1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres
# 1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 18 and 20 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Reyes Estévez Spain |
| - | - |
| Silver | Rui Silva Portugal |
| Bronze | Fermín Cacho Spain |

## Results

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

### Round 1

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Fermín Cacho | Spain | 3:38.52 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Andrés Díaz | Spain | 3:38.65 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Matthew Yates | Great Britain | 3:38.97 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Branko Zorko | Croatia | 3:39.31 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Vyacheslav Shabunin | Russia | 3:39.45 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Rüdiger Stenzel | Germany | 3:39.57 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Niall Bruton | Ireland | 3:39.58 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Abdelkader Chékhémani | France | 3:39.73 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Reyes Estévez | Spain | 3:41.53 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | John Mayock | Great Britain | 3:41.69 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Anthony Whiteman | Great Britain | 3:41.71 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Rui Silva | Portugal | 3:41.87 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Gert-Jan Liefers | Netherlands | 3:42.21 | |
| 14 | 1 | Andrey Zadorozhniy | Russia | 3:42.71 | |
| 15 | 1 | Peter Philipp | Switzerland | 3:43.50 | |
| 16 | 1 | Panagiotis Stroubakos | Greece | 3:44.01 | |
| 17 | 2 | Luís Feiteira | Portugal | 3:45.00 | |
| 18 | 1 | Nadir Bosch | France | 3:46.00 | |
| 19 | 1 | Dirk Heinze | Germany | 3:46.13 | |
| 20 | 1 | Darko Radomirović | FR Yugoslavia | 3:46.86 | |
| 21 | 2 | Alexandru Vasile | Romania | 3:46.95 | |
| 22 | 2 | Balázs Tölgyesi | Hungary | 3:47.01 | |
| 23 | 1 | Werner Edler-Muhr | Austria | 3:47.62 | |
| | 2 | Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Reyes Estévez | Spain | 3:41.31 |
| | Rui Silva | Portugal | 3:41.84 |
| | Fermín Cacho | Spain | 3:42.13 |
| 4 | Anthony Whiteman | Great Britain | 3:42.27 |
| 5 | John Mayock | Great Britain | 3:42.58 |
| 6 | Matthew Yates | Great Britain | 3:42.63 |
| 7 | Rüdiger Stenzel | Germany | 3:42.75 |
| 8 | Abdelkader Chékhémani | France | 3:42.92 |
| 9 | Vyacheslav Shabunin | Russia | 3:42.98 |
| 10 | Branko Zorko | Croatia | 3:43.95 |
| 11 | Andrés Díaz | Spain | 3:46.99 |
| 12 | Niall Bruton | Ireland | 3:47.48 |
