title: 1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
text: # 1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
  
  The men's 1500 metres event at the 1994 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 7 and 9 August 1994.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Fermín Cacho Spain |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Isaac Viciosa Spain |
  | Bronze | Branko Zorko Croatia |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  9 August
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Fermín Cacho | Spain | 3:35.27 |
  | | Isaac Viciosa | Spain | 3:36.01 |
  | | Branko Zorko | Croatia | 3:36.88 |
  | 4 | Éric Dubus | France | 3:37.44 |
  | 5 | Andrey Bulkovskiy | Ukraine | 3:37.81 |
  | 6 | Manuel Pancorbo | Spain | 3:38.16 |
  | 7 | Rüdiger Stenzel | Germany | 3:38.36 |
  | 8 | Kader Chékhémani | France | 3:38.42 |
  | 9 | Gennaro Di Napoli | Italy | 3:39.96 |
  | 10 | Niall Bruton | Ireland | 3:41.22 |
  | 11 | Gary Lough | United Kingdom | 3:43.09 |
  | 12 | David Strang | United Kingdom | 3:50.27 |
  
  ### Heats
  
  7 August
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Fermín Cacho | Spain | 3:37.18 | Q |
  | 2 | Niall Bruton | Ireland | 3:37.54 | Q |
  | 3 | Kader Chékhémani | France | 3:37.75 | Q |
  | 4 | Gary Lough | United Kingdom | 3:37.83 | Q |
  | 5 | Rüdiger Stenzel | Germany | 3:37.84 | q |
  | 6 | Éric Dubus | France | 3:38.02 | q |
  | 7 | Gennaro Di Napoli | Italy | 3:38.33 | q |
  | 8 | Branko Zorko | Croatia | 3:39.84 | q |
  | 9 | Mogens Guldberg | Denmark | 3:40.89 | |
  | 10 | Christophe Impens | Belgium | 3:41.25 | |
  | 11 | Werner Edler-Muhr | Austria | 3:43.08 | |
  | 12 | Sami Alanen | Finland | 3:43.58 | |
  | 13 | Zeki Öztürk | Turkey | 3:46.39 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Isaac Viciosa | Spain | 3:39.72 | Q |
  | 2 | David Strang | United Kingdom | 3:39.96 | Q |
  | 3 | Andrey Bulkovskiy | Ukraine | 3:40.05 | Q |
  | 4 | Manuel Pancorbo | Spain | 3:40.06 | Q |
  | 5 | Kevin McKay | United Kingdom | 3:40.19 | |
  | 6 | Jens-Peter Herold | Germany | 3:40.24 | |
  | 7 | Samir Benfarès | France | 3:40.43 | |
  | 8 | Marcus O'Sullivan | Ireland | 3:40.58 | |
  | 9 | Azat Rakipov | Belarus | 3:41.41 | |
  | 10 | Davide Tirelli | Italy | 3:42.03 | |
  | 11 | Vyacheslav Shabunin | Russia | 3:42.91 | |
  | 12 | Milan Drahoňovský | Czech Republic | 3:43.66 | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Austria (1)
  * Belarus (1)
  * Belgium (1)
  * Croatia (1)
  * Czech Republic (1)
  * Denmark (1)
  * Finland (1)
  * France (3)
  * Germany (2)
  * Ireland (2)
  * Italy (2)
  * Russia (1)
  * Spain (3)
  * Turkey (1)
  * Ukraine (1)
  * United Kingdom (3)
  