1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 18 and 20 August.

Medalists

Gold	Reyes Estévez Spain
Silver	Rui Silva Portugal
Bronze	Fermín Cacho Spain

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Round 1

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Fermín Cacho	Spain	3:38.52	Q
2	2	Andrés Díaz	Spain	3:38.65	Q
3	2	Matthew Yates	Great Britain	3:38.97	Q
4	2	Branko Zorko	Croatia	3:39.31	Q
5	2	Vyacheslav Shabunin	Russia	3:39.45	q
6	2	Rüdiger Stenzel	Germany	3:39.57	q
7	2	Niall Bruton	Ireland	3:39.58	q
8	2	Abdelkader Chékhémani	France	3:39.73	q
9	1	Reyes Estévez	Spain	3:41.53	Q
10	1	John Mayock	Great Britain	3:41.69	Q
11	1	Anthony Whiteman	Great Britain	3:41.71	Q
12	1	Rui Silva	Portugal	3:41.87	Q
13	1	Gert-Jan Liefers	Netherlands	3:42.21
14	1	Andrey Zadorozhniy	Russia	3:42.71
15	1	Peter Philipp	Switzerland	3:43.50
16	1	Panagiotis Stroubakos	Greece	3:44.01
17	2	Luís Feiteira	Portugal	3:45.00
18	1	Nadir Bosch	France	3:46.00
19	1	Dirk Heinze	Germany	3:46.13
20	1	Darko Radomirović	Yugoslavia	3:46.86
21	2	Alexandru Vasile	Romania	3:46.95
22	2	Balázs Tölgyesi	Hungary	3:47.01
23	1	Werner Edler-Muhr	Austria	3:47.62
	2	Giuseppe D'Urso	Italy	DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Reyes Estévez	Spain	3:41.31
	Rui Silva	Portugal	3:41.84
	Fermín Cacho	Spain	3:42.13
4	Anthony Whiteman	Great Britain	3:42.27
5	John Mayock	Great Britain	3:42.58
6	Matthew Yates	Great Britain	3:42.63
7	Rüdiger Stenzel	Germany	3:42.75
8	Abdelkader Chékhémani	France	3:42.92
9	Vyacheslav Shabunin	Russia	3:42.98
10	Branko Zorko	Croatia	3:43.95
11	Andrés Díaz	Spain	3:46.99
12	Niall Bruton	Ireland	3:47.48

References

• Results
• Results
• Results