2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 1–2.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Rui Silva Portugal	Juan Carlos Higuero Spain	Michael East Great Britain

Results

Heats

First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Michael East	Great Britain	3:40.52	Q, PB
2	1	Andrey Zadorozhniy	Russia	3:40.60	Q, SB
3	1	Juan Carlos Higuero	Spain	3:40.67	Q
4	1	James Nolan	Ireland	3:40.78	q
5	1	Branko Zorko	Croatia	3:40.93	q
6	1	Michal Šneberger	Czech Republic	3:41.01	q
7	1	Alexis Abraham	France	3:41.24
8	2	Vyacheslav Shabunin	Russia	3:42.51	Q
9	2	Rui Silva	Portugal	3:42.72	Q
10	2	Saïd Chébili	France	3:43.25	Q
11	1	Luís Feiteira	Portugal	3:43.46
12	2	Sergio Gallardo	Spain	3:43.67	PB
13	2	Angus MacLean	Great Britain	3:44.30
14	2	Pedro Antonio Esteso	Spain	3:44.32
15	2	Sebastien Cosson	France	3:45.03
16	2	Panagiotis Stroubakos	Greece	3:46.54
17	2	Stefan Matschiner	Austria	3:47.51
18	1	Roland Waldner	Austria	3:48.36	SB
19	1	Darko Radomirović	Yugoslavia	3:54.40
20	2	Jürgen Vandewiele	Belgium	3:55.98

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Rui Silva	Portugal	3:49.93
	Juan Carlos Higuero	Spain	3:50.08
	Michael East	Great Britain	3:50.52
4	Branko Zorko	Croatia	3:50.66
5	Michal Šneberger	Czech Republic	3:50.70
6	James Nolan	Ireland	3:50.84
7	Saïd Chébili	France	3:51.00
8	Andrey Zadorozhniy	Russia	3:51.48
9	Vyacheslav Shabunin	Russia	3:52.52

References

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