2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres

The Women's 1500 metres event at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships

2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Budapest Arena, Hungary between March 5 and March 7, 2004...

was held on March 5–6.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
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...	Carmen Douma-Hussar	Gulnara Galkina

Heat

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	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...		4:08.23	Q
	1	Gulnara Galkina		4:08.48	Q
	1	Daniela Yordanova Daniela Yordanova Daniela Yordanova is a Bulgarian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She tested positive for testosterone in an out-of-competition doping test in Sofia on 13 June 2008, which eventually got her kicked out of the 2008 Summer Olympics...		4:08.50	Q, SB
	1	Nataliya Tobias Nataliya Tobias Nataliya Viktorivna Tobias , née Sydorenko is a female middle distance runner from Ukraine, who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:She also competed at the 2004 Olympics....		4:08.96	q, PB
	1	Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres....		4:09.01	q, SB
	1	Carmen Douma-Hussar		4:09.28	q, NR
	1	Judit Varga Judit Varga Judit Varga is a Hungarian middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...		4:10.71
	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	4:11.15	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...		4:11.36	Q
10	2	Yuliya Kosenkova Yuliya Kosenkova Yuliya Kosenkova is a former Russian middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:800 metres - 2:00.2 min 1500 metres - 4:03.66 min *One mile - 4:29.32 min...		4:11.37	Q
11	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....		4:11.72	PB
12	1	Nuria Fernández Nuria Fernández Nuria Fernández Domínguez is a Spanish middle distance runner. She specializes in the 1500 metres and is the Spanish record holder in the mile run and the 1500 m indoors....		4:11.95	PB
13	2	Natalia Rodríguez Natalia Rodríguez (athlete) Natalia Rodríguez Martínez is a Spanish middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She represented Spain at the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004 and 2008....		4:13.52
14	2	Andrea Suldesová		4:13.66
15	1	Latifa Essarokh		4:13.74	PB
16	2	Alina Cucerzan		4:15.58
17	1	Konstadina Efedaki		4:18.58
18	2	Jenelle Deatherage		4:20.21
19	2	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....		4:22.24

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Mardrea Hyman

Mardrea Hyman is a Jamaican runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 1:59.71 min *1500 metres - 4:05.25 min *Mile run - 4:33.90 min...

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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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...		4:06.40
	Carmen Douma-Hussar		4:08.18	NR
	Gulnara Galkina		4:08.26
4	Daniela Yordanova Daniela Yordanova Daniela Yordanova is a Bulgarian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She tested positive for testosterone in an out-of-competition doping test in Sofia on 13 June 2008, which eventually got her kicked out of the 2008 Summer Olympics...		4:08.52
5	Nataliya Tobias Nataliya Tobias Nataliya Viktorivna Tobias , née Sydorenko is a female middle distance runner from Ukraine, who specializes in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:She also competed at the 2004 Olympics....		4:09.03
6	Yuliya Kosenkova Yuliya Kosenkova Yuliya Kosenkova is a former Russian middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:800 metres - 2:00.2 min 1500 metres - 4:03.66 min *One mile - 4:29.32 min...		4:09.32
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...		4:09.81
8	Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres....		4:10.32
9	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	4:12.30

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