European Athletics Championships 2002/1500 m men
18th European Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 1500 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 21 athletes from 13 countries | ||||||||
venue | Munich | ||||||||
Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 6th (preliminary) August 8th (final) |
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The men's 1500 meter run at the 2002 European Athletics Championships was held on August 6th and 8th, 2002 in the Munich Olympic Stadium.
The French Mehdi Baala became European champion . The Spanish defending champion and World Cup third in 1999 Reyes Estévez won the silver medal. Bronze went to the Portuguese vice European champion from 1998 Rui Silva .
Existing records
World record | 3: 26.00 min | Hicham El Guerrouj | Rome , Italy | July 14, 1998 |
European record | 3: 28.95 min | Fermín Cacho | Zurich , Switzerland | August 13, 1997 |
Championship record | 3: 35.27 min | EM Helsinki , Finland | August 9, 1994 |
The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.
Preliminary round
August 6, 2002
The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Mehdi Baala | France | 3: 46.71 |
2 | José Antonio Redolat | Spain | 3: 46.94 |
3 | Marko Koers | Netherlands | 3: 47.16 |
4th | Anthony Whiteman | Great Britain | 3: 47.40 |
5 | Luís Feiteira | Portugal | 3: 47.66 |
6th | Ivan Heschko | Ukraine | 3: 47.76 |
7th | Panayiótis Stroubákos | Greece | 3: 47.94 |
8th | James Nolan | Ireland | 3: 48.48 |
9 | Franek Haschke | Germany | 3: 48.56 |
10 | Lorenzo Lazzari | Italy | 3: 49.06 |
11 | Aleš Tomić | Slovenia | 3: 50.19 |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Reyes Estévez | Spain | 3: 40.47 |
2 | Rui Silva | Portugal | 3: 40.84 |
3 | Fouad Chouki | France | 3: 41.36 |
4th | Christian Obrist | Italy | 3: 41.63 |
5 | Michael East | Great Britain | 3: 41.83 |
6th | John Mayock | Great Britain | 3: 42.82 |
7th | Juan Carlos Higuero | Spain | 3: 42.82 |
8th | Lorenzo Perrone | Italy | 3: 43.02 |
9 | Peter Philipp | Switzerland | 3: 44.30 |
10 | Mattias Norling | Sweden | 3: 45.28 |
final
August 8, 2002
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Mehdi Baala | France | 3: 45.25 |
2 | Reyes Estévez | Spain | 3: 45.25 |
3 | Rui Silva | Portugal | 3: 45.43 |
4th | Fouad Chouki | France | 3: 45.46 |
5 | Juan Carlos Higuero | Spain | 3: 45.81 |
6th | Michael East | Great Britain | 3: 46.30 |
7th | Christian Obrist | Italy | 3: 46.57 |
8th | Marko Koers | Netherlands | 3: 46.68 |
9 | Anthony Whiteman | Great Britain | 3: 47.10 |
10 | Lorenzo Perrone | Italy | 3: 47.43 |
11 | José Antonio Redolat | Spain | 3: 47.43 |
12 | John Mayock | Great Britain | 3: 48.41 |
Reyes Estévez, defending champion and third in 1999 World Cup , won silver this time
Bronze medalist Rui Silva,
1998 Vice European Champion
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Munich 2002 at european-athletics.org, accessed on October 27, 2019
- Men 1500m European Championship 2002 Munich on todor66.com, accessed October 27, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 2002 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on October 27, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 1500m European Championship 2002 Munich, p. 481 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on October 27, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2002, 1500 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on October 27, 2019
- 18th European Athletics Championships 2002 in Munich, Germany from ifosta.de, accessed on October 27, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 1500 m men , accessed October 27, 2019
- ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 1500 m Men , Spanish / English, p. 12 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on October 27, 2019