1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres explained

The women's 1500 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9.

Doping disqualification

The silver medal had originally been won by Mary Slaney of the United States, but she was later found guilty of a doping offense and stripped of it.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Yekaterina Podkopayeva	Patricia Djaté-Taillard	Lidia Chojecka

Results

Heats

First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			4:09.00	Q
	2			DQ (4:10.27)	Q for final, but later DQ for doping
2	2			4:11.02	Q, PB
3	2			4:11.02	Q, SB
4	1			4:11.23	Q
5	1			4:11.47	Q
6	1			4:11.51	Q
7	1			4:11.57	Q, PB
8	1			4:11.60	q, AR
9	2			4:11.73	q
10	2			4:12.15	q
11	1			4:12.22	q
12	1			4:15.32
13	1			4:15.45
14	2			4:15.57
15	2			4:20.52
16	2			4:28.70	SB
	2
	1
	1
	2

Final

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			4:05.19	PB
			4:06.16	NR
			4:06.25	NR
			4:06.33	NR
			4:06.56	PB
			4:07.04	PB
			4:09.72	PB
			4:09.76	AR
			4:10.82
10			4:11.56
11			4:14.43
(2)			DQ (4:05.22)	Doping

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819044538/http://www2.iaaf.org/wic97/results/w/1500/rr1.html Heats results
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819045635/http://www2.iaaf.org/wic97/results/w/1500/rf.html Final results