2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 1500 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. The winning margin was 1.13 seconds.

Medalists

Gold	Gabriela Szabo Romania (ROM)
Silver	Violeta Szekely Romania (ROM)
Bronze	Natalya Gorelova Russia (RUS)

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Süreyya Ayhan	Turkey	4:07.97	Q
2	1	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:08.79	Q
3	1	Mardrea Hyman	Jamaica	4:08.84	Q
4	1	Suzy Favor-Hamilton	United States	4:08.89	Q
5	1	Yuliya Kosenkova	Russia	4:09.17	Q
6	1	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	4:09.86	Q
7	2	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	4:10.77	Q
8	2	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:10.82	Q
9	2	Leah Pells	Canada	4:11.17	Q
10	2	Natalya Gorelova	Russia	4:11.34	Q
11	2	Kathleen Friedrich	Germany	4:11.35	Q
12	2	Daniela Yordanova	Bulgaria	4:12.29	Q
13	2	Lan Lixin	China	4:12.92	q, SB
14	2	Abebech Negussie	Ethiopia	4:13.02	q
15	2	Helen Pattinson	Great Britain	4:13.06	q
16	1	Veerle Dejaeghere	Belgium	4:13.07	q
17	3	Violeta Szekely	Romania	4:13.19	Q
18	3	Hayley Tullett	Great Britain	4:13.60	Q
19	3	Olga Nelyubova	Russia	4:13.61	Q
20	3	Sarah Schwald	United States	4:13.69	Q
21	3	Alesya Turova	Belarus	4:13.72	Q
22	3	Nuria Fernández	Spain	4:13.90	Q
23	3	Sabina Fischer	Switzerland	4:14.34	q
24	1	Nouria Merah-Benida	Algeria	4:15.06	q
25	3	Li Jingnan	China	4:15.30
26	3	Georgie Clarke	Australia	4:15.31
27	1	Irina Krakoviak	Lithuania	4:16.24
28	3	Heidi Jensen	Denmark	4:17.35
29	2	Rene Kalmer	South Africa	4:17.97
30	1	Elena Iagăr	Romania	4:24.72
31	3	Hanane Baala	France	4:29.47
32	1	Lamberte Nyabamikazi	Burundi	4:31.11	NR
33	1	Elisa Vagnini	San Marino	4:40.01
34	2	Evelyn Guerra	Panama	4:44.69
35	3	Sonia Lopes	Cape Verde	5:13.80
36	3	Fatouma Ali	Niger	5:31.57
	1	Iryna Lishchynska	Ukraine	DNF
	2	Regina Jacobs	United States	DNF
	2	Rosa Saul	Angola	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 6 in each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	4:07.40	Q
2	2	Natalya Gorelova	Russia	4:07.47	Q
3	2	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:08.37	Q
4	2	Leah Pells	Canada	4:08.49	Q, SB
5	2	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	4:08.49	Q
6	2	Mardrea Hyman	Jamaica	4:08.58	Q
7	2	Sabina Fischer	Switzerland	4:09.66
8	1	Violeta Szekely	Romania	4:10.30	Q
9	1	Süreyya Ayhan	Turkey	4:10.36	Q
10	2	Lan Lixin	China	4:11.09	SB
11	1	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:11.23	Q
12	1	Alesya Turova	Belarus	4:11.43	Q
13	1	Nuria Fernández	Spain	4:11.44	Q
14	1	Yuliya Kosenkova	Russia	4:11.46	Q
15	1	Sarah Schwald	United States	4:11.74
16	2	Hayley Tullett	Great Britain	4:13.95
17	1	Veerle Dejaeghere	Belgium	4:15.70
18	1	Helen Pattinson	Great Britain	4:16.39
19	2	Abebech Negussie	Ethiopia	4:29.57
	1	Daniela Yordanova	Bulgaria	DNF
	1	Kathleen Friedrich	Germany	DNF
	2	Suzy Favor-Hamilton	United States	DNF
	1	Olga Nelyubova	Russia	DNS
	1	Nouria Merah-Benida	Algeria	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	4:00.57	SB
	Violeta Szekely	Romania	4:01.70
	Natalya Gorelova	Russia	4:02.40
4	Carla Sacramento	Portugal	4:03.96
5	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	4:06.70
6	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	4:07.10
7	Alesya Turova	Belarus	4:07.25	SB
8	Süreyya Ayhan	Turkey	4:08.17
9	Yuliya Kosenkova	Russia	4:08.84
10	Mardrea Hyman	Jamaica	4:12.48
11	Leah Pells	Canada	4:15.34
12	Nuria Fernández	Spain	4:17.86

References

• Finals Results
• Semi-finals results
• Heats results