European Athletics Championships 2006/1500 m men
| 19th European Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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| discipline | 1500 meter run | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 29 athletes from 17 countries | ||||||||
| venue |
 Gothenburg
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| Competition location | Ullevi Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 7th (preliminary) August 9th (final) |
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The 1,500-meter race of the men at the 2006 European Athletics Championships was on 7 and 9 August 2006 at the Ullevi stadium of the city of Gothenburg held.
European champion was the French defending champion and vice world champion in 2003 Mehdi Baala . Second place went to the Ukrainian World Cup third in 2003, Iwan Heschko . The Spaniard Juan Carlos Higuero won the bronze medal, which he also did over 5000 meters four days later .
Existing records
| World record | 3: 26.00 min |
 Hicham El Guerrouj
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Rome , Italy | July 14, 1998 |
| European record | 3: 28.95 min |
 Fermín Cacho
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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
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 final. All runners who won their eligibility to participate in the finals over time were recruited from the second, significantly faster run-up.
Forward 1
August 7, 2006, 7:10 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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| 1 | Ivan Heschko |
 Ukraine
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3: 47.12 |
| 2 | Arturo Casado |
Spain
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3: 47.16 |
| 3 | Sergio Gallardo |
Spain
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3: 47.82 |
| 4th | Michal Šneberger |
 Czech Republic
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3: 47.96 |
| 5 | Abdelkader Bakhtache |
 France
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3: 48.09 |
| 6th | Sergei Ivanov |
 Russia
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3: 48.27 |
| 7th | Mounir Yemmouni |
France
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3: 48.34 |
| 8th | Bob Winter |
 Netherlands
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3: 48.35 |
| 9 | Tim Clerbout |
 Belgium
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3: 48.43 |
| 10 | Joel Bodén |
Sweden
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3: 48.54 |
| 11 | Stephen Davies |
 Great Britain
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3: 48.64 |
| 12 | Christian Neunhäuserer |
 Italy
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3: 49.34 |
| 13 | Bård Kvalheim |
 Norway
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3: 49.55 |
| 14th | James Nolan |
 Ireland
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3: 49.94 |
| 15th | Michael East |
Great Britain
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4: 11.89 |
Forward 2
Manuel Damião was missing one place or about half a second for the final
Carsten Schlangen retired as tenth of his first run - four years later he won silver
August 7, 2006, 7:20 pm
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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| 1 | Mehdi Baala |
France
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3: 39.74 |
| 2 | Mykola Labovskyy |
Ukraine
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3: 40.10 |
| 3 | Juan Carlos Higuero |
Spain
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3: 40.97 |
| 4th | Christian Obrist |
Italy
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3: 41.32 |
| 5 | Mirosław Formela |
 Poland
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3: 41.38 |
| 6th | Rizak Dirshe |
Sweden
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3: 41.67 |
| 7th | Andrew Baddeley |
Great Britain
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3: 41.92 |
| 8th | Liam Reale |
Ireland
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3: 41.97 |
| 9 | Manuel Damião |
 Portugal
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3: 42.56 |
| 10 | Carsten Snakes |
 Germany
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3: 42.62 |
| 11 | Alexander Krivtschonkov |
Russia
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3: 43.03 |
| 12 | Daniel Spitzl |
 Austria
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3: 46.08 |
| 13 | Matthieu Vandiest |
Belgium
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3: 50.28 |
| DNF | Jonas Hamm |
 Finland
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final
August 9, 2006, 10:10 am
Mehdi Baala defeated the Ukrainian Iwan Heschko and his three Spanish competitors with a long sprint, all other finalists were already behind at the beginning of the last round. Baala managed to successfully defend his title, this time having a significantly larger lead at the finish than at the photo finish in 2002 .
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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| 1 | Mehdi Baala |
France
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3: 39.02 |
| 2 | Ivan Heschko |
Ukraine
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3: 39.50 |
| 3 | Juan Carlos Higuero |
Spain
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3: 39.62 |
| 4th | Arturo Casado |
Spain
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3: 40.86 |
| 5 | Sergio Gallardo |
Spain
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3: 41.24 |
| 6th | Andrew Baddeley |
Great Britain
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3: 42.31 |
| 7th | Christian Obrist |
Italy
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3: 42.59 |
| 8th | Liam Reale |
Ireland
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3: 42.65 |
| 9 | Rizak Dirshe |
Sweden
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3: 42.87 |
| 10 | Mirosław Formela |
Poland
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3: 43.16 |
| 11 | Mykola Labovskyy |
Ukraine
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3: 43.47 |
| 12 | Michal Šneberger |
Czech Republic
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3: 45.99 |
Bronze medalist Juan Carlos Higuero
Arturo Casado finished fourth
Sixth place Andrew Baddeley (right)
Christian Obrist came in seventh place
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Göteborg 2006 at european-athletics.org, accessed on November 16, 2019
- Men 1500m European Championship 2006 Göteborg on todor66.com, accessed November 16, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 2006 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on November 16, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 1500m European Championship 2006 Göteborg, p. 491 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on November 16, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2006, 1500 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on November 16, 2019
- 19th European Athletics Championships 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden from ifosta.de, accessed on November 16, 2019
Video
- 2006 European Championships Men's 1500m on youtube.com (English), accessed on November 16, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 1500m men , accessed November 16, 2019
- ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 1500 m Men , Spanish / English, p. 12 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on November 16, 2019