European Athletics Championships 2010/1500 m men

20th European Athletics Championships
discipline	1500 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	27 athletes from 17 countries
venue	Barcelona
Competition location	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Competition phase	July 28th (preliminary) ; July 30th (final)
	Medalist
	Arturo Casado ( ESP )
	Carsten Schlangen ( GER )
	Manuel Olmedo ( ESP )

The Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona in 2007

The men's 1500 meter race at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held on July 28 and 30, 2010 at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in the city of Barcelona .

In this competition, the Spanish middle distance athletes won two medals, gold and bronze. Arturo Casado became European champion . He won ahead of the German Carsten Schlangen . Bronze went to Manuel Olmedo .

Existing records

World record	3: 26.00 min	Morocco Hicham El Guerrouj	Rome , Italy	July 14, 1998
European record	3: 28.95 min	Spain Fermín Cacho	Zurich , Switzerland	August 13, 1997
Championship record	3: 35.27 min	Spain Fermín Cacho	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.

Forward 1

Kim Ruell was missing about half a second to be in the final over his elapsed time

July 28, 2010, 8:40 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Andrew Baddeley	United Kingdom Great Britain	3: 41.46
2	Manuel Olmedo	Spain Spain	3: 41.47
3	Carsten Snakes	Germany Germany	3: 41.65
4th	Colin McCourt	United Kingdom Great Britain	3: 41.77
5	Christian Obrist	Italy Italy	3: 42.02
6th	Yoann Kowal	France France	3: 42.06
7th	Goran Nava	Serbia Serbia	3: 42.40
8th	Kim Ruell	Belgium Belgium	3: 42.92
9	Morten Toft Munkholm	Denmark Denmark	3: 43.05
10	Rory Chesser	Ireland Ireland	3: 44.01
11	Rizak Dirshe	Sweden Sweden	3: 44.40
12	Jonas Hamm	Finland Finland	3: 44.98
13	Morten Velde	Norway Norway	3: 45.20

Forward 2

Henrik Ingebrigtsen - the first of the Ingebrigtsen brothers to be on the international stage - was just eliminated as sixth in his preliminary run

July 28, 2010, 8:50 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Reyes Estévez	Spain Spain	3: 40.89
2	Arturo Casado	Spain Spain	3: 40.98
3	Tom Lancashire	United Kingdom Great Britain	3: 41.68
4th	Mateusz Demczyszak	Poland Poland	3: 42.15
5	Andreas Vojta	Austria Austria	3: 42.16
6th	Henrik Ingebrigtsen	Norway Norway	3: 42.62
7th	Kristof Van Malderen	Belgium Belgium	3: 42.80
8th	Niclas Sandells	Finland Finland	3: 42.82
9	Thomas Chamney	Ireland Ireland	3: 43.60
10	Mikael Bergdahl	Finland Finland	3: 43.90
11	Dmitrijs Jurkevičs	Latvia Latvia	3: 45.21
12	Moritz Waldmann	Germany Germany	3: 48.60
13	Péter Szemeti	Hungary Hungary	3: 52.14
14th	Niels Verwer	Netherlands Netherlands	3: 52.67

final

1500 meter final

July 30, 2010, 10:00 p.m.

Arturo Casado was already at the head of the field two laps before the end and did not give up his lead in the final sprint. The German Carsten Schlangen, for whom the qualification to take part in the finals was already a success, surprisingly won silver ahead of the Spaniard Manuel Olmedo.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Arturo Casado	Spain Spain	3: 42.74
2	Carsten Snakes	Germany Germany	3: 43.52
3	Manuel Olmedo	Spain Spain	3: 43.54
4th	Reyes Estévez	Spain Spain	3: 43.67
5	Yoann Kowal	France France	3: 43.71
6th	Andrew Baddeley	United Kingdom Great Britain	3: 43.87
7th	Christian Obrist	Italy Italy	3: 43.91
8th	Mateusz Demczyszak	Poland Poland	3: 44.42
9	Colin McCourt	United Kingdom Great Britain	3: 44.78
10	Tom Lancashire	United Kingdom Great Britain	3: 44.92
11	Andreas Vojta	Austria Austria	3: 45.68
12	Goran Nava	Serbia Serbia	3: 45.77

European champion Arturo Casado at the finish
Carsten Schlangen achieved his greatest success as Vice European Champion
Bronze medalist Manuel Olmedo
Reyes Estevez, 1998 European champion, two-time World Cup -Dritter ( 1977 / 1999 ) and in 2002 Vice European champion, finished fourth
The fifth placed Yoann Kowal
Andrew Baddeley reached number six
Christian Obrist came in seventh place
Mateusz Demczyszak - eighth place
Tom Lancashire was tenth in that final
Andreas Vojta - eleventh place
Goran Nava (No. 3) - Twelfth