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
Results
Round 1
Qualification: First 4 in each heat and the next 4 fastest advance to the [|Final].
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Fermín Cacho | | 3:38.52 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Andrés Díaz | | 3:38.65 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Matthew Yates | | 3:38.97 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Branko Zorko | | 3:39.31 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Vyacheslav Shabunin | | 3:39.45 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Rüdiger Stenzel | | 3:39.57 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Niall Bruton | | 3:39.58 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Abdelkader Chékhémani | | 3:39.73 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Reyes Estévez | | 3:41.53 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | John Mayock | | 3:41.69 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Anthony Whiteman | | 3:41.71 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Rui Silva | | 3:41.87 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Gert-Jan Liefers | | 3:42.21 | |
| 14 | 1 | Andrey Zadorozhniy | | 3:42.71 | |
| 15 | 1 | Peter Philipp | | 3:43.50 | |
| 16 | 1 | Panagiotis Stroubakos | | 3:44.01 | |
| 17 | 2 | Luís Feiteira | | 3:45.00 | |
| 18 | 1 | Nadir Bosch | | 3:46.00 | |
| 19 | 1 | Dirk Heinze | | 3:46.13 | |
| 20 | 1 | Darko Radomirović | FR Yugoslavia | 3:46.86 | |
| 21 | 2 | Alexandru Vasile | | 3:46.95 | |
| 22 | 2 | Balázs Tölgyesi | | 3:47.01 | |
| 23 | 1 | Werner Edler-Muhr | | 3:47.62 | |
| 2 | Giuseppe D'Urso | | | |
Final
