2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres

The women's 1500 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 29, 31 August and 2 September.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Maryam Yusuf Jamal
 Bahrain
Iryna Lishchynska
 Ukraine
Daniela Yordanova
 Bulgaria

Note. The silver medal was originally won by Yelena Soboleva of Russia but she was eventually stripped off after being banned for manipulating drug samples..

Schedule

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Date Time Round
August 29, 2007 10:00 Heats
August 31, 2007 19:35 Semifinals
September 2, 2007 20:10 Final

Results

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KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified WR World record AR Area record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli  Morocco 4:09.05 Q
2 1 Maryam Yusuf Jamal  Bahrain 4:09.47 Q
3 1 Lidia Chojecka  Poland 4:09.52 Q
4 1 Iris Fuentes-Pila  Spain 4:09.58 Q
5 1 Hilary Stellingwerff  Canada 4:09.60 Q
6 1 Abby Westley  United Kingdom 4:09.67 Q
7 1 Sarah Jamieson  Australia 4:10.02 q
8 2 Iryna Lishchynska  Ukraine 4:10.03 Q
9 2 Viola Kibiwot  Kenya 4:10.53 Q
10 2 Daniela Yordanova  Bulgaria 4:10.61 Q
10 2 Lisa Dobriskey  United Kingdom 4:10.61 Q
12 1 Natalya Panteleyeva  Russia 4:10.69 q
13 3 Treniere Clement  United States 4:10.85 Q
14 2 Erin Donohue  United States 4:10.89 Q
15 3 Agnes Samaria  Namibia 4:10.96 Q
16 1 Tetyana Holovchenko  Ukraine 4:10.98 q
17 3 Veronica Nyaruai  Kenya 4:11.04 Q
17 3 Sonja Roman  Slovenia 4:11.04 Q
19 3 Lisa Corrigan  Australia 4:11.11 Q
20 3 Nataliya Tobias  Ukraine 4:11.22 q
21 2 Dolores Checa  Spain 4:11.24 q
21 3 Marina Munćan  Serbia 4:11.24 q
23 3 Bouchra Chaabi  Morocco 4:11.51
24 3 Carmen Douma-Hussar  Canada 4:12.10
25 3 Qing Liu  China 4:12.71
26 2 Nahida Touhami  Algeria 4:14.38
27 2 Cristina Vasiloiu  Romania 4:15.43
28 2 Wioletta Frankiewicz  Poland 4:18.59
29 1 Christin Wurth-Thomas  United States 4:20.21
30 3 Mestawot Tadesse  Ethiopia 4:20.46
31 2 Ragnhild Kvarberg  Norway 4:21.22
32 1 Mika Yoshikawa  Japan 4:21.64
33 2 Siham Hilali  Morocco 4:22.12
34 1 Aishath Reesha  Maldives 5:45.25
35 3 Wanumbi Kapia  Democratic Republic of the Congo 5:45.99
- 2 Yuliya Fomenko  Russia DSQ *
- 3 Yelena Soboleva  Russia DSQ *

Note: Both Yuliya Fomenko and Yelena Soboleva originally advanced to the semifinals but were later retrospectively disqualified.

Semifinals

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Qualification: First 5 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Iryna Lishchynska  Ukraine 4:03.84 Q
2 2 Viola Kibiwot  Kenya 4:03.97 Q
3 2 Daniela Yordanova  Bulgaria 4:04.19 Q, SB
4 2 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli  Morocco 4:05.25 Q
5 2 Lidia Chojecka  Poland 4:05.80 q
6 2 Iris Fuentes-Pila  Spain 4:06.99 q, SB
7 2 Marina Munćan  Serbia 4:08.02 NR
8 2 Treniere Clement  United States 4:08.32
9 2 Lisa Dobriskey  United Kingdom 4:08.39
10 2 Sonja Roman  Slovenia 4:08.60 SB
11 2 Lisa Corrigan  Australia 4:08.79
12 1 Maryam Yusuf Jamal  Bahrain 4:14.86 Q
13 1 Natalya Panteleyeva  Russia 4:15.22 Q
14 1 Agnes Samaria  Namibia 4:15.36 Q
15 1 Nataliya Tobias  Ukraine 4:15.43 Q
16 1 Hilary Stellingwerff  Canada 4:15.99
17 1 Sarah Jamieson  Australia 4:16.20
18 1 Abby Westley  United Kingdom 4:16.21
19 1 Erin Donohue  United States 4:16.41
20 1 Tetyana Holovchenko  Ukraine 4:17.97
21 1 Dolores Checa  Spain 4:20.44
22 1 Veronica Nyaruai  Kenya 4:21.50
- 1 Yuliya Fomenko  Russia DSQ *
- 2 Yelena Soboleva  Russia DSQ *

Note: Both Yuliya Fomenko and Yelena Soboleva originally advanced to the final but were later retrospectively disqualified.

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Maryam Yusuf Jamal  Bahrain 3:58.75 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Iryna Lishchynska  Ukraine 4:00.69 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Daniela Yordanova  Bulgaria 4:00.82 SB
4 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli  Morocco 4:01.52 PB
5 Viola Kibiwot  Kenya 4:02.10 PB
6 Agnes Samaria  Namibia 4:07.61 NR
7 Natalya Panteleyeva  Russia 4:07.82
8 Lidia Chojecka  Poland 4:08.64
9 Nataliya Tobias  Ukraine 4:10.56
10 Iris Fuentes-Pila  Spain 4:14.00
- Yuliya Fomenko  Russia DSQ
- Yelena Soboleva  Russia DSQ

Both Yuliya Fomenko and Yelena Soboleva originally participated in the final (with Soboleva finishing in second place), but were later retrospectively disqualified due to doping offences.

References

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