1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 1500 metres
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[edit]
| Gold | Rui Silva Portugal |
| Silver | Gert-Jan Liefers Netherlands |
| Bronze | Mehdi Baala France |
Results[edit]
Final[edit]
31 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Rui Silva | Portugal | 3:44.29 | |
 | Gert-Jan Liefers | Netherlands | 3:44.60 | |
 | 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[edit]
29 July
Qualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Final
Heat 1[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event. The announced athlete from Macedonia did not show.
Czech Republic (1)
Finland (1)
France (1)
Germany (2)
Hungary (1)
Ireland (1)
Italy (1)
Luxembourg (1)
Netherlands (1)
Poland (2)
Portugal (2)
Romania (1)
Slovakia (1)
Slovenia (1)
Spain (2)
Sweden (1)
Ukraine (1)
United Kingdom (3)
References[edit]
- ^ 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
- ^ 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