Spain's David Bustos takes the silver medal in the final of the men's 1,500 metres at
the 2016 European Championships. David won the 1,500m bronze medal at the
Championships in 2012.
2016 European Athletics Championships. Amsterdam.
Final of men's 1,500 metres.
| 1. |
Filip Ingebrigtsen |
Norway |
3:46.65 |
| 2. |
David Bustos |
Spain |
3:46.90 |
| 3. |
Henrik Ingebrigtsen |
Norway |
3:47.18 |
| 4. |
Richard Douma |
Netherlands |
3:47.32 |
| 5. |
Florian Carvalho |
France |
3:47.32 |
| 6. |
Lee Emanuel |
Great Britain
|
3:47.57 |
A month later David qualified for the men's 1,500 metres final at the
Rio Olympic Games. As the result below indicates the Rio final was slower
than the one in Amsterdam ! Both were nothing special but David did
what he had to and was rewarded with a European Championships medal
and high placing at the Olympic Games.
2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Men's 1,500 metres final.
| 1. |
Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. |
United States |
3:50.00 |
| 2. |
Taoufik Makhloufi |
Algeria |
3:50.11 |
| 3. |
Nick Willis |
New Zealand |
3:50.24
|
| 4. |
Ayanleh Souleiman |
Djibouti |
3:50.29 |
| 5. |
Abdalaati Iguider |
Morocco |
3:50.58
|
| 6. |
Asbel Kiprop |
Kenya |
3:50.87 |
| 7. |
David Bustos |
Spain |
3:51.06 |
| 8. |
Ben Blankenship |
United States |
3:51.09 |
The winning time of 3:50.00 was the slowest since 1932.
Only five finalist (there were thirteen) failed to beat 3:40 in their semi final - ten seconds
faster than Matthew's winning time !
Earlier in the evening Mo Farah won the 5,000 metres.
Mo's best time for the 1,500 metres. 3:28.81. Need one say more ?