2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The Women's 1500 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships

2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, UK from 14 March to 16 March 2003. It was the first time the Championships had been held in the UK...

was held on March 15–16.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
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...	Kelly Holmes 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... United Kingdom	Yekaterina Rozenberg Yekaterina Rozenberg Yekaterina Rozenberg, née Noskova is a retired Russian runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. She won the bronze medal at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but has not competed since the 2003 season. Her personal bests were both set that season, with 1:59.98 min over 800 metres and...

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	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...		4:09.06	Q
	3	Elena Antoci		4:09.34	Q, SB
	3	Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi is a Moroccan middle distance athlete.She first came to international prominence at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, winning a surprise silver medal behind Kelly Holmes. She repeated this feat by winning silver at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki,...		4:09.37	q
	3	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...		4:09.65	q
	2	Alesia Turava Alesia Turava Alesia Turava is a Belarusian middle distance runner. She is a former world record holder in 3000 metre steeplechase with 9:16.51 minutes, achieved in Gdansk on 27 July 2002...		4:09.93	Q
	2	Kelly Holmes 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...	United Kingdom	4:09.99	Q
	2	Natalya Gorelova Natalya Gorelova Natalya Gorelova, née Zaytseva is a Russian middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...		4:10.17	q
	1	Iryna Lishchynska Iryna Lishchynska Iryna Lishchynska , née Nedelenko is a Ukrainian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 1:59.15 min...		4:10.28	Q
	1	Yekaterina Rozenberg Yekaterina Rozenberg Yekaterina Rozenberg, née Noskova is a retired Russian runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. She won the bronze medal at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but has not competed since the 2003 season. Her personal bests were both set that season, with 1:59.98 min over 800 metres and...		4:10.28	Q
10	1	Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres....		4:10.51
11	3	Nelya Neporadna Nelya Neporadna Nelya Neporadna is a Ukrainian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.She finished eleventh at the 2003 World Championships in Paris and won the 2004 World Junior Championships in Grosseto....		4:10.77
12	3	Zulema Fuentes-Pila Zulema Fuentes-Pila Zulema Fuentes-Pila Ortíz is a Spanish middle distance runner.She finished eighth in 1500 metres at the 2002 European Indoor Championships...		4:12.03	PB
13	1	Judit Varga Judit Varga Judit Varga is a Hungarian middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...		4:12.48
14	1	Abir Nakhli		4:13.83	NR Tunisian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Tunisia maintained by Tunisia's national athletics federation: Fédération Tunisienne d'Athlétisme .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not officially ratified-External links:...
15	1	Sarah Schwald Sarah Schwald Sarah Schwald is an American distance runner.-Collegiate career:After winning the 1500 meters at the 1989 USA Junior Championships, Schwald enrolled at the University of Arkansas where she ran both cross county and track.During her four years at Arkansas, Schwald won the 3000 meters at the 1995...		4:14.13
16	2	Maria Cioncan Maria Cioncan Maria Cioncan was a middle distance runner from Romania, best known for winning a bronze medal in the 1500 metres event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Born in Maieru, she set personal bests in both 800 and 1500 metres during the games...		4:14.52
17	1	Hayley Ovens	United Kingdom	4:15.25
18	2	Emmanuelle Bossert		4:15.82
19	2	Seloua Ouaziz		4:16.53	PB
20	1	Aurélie Coulaud		4:16.72
21	2	Konstadina Efedaki		4:17.15
22	2	Sonja Roman Sonja Roman Sonja Roman is a Slovenian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She is the national record holder in the event....		4:18.09
23	3	Fatma Lanouar Fatma Lanouar Fatma Lanouar is a former female middle distance runner from Tunisia. She is best known for twice winning the gold medal at the Mediterranean Games in the women's 1500 metres. Lanouar set her personal best in the 1,500 metres in 2000. She was also the silver medallist at the 2001 Jeux de la...		4:18.45
24	3	Anna Jakubczak Anna Jakubczak Anna Jakubczak is a Polish middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:800 metres - 2:00.78 min 1500 metres - 4:00.15 min *3000 metres - 9:17.75 min -External links:...		4:18.56
25	1	Maria Lynch		4:21.44
26	2	Eva Arias		4:21.58

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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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...		4:01.67	CR
	Kelly Holmes 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...	United Kingdom	4:02.66	NR British records in athletics British records in athletics are the best performances in athletics events by athletes representing the United Kingdom which are ratified by the Amateur Athletic Association and the British Amateur Athletic Board .-History:...
	Yekaterina Rozenberg Yekaterina Rozenberg Yekaterina Rozenberg, née Noskova is a retired Russian runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. She won the bronze medal at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but has not competed since the 2003 season. Her personal bests were both set that season, with 1:59.98 min over 800 metres and...		4:02.80
4	Natalya Gorelova Natalya Gorelova Natalya Gorelova, née Zaytseva is a Russian middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...		4:06.18
5	Iryna Lishchynska Iryna Lishchynska Iryna Lishchynska , née Nedelenko is a Ukrainian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 1:59.15 min...		4:07.19	PB
6	Elena Antoci		4:07.44	SB
7	Alesia Turava Alesia Turava Alesia Turava is a Belarusian middle distance runner. She is a former world record holder in 3000 metre steeplechase with 9:16.51 minutes, achieved in Gdansk on 27 July 2002...		4:08.20
8	Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi is a Moroccan middle distance athlete.She first came to international prominence at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, winning a surprise silver medal behind Kelly Holmes. She repeated this feat by winning silver at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki,...		4:09.03
9	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...		4:11.15

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