These are the results of the Women's 1500 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics

1997 World Championships in Athletics

The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations...

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Medalists

Gold	Carla Sacramento Carla Sacramento Carla Cristina Paquete Sacramento, OIH is a middle distance runner from Portugal.-Biography:Carla Sacramento has won medals at a variety of distances but her speciality is the 1500 m... Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...  (POR)
Silver	Regina Jacobs Regina Jacobs Regina Jacobs is an American former middle distance runner from Los Angeles. After graduating from Stanford University she represented the USA in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, before ending her career in disgrace after a positive drug test.Jacobs took... United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...  (USA)
Bronze	Anita Weyermann Anita Weyermann Anita Weyermann is a former middle distance runner from Switzerland.She won the 1998 Eurocross meeting. In the 1999 season she began with a win at the Belfast International Cross Country and went on to take the gold at the European Cross Country Championships.Weyermann retired from professional... Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....  (SUI)

Heats

First 6 of each Heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Kutre Dulecha Kutre Dulecha Kutre Dulecha is a middle distance runner from Ethiopia. She mainly competes in 1500 metres, where she set a world junior record in 1997. She became world indoor champion in 2004, Ethiopia's first ever women's 1500 m medalist at the championships...		4:07.70	Q
	2	Regina Jacobs Regina Jacobs Regina Jacobs is an American former middle distance runner from Los Angeles. After graduating from Stanford University she represented the USA in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, before ending her career in disgrace after a positive drug test.Jacobs took...		4:07.90	Q
	2	Maite Zúñiga Maite Zúñiga Maite Zúñiga Domínguez is a retired Spanish middle distance runner.-Achievements:-External links:...		4:08.09	Q, SB
	2	Theresia Kiesl Theresia Kiesl Theresia Kiesl is a retired Austrian middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:00.75 min *1500 metres - 4:03.02 min - Austrian record...		4:08.13	Q
	2	Joanne Pavey	United Kingdom	4:08.23	Q
	2	Anita Weyermann Anita Weyermann Anita Weyermann is a former middle distance runner from Switzerland.She won the 1998 Eurocross meeting. In the 1999 season she began with a win at the Belfast International Cross Country and went on to take the gold at the European Cross Country Championships.Weyermann retired from professional...		4:08.30	Q
	2	Margarita Marusova		4:08.45	q
	2	Kathy Butler Kathy Butler Kathy Butler is a Scottish long-distance runner who competes in the 10000 metres and Marathon, as well as cross country running and Road running .Kathy lives in Nederland, Colorado Kathy is the track coach at Nederland High School....		4:08.87	q
	1	Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan in Cobh, County Cork. She began her running career in Ballymore Running Club which is located in the eastern side of Cobh Town. She was one of the world's leading female 5000 m runners for most of the 1990s and early first decade of the 21st century...		4:08.90	Q
10	1	Olga Nelyubova		4:09.02	Q
11	1	Leah Pells Leah Pells Leah Marlee Pells is a retired female track and field athlete from Canada, who competed in the middle distance events and was once ranked first in the world in the 1500 metres. She represented Canada at three consecutive Summer Olympics, from in 1992 to 2000. Pells finished fourth in the 1500...		4:09.25	Q
12	1	Malin Ewerlof		4:09.28	Q
13	1	Carmen Wustenhagen		4:09.34	Q
14	2	Andrea Šuldesová		4:09.49	q
15	3	Suzy Hamilton		4:10.12	Q
16	3	Carla Sacramento Carla Sacramento Carla Cristina Paquete Sacramento, OIH is a middle distance runner from Portugal.-Biography:Carla Sacramento has won medals at a variety of distances but her speciality is the 1500 m...		4:10.13	Q
17	3	Małgorzata Rydz		4:10.17	Q, SB
18	3	Svetlana Masterkova Svetlana Masterkova Svetlana Alexandrovna Masterkova is a Russian former middle distance runner and current world record holder for the mile. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in both the 800 and 1,500 metres....		4:10.22	Q
19	3	Margaret Crowley Margaret Crowley (athlete) Margaret Crowley is a retired Australian runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.She finished fifth at the 1996 Olympic Games. She also competed at the 1997 World Championships and the 2000 Olympic Games without reaching the final....		4:10.23	Q
20	3	Patricia Djaté-Taillard		4:10.37	Q
21	3	Robyn Meagher		4:10.44	q
22	3	Sinead Delahunty		4:10.45	q
23	3	Natalya Ivanova Natalya Ivanova Natalya Nikolaevna Ivanova is a Russian hurdler. She finished fifth in the 400m hurdles final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.She also ran in the heats for Russia's 4 x 400m relay team in the 2004 Olympics...		4:10.79	q
24	1	Frederique Quentin		4:11.10	Q
25	3	Sylvia Kuhnemund		4:11.21
26	3	Monika Ronnholm-Kinnunen		4:11.71
27	1	Karolina Skourti		4:11.88
28	2	Tatyana Belovol		4:12.17
29	1	Nouria Mérah-Benida Nouria Mérah-Benida Nouria Mérah-Benida is an Algerian middle distance runner.At the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg Mérah-Benida won silver medals in both 800 metres and 1500 metres. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney she won a somewhat surprising gold medal ahead of Romanians Violeta Szekely and Gabriela...		4:12.21
30	2	Helena Javornik Helena Javornik Helena Javornik is a Slovenian long-distance runner who has specialized in all distances from 1500 metres to the marathon race....		4:16.21
31	1	Sarah Thorsett Sarah Thorsett Sarah Thorsett is a retired female middle distance runner from the United States, who competed in the 1990s for her the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and for the United States. As a collegiate runner, she was a six time All American, and a member of two national champion 4x800 meter relay teams...		4:17.07
32	1	Samira Raïf		4:19.54
33	3	Shura Hotesa		4:21.27

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Kelly Holmes

Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE, MBE is a retired British middle distance athlete. She specialised in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events and won a gold medal for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...

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Semifinals

First 5 of each Heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Olga Nelyubova		4:00.67	Q, PB
	1	Carla Sacramento Carla Sacramento Carla Cristina Paquete Sacramento, OIH is a middle distance runner from Portugal.-Biography:Carla Sacramento has won medals at a variety of distances but her speciality is the 1500 m...		4:00.69	Q, SB
	1	Regina Jacobs Regina Jacobs Regina Jacobs is an American former middle distance runner from Los Angeles. After graduating from Stanford University she represented the USA in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, before ending her career in disgrace after a positive drug test.Jacobs took...		4:00.97	Q
	1	Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan in Cobh, County Cork. She began her running career in Ballymore Running Club which is located in the eastern side of Cobh Town. She was one of the world's leading female 5000 m runners for most of the 1990s and early first decade of the 21st century...		4:05.31	Q, SB
	1	Anita Weyermann Anita Weyermann Anita Weyermann is a former middle distance runner from Switzerland.She won the 1998 Eurocross meeting. In the 1999 season she began with a win at the Belfast International Cross Country and went on to take the gold at the European Cross Country Championships.Weyermann retired from professional...		4:05.71	Q
	1	Maite Zúñiga Maite Zúñiga Maite Zúñiga Domínguez is a retired Spanish middle distance runner.-Achievements:-External links:...		4:06.66	q, SB
	2	Malin Ewerlof		4:06.75	Q
	2	Leah Pells Leah Pells Leah Marlee Pells is a retired female track and field athlete from Canada, who competed in the middle distance events and was once ranked first in the world in the 1500 metres. She represented Canada at three consecutive Summer Olympics, from in 1992 to 2000. Pells finished fourth in the 1500...		4:06.76	Q, SB
	1	Małgorzata Rydz		4:06.86	q, SB
10	2	Kutre Dulecha Kutre Dulecha Kutre Dulecha is a middle distance runner from Ethiopia. She mainly competes in 1500 metres, where she set a world junior record in 1997. She became world indoor champion in 2004, Ethiopia's first ever women's 1500 m medalist at the championships...		4:06.90	Q
11	2	Andrea Šuldesová		4:07.02	Q, PB
12	2	Robyn Meagher		4:07.06	Q, SB
13	2	Suzy Hamilton		4:07.19
14	2	Sinead Delahunty		4:07.46	SB
15	1	Kathy Butler Kathy Butler Kathy Butler is a Scottish long-distance runner who competes in the 10000 metres and Marathon, as well as cross country running and Road running .Kathy lives in Nederland, Colorado Kathy is the track coach at Nederland High School....		4:07.68	PB
16	2	Theresia Kiesl Theresia Kiesl Theresia Kiesl is a retired Austrian middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:00.75 min *1500 metres - 4:03.02 min - Austrian record...		4:07.89
17	2	Margaret Crowley Margaret Crowley (athlete) Margaret Crowley is a retired Australian runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.She finished fifth at the 1996 Olympic Games. She also competed at the 1997 World Championships and the 2000 Olympic Games without reaching the final....		4:10.37
18	1	Natalya Ivanova Natalya Ivanova Natalya Nikolaevna Ivanova is a Russian hurdler. She finished fifth in the 400m hurdles final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.She also ran in the heats for Russia's 4 x 400m relay team in the 2004 Olympics...		4:10.39
19	1	Patricia Djaté-Taillard		4:10.85
20	1	Joanne Pavey	United Kingdom	4:11.22
21	2	Margarita Marusova		4:14.98
22	1	Carmen Wustenhagen		4:15.08
23	2	Frederique Quentin		4:16.15
24	2	Svetlana Masterkova Svetlana Masterkova Svetlana Alexandrovna Masterkova is a Russian former middle distance runner and current world record holder for the mile. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in both the 800 and 1,500 metres....		4:22.74

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Carla Sacramento Carla Sacramento Carla Cristina Paquete Sacramento, OIH is a middle distance runner from Portugal.-Biography:Carla Sacramento has won medals at a variety of distances but her speciality is the 1500 m...		4:04.24	SB
	Regina Jacobs Regina Jacobs Regina Jacobs is an American former middle distance runner from Los Angeles. After graduating from Stanford University she represented the USA in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, before ending her career in disgrace after a positive drug test.Jacobs took...		4:04.63
	Anita Weyermann Anita Weyermann Anita Weyermann is a former middle distance runner from Switzerland.She won the 1998 Eurocross meeting. In the 1999 season she began with a win at the Belfast International Cross Country and went on to take the gold at the European Cross Country Championships.Weyermann retired from professional...		4:04.70	SB
	Maite Zúñiga Maite Zúñiga Maite Zúñiga Domínguez is a retired Spanish middle distance runner.-Achievements:-External links:...		4:04.80	SB
	Leah Pells Leah Pells Leah Marlee Pells is a retired female track and field athlete from Canada, who competed in the middle distance events and was once ranked first in the world in the 1500 metres. She represented Canada at three consecutive Summer Olympics, from in 1992 to 2000. Pells finished fourth in the 1500...		4:06.18	SB
	Andrea Šuldesová		4:06.33	PB
	Olga Nelyubova		4:07.34
	Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan in Cobh, County Cork. She began her running career in Ballymore Running Club which is located in the eastern side of Cobh Town. She was one of the world's leading female 5000 m runners for most of the 1990s and early first decade of the 21st century...		4:07.81
	Kutre Dulecha Kutre Dulecha Kutre Dulecha is a middle distance runner from Ethiopia. She mainly competes in 1500 metres, where she set a world junior record in 1997. She became world indoor champion in 2004, Ethiopia's first ever women's 1500 m medalist at the championships...		4:08.15
10	Malin Ewerlof		4:08.68
11	Robyn Meagher		4:10.83
12	Małgorzata Rydz		4:13.25