# 2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 7 and 9 July. The gold medal was won by Filip Ingebrigtsen from Norway while David Bustos from Spain won silver and Henrik Ingebrigtsen, older brother of Filip, won bronze medal.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) | 3:26.00 | Rome, Italy | 14 July 1998 |
| European record | Mo Farah (GBR) | 3:28.81 | Monaco | 19 July 2013 |
| Championship record | Fermín Cacho (ESP) | 3:35.27 | Helsinki, Finland | 9 August 1994 |
| World Leading | Asbel Kiprop (KEN) | 3:29.33 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 5 June 2016 |
| European Leading | Homiyu Tesfaye (GER) | 3:35.05 | Rabat, Morocco | 22 May 2016 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 7 July 2016 | 18:25 | Round 1 |
| 9 July 2016 | 21:50 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 3 (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 3 | Jake Wightman | Great Britain | 3:39.32 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 3:39.66 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Florian Carvalho | France | 3:39.73 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Filip Sasínek | Czech Republic | 3:39.77 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Richard Douma | Netherlands | 3:39.80 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Filip Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 3:40.23 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Homiyu Tesfaye | Germany | 3:40.44 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | David Bustos | Spain | 3:40.60 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Isaac Kimeli | Belgium | 3:41.25 | q |
| 10 | 1 | Peter Callahan | Belgium | 3:41.75 | |
| 11 | 1 | Tom Lancashire | Great Britain | 3:42.08 | |
| 12 | 3 | Timo Benitz | Germany | 3:42.40 | |
| 13 | 2 | Ismael Debjani | Belgium | 3:42.62 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Mourad Amdouni | France | 3:42.64 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Mohad Abdikadar Sheikh Ali | Italy | 3:42.91 | |
| 16 | 2 | Lee Emanuel | Great Britain | 3:42.92 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | Snorre Holtan Løken | Norway | 3:42.97 | |
| 18 | 1 | Petr Vitner | Czech Republic | 3:43.22 | |
| 19 | 3 | Levent Ates | Turkey | 3:43.25 | |
| 20 | 2 | Marc Alcalá | Spain | 3:43.43 | |
| 21 | 2 | Dmitrijs Jurkevics | Latvia | 3:43.44 | |
| 22 | 3 | Volodymyr Kyts | Ukraine | 3:43.58 | |
| 23 | 1 | Bryan Cantero | France | 3:43.65 | |
| 24 | 2 | Jonas Leanderson | Sweden | 3:44.09 | |
| 25 | 3 | Amine Khadiri | Cyprus | 3:44.61 | |
| 26 | 1 | Tamás Kazi | Hungary | 3:44.64 | |
| 27 | 2 | Benjamin Kovács | Hungary | 3:45.16 | |
| 28 | 1 | Eoin Everard | Ireland | 3:45.46 | |
| 29 | 2 | Marco Pettenazzo | Italy | 3:45.65 | |
| 30 | 1 | Andreas Vojta | Austria | 3:46.32 | |
| 31 | 2 | Andreas Bueno | Denmark | 3:46.44 | |
| 32 | 2 | Hélio Gomes | Portugal | 3:46.66 | |
| 33 | 3 | Joao Bussotti Neves | Italy | 3:50.58 | q |
| 34 | 3 | Llorenç Salas | Spain | 3:51.49 | |
| 35 | 2 | Harvey Dixon | Gibraltar | 3:51.82 | |
| | 1 | Johan Rogestedt | Sweden | DQ | R163.2 |
| | 2 | Jakub Holuša | Czech Republic | DQ | R163.2 |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Filip Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 3:46.65 |
| | David Bustos | Spain | 3:46.90 |
| | Henrik Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 3:47.18 |
| 4 | Richard Douma | Netherlands | 3:47.32 |
| 5 | Florian Carvalho | France | 3:47.32 |
| 6 | Lee Emanuel | Great Britain | 3:47.57 |
| 7 | Jake Wightman | Great Britain | 3:47.68 |
| 8 | Filip Sasínek | Czech Republic | 3:47.76 |
| 9 | Isaac Kimeli | Belgium | 3:47.92 |
| 10 | Homiyu Tesfaye | Germany | 3:47.93 |
| 11 | Ismael Debjani | Belgium | 3:49.12 |
| 12 | Joao Bussotti Neves | Italy | 3:50.43 |
| 13 | Mourad Amdouni | France | 3:51.61 |