title: 2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
text: # 2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
  
  The men's 1500 metres at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 6–8.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Mehdi Baala France | Reyes Estévez Spain | Rui Silva Portugal |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Reyes Estévez | Spain | 3:40.47 | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Rui Silva | Portugal | 3:40.84 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Fouad Chouki | France | 3:41.36 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | Christian Obrist | Italy | 3:41.63 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | Michael East | Great Britain | 3:41.82 | q |
  | 6 | 2 | John Mayock | Great Britain | 3:42.63 | q |
  | 7 | 2 | Juan Carlos Higuero | Spain | 3:42.82 | q |
  | 8 | 2 | Lorenzo Perrone | Italy | 3:43.02 | q |
  | 9 | 2 | Peter Philipp | Switzerland | 3:44.30 | |
  | 10 | 2 | Matthias Norling | Sweden | 3:45.28 | |
  | 11 | 1 | Mehdi Baala | France | 3:46.71 | Q |
  | 12 | 1 | José Antonio Redolat | Spain | 3:46.94 | Q |
  | 13 | 1 | Marko Koers | Netherlands | 3:47.16 | Q |
  | 14 | 1 | Anthony Whiteman | Great Britain | 3:47.40 | Q |
  | 15 | 1 | Luís Feiteira | Portugal | 3:47.66 | |
  | 16 | 1 | Ivan Heshko | Ukraine | 3:47.76 | |
  | 17 | 1 | Panagiotis Stroubakos | Greece | 3:47.94 | |
  | 18 | 1 | James Nolan | Ireland | 3:48.48 | |
  | 19 | 1 | Franek Haschke | Germany | 3:48.56 | |
  | 20 | 1 | Lorenzo Lazzari | Italy | 3:49.06 | |
  | 21 | 1 | Aleš Tomič | Slovenia | 3:50.19 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Mehdi Baala | France | 3:45.25 |
  | | Reyes Estévez | Spain | 3:45.25 |
  | | Rui Silva | Portugal | 3:45.43 |
  | 4 | Fouad Chouki | France | 3:45.46 |
  | 5 | Juan Carlos Higuero | Spain | 3:45.81 |
  | 6 | Michael East | Great Britain | 3:46.30 |
  | 7 | Christian Obrist | Italy | 3:46.57 |
  | 8 | Marko Koers | Netherlands | 3:46.68 |
  | 9 | Anthony Whiteman | Great Britain | 3:47.10 |
  | 10 | Lorenzo Perrone | Italy | 3:47.43 |
  | 11 | José Antonio Redolat | Spain | 3:48.28 |
  | 12 | John Mayock | Great Britain | 3:48.41 |
  