MUNICH, Germany -- France's Mehdi Baala and Spain's Reyes Estevez both thought they won the men's 1,500 meters at the European Athletics Championship after crossing the finish line at the same time.

Both finished in 3 minutes, 45.25 seconds Thursday, and officials apparently awarded both the win.

Estevez celebrated with a victory lap around the course.

With the naked eye it was impossible to discern who won the gold. But after 10 minutes of confusion, officials awarded the win to Baala when advanced timing showed he finished ahead by 0.002 seconds.

"Definitely I'm really disappointed,'' Estevez said. "My only goal was a gold medal. I always run to win. But the race was fair.''

Estevez and fellow Spaniard Jose Antonio Redolat set the early pace and stayed ahead until the final lap, when several runners made their moves. In the final straight, it was a neck-and-neck battle between Baala and Estevez.

That was the most exciting event of the day. Defending triple jump champion Jonathan Edwards lost his title to Sweden's Christian Olsson, who jumped 57 feet, 6 1¼ inches. Edwards settled for third with a jump of 56-10.

World record holder Roman Sebrle of the Czech Republic scored 8,800 points over the grueling two-day decathlon event for his first major title.

German Ingo Schultz won the men's 400 meters in 45.14 to end Britain's 16-year ownership of the title. Russia's Olesya Zykina won the women's 400 meters in 50.45.

Slovenia's Jolanda Ceplak triumphed in the women's 800 meters in 1:57.65. Romania's Ionela Tirlea successfully defended her 400-meter hurdles title in 54.95.

Poland's Robert Korzeniowski set a world best time to retain his 50-kilometer walk title, clocking 3:36:39.

Russia's Yaroslav Rybakov clinched the high jump with a leap of 7-7, and Greece's Mirela Manjani won the women's javelin with a throw of 221-4.