The following table shows the European record progression in 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 ...

, as ratified by the EAA. The current European record is 3:28.32 by Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway, set on August 7, 2021 in the Tokyo Olympics 1500 meter final.

Hand timing

(a) Sometimes given as 3:47.5.
(b) Sometimes given as 3:40.5.

Automatic timing

(a) = Timed electronically at a time when records were ratified at intervals of one tenth of a second, these were considered equivalent performances.

References

{{Athletics record progressions

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 ...

European record European 1500 metres record