European Championships Statistics Men s 1500m All time performance list at the European Championships Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 3:35.27 Fermin Cacho ESP 1 Helsinki 1994 2 2 3:35.59 Steve Ovett GBR 1 Praha 1978 3 3 3:36.01 Isaac Viciosa ESP 2 Helsinki 1994 4 4 3:36.49 Steve Cram GBR 1 Athinai 1982 5 5 3:36.57 Eamonn Coghlan IRL 2 Praha 1978 6 6 3:36.70 David Moorcroft GBR 3 Praha 1978 7 7 3:36.85 John Gladwin GBR 1h3 Stuttgart 1986 8 8 3:36.88 Branko Zorko CRO 3 Helsinki 1994 9 9 3:36.92 Jose Luis Gonzalez ESP 2h3 Stuttgart 1986 10 10 3:36.99 Nikolay Kirov URS 2 Athinai 1982 11 11 3:37.04 Jose Manuel Abascal ESP 3 Athinai 1982 12 12 3:37.06 Frank O Mara IRL 3h3 Stuttgart 1986 13 3:37.18 Fermin Cacho 1h1 Helsinki 1994 14 13 3:37.19 Thomas Wessinghage FRG 4 Praha 1978 15 14 3:37.44 Eric Dubus FRA 4 Helsinki 1994 16 15 3:37.53 Igor Lotaryov URS 4h1 Stuttgart 1986 17 16 3:37.54 Antti Loikkanen FIN 5 Praha 1978 18 17 3:37.54 Niall Bruton IRL 2h1 Helsinki 1994 19 18 3:37.60 Niels Kim Hjorth DEN 5h3 Stuttgart 1986 20 19 3:37.75 Peter Wirz SUI 6h3 Stuttgart 1986 21 20 3:37.75 Kader Chekhemani FRA 3h1 Helsinki 1994 22 21 3:37.81 Robert Nemeth AUT 4 Athinai 1982 23 22 3:37.81 Andrey Bulkovskiy UKR 5 Helsinki 1994 24 23 3:37.83 Gary Lough GBR 4h1 Helsinki 1994 25 24 3:37.84 Rüdiger Stenzel GER 5h1 Helsinki 1994 26 3:38.02 Eric Dubus 6h1 Helsinki 1994 27 3:38.06 Steve Cram 1h3 Athinai 1982 28 25 3:38.15 Vitaliy Tishchenko URS 5 Athinai 1982 29 26 3:38.16 Manuel Pancorbo ESP 6 Helsinki 1994 30 27 3:38.17 Uwe Becker FRG 6 Athinai 1982 31 28 3:38.20 Jose Marajo FRA 6 Praha 1978 32 29 3:38.25 Jens-Peter Herold GDR 1 Split 1990 33 30 3:38.33 Gennaro Di Napoli ITA 7h1 Helsinki 1994 34 3:38.36 Rüdiger Stenzel 7 Helsinki 1994 35 3:38.42 Kader Chekhemani 8 Helsinki 1994 36 31 3:38.43 Francesco Arese ITA 1 Helsinki 1971 37 3:38.46 Vitaliy Tishchenko 2h3 Athinai 1982 38 3:38.52 Fermin Cacho 1h2 Budapest 1998 39 3:38.60 Gennaro Di Napoli 2 Split 1990 40 32 3:38.62 Ray Flynn IRL 3h3 Athinai 1982 41 33 3:38.65 Andres Manuel Diaz ESP 2h2 Budapest 1998 42 34 3:38.73 Henryk Szordykowski POL 2 Helsinki 1971 43 35 3:38.73 Mario Silva POR 3 Split 1990 44 3:38.75 Jose Luis Gonzalez 1h1 Split 1990 45 36 3:38.88 Jürgen Straub GDR 7 Praha 1978 46 37 3:38.94 Markus Hacksteiner SUI 2h1 Split 1990 47 38 3:38.97 Matthew Yates GBR 3h2 Budapest 1998 48 39 3:39.02 Marcus O Sullivan IRL 1h1 Stuttgart 1986
49 40 3:39.02 Mehdi Baala FRA 1 Göteborg 2006 50 41 3:39.03 Sebastian Coe GBR 2h1 Stuttgart 1986 51 42 3:39.07 Peter Elliott GBR 4 Split 1990 52 43 3:39.08 Hans Kulker NED 3h1 Stuttgart 1986 53 3:39.08 Steve Cram 5 Split 1990 54 3:39.15 Jose Luis Gonzalez 6 Split 1990 55 3:39.20 Jose Manuel Abascal 4h1 Stuttgart 1986 56 3:39.22 Fermin Cacho 3h1 Split 1990 57 44 3:39.24 Brendan Fosterur GBR 3 Helsinki 1971 58 3:39.25 Gennaro Di Napoli 4h1 Split 1990 59 3:39.31 Branko Zorko 4h2 Budapest 1998 60 45 3:39.45 John Whetton GBR 1 Athinai 1969 61 46 3:39.45 Vyacheslav Shabunin RUS 5h2 Budapest 1998 62 47 3:39.48 John Kirkbride GBR 4 Helsinki 1971 63 48 3:39.50 Ivan Heshko UKR 2 Göteborg 2006 64 49 3:39.51 Frank Murphy IRL 2 Athinai 1969 65 50 3:39.57 Jacques Boxberger FRA 5 Helsinki 1971 66 51 3:39.57 Rüdiger Stenzel GER 6h2 Budapest 1998 67 3:39.57 Robert Nemeth 4h3 Athinai 1982 68 3:39.58 Niall Bruton IRL 7h2 Budapest 1998 69 52 3:39.6h John Robson GBR 8 Praha 1978 70 53 3:39.62 Juan Carlos Higuero ESP 3 Göteborg 2006 71 3:39.63 Jens-Peter Herold 1h2 Split 1990 72 54 3:39.64 Pierre Deleze SUI 7 Athinai 1982 73 3:39.66 Antti Loikkanen 1h3 Praha 1978 74 55 3:39.7h Olaf Beyer GDR 9 Praha 1978 75 3:39.72 Isaac Viciosa 1h2 Helsinki 1994 76 3:39.73 Kader Chekhemani 8h2 Budapest 1998 77 3:39.74 Mehdi Baala 1h2 Göteborg 2006 78 3:39.84 Branko Zorko 8h1 Helsinki 1994 79 3:39.85 Han Kulker 7 Split 1990 80 56 3:39.87 Henryk Szorydykowski POL 3 Athinai 1969 81 57 3:39.91 Edgard Salve BEL 4 Athinai 1969 82 3:39.91 Mario Silva 2h2 Split 1990 83 3:39.93 Steve Cram 5h1 Split 1990 84 58 3:39.96 David Strang GBR 2h2 Helsinki 1994 85 3:39.96 Gennaro Di Napoli 9 Helsinki 1994 86 59 3:39.97 Neil Horsfield GBR 3h2 Split 1990 87 3:39.98 Eamonn Coghlan 1h1 Praha 1978 Margin of Victory Difference Winning time Name Nat Venue Year Max 0.98 1.2h 3:35.59 3:40.9h Steve Ovett Michel Jazy GBR FRA Praha Beograd 1978 1962 Min 0.00 3:45.25 Mehdi Baala FRA München 2002 Difference between 3 rd and 4 th place (medal versus no medal) Difference 3 rd place time Name Nat Venue Year Max 1.24 2.4h 3:39.62 3:48.0h Juan Carlos Higuero William Nankeville ESP GBR Göteborg Bruxelles 2006 1950 Min 0.03 3:45.43 Rui Silva POR München 2002
Best Marks for Places in the European Championships Pos Time Name Nat Venue Year 1 3:35.27 Fermin Cacho ESP Helsinki 1994 2 3:36.01 Isaac Viciosa ESP Helsinki 1994 3 3:36.70 David Moorcroft GBR Praha 1978 4 3:37.19 Thomas Wessinghage FRG Praha 1978 5 3:37.54 Antti Loikkanen FIN Praha 1978 6 3:37.75 (heat3) Peter Wirz SUI Stuttgart 1986 7 3:38.33 (heat1) Gennaro Di Napoli ITA Helsinki 1994 8 3:38.42 Kader Chekhemani FRA Helsinki 1994 9 3:39.7h Olaf Beyer GDR Praha 1978 Fastest time in each round (4 rounds were contested from 19) Round Time Name Nat Venue Year Final 3:35.27 Fermin Cacho ESP Helsinki 1994 First round 3:36.85 John Gladwin GBR Stuttgart 1986 Fastest non-qualifier for the final Time Position Name Nat Venue Year 3:39.20 4h1 Jose Manuel Abascal ESP Stuttgart 1986 Multiple Gold Medalists: Mehdi Baala (FRA): Steve Cram (GBR): 2002 Gold; 2006 Gold 1982 Gold; 1986 Gold Multiple Medalists: Mehdi Baala (FRA): 2002 Gold; 2006 Gold Reyes Estevez (ESP): 1998 Gold; 2002 Silver Rui Silva (POR): 1998 Silver; 2002 Bronze Fermin Cacho (ESP): 1994 Gold; 1998 Bronze Steve Cram (GBR): 1982 Gold; 1986 Gold Henryk Szordykowski (POL): 1969 Bronze; 1971 Silver Michel Jazy (FRA): 1962 Gold; 1966 Silver Number of Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze GBR 7 1 3 FRA 3 2 1 ESP 2 2 3 ITA 2 1 1 GDR 2 SWE 1 2 FRG 1 2 NED 1 1 IRL 2 1 DEN 2 1 POL 2 1
POR 1 2 URS 1 UKR 1 HUN 1 BEL 1 TCH 2 CRO 1 Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze ESP 1998 Reyes Estevez Fermin Cacho ESP 1994 Fermin Cacho Isaac Viciosa GBR 1986 Steve Cram Sebastian Coe GBR 1978 Steve Ovett David Moorcroft FRG 1966 Budo Tümmler Harald Norpoth SWE 1946 Lennart Strand Henry Eriksson 800m 1500m double medalist in the same championships Name Nation 800m 1500m Venue Year Sebastian Coe GBR Gold Silver Stuttgart 1986 Steve Cram GBR Bronze Gold Stuttgart 1986 Steve Ovett GBR Silver Gold Praha 1978 Bodo Tümmler FRG Bronze Gold Budapest 1966 Miklos Szabo HUN Gold Silver Torino 1934 Note: Coe also won silver medal at 800m in 1982; Ovett also won silver medal at 800m in 1974 800m 1500m double medalist in the different championships Name Nat 800m Venue Year 1500m Venue Year Roger Bannister GBR Bronze Bruxelles 1950 Gold Bern 1954 Athletes with Olympic, World and European gold (& Olympic and Euro gold before 1983) Name Nation Olympics World European Luigi Beccali ITA 1932 Not held before 1983 1934 No athlete won Olympics, Worlds and Europeans at 1500m. Steve Cram, 1982 and 1986 European Champion, won 1983 Worlds, but his best Olympic finish was 2 nd in 1984. Fermin Cacho, 1994 European Champion, won 1992 Olympics, but his best finish at the World Championships was 2 nd in 1993 and 1997. All time European List 1 1 3:28.95 Fermin Cacho ESP 2 Zürich 13 Aug 1997 2 2 3:28.98 Mehdi Baala FRA 2 Bruxelles 5 Sept 2003 3 3 3:29.67 Steve Cram GBR 1 Nice 16 July 1985
4 4 3:29.77 Sebastian Coe GBR 1 Rieti 7 Sept 1986 5 5 3:30.07 Rui Silva POR 3 Monaco 19 July 2002 Fastest Performances on European Soil 1 1 3:26.00 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 1 Roma 14 July 1998 2 3:26.12 Hicham El Guerrouj 1 Bruxelles 24 Aug 2001 3 2 3:26.34 Bernard Lagat KEN 2 Bruxelles 24 Aug 2001 4 3:26.45 Hicham El Guerrouj 1 Zürich 12 Aug 1998 Fastest Performances on European Soil by Europeans 1 1 3:28.95 Fermin Cacho ESP 2 Zürich 13 Aug 1997 2 2 3:28.98 Mehdi Baala FRA 2 Bruxelles 5 Sept 2003 3 3 3:29.67 Steve Cram GBR 1 Nice 16 July 1985 Spanish All-Comer s List (Fastest Performances in Spain) 1 1 3:27.65 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 1 WC-Sevilla 24 Aug 1999 2 2 3:28.73 Noah Ngeny KEN 2 WC-Sevilla 24 Aug 1999 3 3 3:30.57 Reyes Estevez ESP 3 WC-Sevilla 24 Aug 1999 4 4 3:31.13 Jose Manuel Abascal ESP 1 Barcelona 16 Aug 1986 5 5 3:31.20 Bernard Lagat KEN 1 Madrid 20 Sept 2002 Fastest Performances in Spain by Europeans 1 1 3:30.57 Reyes Estevez ESP 3 WC-Sevilla 24 Aug 1999 2 2 3:31.13 Jose Manuel Abascal ESP 1 Barcelona 16 Aug 1986 3 3 3:31.34 Fermin Cacho ESP 4 WC-Sevilla 24 Aug 1999 Fastest Performances in Barcelona Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos DMY 1 1 3:31.13 Jose Manuel Abascal ESP 1 16 Aug 1986 2 3:31.69 Jose Manuel Abascal 1 13 Aug 1985 3 2 3:31.97 Andres Manuel Diaz ESP 1 29 July 1999 Fastest Performances in Barcelona by Europeans Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos DMY 1 1 3:31.13 Jose Manuel Abascal ESP 1 16 Aug 1986 2 3:31.69 Jose Manuel Abascal 1 13 Aug 1985 3 2 3:31.97 Andres Manuel Diaz ESP 1 29 July 1999 Fastest Performances in July 1 1 3:26.00 Hicham El Guerrouj MAR 1 Roma 14 July 1998 2 3:27.34 Hicham El Guerrouj 1 Monaco 19 July 2002
3 2 3:27.37 Noureddine Morceli ALG 1 Nice 12 July 1995 Fastest Performances in July by Europeans 1 1 3:29.67 Steve Cram GBR 1 Nice 16 July 1985 2 2 3:30.07 Rui Silva POR 3 Monaco 19 July 2002 3 3:30.36 Rui Silva 1 Monaco 20 July 2001 4 3 3:30.80 Mehdi Baala FRA 3 Saint-Denis 1 July 2005