title: 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres
text: # 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres
  
  The Men's 1500 metres event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 5–6 with the final being held on March 6 at 16:20 local time.
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships :
  
  | World record | Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) | 3:31.18 | Stuttgart, Germany | 2 February 1997 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | European record | Andrés Manuel Díaz (ESP) | 3:33.32 | Piraeus, Greece | 24 February 1999 |
  | Championship record | Ivan Heshko (UKR) | 3:36.70 | Madrid, Spain | 6 March 2005 |
  | World Leading | Augustine Kiprono Choge (KEN) | 3:33.23 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 19 February 2011 |
  | European Leading | Mehdi Baala (FRA) | 3:35.97 | Karlsruhe, Germany | 13 February 2011 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  First 2 in each heat and 3 best performers advance to the Final.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Manuel Olmedo | Spain | 3:43.51 | Q, SB |
  | 2 | 1 | Kemal Koyuncu | Turkey | 3:43.57 | Q, PB |
  | 3 | 1 | Bartosz Nowicki | Poland | 3:43.75 | q |
  | 4 | 1 | Goran Nava | Serbia | 3:43.78 | q |
  | 5 | 1 | Jamale Aarrass | France | 3:45.16 | q |
  | 6 | 1 | Wouter de Boer | Netherlands | 3:45.79 | PB |
  | 7 | 3 | Carsten Schlangen | Germany | 3:47.06 | Q |
  | 8 | 2 | Diego Ruiz | Spain | 3:47.32 | Q |
  | 9 | 2 | Jakub Holuša | Czech Republic | 3:47.39 | Q |
  | 10 | 1 | Florian Orth | Germany | 3:47.47 | |
  | 11 | 3 | Juan Carlos Higuero | Spain | 3:47.50 | Q |
  | 12 | 2 | Mateusz Demczyszak | Poland | 3:47.67 | |
  | 13 | 3 | Oleksandr Borysyuk | Ukraine | 3:47.84 | |
  | 14 | 3 | René Stokvis | Netherlands | 3:48.27 | |
  | 15 | 3 | Yoann Kowal | France | 3:48.51 | |
  | 16 | 2 | Christoph Lohse | Germany | 3:48.52 | |
  | 17 | 3 | Adam Czerwiński | Poland | 3:48.55 | |
  | 18 | 2 | Nick McCormick | Great Britain | 3:48.65 | |
  | 19 | 2 | Ate van der Burgt | Netherlands | 3:48.97 | |
  | 20 | 2 | Hélio Gomes | Portugal | 3:49.22 | |
  | 21 | 1 | Andreas Vojta | Austria | 3:49.24 | |
  | 22 | 2 | Kristof Van Malderen | Belgium | 3:49.85 | |
  | 23 | 3 | Roman Fosti | Estonia | 3:49.98 | |
  | 24 | 3 | Barnabás Bene | Hungary | 3:50.24 | |
  | 25 | 1 | Colin McCourt | Great Britain | 3:52.56 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held at 16:20.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Manuel Olmedo | Spain | 3:41.03 | SB |
  | | Kemal Koyuncu | Turkey | 3:41.18 | NR |
  | | Bartosz Nowicki | Poland | 3:41.48 | |
  | 4 | Carsten Schlangen | Germany | 3:41.55 | |
  | 5 | Jakub Holuša | Czech Republic | 3:41.57 | SB |
  | 6 | Juan Carlos Higuero | Spain | 3:42.29 | SB |
  | 7 | Goran Nava | Serbia | 3:42.37 | SB |
  | 8 | Jamale Aarrass | France | 3:44.08 | |
  | 9 | Diego Ruiz | Spain | 3:51.67 | |
  