2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres explained

Event:	Men's 1500 metres
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The men's 1500 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27, 28 and 30 July.

Medalists

Gold	Arturo Casado Spain (ESP)
Silver	Carsten Schlangen Germany (GER)
Bronze	Manuel Olmedo Spain (ESP)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record		3:26.00	Rome, Italy	14 July 1998
European record		3:28.95	Zürich, Switzerland	13 August 1997
Championship record		3:35.27	Helsinki, Finland	9 August 1994
World Leading		3:29.27		22 July 2010
European Leading		3:34.50		10 July 2010

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
28 July 2010	20:40	Round 1
30 July 2010	22:00	Final

Results

Round 1

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			3:41.46	Q
2			3:41.47	Q
3			3:41.65	Q
4			3:41.77	Q
5			3:42.02	q
6			3:42.06	q
7			3:42.40	q
8			3:42.94
9			3:43.05
10			3:44.01
11			3:44.40
12			3:44.98
13			3:45.20

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			3:40.86	Q
2			3:40.98	Q
3			3:41.68	Q
4			3:42.15	Q
5			3:42.16	q
6			3:42.62
7			3:42.80
8			3:42.82
9			3:43.60
10			3:43.90
11			3:45.21
12			3:48.60
13			3:52.14
14			3:52.67

Summary

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			3:40.86	Q
2	2			3:40.98	Q
3	1			3:41.46	Q
4	1			3:41.47	Q
5	1			3:41.65	Q
6	2			3:41.68	Q
7	1			3:41.77	Q
8	1			3:42.02	q
9	1			3:42.06	q
10	2			3:42.15	Q
11	2			3:42.16	q
12	1			3:42.40	q
13	2			3:42.62
14	2			3:42.80
15	2			3:42.82
16	1			3:42.94
17	1			3:43.05
18	2			3:43.60
19	2			3:43.90
20	1			3:44.01
21	1			3:44.40
22	1			3:44.98
23	1			3:45.20
24	2			3:45.21
25	2			3:48.60
26	2			3:52.14
27	2			3:52.67

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			3:42.74
			3:43.52
			3:43.54
			3:43.67
			3:43.71
			3:43.87
			3:43.91
			3:44.42
			3:44.78
10			3:44.92
11			3:45.68
12			3:45.77

References