# 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

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 | 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) | 3:29.27 | Monaco | 22 July 2010 |
| European Leading | Andrew Baddeley (GBR) | 3:34.50 | Gateshead, United Kingdom | 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 | Andrew Baddeley | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 3:41.46 | Q |
| 2 | Manuel Olmedo | Spain (ESP) | 3:41.47 | Q |
| 3 | Carsten Schlangen | Germany (GER) | 3:41.65 | Q |
| 4 | Colin McCourt | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 3:41.77 | Q |
| 5 | Christian Obrist | Italy (ITA) | 3:42.02 | q |
| 6 | Yoann Kowal | France (FRA) | 3:42.06 | q |
| 7 | Goran Nava | Serbia (SRB) | 3:42.40 | q |
| 8 | Kim Ruell | Belgium (BEL) | 3:42.94 | |
| 9 | Morten Toft Munkholm | Denmark (DEN) | 3:43.05 | |
| 10 | Rory Chesser | Ireland (IRL) | 3:44.01 | |
| 11 | Rizak Dirshe | Sweden (SWE) | 3:44.40 | |
| 12 | Jonas Hamm | Finland (FIN) | 3:44.98 | |
| 13 | Morten Velde | Norway (NOR) | 3:45.20 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Reyes Estévez | Spain (ESP) | 3:40.86 | Q |
| 2 | Arturo Casado | Spain (ESP) | 3:40.98 | Q |
| 3 | Thomas Lancashire | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 3:41.68 | Q |
| 4 | Mateusz Demczyszak | Poland (POL) | 3:42.15 | Q |
| 5 | Andreas Vojta | Austria (AUT) | 3:42.16 | q |
| 6 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen | Norway (NOR) | 3:42.62 | |
| 7 | Kristof Van Malderen | Belgium (BEL) | 3:42.80 | |
| 8 | Niclas Sandells | Finland (FIN) | 3:42.82 | |
| 9 | Thomas Chamney | Ireland (IRL) | 3:43.60 | |
| 10 | Mikael Bergdahl | Finland (FIN) | 3:43.90 | |
| 11 | Dmitrijs Jurkevičs | Latvia (LAT) | 3:45.21 | |
| 12 | Moritz Waldmann | Germany (GER) | 3:48.60 | |
| 13 | Péter Szemeti | Hungary (HUN) | 3:52.14 | |
| 14 | Niels Verwer | Netherlands (NED) | 3:52.67 | |

#### Summary

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Reyes Estévez | Spain (ESP) | 3:40.86 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Arturo Casado | Spain (ESP) | 3:40.98 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Andrew Baddeley | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 3:41.46 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Manuel Olmedo | Spain (ESP) | 3:41.47 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Carsten Schlangen | Germany (GER) | 3:41.65 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Thomas Lancashire | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 3:41.68 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Colin McCourt | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 3:41.77 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Christian Obrist | Italy (ITA) | 3:42.02 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Yoann Kowal | France (FRA) | 3:42.06 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Mateusz Demczyszak | Poland (POL) | 3:42.15 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Andreas Vojta | Austria (AUT) | 3:42.16 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Goran Nava | Serbia (SRB) | 3:42.40 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen | Norway (NOR) | 3:42.62 | |
| 14 | 2 | Kristof Van Malderen | Belgium (BEL) | 3:42.80 | |
| 15 | 2 | Niclas Sandells | Finland (FIN) | 3:42.82 | |
| 16 | 1 | Kim Ruell | Belgium (BEL) | 3:42.94 | |
| 17 | 1 | Morten Toft Munkholm | Denmark (DEN) | 3:43.05 | |
| 18 | 2 | Thomas Chamney | Ireland (IRL) | 3:43.60 | |
| 19 | 2 | Mikael Bergdahl | Finland (FIN) | 3:43.90 | |
| 20 | 1 | Rory Chesser | Ireland (IRL) | 3:44.01 | |
| 21 | 1 | Rizak Dirshe | Sweden (SWE) | 3:44.40 | |
| 22 | 1 | Jonas Hamm | Finland (FIN) | 3:44.98 | |
| 23 | 1 | Morten Velde | Norway (NOR) | 3:45.20 | |
| 24 | 2 | Dmitrijs Jurkevičs | Latvia (LAT) | 3:45.21 | |
| 25 | 2 | Moritz Waldmann | Germany (GER) | 3:48.60 | |
| 26 | 2 | Péter Szemeti | Hungary (HUN) | 3:52.14 | |
| 27 | 2 | Niels Verwer | Netherlands (NED) | 3:52.67 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Arturo Casado | Spain (ESP) | 3:42.74 |
| | Carsten Schlangen | Germany (GER) | 3:43.52 |
| | Manuel Olmedo | Spain (ESP) | 3:43.54 |
| 4 | Reyes Estévez | Spain (ESP) | 3:43.67 |
| 5 | Yoann Kowal | France (FRA) | 3:43.71 |
| 6 | Andrew Baddeley | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 3:43.87 |
| 7 | Christian Obrist | Italy (ITA) | 3:43.91 |
| 8 | Mateusz Demczyszak | Poland (POL) | 3:44.42 |
| 9 | Colin McCourt | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 3:44.78 |
| 10 | Thomas Lancashire | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 3:44.92 |
| 11 | Andreas Vojta | Austria (AUT) | 3:45.68 |
| 12 | Goran Nava | Serbia (SRB) | 3:45.77 |