2021 European Indoor Championships Statistics – Men’s 1500m by K Ken Nakamura Summary Page: All time performance list at the European Indoor Championships Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 3:36.70 Ivan Heshko UKR 1 Madrid 2005 2 2 3:37.17 Mah iedine Mekhissi -Benabbad FRA 1 Göteborg 2013 3 3 3:37.22 Ilham Tanui Özbilen TUR 2 Göteborg 2013 4 4 3:37.54 Thomas Wessinghage FRG 1 Sindelfingen 1980 5 5 3:37.68 Jakub Holusa CZE 1 Praha 2015 6 6 3:37.70 Simon Denissel FRA 3 Götebor g 2013 7 3:37 .74 Ilham Tanui Özbilen 2 Praha 2015 Margin of Victory Difference Time Name Nat Venue Year Max 2.9 3:43.8 John Whetton GBR Dortmund 1966 Min 0.05 3:37.17 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad FRA Göteborg 2013 0.06 3:37.68 Jakub Holusa CZE Praha 2015 0.07 3:44.57 David Strang GBR Paris 1994 Best Marks for Places in the European Indoor Championships Pos Time Name Nat Venue Year 1 3:36.70 Ivan Heshko UKR Madrid 2005 2 3:37.22 Ilham Tanui Özbilen TUR Göteborg 2013 3:37.74 Ilham Tanui Özbilen TUR Praha 2015 3:37.98 Jua n Carlos Higuero ESP Madrid 2005 3 3:37.70 Simon Denissel FRA Göteborg 2013 3:38.90 Reyes Estevez ESP Madrid 2005 4 3:38.94 Arturo Casado ESP Madrid 2005 Fastest time in each round at European Indoor Championships Round Time Name Nat Position Venue Year Final 3:36.70 Ivan Heshko UKR 1st Madrid 2005 First round 3:39.56 Jose Antonio Redolat ESP 1h2 Valencia 1998 Multiple Gold Medalists: Rui Silva (POR): 1998, 2002, 2009 Jose Luis Gonzalez (ESP): 1982, 1985, 1986 Thomas Wessinghage (FRG): 1975, 1980, 1981, 1983 Henryk Szordykowski (POL): 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974 John Whetton (GBR): 1966, 1967, 1968 Last five European Indoor Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2019 Marcin Lewandowski POL 3:42.85 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NO 3:43.23 Jesus Gomez ESP 3:44.39 2017 Marcin Lewandowski POL 3:44.82 Kalle Berglund SWER 3:45.56 Filip Sasinek CZE 3:45.89 2015 Jakub Holusa CZE 3:37.68 Ilham Tanui Özbilen TUR 3:37.74 Chris O`Hare GBR 3:38.96 2013 M Mekhissi-Benabbad FRA 3:37.17 Ilham Tanui Özbilen TUR 3:37.22 Simon Denissel FRA 3:37.70 2011 Manuel Olmedo ESP 3:41.03 Kamal Koyuncu TUR 3:41.18 Bartosz Nowicki POL 3:41.48 All time performance list at the European Indoor Championships Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 3:36.70 Ivan Heshko UKR 1 Madrid 2005 2 2 3:37.17 Mah iedine Mekhissi -Benabbad FRA 1 Göteborg 2013 3 3 3:37.22 Ilham Tanui Özbilen TUR 2 Göteborg 2013 4 4 3:37.54 Thomas Wessinghage FRG 1 Sindelf ingen 1980 5 5 3:37.68 Jakub Holusa CZE 1 Praha 2015 6 6 3:37.70 Simon Denissel FRA 3 Göteborg 2013 7 3:37 .74 Ilham Tanui Özbilen 2 Praha 2015 8 7 3:37.98 Juan Carlos Higuero ESP 2 Madrid 2005 9 8 3:38.16 Antti Loikkanen FIN 1 Milano 1978 10 3: 38.23 Thomas Wessinghage 2 Milano 1978 11 9 3:38.5 Ray Flynn IRL 2 Sindelfingen 1980 12 10 3:38.70 Jose Luis Gonzalez ESP 1 Milano 1982 13 11 3:38.90 Reyes Estevez ESP 3 Madrid 2005 14 12 3:38.9 Pierre Deleze SUI 3 Sindelfingen 1980 15 13 3:38.91 Jo se Manuel Abascal ESP 2 Milano 1982 16 14 3:38.94 Arturo Casado ESP 4 Madrid 2005 17 15 3:38.96 Chris O`Hare GBR 3 Praha 2015 18 16 3:39.08 Ho miyu Tesfaye GER 4 Praha 2015 19 17 3:39.19 Marcin Lewandowski POL 4 Göteborg 2013 20 3:39.26 Jose Luis Go nzalez 1 Pireas 1985 21 3:39.36 Arturo Casado 5 Göteborg 2013 22 18 3:39.43 Charlie Grice GBR 5 Praha 2015 23 19 3:39.46 Helio Gomes POR 6 Göteborg 2013 24 20 3:39.56 Jose Antonio Redolat ESP 1h2 Valencia 1998 25 3:39.58 Ilham Tanui Özbilen 1h1 Göteborg 2013 26 21 3:39.6 Francis Gonzalez FRA 1h2 Milano 1978 27 3:39.6 Antti Loikkanen 2h2 Milano 1978 28 3:39.62 Antti Loikkanen 3 Milano 1982 29 22 3:39.70 He nrik Ingebrigtsen NOR 6 Praha 2015 30 3:39.74 Thomas Wessinghage 1h1 Milano 1982 31 23 3:39.74 Bartosz Nowicki POL 7 Göteborg 2013 32 24 3:39.75 Marcus O’Sullivan IRL 2 Pireas 1985 33 3:39 .79 Thomas Wessinghage 4 Milano 1982 34 25 3:39.8 Uwe Becker FRG 4 Sindelfingen 1980 35 3:39.82 Thomas Wessinghage 1 Budapest 1983 36 26 3:39.90 David Bustos ESP 2h1 Göteborg 2013 37 27 3:39.9 Carlos Cabral POR 5 Sindelfingen 1980 38 3: 40.05 Homiy u Tesfaye 1h1 Praha 2015 39 28 3:40.12 Joerl Jansen BEL 5 Madrid 2005 40 3:40.14 Jose Manuel Abascal 2h1 Milano 1982 41 3:40.14 David Bus tos 8 Göteborg 2013 42 29 3:40.15 Andrey Zadorozniy RUS 2h2 Valencia 1998 43 3:40.15 Bartosz Nowicki 3h1 Gö teborg 2013 44 30 3:40.2 Jürgen Straub GDR 3 Milano 1978 45 31 3:40.24 Artur Ostrowski POL 2h1 Praha 2015 46 3:40.3 Jose Manuel Abascal 4 Milano 1978 47 3:40.39 Jose Manuel Abascal 2 Budapest 1983 48 32 3:40.40 Abdelkader Chekhemani FRA 2h2 Valenc ia 1998 49 3:40.42 Antti Loikkanen 1h1 Pireas 1985 50 33 3:40.43 Jose Luis Carreira ESP 3 Pireas 1985 Margin of Victory Difference Time Name Nat Venue Year Max 2.9 3:43.8 John Whetton GBR Dortmund 1966 Min 0.05 3:37.17 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad FRA Göteborg 2013 0.06 3:37.68 Jakub Holusa CZE Praha 2015 0.07 3:44.57 David Strang GBR Paris 1994 Difference between 3 rd and 4 th place (medal versus no medal) Difference 3rd place Time Name Nat Venue Year Max 7.7 3:51.9 Igor Potapchenko URS Madrid 1968 Min 0.01 3:46.46 Han Kulker NED Madrid 1986 3:47.63 Sergey Afanasev URS Den Haag 1989 Best Marks for Places in the European Indoor Championships Pos Time Name Nat Venue Year 1 3:36.70 Ivan Heshko UKR Madrid 2005 2 3:37.22 Ilham Tanui Özbilen TUR Göteborg 2013 3:37.74 Ilham Tanui Özbilen TUR Praha 2015 3:37.98 Juan Carlos Higuero ESP Madrid 2005 3 3:37.70 Simon Denissel FRA Göteborg 2013 3:38.90 Reyes Estevez ESP Madrid 2005 4 3:38.94 Arturo Casado ESP Madrid 2005 5 3:39.36 Arturo Casado ESP Göteborg 2013 3:39.43 Charlie Grice GBR Praha 2015 3:39.9 Carlos Cabral POR Sindelfingen 1980 6 3:39.46 Helio Gomes POR Göteborg 2013 3:39.73 Henrik Ingebrigtsen NOR Praha 2015 3:40.76 James Thie GBR Madrid 2005 Best Marks for Places - all competitions Pos Time Name Nat Venue DMY 1 3:31.04 Samuel Tefera ETH Birmingham 16 Feb 2019 2 3:31.58 Yomif Kejelcha ETH Birmingham 16 Feb 2019 3 3:34.46 Andres Manuel Diaz ESP WIC-Maebashi 7 Mar 1999 4 3:34:77 William Tanui KEN WIC- Maebashi 7 Mar 1999 Fastest time in each round at European Indoor Championships Round Time Name Nat Position Venue Year Final 3:36.70 Ivan Heshko UKR 1st Madrid 2005 First round 3:39.56 Jose Antonio Redolat ESP 1h2 Valencia 1998 Multiple Gold Medalists: Rui Silva (POR): 1998, 2002, 2009 Jose Luis Gonzalez (ESP): 1982, 1985, 1986 Thomas Wessinghage (FRG): 1975, 1980, 1981, 1983 Henryk Szordykowski (POL): 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974 John Whetton (GBR): 1966, 1967, 1968 Multiple Medalists: Ilham Tanui Özbilen (TUR) 2013 Silver, 2015 Silver Rui Silva (POR): 1998 Gold, 2002 Gold, 2009 Gold Abdelkader Chekhemani (FRA): 1994 Bronze; 1996 Bronze; 1998 Silver Branko Zorko (CRO): 1992 Bronze; 1994 Silver Jens-Peter Herold (GDR): 1987 Silver; 1990 Gold Hans Kulker (NED): 1986 Bronze; 1987 Gold; 1989 Silver Jose Luis Carreira (ESP): 1985 Bronze; 1986 Silver; Jose Luis Gonzalez (ESP): 1982 Gold, 1985 Gold, 1986 Gold Jose Manuel Abascal (ESP): 1982 Silver; 1983 Silver Antti Loikkanen (FIN): 1978 Gold; 1982 Bronze; 1983 Bronze Jürgen Straub (GDR): 1977 Gold; 1978 Bronze Paul-Heinz Wellmann (FRG): 1976 Gold; 1977 Silver Gheorghe Ghipu (ROU): 1975 Bronze; 1976 Bronze Thomas Wessinghage (FRG): 1974 Silver; 1975 Gold, 1976 Silver; 1978 Silver; 1979 Silver; 1980 Gold, 1981 Gold, 1983 Gold; 1984 Bronze; Henryk Szordykowski (POL): 1970 Gold, 1971 Gold, 1973 Gold, 1974 Gold John Whetton (GBR): 1966 Gold, 1967 Gold, 1968 Gold Medals by Countries Nation Gold Silver Bronze ESP 7 9 4 FRG 5 6 3 GBR 5 1 5 POL 6 3 FRA 3 1 5 POR 3 GDR 2 1 3 FIN 2 2 IRL 1 4 NED 1 1 1 BEL 1 1 SUI 1 1 CZE 1 1 UKR 1 URS 3 3 TUR 3 SWE 2 1 TCH 1 1 ITA 1 1 CRO 1 1 NOR 2 GRE 1 EUN 1 ROU 2 HUN 1 RUS 1 Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze FRA 2013 Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad Simon Denissel ESP 2007 Juan Carlos Higuero Sergio Gallardo Arturo Casado ESP 2005 Juan Carlos Higuero Reyes Estevez ESP 1986 Jose Luis Gonzalez Jose Luis Carreira ESP 1985 Jose Luis Gonzalez Jose Luis Carreira ESP 1982 Jose Luis Gonzalez Jose Manuel Abascal FRG 1981 Thomas Wessinghage Uwe Becker FRG 1976 Paul Heiz Wellmann Thomas Wessinghage POL 1974 Henryk Szordykowski Wlodzimierz Staszak TCH 1967 Josef Odlozil Stanislav Hoffman European Indoor champions who also won European Championships Name Nat Year (Euro Indoor) European Championships Marcin Lewandowski POL 2017, 2019 2010 (at 800m) Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad FRA 2013 2014 Jens- Peter Herold GDR 1990 1990 John Whetton GBR 1966, 1967, 1968 1969 European Indoor champions who also medaled at World Indoor Championships Name Nat Year World Indoor Championships Year Marcin Lewandowski POL 2017, 2019 Silver 2018 Jakub Holusa CZE 2015 Silver 2016 Juan Carlos Higuero ESP 2007 Bronze 2008 Ivan Heshko UKR 2005 Gold 2006 Rui Silva POR 2002 Gold 2001 Hans Kulker NED 1987 Bronze 1987 Jose Luis Gonzalez ESP 1985, 1986 Silver 1985 European Indoor champion who also medaled at European Junior Championships Name Nat Year European Junior Championships Year Jakub Holusa CZE 2015 Gold in 3000mSC 2007 Jose Antonio Redolat ESP 2000 Silver 1995 Peter Wirz SUI 1984 Bronze 1979 Paul-Heinz Wellmann FRG 1976 Silver 1970 European Indoor champion who also medaled at World Junior Championships None Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event Nation Men Women Venue Year FRG Thomas Wessinghage Brigitte Kraus Budapest 1983 FRG Paul Heinz Wellmann Brigitte Kraus München 1976 Last eleven European Indoor Championships: Year Gold Nat Time Silver Nat Time Bronze Nat Time 2019 Marcin Lewandowski POL 3:42.85