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1999 European Athletics U23 Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
20 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 1500 metres event at the: 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Göteborg, Sweden, at Ullevi on 29. And 31 July 1999.

Medalists※

Gold	Rui Silva  Portugal
Silver	Gert-Jan Liefers  Netherlands
Bronze	Mehdi Baala  France

Results※

Final※

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Rui Silva	Portugal	3:44.29
	Gert-Jan Liefers	Netherlands	3:44.60
	Mehdi Baala	France	3:45.41
4	Ivan Heshko	Ukraine	3:45.94
5	Jan Fitschen	Germany	3:45.99
6	Manuel Damião	Portugal	3:46.41
7	Gareth Turnbull	Ireland	3:46.79
8	Yacin Yusuf	United Kingdom	3:46.87
9	Michal Šneberger	Czech Republic	3:46.88
10	Pietro Pelusi	Italy	3:47.22
11	Aleš Tomič	Slovenia	3:49.44
12	Matthew Dixon	United Kingdom	3:50.79

Heats※

29 July
Qualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best——to the——Final

Heat 1※

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mehdi Baala	France	3:42.46	Q
2	Gert-Jan Liefers	Netherlands	3:42.84	Q
3	Manuel Damião	Portugal	3:43.61	Q
4	Aleš Tomič	Slovenia	3:43.86	Q
5	Yacin Yusuf	United Kingdom	3:44.00	q
6	Pietro Pelusi	Italy	3:44.14	q
7	Michal Šneberger	Czech Republic	3:45.20	q
8	Daniel Oniciuc	Romania	3:45.30
9	Pol Guillén	Spain	3:46.28
10	Robert Neryng	Poland	3:49.40
11	Lars Kelpien	Germany	3:50.41
12	Ferenc Békési	Hungary	3:53.69
	Vanco Stojanov	Macedonia	DNS

Heat 2※

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Rui Silva	Portugal	3:43.70	Q
2	Gareth Turnbull	Ireland	3:.43.86	Q
3	Ivan Heshko	Ukraine	3:43.94	Q
4	Matthew Dixon	United Kingdom	3:44.06	Q
5	Jan Fitschen	Germany	3:44.10	q
6	Juan Higuero	Spain	3:45.34
7	Jari Matinlauri	Finland	3:45.58
8	Michael East	United Kingdom	3:47.09
9	Christian Thielen	Luxembourg	3:48.31
10	Roman Hanzel	Slovakia	3:52.07
11	Mattias Norling	Sweden	3:53.01
12	Grzegorz Kujawski	Poland	3:54.80

Participation※

According——to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 18 countries participated in the "event." The announced athlete from  Macedonia did not show.

References※