2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres
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The Men's 1500 metres event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 5–6 with the final being held on March 6 at 16:20 local time.[1]
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) |
3:31.18 | Stuttgart, Germany | 2 February 1997 |
| European record |  Andrés Manuel Díaz (ESP) |
3:33.32 | Piraeus, Greece | 24 February 1999 |
| Championship record |  Ivan Heshko (UKR) |
3:36.70 | Madrid, Spain | 6 March 2005 |
| World Leading |  Augustine Kiprono Choge (KEN) |
3:33.23 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 19 February 2011 |
| European Leading |  Mehdi Baala (FRA) |
3:35.97 | Karlsruhe, Germany | 13 February 2011 |
Results
Heats
First 2 in each heat and 3 best performers advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Manuel Olmedo | Spain | 3:43.51 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 1 | Kemal Koyuncu |  Turkey | 3:43.57 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 1 | Bartosz Nowicki |  Poland | 3:43.75 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Goran Nava |  Serbia | 3:43.78 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Jamale Aarrass | France | 3:45.16 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Wouter de Boer |  Netherlands | 3:45.79 | PB |
| 7 | 3 | Carsten Schlangen |  Germany | 3:47.06 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Diego Ruiz | Spain | 3:47.32 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Jakub Holuša |  Czech Republic | 3:47.39 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Florian Orth | Germany | 3:47.47 | |
| 11 | 3 | Juan Carlos Higuero | Spain | 3:47.50 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Mateusz Demczyszak | Poland | 3:47.67 | |
| 13 | 3 | Oleksandr Borysyuk | Ukraine | 3:47.84 | |
| 14 | 3 | René Stokvis | Netherlands | 3:48.27 | |
| 15 | 3 | Yoann Kowal | France | 3:48.51 | |
| 16 | 2 | Christoph Lohse | Germany | 3:48.52 | |
| 17 | 3 | Adam Czerwiński | Poland | 3:48.55 | |
| 18 | 2 | Nick McCormick |  Great Britain | 3:48.65 | |
| 19 | 2 | Ate van der Burgt | Netherlands | 3:48.97 | |
| 20 | 2 | Hélio Gomes |  Portugal | 3:49.22 | |
| 21 | 1 | Andreas Vojta |  Austria | 3:49.24 | |
| 22 | 2 | Kristof Van Malderen |  Belgium | 3:49.85 | |
| 23 | 3 | Roman Fosti |  Estonia | 3:49.98 | |
| 24 | 3 | Barnabás Bene |  Hungary | 3:50.24 | |
| 25 | 1 | Colin McCourt | Great Britain | 3:52.56 |
Final
The final was held at 16:20.[2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Manuel Olmedo | Spain | 3:41.03 | SB |
 | Kemal Koyuncu | Turkey | 3:41.18 | NR |
 | Bartosz Nowicki | Poland | 3:41.48 | |
| 4 | Carsten Schlangen | Germany | 3:41.55 | |
| 5 | Jakub Holuša | Czech Republic | 3:41.57 | SB |
| 6 | Juan Carlos Higuero | Spain | 3:42.29 | SB |
| 7 | Goran Nava | Serbia | 3:42.37 | SB |
| 8 | Jamale Aarrass | France | 3:44.08 | |
| 9 | Diego Ruiz | Spain | 3:51.67 |