1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 1500 metres

Events at the
1999 European
Athletics U23 Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
20 km walk men women
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Göteborg, Sweden, at Ullevi on 29 and 31 July 1999.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Rui Silva
 Portugal
Silver Gert-Jan Liefers
 Netherlands
Bronze Mehdi Baala
 France

Results

Final

31 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Rui Silva  Portugal 3:44.29
2nd, silver medalist(s) Gert-Jan Liefers  Netherlands 3:44.60
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Mehdi Baala  France 3:45.41
4 Ivan Heshko  Ukraine 3:45.94
5 Jan Fitschen  Germany 3:45.99
6 Manuel Damião  Portugal 3:46.41
7 Gareth Turnbull  Ireland 3:46.79
8 Yacin Yusuf  United Kingdom 3:46.87
9 Michal Šneberger  Czech Republic 3:46.88
10 Pietro Pelusi  Italy 3:47.22
11 Aleš Tomič  Slovenia 3:49.44
12 Matthew Dixon  United Kingdom 3:50.79

Heats

29 July
Qualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Final

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mehdi Baala  France 3:42.46 Q
2 Gert-Jan Liefers  Netherlands 3:42.84 Q
3 Manuel Damião  Portugal 3:43.61 Q
4 Aleš Tomič  Slovenia 3:43.86 Q
5 Yacin Yusuf  United Kingdom 3:44.00 q
6 Pietro Pelusi  Italy 3:44.14 q
7 Michal Šneberger  Czech Republic 3:45.20 q
8 Daniel Oniciuc  Romania 3:45.30
9 Pol Guillén  Spain 3:46.28
10 Robert Neryng  Poland 3:49.40
11 Lars Kelpien  Germany 3:50.41
12 Ferenc Békési  Hungary 3:53.69
13 Vanco Stojanov  Macedonia DNS

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Rui Silva  Portugal 3:43.70 Q
2 Gareth Turnbull  Ireland 3:.43.86 Q
3 Ivan Heshko  Ukraine 3:43.94 Q
4 Matthew Dixon  United Kingdom 3:44.06 Q
5 Jan Fitschen  Germany 3:44.10 q
6 Juan Higuero  Spain 3:45.34
7 Jari Matinlauri  Finland 3:45.58
8 Michael East  United Kingdom 3:47.09
9 Christian Thielen  Luxembourg 3:48.31
10 Roman Hanzel  Slovakia 3:52.07
11 Mattias Norling  Sweden 3:53.01
12 Grzegorz Kujawski  Poland 3:54.80

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event. The announced athlete from  Macedonia did not show.

References

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