2003 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres event at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadion on 17 and 19 July.^[1][2][3][4]

Medalists

Gold	Olesya Chumakova  Russia
Silver	Lisa Dobriskey  United Kingdom
Bronze	Ingvill Måkestad  Norway

Results

Final

19 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Olesya Chumakova	Russia	4:11.75
	Lisa Dobriskey	United Kingdom	4:12.95
	Ingvill Måkestad	Norway	4:13.58
4	Johanna Nilsson	Sweden	4:13.64
5	Christina Carruzzo	Switzerland	4:15.15
6	Yelena Soboleva	Russia	4:15.22
7	Marina Munćan	Serbia and Montenegro	4:15.32
8	Natalie Lewis	United Kingdom	4:15.47
9	Irene Alfonso	Spain	4:15.55
10	Julie Coulaud	France	4:18.09
11	Louise Whittaker	United Kingdom	4:22.93
	Rasa Drazdauskaitė	Lithuania	DQ†	Doping

^†: Rasa Drazdauskaitė ranked initially 2nd (4:12.16), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.^[5]

Heats

17 July
Qualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Final

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Louise Whittaker	United Kingdom	4:15.31	Q
2	Yelena Soboleva	Russia	4:15.37	Q
3	Lisa Dobriskey	United Kingdom	4:15.43	Q
4	Julie Coulaud	France	4:15.68	q
5	Iryna Vashchuk	Ukraine	4:15.98
6	Nastassia Staravoitava	Belarus	4:16.01
7	Katarzyna Czubska	Poland	4:18.13
8	Ragnhild Kvarberg	Norway	4:19.19
9	Joanna Podolska	Poland	4:19.65
10	Daniela Cîmpanu	Romania	4:23.45
11	Daniela Kuleska	North Macedonia	4:24.90
12	Kajsa Haglund	Sweden	4:28.05
	Rasa Drazdauskaitė	Lithuania	DQ	Q†

^†: Rasa Drazdauskaitė initially reached the final (4:14.90), but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules.^[5]

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Olesya Chumakova	Russia	4:13.79	Q
2	Natalie Lewis	United Kingdom	4:14.10	Q
3	Ingvill Måkestad	Norway	4:15.11	Q
4	Marina Munćan	Serbia and Montenegro	4:15.28	Q
5	Irene Alfonso	Spain	4:15.43	q
6	Christina Carruzzo	Switzerland	4:15.88	q
7	Johanna Nilsson	Sweden	4:15.95	q
8	Monika Augustin-Vogel	Switzerland	4:16.28
9	Angela Rinicella	Italy	4:16.67
10	Irina Latve	Latvia	4:19.09
11	Corine van Beek	Netherlands	4:21.10
12	Mieke Geens	Belgium	4:27.68

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

•  Belarus (1)
•  Belgium (1)
•  France (1)
•  Italy (1)
•  Latvia (1)
•  Lithuania (1)
•  North Macedonia (1)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  Norway (2)
•  Poland (2)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (2)
•  Serbia and Montenegro (1)
•  Spain (1)
•  Sweden (2)
•   Switzerland (2)
•  Ukraine (1)
•  United Kingdom (3)