2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 14 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kalkidan Gezahegne  Ethiopia	Natalia Rodríguez  Spain	Gelete Burka  Ethiopia

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record	Yelena Soboleva (RUS)	3:58.28	Moscow, Russia	18 February 2006
Championship record	Gelete Burka (ETH)	3:59.75	Valencia, Spain	9 March 2008
World Leading	Gelete Burka (ETH)	4:03.44	Stuttgart, Germany	6 February 2010
African record	Gelete Burka (ETH)	3:59.75	Valencia, Spain	9 March 2008
Asian record	Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR)	3:59.79	Valencia, Spain	9 March 2008
European record	Yelena Soboleva (RUS)	3:58.28	Moscow, Russia	18 February 2006
North and Central American and Caribbean record	Regina Jacobs (USA)	3:59.98	Boston, United States	1 February 2003
Oceanian Record	Sarah Jamieson (AUS)	4:11.08	Boston, United States	7 February 2009
South American record	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)	4:14.05	Budapest, Hungary	12 February 1992

Qualification standards

Indoor	Outdoor
4:15.00 or 4:32.00 (Mile)	4:04.00 or 4:22.00 (Mile)

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 12, 2010	16:30	Heats
March 14, 2010	16:45	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Kalkidan Gezahegne	Ethiopia	4:08.91	Q
2	2	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	4:09.19	Q
3	2	Sylwia Ejdys	Poland	4:09.23	Q
4	2	Erin Donohue	United States	4:10.12	q, PB
5	1	Gelete Burka	Ethiopia	4:12.08	Q
DQ	1	Anna Alminova	Russia	4:12.50	Doping
6	1	Sarah Bowman	United States	4:12.91	Q, PB
7	2	Natallia Kareiva	Belarus	4:12.91	q
8	1	Helen Clitheroe	Great Britain	4:13.97	q
9	1	Fanjanteino Félix	France	4:14.62
10	2	Yevgeniya Zolotova	Russia	4:15.33
11	1	Irene Jelagat	Kenya	4:15.63	q
12	2	Kelly McNeice-Reid	Ireland	4:16.26
13	2	Charlotte Best	Great Britain	4:16.40
14	2	Nicole Edwards	Canada	4:16.46
15	1	Roseanne Galligan	Ireland	4:17.04
16	1	Ulrika Johansson	Sweden	4:22.94
	1	Eliane Saholinirina	Madagascar	DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kalkidan Gezahegne	Ethiopia	4:08.14
	Natalia Rodríguez	Spain	4:08.30
	Gelete Burka	Ethiopia	4:08.39
4	Sylwia Ejdys	Poland	4:09.24
5	Irene Jelagat	Kenya	4:09.57	PB
6	Erin Donohue	United States	4:09.59	PB
DQ	Anna Alminova	Russia	4:09.81	Doping
7	Helen Clitheroe	Great Britain	4:10.38
8	Sarah Bowman	United States	4:10.72	PB
9	Natallia Kareiva	Belarus	4:12.76