The men's 1500 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 6 and 7 March 2025. This was the 37th time the event was contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
Background The men's 1500 metres was contested 36 times before 2025, held every time since the second edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (1971–2023).András Szabó, "Statistics Handbook", pp. 6 and 322–323, European Athletics. Retrieved 21 November 2024. The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen is the world and European record holder, with a time of 3:29.63, set in 2025. Ingebrigtsen also holds the championship record with a time of 3:33.95, set at the 2023 championships.
+Records before the 2025 European Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordAthlete (nation) (s)LocationDateWorld record"All time Top lists – Senior – 1500 Metres men", World Athletics. Retrieved 13 January 2025.3:29.63Liévin, France13 February 2025European recordWorld leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 1500 Metres Short Track men", World Athletics, 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.European leadingChampionship record3:33.95Istanbul, Turkey3 March 2023
Qualification For the men's 1500 metres, the qualification period ran from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025."Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics, 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standards of 3:37.00 s indoors or 3:32.00 s outdoor, or by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event. There was a target number of 27 athletes.
Results Round 1 Round 1 was held on 6 March, starting at 19:55 (UTC+1) in the evening."Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics, 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024. First 3 in each heat () qualified for the final.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Jakob Ingebrigtsen 3:37.49 2 Louis Gilavert 3:38.11 3 Ruben Verheyden 3:38.21 4 Nuno Pereira 3:38.25 5 Mahadi Abdi Ali 3:39.31 6 Thomas Keen 3:40.10 7 Marius Probst 3:41.32 8 Pol Moya 3:41.48 9 Cathal Doyle 3:48.15
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Isaac Nader 3:42.32 2 Robert Farken 3:42.33 3 Paul Anselmini 3:42.47 4 Mohamed Attaoui 3:42.53 5 Federico Riva 3:42.55 6 Robin van Riel 3:45.60 7 Joonas Rinne 3:48.68 8 Jochem Vermeulen 3:54.33
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Neil Gourley 3:40.24 2 Azeddine Habz 3:40.43 3 Samuel Pihlström 3:40.52 4 Raphael Pallitsch 3:40.96 5 Filip Rak 3:41.43 6 Noah Baltus 3:42.25 7 Ignacio Fontes 3:42.28 8 Yervand Mkrtchyan 3:42.60 9 Pieter Sisk 3:43.02
Final The final was held on 7 March, starting at 21:15 (UTC+1) in the evening. Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes Jakob Ingebrigtsen 3:36.56 Azeddine Habz 3:36.92 Isaac Nader 3:37.10 4 Neil Gourley 3:38.29 5 Louis Gilavert 3:38.84 6 Samuel Pihlström 3:39.07 7 Ruben Verheyden 3:41.70 Robert Farken Paul Anselmini
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