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The men's 1500 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi stadium on August 7 and August 9, 2006.

Baala won gold, successfully defending his 2002 title, while Heshko pipped Higuero on the final stretch.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mehdi Baala France	Ivan Heshko Ukraine	Juan Carlos Higuero Spain

Date	Time	Round
August 7, 2006	19:10	Semifinals
August 9, 2006	19:20	Final

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Mehdi Baala	France	3:39.74	Q
2	2	Mykola Labovskyi	Ukraine	3:40.10	Q
3	2	Juan Carlos Higuero	Spain	3:40.97	Q
4	2	Christian Obrist	Italy	3:41.32	Q
5	2	Mirosław Formela	Poland	3:41.38	q
6	2	Rizak Dirshe	Sweden	3:41.67	q
7	2	Andrew Baddeley	United Kingdom	3:41.92	q
8	2	Liam Reale	Ireland	3:41.97	q
9	2	Manuel Damião	Portugal	3:42.56
10	2	Carsten Schlangen	Germany	3:42.62
11	2	Aleksandr Krivchonkov	Russia	3:43.03
12	2	Daniel Spitzl	Austria	3:46.08
13	1	Ivan Heshko	Ukraine	3:47.12	Q
14	1	Arturo Casado	Spain	3:47.16	Q
15	1	Sergio Gallardo	Spain	3:47.82	Q
16	1	Michal Šneberger	Czech Republic	3:47.96	Q
17	1	Abdelkader Bakhtache	France	3:48.09
18	1	Sergey Ivanov	Russia	3:48.27
19	1	Mounir Yemmouni	France	3:48.34
20	1	Bob Winter	Netherlands	3:48.35
21	1	Tim Clerbout	Belgium	3:48.43
22	1	Joel Bodén	Sweden	3:48.54
23	1	Stephen Davies	United Kingdom	3:48.64
24	1	Christian Neunhäuserer	Italy	3:49.34
25	1	Bård Kvalheim	Norway	3:49.55
26	1	James Nolan	Ireland	3:49.94
27	2	Matthieu Vandiest	Belgium	3:50.28
28	1	Michael East	United Kingdom	4:11.89
	2	Jonas Hamm	Finland		DNF

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Mehdi Baala	France	3:39.02
	Ivan Heshko	Ukraine	3:39.50
	Juan Carlos Higuero	Spain	3:39.62
4	Arturo Casado	Spain	3:40.86
5	Sergio Gallardo	Spain	3:41.24
6	Andrew Baddeley	United Kingdom	3:42.31
7	Christian Obrist	Italy	3:42.59
8	Liam Reale	Ireland	3:42.65
9	Rizak Dirshe	Sweden	3:42.87
10	Mirosław Formela	Poland	3:43.16
11	Mykola Labovskyi	Ukraine	3:43.47
12	Michal Šneberger	Czech Republic	3:45.99