The men's 1500 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi stadium on August 7 and August 9, 2006.

Baala won gold, successfully defending his 2002 title, while Heshko pipped Higuero on the final stretch.Superb Baala defends 1500m title, from BBC, retrieved 10 August 2006

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeMehdi BaalaIvan HeshkoJuan Carlos Higuero

Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 7, 2006 19:10 SemifinalsAugust 9, 2006 19:20 Final

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Mehdi Baala 3:39.74 Q 2 Mykola Labovskyi 3:40.10 Q 2 Juan Carlos Higuero 3:40.97 Q 2 Christian Obrist 3:41.32 Q 2 Mirosław Formela 3:41.38 q 2 Rizak Dirshe 3:41.67 q 2 Andrew Baddeley 3:41.92 q 2 Liam Reale 3:41.97 q 2 Manuel Damião 3:42.56 10 2 Carsten Schlangen 3:42.62 11 2 Aleksandr Krivchonkov 3:43.03 12 2 Daniel Spitzl 3:46.08 13 1 Ivan Heshko 3:47.12 Q 14 1 Arturo Casado 3:47.16 Q 15 1 Sergio Gallardo 3:47.82 Q 16 1 Michal Šneberger 3:47.96 Q 17 1 Abdelkader Bakhtache 3:48.09 18 1 Sergey Ivanov 3:48.27 19 1 Mounir Yemmouni 3:48.34 20 1 Bob Winter 3:48.35 21 1 Tim Clerbout 3:48.43 22 1 Joel Bodén 3:48.54 23 1 Stephen Davies 3:48.64 24 1 Christian Neunhäuserer 3:49.34 25 1 Bård Kvalheim 3:49.55 26 1 James Nolan 3:49.94 27 2 Matthieu Vandiest 3:50.28 28 1 Michael East 4:11.89 2 Jonas Hamm DNF

Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Mehdi Baala 3:39.02 Ivan Heshko 3:39.50 Juan Carlos Higuero 3:39.62 4 Arturo Casado 3:40.86 5 Sergio Gallardo 3:41.24 6 Andrew Baddeley 3:42.31 7 Christian Obrist 3:42.59 8 Liam Reale 3:42.65 9 Rizak Dirshe 3:42.87 10 Mirosław Formela 3:43.16 11 Mykola Labovskyi 3:43.47 12 Michal Šneberger 3:45.99

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