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
| Gold | Rui Silva Portugal |
| Silver | Gert-Jan Liefers Netherlands |
| Bronze | Mehdi Baala France |
Results
Final
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
29 July
Qualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Final
Heat 1
| 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
| 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
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event. The announced athlete from Macedonia did not show.
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References
- 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
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