Championships in Amsterdam, and took bronze over the same distance at the World Championships in 2017 in London. He previously held the Norwegian 1500m record with the time 3:30.01, set at a Diamond League meet in Monaco on July 20, 2018. At the 2019 London Diamond League Filip finished second to Samuel Tefera in the mile. With a time of 3:49.60 Ingebrigtsen ran a national record and new personal best.
The men's 1500 metres event at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 3 March 2017 at 19:15 (heats) and on 4 March 20:18 (final) local time.
The men's 1500 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 10, 11, and 13 August.
The men's 1500 metres event at the 1971 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 13 and 14 March in Sofia.
The men's 1500 metres event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 15 March in Vienna.
The men's 1500 metres event at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 1 March 2019 at 11:50 (heats), and on 3 March 2019 at 20:01 (final) local time.
The women's 1500 metres event at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 1 March 2019 at 19:10 (heats), and on 3 March 2019 at 20:12 (final) local time.
The men's 1500 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 3 to 6 October 2019.
The women's 3000 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 4 March 2021 at 19:30 (heats), and on 5 March 2019 at 21:00 (final) local time.
The women's 1500 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 5 March 2021 at 12:22 (heats), and on 6 March at 19:50 (final) local time. The event was won by Belgium's Elise Vanderelst in a time of 4:18.44 minutes.
The men's 400 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 5 March 2021 at 10:13 (heats) and at 19:10 (semi-finals), and on 6 March 2021 at 20:10 (final) local time.
The women's 400 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 5 March 2021 at 11:22 (heats) and at 19:33 (semi-finals), and on 6 March 2021 at 20:25 (final) local time.
