2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Venue	Omnisport Apeldoorn [1]
Location	Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Dates	6 March 2025 (round 1) 7 March 2025 (final)
Competitors	26 from 16 nations
Winning time	3:36.56
Medalists
Jakob Ingebrigtsen    Norway   Azeddine Habz    France   Isaac Nader    Portugal
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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.

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

Record	Athlete (nation)	Time (s)	Location	Date
World record [4]	Jakob Ingebrigtsen  (NOR)	3:29.63+	Liévin, France	13 February 2025
European record [4]
World leading [6]
European leading [6]
Championship record [5]		3:33.95	Istanbul, Turkey	3 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

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	3:37.49	Q
2	Louis Gilavert	France	3:38.11	Q
3	Ruben Verheyden	Belgium	3:38.21	Q
4	Nuno Pereira	Portugal	3:38.25
5	Mahadi Abdi Ali	Netherlands	3:39.31
6	Thomas Keen	Great Britain	3:40.10
7	Marius Probst	Germany	3:41.32
8	Pol Moya	Andorra	3:41.48
9	Cathal Doyle	Ireland	3:48.15
[9]

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Isaac Nader	Portugal	3:42.32	Q
2	Robert Farken	Germany	3:42.33	Q
3	Paul Anselmini	France	3:42.47	Q
4	Mohamed Attaoui	Spain	3:42.53
5	Federico Riva	Italy	3:42.55
6	Robin van Riel	Netherlands	3:45.60
7	Joonas Rinne	Finland	3:48.68
8	Jochem Vermeulen	Belgium	3:54.33
[10]

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Neil Gourley	Great Britain	3:40.24	Q
2	Azeddine Habz	France	3:40.43	Q
3	Samuel Pihlström	Sweden	3:40.52	Q
4	Raphael Pallitsch	Austria	3:40.96
5	Filip Rak	Poland	3:41.43
6	Noah Baltus	Netherlands	3:42.25
7	Ignacio Fontes	Spain	3:42.28
8	Yervand Mkrtchyan	Armenia	3:42.60	SB
9	Pieter Sisk	Belgium	3:43.02
[11]

Final

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

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	3:36.56
	Azeddine Habz	France	3:36.92
	Isaac Nader	Portugal	3:37.10
4	Neil Gourley	Great Britain	3:38.29
5	Louis Gilavert	France	3:38.84
6	Samuel Pihlström	Sweden	3:39.07
7	Ruben Verheyden	Belgium	3:41.70
—	Robert Farken	Germany	DNF
—	Paul Anselmini	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. "Omnisport with renovated track is ready for European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025". European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025. 2024-09-06. Archived from the original on 2024-09-07. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
4. "All time Top lists – Senior – 1500 Metres men", World Athletics . Retrieved 13 January 2025.
5. "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. "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 1500 Metres Short Track men", World Athletics , 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
7. "Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics , 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
8. "Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics , 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
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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.