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
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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 Ewerlöf	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 Kühnemund	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 Ewerlöf	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 Ewerlöf	Sweden	4:08.68
11	Robyn Meagher	Canada	4:10.83
12	Małgorzata Rydz	Poland	4:13.25

References

• Results
• IAAF