The men's

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

at the

2016 European Athletics Championships The 2016 European Athletics Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, between 6 and 10 July 2016. It was the first time the Netherlands hosted the event. Due to 2016 being an Olympic year, there was no racewalking and the marathon compet ...

took place at the

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on 7 and 9 July. The gold medal was won by

Filip Ingebrigtsen Filip Mangen Ingebrigtsen (born 20 April 1993) is a Norwegian middle distance runner who represents Sandnes Idrettslag. In 2016, Ingebrigtsen became European Champion at 1500 meters during the European Championships in Amsterdam, and took bronze ...

from Norway while

David Bustos David Bustos González (born 25 August 1990) is a Spanish runner who specializes in the 800 metres and 1500 metres races. Personal life Bustos first played hockey and football, and trained in swimming. He took up athletics only in high school, ...

from Spain won silver and

Henrik Ingebrigtsen Henrik Ingebrigtsen (born 24 February 1991) is a Norwegian middle-distance runner who competes mainly in the 1500 metres. He represented Norway at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. His younger brothers, Filip Ingebrigtsen and Jakob Ingebrigtsen ...

, older brother of Filip, won bronze medal.

Records

Schedule

Results

Round 1

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First 3 (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Final

References

External links

amsterdam2016.org
official championship site. {{DEFAULTSORT:2016 European Athletics Championships, Men's 1500 Metres

1500 M The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

1500 metres at the European Athletics Championships