European Athletics Championships 2016/1500 m men

23rd European Athletics Championships
discipline	1500 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	37 athletes from 20 countries
venue	Amsterdam
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	July 7th (preliminary) July 9th (final)
Medalist Filip Ingebrigtsen ( NOR )   David Bustos ( ESP )   Henrik Ingebrigtsen ( NOR )

The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam

The men's 1500 meter run at the 2016 European Athletics Championships was held on July 7th and 9th, 2016 in the Olympic Stadium in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam .

In this competition, a pair of Norwegian brothers won two gold and bronze medals. Filip Ingebrigtsen became European champion . He won ahead of the Spaniard David Bustos . Bronze went to the European Champion of 2012 and Vice-European Champion of 2014 Henrik Ingebrigtsen .

Existing records

World record	3: 26.00 min	Hicham El Guerrouj	Rome , Italy	July 14, 1998
European record	3: 28.81 min	Mohamed Farah	Monaco	19th July 2013
Championship record	3: 35.27 min	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 carried out in three runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the three fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals. In addition, the Italian Joao Bussotti Neves was admitted to the final from the third preliminary run after the jury's decision.

Forward 1

July 7, 2016, 6:20 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Filip Ingebrigtsen	Norway	3: 40.23
2	Homiyu Tesfaye	Germany	3: 40.40
3	David Bustos	Spain	3: 40.64
4th	Peter Callahan	Belgium	3: 41.75
5	Tom Lancashire	Great Britain	3: 42.08
6th	Mohad Abdikadar Sheikh Ali	Italy	3: 42.91
7th	Petr Vitner	Czech Republic	3: 43.22
8th	Bryan Cantero	France	3: 43.65
9	Tamás Kazi	Hungary	3: 44.64
10	Eoin Everard	Ireland	3: 45.46
11	Andreas Vojta	Austria	3: 46.32
DSQ	Johan Rogestedt	Sweden	IAAF Rule 163.2 - Disability

Runners eliminated in the first heat:

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  Tom Lancashire failed in the preliminaries as fifth in his race

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  Andreas Vojta's eleventh place in his preliminary run was not enough to reach the final

Forward 2

in the second run it goes into the last round

July 7, 2016, 6:27 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Ishmael Debjani	Belgium	3: 42.62
2	Morhad Amdouni	France	3: 42.64
3	Lee Emanuel	Great Britain	3: 42.92
4th	Snorre Holtan Løken	Norway	3: 42.97
5	Marc Alcalá	Spain	3: 43.43
6th	Dmitrijs Jurkevičs	Latvia	3: 43.44
7th	Jonas Leanderson	Sweden	3: 44.09
8th	Benjamin Kovács	Hungary	3: 45.16
9	Marco Pettenazzo	Italy	3: 45.65
10	Andreas Bueno	Denmark	3: 46.44
11	Helio Gomes	Portugal	3: 46.66
12	Harvey Dixon	Gibraltar	3: 51.82
DSQ	Jakub Holuša	Czech Republic	IAAF Rule 163.2 - Disability

Runners eliminated in the second semi-final:

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  Marc Alcalá - fifth place

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  Jonas Leanderson (yellow jersey) - sixth place

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  Hélio Gomes - eleventh place

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  Harvey Dixon (red jersey) - twelfth place

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  Jakub Holuša - disqualified for disability

Forward 3

The runners in the third run at the beginning of the last lap

July 7, 2016, 6:34 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Jake Wightman	Great Britain	3: 39.32
2	Henrik Ingebrigtsen	Norway	3: 39.66
3	Florian Carvalho	France	3: 39.73
4th	Filip Sasínek	Czech Republic	3: 39.77
5	Richard Douma	Netherlands	3: 39.80
6th	Isaac Kimeli	Belgium	3: 41.25
7th	Timo Benitz	Germany	3: 42.40
8th	Levent Ateş	Turkey	3: 43.25
9	Volodymyr Kyts	Ukraine	3: 43.58
10	Amine Khadiri	Cyprus	3: 44.61
11	Joao Bussotti Neves	Italy	3: 50.58 in the final after the jury's decision
12	Llorenç Sales	Spain	3: 51.49

Runners eliminated in the third semifinals:

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  Timo Benitz was seventh in his preliminary run and was eliminated

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  Levent Ateş did not reach the final as eighth of the third heat

final

European champion Filip Ingebrigtsen

July 9, 2016, 9:50 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Filip Ingebrigtsen	Norway	3: 46.65
2	David Bustos	Spain	3: 46.90
3	Henrik Ingebrigtsen	Norway	3: 47.18
4th	Richard Douma	Netherlands	3: 47.32
5	Florian Carvalho	France	3: 47.32
6th	Lee Emanuel	Great Britain	3: 47.57
7th	Jake Wightman	Great Britain	3: 47.68
8th	Filip Sasínek	Czech Republic	3: 47.76
9	Isaac Kimeli	Belgium	3: 47.92
10	Homiyu Tesfaye	Germany	3: 47.93
11	Ishmael Debjani	Belgium	3: 49.12
12	Joao Bussotti Neves	Italy	3: 50.43
13	Morhad Amdouni	France	3: 51.61

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  Vice European Champion David Bustos

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  Bronze medalist Henrik Ingebrigtsen

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  Richard Douma was fourth

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  Florian Carvalho finished fifth

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  Lee Emanuel reached sixth place

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  Jake Wightman came in seventh place

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  The eighth place Filip Sasínek

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  Ninth place for Isaac Kimeli

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  Homiyu Tesfaye - tenth place

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  Ismael Debjani (left) - eleventh place

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  Joao Bussotti Neves - twelfth place

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  Morhad Amdouni (left) - thirteenth place

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Amsterdam 2016 at european-athletics.org, accessed on February 24, 2020
• Men 1500m European Championship 2016 Amsterdam on todor66.com, accessed February 24, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2016 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on February 24, 2020
• 23rd European Athletics Championships 2016 in Amsterdam, Netherlands from ifosta.de, accessed on February 24, 2020

Video

• 1500m Men's Final - European Athletics Championships 2016 on youtube.com, accessed February 24, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 1500 m men , accessed February 24, 2020
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 1500 m Men , Spanish / English, p. 12 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on February 24, 2019
3. ↑ ^{a b} IAAF competition rules, page 88 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on February 24, 2020