1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

Events at the 1997 World 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
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the results of the Women's 1500 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece. The event was held on 2, 3 and 5 August.

Medalists

Gold	Carla Sacramento Portugal (POR)
Silver	Regina Jacobs United States (USA)
Bronze	Anita Weyermann Switzerland (SUI)

Results

Heats

First 6 of each Heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	4:07.70	Q
2	2	Regina Jacobs	United States	4:07.90	Q
3	2	Maite Zúñiga	Spain	4:08.09	Q, SB
4	2	Theresia Kiesl	Austria	4:08.13	Q
5	2	Joanne Pavey	Great Britain	4:08.23	Q
6	2	Anita Weyermann	Switzerland	4:08.30	Q
7	2	Margarita Marusova	Russia	4:08.45	q
8	2	Kathy Butler	Canada	4:08.87	q
9	1	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	4:08.90	Q
10	1	Olga Nelyubova	Russia	4:09.02	Q
11	1	Leah Pells	Canada	4:09.25	Q
12	1	Malin Ewerlof	Sweden	4:09.28	Q
13	1	Carmen Wustenhagen	Germany	4:09.34	Q
14	2	Andrea Šuldesová	Czech Republic	4:09.49	q
15	3	Suzy Hamilton	United States	4:10.12	Q
16	3	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:10.13	Q
17	3	Małgorzata Rydz	Poland	4:10.17	Q, SB
18	3	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	4:10.22	Q
19	3	Margaret Crowley	Australia	4:10.23	Q
20	3	Patricia Djaté-Taillard	France	4:10.37	Q
21	3	Robyn Meagher	Canada	4:10.44	q
22	3	Sinead Delahunty	Ireland	4:10.45	q
23	3	Natalya Ivanova	Ukraine	4:10.79	q
24	1	Frederique Quentin	France	4:11.10	Q
25	3	Sylvia Kuhnemund	Germany	4:11.21
26	3	Monika Rönnholm-Kinnunen	Finland	4:11.71
27	1	Karolina Skourti	Greece	4:11.88
28	2	Tatyana Belovol	Ukraine	4:12.17
29	1	Nouria Mérah-Benida	Algeria	4:12.21
30	2	Helena Javornik	Slovenia	4:16.21
31	1	Sarah Thorsett	United States	4:17.07
32	1	Samira Raïf	Morocco	4:19.54
33	3	Shura Hotesa	Ethiopia	4:21.27
	1	Kelly Holmes	Great Britain	DNF
	2	Natalia Al Farran	Lebanon	DNS

Semifinals

First 5 of each Heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Olga Nelyubova	Russia	4:00.67	Q, PB
2	1	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:00.69	Q, SB
3	1	Regina Jacobs	United States	4:00.97	Q
4	1	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	4:05.31	Q, SB
5	1	Anita Weyermann	Switzerland	4:05.71	Q
6	1	Maite Zúñiga	Spain	4:06.66	q, SB
7	2	Malin Ewerlof	Sweden	4:06.75	Q
8	2	Leah Pells	Canada	4:06.76	Q, SB
9	1	Małgorzata Rydz	Poland	4:06.86	q, SB
10	2	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	4:06.90	Q
11	2	Andrea Šuldesová	Czech Republic	4:07.02	Q, PB
12	2	Robyn Meagher	Canada	4:07.06	Q, SB
13	2	Suzy Hamilton	United States	4:07.19
14	2	Sinead Delahunty	Ireland	4:07.46	SB
15	1	Kathy Butler	Canada	4:07.68	PB
16	2	Theresia Kiesl	Austria	4:07.89
17	2	Margaret Crowley	Australia	4:10.37
18	1	Natalya Ivanova	Ukraine	4:10.39
19	1	Patricia Djaté-Taillard	France	4:10.85
20	1	Joanne Pavey	Great Britain	4:11.22
21	2	Margarita Marusova	Russia	4:14.98
22	1	Carmen Wustenhagen	Germany	4:15.08
23	2	Frederique Quentin	France	4:16.15
24	2	Svetlana Masterkova	Russia	4:22.74

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:04.24	SB
	Regina Jacobs	United States	4:04.63
	Anita Weyermann	Switzerland	4:04.70	SB
4	Maite Zúñiga	Spain	4:04.80	SB
5	Leah Pells	Canada	4:06.18	SB
6	Andrea Šuldesová	Czech Republic	4:06.33	PB
7	Olga Nelyubova	Russia	4:07.34
8	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	4:07.81
9	Kutre Dulecha	Ethiopia	4:08.15
10	Malin Ewerlof	Sweden	4:08.68
11	Robyn Meagher	Canada	4:10.83
12	Małgorzata Rydz	Poland	4:13.25

References

• Results
• IAAF