The women's 1500 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi

Ullevi

Ullevi is a stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. The stadium was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then Ullevi has also hosted the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and the 2006 European Championships in Athletics, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals in 1983 and 1990, the UEFA Euro 1992...

 on August 11 and August 13.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tatyana Tomashova Tatyana Tomashova Tatyana Ivanovna Tomashova is a Russian middle distance runner. At the 2000 Summer Olympics she competed in 5000 metres, but she has participated in shorter races since, now competing mainly in the 1500 metres...	Yuliya Chizhenko	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...

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 11, 2006	10:45	Semifinals
August 13, 2006	15:55	Final

Results

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

Semifinals

First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	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...		4:05.72	Q, SB
	1	Yuliya Chizhenko		4:05.74	Q
	1	Tatyana Tomashova Tatyana Tomashova Tatyana Ivanovna Tomashova is a Russian middle distance runner. At the 2000 Summer Olympics she competed in 5000 metres, but she has participated in shorter races since, now competing mainly in the 1500 metres...		4:05.81	Q
	2	Yelena Soboleva Yelena Soboleva Yelena Vladimirovna Soboleva is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.In February 2008 she established a new world indoor record of 3:58.05 seconds in a race in Moscow, and in March 2008 she beat her own world record in Valencia...		4:05.81	Q
	1	Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres....		4:06.10	Q
	1	Corina Dumbrăvean Corina Dumbravean Corina Dumbrăvean is a Romanian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.She finished second at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Madrid and sixth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow...		4:06.37	Q, SB
	2	Hind Dehiba Hind Dehiba Hind Dehiba is a Moroccan-French runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.Her first podium finish at the 2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships came with controversy. She took the bronze medal but impeded fourth-placed Helen Clitheroe in the final stages of the 1500 m...		4:06.63	Q
	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....		4:06.82	q
	2	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...		4:06.84	Q
10	2	Helen Clitheroe Helen Clitheroe Helen Teresa Clitheroe is a British middle- and long-distance runner coached by Trevor Painter. She competed in the 1500 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...		4:07.28	q
11	1	Maria Martins Maria Martins Maria Martins is a French middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 and 3000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:02.83 min *1500 metres - 4:04.55 min...		4:08.07	q, SB
12	1	Tetyana Holovchenko Tetyana Holovchenko Tetyana Holovchenko is a Ukrainian middle/long-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 and 3000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:00.81 min *1500 metres - 4:05.01 min...		4:08.56	q
13	2	Eleonora Berlanda		4:08.81	SB
14	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....		4:08.91	SB
15	2	Lisa Dobriskey Lisa Dobriskey Lisa Jane Dobriskey is an English middle distance athlete. She was the Commonwealth champion in the 1500 m in 2006. More recently, she won a silver medal in the 1500 m at the 2009 World Championships....		4:09.47
16	2	Justyna Lesman		4:10.01
17	2	Adriënne Herzog		4:11.16	PB
18	2	Sviatlana Klimkovich		4:12.80
19	1	Ragnhild Kvarberg		4:12.85
20	2	Sonja Stolic		4:13.19	SB
21	2	Irina Krakoviak Irina Krakoviak Irina Krakoviak is a former track and field middle distance runner who competed internationally for Lithuania.In the 2000 Olympics she made her Olympic debut, where in 1500 metres distance she reached semi-final....		4:13.47
22	1	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....		4:13.59
23	2	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:...		4:14.40
24	1	Eva Arias		4:15.29
25	2	Aoife Byrne		4:16.07
26	1	Anny Christofidou		4:19.03
27	1	Sandra Teixeira		4:20.63
28	2	Isabel Macías Isabel Macías Isabel Macías Chow is a Spanish runner who specializes in the middle distance events.-Achievements:-References:...		4:20.76

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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tatyana Tomashova Tatyana Tomashova Tatyana Ivanovna Tomashova is a Russian middle distance runner. At the 2000 Summer Olympics she competed in 5000 metres, but she has participated in shorter races since, now competing mainly in the 1500 metres...		3:56.91	CR
	Yuliya Chizhenko		3:57.61
	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...		3:59.37	SB
4	Yelena Soboleva Yelena Soboleva Yelena Vladimirovna Soboleva is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.In February 2008 she established a new world indoor record of 3:58.05 seconds in a race in Moscow, and in March 2008 she beat her own world record in Valencia...		4:00.36
5	Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres....		4:01.43	SB
6	Corina Dumbrăvean Corina Dumbravean Corina Dumbrăvean is a Romanian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.She finished second at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Madrid and sixth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow...		4:02.24	PB
7	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....		4:02.71	PB
8	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...		4:04.98
9	Hind Dehiba Hind Dehiba Hind Dehiba is a Moroccan-French runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.Her first podium finish at the 2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships came with controversy. She took the bronze medal but impeded fourth-placed Helen Clitheroe in the final stages of the 1500 m...		4:05.46
10	Tetyana Holovchenko Tetyana Holovchenko Tetyana Holovchenko is a Ukrainian middle/long-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 and 3000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:00.81 min *1500 metres - 4:05.01 min...		4:05.53
11	Helen Clitheroe Helen Clitheroe Helen Teresa Clitheroe is a British middle- and long-distance runner coached by Trevor Painter. She competed in the 1500 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...		4:09.73
12	Maria Martins Maria Martins Maria Martins is a French middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 and 3000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:02.83 min *1500 metres - 4:04.55 min...		4:13.62

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