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1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 1500 metres

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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

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

Results

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Final

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31 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rui Silva  Portugal 3:44.29
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gert-Jan Liefers  Netherlands 3:44.60
3rd place, 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

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

Heat 1

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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
Vanco Stojanov  Macedonia DNS

Heat 2

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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

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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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  1. ^ European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 2nd European Athletics U23 Championships - Göteborg, Sweden 29.7.-1.8. 1999 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 17–29, retrieved 24 October 2014
  2. ^ European Championships U23 - Göteborg/SWE () - 29.07.-01.08.99 (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013, retrieved 27 October 2014