The Women's 1500 metres

1500 metres

The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...

 at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

 as part of the athletics programme

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...

 was held at Stadium Australia on Wednesday 27 September, Thursday 28 September, and Saturday September 30, 2000.

The top six runners in each of the initial three heats automatically qualified for the semi-final. The next six fastest runners from across the heats also qualified for the semi-final.

The top five runners in each semi-final automatically qualified for the final. The next two fastest runners from across the heats also qualified for the final.

There were a total number of 43 participating athletes.

Records

World Record	3:50.46	Yunxia Qu	China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	11 September 1993
Olympic Record	3:53.96	Paula Ivan Paula Ivan -References:...	Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... , South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...	1 October 1988

Medals

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Nouria Merah-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... ,	Violeta Szekely Violeta Szekely Violeta Szekely, née Beclea is a Romanian former middle distance runner who mainly competed in 1500 Metres... ,	Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively.... ,

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

• Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
• q denotes qualification by overall place.
• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• DQ denotes disqualification.
• NR denotes national record.
• OR denotes Olympic record.
• WR denotes world record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season best.

Round 1

Heat 1 of 3 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	Suzy Favor Hamilton		15	4:08.08	Q
2	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:...		1	4:08.13	Q
3	3	Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively....		14	4:08.33	Q
4	4	Sureyya Ayhan Sureyya Ayhan Süreyya Ayhan Kop is a Turkish former middle distance track runner who specialised in the 1500 metres. In November 2009, she was banned for lifetime by the Court of Arbitration for Sport due to failing a doping test....		5	4:08.37	Q
5	5	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...		12	4:08.41	Q
6	6	Helen Pattinson		7	4:08:80	Q
7	7	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....		13	4:08.85	q
8	8	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...		6	4:09.28	q
9	9	Lyudmila Rogachova Lyudmila Rogachova Lyudmila Rogachova is a retired Russian middle distance runner who competed mainly in the 1500 metres. She became a World Indoor and European champion in this event, and won an Olympic silver medal in 1992 with a personal best time of 3:56.91 - beating future world record holder Qu Yunxia into...		9	4:09.81	q
10	12	Mardrea Hyman 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...		4	4:10.21	q
11	33	Abebech Negussie Abebech Negussie Abebech Negussie is a retired Ethiopian middle distance runner, who specialized in 1500 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...		2	4:15.52
12	35	Julia Sakara Julia Sakara - Achievements :In addition she competed at the World Championships in 1993, 1995 and 1997 as well as the 2000 Summer Olympics without reaching the finals.-External links:...		3	4:21.94
13	36	Tetyana Kryvobok Tetyana Kryvobok Tetyana Kryvobok is a Ukrainian middle distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres.She finished fifteenth at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Madrid and ninth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow.Her personal best time over 3000 m is 8:58.87 min, achieved...		11	4:22.11
14	40	Shazia Hidayat Shazia Hidayat Shazia Hidayat, a Catholic woman, was the only female athlete on the Pakistan team competing at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.She was born on April 4, 1976 in Chichawatni, Punjab, Pakistan....		8	5:07.17
		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...		10	DNF

Heat 2 of 3 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	11	Violeta Szekely Violeta Szekely Violeta Szekely, née Beclea is a Romanian former middle distance runner who mainly competed in 1500 Metres...		11	4:10.18	Q
2	14	Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres....		10	4:10.34	Q
3	15	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...		6	4:10.38	Q
4	17	Veerle Dejaeghere		2	4:10.68	Q
5	18	Sabine Fischer Sabine Fischer Sabine Fischer is a Swiss long-distance runner.-Achievements:-References:...		13	4:10.78	Q
6	19	Seloua Ouaziz		8	4:10:82	Q
7	20	Marla Runyan Marla Runyan Marla Runyan , is an American track and field athlete, road runner and marathon runner who is legally blind. She is a three-time national champion in the women's 5000 metres.Runyan was born in Santa Maria, California...		3	4:10.83	q
8	24	Georgie Clarke		1	4:11.74	q
9	28	Toni Hodgkinson Toni Hodgkinson Toni Louise Hodgkinson is a former New Zealand middle distance runner, originally from Takaka. She currently holds the New Zealand woman's record in the 800 m....		9	4:12.59
10	31	Naomi Mugo Naomi Mugo Naomi Mugo is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres and cross-country running.She was the 1999 winner of the Cross Internacional de Soria competition.-Achievements:-Personal bests:...		7	4:13.18
11	32	Hareg Sidelil		5	4:14.05
12	37	Natalia Rodriguez 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	4:22.82
13	38	Daniela Kuleska		14	4:33.50
		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....		12	DNF

Heat 3 of 3 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	10	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	4:09.88	Q
2	13	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...		1	4:10.24	Q
3	16	Hayley Tullett Hayley Tullett Hayley Tullett is a Welsh middle distance runner mainly competing over 1500 metres. Her main claim to fame is the bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships...		5	4:10.58	Q
4	21	Elena Iagăr		8	4:11.35	Q
5	22	Nuria Fernandez 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....		13	4:11.46	Q
6	23	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....		6	4:11:57	Q
7	25	Sinead Delahunty		14	4:11.75
8	26	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...		11	4:11.87
9	27	Shayne Culpepper Shayne Culpepper Shayne Culpepper is a middle distance athlete. She is a two-time Olympian in track and field; in 2004 in the 5,000m and in 2000 in the 1,500m....		12	4:12.52
10	29	Natalya Gorelova Natalya Gorelova Natalya Gorelova, née Zaytseva is a Russian middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...		9	4:12.84
11	30	Sarah Jamieson Sarah Jamieson Sarah Jamieson is an Australian middle distance runner.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:02.81 *1500 metres - 4:00.93 *One mile run - 4:23.40 *3000 metres - 8:48.41...		3	4:12.90
12	34	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....		10	4:18.18
13	39	Silvia Felipo		2	4:45.32
		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,...		7	DNS

Overall Results Round 1

Round 1 Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Suzy Favor Hamilton		1	15	1	4:08.08	Q
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:...		1	1	2	4:08.13	Q
3	Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively....		1	14	3	4:08.33	Q
4	Sureyya Ayhan Sureyya Ayhan Süreyya Ayhan Kop is a Turkish former middle distance track runner who specialised in the 1500 metres. In November 2009, she was banned for lifetime by the Court of Arbitration for Sport due to failing a doping test....		1	5	4	4:08.37	Q
5	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...		1	12	5	4:08.41	Q
6	Helen Pattinson		1	7	6	4:08.80	Q
7	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....		1	13	7	4:08.85	q
8	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...		1	6	8	4:09.28	q
9	Lyudmila Rogachova Lyudmila Rogachova Lyudmila Rogachova is a retired Russian middle distance runner who competed mainly in the 1500 metres. She became a World Indoor and European champion in this event, and won an Olympic silver medal in 1992 with a personal best time of 3:56.91 - beating future world record holder Qu Yunxia into...		1	9	9	4:09.81	q
10	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...		3	4	1	4:09.88	Q
11	Violeta Szekely Violeta Szekely Violeta Szekely, née Beclea is a Romanian former middle distance runner who mainly competed in 1500 Metres...		2	11	1	4:10.18	Q
12	Mardrea Hyman 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...		1	4	10	4:10.21	q
13	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...		3	1	2	4:10.24	Q
14	Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres....		2	10	2	4:10.34	Q
15	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...		2	6	3	4:10.38	Q
16	Hayley Tullett Hayley Tullett Hayley Tullett is a Welsh middle distance runner mainly competing over 1500 metres. Her main claim to fame is the bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships...		3	5	3	4:10.58	Q
17	Veerle Dejaeghere		2	2	4	4:10.68	Q
18	Sabine Fischer Sabine Fischer Sabine Fischer is a Swiss long-distance runner.-Achievements:-References:...		2	13	5	4:10.78	Q
19	Seloua Ouaziz		2	8	6	4:10.82	Q
20	Marla Runyan Marla Runyan Marla Runyan , is an American track and field athlete, road runner and marathon runner who is legally blind. She is a three-time national champion in the women's 5000 metres.Runyan was born in Santa Maria, California...		2	3	7	4:10.83	q
21	Elena Iagăr		3	8	4	4:11.35	Q
22	Nuria Fernandez 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....		3	13	5	4:11.46	Q
23	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....		3	6	6	4:11.57	Q
24	Georgie Clarke		2	1	8	4:11.74	q
25	Sinead Delahunty		3	14	7	4:11.75
26	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...		3	11	8	4:11.87
27	Shayne Culpepper Shayne Culpepper Shayne Culpepper is a middle distance athlete. She is a two-time Olympian in track and field; in 2004 in the 5,000m and in 2000 in the 1,500m....		3	12	9	4:12.62
28	Toni Hodgkinson Toni Hodgkinson Toni Louise Hodgkinson is a former New Zealand middle distance runner, originally from Takaka. She currently holds the New Zealand woman's record in the 800 m....		2	9	9	4:12.59
29	Natalya Gorelova Natalya Gorelova Natalya Gorelova, née Zaytseva is a Russian middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...		3	9	10	4:12.84
30	Sarah Jamieson Sarah Jamieson Sarah Jamieson is an Australian middle distance runner.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:02.81 *1500 metres - 4:00.93 *One mile run - 4:23.40 *3000 metres - 8:48.41...		3	3	11	4:12.90
31	Naomi Mugo Naomi Mugo Naomi Mugo is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres and cross-country running.She was the 1999 winner of the Cross Internacional de Soria competition.-Achievements:-Personal bests:...		2	7	10	4:13.18
32	Hareg Sidelil		2	5	11	4:14.05
33	Abebech Negussie Abebech Negussie Abebech Negussie is a retired Ethiopian middle distance runner, who specialized in 1500 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...		1	2	11	4:15.52
34	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....		3	10	12	4:18:18
35	Julia Sakara Julia Sakara - Achievements :In addition she competed at the World Championships in 1993, 1995 and 1997 as well as the 2000 Summer Olympics without reaching the finals.-External links:...		1	3	12	4:21.94
36	Tetyana Kryvobok Tetyana Kryvobok Tetyana Kryvobok is a Ukrainian middle distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres.She finished fifteenth at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Madrid and ninth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow.Her personal best time over 3000 m is 8:58.87 min, achieved...		1	11	13	4:22.11
37	Natalia Rodriguez 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....		2	4	12	4:22.82
38	Daniela Kuleska		2	14	13	4:33.50
39	Silvia Felipo		3	2	13	4:45.32
40	Shazia Hidayat		1	8	14	5:07.17
	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....		2	12		DNF
	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...		1	10		DNF
	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,...		3	7		DNS

Semi-finals

Heat 1 of 2 Date: Thursday 28 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	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...		6	4:05.24	Q
2	2	Suzy Favor Hamilton		2	4:05.25	Q
3	3	Hayley Tullett Hayley Tullett Hayley Tullett is a Welsh middle distance runner mainly competing over 1500 metres. Her main claim to fame is the bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships...		1	4:05.34	Q
4	4	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...		10	4:05.35	Q	SB
5	5	Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres....		12	4:05.78	Q
6	6	Marla Runyan Marla Runyan Marla Runyan , is an American track and field athlete, road runner and marathon runner who is legally blind. She is a three-time national champion in the women's 5000 metres.Runyan was born in Santa Maria, California...		1	4:06:14	q	SB
7	8	Sabine Fischer Sabine Fischer Sabine Fischer is a Swiss long-distance runner.-Achievements:-References:...		4	4:06.67	q
8	15	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....		3	4:09.16
9	16	Lyudmila Rogachova Lyudmila Rogachova Lyudmila Rogachova is a retired Russian middle distance runner who competed mainly in the 1500 metres. She became a World Indoor and European champion in this event, and won an Olympic silver medal in 1992 with a personal best time of 3:56.91 - beating future world record holder Qu Yunxia into...		5	4:09.18
10	19	Nuria Fernandez 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....		9	4:10.92
11	22	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....		8	4:14.57
12	23	Elena Iagăr		3	4:21.94

Heat 2 of 2 Date: Thursday 28 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	7	Violeta Szekely Violeta Szekely Violeta Szekely, née Beclea is a Romanian former middle distance runner who mainly competed in 1500 Metres...		8	4:06.60	Q
2	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...		3	4:06.78	Q
3	10	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:...		11	4:07.03	Q	SB
4	11	Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively....		12	4:07.38	Q
5	12	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...		7	4:07.65	Q
6	13	Veerle Dejaeghere		2	4:07:87
7	14	Seloua Ouaziz		6	4:09.11
8	17	Sureyya Ayhan Sureyya Ayhan Süreyya Ayhan Kop is a Turkish former middle distance track runner who specialised in the 1500 metres. In November 2009, she was banned for lifetime by the Court of Arbitration for Sport due to failing a doping test....		10	4:09.42
9	18	Helen Pattinson		4	4:09.60
10	20	Georgie Clarke		1	4:10.99
11	21	Mardrea Hyman 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...		5	4:14.20
12	24	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...		9	4:30.80

Overall Results Semi-finals

Round 1 Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
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...		1	6	1	4:05.24	Q
2	Suzy Favor Hamilton		1	2	2	4:05.25	Q
3	Hayley Tullett Hayley Tullett Hayley Tullett is a Welsh middle distance runner mainly competing over 1500 metres. Her main claim to fame is the bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships...		1	1	3	4:05.34	Q
4	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...		1	10	4	4:05.35	Q	SB
5	Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres....		1	12	5	4:05.78	Q
6	Marla Runyan Marla Runyan Marla Runyan , is an American track and field athlete, road runner and marathon runner who is legally blind. She is a three-time national champion in the women's 5000 metres.Runyan was born in Santa Maria, California...		1	11	6	4:16.14	q	SB
7	Violeta Szekely Violeta Szekely Violeta Szekely, née Beclea is a Romanian former middle distance runner who mainly competed in 1500 Metres...		2	8	1	4:06.60	Q
8	Sabine Fischer Sabine Fischer Sabine Fischer is a Swiss long-distance runner.-Achievements:-References:...		1	4	7	4:06.67	q
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...		2	3	2	4:06.78	Q
10	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:...		2	11	3	4:07.03	Q	SB
11	Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively....		2	12	4	4:07.38	Q
12	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...		2	7	5	4:07.65	Q
13	Veerle Dejaeghere		2	2	6	4:07.87
14	Seloua Ouaziz		2	6	7	4:09.11
15	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....		1	3	8	4:09.16
16	Lyudmila Rogachova Lyudmila Rogachova Lyudmila Rogachova is a retired Russian middle distance runner who competed mainly in the 1500 metres. She became a World Indoor and European champion in this event, and won an Olympic silver medal in 1992 with a personal best time of 3:56.91 - beating future world record holder Qu Yunxia into...		1	5	9	4:09.18
17	Sureyya Ayhan Sureyya Ayhan Süreyya Ayhan Kop is a Turkish former middle distance track runner who specialised in the 1500 metres. In November 2009, she was banned for lifetime by the Court of Arbitration for Sport due to failing a doping test....		2	10	8	4:09.42
18	Helen Pattinson		2	4	9	4:09.60
19	Nuria Fernandez 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....		1	9	10	4:10.92
20	Georgie Clarke		2	1	10	4:10.99
21	Mardrea Hyman 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...		2	5	11	4:14.20
22	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....		1	11	8	4:14.57
23	Elena Iagăr		1	7	12	4:14.75
24	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...		2	9	12	4:30.80

Final

Date: Saturday 30 September 2000
Place	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Record
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...		8	4:05.10
2	Violeta Szekely Violeta Szekely Violeta Szekely, née Beclea is a Romanian former middle distance runner who mainly competed in 1500 Metres...		4	4:05.15
3	Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively....		11	4:05.27
4	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...		5	4:05.33
5	Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka Lidia Chojecka is a Polish middle distance runner, who mostly competes in the 1500 metres and sometimes 3000 metres....		2	4:06.42
6	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:...		9	4:06.49	SB
7	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...		12	4:08.02
8	Marla Runyan Marla Runyan Marla Runyan , is an American track and field athlete, road runner and marathon runner who is legally blind. She is a three-time national champion in the women's 5000 metres.Runyan was born in Santa Maria, California...		10	4:08.30
9	Sabine Fischer Sabine Fischer Sabine Fischer is a Swiss long-distance runner.-Achievements:-References:...		7	4:08.84
10	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...		1	4:11.15
11	Hayley Tullett Hayley Tullett Hayley Tullett is a Welsh middle distance runner mainly competing over 1500 metres. Her main claim to fame is the bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships...		6	4:22.29
12	Suzy Favor Hamilton		3	4:23.05