2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

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Men's 1500 metres
at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Venue Omnisport Apeldoorn [1]
Location Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Dates6 March 2025 (round 1)
7 March 2025 (final)
Competitors26 from 16 nations
Winning time3:36.56
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
  2023
2027  

The men's 1500 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 6 and 7 March 2025. This was the 37th time the event was contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

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Background

The men's 1500 metres was contested 36 times before 2025, held every time since the second edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (1971–2023). [2] The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. [3] The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024. [3]

Jakob Ingebrigtsen is the world and European record holder, with a time of 3:29.63+, set in 2025. [4] Ingebrigtsen also holds the championship record with a time of 3:33.95, set at the 2023 championships. [5]

Records before the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships
RecordAthlete (nation)Time (s)LocationDate
World record [4] Flag of Norway.svg  Jakob Ingebrigtsen  (NOR)3:29.63+ Liévin, France13 February 2025
European record [4]
World leading [6]
European leading [6]
Championship record [5] 3:33.95 Istanbul, Turkey3 March 2023

Qualification

For the men's 1500 metres, the qualification period ran from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025. [7] Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standards of 3:37.00 s indoors or 3:32.00 s outdoor, or by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event. [7] There was a target number of 27 athletes. [7]

Results

Round 1

Round 1 was held on 6 March, starting at 19:55 (UTC+1) in the evening. [8] First 3 in each heat (Q) qualified for the final.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Jakob Ingebrigtsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3:37.49 Q
2 Louis Gilavert Flag of France.svg  France 3:38.11 Q
3 Ruben Verheyden Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3:38.21 Q
4 Nuno Pereira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 3:38.25
5 Mahadi Abdi Ali Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3:39.31
6 Thomas Keen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:40.10
7 Marius Probst Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:41.32
8 Pol Moya Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 3:41.48
9 Cathal Doyle Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3:48.15
[9]

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Isaac Nader Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 3:42.32 Q
2 Robert Farken Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3:42.33 Q
3 Paul Anselmini Flag of France.svg  France 3:42.47 Q
4 Mohamed Attaoui Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:42.53
5 Federico Riva Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:42.55
6 Robin van Riel Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3:45.60
7 Joonas Rinne Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3:48.68
8 Jochem Vermeulen Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3:54.33
[10]

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Neil Gourley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:40.24 Q
2 Azeddine Habz Flag of France.svg  France 3:40.43 Q
3 Samuel Pihlström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:40.52 Q
4 Raphael Pallitsch Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3:40.96
5 Filip Rak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3:41.43
6 Noah Baltus Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3:42.25
7 Ignacio Fontes Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3:42.28
8 Yervand Mkrtchyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 3:42.60 SB
9 Pieter Sisk Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3:43.02
[11]

Final

The final was held on 7 March, starting at 21:15 (UTC+1) in the evening. [8]

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Jakob Ingebrigtsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3:36.56
Silver medal icon.svg Azeddine Habz Flag of France.svg  France 3:36.92
Bronze medal icon.svg Isaac Nader Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 3:37.10
4 Neil Gourley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:38.29
5 Louis Gilavert Flag of France.svg  France 3:38.84
6 Samuel Pihlström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3:39.07
7 Ruben Verheyden Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3:41.70
Robert Farken Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DNF
Paul Anselmini Flag of France.svg  France DQ TR17.1.2
[12]

References

  1. "Six months until Apeldoorn! New track surface for 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships", European Athletics , 6 September 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  2. András Szabó, "Statistics Handbook", pp. 6 and 322–323, European Athletics . Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Omnisport with renovated track is ready for European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025", European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025, 6 September 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "All time Top lists – Senior – 1500 Metres men", World Athletics . Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  5. 1 2 "2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Men's 1500 metres Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-03-05. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  6. 1 2 "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 1500 Metres Short Track men", World Athletics , 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 "Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics , 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  8. 1 2 "Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics , 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  9. "1500m Men - Round 1 - Heat 1 result" (PDF). European Athletics . 6 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  10. "1500m Men - Round 1 - Heat 2 result" (PDF). European Athletics . 6 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  11. "1500m Men - Round 1 - Heat 3 result" (PDF). European Athletics . 6 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  12. "1500m Men - Final result" (PDF). European Athletics . 7 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.