# 2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 30 June and 1 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Henrik Ingebrigtsen Norway |
| Silver | Florian Carvalho France |
| Bronze | David Bustos Spain |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) | 3:26.00 | Rome, Italy | 14 July 1998 |
| European record | Fermín Cacho (ESP) | 3:28.95 | Zürich, Switzerland | 13 August 1997 |
| Championship record | Fermín Cacho (ESP) | 3:35.27 | Helsinki, Finland | 9 August 1994 |
| World Leading | Silas Kiplagat (KEN) | 3:29.63 | Doha, Qatar | 11 May 2012 |
| European Leading | İlham Tanui Özbilen (TUR) | 3:33.32 | Doha, Qatar | 11 May 2012 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 30 June 2012 | 13:45 | Round 1 |
| 1 July 2012 | 18:50 | Final |

## Results
### Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Andreas Vojta | Austria | 3:41.24 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 9 | İlham Tanui Özbilen | Turkey | 3:41.38 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 14 | Dmitrijs Jurkevičs | Latvia | 3:41.45 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 7 | Florian Carvalho | France | 3:41.50 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 11 | Hélio Gomes | Portugal | 3:41.56 | q |
| 6 | 1 | 10 | Abdellah Haidane | Italy | 3:41.61 | q |
| 7 | 1 | 13 | Bartosz Nowicki | Poland | 3:41.82 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 12 | Goran Nava | Serbia | 3:41.96 | q |
| 9 | 1 | 8 | Andreas Bueno | Denmark | 3:42.81 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Mateusz Demczyszak | Poland | 3:43.97 | |
| 11 | 2 | 4 | Niclas Sandells | Finland | 3:45.74 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Florian Orth | Germany | 3:45.87 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 14 | David Bustos | Spain | 3:46.12 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 3:46.14 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 3 | Álvaro Rodríguez | Spain | 3:46.33 | |
| 16 | 2 | 9 | Raul Botezan | Romania | 3:46.39 | |
| 17 | 1 | 6 | Carsten Schlangen | Germany | 3:46.52 | |
| 18 | 2 | 8 | Gregory Beugnet | France | 3:46.53 | |
| 19 | 1 | 4 | Siarhei Krylou | Belarus | 3:46.93 | SB |
| 20 | 2 | 6 | Brenton Rowe | Austria | 3:47.18 | |
| 21 | 2 | 11 | Paul Robinson | Ireland | 3:47.26 | |
| 22 | 2 | 13 | Thomas Lancashire | Great Britain | 3:47.80 | |
| 23 | 2 | 10 | Krzysztof Żebrowski | Poland | 3:48.00 | |
| 24 | 2 | 5 | Kemal Koyuncu | Turkey | 3:48.01 | |
| 25 | 2 | 7 | Stefan Breit | Switzerland | 3:50.79 | |
| 26 | 2 | 12 | David Karonei | Luxembourg | 3:50.93 | |
| 27 | 1 | 3 | Thomas Solberg Eide | Norway | 3:54.46 | |
| | 1 | 1 | Manuel Olmedo | Spain | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 11 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 3:46.20 | |
| | 10 | Florian Carvalho | France | 3:46.33 | |
| | 7 | David Bustos | Spain | 3:46.45 | |
| 4 | 9 | Hélio Gomes | Portugal | 3:46.50 | |
| 5 | 1 | Bartosz Nowicki | Poland | 3:46.69 | |
| 6 | 2 | Dmitrijs Jurkevičs | Latvia | 3:47.36 | |
| 7 | 3 | Goran Nava | Serbia | 3:47.74 | |
| 8 | 5 | Abdellah Haidane | Italy | 3:47.79 | |
| 9 | 12 | Andreas Vojta | Austria | 3:53.23 | |
| 10 | 8 | Florian Orth | Germany | 3:58.54 | |
| 11 | 6 | Niclas Sandells | Finland | 4:03.34 | |
| | 4 | İlham Tanui Özbilen | Turkey | 3:46.85 | DQ |