The women's 1500 metres event at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadion on 17 and 19 July.
| Gold | Olesya Chumakova | |
| Silver | Lisa Dobriskey | |
| Bronze | Ingvill Måkestad |
19 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | | 4:11.75 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 4:12.95 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | | 4:13.58 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:13.64 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 4:15.15 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 4:15.22 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 4:15.32 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 4:15.47 | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:15.55 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:18.09 | |||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 4:22.93 | ||||
| align=left | align=left |  | DQ† | Doping |
17 July
Qualified: first 4 in each heat and 4 best to the Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 4:15.31 | Q | |||||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 4:15.37 | Q | ||||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 4:15.43 | Q | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 4:15.68 | q | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:15.98 | |||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:16.01 | |||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:18.13 | |||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 4:19.19 | |||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | | 4:19.65 | |||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:23.45 | |||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:24.90 | |||||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | | 4:28.05 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | | bgcolor=pink | DQ | bgcolor=pink | Q† |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 4:13.79 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 4:14.10 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 4:15.11 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 4:15.28 | Q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 4:15.43 | q | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 4:15.88 | q | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 4:15.95 | q | ||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 4:16.28 | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:16.67 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 4:19.09 | ||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 4:21.10 | ||||
| 12 | align=left | align=left |  | 4:27.68 |
According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
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